5 stars because I was throughly entertained and Jerome is funny, engaging and charming in his delivery of a lot of spooky and interesting facts about Seattle and its history. I only wish we had more time underground maybe with time to take ghost hunting photos. A greater selection of spooked In Seattle themed items in the gift shop would be awesome, I'd load up with stuff! I 100% recommend this experience read more

My friend and I visited this place back in May, so this is long overdue! We had a great time on Graham's tour. I still get chills to this day just thinking about the videos I saw and the audio recordings I heard. My favorite locations were the notorious Merchant's Cafe and the underground tunnel next to the front lobby. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone looking for a spooky twist on the history and origins of Seattle! read more

Super cool event. Our guide was very knowledgeable and credible. He didn't lavish anything, and didn't need to. He had pictures and audio at key points of the tour to really bring things to life. The locations we hit, amazing. Got to do it. read more

The tour was awesome! Loved learning about the history and hearing stories. I heard a lot of people disappointed they didn't see a ghost...I mean really? It's not like it's guaranteed! read more

Did the Bonus Pioneer Square ghost tour with 3 of my friends. Kim was our guide and she was amazing. She was very funny and informative. She made sure we were entertained while learning about the history of Seattle. All four of us loved it and are hoping to do the Pub tour next time we are in town. Kim's evidence was extremely credible and amazing. It left us speechless and amazed. The underground was somewhat scary but very cool! Definitely saw and heard some things. Thank you for such an incredible experience! read more

I loved the way Aten (amazing tour guide) started off the tour by saying that he believes in science and if science can't prove what's going on, then he's led to believe in something unexplainable. I guess I really liked his approach because it wasn't shoving the idea of whether or not ghosts are real. I consider myself a very open person so I found this tour very intriguing. Aten was very informational of not only the history of paranormal activity in Pioneer Square but of Seattle's history. I'm a scaredy cat but this wasn't too bad for me. I recommend it for families who want to learn more about Seattle, are open to the idea of a world beyond ours, and who want to spend 90 minutes with an amazing, Victorian Styled tour guide! Thank you Aten!!! You were great! Best of luck to you and your fiancé! read more

Atem our tour guide was awesome, super knowledgeable and spooky as all hell, he'll share of the occult, Seattle underground, history, ghost stories and plays EVPs of ghost hunts in the Seattle underground that are bone chilling. Highly recommended. Wells Fargo safe, spooky. Ask about the haunted pioneers square hotel, room 209. read more

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Fun date night! Be sure and bring a rain jacket. There was a lot of walking. It's the perfect Halloween date! Jennifer was our guide, and she was great! I didn't want the tour to end. read more

Spooked in Seattle Ghost Tours isn't your average tour. The tour guides don't walk aimlessly around Seattle trying to scare the pants off of unsuspecting tourists. In fact, those looking for a scary tour filled with mystical beings and made up ghostly tales are in for a surprise. Without giving away too many secrets, here is a sneak peak of a tour. The tour begins at Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle, Washington and takes people on an adventure around Pioneer Square, the surrounding area, and even underground. On the night of my tour, I had the pleasure of being escorted by Ross Allison, who is one of the owners of Spooked in Seattle Ghost Tours. With over twenty years of paranormal investigation, authoring several books, appearing on national television, and teaching classes at a university level, it's safe to say Ross is an expert in the field of everything ghostly. Therefore, he doesn't settle for fake ghost stories or planned theatrical hype. Instead, Spooked in Seattle Ghost Tours specializes in creating an environment based on facts and personal experiences. Ross met the crowd dressed in full costume with a top hat and traditional Victorian gentleman formal wear. This really sets the mood for the adventure, but don't be fooled. While he appears to have stepped out from another time and place, he has many modern items hiding in his tote bag. Those secrets will be revealed. The first of his modern-day helpers come to life immediately. The tour guide wears a microphone to help the crowd hear the stories and directions. The tour starts with a history lesson on the name of the city. Along the way, there are many stops on the 90-minute tour. At each stop, brings another true ghost story. As the tour guide tells the story, they also share visuals on an iPad. These images and videos directly connect to each story and add to the mystery and depth of the tales. At one location, the guide shares evidence of an EVP or electronic voice phenomena collected while investigating the site. This audio clip made several in the crowd jump. At several of the locations, the tour visits the inside of the buildings and gives the crowd hands on feel for the stories. Imagine hearing a ghost story and then being told, you are standing on the exact spot where a man committed suicide many years ago. Is it terrifying? Not really, but it certainly brings the brain to life in a hurry. This isn't an experience of sitting around the campfire and telling ghost stories. It's a history lesson, a touch of ghost hunting, a lot of laughter and excitement, and fun for the entire family. Those wanting to learn more about the ghosts which haunt Seattle or looking for a unique adventure should seek this tour. read more

