Menger Hotel hauntings (Sallie White legend)

The Menger Hotel, next to the Alamo, is the focus of longstanding ghost lore including reports of a chambermaid known in local stories as Sallie White who is said to appear on the third floor. Guests and staff have reported unexplained footsteps, voices, and sightings that have been publicized in local media and included on ghost tours. Some hotel materials and tour operators present these accounts as part of the building’s history, while historians note that documentary evidence for specific figures and incidents is limited and disputed.