Port city spirits from 300 years of French, Spanish, and Confederate history. Mobile's 13 haunted stops. 3 free.
Mobile is the oldest city on the Gulf Coast, and its dead have had three centuries to settle in. Fort Condé was built by the French in 1723, changed hands to Britain, Spain, and finally America — soldiers from four nations fought and died within its walls, and a 1781 ammunition explosion killed three Spanish soldiers in the powder magazine where orbs still drift on security cameras. The 1853 yellow fever epidemic killed one in fifteen residents; priests at the Cathedral Basilica performed dozens of funerals per week, and Latin chanting from abandoned Tridentine rites echoes through the empty nave at dawn. After the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, Barton Academy became a Confederate morgue. The USS Alabama earned nine battle stars in World War II, and her disconnected general quarters alarm still sounds from deep inside the ship. Walk 13 free, self-guided stops from the Church Street Graveyard to the Saenger Theatre, opened January 19, 1927, where a ghost they call the Patron watches every rehearsal from the same balcony seat.
The USS Alabama earned nine battle stars in World War II, serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. The battleship saw action at Leyte Gulf, ...
The original Fort Condé was constructed by the French in 1723 to protect their colonial capital of La Louisiane. Over the next century, it changed han...
Judge John Bragg built this Greek Revival mansion in 1855, spending $25,000 — a fortune that reflected his status as one of Mobile's wealthiest citize...
Barton Academy opened in 1836 as Alabama's first public school, its Greek Revival dome dominating Mobile's Government Street. During the Civil War, th...
This unassuming building at the corner of Theatre and Royal streets has served as Mobile's jail, its first courthouse, and now a house museum — a traj...
The Battle House has anchored the corner of Royal and St. Francis streets since 1852, though fire destroyed the original structure in 1905. The rebuil...
The Catholic parish here dates to 1703, making it one of the oldest in what became the United States. The current cathedral, completed in 1850, replac...
When the Saenger Theatre opened its doors on January 19, 1927, it was the sixty-first theater in the chain built by Julian and Abe Saenger, two pharma...
The Mobile 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 Mobile tour is USS Alabama Battleship at Battleship USS Alabama, 2703, Mobile Bay Causeway.
3 stops free in Mobile. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.