Tour no. 01
The Original
SLC Ghost Walk
Historic hotels, hidden tunnels, and the souls said to linger around Temple Square.
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- Distance
- 1.1 miles
- Meets at
- Gallivan Plaza
Salt Lake City after dark
Walk beneath the Wasatch moon and hear the true stories Salt Lake would rather leave buried.
Historic downtown · 9:47 PM
41.223° N 111.891° W
Choose your haunting
These are not campfire tales. Each route is built from newspaper archives, old court records, and stories passed quietly between generations of Salt Lakers.
Tour no. 01
Historic hotels, hidden tunnels, and the souls said to linger around Temple Square.
Tour no. 02
A later, darker route through the city’s oldest blocks and most unsettling accounts.
From the archives
Exchange Place
A vanished bride, a locked hotel room, and a footprint that returns whenever snow falls on the old commercial district.
Federal Courthouse
Night guards still report a measured set of footsteps pacing the marble halls long after the final doors are chained.
South Temple
A child’s melody, heard through walls that remember more than the city’s official histories are willing to tell.
“Our guide knew exactly when to let the history speak—and when to let the dark do the rest. I’ve lived here for 18 years and will never walk down Main Street the same way again.”
Mara Ellison
Local skeptic, allegedly
Tonight’s invitation
Tours leave nightly in small groups. Choose your company and meet your storyteller beneath the city lights.
Reserve your lantern
No payment charged yet. Free changes up to 24 hours before departure.
Before you follow
It is atmospheric, strange, and occasionally chilling rather than theatrical gore. The stories are rooted in local history, eyewitness accounts, and the darker corners of Salt Lake folklore.