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Mystic Ghosts: Mysteries, Murder, and Malice at Spicer Mansion and the Noank Library
40 Library St (Mystic & Noank Library), Mystic, CT 06355
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Exact per-ticket pricing is not published on the operator's Mystic page at time of research; booking is via usghostadventures.com for current rates.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1 mile of paved downtown Mystic sidewalks, meeting at the Library St. side of the Mystic & Noank Library.
Equipment
Photos OK
Mystic & Noank Library (1892, Spicer estate) · Captain Spicer's Mansion (1853) · Historic downtown Mystic seaport district
US Ghost Adventures runs its Mystic program under the brand Mystic Ghosts, meeting nightly at the Mystic & Noank Library, built in 1892 and funded by the estate of Captain Elihu Spicer, a local maritime figure. The route also passes Captain Spicer's Mansion, a yellow Victorian summer home built in 1853 for Spicer's wife Mary, and other historic Mystic buildings including the Whitehall Mansion Inn and the Captain Daniel Packer Inne, an 18th-century tavern building now operating as a restaurant.
A separate, unaffiliated local operator, Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours (see `connecticut/seaside-shadows-mystic`), markets itself as Mystic's original ghost tour company, founded in 2013; it meets at Liberty Pole Square rather than the Mystic & Noank Library and is a distinct, separately built corpus entry -- the two should not be confused.
Sources
The operator's route narrative centers on Captain Spicer's Mansion, describing the deaths of the Spicer family's three children and, later, Mary Spicer herself, with reported unexplained activity during the home's renovation, including tools moving and children's laughter. At the Mystic & Noank Library, the operator describes a reported sailor's spirit and a phantom library cat tied to the building's ties to Captain Elihu Spicer.
At the Mystic River Bascule Bridge, the operator's narrative describes a local legend called the 'Mystic Pigman,' a hybrid figure said to stalk the bridge on foggy nights. The operator also names the Whitehall Mansion Inn, tied to reported doors opening and disembodied laughter; the Inn at Mystic (Haley Mansion), tied to a reported affair; Factory Square, tied to reported poltergeist activity linked to the site's former textile mill; the Captain Daniel Packer Inne, tied to a reported spirit named Ada Clift; and The Emporium, tied to a reported 'weeping banshee.'
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.
A 1-hour, roughly 1-mile walking tour meeting at the Library St. side of the Mystic & Noank Library, 40 Library St. The route covers Captain Spicer's Mansion, the Mystic & Noank Library, and the Mystic River Bascule Bridge. Runs nightly at 8pm, all ages.
An extended version of the standard Mystic Ghost Tour covering additional haunted locations; the operator markets it as a bonus add-on to the standard route. Ask the operator for current stops and availability.
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Featured stop; operator's marketing centers on the deaths of the Spicer family's three children and, later, Mary Spicer.
Featured stop; operator's marketing ties the library, built 1892, to a reported sailor's spirit and a phantom library cat.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, built on the site of a former tavern; operator reports doors opening and disembodied laughter.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative; operator's marketing centers on a reported spirit named Ada Clift.
Featured stop; operator's marketing describes a local legend called the 'Mystic Pigman.' No corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, on the site of a former textile factory; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named in the operator's introductory marketing, tied to a reported 'weeping banshee' legend; no corroborating corpus entry found.
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