Meet your tour guides
Johnathan "John" Whitfield
John Whitfield, once a respected high school history teacher, developed an obsession with Old Town’s forgotten archives after a late-night research session left him shaken. He claims he heard phantom whispers echoing through the stacks of brittle newspapers, warning him to “keep telling their stories.” Since then, John has been unable to walk down Main Street without sensing a presence at his shoulder. Guests describe him as unnervingly calm, his voice almost hypnotic as he recounts tales of the dead who refuse to be forgotten.
Signature Story: The Schoolmaster’s Shadow — the ghost of an old headmaster who still roams the grounds, striking fear into late-night wanderers who hear the faint sound of a ruler slapping desks.
Brady Ellison Kane
Brady Kane’s dramatic voice and striking presence make him the most theatrical of the guides—but behind his bravado lies a chilling family legend. His grandmother, who once ran a shop in Tustin, swore the family was “marked” by a ghostly presence after she witnessed a pale figure step into her store and vanish without a trace. Brady has embraced this strange inheritance, leaning into the darkness with his booming delivery and candlelit reenactments. Guests swear his shadow sometimes moves independently of him as he spins his stories.
Signature Story: The Phantom Carriage of Main Street — a spectral coach pulled by horses with flaming eyes, said to barrel down the street at midnight, vanishing just before striking anyone in its path.
Ryan Elias Caldwell
Ryan Caldwell came to Tustin as a skeptic, researching ghost folklore for his upcoming book. But a night in the historic cemetery changed him. While documenting epitaphs, he claims he felt icy hands grip his shoulders—and when he turned, he saw no one. Now Ryan believes his tours are less performance and more a warning. He carries an old leather notebook where he logs every guest’s strange experiences, insisting the spirits are keeping score. His meticulous, almost obsessive tone chills guests who expect mere entertainment but leave questioning what followed them home.
Signature Story: The Watcher of Prospect Hill Cemetery — a faceless figure glimpsed among the headstones, known for locking eyes with intruders before disappearing into the fog.
Wendy Marjorie Latham
Wendy Latham has always had an eye for the uncanny. As a child, she sketched strange pale figures she claimed “stood in corners where the light didn’t reach.” Now an artist and gallery owner, she incorporates these visions into her ghost tours, sometimes showing guests haunting drawings that seem too vivid to be imagination. She drifts through Old Town with her lantern, her vintage gowns rustling like funeral shrouds, her voice lilting yet mournful. Some guests swear they’ve seen shapes moving in her lantern glass that aren’t reflections of the living.
Signature Story: The Bride of El Camino Real — a weeping woman in a torn wedding dress who appears near the chapel ruins, said to wail for a groom who never arrived.