Discover Our Town’s Haunted Past
Embark on a journey through our intriguing history, intertwined with chilling ghostly encounters that have left their mark.
Learn about local haunted mansions, legends and ghostly sightings. Walk past the once abandoned hospital that is now a B&B hotel. Hear about the local library’s poltergeist activity and how Hollywood has featured Calistoga in movies. Wander the streets hearing tales of Sam Brannon and other past residents that added to Calistoga’s history. Some may not have left.
Learn the colorful history of Calistoga with the unmistakeable smattering of its hidden ghostly past. Put together from interviews with locals and exclusive research, this walking tour is sure to enchant and delight while offering a spooky twist to local history.
Our tours have ended for 2024. We will be closed through the winter months. Tours will return in April 2025.
Hope to see you then!
Meet Your Tour Guides
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Tiffany Turner is a new local Calistogan that enjoys history and theatre. Mrs. Turner grew-up and worked in the South Bay Area, moving to Calistoga in Sept. 2020. Mrs. Turner is a retired teacher with 21 years of educational experience with a BA Degree in Drama. She writes children's fantasy books, paranormal romances and has been a paranormal investigator since 2019. She has extensive experience in presenting to audiences of various ages and has performed at the Northern California Renaissance Faire since 2007. She is part of Dark Watch Paranormal and Avalon Vision’s Paranormal Investigations Group. Both groups do investigations in Northern California. Join her to learn more about Calistoga's history and become spooked by the tales of spirits that roam the buildings and streets of Calistoga.
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Barbara Barling is a California native that moved to Calistoga in 2019 with her husband Joe and two cats after her home was destroyed in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. They now reside in Deer Park. Barbara performed massage from 2000-2019 at various spas and B&Bs around Sonoma County including Calistoga. She was the admin. asst. & volunteered for the theater company UpStage Napa Valley from 2020-2024 and performed in various plays there as well. She has sung in various groups over the years and formed the all female Silver Belles Caroling Group in 2016, still performing with them on occasion. She has always been attracted to alternative new age practices and has studied honing psychic abilities, tarot & shamanism. She became an energy healing reiki master, as well as becoming a Center for Mind Body Medicine group facilitator for healing communities that experience disaster/trauma. Barbara has had a handful of different instances of apparitions appearing to her and believes in the spirit world living amongst us.
