Abilene - The Anson Light - It is just one light (bluish in color) and if you try to drive towards it goes away. Turn the car around so that it is facing the cemetery. Then flash you headlight 3 times because when she was watching for her children to come home at night she would flash her lantern and they would flash back to let her know they where coming.
Abilene - Expo Center - Strange footsteps, voices and noises have been heard late at night in the cow barn.
Abilene - Fort Phantom Lake - It is known that a lady walking across the lake late at night wearing a wedding dress then a fish jumps out of the water 3 times as she walks by then she disappears.
Abilene - The Travel Lodge Motel - Three connected rooms in this motel are haunted. In one of the rooms the light in the bathroom will flicker on and off throughout the night (the switch is sideways, making a loud clicking noise). In another room a specter plays with the visitors belongings. It likes to use their credit cards, money, and driver's license to play a game of poker under the bed. In the last room during the hours of 12 and 2:30 a foul smell is present in the room, which is said to be the same spirit that likes to play with the lights and belongings. There was also a case where a mysterious man wearing all green and a cap that concealed all of his face except for his red beard. He was working in the office in the early morning hours; the next day it was discovered that no men were employed at this motel, yet he had a set of keys and checked in customers. There were no other employees at the establishment at the time.
Arlington - Six Flags Over Texas - In the Texas section next to the entrance of the "Texas Giant" is a yellow candy store. It is the oldest building in the park. It was said that in the early 1900's a young girl (8 or so) drowned in Johnson's Creek. She supposedly can be seen walking the railroad tracks or in her room in the yellow house turning the light on and off or opening the curtain and then closing it. Security guards at night also have problems locking the upstairs door because "ANNIE" feels playful.
Arlington - University of Texas at Arlington - Sigma Chi Fraternity House - Before building Greek Row, there was an orphanage on this property. It burned and most of the children died. One girl named Mary still haunts the place and likes to play tricks on girls that come over.
Austin - Austin Pizza Garden - stories of faces appearing and disappearing in the walls.
Austin - Central Market - Formerly the site of Austin State School - There are several buildings that have had sightings and sounds by staff members. This old place was built over a cemetery. The cemetery is that of the patients that expired in the early part of this century. But recently to show proof that this never took place a coffin popped out of the ground right next to one of the condemned buildings. - April 2005 update: the school has been torn down. If there was any evidence of the bodies, they have been removed.
Austin - Bedicheck Middle School - Billy, a student, was playing the Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera. He was on the new catwalk in the auditorium and the rope slipped, he fell, and hung himself. Billy is said to push students off the catwalk, and also to help them remember their lines.
Austin - Crockett High School - The story is said that there is a little girl roaming the basement of the school cause it is said that she in search of her family. At night by the big gym when teachers work late that you can hear a little girl crying walking up and down the hall.
Albany - rail road tracks - back many years ago there was a wreck on a rail road track and it killed children.......now late at night if you kill your vehicle and park on the track and put baby powder on the bumper of your car you will see hand prints from the children trying to push you across the tracks.
Alice - Alice High School - Library - It is said that there is a ghost in the library. The ghost is supposed to be of a man who died when the library was being built. The ghost has thrown books of their shelves.
Alice - Alice High School - little theater - is said to be haunted by a man who died while building the theater. Theater students claim to hear strange noises, some sights of the ghost mainly in the catwalk, and up stairs costume room. And an incident happened where red and yellow feathers fell from nowhere during rehearsals.
Alice - Old Hospital Alice P and S - Reports of a call bell going off on the second fool when no one is in the room, even after it had been unplugged.
Alice - Memorial Middle School - There are four different wings of the school. If you go into the wing closest to the cafeteria and into the girls bathroom you can hear someone bouncing a basketball. It is said to be the ghost of a student who died at the school.
Alice - The Reservoir aka - Alice Lake - When you go out there after the gates are locked kids have said that when you get on the pier that you can see ores and feel cold spots. People have also said that when they're fishing that they hear a little girl screaming for her mom when she fell into the water for help.
