Tombstone Ghost Tour — 13 Haunted Stops, Self-Guided

The OK Corral was just the beginning. Walk Tombstone's 13 most haunted stops. 3 free, self-guided.

Thirty seconds of gunfire on October 26, 1881, killed Billy Clanton and both McLaury brothers on Fremont Street — and Tombstone has never stopped replaying the violence. The Bird Cage Theatre ran 24 hours a day for eight straight years, accumulating more bullet holes than any building in the Old West. At Boot Hill Cemetery, 250 graves hold men who died with their boots on, including the three O.K. Corral victims. The Suicide Table at the Delta Saloon claimed three owners between 1860 and 1865 — all dead by their own hand — and survived the 2019 explosion without a scratch. Nellie Cashman, the Irish immigrant who tore down execution grandstands in 1884, still hums in her 5th Street restaurant kitchen. Walk 13 free, self-guided stops through America's most violent boomtown.

Tour Stops

  1. 1. Crystal Palace Saloon Crystal Palace Saloon, 436, East Allen Street

    The Crystal Palace Saloon opened in 1879 at the height of Tombstone's silver boom, when the town swelled to 7,000 fortune-seekers. Inside these walls,...

  2. 2. Tombstone Courthouse Tombstone Courthouse, 223, East Toughnut Street

    Built in 1882 for $50,000, the Cochise County Courthouse dispensed frontier justice until 1929. Seven men hanged from the gallows in the courtyard, th...

  3. 3. Big Nose Kate's Saloon 417 E Allen St, Tombstone, AZ 85638

    The building now known as Big Nose Kate's opened in 1881 as the Grand Hotel, the finest lodging in Tombstone during the silver boom. Mary Katherine Ho...

  4. 4. Schieffelin Hall Corner of 4th & Fremont St, Tombstone, AZ 85638

    Ed Schieffelin was told he'd find nothing in the Apache-controlled hills of southeastern Arizona but his own tombstone. Instead, he found silver — and...

  5. 5. Nellie Cashman's Restaurant 117 S 5th St, Tombstone, AZ 85638

    Ellen "Nellie" Cashman arrived in Tombstone in 1880, an Irish immigrant who had already survived the brutal mining camps of British Columbia and the C...

  6. 6. Tombstone Epitaph Building 9 S 5th St, Tombstone, AZ 85638

    John Philip Clum founded the Tombstone Epitaph on May 1, 1880, and the newspaper has published continuously ever since — the oldest still-operating pa...

  7. 7. St. Paul's Episcopal Church 200 E Safford St, Tombstone, AZ 85638

    Endicott Peabody — who would later officiate Franklin D. Roosevelt's wedding and become one of America's most influential Episcopal clergymen — came t...

  8. 8. Tombstone City Hall (formerly the Cochise County Recorder Office) 315 E Fremont St, Tombstone, AZ 85638

    Fremont Street in 1881 was ground zero for Tombstone's violence. The vacant lot near this building was the actual site of the Gunfight at the O.K. Cor...

  9. 9. Rose Tree Museum 116 S 4th St, Tombstone, AZ 85638

    In 1885, a young bride named Mary Gee received a rose cutting sent from Scotland by her homesick relative — a Lady Banksia rose, a thornless white var...

  10. 10. Fly's Boarding House and Photography Studio 312 East Fremont Street, Tombstone, AZ 85638

    On October 26, 1881, photographer Camillus S. Fly was inside his studio at 312 Fremont Street when gunfire erupted in the vacant lot next door. The Gu...

Frequently Asked Questions

How many haunted stops are on the Tombstone ghost tour?

The Tombstone ghost tour includes 13 documented haunted locations.

Is the Tombstone ghost tour free?

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.

Do I need a guide for the Tombstone ghost tour?

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.

How long does the Tombstone ghost tour take?

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.

What is the most haunted location in Tombstone?

The most visited stop on our Tombstone tour is Crystal Palace Saloon at Crystal Palace Saloon, 436, East Allen Street.

Sources & Further Reading

3 stops free in Tombstone. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.

Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.

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