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Ghost Walk Austin and Murder Walk Austin, Storytelling Walks Through Downtown's Wild Past
412 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
Research updated August 2026
Age
All ages for Ghost Walk Austin (children 10 and under discounted); ages 13+ for Murder Walk Austin
Cost
$
Ghost Walk Austin: $25 adults (ages 11+), $12 children (10 and under), tax included. Murder Walk Austin: from $41. Pricing per the operator's own site.
Access
Wheelchair OK
An outdoor walking tour of downtown Austin streets and alleyways, departing from a Congress Avenue storefront.
Equipment
Photos OK
Downtown Austin's 19th-century "Wild West" era · The Kreisle Building, Congress Avenue
Walking Tours of Austin is run by Jim Miles, who spent nine years leading historical and haunted walking tours in Charleston, South Carolina before relocating the business to Austin, where he also works as a high school history teacher. The company's tours depart from the historic Kreisle Building on Congress Avenue, one of downtown Austin's oldest commercial buildings, marketed by the operator as "The Speakeasy Tavern."
The Austin Chronicle profiled Ghost Walk Austin in its arts coverage and named Walking Tours of Austin a 2022 Critic's Choice winner for "Best Nightlife Activity," describing the tour's contrast between Austin's modern skyline and the violent "Wild West city" underneath.
Sources
Ghost Walk Austin bills itself as covering downtown Austin's darker true stories alongside reported ghost sightings, framed by the operator as "tales of murder, mystery, unrequited love, and of course many, many ghosts." Murder Walk Austin is a separate, more explicit true-crime product described by the operator as "the ultimate true crime adventure," tracing the steps of what the company calls America's first serial killer through downtown streets and alleyways.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Media Appearances
A 1.5-hour storytelling walking tour led by historian and storyteller Jim Miles through downtown Austin's streets, covering tales of murder, mystery, and reported hauntings. All ages welcome; $25 adults, $12 children 10 and under. Meets at 412 Congress Ave.
A 1.75-hour true-crime walking tour billed as tracing the steps of "America's first serial killer" through downtown Austin streets and alleyways. Ages 13+; from $41. Meets at 412 Congress Ave.
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Meeting point (billed by the operator as "The Speakeasy Tavern") for both Ghost Walk Austin and Murder Walk Austin.
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