Texas is big. Real big. It took me a month of Sundays to gather and type up all of these stories. And I still haven't even scratched the surface. Enjoy.
hotels & inns restaurants roads & bridges taverns theaters tourist spots
Abilene - The
Whitten Inn Expo Center
Various rooms are supposedly haunted here. Unexplained occurrences including a
sudden foul odor early in the morning, belongings disappearing and then
reappearing under the bed, bathroom lights that turn themselves on and off, and
a ghost with a red beard and green clothes in the office. 840
East US Highway 80 , formerly the Travel Lodge
Austin - Driskill
Hotel
Customers say that they have heard a phantom party going on in the upper floor,
as well as the sensation of being touched on the arm or face. People feel dizzy
while and after viewing the painting of a girl on the 3rd floor.
Austin - Omni
Hotel (Downtown)
A business man who threw himself from a balcony in recent years still haunts the
room, housekeepers say.
Corpus Christi -
Days Inn 
Murdered singer Salena, who was killed in a room in this hotel by the crazed president of her fan club in the late 90's, reportedly haunts the room - with patrons reporting the smell of roses and an "intense feeling of sorrow". (If anyone knows which Days Inn that she was killed in, please drop me a line)
Dallas - Hotel
Adolphus
Local folklore says that a bride, after she was left standing at the altar, hung
herself here and still makes appearances in her bridal gown. (Can you get any
more dramatic than that?) The bar area has odd happenings like beer bottles that
move around without the help of a bartender.
Dallas - Hotel
Lawrence 
The 10th floor is haunted by a woman who fell to her death from a window in the
1940's. Patrons report cold spots, phantom voices and the sound of high heels
walking across the floor in the lobby when it is empty at night. The 2nd floor,
which reportedly at one time housed a gambling casino, is haunted by a man.
Fort Worth - Miss
Molly's Hotel Bed and Breakfast
Vague stories of apparitions originate at this former bordello.
Galveston - The
Hotel Galvez
The oldest hotel on the island, the Galvez boasts an evil room - room 505, in
which patrons feel so incredibly uncomfortable that they sometimes leave early.
The smell of gardenias wafts about the room, they say.
Hillsboro -
Tarlton House Bed & Breakfast
The Inn's namesake reportedly hung himself in the 3rd floor, distraught over the
recent death of his wife. Visitors report footsteps, cold spots, and the feeling
of being kissed on the forehead 211 North Pleasant Street
800-823-7216
Jefferson - The
Excelsior House
This charming hotel is a remnant of the old south. Not so charming is a headless
apparition that reportedly haunts the second floor. Even more strange is the
spirit of a woman, clad in black, who has made numerous appearances. Sometimes
she is carrying a baby, it is reported, and once "she" allegedly scared the
pants off of director Stephen Spielberg when he visited there. Oy vey! It
was this his stay in the Jay Gould Room that inspired him to write the script
for the hugely popular "Poltergeist", so the story goes. And the rest is
history...
Jefferson
-Historic Jefferson Hotel
The management of this former cotton warehouse is so comfortable with it's
haunted reputation that it lists the many reports of odd occurrences by visitors
on the hotel web page! Phenomena includes:
Room 5: a little boy repeatedly awoke his parents because a "man in a
long coat and high boots" wouldn't let him sleep.
Rooms 12 and 14: haunted by a woman with flowing blonde hair who
possibly had some sort of "connection" with the bed in room 14 (which used to be
in room 12)
Room 19: staff reports otherworldly voices from the empty room; one guest
reported a "petite" woman whose icy touch kept her awake all night.
Room 20: the bathroom sink spigot will suddenly and forcefully open up in
the middle of the night
Hallways and throughout the hotel: One unfortunate manager was at the
hotel alone when all of the doors to an upstairs hallway suddenly began opening
and slamming shut. The sounds of furniture being drug across the floor in rooms
above you is not uncommon. The hall in front of rooms 20 and 21 had a ghostly
man in western attire that one woman saw early one morning. The smell of cigars,
clipping of heels in empty corridors, and the sounds of classical music seems to
have no origin that is logical. Giggling children are heard late at night in the
hallways when there are no guests that are children, and guests have reported
hearing cries of "Mama" and babies crying. It isn't uncommon to hear repeated
knocking on the doors and walls.124 W. Austin Street
866-334-6835
Kerrville - Y.O.
Ranch Resort Hotel
Patrons report phantom cowpokes that linger around the pool in the middle of the
night. The "Branding Iron Restaurant" is reportedly
haunted by a spirit who might ask you where to find a bathroom.
Laredo - La
Posada Hotel
Reportedly the popular boutique hotel was a convent before it was renovated into
guest rooms 30 or 40 years ago. Apparitions of nuns and of ghostly, mute hotel
employees have been reported. The empty ballroom has the sounds of running
footsteps, and cold spots and self-moving objects are reported.
McAllen -
Renaissance Casa de Palmas
The 3rd floor has had reports of apparitions.
Minneola -
Beckham Hotel
A woman who met her fate falling down the staircase in the late 19th century is said to haunt the hotel. It is unknown if this hotel is still open. Email me (see link below) if you have any info to offer. Commerce Street
New Braunfels -
The Hotel Faust
A well dressed old gentleman in old fashioned clothes is said to haunt, as well as a woman holding a baby. A third spirit is reportedly a little girl who plays in the hallways. Specters are said to float through closed doors and turn the water and lights on in guest rooms. 240 South Sequin Street
Port
Aransas - The Tarpon Inn
Visitors report a pink glowing from a 2nd floor bathroom at night, the sounds of
footsteps, and cold spots.
San
Antonio - Camberly Gunter Hotel
The spirit of a prostitute, murdered here in the 1960's, is said to haunt.
Locals claim the establishment has her picture hanging in the lobby bar.
205 E. Houston
San
Antonio - The Emily Morgan Hotel
The basement was used as a medical school and morgue back in the day. The seventh and ninth
floors are especially haunted, people say. Poltergeist activity includes doors
and toilet lids slamming open and shut, cold spots, random apparitions, objects
moving about guest rooms, and a perpetually malfunctioning elevator.
705 E. Houston Street
San
Antonio - Menger Hotel
A popular spot for TV ghost hunter programs and for paranormal writers, the
Menger has been studied by many paranormalists. The most famous story is that of
Sallie White, who was employed as a chambermaid in the late 1800's at the hotel.