Alice - The Old Rialto Theater on Main Street - This movie theater closed in the 1980's. Former employees and an occasional patron claimed to have seen shadowy figures in the upper darkened hallways and to have experienced feelings of dread. Feelings of being watched from the upper levels were a common experience.
Alice - Sutherlands - Formerly posted as Wal-Mart - There is said to be a ghost who roams the aisles of Wal-mart who plays practical jokes on the associates. There is also a spirit who has caused major problems in the store by making accidents happen and causing damage to the merchandise and equipment at the store. The associates have nicknamed the practical joker "Matilde" or Matilda" because the sex is not known. On the other hand, the problem causing spirit has never been named because the associates prefer no contact with that spirit. The Wal-Mart is built on an old homestead site of the original Collins Family who founded Alice. The Old Collins Cemetery is adjacent to the Wal-Mart.- July 2005 Update: The Wal-Mart has been bought and is now a Sutherlands.
Alice - William Adams Junior High or Middle School - A young teenaged girl is said to roam the place looking for her love which is said to have killed her.
Alexander - McDow's Hole - It is said that there is a headless woman that walks the creek bed with her head in one arm looking for her baby. The story goes that she, her husband, and their baby lived in a small house in the late 1800's. Her husband left her and the baby there while he was out farming. Indians came in killed the wife and threw the baby into the creek. Cars stall, banging on the out side of cars and reports of a ball of light chasing passersby.
Allen - Eagle Stadium - It is said that Eagle Stadium is haunted by an ex-football player that died 65 years ago. There has been sightings of a shadow running down the field at midnight, but the ghost has only been seen on Friday nights after a game.
Alton - Alton bus crash - In September 1989 an school bus fell over the ledge of a caliche pit full of water. 21 children drowned that day while struggling to get out of the bus. Now it is fenced in. People have claimed to hear the screams of the children. Though most of the locals figure it is the teens that hang around there. Some people even claim to have seen figures sitting on the ledge of the pit. Park and get off to see everything up close. There is a definite sense of sorrow and gloom surrounding the area.
Alvin - Harby Jr. High - This place is teeming with weird things. During the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, some bodies were buried where the school was built. Teachers have reported seeing the faces of people in windows. Also showers in the locker rooms will turn on without anyone in the locker room.
Amarillo - Gebo's - Formerly Bonanza Supermarket - back in the 1980's , before Gebo's ever opened a second store, a supermarket called Bonanza was there. people say that an employee there was killed in the meat department one night. Present day, stories of the ghost haunt Gebo's.. Moving items and misplacing them at night... since then, the employees try to avoid night inventory. In the morning, things would be out of place... Lots of employees have seen what the ghost has done.
Amarillo - Tradewinds Airport - Rumor has it that back when the place was a private air strip, a woman caught her husband with his mistress in their private plane and killed both of them then committed suicide. This would explain the distinct smell of perfume, which comes and goes(even in the strongest breeze) Also strange lights( like a plane gearing up) can be seen coming from an abandoned hanger. From this same area the sounds of arguing have been heard but there is no one there.
Andice - Blue Light Cemetery - Babies cries are heard accompanied with the feeling of being watch and a blue light, has also been spotted.
Andrews - Andrews Middle School - they say that when you go to the school when its dark you can park your car in an angle with your headlights on in front of the school and you can see a shadow that spells out " Thirteen " because the legend goes that a young boy use to always tag drawings and that he died on his birthday the 13th and that was the same day he died.
Andrews - Shafter Lake - Just north of Andrews, Texas, west of Highway 385, is the original location of the county seat of Andrews County, Shafter. It was named after a Confederate general of the same last name. The town was almost completely wiped out by a smallpox epidemic around the turn of the last century, possibly sometime before 1910. Up until about ten years ago, the cemetery where the victims were buried was located on the near edge of the small lake (which comes and goes as it pleases), but the bodies were moved and reentered elsewhere. Legend was that a "lady in white" haunted the graveyard, possibly the reason for its removal. Sometime during the fall of the year, you may also see a troop of Confederate soldiers and their horses galloping across the lake, usually during a full moon. Most think it is General Shafter and his men, who did patrol that area before it was settled, trying to escape Comanche Indians pursing them. By the way, the lake wasn't (and isn't) always there. It just appeared sometime in the forties, according to my mother, who lived in the area from 1948 on. The water is very salty, not good for anything, and there is no explanation for its being there at all.
