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Phoenix Ghosts' Heritage Square Walking Tour and Haunted Pub Crawl
622 E Adams St, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Research updated August 2026
Age
All ages for the flagship walking tour; the haunted pub crawl is bar-centered and best suited to adults
Cost
$$
Pricing set by US Ghost Adventures and shown at booking; check usghostadventures.com/phoenix-ghost-tour for current rates.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About one mile of paved downtown Phoenix sidewalks around Heritage Square.
Equipment
Photos OK
Heritage Square Historic District · St. Mary's Basilica (Phoenix's oldest Catholic parish) · The Deuce (Phoenix's historic skid-row district)
US Ghost Adventures runs guided ghost walks in more than 250 U.S. cities; in Phoenix the local-facing brand is Phoenix Ghosts. The flagship walking tour, Wings of Fire & Whispers of the Desert, meets in front of the Teeter House at 622 E Adams Street and covers about one mile of downtown Phoenix in roughly an hour. A separate Ultimate Dead of Night edition meets at the Heritage Square gate near the Rosson House, and a Boos and Booze Haunted Pub Crawl also departs from the Teeter House.
The route centers on Heritage Square, downtown Phoenix's collection of preserved Victorian-era homes, including the 1895 Rosson House and the Bouvier-Teeter House. St. Mary's Basilica, completed in 1881 (with the current church building dating to 1914-1915), is the oldest Catholic parish in Phoenix. Melinda's Alley sits within what was historically Phoenix's Deuce district, a skid-row red-light and saloon area active into the mid-20th century.
US Ghost Adventures guides are identifiable by branded shirts and lanterns; tours run nightly, rain or shine, year-round.
Sources
At St. Mary's Basilica, the operator recounts reports, dating to 1893, of two headless figures seen outside the church's arched doorways. At the Rosson House, the operator ties reported locked doors and a figure glimpsed at upper windows to a former caretaker of the historic home. At Melinda's Alley, the operator's narrative centers on Melinda Curtis, described as a notorious figure of the Deuce district's saloon and brothel era, whose reported presence the operator frames as still watching over the alley.
The operator's broader Phoenix marketing also references the 1931 Winnie Ruth Judd "trunk murders" case, a documented Phoenix double-murder in which Judd was convicted of killing two acquaintances and shipping their remains by rail in trunks; that case is public historical record independent of this tour. This listing omits the operator's separate account of a named individual's death by suicide at a downtown hotel, consistent with HauntBound's policy against naming suicide victims.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
The flagship nightly walking tour through downtown Phoenix, covering about one mile in roughly an hour. The route covers St. Mary's Basilica, the Rosson House, and Melinda's Alley. Meets in front of the Teeter House, 622 E Adams St.
A later-departing, more intense edition of the tour visiting exclusive locations not covered on the standard route. Meets at the Heritage Square gate near the Rosson House, 113 N 6th St.
A roughly two-hour haunted pub crawl through Phoenix's historic district. Meets in front of the Teeter House, 622 E Adams St.
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Featured stop on the flagship walking tour; the operator ties the 1881 adobe church to reported sightings dating to 1893.
Featured stop and meeting point for the Ultimate Dead of Night tour, in Heritage Square.
Meeting point for the flagship walking tour and the pub crawl, in Heritage Square.
Featured stop on the flagship walking tour, in Phoenix's former skid-row red-light district.
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