The Dr. Pepper Museum: How to Take Its Paranormal Tour

Did you know the Dr. Pepper Museum is rumored to be haunted? Or maybe we should back up a bit. Did you even know there was a Dr. Pepper Museum? I didn’t, but apparently there is and it’s in Waco, Texas.

I thought that was interesting enough. (I don’t drink soda often, but when I do it’s always a toss-up between Coke and Dr. Pepper.) But then when I learned the Dr. Pepper Museum was haunted and is now offering paranormal tours?

Well, the first thing I did was add it to the “Haunted Museums” section on the Ghost Hunting Event Companies & Haunted Places page. That’s where I keep track of haunted places that offer ghost tours or paranormal investigations.

The second thing I did was send them an email requesting an interview because I definitely want to know more about their paranormal activity.

The third thing I did is what you’re reading now: write about the museum and its paranormal tour, which is a combo ghost tour and ghost hunt.

Let’s take a deeper dive into this spirited sweet sip’s haunted museum.

The Dr. Pepper Museum’s Paranormal Activity

What kind of paranormal activity has been reported at the museum? On their site they indicate it’s things like:

• Orbs
• Shadow figures
• Voices
• Apparitions
• Overwhelming emotions

Tour Specifics

Apparently, the museum includes two historic buildings and a guide leads tour-goers through both, including their “otherwise off-limits basement.” The guide shares the museum’s history and haunted hot spots, and then guests even have the chance to investigate with ghost hunting tools like EMF detectors.

Which I think they provide, but that’s definitely a question I’d ask them: Do you allow visitors to bring their own ghost hunting equipment on the paranormal tours?

Tour Time and Length

The tours start at 7 p.m. and last until 9 p.m., so they’re two-hours long.

Tour Frequency

They don’t offer them every day. You have to check their website and sign up for available dates.

For instance, as of the publication of this post, they had no more February 2021 dates left. (They’re all boo-ked up!) They only offer two dates in March, one on a Friday night (March 12) and the other on a Saturday night (March 20).

Tour Sizes

As of now, they’re limited to 10 people total. I don’t know if that’s just to help facilitate COVID requirements or if they’ll always keep groups to that size. If I get a chance to ask, I will!

Tour Reservations & Cost

Tours cost $30 per person and must be reserved online via their website. (See the “For More Info” below.)

Tour Requirements, Waiver, and Acknowledgements

There is an age limit for this tour. Guests must be 18 years or older. You’re also required to wear closed-toe shoes.

There’s also a waiver you have to sign acknowledging “the various hazards that come with a dimly lit tour of an old building.” (Which is why closed-toe shoes might come in handy. Don’t want to stub any naked toes on anything!)

Other Tours the Dr. Pepper Museum Offers

In addition to Paranormal Tours, here are other ways to experience the museum:

1. Virtual Tour – It’s free! It’s a page on their site that includes links to YouTube videos about specific places within the museum that you’d see during an in-person tour. The cool thing is it also includes videos about the “Spooky Spots” within the museum.
2. Guided Tours
3. Extreme Pepper Experience – It’s apparently the “ultimate VIP experience” for “extreme Peppers only.” Sounds like a great tour for Smalls!

For More Info

Visit drpeppermuseum.com.

Court’s Corner

It’s actually amazing I still like Dr. Pepper as much as I do, considering how my grandma tried to ruin it for me once upon a time. Not on purpose, though. She meant well.

My grandma and grandpa lived in Phoenix, but they’d always come visit us at least once a year. Usually for an extended time during summer, when Denver weather was more desirable than Arizona’s.

In this particular memory, it was one of their summer visits. I was little, but I don’t remember exactly how young. Five? Six? Maybe even seven?

All I remember is I had a stomach ache and my grandma told my mom and grandpa that she knew a trick to try and that I might like it since it involved Dr. Pepper. (Which back then was also my favorite pop of choice!)

She poured a little into a pan and heated it up, then brought it to me on the couch.

I remember thinking, and perhaps expecting, it to be like hot cocoa. Hot or cold, you couldn’t go wrong with chocolate and milk.

Well, hot Dr. Pepper was nothing like hot cocoa. One sip and I was running for the bathroom where, Gram, was right. Her trick had worked. I felt better —after enduring whatever had upset my stomach coming out of both ends!

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