After her husband found out she had (by most accounts) cheated on him in one of
the rooms there, he brutally beat her, and she soon after died. The hotel footed
the $32 to bury Sallie, and it is said that guests are still getting visits from
Sallie, dressed in her antiquarian maid attire. Ranch owner Richard King has
been spotted floating through the walls of the King Room, and a man in a
buckskin jacket and gray pants has been seen having a one sided heated argument
with an invisible enemy. A woman in a blue dress and beret has been seen busily
knitting in the hotel lobby, and vanishes into thin air. A pair of phantom
military boots once appeared at the door of two employees at the hotel, which is
located across from the Alamo.President Theodore Roosevelt, as local
legend has it, haunts the bar where he recruited some of his "rough riders" in
life. Objects that move themselves around are also reported. 204 Alamo Plaza (800) 345-9285.
San Antonio -
Plaza Marriott
A woman who legend says hung herself and her unfortunate cat in one of the four
buildings that comprise the Mariott has been seen in a long white nightgown,
petting her cat's head in the upper levels of the hotel, the employee corridors,
the basement, and in the garden. Rumor has it that she hung herself in her
living room - now the complex's exercise facility.
San Antonio - St.
Anthony Hotel
Rumored to have several restless spirits, including a former Latina employee
named Anita, and old woman in the ladies room, a man and woman who seem to be
re-living their honeymoon in one of the guest rooms, and a forlorn young lady
who haunts an upper floor ballroom. Also in the Anacacho Ballroom, spirit
"guests" have been spotted in old - timey formal dress, giggling children's
ghosts have been seen on the rooftop garden, and the elevators have had
transparent visitors - a woman in red and a man in a top hat and tails.
300 E. Travis
San Antonio -
Terrel Castle Bed and Breakfast
A former female resident is said to haunt the library, and some mystery children
haunt the stairwell. 950 E. Grayson St
San Antonio -
Sheraton Gunter Hotel
Room 636 is haunted by a woman who was brutally murdered and dismembered there
in 1965. A little old lady has been spotted in other parts of the hotel.
205 E. Houston Street
Haunted Galveston
Tours Daily tours May 31-September
1 or call for off-season or private tours. 409-740-7294. E-mail:
mjurbanseal@hotmail.com
Abilene -
Taylor County Expo Center
The cow barn is haunted by phantom footsteps and voices
Allen - Eagle
Stadium
On Friday nights at midnight, and only on game nights, a phantom football player
from the 1940's is said to run down the field. From US 75, go
north into Allen and exit McDermott. Go about 1 mile east on McDermott past
Greenville Avenue and Jupiter. The Stadium is behind the old high school,
current Freshman Center
Amarillo - Gebo's
A phantom messes up this store at night, screwing up the inventory. Rumors
of someone being murdered in the 1980's in the building are told by employees.
2500 E 3rd Ave
Arlington - River
Legacy Park
The "Hell's Gate" is the crumbling remnants of a gate that sits at the end of a
long trail through wetlands. The tree just past the remaining gate posts was
where union soldiers were hung during the Civil War. People report the sounds of
sobbing and whispers near here. A clearing near the gate is said to be haunted
by a red haired man in a confederate uniform. The narrow bridge that runs over
the Trinity river is said to be haunted by the spirits of victims of a horrible
head on car crash, whose tombstones appear in the water. If you are on the
bridge at night, supposedly you are treated to a ghostly reenactment of the
event. The Mosier Valley area is a hotspot for people who want to go make out,
and it is said to be haunted by a hobo who was killed after jumping off a train
on the nearby tracks. He taps on the windows of cars and makes an appearance.
Arlington - Six
Flags Over Texas
A little girl's ghost is reported walking the railroad tracks near "The Texas
Giant", and in the yellow building, the candy store, near here.
Austin - Home
Depot
Nicknamed "Fred", this ghost haunts the garden section and is reportedly buried
nearby in an old plot. Brodie Lane and US 290
Belton - Wal-Mart
This Wal Mart is said by 3rd shift staff to be haunted by the apparitions of a
woman wearing a Wal Mart uniform and a small boy. 603
East Central Avenue
Boerne - Public
Library
The lights go on and off by themselves in the middle of the night .
Slightly northwest of San Antonio
Brady -
Historical Marker/Courthouse Monument
Just outside of town is a marker that commemorates a place where soldiers got
fresh water during the (Civil?) war (they'll put a historical marker on anything
down south - now I'm fully convinced!). Anyway, some people were killed there by
natives and their wagons burned, as the story goes. Today, local kids go to the
spot to test out the theory that it's haunted by the screams of the dead and a
phantom campfire. There is a Brady, TX both in Shelby and
McCulloch counties, I don't know which one is the right one.
DeLaine
wrote me and said:
The Ghosts you were referring to in Brady, Texas is the Brady in McCulloch
County but what about the other ghost? ... There have been numerous encounters
with this ghost as well as several pictures. He seems to show up often in
pictures taken in front of the Heart of Texas monument on the courthouse lawn.
It is rumored that he was a former sheriff or clerk in the courthouse...
Brownsville -
University of Texas at Brownsville: Fort Brown
Built on an old fort, the campus is haunted by apparitions of Civil War era
soldiers, horses, and the phantom noises of war. The morgue building during the
war is now a storage area and accounting office. It is said to be haunted by a
woman and child, another woman in black who appears on the outside steps, and by
spirits that knock books off of shelves, cause electrical disturbances, unplug
appliances, and move objects around. The library is also reportedly haunted.
Someone apparently snapped a photo in 2000 of what appears to be a ghost
dangling from a tree branch.
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Brownwood - Lake
Brownwood/Flat Rock
A little girl who drowned here many years ago is reportedly seen on the dock,
heard laughing. People have odd trouble with their boats breaking down at the
boat ramp, and seem to hit a phantom "rock" that doesn't exist when they try to
dock.
Colorado City -
Ruddik Park
The apparition of a woman searching for her child is reportedly near the river
in this park
Corpus Christi -
The USS Lexington
The boiler room is said to be haunted by the apparition and voice of a dead
sailor.
Del Rio - Denim &
Diamonds
Reports of a female apparition and photographic anomalies.
Dallas - Eckerd
Drugs on Gus Thomasson/ Ferguson Road
The upstairs of the drugstore is haunted by a male employee who was killed when
he was mugged. Staff reports that "Wayne" causes boxes to fall, cold spots,
unexplained footsteps, and turns on the radio.
Dallas - Jerry's
Super Market
The second floor is plagued by unexplained frightening noises.
532 W. Jefferson .
Dallas - Old City
Park Museum: Millermore House
This antebellum home has for over 25 years had reports, by many individuals, of
a female ghost in the nursery and in the 2nd floor master bedroom.
Dallas - White
Rock Lake
A woman in 1920's white clothing appears to motorists, soaking wet and needing a
ride to Gaston Ave, where she disappears, leaving a wet spot on the seat as a
calling card. Local folklore says she was a wealthy socialite who drowned in the
lake after a car accident.