Anson - Haunted Bridge on the outskirts of town - An old metal bridge in the outskirts is supposedly haunted by some hanging victim. It is extremely loud if you drive on it and if walked upon footstep can be heard underneath and wind blowing on one side yet be calm on the other.
Anson - Anson Lights - The story was covered by the television series Unsolved Mysteries about a year ago. Many residents from Anson and the near town of Abilene have gone to witness these phenomenal lights. The cemetery is located going towards the country. The lights are viewed by driving down the dirt farm road equivalent of about a half mile or more. As you drive closer to the cemetery towards the lights they disappear. As for the actual story for this occurrence, is unsolved. Local myth says that this light is the ghost of a mother carrying a lantern looking for her missing child. The child had left the house on cold winter day and was lost and froze to death. The mother's spirit still searches for her child.
Aquilla - Lavanot - there this really old cemetery that's back in the woods, its a historic marker but you have to go through a field to get to it. but once you get back there there's an opening in the trees were you can see into the field around you.
Arlington - Arkansas Road-House - A big house on a hill where a boy murdered his family in the 90's. It's said that if you go into the house mysterious people run out, weird noises our heard like footsteps, doors slamming, windows breaking. - November 2003 Update: The house was built in the 40's. The whole area around it was a ranch, and that's where the family lived. The murders happened in the 60's or early 70's. There are two stories; the first being the family had a retarded son they kept in the cellar, but not abusively. He lived down there, had everything he need, bathroom, bed, television. There is a large walk in freezer down there too. Apparently he murdered his parents and kept the bodies in the freezer, and eventually died himself. The second story is that The kid that lived there wasn't retarded, and after his parents died of natural causes lived there. It's said he was a pedophile and a child murderer and would kill children and hide their bodies in the freezer. Right now it's zoned for commercial use, so companies keep buying the property with plans to level it and put a building there. About two or three weeks later, they'll sell it. Reports of a family who bought it and started to renovate it. New shingles, new windows, all the graphite on the outside is gone, but 3 weeks later, all work on the house stopped. Right now there is a fence around the property, and the road has been lowered, but you can still see it. - March 2007 Update: Burned down Summer 2006
Arlington - Arlington High School Auditorium - A boy committed suicide in the drama room and if you are alone there in the room you can hear a boys voice even though nobody is there it is in the backstage area of the stage you can hear him talk as if he is reciting something and than just stop a lot how James died he was reciting a monologue and shot himself. Also if you do not leave him a seat on opening night to each place in the auditorium it has been known for plays to go bad very quickly so the theatre crews always leave him a front row seat empty
Arlington - Bowie High School - It's rumored that a man was either killed during the building of the school or was a custodian there, and we have nicknamed him "Leonard." He lives in the catwalk in the auditorium, and has reportedly thrown small rocks onto the stage. Noises have been heard like machines going off in the shop room, and bells chiming in the catwalk. One student was spit on during a rehearsal for "Grease" in 2000. The left side of her face was wet, and no one was standing on that side of her.
Arlington - Cinemark Tinsel town 9 - Supposedly, during the construction of the theater, a construction worker died while making the sixth theater. Customers say they have seen a chair move or actually see a guy sitting next to them when there wasn't before and get up, start to walk away, and disappear. Many employees have reported objects being moved when their back was turned and weird or banging sounds & the door shutting in the projection when there was nobody around.
Austin - Driskill Hotel - people claim that they hear people playing upstairs. They also claim that they feel something touching their face and arms. Some people even say that they see figures in their windows and sitting in chairs. On the 3rd floor of the Driskill Hotel in one of the hallways there is a painting of a little girl holding flowers, witnesses report when they all looked at the picture a weird sensation came over them. It was like something was lifting up the heels of their feet. It was like a tingling sensation. Causing their equilibrium to be off for the next few hours.
