Santa Fe Haunted History Self Guided Audio Walking Tour

Begin in one of Santa Fe’s most colorful historic lanes, once used by burros hauling firewood into town. Hear about legendary gambler Doña Tules, one of territorial Santa Fe’s most powerful women, and the strange lights and uneasy sensations visitors still report here after dark. Greg Santa Fe’s Haunted History…(10 min)

Stand at the center of more than four centuries of Santa Fe history. The plaza has witnessed conquest, rebellion, executions, political upheaval, and generations of ghost stories involving unexplained voices, shadowy figures, and apparitions disappearing into nearby buildings.(10 min)

See one of Santa Fe’s most historic buildings and hear the darker stories connected to the plaza around it. One tale involves a 17th-century political murder, public executions, and reports from later workers who claimed to hear mysterious voices begging for mercy inside empty rooms. Greg Santa Fe’s Haunted History…(pass by)

Step into a hidden courtyard complex built by the influential Sena family. Once a private residence with dozens of rooms and even a ballroom used by territorial lawmakers, the property is also associated with cold spots, unexplained footsteps, and stories that someone from the family may never have left.(5 min)

This elegant hotel occupies a building that once served as St. Vincent’s Hospital. Guests and employees have shared stories of a mysterious child crying somewhere inside the former hospital—although even the room number seems to change depending on who tells the tale. Greg Santa Fe’s Haunted History…(5 min)

Visit the grand 1882 mansion built by Abraham Staab for his wife, Julia. Her life included wealth, society, and profound personal loss, and decades after her death employees began reporting a pale woman in a dark Victorian dress near the mansion fireplace and staircase. Greg Santa Fe’s Haunted History…(5 min)

See Santa Fe’s grand Romanesque cathedral, built by Bishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy over the remains of earlier churches. The surrounding ground holds centuries of religious history, burial traditions, and stories of a mysterious robed figure appearing near the cathedral after hours. Greg Santa Fe’s Haunted History…(5 min)

One of Santa Fe’s most famous hotels stands on a site that has hosted inns for generations. Hear the story of Judge John P. Slough, shot in the old Exchange Hotel in 1867, plus legends involving a vanished gambler, a mysterious bride, and figures that seem to disappear where an old courtyard well once stood.(10 min)

Enter one of Santa Fe’s oldest neighborhoods, settled by working-class Spanish colonists, Tlaxcalan settlers, Indigenous residents, soldiers, servants, and genízaros. This final stretch brings together stories of survival, destruction, rebuilding, faith, and some of the city’s oldest legends.(10 min)