What's on this October in California

Evening Haunted Night Tour · Year-round

Most evenings; seasonal extended hours in October

Gourmet Ghosts Downtown LA Walking Tour · Year-round

Sunday afternoons · 21+

Hollywood Boulevard Ghost Walk · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · 13+

LA Hauntings Ghost Bus Tour · Year-round

Saturdays · 13+

Evening Haunted Tour (Fall Season) · Oct 2 to Oct 17

Benicia Ghost Walk · Oct 19 to Oct 27

Annual Bowles Hall Haunted House (Halloween) · Oct 20 to Oct 31

Haunted History Tour · Oct 1 to Oct 31

Minimum 13

Haunted History Tour (seasonal) · Oct 1 to Oct 31

Old Town State Historic Park Walking Tour · Year-round

Gaslamp Quarter Historical Walking Tour · Year-round

Old Town State Historic Park Walking Tour · Year-round

Friday Flashlight Cemetery Tour · Oct 1 to Oct 31

Saturday Storytelling Tour · Oct 1 to Oct 31

Sunday Sunset Walking Tour · Oct 1 to Oct 31

The Fame Kills Ghost Tour · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · 16+

The Ghosts of Hollywood Tour · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · All Ages

The Ghosts of San Diego Tour · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · All Ages

The Specters and Sinners Ghost Tour · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · 16+

Echoes of the Past: Main Street Ghost Tour · Year-round

Ghosts & Gravestones Tour San Diego · Year-round

Nightly, seasonal schedule · PG-13

Whaley House Haunted Evening Tour · Year-round

Seasonal schedule

Old Town Auburn Walking Ghost Tour · Oct 1 to Oct 31

Inside the Mansion Self-Guided Tour · Year-round

First Saturday or Sunday monthly, Jan-Nov

Mayhem Mansion Halloween Ghost Tour · Oct 15 to Oct 31

Fort Mason Historic Quarters Walk · Year-round

Black Star Canyon Tour · Year-round

Check site for current schedule · All Ages

Downtown Santa Ana Ghost Tour · Year-round

Check site for current schedule · All Ages

Old Town Orange Ghost Tour · Year-round

Two to three times weekly; more frequent in October · All Ages

Haunted Mendocino Walking Tour · Oct 3

Public Guided Daytime Tour · March 1 to Oct 31

Weekends and holidays, March–October

Downtown Pleasanton Ghost Walk · Oct 9, Oct 10, Oct 16, Oct 17

Nevada City Haunted History Tour · Year-round

Seasonal evenings

Haunted Nevada City Walking Tour · Year-round

Gold Country Ghost Tours — Old Town Auburn Walking Tour · Oct 17, Oct 24

Point Pinos Lighthouse Docent Tour · Year-round

Free self-guided daytime walking tour · Year-round

Film Screening or Live Performance · Year-round

Annual Historical Cemetery Tour · Oct 31

Berkeley Haunted Hike · Year-round

Year-round; check operator site for dates · Use discretion for younger guests

San Francisco Ghost Tour · Year-round

Year-round; check operator site for dates · Not recommended under 15

Lobby and Public Spaces Visit · Year-round

Buried & The Burned Bakersfield Ghost Tour · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All Ages

Forgotten and Forsaken Frights of Fresno Ghost Tour · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All Ages

Laguna Lanterns & Laments Ghost Tour · Year-round

Nightly, year-round, rain or shine · All Ages

Lake Tahoe Lost Terrors Ghost Tour · Year-round

Nightly, year-round, rain or shine · All Ages

Long Beach Ghost Tour: Lust & Lawless Lost Legends · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All Ages

Terrors of Tinseltown Tour · Year-round

Nightly, rain or shine · All Ages

Ultimate Dead of Night Haunted Ghost Tour · Year-round

Nightly, rain or shine · All Ages

Mist, Mayhem, & Murder: Monterey Ghost Tours · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All Ages

Orange Ghost Tour: Oaths to the Otherworld · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All ages

