The Emily Morgan Hotel is opposite the Alamo, perhaps San Antonio's most famous historical destinati...

1. The Emily Morgan Hotel, Haunted Hotels, San Antonio,
Texas
The Emily Morgan Hotel is opposite the Alamo, perhaps San Antonio's most famous historical
destination. The structure was built in 1924, as the Medical Arts Building, and has an ornate Gothic
Revival style, complete with gargoyles advertising the ailments that were treated here. Did all the
patients leave alive? Did some remain behind in spirit, if not in body?

2. The hotel invites you to get into the spirit of things with a Psychic Happy Hour in the bar/restaurant
every Thursday, offering free palm readings and live music. If you tell the staff that you are
interested in the haunted aspect of the hotel they will endeavor to locate you on one of the floors
with a reputation for unregistered guests.
Things that go bump
Guests have reported a wine bottle sliding off the table, and the toilet seat being slammed up and
down in one of the rooms on the ninth floor. Noises come from other rooms, not all of which have
registered guests. One report comes from someone staying on the 11th floor, who heard a
something, a gurney or cart, rattling past the door at an odd hour. Opening the door revealed an
empty hallway.
Other guests describe objects that moved overnight, or disappeared completely from the room.
Ghosts that weep and sing

3. The same person reports seeing a female figure in a hospital gown, weeping and distraught. The
figure was seen on two occasions and moved along a hallway and into a room on the 11th floor on
the second sighting. On the third floor a guest was woken up by the sound of humming, and saw a
young girl sitting on the bed. The girl asked her if she wanted to sing. The following night the guest
was woken up again, this time feeling like someone was lying next to her, pushing against her. On
each occasion the room had turned cold. Another third floor guest heard a female voice singing from
somewhere in the room. It woke her son up too.
Empty elevators that rise and fall
All elevators develop odd faults at some point, but do they make phone calls when empty, or
persistently go from the 6th to 7th floor and back again. Or insist on going past the floor you have
pressed the button to stop on. Or inexplicably carry you to the basement and then refuse to move.
The basement in the Emily Morgan Hotel was once used as a morgue. The 12th floor was the
operating floor and the 7th and 8th floors are supposed to be quite well populated, in their own
ghostly fashion.
Ghosts of the Alamo
Some of the rooms overlook the Alamo, and there have been reports of ghostly figures being seen in
the grounds at night. During the Battle of the Alamo about 500 Mexican soldiers and 189 Texans
were killed, between February 23rd and March 6th 1863. General Santa Anna ordered the bodies of
Texans to be piled up and burnt, including Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett. Do they still walk there,
unsatisfied with their end?

4. San Antonio attractions
San Antonio is a great city to visit. Apart from the Alamo, there are several old missions around the
city and a number of museums. The market is a good place to look for a local bargain. The River
Walk is possible the place where most people go during the day and especially in the evening, as the
day cools. Another haunted San Antonio hotel is the Menger Hotel, where you might find Teddy
Roosevelt in the bar.
Emily Morgan Hotel
705 E. Houston St.
San Antonio, Texas 78025
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