If you were lucky enough to read the June 28th article in the Oklahoman (Oklahoma City newspaper) about Marcia Shottenkirk's trip to San Antonio, you will read that this is the most fun tour in San Antonio. Marcia should know about these things, she is the travel writer for that newspaper.

Now what Martin Leal isn't telling you that it was written in June of 1998 in order to deceive you into thinking his tour is still popular. That is no longer true. People figured out he is full of crap so he created more lies on his brochures. It is the same old tour. Yes you would have to be amazing to have read it this past June.

Martin Leal Says ALSO BE AWARE OF THE GHOST TOURS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT HAVE YOU PREPAY WITH A STRONG NO REFUND POLICY. IT HAS BECOME A PROBLEM
WITH THEM HAVING TOUR GUIDES SHOW UP DRUNK. Nobody shows up drunk but Martin Leal himself. The Statement below was left on his Guest Book  

And if you happen to get a tip...DON'T tell the group your going to buy a beer with it. Moron! Your very unprofessional. I will tell everyone not to waste their money and you made it all up about being voted the most popular ghost tour. I want my $10 back!!! That's if you didn't spend it on alcohol. Loser.  

There is so many more things to go on about, this is just some of the crap Martin Leal has pulled. We hope this keeps you from being one of his victims like this lady. Martins comment about this Lady I NOTICED SOME OF THE POSTS TO MARTINLEAL.COM. LIKE THE IDIOT WHO SAID SHE WAS LOOKING FOR YOUR TOUR AND ENDED UP ON MINE THANKS FOR THE TEN DOLLARS. Martin Leal Says  WILL YOU SEND ME BOOKS ABOUT GHOSTS WHEN I AM IN PRISON SO I CAN CHANGE MY WAYS, I FIND YOUR WEBPAGES AND EMAILS FUNNY, ENTERTAINING AND COMPLIMENTARY. THERE IS NOTHING IN LIFE BETTER THAN TO SEE HOW LOSERS WANT TO COPY MY SUCCESS.    Request_Email - gutieral@stthom.edu Request_Comments - I want to thank you for making someplace for those who have been taken in by this swindler to vent their anger. I could have walked around by myself and made up a better tour. My boyfriend and I went on this joker's "tour" this past weekend and he is pretty sure his special goggles are really welding goggles. Half way through the tour he stopped to have a conversation with some guy in a wheelchair...I have nothing against the disabled but he was on our time. I would never recommend this guy to anyone. Submittal Date - 8/11/2007 Submittal Time - 3:40:25 PM     Request_Email - chefpamm@hotmail.com Request_Comments - Just wanted to say I wish my family HAD taken your tour.  We fell for the hype of Leals brochure. What a BIG Disappointment. On top of that he lost any credidation when he insulted Autistic people.  One should know their audiences and NOT Crack jokes about being autistic, our 13 year old autistic daughter was with us. I honestly believe he enjoys hearing himself talk. He lost my interest within the first 10 minutes..If my children hadn't been so interested I would have walked away.  The man is an insult to the Paranormal community Submittal Date - 7/16/2007 Submittal Time - 7:13:25 PM Request_Email - public-access@sbcglobal.net Request_Comments - Here is some info about this drunk! Criminal Record Full Name: LEAL,MARTIN MATYEAR Known Aliases: 1. LEAL,MARTIN Gender: Male Race: W Date Of Birth: 1956/07/06 Height: 511 Weight 190 Eye Color: BRO Hair Color BRO --Crime 1-- Offense Modifier: Attempt to Commit Offense: Driving Under Influence Liquor Disposition Date: 08/15/1977 Court Disposition: CONVICTED SUBJECT HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIMINAL CHARGE, EITHER UPON A CRIMINAL TRIAL, A PLEA OF GUILTY, OR A PLEA OF NOLO CONTENDERE. Court Offense: DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE LIQUOR -RED TO PUBLIC Court Provision: FINE & COST THE MONETARY AMOUNT TO BE PAID IS A COMBINATION OF FINE AND COURT COSTS.338 Submittal Date - 8/20/2007 Submittal Time - 2:41:44 PM   More From Martin Leal's Customers The Point  here is, if I made any of this up or had anybody file any false complaints.  I would be open for a self made Slander Case. This is all true and factual information as the emails where received. Just peoples personal information such as email addresses and so on have been removed.   COMPLAINT ACTIVITY REPORT Case # 90082309 The Better Business Bureau Consumer Info:  Rich Business Info: Alamo City Paranormal Consumer's Original Complaint : This is difficult to explain as this was a Ghost Tour in San Antonio, TX and is largely a Buyer Beware. However what appears to be occuring is a tourist scam run by someone named Martin Leal. This person may or may not be affiliated with Alamo City Paranormal or Alamo City Ghost Tours. That's up to them to deny and do something about. However, there is currently no way for a tourist to protect themself on something like this. Below I have copied the complaint that I sent to Ghost City tours, which should suffice as a complaint to the BBB: I don't know anything else to say but that I believe that my family and I were taken in by this crap last Friday (7/28/06). Being tourists in from Colorado, we found a flyer for a Ghost Hunt for $10.00 a person ($5.00 for our child) and we were to meet a tthe Cenotaph in Alamo Plaza. We did so, along with about 100 