Eastland - The
Ballad of Old Rip
In
1897, the town of Eastland was putting the cornerstone into their brand new
courthouse. An electrician named E.E. Wood thought it would be funny to stick a
horned toad that he found into the time capsule. Luckily for Rip the Horned
Toad, the courthouse was shoddily built (thanks to insensitive jackasses like
E.E. Wood) and was demolished 31 years later to make way for a newer structure.
Wood spread it around town that he had stuck the toad into the cornerstone, and
when it was cracked open, I'll be damned if Rip wasn't still alive - and looking
at a cheering crowd who were waiting to see if he had made it. Rip became an
instant celebrity, and even made it as far to the desk of president Calvin
Coolidge in the Oval Office. The glory was short lived, however, when the
following
winter E.E. (obviously not short for "Einstein"), who was now profiting from his
jerk off prank, left the horny toad's aquarium in an unheated room - where it
froze to death. And the rest is Looney Tunes history.
not Rip
Edinburg - Museum
of South Texas History
Formerly a courthouse and jail, the tower, which houses the old hanging gallows,
is reportedly haunted by restless spirits that cause the hangman's noose to
swing, causes cold spots, and throws the shadow of a hung man on the wall.
Strange noises, including phantom voices and moans have also been reported
El Paso - El Paso
Museum of Art
A phantom woman stares from the upper floor windows, lights turn themselves on
and off, doors open and shut themselves, and unusual moaning sounds originate in
the basement. (It is unclear, but this report may be referring to a previous
site of the museum's location)
Euless - Midway
Recreation Center
A
dead former employee is said to turn on the lights at night and conduct an
otherworldly workout session to the tune of rap music. His "grunting" can be
heard throughout the building as he struggles through that last set of bench
presses. He must be in hell if he's still having to work out every day...
Fischer - Stage
Stop Ranch
This ranch that is very near the infamous "Devil's Backbone" is a conference
center and home to "Doc Toler & His Medicine Show", who whip out their fiddles
on the Shotgun Stage natural amphitheatre, and also is still a dude ranch. To
the left of the main Plaza, a man's ghost can be seen hanging from a large oak
tree; also visitors have reported the clatter of wagon wheels at night.
1100 Old Mail Route Rd 800-782-4378
Fort Davis - Fort
Davis Historical Site
The hospital area leaves people who visit with an odd feeling: some report cold
spots, visual anomalies including 'the walls changing color' and apparitions.
Fort Worth -
Greene's Antiques
This former bookstore has strange noises, including unexplained footsteps and
the noise of pages turning; also an apparition on the stairs.
215 W. 8th
Fort Worth - Fort
Worth Zoo
A zookeeper who was crushed to death by an elephant in the 1980's has been seen
near the elephants and zebras. A woman in Victorian era white clothing with a
parasol has also been spotted near the cafe.
Fort Worth - Lake
Worth
A phantom woman in a boat searches for her children in the lake.
Fort Worth - Log
Cabin Village
This place, basically built for field trips, has a penetrating and unexplained
scent of lilacs, and a screaming malevolent spirit of a man who looks like he
has a broken neck has been seen.
Fort Worth -
Peters Bros. Hats
One of the dead owners, Tom Peters, is blamed for reassembling hats. Part of the
building used to be a pizzeria, and some believe that the dishwasher, "Jack",
also haunts the building. 909 Houston
Fort Worth -
Hulen Mall: Wet Seal Co.
This mall, cursed like so many others by all the dead Indians it was built atop,
has employees in a titter about odd occurrences. This store in particular is
known for its doors being flung open when they are locked, for employees feeling
as if something is dragging them by the hair, cold spots, phantom voices,
merchandise that rearranges overnight, and even an Indian squaw sitting
cross-legged on the floor who startles employees. South Hulen
St
Fredericksburg -
National Museum of the Pacific War (Admiral Nimitz Museum)
Footsteps are heard, male apparitions seen, and lights turn themselves on and
off.
Galveston - 1859
Ashton Villa
This antebellum mansion offers tours and is on the National
Register of Historic Landmarks. Visitors have reported male and female
apparitions in Edwardian dress and the sounds of footsteps. Railroad tycoon
J.M.Brown built this grand estate, and his socialite daughter Bettie, who died
ages ago, is credited with impromptu piano recitals in this historical building.
Bettie also reportedly messes with the ceiling fans, and leaves ghostly imprints
in the bed sheets. 2328 Broadway (409) 762-3933 open for tours
10:00am-4:00pm, Monday-Friday
George West -
Live Oak County Courthouse
Phantom laughter of children has been reported; the south hall
of the second floor has footstep noises when deserted, and the ghost of namesake
George Washington West has been spotted there as well
Goliad - Mission
Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
This 18th century Spanish style mission is haunted, reportedly,
by a phantom Native American on horseback. People claim to hear drums beating
and smell a "peace pipe" being smoked when no one is near. A phantom wolf
has also been reported.
Goliad - Presidio
La Bahia
This mission is a National Historic Landmark. Visitors here
claim that American soldiers haunt this place, where Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
had them executed on a Palm Sunday. A short priest is said to haunt the spot as
well, fittingly in the chapel yard. A corner of the yard is said to be always
cold and damp, and unusual moans are heard in the main yard. In the chapel a
woman's ghost has been spotted praying.
Granbury - El
Tesoro Summer Camp
Disgruntled Indian spirits are said to be responsible for
apparitions, crying noises, and otherworldly midnight horseback riding.
Grand Prairie -
Palace of Wax and Ripley's Believe It or Not!
At night the motion detectors are set off, problems with the
electricity are frequent, the sounds of screams and tinkling bells - all blamed
on deaths that occurred during a fire in the building years ago.
Henderson -
Howard Dickinson House
A ghostly woman walks onto the balcony at night. Open by appointment only. call 903-657-6925
Houston - Federal
Court Building
Dead judge Woodrow Seals haunts the tenth floor since his death in 1990. His former office reportedly has cold spots, the smell of cigar smoke, and phantom voices at night 515 Rusk
Houston - The
Library, Downtown
ghostly violin music is blamed on a maintenance man who died there in the 30's
Huntsville - Sam
Houston Memorial Museum
Houston's desk has objects fall from it for no good reason.
Phantom footprints are said to appear in the gravel walkways and in the grass
Irving - Texas
(Dallas Cowboys) Stadium
This Mecca of youthful Texas virility is haunted by an old man and a little girl
who walk along the second floor at night after Cowboy's games. The little girl
is said to be wearing a cheerleader outfit.
