A new form of entertainment has manifested in Fredericksburg, Texas. It is the Fredericksburg Ghost Tours. This new venue is a walking tour of Fredericksburg starting and ending at the Nimitz Museum (National Museum of the Pacific War). It is filled with interesting, little known stories and histories of many places along Main Street and it’s alleyways.
Your host/tour guide is dressed in 1800’s attire as he leads you around town, regaling your with stories, not found in the normal Fredericksburg history books. Each account given is tied to a place along the tour and the residing ghosts of that area.
The tour itself is not scary, but rather entertaining and informational. Though the stories are a historical basis for ghosts, there is much humor in them as well. Derrick Spence coordinates the guides and tours. He has also done the research and compiled the stories shared on the tour. The guides are cheerful, and they do their best to see you learn a little and have a good time. Daniel was our guide this particular evening, and he was knowledgeable, entertaining and fun.
Be sure to bring your phones, or other cameras and take pictures. It is highly encouraged and if you find you have visitors in your photos you can send them in to their website at fbgghosttours@gmail.com and they may feature them on their website.
The stops currently on the tour, are just a handful of the many haunted places in town. Your guide will mention a few not on the tour at this time and encourage you to go investigate them on your own.
Tours run Thursday through Sunday evenings with tours at 8:00, 8:30, or 9:30 p.m. It is encouraged to meet at the Admiral Chester W. Nimitz statue at least 10 minutes before the start of your tour, with your previously purchased ticket in hand.
You may purchase tickets online at https://www.fredericksburgghosts.com/ , or call 830-383-3122 and speak to founder Rick Koch or one of his employees, they will be happy to help you reserve your tickets and then pick them up at the Vintage Vault at 406 West Main Street, next to the Amish Market.
My friends and I embarked on the tour at 8:00 this past Sunday evening, October 7th. We had a wonderful time and are ready to do it again with other friends and family who have not gone yet. We were encouraged to take pictures along the route. During the tour we really didn’t see much more than Fredericksburg sites and allies in the dark, but as the guide explained, what you do not see with your eyes, may be watching you, and may not be camera-shy.
They do encourage you to share photos to their page if you think you have caught a ghostly image, or just a really interesting photo from the tour. They may feature it on their site. That being said, I will share some here and will probably send them in after this post.
After reviewing mine the next day, I definitely think I caught some images to share. I hope you can see what I see, but you may have to enlarge the photos, that is how I confirmed my sightings.
My best possible sightings were the ones from the Nimitz, Keidel Hospital, and one of the back alley stops.
Here are a few of mine. In all of them, my friends and I see something. Do you? Share your thoughts in the comments. I would love to hear what you think.
Here is the Nimitz. Pay close attention to the dark window on the middle section, just below the window that is lit up, in the first and third photos.
How about a creepy back alley to look down? Look closely, there is more than meets the eye.
And last, here is the old Keidel Hospital building (home to Der Kuchen Laden and Rathskellar Restaurant). Pay close attention to the large window at the top, above the door. A ghostly pair looks back at you. Then look at the window to the left of the large window, in its bottom left pane, and also the column to the right of the door, there are ghosts in all of these. Two frames are provided so that you can compare. Most of the visitors appear in the right frame. Honestly we did not see these things as we looked at the places that evening, but then there they were in the pictures. That definitely gets you thinking and your heart beating a little faster.
Let me know if you see them. Maybe this is a coincidence, but also in the Keidel photos, there is a very strange water mark in between the two bottom windows. It is quite a creepy creature looking back from the rocks.
There are many other stops along the tour, I just wanted to give you a glimpse.
I hope I have peaked your interest and you and your friends will come take the tour. The ghosts are waiting to greet you!