Case file · Haunting
Hotel Galvez, Galveston
The Hotel Galvez opened in 1911 on the seawall built after the 1900 Galveston hurricane, the deadliest disaster in US history; its 'Lovelorn Bride' is said to wait in room 501.
1911 CE · 29.30, -94.79 · status: legend
The account
The story tells of a young woman who hanged herself in the 1950s believing her sailor fiancé lost at sea. Galveston's whole history of storms and epidemics feeds a busy ghost-tour trade.
The sceptical view
No record of the bride has been found.