Hutchins -
Lancaster Country Club Lake
Boaters claim that a bizarre purple haze (all apologies to Jimi Hendrix)
approaches them from the north side of the lake late at night.
Lake Jackson -
The Lake
In Antebellum Texas, this lake bordered a huge sugar plantation, at which
countless slaves performed back breaking labor to keep it up and running.
Indeed, the lake's namesake Abner Jackson was at one point second to only one
other in slave ownership in the state. Local folklore tells of two brothers who
were feuding, and one murdered the other, cutting off his head and tossing it in
the lake. History does not point to the Jackson family as the origin of the
story. However, locals claim that a headless apparition wanders around the lake,
as well as odd noises and local homes that have poltergeist activity. The
Jackson Plantation, destroyed in a hurricane just after the Civil War, is now
being excavated.
LaPorte -
Battleship Texas State Historic Site
A sailor nicknamed "Red" is said to walk through closed doors aboard this long
docked battleship.
Laredo - Laredo
Children's Museum
Locals pass along stories that, in a morbid twist of fate, the Children's Museum
was formerly a morgue. Reports of odd voices and cold spots are also told.
Laredo - Lake
Casa Blanca recreation hall
As the story goes, after a dance at this hall a young man gave a girl he had met
that night a ride home. He found her necklace in his car and went to the door to
return it the next day, and the surprised man at the door said it belonged to
his daughter, who had drowned in the lake five years before. (*see
Chicago's Resurrection Mary)
Marfa - The Marfa
Lights 
These spook lights have garnered much attention from thrill seekers and
scientists alike. Marfa is a tiny town in southwest Texas.
Take US Highway 67 east out of Marfa for about nine miles. A viewing area for
the Marfa Lights is located just off the highway. there is even a plaque there
to commemorate the phenomena.
McKinney -
Historic Collin County Courthouse
A woman in white peers from the courthouse windows at night. Locals say she hung herself a hundred or more years ago. 116 N Tennessee St
Midland - Museum
of the Southwest
Formerly a mansion, the dead owner is said to haunt the upper floor.
Mineral Wells -
Baker Hotel
The Baker catered to a top notch clientele who visited for the "medicinal"
properties of the nearby mineral waters, but closed it's doors to the public in
1970. As far back as the 1960's, reports of a ghostly young woman on the 7th
floor have been told by staff. The mistress of the hotel's manager, he kept her
in a comfortable suite on southeast corner of that floor. She killed herself by
jumping from the window. Her room reportedly still smells of perfume, and
housekeepers say that red lipstick marks appear on the glasses in the room when
there are no guests in it. The "Brazos Room" banquet hall was being toured by a
group of WWII veterans and their wives when the group suddenly claimed they
could all hear music and the clinking of silverware to plates as if a party was
going on. The ghost of a 15 year old bell boy who was crushed at the waist in
1948 after getting caught in the service elevator is said to haunt the basement.
Tours of the Baker are conducted weekends during summer
months. For more information - contact the Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce at
1-800-252-MWTX
Mission - La
Lomita ("little hill") Mission
Originally a Spanish mission built in 1767, this National Register of Historic Places mission is now a ghost town. Local folklore tells of priests who were fornicating with the nuns there, and the resultant pregnancies were either terminated or the babies were killed and buried nearby. When some locals found this out, they murdered three of the priests. At some point the large mission building became Tropical Texas Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation, which is now also closed. Robed figures are said to haunt the ghost town. Farm Road 1016 near the Rio Grande five miles south of Mission in southwestern Hidalgo County. The chapel is open during daylight hours to visitors.
Nacogdoches -
Sterne-Hoya Museum
A former housekeeper reportedly said that when she cleaned the upstairs she could feel a benevolent presence touching her, then she would suddenly get vertigo that would stay with her until she descended the stairs again. The house was built in 1830 and is on the National Register. 211 S. Lanana. Tours available Tuesday - Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Palestine -
Anderson County Courthouse
The sounds of a baby crying are explained by local folklore: the story is of a woman who accidentally dropped her baby in the courthouse, where it later died. 500 N. Church St
Port Isabel -
Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site
Local folklore says that a guy was dared to spend 17 minutes in the haunted
lighthouse on his 17th birthday. as the story goes, he died - and forevermore
the 17th step creaks.
Post - O S Ranch
Museum
This museum, which oddly enough seems to house old Christmas decorations instead
of interesting memorabilia from the collections of breakfast cereal king C.W.
Post, is said to be haunted by the creator of the Grape Nut. (Post is also
credited with inventing one of my favorite things as well - the grocery coupon!)
Local police reportedly deal with a wandering apparition on the streets of the
town as well. 201 East Main Street
Roma - Roma's
Historical District
A National Historic Landmark on the Mexican border, the historic district is
said to be haunted by a young girl who fell and hit her head, dying shortly
before her 1st communion ceremony in the 1940's. She is said to wander the plaza
in her white communion dress.
San Angelo - Fort
Concho National Historic Landmark
Buffalo soldiers, the first all black regiments in the US military, are said to
haunt this old frontier fort, near which many bloody battles were waged with
Comanche's and other local tribes. Attacks were brutal and the poorly armed
natives often lost their lives, as well as hundreds of their slaughtered
livestock and suffered the forcible capturing of the children and women. Colonel
Ranald Mackenzie is said to haunt his old digs on officer's row, and has been
heard "cracking his knuckles" - a bad habit he was known for in life. In
officer's quarters #1, the 12 year old daughter of an officer named Edith
Grierson who died of a childhood illness here is said to haunt an upstairs
bedroom, usually spotted playing a game of jacks on the floor. Cold spots
are widely reported in this area as well. The headquarter building is rumored to
be haunted by a hard drinking soldier who died there of liver cirrhosis. He is
said to be unhappy if women are in the military headquarters. It just ain't
fittin', after all...
San Antonio - The
Alamodome
Legend says the arena is haunted by a woman who was brutally raped and murdered
on the site before it was constructed. A construction worker is also said to
make ghostly appearances, as well as an "Evil Canevil" wannabe who met his fate
during a stunt here. 100 Montana Street
San Antonio -
Institute of Texas Culture
The smell of pipe smoke is noted, footsteps are heard and remain unexplained in
the AV room, and books seem to re-arrange themselves. There seems to be activity
surrounding a horse drawn glass hearse in the building.
San Antonio -
McNay Art Museum
Formerly the McNay family home, avid art collector and oil heiress Marion
Koogler McNay is said to haunt the west wing, which was being built at the time
of her death. Other than the apparition, some security staff report a woman
"humming" in the silent west building.
