Houston Historical Tours

Haunted Tours

We offer two completely different ghost tours.  They are each 3.0 to 3.5 hours.  The time varies, in part, based on whether one chooses to skip going into any of the bars.  We try to start our tours close to dusk.  The tour usually begins at:

A.  January – 6:00 PM
B.  February – 6:30 PM
C.  March – 7:00 PM
D.  April – 7:30 PM
E.  May – 8:00 PM
F.  June and July – 8:30 PM
G.  August – 8:00 PM
H.  September – 7:30 PM
I.  October – 7:00 PM
J.  November and December – 6:00 PM

Our tours go to recognized haunted places.  We generally bring some of the books that identify the sites to which we take you.  No guarantee exists that you will see, hear, smell, feel, or taste a ghost.  Furthermore, no guarantee exists that you will be scared.  Ghosts do not exist to scare people.  We are not going to commercial horror houses.

Tour A – starts close to River Oaks and includes multiple sites of famous murders and a suicide, 2 abandoned cemeteries (1 black and 1 white), the former John Henry Kirby mansion, the Julia B. Ideson Library, the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse Building, the hanging oak tree, and 1 haunted bar.  It normally has 4 stops.  It begins at Central Market’s east end parking lot close to Weslayan Street. This is a large, well-lit parking lot.  Central Market (CM) is located at 3815 Westheimer Road, Houston, Texas 77027.  You might want to stop at CM for dinner before the tour.

Tour B – starts in Sawyer Heights and includes 2 abandoned African American cemeteries, 3 haunted bars, the former Jefferson Davis Hospital and abandoned crematorium, the Alley Theatre, Treebeards, and more.  It normally has 6 or 7 stops.  It begins at Chili’s at 2425 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77007.  Drive on I-10.   Exit #767B, Taylor Street.  Go south.  Chili’s will be to the right.  You might want to stop at Chili’s for dinner before the tour.

If tours start late due to the tardiness of the participants, some sites will have to be eliminated.

Wear and bring the following for a ghost/haunted tour:
1.  Long pants – to prevent rubbing up against poison ivy.
2.  Closed toe, flat, comfortable shoes that you can get dirty – to walk on uneven ground in abandoned cemeteries and to minimize anything that could crawl over your feet (and really scare you).
3.  A flashlight with working batteries – for use in the abandoned dark cemeteries.
4.  Insect repellent – if rain has fallen within 48 hours before the tour, standing water can be present which will serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
5.  Cameras – if you like to take photos and to be able to see orbs.

Transportation:
1 – 5 people – Toyota Sienna van.
6 – 14 people – Chevy van.
15 – 20 people – a combination of vans.
21 + people – mini-, mid-, and full-size buses.

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