TICKETS
$15
0 fees - these tickets can be used for ANY TOUR please make a reservation through email after your purchase
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"Whether or not you're a fan of ghost stories, the Market Ghost Tour through Seattle's Pike Street Market at night is a walking tour that should not be missed. "                                         - Examiner 01/2010                   

Market Ghost Stories $13, by Mercedes Yaeger




 

 

You must make a RESERVATION in advance by either purchasing a ticket online or contacting us through email or by phone at 206-322-1218

Market Ghost Tours ($15) are walking tours through the Pike Place Market at night based on the hauntings and history of the area. Wed-Sat at 5PM and 7PM with additional tours later in the year. We leave promptly. 

  • You can also buy a ticket good for any ghost tour in the calendar year through PayPal (no service fees) and return to make a reservation through email (marketghosttour at gmail dot com) for the day you want to attend. Save your paypal receipt as proof of purchase.
  • Tickets are also available at other locations including at the tour. Tickets purchased at the tour are $15 CASH, that will be raised to $20 in August. 

For more information or to make a reservation: CONTACT US Tours meet at the GUM WALL in Post Alley, right next to the Market Theater. Cell phone/contact phone 206-322-1218. Be advised that the content of the tour is adult in nature, most kids get the content and humor but they may have questions after. Kids under 8 are free. Our office is located south of the GUM WALL at 1410 Post Alley. You are welcome to stop by if you arrive early for the tour. Private tours also available ($125/tour)

Wednesday
10Mar2010

Unexpected Productions

Wednesday nights at 8:30pm the Market Theater will be offering DUO. 4 Teams compete in this Improv Showcase. The theater has a full schedule on the weekend and many people who take the tour go to a show after. Now on Wednesdays people can take advantage of the theater as well. To find out more click here.

Monday
08Mar2010

Seattle gets a leading role in Korean film 'Late Autumn'

The title of this post is from an article in the Seattle Times by Nicole Tsong. It begins with, "The list of locations for the movie "Late Autumn" is low-key, local and a little bit surprising. This star-studded Korean-U.S. film may be a love story set in Seattle, but it ignores the predictable, sweeping drama of the Space Needle for the faded Fun Forest below."

Included in the film is the Market Ghost Tour and our guide, Penny Truitt. Penny spent the better part of a week filming on location in the Pike Place Market, dressed in a black gothic costume and giving the ghost tour to the main characters. The article in the Times talks about the love affair the film makers had with Seattle and their choices of locations for the film. This is sure to be a visually beautiful film, showing parts of Seattle that locals love, like Ballard and the Market. A scout for the film went on the ghost tour a while ago. We then got a call asking if asking if our guides would audition for the film, Penny did, and it was a great experience. Congratulations Penny! We are very excited that Penny and the tours are included.

The full Seattle Times article appeared on March 7, 2010 and can be read by clicking here.



Saturday
06Mar2010

March - St Patricks Day

We are planning a 9PM tour for Saturday March 13th. It is only available by reservation and we will limit the group size. The tour will be combining some of the Lust Tour content. Still only $15. Reservations required, click here. Come wearing green!

~ We will start offering 9PM tours more often. We are back on our full schedule in May with 9PM tours every Saturday. If you can't make it on March 13th, visit the website again in the future to find out when the next 9PM tour will be.

Thursday
04Mar2010

Ghost Tours in Seattle

There are THREE ghost tours in Seattle. Market Ghost Tours began informally over 20 years ago on Halloween night. Now it is offered every weekend of the year. Seattle is not unique in its many stories of ghosts, every city shares stories. Seattle is unique however in that it went through major urban renewal for 30 years after the Great fire in 1889. Some believe that it is the movement of earth, structures and graves that create Seattle’s many stories.  

The Market Ghost Tours were started by Michael Yaeger (the Mayor of Pike Place Market) and Sheila Lyon (Market Magic Shop). Michael's daughter, Mercedes has researched each ghost story, relying heavily on Municipal Archives, photographs and newspaper accounts of past events. 

Each ghost tour company in Seattle offers very different tours. Michele and Mercedes learned, while traveling in the South this March, that Seattle actually has far less ghost tour companies than other cities. Savannah blew our minds with how many tours offer ghost stories - and we went on as many as possible. We went on tours in Savannah, St Augustine and New Orleans - all high on the list of haunted places in the US. Yes, we learned a lot, especially how to run a great tour company.

The other ghost tours in Seattle are:

Spooked in Seattle

Private Eye Tours

 

Monday
01Mar2010

Short video