San Antonio - The
Alamo
The Mexican army killed around 200 men women and children when they stormed the
small fort after a long stand off in 1836, and the dead were haphazardly dumped
in a mass grave. Deformed, wandering spirits have been reported around the site
of the Alamo almost since the massacre itself. The sounds of laughing children
and sobbing women have been reported, and a man in black who appears to be
soaking wet has also been sighted. A young cowboy has been seen roaming around,
as has an otherworldly monk. Phenomena such as cold spots, self - opening and
shutting doors, and feelings of "melencholy" are reported by visitors.
300 Alamo Plaza
Spring -
Shirley's Cat House
A little girl who tragically fell to her death is said to haunt the upstairs
loft of this store that specializes in cat lover's nick knacks.
1408 Spring Cypress Rd
Arlington -
Cinemark TinselTown 9
A construction worker who died here supposedly stops by to check out a flick:
moving the chairs, banging things around, and sometimes materializing in a seat.
Six Flags Mall 2815 E Division St
Baytown -
Premiere Cinema 11
The theater staff say that the place has multiple unexplained equipment failures
and hear unexplained whispering. 1518 San Jacinto Mall
(281)421-8833.
College Station -
College Park Center
A young man who was killed here after his shift in the recent past was said to
haunt the upstairs projection room of this former movie theater.
El Paso - Plaza
Theater
A soldier from nearby Fort Bliss was said to have died while smoking in the
men's room - he is spotted at times in uniform on the right side of the stairs,
still smoking; noises of someone choking have been heard in the basement.
Cleburne - The
Wright Place
This restaurant that has music on the weekends is haunted, reportedly by a young
woman who is spotted near the window, The smell of oranges is reported by many.
This place is mentioned on a bed and breakfast's website, but
I can't locate an address.
El Paso -
Amphitheater at McKelligon Canyon
The men's dressing room is haunted by the noises of someone running across the
room and banging on the walls, and the lights go on and off. It is said to be
from a construction worker who died there. 1-800-915-8482.
Three McKelligon Canyon Rd
Fort Worth
- W.E. Scott Theatre
An actor who hung himself from a basement pipe here is said to haunt the
basement hallway, and loud "cackling" has been heard from the empty stage.
1300 Gendy St (817) 738-6509
Granbury -
Driftwood Theatre at Lake Granbury
Theatre #6 has the phantom sounds of children laughing and
running the aisles after the theater closes at night. A woman in white has also
been seen in this particular theater, as well as in the projection booth and
management offices. Doors open and shut themselves.
Houston
(The Woodlands) - Cinemark Tinseltown 17
Supposedly sits on the remains of a trailer park that was
destroyed by a fire, killing some residents. A little boy and an old man are
said to haunt, and odd poltergeist activity is reported, including doors that
open themselves, phantom voices, and lights flipping on and off.
1600 Lake Robbins
Hurst -
Bellaire Theatre
A dead projectionist, a young girl, and a malevolent spirit named Neil are said
to haunt the theater. Odd noises and doors opening and closing were also
reported. 404 E Pipeline Rd Pipeline Road at Brown Trail
Nacogdoches -
W.M. Turner Auditorium
A ghost nicknamed "Chester" is said by some to be a dead
construction worker, and by others to be the architect who designed the
building. Those who claim he is the architect say that he is angry that the
builders screwed up the plans and built the auditorium backwards. Yet another
story is that he is a former drama student. Chester has been making appearances
on stage and off since the 1960's, and reportedly can be seen in a photograph of
the first cast of "Hamlet" that was performed there.
Pflugerville -
Cinemark Tinseltown 20
Following lead in a series of "Cinemark Tinseltown" hauntings, the Pflugerville branch is said to have cold spots, vanishing watches and other items from patrons, and flying concession stand paraphernalia. I-35 N
San Antonio -
Alamo Quarry Theatre
Projectionists claim that a child haunts the projection room,
and other employees say that the lights dim themselves. Cold spots are reported.
255 E Basse Rd
San Antonio -
Alamo Street Restaurant and Theater
A dead actress named Martha Gething, dressed in white Victorian clothing, is spotted in the former choir
loft of this converted Methodist church. The spirit
of a little boy who reportedly died of polio is said to "tear through" the
theater and sometimes play pranks on kitchen staff. 1150
S. Alamo Street. Theater
offers a special midnight dinner on Halloween for paranormal enthusiasts.
San Antonio -
Santikos Century Plaza 8
Late night visitors say that the sounds of dragging chains and banging is heard. 1918 SW Military Drive
San Marcos -
Theater at Southwest Texas State University
A man who students say hung himself haunts the building.
Nicknamed "Ramsey", he is blamed for turning off the lights and other strange
events.
Sweetwater -
Texas Movie Theatre
Strange noises accompany apparitions and odd voices in this theater.
114 E Broadway St.
Texas City -
Cinemark Movies 12
One of the theaters in particular is haunted by an apparition that frightens
employees on a regular basis. Cold spots and, oddly, hot spots are reported.
10000 E.F. Lowry Expressway in the Mall Of The Mainland
Victoria - Cinema
4 Theater
Cinema 4 is haunted by a woman who might call out your name, and a little boy who vanishes in front of the concession stand. Cinema Four is located at 5912 N Navarro St.
Corsicana
- Jalapeno Grill &
Cantina
Formerly the Mallory Hotel, this historic building was home to the untimely demise of a prostitute who still likes to mosey up the bar and frighten staff on occasion. 220 E Collin St
Austin - Austin
Pizza Garden
ghostly faces appear in the walls, customers report. 6266
W Highway 290 (512) 891-9980
Austin -
The Spaghetti Warehouse (or Haunted Spaghetti Warehouse #1)
The second floor, where the employee's break room is, is said to be haunted
by strange unexplained noises. Lights turn themselves on and off, as well.117
West 4th St (512) 476-4059
Austin - The
Tavern Restaurant
A female ghost who picked up the nickname "Emily" likes to break dishes and
glasses, change the TV channel, and appear in an upstairs window at night after
close. 922 W. 12th St. (512) 320-8377
Balch Springs -
Dunston's Prime Steak House
Two former male customers who died in unrelated events are reportedly still
dropping in for a steak here. Now that is a good review if I ever heard one. But
then again, one guy did drop dead of a heart attack. 11817
Lake June Rd (972) 285-2879
Ballinger -
Formerly Texas Burger House
The second floor of this building has been reported as haunted. Now a Mexican
restaurant, the top floor is used for storage. The only two Mexican restaurants
I can find on the net in this town are Acapulco Restaurant, and Casa Cabana
Restaurant.
Boerne - Country
Spirit Restaurant
supposedly haunted by three ghosts, odd noises are heard from the second floor.