Austin - Garrison Park - this park is located on Manacaha rd next to Crockett high school . It is said that if you drive down the road that takes you around the park you can see kids playing on the basketball court and see people putting flowers on the graveyard that are in the back of the park before the football field. There are 3 graveyards in the back there are of the historic people.
Austin - Harris Park - The family began to see objects moving above them at night, heard loud thumps in their attic, and every time the husband would come near his wife he'd feel an odd force pushing him away. They went around looking for old historical facts and information about their house. They found out that's in 1985 a little girl named Doan was abused by her uncle and was raped by her cousin. She was later murdered by her uncle for telling her mother about it so now the family believes that she hovers around protecting any girl that is touched by a male.
Austin - Home Depot at Brodie Lane and US 290 - This store is said to be haunted by a Ghost referred to by employees as "Fred". There is a supposed turn of the century grave yard nearby. People have reported seeing human figures in the outdoor garden section of the store. A visitor to the site thinks this may be her father. She states, "My father was a "craftsman" carpenter as some people call it and he built a lot of things around Austin and loved nothing better than to make things in his shop which was our garage. People would see the garage door open and stop to talk to him and he would help anyone who needed anything made. He was 74 when he died in his shop doing what he loved. He left me and my Mom in debt and a rundown house so we could only afford a cremation. I am a big believer that people should be buried where their happy doing what they loved. So me and my friend took my dad to home depot on brodie, mainly the garden section because their were people around. I let my father's ashes go their because he had a love for making things and helping people. His name is Herbert, nick name herb. I am a little freaked out about this because I wanted to do right by him by placing him where he loved to shop and run up his home depot credit card! He is bald and short and Blue eyes, has always walked very fast so if someone sees him tell them not to be afraid just ask him for help and he will find it."
Austin - Jacob's Hill - There is a bridge on a road beyond I-35 to the East, off of Wells Branch Parkway. If you put your car in neutral and turn everything off, your car will roll across the bridge. Supposedly the ghosts of two children who were killed by their father around the area push your car, away from their dangerous dad. - January 2007 Update: old bridge is long gone and has had a new one put up. And all the woods that used to surround the place are now houses.
Austin - Landon Lane - The family began to see objects moving above them at night, and heard loud thumps in their attic. Facts and information on their house can not be found.
Austin - Logan's on 6th street - Ghost that died when the building was a coffee plantation refinery and now glasses swing by themselves, doors swing open and a loud cackling can be heard on the second floor in the middle of the night.
Austin - Metz Elementary - An elementary school east of IH-35 is haunted by the students. Construction workers on site heard the kids laughing from the walls. Mysterious events would happen to the crew who were working. Some had minor injuries.
Austin - Omni Hotel - downtown- a man committed suicide by jumping from balcony And fell to his death. His name was Jack and since he never paid his room his name still stays in the computer log in stays. Night maids have said to hear him in his room still moving around when the rooms not occupied and guest report noises at night.
Austin - Richard Moya Park - There is an old bridge by the park that people say is haunted by ghosts. The bridge is closed because it is very old, but people still risk it for the chance of seeing these ghosts.
Austin - Spaghetti Warehouse - It is said that the second floor of this building is haunted. This was where the employees break room was. As some employees would walk up the stairs to the break room, they would hear strange noises coming from above them. Some of them were so terrified; they refused to go up there. - February 2004 update: A former worker at the spaghetti warehouse in Austin, reports there have been numerous occasions when the lights begin to flicker on and off throughout the restaurant. The basement though is where a lot of the employees don't like to go because of the fact it has a strong presence of someone watching you that sends chills down your spine.
Austin - St. Edward's University - Doyle Hall - All female dorm - Haunted by a nun ghost. She's nice though. Some times the showers will turn on by themselves and you'll hear someone taking a shower but when you step out, the rest of the showers are dry as if no one was there at all.
