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The Driskill Hotel
A senator's daughter fell to her death chasing a ball. Brides have hung themselves in the same room. Colonel Driskill still checks on guests. Texas's most haunted hotel keeps welcoming spirits.
1886 - Present
Austin, Texas, USA
10000+ witnesses
The Driskill Hotel is Texas’s most elegant haunted hotel.
Colonel Driskill
Builder’s ghost:
- Jesse Driskill
- Built 1886
- Lost hotel gambling
- Died 1890
- Never left
Samantha Houston
Child victim:
- Senator’s daughter
- Chased bouncing ball
- Fell down stairs
- 1887 tragedy
- Still plays
The Suicide Brides
Room 525 curse:
- Multiple suicides
- Brides specifically
- Same room
- Different decades
- Pattern terrifying
Houston Room
Presidential ghost:
- Lyndon Johnson watched returns here
- 1948 Senate race
- His presence felt
- TV changes channels
- Energy remains
Guest Experiences
Common reports:
- Elevators moving
- Phantom smells
- Cigar smoke
- Perfume
- Apparitions seen
Paranormal Tourism
Hotel embraces:
- Ghost tours
- Haunted history
- Not denied
- Staff confirms
- Guests return