Sam Houston Park2 min
You will see here the original Episcopal Cemetery and Masonic Cemetery were located in this park in the 1800s.
Alley Theatre2 min
Hear a story of Clifford X Phillips AKA Abdullah Bashir strangled the Managing Director Iris Siff with his hands and a telephone cord to kill her, in 1982.
Conejo Malo Htx2 min
You will see here the former Desel-Boettcher Warehouse, Spaghetti Warehouse, and McIntyre's Downtown. It was built in 1903. In the early 1900s, an employee fell to his death, breaking his neck, down an elevator shaft.
Elder Street Artist Lofts6 min
You will see here the former Jefferson Davis Hospital from 1924 to 1937 that was built over the City Cemetery. People were/are buried on the site and patients died in the hospital. It was abandoned for about 25 years before it became a 34-unit apartment complex in 2005. It has 1, 2, and 3-bedroom floor plans. It is considered the most famous haunted place in Houston. It is privately operated and not open to the general public to enter.
La Carafe10 min
At one time, a brothel was on this site in the 1830s and 1840s when this was the red light district. The current building was erected in 1860, making it the oldest actively used building in Houston. It was originally the Kennedy Bakery. It has been the oldest continually used bar in Houston since the mid-1950s. It only serves beer, wine, cider, and soft drinks - no mixed drinks. The only food it has are potato chips in bags for sale. It is primarily illuminated by candles and red lights. It only accepts cash, no credit cards. It has an ATM. It has a jukebox with CDs of music exclusively from the 1950s through the 1980s. It does not have any big screen TVs and is largely tranquil. It looks like a bar on Bourbon Street in New Orleans's French Quarter. Some people say that John Kennedy, the baker haunts it; others say a disgruntled comfort woman haunts it. Who knows? It is the most popular haunted establishment in Houston. Time permitting, we will stop here for a drink.
2 min
You will see the original portion of this archival library dates to 1924. It had a sexton, Jacob Frank, Cramer, who lived on the property with his dog, Petey Cramer is said to haunt the place, roaming the halls with Petey. It normally closes between 4:00 and 6:00 PM. It is closed on Sunday.
15 min
See the first cemetery in the original area of Houston, dating to 1836. It ceased being used in 1863. One of the founding members of Houston, John Kirby Allen (1810 - 1838) is buried here. The mother, Rebecca Lamar, of the 3rd president of Texas, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar is buried here. Many other notable early Houstonians and Texans are buried here. It is only open between dawn and dusk. If it is open, we will tour inside the cemetery.
2 min
See the Old Hanging Oak Tree. It is believed that at least 11 people lost their lives at the end of a rope during the 1830s and 1840s when executions were still local affairs during the Republic of Texas (1836 - 1845). The tree is estimated to be over 400 years old. description
2 min
See the Rice Apartments. It was formerly the Rice Hotel, the Rice Rittenhouse, and the Rice Lofts. It was constructed in 1913. It is said to be haunted by the last president (1844 - 1845) of the Republic of Texas Anson Jones. Jones committed suicide in the previous building on this site, the Capitol Hotel in 1858. This site was also the capital of Texas from 1837 to 1839 and again in 1842.
10 min
You will see here the building which is the last remaining structure from the old Magnolia Brewery. It was erected in 1912. The Magnolia Brewery was the largest and most famous brewery in Houston. It extended onto both sides of Buffalo Bayou. It later housed the Magnolia Ballroom as a rental facility for parties on the top floor, the Brewery Tap as a bar on the ground level, and a series of rave clubs with names like Power Tools, Pink Monkey, and Kryptonite in the basement. The Brewery Tap and the fave club ceased operations after the August 2017 Hurricane Harvey devastated the building. The Brewery Tap was said to be haunted by a bartender named William who protected the waitresses from aggressive men. Someone killed William here. We will get out here to look at the building and a lower level of where Houston was once located.
5 min
See the Donnellan Crypt which is approximately 30 feet/9 meters below the current elevation of Houston. Houston was raised twice in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Three members of the Donnellan family and a friend were buried here between 1849 and 1867. At that time, this was west of Houston and on the Donnellan farm. In 1903, the bodies were exhumed and re-interred into Glenwood Cemetery. We get off the vehicle and walk over to look at the crypt and a the remnants of an earlier bridge over Buffalo Bayou beneath us.
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