Austin - St. Edward's University - Mary Moody Northern Theatre - Reports of a shadow of a young man who committed suicide. he hung himself by the sandbag ropes and if you listen closely, not only can you see the shadow of the body swinging across the stage (even when the ropes are missing) but you can hear the creaking of the rope.
Austin - St. Edward's University - Premont hall - All male dorm - The spirit of a former RA still haunts the dorm. During spring break, he came back early and slipped and fell in the showers and died instantly. he was left there for a week. he slams doors and windows and turns on all the showers at once.
Austin - Tavern Restaurant, on North Lamar Blvd. - Has a female ghost, nicknamed "Emily". She has been seen through the upstairs window at night after closing, has broken dishes and glasses and loves to change the channels on the television.
Austin - Littlefield Home - The daughter of Littlefield for whom this dorm was built is said to haunt the halls of her former college home. She plays practical jokes on the current residents such as turning lights and stereos on and off.
Austin - Treasury Department - Employees report seeing chairs move without explanation. They also say that they can hear their names called but when asking fellow employees, they find out no one called them. Weird stuff has also happened in the library.
Balch Springs - Dunston's Steak House - Haunted by the ghosts of 2 men who died right after leaving here. One was an older man who had a heart attack on his way home. The other died in a motorcycle accident when struck by a car. Both apparently enjoyed the food so much, they decided to spend eternity here.
Ballinger - Texas Burger House - This place used to be a restaurant but do to loss of sales the restaurant closed down. It is said that the ghost that started this business haunts the second floor of the place. It has now been turned into a Mexican Restaurant and the second floor is now used as a storage place but some of the employees said they get a cold felling when entering the second floor.
Banana Bend - subdivision off the San Jacinto River - One of the stories is that a man was murdered on Grace Lane and he could be seen and felt in the vacant lot where he used to live in his fifth wheel trailer. Witnesses claim when going to the vacant lot and going into the trailer and feeling cold and despair and had to get out of there fast. Another version of this story is that the man was not murdered, but that he committed suicide.
Bandera - Kerr County - Bandera Pass - According to a book in the Kerrville Library Bandera Pass is one of the most haunted places in Kerr County. Bandera Pass is some Hills that separate Kerr County and Bandera County. Bandera Pass has it's own ghost lights that nobody can explain like those of Marfa and Anson. The lights are believed to be that of spirits that are protecting a lost Treasure that settlers hid from Indians back in the 1800's. Bandera Pass also has a Headless Horseman who rides from Bandera Texas to Center Point Texas. He is a Mail carrier who got his head cut off by Apache Indians his fate is to ride for eternity looking for his head. Bandera Pass also has a ghost wagon of settlers that were murdered by Apache Indians. These settlers now ride on certain nights and cut thru local ranchers pastures. People have reported seeing all of these three in the surrounding area. All of this is in the Kerrville area.
Bangs - hwy 67 - On Christmas Eve their is said to be a yellow glare coming through the door you can drive by and see it the story was that a man not very long ago killed is wife and kids and then set the house on fire it didn't completely burn down but you can see the damage drive by on Christmas eve and you will see!
Batson/Moss Hill - Cemetery - Busted open graves from the late 1700's early 1800's. Wrought Iron fences all mangled up around the old tombstones. If you try to mess w/ the graves weird things will happen like ants crawling all over you coming out from no where.
Baytown - Premiere Cinema 11 - On the night shift, during the week, around 10 or 11 or at a later time. You will start getting an eerie feeling that somebody is watching you, In the ticket box, sometimes the computers will go crazy, and start printing tickets out. In the Projectionist room (1-7) when you are threading the last movies before you go home. you can hear people talking and feel somebody walking behind you, they have even had the little window's open by themselves as well as movies start and stop by themselves mysteriously w/out any reason. CD ROMs open and speakers turn up by themselves w/no reasonable explanation. And sometimes after all the breakers are shut off in projection. You can have somebody talking as if talking to you
Bedias - Baptist cemetery - This town has burned down twice, and very few of the original buildings left...But if you go to this particular location, you can see and hear children crying, most likely due to the many people killed in both fires... and on some nights you can even see these children wandering the graveyard perhaps looking for their parents.
