Galveston's Haunted Happenings in October
As Halloween approaches, Galveston is offering a number of "spirit"ed tours that may provide proof that some of the city's dearly departed denizens may still consider the Gulf Coast area home.
Each Tuesday through Saturday in October at 7:30 and 6 p.m. on Sundays, paranormal professional Dash Beardsley of Ghost Tours of Galveston will take tourists on a two-hour trip back in time. Starting at the Railroad Museum at 25th and Strand, where a headless haunt is said to hover, the sojourn into the supernatural continues at a former bank building, where sightseers can search for a sighting of a police officer from yesteryear who lost his life at the site. Before the "Boo"fest concludes, a visit to an old infirmary which once gave shelter to Civil War soldiers may offer a viewing of an incorpeal vision.
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- visit Galveston Ghost Tours
The Galveston Historical Foundation is offering three haunted happenings tours throughout the month of October:
- Guests arriving for a one-hour tour of Ashton Villa (seen in the photo to the right) will be greeted by a guide, but perhaps also by the ghost of Miss Bettie, the daughter of the Italianate mansion's original owner whose ethereal presence reportedly lingers among the family heirlooms. Visitors will get an up close look at the restoration of the residence's ground floor after the devastation of Hurricane Ike, and walk through the send floor, which remains just as it was in Miss Bettie's day. Ashton Villa's Are We Haunted? tour will take place throughout the month each Friday at 5, 7 and 9 p.m. and on Halloween at 3 and 5 p.m.
- Seafaring specters might be spotted at the Haunted Harbor Tours aboard Seagull II. One-hour tours will take place every Friday and Saturday at 4:30 pm. at the Texas Seaport Museum, Pier 21, and on October 30th and 31st at 4:30 and 6 p.m.
- As a person remembered never truly dies, pay your respects to the residents of seven Broadway Cemeteries during a guided tour of the grounds. Perhaps a few phantoms will cross the veil to welcome visitors on October 29th, 30th and 31st at 6:30 and 8 p.m.
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