The Houston area has its fare share of ghoulish ghost tours. Visit historical homes, a 19th-century boomtown, a haunted harbor and other reported sites of paranormal activity.
Here are some ghost tours in the Houston area that will give you the creeps!
Houston Ghost Tour
When: Offered year round
Price: $25 per person
What: On this approximately 90 minute tour, tour-goers will trek through a haunted park and learn about the apparitions reported to haunt the Houston Zoo, the hospital, and museum district of Houston.
Old Town Spring Ghost Tour
When: Offered year round
Price: $20 per person
What: Take a tour of Old Town Spring, the 19th-century railroad town that is often dubbed the ghost capitol of Texas. According to Houston Ghost Tour, the town is the sixth most haunted Old West town in the country.
Galveston Historical Foundation’s Galveston Ghost Stories Tour
When: Through Oct. 31
Price: $40 per person
What: The 1838 Menard House, the oldest home on the island, serves as the venue for a tour and talk revolving around the island’s most haunted history.
Galveston Historical Foundation’s Haunted Harbor Tour
When: Through Oct. 31
Price: $20 per person
What: On this 90-minute tour aboard the Galveston Historical Foundation’s SEAGULL II, guests will hear the haunted history of Galveston’s harbor.
Galveston Historical Foundation’s Moonlight Tour of the 1892 Bishop’s Palace
When: Through Oct. 31
Price: $40 per person
What: This tour is a part of the Galveston Historical Foundation’s Haunted History tour series. On this tour, guests will see the 1892 Bishop’s Palace in a new light, moonlight to be specific. The tour will include a walk-through of all floors, including the typically closed third floor.
Fort Bend Museum Ghost Tour
When: Through Oct. 30
Price: $15 per person
What: Tour the Long-Smith Cottage, 1883 Moore Home and Fort Bend Museum block in this after-hours event. Throughout the tour, guides recount the unexplained happenings reported in the area over the years.
Galveston Graveyard Tour
When: Through Oct. 31
Price: $15 per person
What: On this historic walking tour of Galveston’s oldest cemeteries, guests will learn about the history of the cemeteries and the stories of those buried there and get a glimpse of the graves of some of Galveston’s most famous citizens including Michel B. Menard, George Campbell Childress and Rebecca “Bettie” Ashton, among others.
Tomball Ghost Tour
When: Offered year round
Price: $20 per person
What: Search for evidence of the afterlife on a nighttime tour of Tomball.
Nightly Spirits Houston Haunted Pub Tour
When: Offered year round
Price: $25 per person
What: Make your way through downtown Houston on this two-and-a-half-hour tour of the area’s spookiest spots.
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