Catlin Court / Old Towne Glendale Historic District · Early Glendale townsite development under William J. Murphy
Glendale Ghosts is a city-specific program of US Ghost Adventures (USGA), a multi-city ghost-tour chain. The Glendale tour, marketed as Gallows, Ghosts, & Gunpowder: Glendale Ghost Tour, meets by the historic Street Clock at N 58th Ave and W Glendale Ave and runs nightly year-round as a roughly 1-mile, 1-hour walking tour. The program is independently listed in Visit Arizona's official statewide tourism directory, which corroborates that the tour operates in Glendale under USGA branding.
The route covers early Glendale commercial and civic buildings, including the Velma Teague Library (named for a longtime local librarian), the Arizona Doll and Toy Museum, the former Gaslight Inn (previously Brown's Furniture Company), the Robert W. Cole Building (one of Glendale's earliest commercial structures), and the William J. Murphy Historical Marker, honoring the founder credited with developing the desert townsite into modern Glendale.
Sources
- https://usghostadventures.com/glendale-ghost-tour/
- https://www.visitarizona.com/directory/gallows-ghosts-gunpowder-glendale-ghost-tour
- https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g31231-d33310610-Reviews-Gallows_Ghosts_Gunpowder_Glendale_Ghost_Tours-Glendale_Arizona.html
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According to the operator, the Velma Teague Library is haunted by the spirit of its namesake librarian, blamed for books falling from shelves and a long-haired apparition seen by staff. The Arizona Doll and Toy Museum is described by the operator as home to antique dolls rumored to move on their own. The former Gaslight Inn, once Brown's Furniture Company, is said by the operator to host a figure nicknamed 'The Shadow Man.' The Robert W. Cole Building and the area around the William J. Murphy Historical Marker are described in the operator's corroborating tourism-directory copy as sites of flickering lights, phantom footsteps, and a lingering civic-founder presence.
All of this reflects the tour operator's own marketing and storytelling, not documented history independently verified for this listing. It is included here strictly as a description of the tour's advertised content, not as an endorsement of any specific haunting claim.
