Extremely unique ghost tour providing lots of spooky facts and haunted history, which is why we won the 2022 TAH Award for Best Ghost Tour in Texas. Ghost hunting gear provided! Tour is one hour.
From
$20
per person
Full description
The Strand tour takes you through the one of the most haunted places in the country; The Strand in Galveston. Learn about the 1900 hurricane (which killed between 6 and 10 thousand people overnight,) see where the city of Galveston used to hold executions, and learn about the pirates that used to populate the island.
On our tour you will visit:
*Execution Square- See where the city of Galveston use to hold it’s public executions.
*The Hutchings-Sealy Building- A building that was used as a makeshift morgue when the 1900 storm hit.
*Old Time Photo Building- Rumored to be haunted by a clerk and robber who shot themselves to death.
*Former Ritter’s Saloon- Where the first deaths of the 1900 storm occurred.
*Tremont House Hotel- Nationally known haunted hotel the subject of shows and documentaries on the paranormal.
*Former Galveston Opera House- Home to one of the most bizarre ghost stories ever.
*Railroad Museum- Rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who jumped from the 5th floor.
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Highlights
Be transported back to the year 1900 as you stroll through the strand district!
Use ghost hunting equipment to alert you to the presence of spirits!
Walk over streets built on top of mass graves from the 1900 storm!
Includes
An hour long ghost tour of the strand district.
Ghost hunting gear (emf detectors) will be provided to every group.
Expert Tour guide proficient in Galveston history.
Photo opportunities at infamous locations.
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Food and drinks
Gratuities
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