<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e9f90b30-e533-45d8-b59c-750e54a53935/990A7891-CDDE-4645-A0C0-49362B76866C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco" href="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sdnn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><H1>Quick Escape: Halloween ghost hunting in San Francisco</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><P>Halloween…. For many, this once frightening night conjures narrow escapes from life-sucking ghosts as we took the dare of running into the neighborhood cemetery and placing an item on the most <EM>haunted</EM> grave.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sdnn.com/img/FF2F2174-578D-45AA-9EC2-172AB3EFD09B" alt="San Diego: When crossing Highway 1 to Ocean Beach in San Francisco, the author advises being prepared for drunk drivers and paranormal experiences. (Photo by Sally Richards)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><P>Then we’d  probably be more likely to see our ghost,  says best-selling author of the paranormal  <A href="http://www.Jeffbelanger.com">Jeff Belanger</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><P>“Infamous haunts have a reputation that will affect the paranormally-minded visitor,” says Belanger, who makes a living as an investigator of such matters and is the founder of <A href="http://www.ghostvillage.com/">www.ghostvillage.com</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sdnn.com/img/18FFA98B-B25E-41E6-A051-7AEC9F7478F4" alt="Click here" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><STRONG>Alcatraz</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><P>Before you leave San Diego, go online and book a tour of Alcrataz.  Make it the last tour of the day. That  ferry departs at 4:20 p.m.  (Thursdays through Mondays). Your passage includes a personally narrated boat tour around the island and a guided tour from the dock into the main prison. It’s a  two-and-a-half hour endeavor and will run you about $33.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-10-11/travel-tours/quick-escape-halloween-ghost-hunting-in-san-francisco"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sdnn.com/img/61100E1B-9128-458A-B4EF-A3DF9944FE16" alt="San Diego: The view from behind bars at Alcatraz. 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