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Ghost-Themed Walking Tours and an Open-Air Trolley Ride Through Albuquerque's Old Town and Downtown
204 San Felipe St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
Research updated August 2026
Age
Varies by tour; the Downtown Ghost Walk is open to most ages, Taverns & Tales and the Haunted Trolley Tour are 21+ (minors permitted with a guardian).
Cost
$$
Albucreepy Downtown Ghost Walk from about $25; Taverns & Tales Ghost Walk from about $30; Albucreepy Haunted Trolley Tour roughly $47-$76. Pricing per reseller listings and the operator's booking system.
Access
Wheelchair OK
The walking tours cover 1.3-1.6 miles of Albuquerque's Old Town and downtown sidewalks; the trolley tour is a seated, open-air ride covering a wider loop between Old Town and downtown.
Equipment
Photos OK
Historic Old Town Plaza, Albuquerque · KiMo Theatre (1927 Pueblo Deco movie palace) · Hell's Half Acre, Albuquerque's former red-light district
Albucreepy is one of several tour products run by the Albuquerque Tourism & Sightseeing Factory, a locally based sightseeing-tour company that also operates Route 66-themed trolley tours and pub-crawl tours under other brand names. The ghost-themed lineup includes the Downtown Ghost Walk and the 21-and-up Taverns & Tales Ghost Walk, both walking tours through Old Town and downtown Albuquerque, and a seasonal open-air Haunted Trolley Tour that runs April through October.
The trolley tour's historical and paranormal narration draws on research by Cody Polston, author of multiple books on New Mexico paranormal topics and history, host of the paranormal-themed podcast Ecto Radio, and a founder of the Southwest Ghost Hunter's Association, who has investigated paranormal claims in the region since 1985. The Santa Fe New Mexican profiled Polston's work using ghost hunting as a lens on local history.
Routes cover Albuquerque's Old Town Plaza and downtown corridor, including the KiMo Theatre (a 1927 Pueblo Deco movie palace), the historic Wool Warehouse, the former Bernalillo County Courthouse, and Hell's Half Acre, the city's former red-light district.
Sources
The operator's route material describes the KiMo Theatre, the Wool Warehouse, and the old Bernalillo County Courthouse as sites of reported paranormal activity tied to their long histories as public gathering places. Hell's Half Acre, the operator's material notes, was Albuquerque's red-light district in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and its reported hauntings are framed against that documented history. The trolley tour additionally stops at Mount Calvary Cemetery as part of its broader route through Old Town and downtown.
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 tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Media Appearances
A roughly 100-minute walking tour covering about 1.3 miles of Albuquerque's dark side, led by an experienced paranormal-investigator guide. Stops include the KiMo Theatre, the old Bernalillo County Courthouse, the Wool Warehouse, and the former red-light district known as Hell's Half Acre.
A 2-hour, 21-and-up ghost walk covering about 1.6 miles between Sawmill and Old Town, with three stops at local watering holes along the way, paired with the operator's ghost stories and local history.
A 120-minute open-air trolley tour, seasonal from April through October, departing from the Historic Old Town Plaza at the Old Town Emporium. Narration draws on research by paranormal investigator and local historian Cody Polston, covering Old Town Plaza, the KiMo Theatre, the Wool Warehouse, Hell's Half Acre, the Painted Lady Bed & Brew, and Mount Calvary Cemetery.
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Featured stop on both the ghost walk and trolley routes.
Featured stop on the Downtown Ghost Walk.
Featured stop on the ghost walk and trolley routes.
Featured stop; the operator ties this former downtown district to reported hauntings tied to its history as a red-light district.
Featured stop on the Haunted Trolley Tour.
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