• Dallas is home to some of the country's most intriguing and shadowy old burial groundsGhost image by Eagle from Fotolia.com
  
  Dallas, Texas is a town infamous for paranormal activity. Home to some of the country's most intriguing and shadowy old burial grounds, Dallas has slowly but surely transformed into a tourist destination for adventurous travelers seeking spooky nighttime activities. Although you can wander the city on your own, the best way to explore the city's haunted sites is through the abundance of ghost tours, haunted house tours and graveyard tours offered in and around the area--that is, if you dare.
  
  

Dallas Historical Society Ghost Tour

• The tourguide will guide you through Dallas' most fascinating graveyards to visit past pioneers and relay interesting and often eerie facts about their lives, deaths and current hauntsThe cemetery image by photo novice from Fotolia.com
  
  One of Dallas' most famous ghost tours is the annual Cemetery Tour sponsored by the Dallas Historical Society, which takes tourists around the city's spookiest and most interesting cemeteries and burial grounds.
  
  The tour guide Francis James, widely known as 'The Cemetery Lady,' will guide you through Dallas' most fascinating graveyards to visit past pioneers and relay interesting and often eerie facts about their lives, deaths and current haunts.
  
  The tour is open to both members and non-members of the Dallas Historical Society, and costs $40 for members and $50 for non-members.
  
  Dallas Historical Society
  3939 Grand Ave.
  Dallas, TX 75210
  (214) 421-4500
  dallashistory.org/activities/tours.htm
  
  

Fort Worth Ghost Tour

• Their tour guide also happens to be an experienced Dowser who has helped the police solve missing person casesghost"s footprint image by Hao Wang from Fotolia.com
  
  A few minutes' drive from Dallas' city center, the Fort Worth Ghost Tour offers an infamous historical ghost tour throughout some of Fort Worth's most haunted sites, including the Stockyards, which was allegedly once home to outlaws and criminals. The tour will take you through to Miss Molly's Hotel, a former bordello, which claims to have two rooms and the kitchen that are haunted. The Stockyard Hotel also has recorded two ghosts in recent history, with sightings reported by staff and guests.
  
  The tour is led by a certified Paranormal Investigator and Parapsychologist, in addition to a spirit sensitive. The tour company guarantees the authenticity of the tour, adding that their tour guide also happens to be an experienced Dowser who has helped the police solve missing person cases.
  
  The Fort Worth Ghosts Tour costs $15 per person.
  
  Fort Worth Ghosts
  (817) 501-1086
  fortworthghosts.com
  
  

Ghosts of the Warehouse District Tour

• The tour takes participants through paranormal and haunted sites throughout the areaScary Bench image by Hedgehog from Fotolia.com
  
  The Ghosts of the Warehouse District Tour, listed as one of the top ten ghost tours in the entire country, leads tourists through a one and a half hour nighttime walking tour through the shadowy areas in and surrounding Dallas such as Guytown, Germantown and the Driskill. Throughout the tour, the tour guide will share stories of town murders, legends and of famous ghosts and spirits said to haunt the areas, such as Jesse Driskill and the lively ghost of Colonel Peter Lawless.
  
  The tour commences at the allegedly haunted Hofheintz-Reissig Building (now known as Moonshine's Patio Bar and Grill), and takes participants through paranormal sites throughout the town such as the Wooten Building.
  
  The Ghosts of the Warehouse District Tour costs $20 per person.
  
  The Ghosts the Warehouse District Tour
  617 Congress Ave.
  (512) 853-9826
  www.austinghosttours.com