Belton - University of Mary Hardin - Pressor Hall - The ghost of a girl who was killed by her boyfriend haunts this University. The top floor has been converted to storage due to unexplainable events like hearing a piano, elevator doors closing and opening, and the sound of footsteps. A campus police officer only locks the building from the outside because of the phenomena he witnessed here.
Big Sandy - Old Ambassador College - negative presence felt around isolated parts of the campus especially around the library & the guys dorms, anybody that stay the first couple nights there they've had the feeling like somebody is grabbing at there throat & brush up against them.
Big Spring - Center Point Road - Center Point Road is a road a little past the outskirt's of town. On foggy nights you can see a truck, but after a little while, it disappears. You can see it's headlights and it even looks solid. Also, you can feel like there's something in the backseat, staring at the back of your head. There's a bunch of old, abandoned houses dotting the sides of the road. Some of those could be haunted.
Brazoria County - Bailey's Prairie - During the 1800s, Brit Bailey died a natural death. His widow arranged his burial according to her wishes and let out a few of his requests, namely his jug of moonshine. He is said to return every 7 years in search of his jug in the form of a large fireball. He is even said to have caused a gas well blowout when they drilled too close to his actual grave. His resting place is a little off State 35 between West Columbia and Angleton. This is and remains a very old haunting, as this area is quite active in the paranormal sense.
Beaumont - Forrest Lawn Memorial Cemetery - The Kissing Statues - If you go to the cemetery at night and find the statue of a young man and women, take the drive way that goes behind them and shine your bright lights on them and they will turn around and start kissing. You can see the girls face moving and the guy's arms moving all over her back.
Beaumont - Saratoga Road - Hundreds of people have witnessed a ghostly light that appears and hovers, then zooms past and even has sat on the hoods of cars. This story is so amazing because so many people have witnessed it and it can be viewed with almost a 100% probability of appearance.
Beaumont - Lamar University - Sigma Phi Epsilon House - The house was built by a farmer. They say it was his dream house. After the man passed, that it was supposedly a sleeperhouse. The fraternity bought it in the late 80's. The house sits on old farmland. There is the main house in the front and also a huge house in the back (just a structure with two bathrooms and a small bar). Everyone that has lived in the house knows about "Chester" (that's what they call him). He likes to knock on the guy's doors when no one else is home. Opening and closing doors, & walking on the stairs. This ghost is very friendly with the guys and protects them from strangers.
Bedford - Bank One Processing Center - The automatic doors open with no one there. Cold spots have also been noticed around these times.
Belle Plain - 20 miles south of Baird Texas on HWY 283 - Reported a green light doing a figure eight in the middle of the field and cold spots .
Belton - Mary Hardin Baylor - There is a building in University of Mary Hardin Baylor called Presser Hall, that is said to be haunted by a young woman who was murdered. They say you can see her in the window as you walk by at night. Many students have actually come in to close contact with this ghost.
Belton - Wal-Mart - There have been two separate sightings a night time manager was walking by a toy agile and saw a woman with a Wal-Mart smock on but no one was supposed to be in the area so she stopped and went back to the aisle and the woman was no where to be found. On a different occasion a night associate was in the receiving area and turned to find a little boy, she heard a noise and turned her head away for a moment and turned it back and the boy was gone.
Big Spring - Big Spring High School - A ghost named Harold reportedly haunts the auditorium. It is said that he fell from the catwalk while hanging up the lights. There is even a strange footprint on the ceiling. When people paint over the footprint, it reappears. Witnesses have also claimed to see him walking around backstage with a flashlight.