other people. We were greeted by a man wearing an Alamo City Paranormal baseball cap, and who was joined by an idiot dressed in a horrendous "cowboy" outfit who had a "ghost gun" in his holster (we really should have left right then). We were split into two groups (we went with the idiot cowboy), and were sat outside of the Emily Morgan for 30 minutes listening to local legend about Emily See a video of this idiot (ok...whatever). We were then shepherded to an alley, and asked to sit facing a parking garage while idiot began to tell "ghost stories" (and really bad versions at that, plus he couldn't talk his way out of a paper bag). All of these stories we pretty much knew, and I think we knew them much better than he did. Then we were guided over to the Menger Hotel, for the final 30 minutes of crap again. At this point we re-joined the other group, and our large group of 100+ people were down to a handful. We knew this was a waste at this point, but we had to see how it turned out. That and our daughter really wanted to see the "equipment". So, we get to the "equipment". I studied these special glasses pretty well. Crap. All crap. Plain and simple. In fact, I should have taken my $10 worth right there, and destroyed them. Nonetheless, this guy then explains the digital thermometer. Hands it to my daughter. Then with his obvious superb powers of observation that he catches ghosts with, he notices that my 9 year old little girl is not 18 years old. He states that no one under 18 can use the thermal gauge because of the laser sight, and issues with aiming it police officers (what the hell are you talking about here dude? What a load of bunk.), and then he takes it away from her. Of really interesting note is that a 13 year old boy ended up with it 2 minutes later. That kid thought that he found a ghost when pointing it at window that was close to an AC unit. A fact that my 9 year old pointed out to him ("It's colder on that window because the AC blows right there inside the building." Should have just let her kept the thing dumbass, she would have at least been more reliable.) This whole tour was a fraudulent waste of time. I'd like to do all that I can to prevent more and more people from being taken in by this, but being in Colorado I'm not sure how to do this. One thing that perhaps could be done is to somehow make people aware of this scam. People need to know the name Martin Leal. Honestly, unless I knew who Martin Leal was beforehand, I would have still gone on this tour. To keep his name and operation from reflecting badly on any legitimate operation, it is the duty and responsibility of the legitimate organization to take the appropriate steps to distance themselves or proceed with litigation against an offender. In this case, the person who "ran" the tour made the impression that this was part of Alamo City Paranormal. A complaint will be filed with the San Antonio Police, the Better Business Bureau, and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce on my experience in the coming week. I will be happy to do anything I can with any legitimate agency to bring this fraud to an end. My suggestion would be to only offer tours by reservation only, and to begin a public campaign to warn tourists of potential fraud. We stayed at the Red Roof Inn off of I-37, and they had a little "flyer-type" booklet (about an inch and a half by 5 inches) that we saw the ad in. People on the tour had typical folding-style flyers that had the words "GHOST HUNT" on them in a "dripping-blod" font. Please feel free to use my name publicly, but keep my email and other private information undisclosed to the public unless specifically requested for investigation purposes by a law enforcement agency or by a representative of the City of San Antonio, the Chamber of Commerce, or the Better Business Bureau. Thanks! Consumer's Desired Resolution: I would love to receive my $35.00 back for 3 adults and one child. While one could say that we received a Ghost Hunt, it was apparent to all involved that this was a rip-off. Not one of us however had the ability to verify any legitimacy of this at all. This was a scam plain and simple. This Martin Leal person has many "posts" on the Internet stating that he's simply smarter at business than everyone else, and that they are jealous. Fact is, this is a scam.   This Email was just sent to me on 5/30/06 I had left 5 min. early I thought all our guest had arrived already, but these guest missed our tour. At this time they seen Martin Leal this is the email I received Request_Name - Brenda Request_Email - bw_kayla@yahoo.com Request_Comments - My boyfriend and I are locals of San Antonio, and we participated in your ghost tour of the Alamo Plaza on Sat. May 20. We arrived at the "rock wall" next to the visitor center at 9pm as instructed. We waited for 20 minutes and no one showed. Let me just add here that there is no defining rock wall next to the visitor center. There are a few rock structures that people can sit on next to the center and then there is the wall of the visitor center building itself- but then this is not 'next to' the visitor center. After calling your number only to get voicemail we finally saw a group near the Alamo. They were walking toward the Emily Morgan, so we ran after