Black Swan Inn Reopens

Damage caused by recent gang violence repaired (V)

By: Jim Smith


The Black Swan Inn has completed renovations, and is reopening at the end of this week.
The famous inn was shut down recently after gang violence erupted one weekend. Sources say that a group of ghost hunters, in town for the convention, ran afoul of a local gang while investigating the Inn.


The Black Swan Inn is one of San Antonio’s many famous haunted places. It was built in 1867 on the site of the Battle of Salado, only 25 years after the battle took place. While the battle had relatively few casualties, as go (60), it is one of several reasons people say the Inn is haunted today. There are also legends and rumors that there is an Indian burial ground on the property, as the land was once home to the Coahuiltecan tribe.


Reported ghost sights have been frequent. The former owner has seen a man standing at the foot of her bed, a man working underneath the house reported children poking him with sticks and laughing, dolls in a room had been rearranged and left out as if they had been played with and a visitor reported a “creepy looking” man standing outside her second story window.


Rumors among the contractors hired to rebuild the walls talk of strange whispered conversations in other rooms, and laughter after the sun goes down. Aside from the workers, the rooms have remained empty for the duration of the remodeling.