Menger Hotel crime-related folklore

The Menger Hotel, opened in 1859 at 204 Alamo Plaza, is the subject of longstanding local folklore connecting the hotel to violent episodes from its 19th-century saloon era. Guests and staff have reported alleged apparitions and unexplained phenomena, including stories that a woman associated with a violent death in the hotel’s past still appears in the lobby. These accounts are part of the hotel’s crime-related legend and are debated between folklorists, historians, and skeptics.