What we’re about
Meet fellow paranormal researchers near you! Bay Area Ghost Hunters (BAGH) is primarily a networking group for the free flow of paranormal information both in person and on the internet. Skepticism is appreciated, but close-mindedness is not. We meet at least once a month at haunted historic locations, somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Upcoming events
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Ghost Walk in San Juan Bautista ($40, includes goodie bag)
San Juan Bautista, MAIN, San Juan Bautista,, CA, USFriday night, October 17, 2025
How to Pay: Go to https://www.ticketsignup.io/ticketevent/rotarysanjuanbautistaghostwalk2025 .
Select October 17, 7:00 pm
Pay with your credit card or Apple Pay.
The cutoff is 22 people, but if you have trouble signing up, text Jackie Muñoz at 831-320-1764 for help. She will let additional BAGH members in!BRING A FLASHLIGHT! Bring COVID face masks. Wear comfortable shoes. The walk is accessible but bumpy. Find street parking. Arrive early if you want to see the Mission (it closes at 4:00 p.m.) or eat at Jardine's (it closes at 8:00 p.m.).
Our ghost walk starts at 7:00 p.m. and is 1/2 hour. Boy are you in for a treat! This meetup is in one of the smallest, most vintage, most HAUNTED little towns we have every visited.
San Juan Bautista (St. John the Baptist) is a town older than California.
The Mission was built in 1797 on a site chosen by Father Junipero Serra (now Saint Serra) because it promised an “abundant harvest of souls.”The final scene of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo was filmed at this mission.
Is San Juan Bautista haunted? OH YES! From https://happycabintahoe.com/blog/2019/11/25/logue-cabin-a-travelogue-ghosts-of-san-juan-bautista (LOGUE CABIN: A Travelogue: The Ghosts of San Juan Bautista), “Halina Kleinsmith [told the author] that San Juan Bautista is built on a crystal bowl between sacred ranges. She explains that the water percolates up through the quartz, making the San Juan Valley a power spot. That’s what drew the Native Americans here. That’s what drew the Spanish here. Everything is amplified here—good, evil, nightmares, dreams. “Have you ever seen a ghost?” I ask. “Every day,” she says nonchalantly, as if talking about something as ho-hum as the rising sun. She explains that residents of San Juan Bautista must learn to coexist with spirits. They see them in their houses and businesses, hear them in their attics, and walk through “cold patches” as the spirits roam the streets. “The veil is thin here.”
Your co-organizer is Deb. She will be wearing a flashing ghost necklace. Phone: 408.828.5257.
Graphic is © Kyla Quarles.
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Ghost Walking Tour of Downtown Benicia
First Street, Benicia, 100 First St, Benicia, CA, USBenicia has ghost walks, but they’re a seasonal offering by the Benicia Physic metaphysical shop. Bay Area Ghost Hunters has set up a special slot for our group.
For those looking for a little background, when flooding in San Jose was too big of an obstacle to keep its status as the first state capitol of California, Vallejo stepped up to the plate, then Benicia. The conditions of Benicia civic center allowed them to erect the capitol building the legislature needed. It lasted a little over a year, from February 3, 1853, to February 24, 1854, before the state legislators found complaints about the location. To the dismay of the local residents, they then moved onto Sacramento. Considering how much drama that can arise from politics, California became a big controversy when it entered the union in 1850 as a free state. It shouldn’t be surprising one figure appears in photo while Benicia was celebrating its founding.
It is also home to the Union Hotel, where Ghost Adventures filmed a 2019 episode. They determined the ghosts were evil because they were generating a lot of anger amongst their team, whereas other paranormal researchers have speculated that the ghosts simply resent Zack Bagans. During my past overnight stay at the Union, I never sensed anything menacing. Also in 2019, BAGH met up there with the late Irish Psychic Medium Sandra O’Hara, who gave an amazing gallery reading. While she managed to pass on messages to most of those attending, she had to turn away some that were unconnected to anyone present for the event.
Ghost walks usually focus on details that are rarely mentioned in those focused on other subjects. This is where people learn about the locale’s violent and macabre past and the ghosts that grew out of the traumas. This one is particularly special because it is led by a psychic medium. It is designed for people who are 18 years of age and over.
Fee for this special tour is $42/$52 per person. The $52 fee comes with an EMF reader. In order to avoid additional service charges and save me some paperwork, please go directly to their website to book a spot:
https://www.beniciapsychic.org/ghost-walk
We will be going on the 7:30 p.m., Saturday, October 25, ghost walk, but we need to arrive early. Since Meetup won't accept the precise address in the meet-up details, it is 920 First Street #104. Tours last about 90 minutes. For priority, please ensure to mention you’re with BAGH.
If anyone is familiar with the parking situation in this area, please share some details in the comments. All I remember is that it has street parking.
BAGH hosts will be wearing flashing ghost necklaces and possibly a BAGH t-shirt. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.
Adrienne
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