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King William is San Antonio's old German quarter, a few quiet streets of Victorian mansions and deep porches just south of downtown. After dark, it's where this self-guided ghost hunt takes place, played on your phone with the app.
Ten restless spirits are stuck here, each one bound to the mystery that killed them. You catch a ghost by solving its puzzle: a bride's last note with letters marked in red, a doctor's blood chart from the 1952 flu outbreak, an antique dealer's stock with forgeries slipped in. Every catch earns you a clue, because one of the ten has been lying, and the final puzzle asks you to name it.
The ghosts are fictional characters written for the game. The houses you walk past are real, and most are well over a century old.
Expect about 1.6 miles along King William and South Alamo Street, roughly 90 minutes at an easy pace. Start any day at any hour, alone or with a group. Hints are built into the app, and our support team is on hand 24/7.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
The game starts at King William Park. After booking, we'll message you a code and activation link. Activate with your own email, then log in to the app with that email. No message? Open the app, tap "Bought a quest somewhere else?" and enter your booking reference number.
Itinerary
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1King William Historic District
The hunt starts in King William Park, at the top of the old German quarter. The app signs you up as a ghost hunter, then checks whether you have the sight with a ring of strange numerals, one of them missing. Round the corner on Pancoast Street, a bride who died three days before her wedding left a note with letters marked in red.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2The Guenther House Museum
On Washington Street, by the old Pioneer flour mill, the second ghost is a young doctor from the 1952 flu outbreak. You'll read his blood chart, a grid of numbers and blood bags, and work out the type a dying girl should have been given.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Villa Finale: Museum & Gardens
Back on King William Street, by the Italianate Villa Finale and the Steves Homestead, two ghosts are waiting. You'll take apart an actor's final monologue, where the numbers are spelled out as words, then sort a senator's evidence folders into the right years. Jonathan Rivers never finished his opening night, and Margaret Chen never made it home from a call about her daughter.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Southtown
The route crosses into Southtown on South Alamo Street for three ghosts in a row. You'll compare four years of class registers to find a pupil who never existed, catch the forgeries in an antique dealer's stock by their dates, and work out which book opens a locked closet from a wildlife poster that gets its animals wrong.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Hemisfair
Further up South Alamo, toward Hemisfair, the puzzles get harder. You'll match a professor's five artifacts to their civilizations and put them in order, then use a hotel floor plan to decide who should have left a burning building last. The night manager who followed those rules went back in for a child's cry and never came out.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6San Antonio Art League + Museum
On the walk back to King William Street, the tenth ghost is a priest who vanished in 1984 after finding a cult's mark carved into his church organ. Near the San Antonio Art League Museum, the app lays out every clue card you've won. One ghost has lied to you all night, and the hunt ends when you name it.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A charged smartphone with internet is required to play the game in the app
- Comfortable walking shoes are recommended
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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