Mercedes Yaeger, owner and guide. Here you see me painted in silver, dressed to become part of the art when the Olympic Sculpture Park opened. I have been a tour guide in Seattle for over ten years and have worked as a guide for The Pike Place Market, Elderhostel, and the Underground Tours. The Market Ghost Tours were started by my father (the Mayor of Pike Place Market) and Shelia Lyon (Market Magic Shop) when I was just a young girl of 7. I grew up hearing the stories and have heard many more since. I research each story, relying heavily on Municipal Archives and newspaper accounts of past events. I contact family members and friends alive today of any spirit that haunts an area and I try to give personality to each story. Not all stories can be validated, but I will share with you those I am researching and how I do the research. After the things I have seen and heard on this tour over the last four years,  I am a believer.

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Monica Hartsock, guide. Monica is a law student at Seattle University. She has a bulldog named Arthur who often reminds her that she is his assistant by tugging the leash ahead of her.She recenty moved from Chicago to Seattle and loves the Market.

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Penny Truitt has been giving tours of Seattle for over 13 years. Before calling Seattle home she lived in Italy and Japan. Her travels fostered a love of history, culture, and oral tradition. Penny moved to Seattle to hone her gift of gab at Cornish College of the Arts where she met her husband. She is an ordained minister specializing in Hand Fastings, a proud wife and mother, and a avid talker. Penny is excited and honored to be giving ghost tours in the iconic Pike Place Market.Her friends and family thank you in advance for giving her other people to talk to.