Flagstaff wasn’t always the quiet mountain town people think it is.
Before it became a college town with craft breweries and stargazing, this place was a railroad boomtown full of saloons, rivalries, and people who didn’t always make it to morning. Some of them, it turns out, never really left.
We’re Flagstaff’s original ghost tour, family owned by the people who literally wrote the book on this town’s dark side. Co-founder Susan Johnson is the author of Wicked Flagstaff, Haunted Flagstaff, and The Walkup Family Murders and every story on this tour comes from her original research. No scripts. No recycled Wikipedia pages. Just real history, told by guides who know these streets and the people who haunt them.
On this 75-minute guided walk through downtown, you'll visit 7–8 haunted landmarks with a guide who knows the stories behind every darkened window. The Weatherford Hotel and its Zane Grey Ballroom. The Orpheum Theater and the presence in its balcony. Wheeler Park and the dark history most Flagstaff residents have never heard. And the Marie Walkup case. We won't spoil it here, but it's the story that made our co-founder write a whole book.
You'll also learn why Flagstaff's historic steam tunnels were sealed shut, and why no one's been truly underground since. If someone promises you an underground tour, ask what you'll actually see.
This walking tour is about a mile on downtown sidewalks at a comfortable pace. We don't enter buildings, but trust us: the stories are better from the street, where you can look up at the windows and wonder what's looking back.
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