Walk Austin's most haunted locations. 13 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Before Jack the Ripper terrorized London, Austin had the Servant Girl Annihilator. Between December 1884 and December 1885, eight people were axe-murdered in their beds — mostly Black domestic workers dragged into the darkness. The killer was never caught. Seventeen-year-old Eula Phillips, eight months pregnant, was butchered on Christmas Eve 1885; she's buried at Oakwood Cemetery, where visitors see a woman in a white nightgown pressing her hands to her swollen belly. At the Driskill Hotel, built by cattle baron Colonel Jesse Driskill in 1886, Room 525 has claimed two brides a century apart — one by hanging, one by gunshot. Sam Houston's ghost still materializes in full military dress at the Governor's Mansion window. Walk all 13 free stops on this self-guided tour, from the Moonlight Towers erected to banish the Annihilator's shadows to the tunnels beneath the Clay Pit where a murdered madam named April still screams for help.
The story goes that the spirits of those who once toiled here linger, perhaps drawn by the scent of fresh-baked bread that no longer wafts through the...
The building housing Buffalo Billiards on East Sixth Street dates to the 1860s and has served as a saloon, general store, and boarding house through A...
The building at 922 East 12th Street has been a grocery, a boarding house, and a tavern since the 1850s. During the Servant Girl Annihilator murders o...
You stand before the Driskill Hotel, Austin's grandest landmark, built in 1886 by cattle baron Colonel Jesse Driskill. The Romanesque Revival facade c...
You're looking at the Greek Revival mansion that has housed Texas governors since 1856 — and several who refuse to leave. Sam Houston's ghost material...
You're standing beneath one of Austin's 17 remaining Moonlight Towers, 165-foot iron structures erected in 1894. They were installed a decade after th...
You've entered Austin's oldest city-owned cemetery, established in 1839. Among its 23,000 burials are three victims of the Servant Girl Annihilator: E...
You're looking at the 1894 French Second Empire mansion built for Major George and Alice Littlefield, now owned by the University of Texas. Alice Litt...
You stand before the Bertram Building, erected in 1916, now housing the Clay Pit restaurant. Beneath your feet runs a network of underground tunnels —...
You're on the campus of St. Edward's University, where the Main Building has stood since 1889. Multiple entities haunt this Catholic institution. A nu...
You're walking through a neighborhood that was ground zero for the Servant Girl Annihilator's first attacks. On this street, in December 1884, Mollie ...
You're standing on the 1910 concrete arch bridge that has become synonymous with Austin's identity. But before the bats and tourists, this bridge coll...
The Austin ghost tour includes 13 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 13 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided walking tour. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the full haunting story. Walk at your own pace, start anytime, and take any route you like.
Plan for approximately 2.5 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our Austin tour is Old Bakery at 1006 Congress Avenue, dating back to 1966.
3 stops free in Austin. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.