Christian Cagigal has always known that San Francisco is haunted. That’s not a downside for him. The 49-year-old SF-born magician has always possessed a mutual interest in both his hometown and the spirit world. As a student at SF State, his interests caught the attention of established SF magician Jim Fassbinder. The elder took the younger magician under his wing, just as Fassbinder was about to combine his talents into a new tourist attraction.

“I helped [Jim] create the tour back in 1998,” says Cagigal. “I was already known in that community as the kid who mixed magic, storytelling, and theater. So, he wanted my help creating the tour.”

The result was the San Francisco Ghost Hunt , a 90-minute evening-based walk from Japantown to Pacific Heights that combines local history with stag

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