i would love to stay at this hotel!!!

I stayed in the Presidential Suite for my wedding night. My wife and I had our wedding reception there as well earlier in the evening. The Driskill (this is the correct spelling btw)is a beautiful hotel, one of the most elegant landmarks in all of Texas. We didn’t see any ghosts, but then again, we were pretty busy…

this hotel deserves **** (four stars)

This is my familie’s hotel, although we no longer own it. I haven’t had a chance to stay there yet, but I plan to in the near future. (Driskill is the right spelling)

the hotel burned down didn’t it? thats what I heard on the news anyway………..

the driskill did burn, but not down. it was remodeled, i know this because i worked on the crew rebuilding it… the place does have some strange things going on in it… would be a great place to check out. very nice rooms too

Sweet i wanna meat those people and give them candy!!! Jk but ive been there NO GOSTS :O

I took some pictures in the ladies room,by the bar.There is a lady ghost in the picture with my niece.

Can Jan put the ghost photos?

this what happen i was boning the gitl in the motel then we finshed the she was going back to here room she was walking boneleged thats y she fell off the stairess

At the hotel, she really killed herself in the bathroom with a pistol, after returning from shopping with her ex-fiance’s credit card. A maid came in three days later and found her dead-heard from Austin Ghost Tour and other haunted tours I’ve been on.

The Driskill is the site of my one and only unexplained “ghost” experience. (I’m not counting the Anson lights, here.)

My wife and I stayed at the Driskill as part of an exploratory trip to decide whether we wanted to move to Austin. It’s a beautiful hotel and it’s located in the heart of the 6th Street nightlife. I’d highly recommend it.

Our room was on the second floor to the left of the ancient elevator (not recommended for the claustrophobic, by the way). We were leaving to go out to dinner after dark, and as I was coming out of the door a woman was coming around the corner from the direction of the elevator.

I didn’t really note the clothes she was wearing or anything about her appearance, but I did notice she was carrying a number of shopping bags. I gave her the standard Texas greeting - a smile and a nod, and then I turned around and locked our room door. (The Driskill at the time used real metal keys, not keycards. I don’t know if that’s still the practice or not.)

As we rounded the corner to the elevator, I glanced back down the hall and the woman had disappeared. It’s of course totally logical and reasonable that she would have gone into her room. Problem is, I didn’t hear a key in a lock, I didn’t hear a door open, and I didn’t hear any bags rustling. It just struck me as odd at the time.

It wasn’t until several years later that I came across the story of the young jilted woman who had died after a day of shopping. Some of the reports I had seen on other sites mentioned her being seen in the hall with her shopping bags.

I’m not saying that I saw a ghost. But I don’t have an explanation for what I saw, and the stories are similar. Draw whatever conclusions you like.

A friend and I decided to venture around the Driskoll hotel today. It is an amazing hotel with such interesting people. It’s deffinatly one of the most beautiful hotels I’ve ever seen. But it is haunted [for a lack of a better word]. Here’s our story of our day at the Driskoll.
Upon walking in the door, I was unawear that the Driskoll was “haunted”. My friend told me as we stepped into the elevator, making it especially creepy as the elevator squeeked it’s way up to the 4th floor. I had many questions that she was unable to answer, all she could tell me was that it was said to be haunted.
We walked around enjoying the comfortable feeling the Driskoll gives off. As we wondered around she mentioned a balcony that she liked to sit out on. Interested in the view, I asked her to take me to it. I fell further in love with the old hotel as I saw the glass doors that led to the balcony. Outside there were beautiful wooden rockers placed so guests could enjoy the veiw. We walked out onto the balcony and hadn’t been standing there for more than 5 minutes when, a man came out of the doors and joined us. Imediatly he came over and started a conversation. He introduced himself as Paul and explained that he was from Orlando and had just gotten off of his plane. I asked him what brought him to Texas, and where he was staying. He explained that he was here for a softwear convention and was staying at the Hilton, but the beautiful aritechture of the old building interested him and so he decided to stop by and look around. Although he was a stranger, my friend and I didn’t feel uncomfortable at all and continued talk with Paul. He mentioned that he had stopped at the bar and talked with the bar tender, David who has been working the bar at the Driskoll for 25 years now. Imediatly I wanted to talk to David. My friend and I polietly said goodbye and made our way to the bar, egar to know the real stories behind the hauntings.

As we introduced ourselves, we asked him if he knew anything about the hauntings. He told us of his only experience. The water turned on by itself. He simply turned it off and left the room. He also told of another woman who had worked at the Driskoll and claimed to have a 6th sence.

Well me and a few of my friends are going to austin this summer for a get away trip. And im in charge of finding a place to stay and whatnot so i was wondering if anyone knew the nightly rates and a few of the details of the hotel itself. Figured a haunted hotel would be a great way to lighten up the mood and make things interesting.

I think that hearing childrens laughter is the most awesome thing to hear especially if the child is dead!!!

I have often walked in to view and dine at the Driskill with my wife and guests visiting from out of Austin. The place is really fantastic. I have not experienced anything odd at the Driskill myself however, a good freind of my son was employed there during the early 1990’s while both were working their way through college. He shared the story of his experinece that while working a “graveyard” shift the late night partying and festivities that goes on at 6th Street (where the hotel is located and for which 6th Street is popular) had come to a close. With the exception of typical late stragglers, late Saturday nite life was over. It was about 3:30 in the morning. My son’s friend was standing in the lobby adjacent to main entrance door facing 6th Street. All was quiet inside. The dining area that also faces 6th Street was closed. The elevators were silent. The entire hotel within his hearing and vision was motionless and quiet. It was a typical quite 3:30AM time period where everyone had gone to sleep. While standing there alone, he felt a three quick and successive taps come from behind his right shoulder. Thinking nothing of it, he turned around expecting a guest and began asking if he could be of help. To his amazement, there was no one there. His speech stopped in mid sentence and he just stood there for a while trying to understand what had happened. He explained that the taps were gentle yet profound and genuinely felt. The taps, he said, were not muscle spams or nerve twitches. In addition, he also explained that he smelled the fragrence of a woman’s perfume that dessipitated almost immeidately after the encounter. He explained that he felt chills run up and down his spine and neck and was essentially “creeped” out from the experience.

He explained that he had often heard of ghostly encounters and experiences from other staffers at the Driskill but never believed them until having had that experience himself.

I’ve been to the Driskill many times after going out to dinner w. my family…it is a really nice hotel but there are some freaky happenings there..and outside the restaurant area..u can see doors in the walls…i think they were secret passages or somtin…its best just to walk in there not expectin 2 hear or see anything cus if u dont then u may witness somthing outta the ordinary

We can only hope Eddie (above) stays in the womans room and shoots himself for being a dreamer and saying he ever got any from anyone.

The Driskill will give tours of the Hotel and tell you about the stories, but will not let anyone run around at night trying to be ghost hunters.

I stayed at the Driskill with 3 other friends when we were in Austin for a convention. There are definately some strange things going on there! The water would shut off for no apparent reason. When we rode the elevator a few times it would skip the floor that we had pushed the button on and take us to different floors. We also saw (yes SAW) a man walking around late one night - then we saw his picture hanging up and we were told it was his ghost that others have also seen. Strange but so TRUE!