707 S. Main
El Paso - La
Hacienda Restaurant
A sobbing woman has been spotted walking and crying out for her drowned children
near this restaurant, which is a favorite spot for local politicians.1720
W Paisano Dr, (915) 533-1919
Gruene - Adobe
Verde
Formerly a cotton gin, this tex-mex restaurant is home to the ghost of Frank, a
former gin worker who hung himself. Frank likes to throw things around, clink
glasses together, turn the lights on and off, and run around in the empty upper
floor. tel: (830)629-0777
1724 Hunter Rd
Dallas - Snuffers
Restaurant
Vague reports of an apparition. 3526 Greenville Avenue, (214)
826-6850
Fabens -
Cattleman's Steakhouse
The Buffalo room , the Greenhouse room, and bar are all haunted by the
"apparition of a man".
Fort Worth - Red
Lobster
A little girl has been seen, and vanishes. Hulen St.
Fort Worth -
The Spaghetti Warehouse (or Haunted Spaghetti Warehouse #2)
A little girl's spirit is blamed for flushing toilets, scattered paper products,
and sinks that turn themselves on; a woman in white has been a fleeting
apparition on the balcony; an "old cowboy" is said to knock over stools and
throw glassware. What is with the Spaghetti Warehouses in Texas?
600 E Exchange Ave (817) 625-4171
Galveston -
Luigi's Ristorante Italiano
The apparition of a weeping woman has been reported on a
staircase.
Houston - Ale
House Pub and Eatery
Poltergeist activity is blamed for flying glassware and dinner plates. 2425 West Alabama
Houston - La
Carafe
Located in the oldest commercial building in Houston, this cozy restaurant has a
haunted second floor. Employees report footstep sounds and noises as if
something heavy is being drug across the floor. An apparition described as "a
large black man" has been seen. 813 Congress St
Houston - The
Spaghetti Warehouse (or Haunted Spaghetti Warehouse #3)
Don't ask me what the deal is with Spaghetti Warehouses in Texas and ghosts,
but....
poltergeist activity of moving salt shakers and "fully disembodied apparitions"
reported here, especially in the upstairs dining room. 901
Commerce St
Kerrville - The
Branding Iron Restaurant at Y.O. Ranch Hotel
( formerly the
"Sam Houston Cafe") A spirit, perpetually in search of relief, asks
live patrons where he can locate a bathroom.
Spring - The
Wunsche Bros. Cafe and Saloon
"Old man Wunsche" is said to haunt this former brothel.
just north of Houston
Mount Pleasant -
Pizza Hut
Reportedly four employees were murdered here in the 1980's. The apparition of a girl is said to haunt, and employees experience odd things involving silverware and the phone. 1902 S Jefferson Ave
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Mesquite - Trail
Dust Steak House
This Texas steakhouse, which offers such selections as "The Hoss"
and "The Stud", is known for cutting the neckties off of gentlemen who dare wear
one into the establishment. It's also known for it's ghost. A table that sits
between the kitchen door and the window into the kitchen in the upstairs dining
room is reportedly haunted by a workman who fell to his death in the building.
The light above the table seems to pop on whenever it wants to at night, and
very late after closing time, employees report poltergeist like activity such as
doors swinging open, the fax machine going berserk, phones ringing "off the
hook", and lights going on and off. The lights in the upstairs bathrooms come on
by themselves in the night, and people report cold spots in the ladies room.
I-635 at Military Parkway, next to the Mesquite Rodeo Complex
Waxahachie -
Catfish Plantation
This beautiful 1895 Victorian style was gutted by fire a few
years back; owners say that the spirits that haunt it weren't deterred and still
stubbornly reside there. Most of the activity is of the poltergeist variety,
with doors that slam open and shut and objects that are mysteriously hurled
through the air. 814 Water Street (972) 937-9468
Fort Worth - Del
Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse
This former red light district bath house is haunted by a murdered man from the
1800's who has been seen in the banquet halls and upstairs bar.
San Angelo -
Luby's
Visitors say that a closet in the restaurant has bizarre noises of giggling and
talking children.
Sunset Mall - 4240 Southwest Boulevard
San Antonio - The
Cadillac Bar Restaurant
A former owner is said to haunt the storage area in the basement; also, a former employee named "Bea" spreads her pissed off waitress attitude even in the afterlife, throwing utensils at employees. The sinks turn themselves on as well. 212 S Flores St
Austin - Logan's
On Sixth
Formerly a coffee factory, Bartenders report bizarre laughing on the 2nd floor, glasses that suddenly clink together, and doors that fling open by themselves.200 East 6th St # A (512) 236-0300
Donna - EL
Cascabel
This abandoned tavern has the spirit of a man who was killed in a bar fight,
still bellied up to the bar. Reportedly seen through the windows at night.
Northeast of Brownsville, off of hwy 83
Donna - Silver
Nugget Saloon
Phantom music, laughter, and lights turning themselves on is reported after
closing time. It's unknown if this establishment is still
open. Northeast of Brownsville, off of hwy 83
McKinney - The
Londoner Pub
(Formerly 'Buffalo Joe's') The storage area is said to be haunted by a spirit who musses up the stocked supplies, and impales the walls with forks. The building is rumored by locals to have been a brothel at one time. (thanks to Mark) 100 N Tennessee
Anson
- spook light
a famous blue spook light, called the Anson light by locals, can be spotted
here; On a dirt road just outside of the town, mysterious lights can be seen
from afar in a cemetery. If you approach they disappear. Like other spook light
stories, the phantom is said to be someone carrying a lantern, looking for
eternity for a loved one who died tragically. In this case, locals say it is a
mother whose child froze to death.
Alice
- Alice Lake
Late at night there are reports of spook lights and cold spots, as well as the
unexplained noise of a child screaming.
Alexander -
McDow's Hole
I guess you'll have to ask a local where in the heck this place (I'm assuming
it's a 'fishing hole') is at... but anyhoo, the bizarre apparition seen here is
a headless woman who totes around her own head like a purse. As the story goes,
Indians killed her hundreds of years ago near here - but not before throwing her
baby into the nearby creek. Locals say she is searching for it. A spook light is
also reported here. Alexander is a small town southwest of
Dallas
Anson - Metal
Bridge on the edge of town
Someone was allegedly hung on this bridge, and footsteps can be heard if you
stand on the bridge. Anson is East of Fort Worth, where I-180
and I-83 intersect
Aquilla - Phantom
Train
The tracks have long been gone, but residents swear that on some nights, you
can see a phantom train light and hear the whistle blowing as a ghost train
barrels through town. Aquilla is just north of Waco
Austin - Garrison
Park
Phantom children play on the basketball court, and apparitions have been seen in
the nearby graveyard. Manacaha Road next to Crockett high
school
Bandera/Kerrville - Bandera Pass
This stretch of land on the border of Bandera and Kerr counties is haunted
by a headless horseman, a phantom wagon full of
dead settlers and spook lights. The area was the site of a lot of Indian attacks
during expansion. This area is just northwest of San Antonio
Big Spring -
Center Point Road
A phantom pickup truck is supposed top appear at night on occasion
Big Spring is on I-20 west of Abilene
Brazoria County -
Bailey's Prairie
A man whose wife didn't honor his request to be buried with a bottle of
moonshine comes back every seven years in the form of a "large fireball". An oil
well that blew up near his gravesite was blamed on being too close to his
resting place. Brit Bailey's gravesite is off state 35 between
West Columbia and Angleton.
