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>>> HOUSTON HAS A SENSATIONAL AND SORTED HISTORY WHEN IT
COMES TO HAUNTINGS.
WE ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR EXCELLENT
COCKTAILS.
COCKTAILS. THROW THEM TOGETHER AND YOU
HAVE THE NIGHT SPIRIT GHOST
TALES.
TALES.
TALES. KATY HARRISON IS HERE TO TELL
US ABOUT IT.
IT WAS STARTED IN D.C. A FEW
YEAR AGO BY TWO ROOMMATES WHO
LOVE THE PARANORMAL.
YOU GO TO SEVERAL CITIES AND DO
THE GHOST TOURS.
WHEN YOU GO BACK HOME, YOUR
ROOMMATE SAYS HE HAS TO SAGE
THE HOUSE.
THE HOUSE. >> HE IS AFRAID I BROUGHT THEM
HOME WITH ME.
>> THANKFULLY, JESSICA AND DANA
FROM THORN AND MOON CAN TAKE
CARE OF THAT.
THEY HAVE THE SPRAY.
IT SMELLS GOOD, TOO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> HE DOES NOT NEED THE SAGE.
>> I LOVE THIS TOUR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NERVOUS
ENERGY WHEN THEY SEE GHOSTS.
YOU CAN KNOCK OFF THE NERVOUS
ENERGY.
ENERGY.
ENERGY. >> THE MORE SPIRITS YOU DRINK,
THE MORE SPIRITS YOU'LL SEE.
>> AND YOU WON'T BE AS SCARED.
>> IT IS COOL.
YOU ARE TAKING YOUR TIME TO DO
THE WORK AND FIND WHAT PLACES
YOU ARE GOING TO THAT HAVE
HISTORICAL VALUE TO THEM.
>> ALL OF OUR LOCATIONS HAVE
BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.
SOME OF THE BIGGER CITIES WANT
TO TEAR IT DOWN AND PUT UP
SOMETHING SHINY.
SOMETHING SHINY. THERE ARE SOME SPOTS, DOWNTOWN,
SPECIFICALLY, THAT HAVE BEEN
THERE A LONG TIME.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'LL HAVE STORIES
AND SPIRITS.
AND SPIRITS. WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THEM.
WE HAVE TAKEN PICTURES WITH
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. WE
THEM. WE HAVE HAD CREEPY EXPERIENCES.
WE LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH
EVERYBODY ELSE WITH BOOS AND
BOOZE.
BOOZE.
BOOZE. >>
BOOZE. >> WHAT IS THE CRAZIEST THING
THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?
>> I WAS TRAINING AND I WAS
WATCHING THE GUIDES.
JUST SMILING AND ENJOYING IT.
THEY WERE DOING A GREAT JOB.
ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT A HAND
GENTLY CARESS MY FACE.
A LOT OF EMOTIONS WENT THROUGH.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS NICE, WHO
DID THAT?
DID THAT?
DID THAT? I TURNED AROUND AND NOBODY WAS
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> IF SOMEBODY IS CARESSING MY
FACE, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY
LOOK LIKE.
LOOK LIKE. >> THERE WAS NOBODY THERE BUT
IT RAN ITS HAND.
>> WERE YOU SCARED?
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. I
>> NO. I WAS EXCITED.
I HAVE BEEN SINGLE FOR A LONG
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> HOUSTON TOUR STARTS AT CHAR
BAR.
BAR.
BAR. >>
BAR. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. WE TELL THE HISTORY THERE.
IT IS STILL A TAILOR SHOP.
YOU CAN GET A CUSTOM SUIT AND
CRAFT-MADE COCKTAIL AT THE SAME
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. WE
TIME. WE TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
MARKET SQUARE PARK.
WE MOVE TO DEAN'S DOWNTOWN.
WHICH IS WHERE WE GET THE MOST
PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF
WORLDLY BEINGS.
WORLDLY BEINGS. >> WHAT DOES PHOTOGRAPHIC
EVIDENCE LOOK LIKE?
>> IT IS DIFFERENT EVERY TIME.
SOMETIMES IT IS A FULL PERSON
SITTING THERE.
SITTING THERE. SOMETIMES IT IS FLOATY AND SEE-
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. TIMES IT IS AN ORB SURROUNDING
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. AT DEAN'S WE HAVE SEEN THE SAME
DUDE SEVERAL TIMES.
HE IS NOT NICE.
>> A FEW LOCATIONS AFTER
HARVEY, YOU HAD TO REVAMP THE
ITINERARY.