Fun and educational. Russ is a most amusing host, we did the deluxe tour, which also included the death museum that has various articles from deaths long history. A must for those interested in alternative histories. read more

Ghost tours aren't for everyone and this is my first and will probably be my last ghost tour. You can tell the tour guide loves what he does and is really passionate about being a ghost hunter but again, this isn't for everyone. While the stories and the history he told about Seattle were interesting, all the things about there being hauntings and ghosts got boring. The worst part of the tour was everytime we went underground. It smelled really gross and would get hot and stuffy from so many people being in an enclosed space without any ventilation. I found a living social deal for this tour and got 2 tickets for the 1 regular price ticket. It's not THAT much to begin with but you're still saving money! read more

Great tour with good history of 1800's Seattle. Took the whole family from 13 up and everyone had an awesome time! Tour guide had great knowledge and welcomed interaction with the group. The size of the groups are small and cozy compared to some we saw with groups of 40+. Well worth it! read more

I was surprised with an evening out! I had no idea this was here and I've been wanting a cool/spooky tour for a while. Things happened. Not like visible ghosts and everything, but a strange connection to the past like someone else's memories are walking through you. You're taken to several historic Seattle locations were Ross shares accounts from the past, evp's, and personal anecdotes. Whether you believe in the phenomena or not, it's worth it for the history! When Ross would tell the facts, shit would get real and the room would fall silent. I'd highly recommend this tour/museum. read more

No freebie given at all. That was the problem we did the tour at 815 on aug 22 2012. The tour advertised that we would end the tour with a free drink. She took us in but never offered the drink. Loved the tour up until then. read more

Really disappointed. It was overpriced for what it was...a brief walk through of one underground space. The tour guide talked more about her butthole than any haunted stories. The tour started and ended at bars (that were not haunted) even though this was labeled as a "haunted pub tour". I wasn't expecting a spooky experience, but at least some interesting Seattle history. Don't waste your $$$. I had way more fun and learned more at the Seattle underground tour years ago. read more

I wasn't exactly "spooked". I thought this was an underground tunnel tour. We were only underground for 10 minutes!

Graham was our tour guide and he did a good job. We were a smaller group, about a dozen of us. We passed other tour groups that had up to 30 people. Group size would play a role in my enjoyment since video and audio segments are presented on an iPad. Graham made sure we all had a chance to see and listen. I did the underground tour a few years ago through another company - I much prefer Spooked's ghost tour since you still get a little history, you still visit the underground, but you also get a theme. I'll be bringing my future visitors to Merchant's Cafe - I've lived here five years and never heard of this place before, but there is an interesting historical tidbit associated with it, along with several spooky stories. This was my mom's last night visiting and we had no plans, so on a whim I booked this tour 3 hours before the tour start time. Weird coincidence - while we were in the Death Museum waiting for the tour to begin, my Mom's Facebook notifications informed us that "on this day..." six years ago we were doing the ghost tour in New Orleans. Given that we've only ever done that one ghost tour in our lives, odd that we unintentionally did this one on an anniversary... read more