Beaumont -
Saratoga Road
This road is said to have a very active spook light that comes out very often,
and even will hover over the hood of your car sometimes.
Belle Plain -
ghost light
A green spook light is reported in this small town. 20 miles
south of Baird Texas on hwy 283
Falfurrias
- West Side
A hilly road in this area has a legend of a witch. The witch, who was hung by
superstitious neighbors, is said to reappear, hanging from the tree with red,
glowing eyes along the road. Falfurrias is southwest of Corpus
Christi
Brownsville
- Farm Road 511
A
definite recipient of the Zappa Award for the utterly (udderly?) bizarre, this
road is very well known, even by local news media, for phantom ghost cows that
pop in front of cars then disappear just as quickly, often causing accidents.
Brownsville
- Paredes Line Road
A
ghostly sheriff who died on this road in a car accident is reported to pull over
speeders, ghost-y squad car and all, and warn them to slow down.
Brownsville
- Stanolin Road
A man killed on a curve in the recent past is said to appear by his "highway
shrine" that relatives have set up for him.
Burkburnett
- Goat Man's Bridge
An
unused bridge in the area is said to have the body of a satyr - upper half man,
lower half goat. Others have said you can hear children screaming on the bridge,
an apparition of a man, and an obscured from view church of Satan. What are
these people smoking in this town? Burkburnette is on I-44 on
the Oklahoma border
Burleson -
Bethesda Rd.
A popular theme for railroad crossing hauntings, this town's track is haunted by
a busload of dead schoolchildren who got hit on the track by an oncoming train.
As the story goes (here and every other town where people tell this tale) if you
put your car in neutral on the track, the little children will push you over and
out of harm's way.
Burnet
County - Joppa Bridge
The
people in this area feel that trolls (yes, TROLLS) live under this bridge, and
if you listen closely, you can hear them frolic and run about under the bridge.
Cactus -
Cactus city park
A boy who ran into the street and was killed by a car is said to be heard
sobbing and moaning in the park. There is a Cactus, TX
in both Moore and Webb county. I don't know which is the correct one.
Cedar Hill
- Hangar Lowe Rd.
A jogger who was hit and killed on this road re-appears, laying along the road -
then vanishes
Cedar Hill
- Pleasant Valley
This area is haunted by a little boy who appears in your passenger seat, and
others have reported odd things happening to their car and car radio. A hill in
this town, according to local legend, has a cabin that appears at night but
cannot be reached - said to be the former home of a witch that reappears.
Central -
County Rd 73a
Near the small stream on this road, people have reportedly become possessed,
heard the future, and been choked by a malevolent force. North
of Houston on Hwy 69
Cleburne -
"Old Foamy"
Can it be true? ANOTHER goat man story...
This stream is known for a goat man who will appear if you honk the horn 3
times. Cleburne is just southwest of Dallas.
Wimberly -
The Devil's Backbone
Various ghosts, including Benedictine monks, Native Americans, and a whole troop
of ghostly civil war soldiers on horseback, have been reportedly seen here. A
few people claim to have been possessed by the "spirit of a wolf".
Comal County, off of State Highway 32
Crosby -
The Town of Crosby
Built atop a slave cemetery, this little town has experienced various odd
occurrences, enough to be chronicled in a book, The Black Hope Horror.
Poppet's Way and another street on the east side of town are where most of the
poltergeist activity has happened, in private residences.
Crosby is just northeast of Houston
Crystal
City - spook lights
Glowing balls of light are reported near the river in this town.
Southwest of San Antonio
Dallas -
Near Flag Pole Hill on Northwest highway.
The hairpin shaped road in this area has had reports of rocks that come from
nowhere and hit your car since 1976.
Dallas /
Oak Cliff - Combs Creek St
A little girl on a bicycle haunts this area that is next to the train tracks
where she was killed.
Dallas /
Oak Cliff - Wilbur Street Playground
A little girl from the depression era who was killed by a drunk driver who lost
control and hit her while she was on the swing set, still can be seen swinging.
Eldorado -
northeast Eldorado
Day or night, phantom children's voices and the sound of shuffling feet are heard in this part of town; orbs, some as "large as a basketball" have been spotted floating along the roads at night; local homes are tormented by odd occurrences - floating objects, and bizarre unexplained sounds of glass breaking. One homeowner shot at what he thought was a wild dog, and the dog vanished into thin air. Eldorado is a very small town in central Texas, at the intersection of highways 277 & 190.
El Paso -
area surrounding El Paso
The legend of El Muerto (the dead one) abounds around El Paso. Also commonly
told in Mexico (Chihuahua region) and New
Mexico, this legend is of a headless horseman who rides, carrying his head in
his lap or from a bag hung to the saddle.
El Paso -
Fire Station #9 and El Paso Police Department
At fire station #9, a phantom is said to flush toilets and flicker the lights
just before the fire alarm goes off at night, prior to the dispatcher ever
receiving a call from 911. The PD is a former hospital. The weight room was once
an operating room, and odd things have happened there - including weights that
move themselves, a radio that turns itself on, and lights that flicker.
Horizon
City - Ascension Blvd
A masculine specter has been seen walking, then vanishing, along this road.
just east of El Paso
El Chupacabra Sightings (click for story)
El Paso -
Thunderbird Road
This gravity hill on Thunderbird road heads toward Mesa St. When the downward
slope just becomes an upward slope, put your car in neutral, and you should
coast... up the hill!
El Paso -
Transmountain Road
A phantom monk and phantom donkey are said to walk the road, sometimes causing
accidents, all the while protecting their stash of gold in a neaby hidden mine,
that no treasure hunters have been able to find again.
Fabens -
Alemeda road
Between Fabens and Clint a ghostly man in white leaps at cars from the road
Between
Fabens and Clint - Leisure Lane
Paul sent me a story detailing the phenomena of
this area:
As the story goes, a pastor was "commanded" by voices that he described as "God"
to murder his wife and 2 children. He beheaded his whole family and tossed their
bodies into a water tower, then hung himself. The heads were never located.