Big Spring - Flight Line Prison - Shut down many years ago. Occurrences started happening before the prison was even completely finished. Some building materials were stolen from the site so a guard had to be posted there. During the first night our control center got a frantic call from our guard asking for back up because he knew some one was out there he could hear them but he couldn't find them. Upon response loud music could be heard in the mess hall, but as soon as they would open the door the music would stop. The entire facility was searched and no trace could be found of anyone. Guards were doubled up due to the fact that no one would go out there alone. Strange noises, lights, and whispering reoccurred every night. The prison was completed and staffed. A fire safety inspection, area shakedowns and an outer perimeter fence check is conducted every night. While doing these checks guards have reported seeing an old woman in the education wing that will walk the halls at night and give you a quick glance and disappear only she leaves behind a white powder everywhere she has been spotted. A mischievous entity that haunts the mess hall that will clank and rattle the pots and pans as well as move things to and fro. A shadowy figure that walks the living quarter wings. And a small child who loves to scare the life out of anyone who so happens to be in the perimeter truck at that time. It has appeared on several occasions in the back of the truck looking in at you through the back window, or in front of the truck as you drive around, and has even decided to wake up several guards who dozed off by tapping them on the arm. It has caused several wrecks from trying to swerve to miss him, rounds being chambered into their firearms, and on a couple of occasions guards to quit on the spot.
Big Spring - Runnells Junior High School - You can see what appears to be a little girl walking the halls through the windows. Also the lights will come on and off by themselves.
Blooming Grove - Lone Oak Cemetery - down on the old dirt road, there is a small cemetery located about 2 miles down the road. I have encountered with these strange noises myself. Late at night you will here whisperings and here the barbed wire near the cemetery flick.
Brownfield - Coleman Park - Ghost of a girl has been seen in this park.
Brownsville - Camp Lulu - Camp Lulu was a camp for young kids until it was closed down after the counselor went crazy and raped and killed the girls. Now if you go at night you can hear the crying of the girls. But if you are caught trespassing you might get shot by the owner of the property who tries to preserve the souls of the young girls.
Brownsville - Farm Road 511 - Farm road 511 is a fairly well traveled road, but it has been reported, in the local newspaper and other media, that if you travel these roads late at night People have encountered what are known as "ghost cows" in this desolate stretch or road in the middle of the night. As you drive down the road you may suddenly see a cow six feet in front of you and try to avoid it... only to find out that your evasive action was unnecessary, since there was never really anything there. We have had some people get into serious accidents, causing great damage to their vehicles and person only to get out of their vehicles and find no sign of any animal of living creature in sight.
Brownsville - Fort Brown - University of Texas at Brownsville - there was a war at Brownsville, also known as Fort Brown. the date is not really positive yet. Some rumors were reported to have said you'd hear bombs exploding, men screaming all over the place. And some sighting of ghost. A witness claims to have seen some soldiers by the side of her car though they didn't seem to pay any attention to her. The sighting and noises are heard at night past 10.
Brownsville - Garcia Middle School - They say that the Library of the school is haunted because one night a couple of teachers and students that stayed over and that when they came back they had seen all the TV's on and there was a couple of things missing there was also books falling of the shelves.
Brownsville - Paredes Line Road - A sheriff was once killed in an accident with a drunk driver. At night if you pass the red light without stopping he will put the siren and stop you. He will just give you a warning and tell you to be careful and not drive too fast.
Brownsville - Rivera high school - A girl was said to have been murdered in the shower stalls of the girls locker room. On late practices Students sometimes heard the showers go off and what looked like liquid pouring down the drain, and you could hear a blood curling scream that would make them run out in a heartbeat. And even the volleyball coach said when he was painting the raider logo on the wall he heard the scream and as if someone was being banged against the lockers.
Brownsville - Simon Rivera High School - Girls' locker room. Showers will begin running by themselves. In last stall, the toilet flushes on its own numerous times. When you're alone in the locker room slamming of lockers can sometimes be heard.
Brownsville - Stanolin Rd. - When your driving down that road it starts to curve and a man was said to have been driving to fast and his car crashed so now where they put the cross of his death he stands there grinning and starts to walk to your car. But when he gets to the window you'll know he's a ghost so start driving.