Got the Groupon so we could go on the tour with my sis and her hubby (who were visiting from Manila) and we had an awesome time! Our guide was Jerome, and he was great. Before going on the tour, I read the yelp reviews and was pretty skeptical about how high they were. I mean, seriously, how can a ghost tour (without actual ghosts) be that highly rated? But I have to admit, it was really fun. I won't give out much details about the tour itself (I think the other reviews cover that already) but will say that our money was well spent and I will gladly recommend this tour to anyone with a sense of humor and an open mind. read more

I loved it! Our tour guide was Aten and he was just great! He is very knowledgable about Seattle, its history and its hauntings. I definitely suggest this tour to anyone. Good for kids too! The tour takes you around Pioneer Square - we went at 6pm. It was the perfect time for the tour. If you plan on doing it -make sure to wear comfortable shoes. Its not a crazy, long, walking tour, but comfortable shoes are best. Anyway, Aten was great. He wears Victorian clothes -not just for the tour! He was telling us that he wears them as his normal attire. Pretty cool! All in all, this is the best. Probably my favorite thing to do in Seattle. If you are a student, take advantage of the Student Prices! They are great!!! I loved Spooked in Seattle !! read more

I wouldn't recommend. If you're a history nerd, not enough history. Only one good spooky ghost story. The underground portion is small and lacking. NEVER buy the Groupon, because they'll never let you use it and will always be 'booked' unless you show up and agree to play full price read more

Horrible customer service. Got tickets through groupon and even though they still have space for my group they refused to allow me to book the tour. I had done this tour with prior visitors from out of town. I can safely say not again. read more

Would recommend for casual night out with friends. Spooky, but not over the top. Ross, our guide, was very entertaining!

Loved this tour. I believe that ghost tours always are a great way to find out some of the folk tales, and history of a locality and this one does not disappoint. We originally signed up for the waterfront tour, but that did not work out. We instead ended up taking the Pioneer Square tour and our guide did a phenomenal job telling us some great stories & history of the area. My only complaint is the first two spots on the tour it was very difficult to hear the tour guide due to the traffic from the highway, but once we got into Pioneer square this was not an issue. Great use of a tablet to show us pictures of what some of the people looked like as well as some historical pictures of the areas and buildings. I highly recommend this tour! read more

My friend and I went on the standard tour and it was a lot of fun. Ross was very intelligent and knew his stuff. He took us into many buildings which was great because it got a bot cold outside for a 90 minute walk. I really enjoyed when we were able to go into the Hotel that used to be a gentlemen s club very interesting stories. The other people on the tour were really nice too. I can be a skeptic about touristy things but my friend and I both agreed it was fun and we are planning to go on the pub tour in the future. My advice go! read more

I saw this tour on Groupon and decided to give it a try. It was fun to do something different in Seattle and learn a bit of history along the way! Jerome was our guide and did a GREAT job of telling the stories and he was very animated!! Looking forward to trying one of the other ghost tours! read more

Great tour and so fun! On top of a history lesson from location to location, Ross was very funny and entertaining and a great host. Had EVPs and pictures to share with us to add to the creepy ambiance, as well as the awesome collection of haunted artifacts and documents in the spooked in Seattle building where they are going to have the death museum later which we will definitely visit. They have a Tacoma tour as well as the haunted trolley tour which is definitely something we are going to do in the future. Overall great price, great staff, and a great not-so-touristy thing to do when in the pioneer square area. Definitely a must go! read more

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We went with a group of friends last weekend using a groupon. It was odd and unusual, just what you'd expect. We had a few drinks prior and I'm glad we did! It helped make it more intriguing. We lost some people during the tour and a random person joined the group during our stroll through the streets so that was entertaining. The history was nice and the ghost stuff was well, ghost stuff. If you have a couple hours to kill and want basic history of Seattle then go. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't great. It was eh. I'm glad I didn't pay full price! read more

