"Hands down one of Seattle's best and weirdest tourist attractions" Seattle PI "Highly recommend this tour to both locals & tourists. Two thumbs up!" Jenni Best Haunted Place 2010-2012 Evening Magazine Northwest Great Escapes
EXPLORE: Located south of the Gum Wall, The Market Ghost Tour* is our main attraction. Twice named in the top ten ghost tours in the USA by tripadvisor.com the skeptic & believer can enjoy this tour because it is rooted in history. The tour is a 75 minute exterior tour of the Market District. Meet the 'souls' of Seattle.
EXPOSE: The Seattle Lust Tour (over 18) mixes true crime and stories of sex and death by focusing on when First Ave was known as 'Flesh Ave' ~ Seattle has a very recent dirty past.
INVESTIGATE: The Chapel Tour is an investigative tour. Guests go inside the Butterworth Mortuary and it's original Chapel where funerals were performed in the early 1900s. The building has been featured on Ghost Adventures Crew, My Ghost Story and international television shows. See the Chapel while it is being restored.
"Wander the hallways, alleys, restaurants and shops of the Pike Place Market in search of the ghosts said to be haunting there. Hear stories and try to catch a glimpse of ghostly characters including a young boy in the Bead Shop, a running high-heeled woman, victims of Doctor Hazzard, and even Mae West, along with Chief Seattle's daughter Princess Angeline and others who lived on the site before the market was built.
Besides its own rich history, the area is home to Seattle's first mortuary and the remnants of a Native American graveyard, providing a wealth of interesting and eccentric local history. Tour guide Mercedes Yaeger, daughter of honorary Pike Place Market mayor Michael Yaeger, describes herself as a "Market Baby" raised on local lore, with an interest in the supernatural since her first ghostly encounter at age 12." ~ 10/19/06 by Madeline McKensie
"I highly recommend the Market Ghost Tour. This 75 minute guided walking tour of the Pike Place Market has no actors or props. The tour combines history with ghostly tales as you wind your way in and around the Market after hours. The tours are scheduled in the evenings, just as the market is closing down or shortly after. I found that our normally bustling, people-packed Market takes on a whole different persona after hours, which is worth the tour in and of itself! As our guide led us through the empty market stalls and down through the inside lower levels of the Market she told us about the Market’s history, it’s unique features and those who helped shape it into what it is today. The Market and the surrounding buildings have some really incredible past history" ~ Victoria Clipper
The Butterworth Mortuary & Market Ghost Tours in Seattle Met Magazine The article stated that we go inside the Chapel. Only the Chapel Tour does.
On June 10, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Michael and Marti Parry will be hosting a public event, Mediumship and Psychic Art Demonstrations, on the second floor of Kells. Read our BLOG to find out more.
*The tours have been given by Mercedes and her guides since 2004. Guides are trained in storytelling, improv, history and paranormal research. Our subject matters are delivered with respect for the history and the lives of the people we are talking about.