Walk Hot Springs's self-guided ghost tour. 13 documented stops, 5 free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Hot Springs is home to 13 documented ghost-tour stops spanning 125 years of history. This self-guided ghost tour covers 13 stops across the city, from Hot Springs National Park - Dead Chief Trail (1832) to Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum. 5 stops are free — no guide, no schedule. Walk at your own pace after dark.
You stand before the Arlington, a Spanish Colonial palace that hosted presidents and mobsters alike. In the 1920s, Al Capone made Suite 443 his headqu...
You walk through the Fordyce, the most lavish of Bathhouse Row's temples to healing waters. Marble. Stained glass. Hydrotherapy rooms that promised mi...
You're standing in the Ohio Club, opened in 1905 and still serving drinks. But it's what happened in the basement that keeps the lights on upstairs. D...
You're walking above a network of tunnels that once connected Hot Springs' illegal gambling dens and speakeasies. When the feds raided, mobsters and p...
You descend into the museum, built in the basement where the Southern Club once ran high-stakes poker games. The mob controlled this town, and this ro...
You ascend the tower, built in 1983 to replace an earlier structure. The view is breathtaking—Hot Springs spread below like a miniature city. But in 1...
You're standing where the wax museum once operated from 1964 to 2014. Tourists posed with John Wayne, Elvis, and Al Capone—perfect replicas frozen in ...
You enter the Basin Park Hotel, a 1905 landmark that served as a luxury health resort. During WWI and WWII, wounded soldiers came here to rehabilitate...
You're soaking in the same pools where desperate people once came seeking miracle cures. The Quapaw, built in 1922, promised healing for everything fr...
You're digging in the red clay soil of Coleman's Mine, hunting for quartz crystals. But in 1978, a miner found something else: a human jawbone embedde...
You're standing at the edge of Lake Hamilton, looking at a quiet cove locals call Murder Hollow. During Hot Springs' gangster era, this was the dumpin...
You hike the Dead Chief Trail, named for a Quapaw leader who, according to legend, was brought here to die in the healing waters. For centuries before...
The Hot Springs ghost tour includes 13 documented stops covering 125 years of documented history.
The first 5 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 tour you can start anytime. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the story tied to that location. Follow the suggested stop order or move at your own pace.
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 Hot Springs tour is Arlington Hotel at 239 Central Ave, dating back to 1924.
5 stops free in Hot Springs. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.