Texas State Capitol

Every October, the state's own Rest in Peace tours of the Capitol tell of Comptroller Robert Love, shot at his desk in 1903, and of a woman who vanishes through a door that isn't there.

Black-and-white view up through the Texas Capitol Rotunda, with ringed balconies and rows of portraits on the curved walls

1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701

Part of Spookt's Guide to Haunted Austin

Visit

Visiting Texas State Capitol

Official visitor info: State Preservation Board: Capitol tours
How to visit: Open to the public. Explore on your own, or take one of the state’s free guided tours. Join a ghost tour for the deeper history (see Tours That Stop Here).

Tours

Ghost Tours That Stop Here

Hauntings, Apparitions & Ashes of Austin Ghost Tour

Hauntings, Apparitions & Ashes of Austin Ghost Tour

by Austin Ghosts (US Ghost Adventures)

1 hrFrom $26★ 3.9 · 75 reviews

Night Walking

US Ghost Adventures’ downtown ghost walk after dark, taking in the Driskill, the Omni, and the Capitol. see tour

Book on Austin Ghosts

Austin’s Haunted Ghost & Murder Tour

Austin’s Haunted Ghost & Murder Tour

by Spirits of Austin

2 hrFrom $30★ 5.0 · 251 reviews

Walking Ages 13+

A ghost and true-crime walk for ages 13 and up that goes inside The Tavern and covers Austin’s unsolved murders of 1884 and 1885. see tour

The Ghosts of Austin Walking Tour

The Ghosts of Austin Walking Tour

by Ghost City Tours Austin

1.5 hrFrom $29.99★ 4.4 · 77 reviews

Walking

Ghost City’s family ghost walk, mixing history and hauntings at the Capitol, the Driskill, and the Governor’s Mansion. see tour

Sources (4)

Love, Robert Marshall

Handbook of Texas · Texas State Historical Association

Haunted Capitol: Tour explores death, ghost stories in statehouse

KXAN

Texas State Preservation Board

the Capitol tours, Ed Wheeler's fall, and the Rotunda floor laid in 1936

The Austin American, December 14, 1922, p. 1

The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas