San Francisco Ghost Stories with Christian Cagigal
Ghost Bunny
Bridget Marquardt
4.8 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode, Bridget speaks with Christian Cagigal, who shares his unique perspective on the intersection of magic and the paranormal, exploring the rich history of Colma, the art of ghost storytelling, and the fascinating myths surrounding the Winchester Mystery House. He discusses the cultural influences on ghost stories, the experiences of participants on his ghost tours, and the significance of belief systems in the paranormal realm. The conversation also delves into personal anecdotes, the haunting history of the Hotel Majestic, and the stories behind objects in antique stores, culminating in a thoughtful reflection on the nature of haunted spaces and the future of ghost tours.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Ghost Bunny podcast. I'm your host, Bridget Marquhart, with a brand new episode for you guys. |
| 0:23.6 | My guest today is Christian Kagagall. |
| 0:26.2 | Christian Kaggle is a professional tour guide, a Bay Area native, a lecture of haunted history, and one of the original creators of the San Francisco Ghost Hunt. |
| 0:34.3 | He's performed across the globe as a magician and actor and is a featured performer |
| 0:38.2 | at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, speak easy magic in New York City, and |
| 0:43.2 | consulted for plays on Broadway and off Broadway. Christian has won awards and accolades for his |
| 0:48.4 | dark, spooky theatrical shows that have played in Chicago, New York, New Orleans, Montreal, |
| 0:53.7 | and the UK. Christian is also the co-producer of Aud Salon, NYC, and splits his time between California and New York. He's proud to be the owner-operator of the San Francisco Ghost Hunt. And I'm so excited to chat with him today. Christian, thank you so much for doing the show today. Thank you for having me. Yeah. So we started talking before we were recording |
| 1:12.0 | you guys and I said, wait, we have to save this for the show because you're in the San Francisco |
| 1:17.0 | area near Daily City and I was saying my brother used to live there too and he was a funeral director |
| 1:22.5 | at one of the big funeral homes there, which you recognize. And also there's like a giant cemetery there. |
| 1:30.0 | And you said there's more than one. But then we were talking about Colma, which is just outside |
| 1:34.3 | the city and tell us about it. Yeah, Colma. So if you imagine San Francisco has a poster stamp. |
| 1:42.5 | And then below it are all these little, there's a whole other county with other towns and |
| 1:46.0 | cities. |
| 1:47.1 | I live in Daly City. |
| 1:48.9 | Next door is Colma, which is minutes away, seconds away by car, really. |
| 1:53.8 | And Colma is an acropolis, which is, I don't know, it's got like a dozen cemeteries |
| 2:00.1 | there, at least, including a pet cemetery. |
| 2:03.9 | It's where San Francisco buries all of its dead because in the late 1800s, San Francisco wanted to |
| 2:11.0 | have more real estate. So they wanted to get rid of all the, all the cemeteries, which they eventually |
| 2:15.5 | did, for the most part, that's not entirely true. |
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