Spanish Governor's Palace

Ghost stories at the Spanish Governor's Palace are reported to date back more than a century. According to Ghost City Tours and local oral tradition, the most-told legend involves a young girl — variously described as a governess or domestic servant — who was killed by robbers and whose body was thrown into the deep stone well in the rear courtyard. The well is documented in the building's restoration history; visitors and staff report mysterious gurgling sounds rising from it and the apparition of a 'Lady in Grey' at the rear windows of the house.

In October 2019, the local CBS affiliate KSAT covered a paranormal investigation team's visit to the Palace and reported their experiences, including unexplained voices, equipment anomalies, and physical sensations attributed to interaction with what investigators interpreted as residual presences. The KSAT story, by a major local broadcaster, is unusual among San Antonio haunted-site claims for being primary news coverage rather than tour-operator marketing.

Additional reports include apparitions of Spanish soldiers in the rear courtyard, Native American figures seen briefly in the front rooms, and cold spots near the courtyard fountain. As with most colonial-era haunted sites, claims are experiential and folkloric; the sensitivity flag for indigenous content is observed, and accounts of Native American apparitions are framed as visitor reports rather than ethnographic claim.