San Diego Downtown Ghost Tour: Exclusive Access

Experience the thrill of San Diego’s Downtown Ghost Tour with exclusive access to haunted locations. Join us for a spooky walking tour through the Gaslamp District’s dark history and true crime stories. Discover the city’s ghosts, ghouls, and the most active paranormal site in San Diego. Go local, go with us!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Gaslamp Quarter - On our SD Gaslamp/Downtown Tour you will visit over 30 locations. Experience more locations than our competitors.

We have Ghosts, Murders, Serial Killers, Gamblers, and Gals of the night. If you like the Bizarre, Obscure & Off the Beaten Path places we’ll take you there.

On our tour you’ll learn.

Where Wyatt Earp Lived, Gambled and Drank
San Diego’s Bizarre Zoo downtown
An Active Haunted Hotel & Hospital
The Secrets of the Glass Marble Exchange
A German Spy Hideout
The Raids of the downtown Stingaree

A musician who committed suicide, TWICE!
The location of the Death Zone downtown
Two Serial Killers of San Diego
The Death Museum of the past in a likely location
Canine Celebrities
And more, you’ll visit over 30 locations!

Bring your walking shoes as we travel to other times and places. Who lived here, died here and still remain? Join us, it’s truly dreadful…

What's Included
  • An Experience You’ll Remember - It’s Dreadful
  • Historically Accurate Ghost Stories
  • World-Class Storytellers and Trained Thespians
  • Haunted San Diego Downtown Gaslamp Walking Ghost Tour with True Crime
  • Visit Over 30 Locations & Enter 2
What's Not Included
  • There Are No Clowns or Monsters Jumping Out At You - No Jump Scares
  • Not Wheelchair Accessible, Unless, You Have a Rugged Off Road Style Chair - Call if You Do
Additional Information

Step in! We Are the Sole Tour Entering Locations downtown! Visit our website for discounts.
Beware-The inhabitants of the Gaslamp are untamed! This is for you if you’re bold, daring and able to handle the urban nightlife. It’s a thrilling encounter, it progresses swiftly and the downtown area is wild, consider yourself warned.
Seems too intense? Think about our Haunted Bus Tour.

Access Sites
The exclusive tour that gains entry into locations. We can visit two places and another is on the way.

Join us for a spooky walking tour that weaves through San Diego’s downtown Gaslamp District, combining dark history with elements of true crime.

The downtown of SD has a chequered past of gunslingers, bordellos, murderers, moguls, and pets. There are spirits, ghostly apparitions and, as per the SD ghost hunters, the location with the highest paranormal activity in all of San Diego. Come discover with us.

Insider’s Perspective
Solely local Ghost Tour in downtown. Our rivals are businesses not from SD, devoid of interest in SD’s history/phantoms. They are interested in your wallet. Choose local, choose us!

  • Have a Rugged Off Road Style Wheelchair? Those can work. They Won’t Go in Locations Though
  • Brisk Walking Tour with Breaks at the Locations
  • Use the Bathroom Before. Public Bathrooms Are Extremely Scarce
  • Children under 10 are not recommended
Location
209 Fifth Ave
Fifth Avenue
To meet up go to the Gaslamp Quarter Arch. Your host will be on the sidewalk between the Starbucks and Hard Rock entrances. They will be dressed in black or Victorian depending on how hot it is, you can't miss them. 209 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 Show up 20 minutes early please!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Darrell_r
Jul 4, 2024
A Must Do in San Diego! - What a great way to learn about the history and spooky side of San Diego! Dante, our guide was awesome! He helped create an experience that everyone who travels to San Diego should take the time to experience! There was a lot of history, true crime & some eerie stories along the way!
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Gallonsofmustard
Jul 1, 2024
Spooky history and a fun time - Haunted San Diego Gaslamp ghost tour was so much fun! Our guid Damien was animated, engaging and filled with knowledge about the history of The Gaslamp. We even had something spooky happen, while sitting in the courtyard of the William Heath Davis House a light turned on in one of the upstairs rooms. Even though the house was empty! The tour is well worth the money.
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R.l.
Jun 23, 2024
Romance Readers Recommend - Cat led us on a fun and informative adventure! I appreciated the history and the stops she chose. I also appreciated that she was concerned about our safety and watched out for our group.
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Kajwalker
Apr 9, 2024
Highly recommend - Wonderful way to explore the history and streets of Gaslamp. There were lots of interesting stories, creepy tales and some quirky facts.
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Angelasz3091fk
Mar 25, 2024
Great tour - Great tour. We had a lot of fun and learned some interesting history. We do a lot of ghost tours, in many different cities, and this ranks at the top. If you are in the area, we highly recommend booking a tour with Haunted San Diego.
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193margier
Mar 25, 2024
Kat was fabulous! This was a great and entertaining tour with fun history. Fun adult mother/daughter adventure. - Great adult, mother/daughter adventure. Kat, our guide was entertaining with fun facts and stories. San Diego nightlife is entertaining as well
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Abbythomas_l
Feb 17, 2024
Fantastic Tour for San Diego’s History & Ghostly Stories - This was a local tour group which is why it was more personal and entertaining. Dante was an excellent host. His explanation and story telling was fantastic. We were able to connect with the history of San Diego and the local haunting stories and sites. You would never stop to think the history behind each of the historical building if you didn’t have Dante. Our favorite site was the William Heath Davis house built in 1850. Walking inside a 174 year old building was breathtaking. Roughly recommend the tour.
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Jeff_m
May 15, 2024
Weave a story - Our guide, Kat, was very knowledgeable about area and building history. Her storytelling colored the experience, and built up suspense for the last two stops!
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Katiesr7509dv
Mar 16, 2024
Pretty good history tour - not scary at all! - We did this tour on a recent Thursday evening. There were about 10-15 total people. I’d recommend leaving the kids at home - there was a family on our tour and they looked bored, and all of the brothel talk was probably beyond them.
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Carlos_r
Mar 20, 2024
Good walk, not so good stories - Aside from a couple of cool facts, you don't get much of history nor ghosts. Most stories told seem the same, when it would probably be better yo dive deeper into some others.
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