them and asked one of the tourists if they were part of the ghost tour and they said yes. So we missed the first 20 minutes of the tour, but we were happy to find them. (Although, if we were on time right at 9pm they must have started the tour early.) When we arrived at the part of the tour near the Hyatt, the tour guide (cannot recall his name but he has sandy brownish hair, wears glasses, and has a Society of the Paranormal cap) rudely asked us if we had just joined the group. This conversation took place in front of a crowd of about 30 people. I began explaining that we were about 20 minutes late but that we were able to catch up but the tour guide interrupted my explanation and said, "Ya, you owe me 20 bucks." This behavior, his tone of voice, and the fact that he interrupted me as if he didn't believe me suggested to us and everyone else that he believed us to be someone off the street trying to sneak in to get a free tour. To avoid conflict, we paid our $20 although we had MISSED a good portion of it and we did not complain. We deserved much more respect than we got. We were singled out, embarrassed, and disrespected in front of the group. I have worked in the customer service/tourist industry, and we were always instructed to treat customers with courtesy and respect. (Are you familiar with the phrase "The customer is always right"?) Not only were we treated with disrespect, but we were also embarrassed in front of a large group of people. We are locals, and if your tour guides treat tourists in this same manner, I would advise you to do your business a favor by training your guides to display a nicer attitude. Perhaps next time this tour guide can give the customer the benefit of the doubt rather than make accusatory remarks and behavior?Also, your tour is more an attempt at a failing stand-up comedy routine rather than a scary tour. Sitting on the steps at the Hyatt for 30 minutes is just a space filler. Also, on your website prior to our tour, the cost was listed at $5 per person. As you read earlier, we were charged $10 per person.The fact that your description of where to meet is very detailed on your website suggests to me that you have had problems with people knowing where to meet in the past. We followed your instuctions perfectly, and no one was there at 9. So either your instructions are still faulty OR the tour started earlier than it should have. Either way, something should change. It was a waste of money and time, and I will not recommend this tour to anyone local or from out of town. (Think about this Martin Leal's tour had already been going on 45 minutes by then and they were still in the Alamo Plaza they were not a 100 feet from where they started.) We were already on our way to 12 other haunted locations. Martins comment about this Lady I NOTICED SOME OF THE POSTS TO MARTINLEAL.COM. LIKE THE IDIOT WHO SAID SHE WAS LOOKING FOR YOUR TOUR AND ENDED UP ON MINE THANKS FOR THE TEN DOLLARS On 5/09/06 Martin Leal was forced to remove his guest book from his site. The over whelming number of bad comments from his customers was more than Martin Leal could take. Martin Leal's dirty secret!!  Below are comments from the last people who took his tour before he removed his guest book. Date:5/2/2006 Time:7:43:36 PM (CST) Name:not telling you E-mail: Location: Texas Referred by: not telling you Comments: Martin your a fake and a phoney!!! I want a refund!!! You blow!!! Date:5/2/2006 Time:7:42:50 PM (CST) Name:not telling you E-mail: Location: Texas Referred by: not telling you Comments: Martin your a fake a a phoney!!! I want a refund!!! Date:4/21/2006 Time:2:52:38 AM (CST) Name:Doesnt Matter E-mail: doesntmatter@yahoo.com Location: Texas Referred by: Comments: One more thing....your Ora color should be dark brown because your full of shit. Have a nice day. Date:4/21/2006 Time:2:47:52 AM (CST) Name:Doesnt Matter E-mail: doesntmatter@yahoo.com Location: Texas Referred by: Comments: Martin....your ghost tour totally sucked ass. I've been on several other ghost tours and they all put yours to shame. Try to learn the real history and real ghost stories of San Antonio before you take these poor people's money and lead them on a long boring walk. Lose the jokes, they were far from funny. Oh and that tempature reader isn't to detect ghosts...I have one at home. Your goggles looked like old welding goggles too. Also....you need to stop using vulgar language especially around young children. There was a 6 yr old in our group and you said a few unapropriate words. And if you happen to get a tip...DON'T tell the group your going to buy a beer with it. Moron! Your very unprofessional. I will tell everyone not to waste their money and you made it all up about being voted the most popular ghost tour. I want my $10 back!!! That's if you didn't spend it on alcohol. Loser. Martin Leal told her this story Date:4/21/2006 Time:2:33:01 AM (CST) Name:Linsey E-mail: babygirl5257502@yahoo.com Comments: This has to be the worst ghost hunt/ghost tour I have ever been on. Martin Leal is a joke. All he did was tell stupid jokes for a long hour and a half. And they weren't even funny. And those ridiculous goggles that were falling apart. How pathetic! Beware...total rip off! Don't waste your time..energy or good money on this.