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We went on the Saturday tour at 8:30 and we had so much fun. Kim was an amazing tour guide. It was historically very informative and at times I was truly really spooked. It's so worth the hour and half of your time if you are into learning about haunted places. We couldn't believe how good kim was considering there were some obnoxious, rude people on the tour who were talking while she was. Those people eventually left. I think they were expecting a haunted house. This isn't that, so don't book this tour if that is what you are wanting. My fiancé woke up this morning and said he woke up in the middle of the night and was scared because of the ghost tour. read more

We went on this tour yesterday, we enjoyed the ghost stories and learning some creepy history about Seattle. The thing that we did not enjoy was the use of an IPad to play sound bits and show pictures of the paranormal. To be honest trying to play sound bits on an IPad on a busy Seattle street at 6P.M. is just silly. The stories of weird Seattle were great, I think we would rather just have heard more stories or made and additional stop on the tour. In my personal opinion the IPad pictures just took away from the tour made it less enjoyable and super cheesy. It seemed cheesy and photo shopped. They recordings easily could be faked. Our tour guide was energetic and seemed to know his shit about old Seattle, I would recommend the tour to friends. Here's my advice get rid of the IPad, you have a good thing going without it. read more

Best Ghost Tour ever. Aten is the best. Very knowledgable and so much history learned. So many great photos and audio too! Must do again.

The staff are so knowledgeable and nice. You can tell they really love their job. Kim was our amazing guide tonight. The combination of walking tour, death museum, pictures and EVP were entertaining and educational. Stop reading and go already. read more

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Met the tour at Ye Old Curiosity Shoppe down on the waterfront. I had some friends from out of town and it made for a great evening. Being the history buff that I am, I enjoyed hearing about events in Seattle I hadn't heard before. And I do love a good ghost story! Ross the guide was great. He kept us interested and the group moving along. We visited Kells and Butterfield Building that I actually know quite a bit of history about that wasn't brought up on the tour, but enjoyed it nonetheless. We did have a couple people in my party that had trouble walking, but there were plenty of places for them to sit while we talked at different sites. I've taken the Pioneer Square tour as well and was just as pleased with that tour. HIghly recommend the tours, whether you're a history or a ghost story fan. read more

This was an amazing experience! Easily worth the value and more. Our tour guide was so knowledgeable about the city, and he made the history just as exciting as the ghost stories. The city was beautiful and alive through the tales he told. The evidence was frightening and compelling, and so tragic. The best part of the tour was his attentive nature. He answered all our questions and stayed with us an extra 1hr and 45 minutes to give us a real spooky experience. In fact, we were so impressed, we are considering going on a different tour tonight! Thanks again SIS! read more

I loved the USS Turner Joy Tour so much I did it twice! Ross was our tour guide. He was sincere, accommodating, and obviously passionate about his work. The tours aren't gimmicky or campy...there is no canned showmanship or glamorization. That's what makes Spooked in Seattle so great! You'll be provided with a back story then given the opportunity to branch off into small groups to explore and draw your own conclusions. You get to intermix with your group rather than just follow a tour guide in a single file line. There is open participation and everyone in the tour left as friends. If you like history and mystery, you will love these tours! I plan to do them all! read more

I loved this tour! I love how they tell REAL stories from REAL people and show you REAL evidence for proof. They don't tell fictional stories just meant to frighten you. This is the real deal. Our tour guide (I wish I remembered her name!!) was so nice and friendly. She also dressed the part, which was awesome. My favorite part of the tour is when she took us to a section of the underground and turned off the lights (they gave us flashlights, of course). And their evidence is awesome. My only complaint was that we chose the earlier tour, so it started before it got dark outside. A ghost tour with the sun in the sky isn't all that thrilling. Once it got dark, all of the stories and evidence felt much more spooky and more exciting. I would recommend the later tour for this reason. Overall, really fantastic! read more