Their former home is here and has had reports of "silhouettes" inside the empty
house. There are also stories of a male apparition that jumps on car hoods on
this street.
between
Gilmer and FM2088 - The Cherokee Trace
The apparitions of a woman and some children have risen up from the fog to greet
drivers down this ancient trail
Grand
Prairie - the old road near Beltline Blvd
A girl drowned near here, as the story goes, and the police and ambulance were rushing to the scene when they collided head on, killing the ambulance personnel. Locals say that phantom sirens and screaming are heard at night along the road.
Hamilton -
Pecan Creek Bike Trail
I'm
gonna quote this dude word for word... (thanks to The Shadowlands).
"On Highway 36 East, past the fill up station and before the
old antique shop, there is a bridge. Under that bridge lies a bike trail. If you
follow the trail North, stop under the Highway 36 bridge and turn towards the
creek you will see a drainage pipe. Go across to the pipe and crawl in on your
hands and knees past two turns. Shine a flashlight down the tunnel and you
should see a head look at you and then duck around the corner. Also you should
hear metal banging ahead of you and grunting noises. Rumor has it, this is some
sort of goat-man." Wow. That is hurting for entertainment right
there...
Haslet -
Blue Mound
The local Indians were, of course, slaughtered by the settlers there. On full moons locals report Native American dancing and chanting taking place atop the hill, with the remains of a fire the following morning. take 287 to Blue Mound Road. Follow until you get to a hill with a white shed on top of it.
Harker
Heights - Soccer Field
A red eyed, phantom cowboy crosses the soccer field and vanishes into the
neighboring sewage treatment plant, local soccer
moms report. The story continues, after the cowboy vanishes into his stinky
eternal abode, an apparition of a Native American bursts forth from a grove of
trees, gunshot noises are heard, and the Indian falls over, dead yet again.
Hmmm. I saw a show like that in Virginia City, NV - but it cost me $2.50...
Harlingen
- Matz and Shirley Streets
A weeping little girl haunts these streets. A lady in white is reported in a nearby lake, as well.
Houston -
Christman Road
A ghostly little girl in purple haunts
near I-10,
Houston - Old Woman Hollerin' Creek
And the award to most retarded sounding creek title goes to...
A woman who drowned her children is said to haunt the banks of this creek - that
is located here: - off of Interstate 10
between San Antonio and Houston, in the woods
Houston -
Old Greenhouse Road
The ghost of an old woman is said to take form in a mist over the bridge on this road, especially after a rain.
Houston -
Patterson Road (Street?)
The bridge closest to Eldridge is said to be haunted by Civil War soldiers who will tap on your car. between Highway 6 and Eldridge in Houston Another report says: Black blobs are said to chase your car down this street, leaving handprints on the windows and causing cold spots within the passenger compartment.
Hudo -
Hudo Bridge
It
is said that if you go out to the bridge, turn your car off and put it in
neutral, "ghosts" will push you across the bridge
Humble - East
1960 Train Track Over Pass/Viaduct
The area is reportedly "evil", ever since a railroad company relocated a
cemetery to place the tracks there. Locals claim that screams are heard at
night, and that red spook lights have been spotted in the woods. A nearby movie
theater is said to also be effected by the tainted ground, with theater workers
suffering from poltergeist spawned physical attacks. Objects are reportedly
hurled through the air, and one story says that the word "Satan" was found
carved in the wall of one of the projection booths.
Huntsville -
Bowden Road
Local folklore tells of phantom handprints that appear on the outsides of passing cars.
San Antonio -
Intersection of Villamain Street and Shane Road, near Mission Espada
Ghosts of children, killed in some horrible bus accident of long ago, are said to push your car over these train tracks if you put it in neutral.
Jonestown -
Travis Lake
A woman who was killed in a car accident here is said to haunt the lake
Kilgore - Sabine
River
Local folklore tells of an old woman named Annie who lived nearby in the 1800's.
Accused of witchcraft, she was lynched by a group of good ol' boys. The remains
of her shack are said to be here, and the sounds of chains dragging, screams,
and whips cracking are reported.
Kilgore/Longview
- Creek Bottoms
A (*ahem...)
"Chicken Man" is said to have made Tywhisky Creek area his, er, it's home the
early 1970's, when several sightings occurred. One "Bigfoot" web page says that
a creature, nicknamed the "Marion County Monster", had a rash of sightings in
1965 in nearby Longview, TX. A "monkey man" sighting took place near
Rabbit Creek by Kilgore in 1999.
Killeen -
Hastings Grocery
The mischievous spirit who lives here reportedly makes pyramids out of canned peas and knocks magazines into the aisles. 2200 E. Veterans Memorial
Kingsville - Bell
Tower at Texas A&M University
The ghostly apparition of a student who hung himself from the tower is said to
appear there at night.
Lampasas
- Sulpher Springs
Local folklore tells of the daughter of a wealthy family who got pregnant by a
slave. After the young man was lynched, the girl drowned herself an the baby in
the springs that run through the town. Years later, as it is told, her body
floated to the surface, and ever since she and her baby have haunted the town
near where she lived and where the slave lived. (spelled "Sulpher",
not Sulfur ~ed)
Laredo - Circle K
Convenience Store
It is
said that the ghost of a little girl wanders the aisles, wearing a sun dress and
carrying a carton of milk and package of Nutter Butter cookies.
McPherson Road
Laredo - "El
Barrio" / "El Cuatro"
A ghostly woman in white is said to roam the streets of the Latino neighborhoods
in Laredo
Laredo - Fire
Station #2
Poltergeist activity as well as the feeling of being touched by invisible hands haunts the firemen at this station house. Locals say that they've nicknamed the ghost "Lupito". 2200 Zacatecas
Laredo - H E B
Foods
A male apparition is seen dragging himself along the floors of the aisles at night. 1301 Guadalupe St
Laredo - Mall Del
Norte
A girl in mid 20th century clothing has been seen walking around in the mall
just after closing time, holding a doll and calling for her mother.
5300 San Dario Ave
Laredo - Rio
Grande River and Zacate Creek
A ghostly woman walks the shores of the Rio Grande, looking for her three dead
children who she threw from a cliff into the water before taking her own life. A
similar story exists about the Zacate Creek, except the woman is in a muddy
white gown and smells foul.
Route 281 From
Raymondville to Lasara
A ghostly hitchhiker thumbs a ride along this raod, then asks for a ride to
Lasara Cemetery. He vanishes into thin air as he exits the car.
Lubbock -
Broadway Ave Strip Mall
The strip mall on Broadway is said to be haunted by miscellaneous apparitions,
and was reportedly a Motor Lodge several decades ago.
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