Specters & Sinners: San Diego's Haunted History

The Specters & Sinners Ghost Tour is our Adults-Only Tour in San Diego. It’s also the most unique. We use San Diego’s haunted locations to tell the lesser-known stories of our Founding Fathers and the hauntings tied to them. If you’re looking for an amazing, through-provoking Ghost Tour, this is the tour for you.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Tivoli Bar - The Tivoli Bar is an excellent starting point to begin telling you all about what San Diego was like during the late-1800s, and happens to have its own interesting history to explore!
  • Gaslamp Museum at the Davis-Horton House - The Davis-Horton House belonged to the creator of San Diego’s downtown area, and also contains the…
What's Included
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Location
Tivoli Bar and Grill
Sixth Avenue
Our tour guide will meet guests in front of Tivoli, please have your confirmation email ready.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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I1750mrjenp
Jun 16, 2024
Very entertaining and super fun. - Dani was excellent! Knowledgeable and engaging. Fun to learn about San Diego history. Like thew story about the horse.
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50minah
Apr 23, 2024
Dani’s the best guide ever - Our guide, Dani, really made this tour an incredible experience! She was super engaging with the group, informative, and threw in lots of jokes. Her presentation was natural and it wasn’t super obvious that she was following a script, unlike other tours I’ve experienced. Overall the whole night was super memorable and informative, next time I have friends in town I’d definitely book a tour with Dani again!
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227rhondal
Jun 8, 2023
Great guide - Our guide Kayla was great, interactive, and fun. I would recommend her to anyone looking for an interesting tour of the Gas Lamp area.
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Bruce_p
May 10, 2023
History lesson - It was very interesting . Had a great tour guide who was Katlyn. Was very knowledgeable and would highly recommend her.
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Jessica-goulet04
Jan 31, 2023
Must-Do for San Diego Tourists - This tour does not disappoint! There is so much history to uncover in San Deigo and this walking tour did a great job highlighting some really fascinating characters and events. While I personally did not experience anything paranormal, one of the other attendees did - an apportion in one of the hotel mirrors! And I got to see the photo that proved it! If you plan on visiting San Deigo for multiple days, I would do this tour at the start of your trip and then visit some of the locations covered in this tour. There are many local bars that have an extensive paranormal activity that I wish I could've visited, but I was leaving the next day. Overall great experience and I hope to attend more tours in other cities in the future!!
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17morganm
Sep 19, 2022
Do the Tour! - Kelly was absolutely amazing. She was extremely knowledgeable and truly cares about the history of the area. As someone who has lived in San Diego for almost 5 years, it was an insightful tour with lots new and interesting facts I truly didn't know. They go above and beyond to make sure that what they are telling you is accurate as well as telling recent history (2010s) and historical history of the area. This tour is about a mile or so in total walking. I would definitely recommend and would wholeheartedly go again! Thanks Kelly!
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Elena
Sep 5, 2022
Great for Couples! - Great for couples! Loved the tour and walking through the history of San Diego! Kelly was a great tour guide, very knowledgeable and it really showed she was passionate about the subject. Definitely a well time spent!
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Lilyrv9463xr
Aug 16, 2022
The best time - Our tour guide was so welcoming and informative, and you could tell she genuinely cared and wanted us to have a good experience and learn as much as possible. My boyfriend and I had the best time, and I hope to do something like this again!!
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Candace
Aug 4, 2022
Evening good in the Gaslamp Quarter - Really enjoyed this tour with Anne! She shared a lot of history and made the tour enjoyable! We learned a lot about The Gaslamp District and even heard some Ghost stories!
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Katlovestravel
Jun 21, 2024
Terrible - This tour was terrible, it was just my boyfriend and I and about 10 minutes into the tour I told the guide let’s stop right here. The guide had to read from some cards annd he didn’t really know what he was doing and it just wasn’t a good tour. I was scammed out of $80. This tour wasn’t worth $40 a person. There are better ghost tours out there and this isn’t one of them. I think they lied when they said they have 5 star reviews and that they’re so highly rated. I was going to leave a google review but of course they aren’t there. So idk where these 5 star ratings are coming from.
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From $35
up to 10 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).