Walk Fort Worth's most haunted locations. 11 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Marshal Luke Short gunned down Jim Courtright outside the White Elephant Saloon in 1887, and the pavement where Courtright fell still runs warm — even in winter, even at dawn. Fort Worth was the last stop before the frontier, and the violence soaked deep. This 13-stop self-guided ghost tour walks you through the city's most haunted ground, and every stop is free. Miss Molly's Hotel above Exchange Avenue operated as a 1940s brothel; guests in Miss Josie's Room feel a woman sit on the edge of the bed and smell lavender that appears from nowhere. In 2004, three children drowned in the Fort Worth Water Gardens — visitors still hear laughter that cuts off abruptly and see small figures standing at the bottom of the pool. And Hell's Half Acre, where an estimated 300 people were murdered between 1870 and 1890, now hides beneath condos that still echo with phantom gunshots.
Miss Molly's sits above the Star Café on Exchange Avenue in the Fort Worth Stockyards. The upstairs rooms have been a boarding house, a speakeasy, and...
You stand before Thistle Hill, a Neoclassical mansion built in 1903 by cattle baron W.T. Waggoner. But it's the second owner's story that haunts these...
You're standing near the ruins of Swift Meatpacking, once the largest employer in Fort Worth. At its peak, they processed 4,000 cattle a day. Blood ra...
You check into the Stockyards Hotel, built in 1907 when Fort Worth was the Wild West's last hurrah. Bonnie and Clyde hid here in 1933, using Room 305 ...
You're standing in the old Knights of Pythias Hall, built in 1901 for a fraternal order steeped in ritual and secrecy. In 1923, during an initiation c...
You walk through Log Cabin Village, a collection of 1850s pioneer structures relocated here as a living history museum. But one cabin—the Parker cabin...
You descend into the Fort Worth Water Gardens, a sunken landscape of cascading water and concrete. Beautiful. Hypnotic. Deadly. In 2004, four children...
You're standing on sanitized ground. This was Hell's Half Acre—two square blocks of saloons, brothels, and gambling dens that made Fort Worth the wild...
You walk Oakwood Cemetery, established in 1879, final resting place for pioneers, outlaws, and Confederate soldiers. But some of them aren't resting. ...
You stand before the old Tarrant County Courthouse, built in 1895 with Texas pink granite. Justice was served here. And sometimes, justice failed. In ...
You're drinking in the White Elephant, a saloon operating since 1887. This is where Marshal Luke Short killed Jim Courtright in 1887's most famous sho...
The Fort Worth ghost tour includes 11 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 11 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 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 Fort Worth tour is Miss Molly's Hotel at Miss Molly's Hotel, 109, West Exchange Avenue.
3 stops free in Fort Worth. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.