If you want a bone-chilling good time, then this is the right adventure for you! Unexplained mysteries, ghostly adventures and spooky stories abound on our “Beyond Bizarre” tour. If you like the paranormal, weird, or wacky, let us be your guide to an evening of adventure. Believer or not - people of all faiths and backgrounds, including skeptics, are welcomed.

If you've seen the "Ghost Hunters" TV show, then you might be familiar with the equipment we hand out at the start of the event. (Please note: only guests with advanced tickets will receive equipment.) Once armed with real ghost hunting equipment, we'll venture down shadowy streets to reveal Portland’s paranormal past, catch glimpses of ghosts, expose psychic hoaxes and duck through haunted passageways. This is NOT a theatrical performance where we dress up in "old time" clothing and carry a lantern. This is a view into the reality of Portland's weird, wacky, and paranormal side. Everything is real and nothing is staged. At no point during the tour will we ever try to scare you. Although, that may happen naturally on its own.

A few years ago, we hired two consultants - a leading expert on the paranormal and a proven clairvoyant - to help us bring this skeptical (and not theatrical) event to you. In addition, all of the guides for this tour have gone through extensive training and testing for psychic sensitivity. They are also all certified members of the International Ghost Hunters Society and participants in the local Ghostlusters Paranormal Society.

For some, the highlight is venturing below Old Town Pizza to see if the equipment introduces you Nina, a former 'working girl' who is known to haunt the 1888 Merchant Hotel. For others, it's a rare visit to the White Eagle Saloon - often called one of the top five haunted places on the West Coast - where Sam and has been known to trigger EMF Meters through voice interaction during the tour. And, after joining this adventure, some people have called it a 'Ghost Hunting 101' training session and were trilled to get an understanding of all the different types of hauntings including Residuals, Object Hauntings and Poltergeists.

Kids of all ages are welcome on our 7 p.m. tour where we do not get into murders, suicides, or other controversial materials. Or, if you dare, buy tickets now for our exclusive 10 p.m. over-18 night crawling event on Fridays and Saturdays where no children are allowed so we stop saying "here they rented rooms by the hour" and get into the gory details. No matter which one you join, you'll have a exciting and entertaining time on our weird, wacky, and eerie crawl through some of the creepiest parts of Portland. No matter what, be sure to bring your cameras as many people have captured so-called orbs on their cameras!

Dates & Times:

March to November:
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 p.m.
Over-18 only Fridays and Saturdays at 10:00 p.m.

Advance ticket purchases are required to reserve ghost hunting equipment. This tour regularly sells out, so buy your tickets now.

Starting Location:

Meet your guide OUTSIDE of Old Town Pizza at 226 NW Davis St (between 2nd & 3rd Aves) in Old Town/Chinatown.

Tour duration:

Under 2 ½ hours
Less than 1 ½ miles (no hills, limited stairs)

All Ages Tour:

• $19 Adults
• $15 Senior (65 & up) and Youth (11-17)
• $5 Child (5-10)
• $0 Tots

Over 18 Tour:

$29 - Over 18 only - photo ID required.
Includes smaller group plus non-family-friendly material (just plain screwed up stuff).

Advance ticket purchases are required to reserve ghost hunting equipment. This tour regularly sells out, so buy your tickets now.

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• Wield a working electromagnetic field meter (advance ticket purchasers only).
• Bring your own camera to try to snap 'orbs' that some say are the presence of spirits.
• Search for supernatural activity under Old Town Pizza near the last remains of the legendary underground "Shanghai Tunnels," in one of “America’s top ten most haunted places” according to the Travel Channel.
• A weird & wacky 24 hour doughnut shop and wedding chapel
• Gain an understanding into the 7 different types of hauntings.
• Glimpse into the professional procedures that are used in documenting and identifying, and understanding paranormal activity.
• Discover firsthand why there's a "Keep Portland Weird" bumper sticker.
• Understand the various hoaxes and mundane explanations involved in paranormal activities.
• Hear tales of dark secrets, strange rituals and things that go bump in the night.

These are the things you'll discover with us:

• Paranormal Events, Unsolved Mysteries, UFOs, the Strange and Unusual - paranormal is not just spirits and hauntings.
• Ghosts, Spirits, and Hauntings - the truth behind ghost history, types of hauntings and mistaken hauntings
• Ghost Hunting 101 - Use real ghost hunting equipment.
• Unusual rituals like Vudu (also known as Hoodoo or Voodoo) - Do Voodoo Dolls really bleed?
• Paranormal Hoaxes & Illusions - What's real and what's not.
• Weird, Wacky, and Tacky - You'll get an inside track into some of Portland's most outrageous places and practices.

"...combines the hustle and bustle of " The Blair Witch Project" with the technological tools of "Ghostbusters" in the pursuit of Portland's paranormal."

- Seattle PI Newspaper

"In all my years of researching the paranormal in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve never seen an urban area with a higher concentration of supernatural activity than here in Portland. This tour visits the top three haunted places in the city and gives walkers the unmatched opportunity to perhaps witness other-worldly things most never experience."

- Jefferson Davis, leading paranormal expert and author

"...entertaining way to spend an evening."

- Business Travellogue

"If you want to rub Portland’s underbelly and make it purr like a black kitten, get online and sign up...Portland Walking Tours is not responsible for soiled britches."

- PDX Magazine

"It wasn't all fun and games though, because "Sam" was awake that night. In one area of the hall the EMF meters, including my own, started going crazy. It happened on the exact spot where Rose had been savagely killed."

- Portland Mercury

"Even though I had a personal experience when I was growing up, my friends don't believe me. The best thing about last night is we all had a blast!"

- Bill Weadley, San Francisco, California USA