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Stuart Ghosts: Sinister Sins & Shadows Walking Tour
100 S Colorado Ave (The Owl House), Stuart, FL 34994
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Listed from $26 per adult on the operator's Tripadvisor/Viator listing; free cancellation available.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1 mile of walking through downtown Stuart, starting at The Owl House on the St. Lucie River.
Equipment
Photos OK
Confusion Corner · Lyric Theater (1914) · Ashley Gang / Martin County Prohibition-era history
US Ghost Adventures runs city-branded ghost walks in dozens of U.S. cities under local names; in Stuart the program is marketed as Stuart Ghosts, sold under the title Sinister Sins & Shadows. The tour meets at The Owl House, 100 S. Colorado Ave, and covers about a mile of downtown Stuart on foot over roughly an hour.
The route draws on Stuart's railroad and Prohibition-era history, including Confusion Corner (a historic six-way intersection), the 1914 Lyric Theater, and the Old Colorado Inn, once frequented by the Ashley Gang, a well-documented Prohibition-era Florida outlaw family led by John Ashley whose long-running feud with Martin County law enforcement is regional true-crime history. Seven independent Tripadvisor reviews, naming specific tour guides, confirm the program is actively running tours in Stuart.
Sources
The operator's preview material highlights Confusion Corner, which it ties to railroad-worker deaths and reports of a one-armed apparition along the old tracks; the Lyric Theater, which it connects to a reported 2014 renovation-related death and unexplained whistling; and the Old Colorado Inn, tied to the Ashley Gang, the Prohibition-era outlaw family whose leader John Ashley waged a documented, years-long feud with Martin County Sheriff's deputies.
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, 1-mile walking tour meeting at The Owl House, 100 S. Colorado Ave, covering Confusion Corner, the Lyric Theatre, and the Old Colorado Inn. Tickets are from $26 per adult. Runs nightly, all ages, rain or shine per the operator (guests should confirm weather policy at booking). A bonus extended tour is offered by request.
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Preview stop; a historic six-way intersection tied by the operator to railroad-era accidents.
Preview stop; a 1914 theater the operator ties to a reported death during a 2014 renovation.
Preview stop; the operator ties the building to the Ashley Gang, a Prohibition-era Florida outlaw family led by John Ashley, whose long-running feud with local law enforcement is documented regional history.
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