Walk Galveston's most haunted locations. 13 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Between 6,000 and 12,000 people died on September 8, 1900, when the Great Storm hit Galveston — the deadliest natural disaster in American history. The most haunted places in Galveston trace directly back to that single day. At St. Mary's Orphanage, ten Sisters of Charity tied clothesline between themselves and 93 children as the surge rose. All but three children drowned. At Hotel Galvez, a woman in Room 501 killed herself in 1952 after learning her fiancé's ship went down. Bettie Brown died alone in Ashton Villa in 1920, and her Steinway grand still plays itself. At 8th and Avenue P, city workers burned thousands of unidentified corpses for weeks. This self-guided tour hits 13 free stops across the island's darkest history.
The Moody Mansion survived the 1900 hurricane that flattened most of Galveston. W.L. Moody Jr. purchased the damaged 28,000-square-foot home in 1900 a...
Room 501. Fifth floor, west turret. You step inside and the air tastes different—salt, gardenia, something older. In 1952, a twenty-five-year-old woma...
The orphanage stood here, on the beach, two dormitories housing ninety-three children and ten Sisters of Charity. September 8, 1900. As the storm surg...
Bettie Brown died here in 1920, alone in the house her father built in 1859. She never married. Never left. The mansion became a museum in 1974, and s...
Galveston's oldest cemetery, established 1839. Yellow fever victims, Confederate soldiers, murder victims—they're all here. Walk the paths after sunse...
The Tremont has stood here since 1839, rebuilt twice, most recently in 1985. But some guests never checked out. During the 1900 hurricane, hundreds to...
Look at the brick façade of Ewing Hall from the parking lot. See it? The face. Not pareidolia—an actual human face, formed by discoloration in the bri...
Stanford White designed this neo-Renaissance palace in 1889 for George and Magnolia Sealy. Twenty-four thousand square feet of Belgian brick and Texas...
After the 1900 hurricane, the bodies came in faster than they could be buried. Thousands of corpses, bloating in the September heat, creating a public...
Michel Menard founded Galveston. His 1838 Greek Revival home is the oldest on the island, a temple to ambition built when Texas was still a republic. ...
The Hendley Building, built in 1859, is one of the Strand's iron-front survivors. William Hendley made his fortune in cotton and real estate. He also ...
The Galveston 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 Galveston tour is Moody Mansion at Moody Mansion, 2618, Broadway - Avenue J.
3 stops free in Galveston. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.