Historians, skeptics and believers in the paranormal can all find something to love about the downtown Tucson ghost tours put on by Specter Tours.

The small Tucson-based tour company leads walking tours around downtown Tucson. 

Tour guide and business owner Robert Owens is a dedicated historian and entertainer. Tour goers are taken around many Tucson landmarks such as the Rialto Theater, the Fox Theater and the Pioneer Hotel.

The Pioneer Hotel, the site of Arizona’s most deadly fire, has a rich history and spooky ghost stories to compliment it.

The tour also stops by 101 E. Pennington Street, an old mortuary that is now the home of Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink and Tough Luck Club. Owens recommends it as a place to relax with a drink while looking for apparitions after the tour.

Specter Tours is in the process of adding a new route, which is expected to open in early July. The new route will take tour guests around Fort Lowell Park with ghost hunting equipment similar to what you might see on television, like thermal imaging scanners.

Tickets can be purchased through Groupon for the Friday and Saturday tours. Tours start in front of the Rialto, loop around downtown, and end at Hotel Congress. 

This article appears in May 26 – Jun 1, 2016.

4 replies on “Get In Touch With Downtown’s Paranormal Side With Specter Tours”

  1. What do we call people who sell made up stories as the truth or profit from make believe ghost stories?

    Oh yeah, charlatans!

    Seriously though, as long as there are people stupid enough to pay for this kinda crap, there will be people willing to make it up! I hope they put on a good show at least!

  3. I think this is a scam. They don’t list prices on their web page, and the contact link only provides an error message. I’m avoiding at all costs.

  4. Not a scam we are aware of the website issues and working on fixing them. Tickets have been on sale with group on for several months and we are on yelp. Tours are currently closed from July until August. The tour has an emphasis on history as well ghost stories. The stories are researched and locally sourced. Not simply made up.

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