We embarked on this tour an enthusiastic party of four armed with suspended disbelief and ready to buy into the spookiness. I'd read reviews for the tour, and since some of our party is vaguely interested in the paranormal (and one of them spooked at even the thought of the paranormal...) we thought it'd be an entertaining night out in Seattle to host our out of town guests. I think perhaps it was simply bad luck that we were matched with a tour guide that didn't fit our vibe. We arrived donning party hats and glow bracelets, met a few other enthusiastic couples in the group and had a few laughs before the tour commenced. We made it through the first 2-3 stops (we were at the stop just past the Pioneer Square hotel) before unfortunately requiring a bathroom break, and at that point our party of four decided to spend our time elsewhere. It looks like many of the high star reviews were for different tour guides (Jerome and Ross), and I'm not here to insult the tour guide we had. Perhaps our group size was too large to engage successfully (we started with a group of 15 or so?). Perhaps she was put off by us cheering somewhat obnoxiously when she introduced herself? My husband and I took time off to have drinks with our out of town guest since they weren't enjoying the tour, and then as we were planning to grab some amazing Bruchetta at Cafe Bengodi (5 stars, MUST have), we saw the spooked in Seattle headquarters right next door. I decided to stick my head in and follow up- just figure out if I'd missed the mark with my expectations, or if perhaps the tour on this night was not up to snuff. The two gentleman that were in the headquarters were attentive, courteous, honest about the contents of the tour and apologetic about my dissatisfaction of the tour. I have admittedly never been on a ghost tour, or the underground tour, but another member of our party indicated that the underground tours she'd participated in had been much more dynamic and engaging. We ended up staying at the headquarters until the tour caught up with us (the tour ended at the headquarters). It was notable that the tour had lost a few more participants by this point in the tour...so it seems we weren't the only drop outs. We were offered a chance to try the tour again, and were also asked if there was feedback we could give to make the tour better. I don't know if it's worth lining up the childcare and making the trip back to Seattle for another ghost tour- and I'm not in any way qualified to give advice. My only thought would be perhaps to leave more left unsaid- take advantage of the wait time and the pregnant pause. I found it hard to feel spooked when every moment was being narrated to death. (Again, please note- I did not stay for the whole tour!) While I would not go on this tour again, I may give a shot to one of the hunts at the Merchant Cafe or USS Turner. And while my experience was less than stellar- dozens of positive yelp reviews suggest that my experience was likely the minority (but- it's notable that I didn't see a single positive review for the tour guide we had...I suspect she may have been the tour guide referred to as "too happy" - but I'm hesitant to align myself in any way with that ludicrous review). read more

Graham was awesome. His personality, information he gave, how involved he was in the history, stories and with the group. Exceeded our expectations. I recommend this tour, especially before taking any of the others, since you'll get some insight into parts of the other tours they won't share with you. Sad that the "Smith Tower" doesn't have the hand crank elevator anymore... so that info is no longer up to date. It just changed to electronic. They've done a phenomenal job with this sight and it is absolutely worth it. We want to take their other tours. Thanks a ton, Graham. You were top notch. 5 stars all day long! read more

This was a great tour with lots of historical information. Kim was a great tour guide.

I thought there would be more to the tour- more of the underground to see. The guide, Jennifer, earns 5 stars though. She was entertaining, informative, and energetic. And spooked in Seattle is a bit of a misnomer: nothing spooky, not like the underground, spooky tour in Edinburgh Scotland! read more

Spooked in Seattle is the BEST ghost tour in town! It doesn't need to be October to get a great tour by the full time paranormal investigator Ross. It was most amazing because the ghost stories are realistic and chilling because they are real! (I researched them after the tour). The staff was friendly and the tour was an amazing value! I cant wait to sign up for a haunted pub crawl soon too! Also the headquarters, where you end up at the end of the tour, perfectly compliments the tour and stories itself as they are in a historically haunted building and have their own section of the underground Seattle! CHECK THEM OUT! A++ PS. I also took the other ghost tour in pioneer square and they do not compare at all! Theirs seemed like a ploy to eat at their restaurant. read more