Houston Historical Tours

Haunted Tours

We offer three 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:

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.

Tour C – starts at the Starbucks at 1410 Woodridge Drive, Houston, Texas 77087.  This is across from Gulfgate Mall in southeast Houston and close to both I-45 and I-610.  Exit #33 off of I-610 or #41A off of I-45.  It includes 3 to 4 abandoned cemeteries where no one has been buried for at least 50 years.  Each of these cemeteries is covered in heavy growth with headstones hidden amongst the weeds, trees, and brush.  Wear goggles to protect your eyes and long sleeves and pants to protect yourself from sticker bushes.  You may want to bring a walking stick or hedge clippers to help clear a path in front of you.  Expect to push back branches and vines to get to the headstones.  This is the most eerie of our haunted tours.

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.
6. Protective eye wear (goggles) on Tour C.
7. Long sleeve shirt or blouse on Tour C.

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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