Dark of the Moon Tour: Haunted Galveston Adventure

Galveston holds the reputation as the globe’s most haunted island, once harboring the world’s biggest red light district for more than seven decades. The Dark of the Moon excursion is an exclusive adult adventure that merges the most-praised portions of our top two tours into one stellar experience.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Strand - The historic Strand, a national landmark, was the Wall Street of the South prior to the Great Flood. So many people tried to take refuge in the upper stories of these magnificent bank buildings, but sadly perished. Over 10,000 people died on that fateful night. It is the largest national catastrophe to this day.
What's Included
  • Guided tour
Additional Information
  • Free Parking
  • Active Military Free
Location
2711 Market St
Market Street
Your awesome adventure starts at 2711 Market Street in the heart of the Historic Red Light District. Plenty of free parking on the street.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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403amandaq
May 28, 2025
We learned a lot! - We had Noelle as our tour guide and she was great. She was very knowledgeable, but also passionate about the subject matters. It was just my me and my husband for our tour, and she gave us the option to tailor our tour to specific subjects, but we asked her to just tell us what she thought was interesting. She included a little bit about all kinds of subjects; ghost stories, stories about the mafia, gambling, lots of info on the “worlds oldest profession”, and even really interesting info about the architecture of the buildings that were built for these purposes and how to spot them as some are still standing. I found it interesting as I’ve been coming down to Galveston my whole life, but never knew anything about these subjects. Highly recommended if you want to do something a little different. Oh, and the meeting location is one or two doors down from a daiquiri place. We each had one before the tour and they were delicious and the staff was friendly! Stop in to see them before or after the tour!
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Catrina_t
May 28, 2025
Noelle was amazing! ... - Noelle was amazing! Super animated and knowledgeable. We enjoyed every step! The history lesson was fantastic!!
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Runswbooks
May 4, 2025
Entertaining & Informative Red Light District Tour - Rob shared much interesting Galveston history ! He kept us engaged and entertained through the entire walking tour. My group was 6 women over 50 and we all enjoyed the tour. Rob’s enthusiasm & passion for his tour made it great!!
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Dawn_l
Apr 6, 2025
Highly Recommend - The night was rainy but our Tour still took place. It was an incredible tour. Our guide Rob was knowledgeable & friendly. Highly recommend!
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Heather
Mar 22, 2025
Good tour - It was a very nice tour. We learned a lot about Galveston. Very interesting. Go on this if you love history. Also wear walking shoes!
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Lisa_s
Mar 19, 2025
It was an amazing tour... - It was an amazing tour with an amazing tour guide! Noelle was very informative, funny, and engaging! Would definitely recommend this tour! We will take this tour again. We also captured some cool evidence!
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Gloria
Feb 18, 2025
Great tour - Our tour of the Red Light district was great. Our guide was wonderful. She was very knowledgeable and we all learned so much of the Galveston area.
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Sheptorious
Feb 16, 2025
Roxanne, you DO have to put on the Red Light! - Several friends and I were in Galveston for the weekend and decided to check out the Red Light District tour. We really enjoyed the tour of this historic part of Galveston. Our guide, Rob, was really knowledgeable about the area, learning us up on the rich history of the rise and fall of the Galveston prostitution industry and cracking us up with some funny anecdotes. I would definitely count this tour as a must for a visit to Galveston and can't wait to check out the rest of the offerings from Historic Galveston Ghost Tours.
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Darrell_b
Dec 1, 2024
Red light district... - Red light district historical significance for shaping Galveston. Charlie was a great guide and very knowledgeable.
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Debby_s
Nov 30, 2024
Not worth it (for us) and also pretty weird - Our guide, Christopher, was a nice enough guy, but the tour itself was not good. The level of detail was superficial, I didn’t feel like I learned much, and I didn’t like how he presented some of the details, it was…pretty inappropriate, especially in the gruesome details like abortion, sexual abuse, murder, and even pedophilia, almost like these were salacious topics. We weren’t offended, just kind of grossed out by his apparent investment. I don’t know if this was our guide or the script that they follow. Maybe we’re just not the audience for the tour? But it didn’t feel worth the price for the amount of information we learned and especially not for us having to navigate how weirdly our guide presented the stories.
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From $30
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).