Hotel
Omni Austin Hotel Downtown
The Omni stands where the Republic of Texas housed its president in 1839, and urban legend gives the hotel a ghost known only as Jack, a guest said to have jumped from a balcony.
Ghost tour in Austin
Austin’s Haunted Ghost & Murder Tour
Run by Spirits of Austin
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WalkingAges 13+
About This Tour
A ghost and true-crime walk that goes inside The Tavern, where the listing says the shoes of Emily, the girl at the center of the bar’s ghost story, are on display. Then it heads to the Capitol, the Paramount, and the Driskill. Along the way it tells the story of the Servant Girl Annihilator, the unsolved murders of 1884 and 1885, and of innkeeper Angelina Eberly’s fight to keep Austin the capital. It’s for ages 13 and up.
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2 hrFrom $30★ 5.0 · 251 reviews
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Places
Places This Tour Covers
Bar
The Tavern
The Tavern, a grocery in 1916 and a bar since 1933, calls itself Austin's most haunted bar on account of Emily, a 12-year-old said to have been murdered on the site during Prohibition. When the Austin American-Statesman wrote about her in 2002, Emily was the ghost of a prostitute.
Theater
Paramount Theatre
The Paramount opened in 1915 as the Majestic. House manager Cheryl Wood says projectionists still leave a Snickers bar in the booth for Walter Norris, who died in 2000 while showing Casablanca.
Other
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.
Hotel
The Driskill
Cattle baron Jesse Driskill opened his hotel in 1886, and ghost tour guide Monica Ballard tells of a guest who woke at 3 a.m. to find him at the window, puffing on a cigar.
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