ITINERARY. IF YOU HAVE GONE BEFORE, GO
BACK AGAIN BECAUSE THERE ARE
DIFFERENT THINGS.
DIFFERENT THINGS. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. WE CHANGED IT UP.
YOU HAVE A GHOST CAT?
>> LOOK, I'M DESTINED TO BE AN
OLD, CRAZY CAT LADY.
I LIVED IN AN APARTMENT WHERE
AN OLD CAT LADY HAD SEVERAL
CATS AND SHE DIED.
ONE OF THE CATS, WHEN I MOVED
IN, WOULD WALK ON ME AT NIGHT.
YOU KNOW HOW THEY MAKE BISCUITS
ON YOUR TUMMY?
IT DID THAT AND I DON'T HAVE A
CAT.
CAT.
CAT. IT
CAT. IT HAS FOLLOWED ME TO EVERY
APARTMENT SINCE.
APARTMENT SINCE. >> IT COULD HAVE FOLLOWED YOU
TO THE STUDIO.
I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK WE FOUND YOUR GHOST
CAT.
CAT.
CAT. THAT
CAT. THAT IS SO WRONG.
THAT IS WRONG.
THERE YOU GO.
THAT IS WRONG.
DON'T PET THAT.
PUT THAT DOWN.
BY THE WAY, RALPH, THAT IS A
DOG.
DOG.
DOG. THAT
DOG. THAT IS A DOG.
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. IT
OKAY. IT WAS A GHOST TO YOU.
YOU COULDN'T SEE WHAT IT WAS
EXACTLY.
EXACTLY.
EXACTLY. BUILT IN 1911.
IT HAS A COOL HISTORY.
IT WAS PREVIOUSLY UNION
NATIONAL BANK.
NATIONAL BANK. YOU CAN HEAR THINGS THAT HAPPEN
DURING THE DEPRESSION WHEN THE
DAY THE MARKET FELL.
PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSEDLY TOOK
THEIR LIFE.
THEIR LIFE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LIKE I
CAN'T BE POOR.
THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR PLACE
OF BUSINESS AND LEAPT FROM THE
ROOFTOP.
ROOFTOP.
ROOFTOP. GUESTS CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF
BODIES SLAMMING TO THE GROUND.
THEY OPEN THEIR DOOR AND THEY
ARE LIKE WHAT WAS THAT?
>> HOUSTON GHOST STORIES
INCLUDE SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE.
YOU CAN HEAR KIDS PLAYING.
DEAN'S DOWNTOWN -- IT IS THE
OLD ELEVATOR.
OLD ELEVATOR. >> THAT SPIRIT HAS BEEN
PHYSICAL WITH OUR GUESTS.
WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE FEEL A
SHOVE.
SHOVE.
SHOVE. WE
SHOVE. WE HAD A GUY HAVE SCRATCH MARKS
ON HIS BACK AFTER HE GOT OUT OF
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> WAS THAT BECAUSE OF THE
SPIRITS OR BECAUSE OF THE
DRINKING?
DRINKING?
DRINKING? >> YOU NEVER KNOW.
WE ARE GOING TO SAY THE SPIRITS
BECAUSE EITHER WAY IT IS THE
RIGHT ANSWER.
RIGHT ANSWER. >> SMALL GROUP SIZES.
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THE
TOUR.
TOUR.
TOUR. >>
TOUR. >> IT IS INTIMATE.
YOU GET TO KNOW THE STORIES AND
YOUR STORY TELLER.
WE HAVE FAMILY-FRIENDLY TOURS.
IT DOESN'T INVOLVE AS MUCH
DRINKING.
DRINKING.
DRINKING. THEY GET A ROOT BEER FLOAT.
>> SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
TICKETS SELL OUT EARLY.
HALLOWEEN IS SOMETHING WE
CELEBRATE MORE TODAY BEYOND A
KID DOING TRICK-OR-TREATING.
IT IS HARD TO FIND THINGS TO
DO.
DO.
DO. >>
DO. >> IT
DO. >> IT IS LIKE A GROWNUP TRICK-
OR-TREATING.
OR-TREATING. YOU GO TO ONE SPOT AND GET A
BEER.
BEER.
BEER. AND
BEER. AND THEN ANOTHER SPOT AND GET A
BEER.
BEER.
BEER. >>
BEER. >> THE NIGHTLY SPIRIT HOUSTON
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TOURS SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS AT
4:00 P.M.
4:00 P.M.
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