Phantoms of Palm Springs Ghost Tour: Penance & Purgatory · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All ages

Pasadena Ghost Tour: Purgatory Phantoms · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · All Ages

Riverside Reaper Ghost Tours: The Raven's Revenge & Ruin · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All ages

Shadows, Scandals & Secrets of Old Town Sacramento Ghost Tours · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All Ages

Sinister Shadows of San Diego Gaslamp Ghost Tours · Year-round

Nightly, year-round, rain or shine · All Ages

San Francisco Ghost Tours: Gold and Ghouls · Year-round

Nightly, rain or shine, year-round · All Ages

San Jose Ghost Tour: The Scythe, Sacrifice, & Silhouette · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All Ages

Sanctum Sacrifice of Santa Barbara Ghost Tours · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All ages

Santa Cruz Spooks & Shadows Ghost Tour · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All Ages

Santa Monica Sinister Sins & Sorrow Ghost Tour · Year-round

Nightly at 8 PM, year-round · All Ages

Sinister Solvang Ghost Tours · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · All Ages

After-Hours Paranormal Investigation · Year-round

Select evenings; see venue calendar

Total Immersion Ghost Tour · Oct 16, Oct 31

Scheduled select evenings · 18+

Graveyard Tour · Sept 1 to Nov 1

Fridays and Saturdays · Check website for pricing · 16+

Paranormal Ship Walk · Sept 4 to Nov 1

Daily · $69 per person · 13+

Evening Paranormal Investigation · Year-round

Overnight Stay · Year-round

Paranormal Night Investigation · Oct 1 to Oct 31

Third-Party Ghost Tours · Year-round

Third-Party Ghost Tours · Year-round

Whaley House After Hours Paranormal Investigation · Year-round

Seasonal schedule · Minors require adult guardian

Paranormal Night Investigation · Year-round

18+

After-Hours Paranormal Investigation · Year-round

From $109 · 13+ (minors under 18 require adult guardian)

Hollywood Haunted Pub Crawl · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · 21+

Ghost City Haunted Pub Crawl · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · 21+

Nightmares and Nightcaps in San Diego℠ · Sept 15 to Nov 15

Public tour seasonal, September 15 - November 15; private version year-round by request · 18+

San Diego Booze and Boos Tour® · Sept 15 to Nov 15

Public tour seasonal, September 15 - November 15; private version year-round by request · 21+

Boos and Brews Haunted Pub Crawl · Year-round

Select nights; check operator site · 21+

Monterey Ghosts Boos and Booze Haunted Pub Crawl · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · 21+

Pasadena Boos and Booze Haunted Pub Crawl · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · 21+

Sacramento Ghosts Boos and Booze Haunted Pub Crawl · Year-round

Nightly, year-round · 21+

San Diego Ghosts Boos and Booze Haunted Pub Crawl · Year-round

Daily, year-round, rain or shine · 21+

San Francisco Ghosts Boos and Booze Haunted Pub Crawl · Year-round

Select nights; check operator site · 21+

View the Berg Building on a downtown Turlock walk · Oct 1 to Oct 31

Dine in a documented haunted Victorian · Year-round

Calico Ghost Town Day Visit · Year-round

Castle Dark seasonal haunt event · Sept 25 to Nov 1

Select dates in September and October

Emigrant Trail Museum · Year-round

Encampment Sites and Cabin Foundations · Year-round

Donner Lake and Trail System · Year-round

Historic Grounds Tour · Year-round

Elk River Trail to Falk Townsite · Year-round

Greystone Park and Gardens · Year-round

Daily

Grouse Lake Backcountry Hike · May 25 to Nov 1

Seasonal: Glacier Point Road open late spring through fall

Dia de los Muertos Festival · Oct 24

Annual, late October / early November

Giant Dipper Ride · Year-round

Spahn Ranch Site Hike · Year-round

Church Visit and Historic Grounds Walk · Year-round

Sidewalk Memorial Walk · Year-round

USS Iowa Self-Guided Tour · Year-round

Movie at the Historic Wardman Theater · Year-round