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A Pike Place Market Ghost Tour and Haunted Pub Crawl, Plus an All-Ages Ghost Walk
1525 1st Ave #16, Seattle, WA 98101
Research updated August 2026
Age
21+ for the Booze and Boos Tour and its private version; 18+ (21+ to purchase alcohol) for the private Nightmares and Nightcaps Tour; All Ages for the Spooktacular Ghost Walk and its private version
Cost
$$
Seattle Booze and Boos Tour from $29.95; Seattle Spooktacular All-Ages Ghost Walk from $25; Seattle Private Booze and Boos Tour from $350 (group rate); Seattle Private Nightmares and Nightcaps Tour from $325 (group rate); Seattle Private Spooktacular All-Ages Ghost Walk from $300 (group rate). Pricing per Nightly Spirits' Seattle booking pages.
Access
Limited Access
Roughly one mile through Pike Place Market's covered arcades, stairways, and cobblestone streets; the operator does not publish wheelchair-accessibility information for this route.
Equipment
Photos OK
Pike Place Market (established 1907, National Historic District)
Nightly Spirits operates costumed ghost-tour pub crawls and family ghost walks in roughly twenty U.S. cities. In Seattle its route runs through Pike Place Market, the century-old public market established in 1907, covering roughly one mile of the district's covered arcades and cobblestone streets. The operator states it holds a license from the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA) to operate tours there.
The Booze and Boos Tour runs Thursday through Sunday as a public group tour and enters up to three of the market's haunted bars; the Spooktacular Ghost Walk covers similar ground without bar stops. Nightly Spirits maintains a listing with Visit Seattle, the city's official destination-marketing organization, independent of the operator's own marketing.
Sources
The Booze and Boos Tour page attributes reported hauntings to the general market area: 'long-dead shopkeepers and even the original market director peering at us through the darkened windows,' 'ghostly children playfully pranking market employees,' and 'ladies of the night who still haunt' the market's former red-light district. The tour is also said to end at 'one of the most haunted bars in Seattle, which just happens to be housed in a former mortuary' — the operator does not name this bar on its own page, so it is not listed here as a confirmed tour stop.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing 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 2-2.5-hour, 21-and-up ghost tour and pub crawl through Pike Place Market, entering up to three haunted bars. Tickets start at $29.95 per person. Active Thursday through Sunday. Meeting point at Pike Place Market provided in the booking confirmation email. Operator is licensed by the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority to run tours in the district.
A 1.5-hour, all-ages ghost walk through Pike Place Market, without bar stops, focused on hauntings and stories passed down through generations. Tickets start at $25 per person.
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Central setting for all Nightly Spirits Seattle products; the operator is licensed by the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA) to run tours in the historic district.
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Charleston, SC
Nightly Spirits is a multi-city ghost-tour and haunted-pub-crawl operator running public and private programs in about 20 U.S. cities, including a Historic Downtown Charleston route with a kid-friendly pirate-themed option. The company has been recognized as a top-rated U.S. ghost tour by USA Today in multiple years.
Denver, CO
Nightly Spirits is a multi-city ghost-tour and haunted-pub-crawl operator running a Denver program centered on LoDo, meeting at Celtic on Market and covering Denver Union Station and the Oxford Hotel; a second South Broadway route is currently private-booking-only.
Alexandria, VA
Nightly Spirits is a multi-city ghost-tour and haunted-pub-crawl operator running public and private programs in about 20 U.S. cities, including a Colonial-era Old Town Alexandria route since at least 2020. The company has been recognized as a top-rated U.S. ghost tour by USA Today in multiple years.