Brownsville - University of Texas - Was known as Ft. Brown during and after the Civil War. It was occupied by both Union and Confederate troops. Soldiers, horses, cavalry officers, etc haunt it. The buildings that house the University are historical monuments. Sightings and sounds have been experienced in almost every building on campus. - December 2004 - additional information - The last battles of the Mexican American war occurred in Brownsville. One of the battles was the siege on Ft. Texas (later named Ft. Brown, in honor of Maj. Jacob Brown who died in the siege) It started May 3rd and ended May 9th, 1846. There were only 2 Americans killed and 7 wounded, so the hauntings (or occurrences) are likely related to residual hauntings. (Or from the Mexican army that was slaughtered both at the fort and at the other two battle sites).
Brownsville - University of Texas - The old morgue building - used as a storage building and a three room accounting office. There are strange noises in the building, which cannot be identified. Reports of apparitions of a woman and small child, books fall from shelves, chairs move in the library, voices and doors opening and closing are heard, and a lady dressed in black has been seen sitting on a wall in front of the Old Morgue. Also, electrical devices in the building will suddenly stop working or break for a while. Later they will start working again. Plugs will also pull out of sockets by themselves and stored items will move themselves. These are supposed to be caused by the ghosts of soldiers whose bodies were stored here. A picture was taken in May of 2001 of what appears to be a hanged body.
Brownsville - Resaca Middle School - has been said that when the janitors are cleaning up in the gym they would feel as if kids were throwing stones at them.
Brownsville - Rivera High School - There is said to be a ghost roaming the gym of a teenager how died while playing basketball. If you are alone in the gym you can hear a basketball hitting the ground. The Janitors are said to have seen the ghost and heard him.
Brownwood - Keys Crossing - by the River at nightstands three ghosts on the edge of the bank on their knees throwing roses. Probably because they lost a family member, and everybody that goes down there at night has to drive real slow or they will flip exactly 3 times at die or get severely injured and people say it is cursed by the Indians. When you just go down the road you see shadowy figures staring at you.
Brownwood - Lake Brownwood - Flat Rock - Many people have experienced problems with their boats while they attempt to load or unload using the boat ramp here. People have also mentioned receiving damage to their boats like they hit a large rock, but no rock would be anywhere near the location. Several people have also drowned in the swimming area around this portion of the lake. Legend has it that a small girl drowned in the Pecan Bayou before the lake was built. Some residents in the area have mentioned hearing a little girl laugh at night. Another resident said they have seen a little girl run down the walk to their dock and jump in.
Bryan - College Station - A&M Consolidated High School- Rumors abound of a very nasty metaphysical presence that walks (or rather floats) in the career technology wing of this newly renovated high school. This presence is supposedly named Toby and several young students have tried unsuccessfully to document this scary and mysterious hauntings.
Bryan - College Station - Plantation House - Doors slammed shut in the middle of the night to trap a feral dog that was wandering through the rooms where my family slept. Also footsteps have been heard in the attic and in dead space between the rooms.
Bryan - College Station - Schulman Theater -Update: Is being remodeled. The upstairs projection rooms are said to be haunted by the ghost of a young man. The man was supposedly closing alone one night when he heard a knock on the door. The theater was closed but he went down stairs to see his partner at the door He let his partner inside, where they began to fight. The partner fled in anger, only to return to kill the man. The opening crew discovered the body the next day. The haunting is said to take place upstairs, which consist of projection rooms and an office. The man will appear behind you and whisper. He is also seen standing next to projectors. The partner/killer is said to be in jail serving his sentence as we speak.
Burkburnett - Goat Man's Bridge - Gilbert's Creek has a bridge out past the golf course between Burk and Sheppard Air Force Base. We use to party down there all the time. It was nicknamed Goat Man's Bridge. There was a man who was man from head to waist and goat from waist down. People say if it's really quite you can hear him. And if you park your car in the middle of the bridge it will not start. They say you can hear children screaming. A friend of mine said he was out there alone one night and he saw someone standing by a tree. He threw his pocketknife at the man and it went right though him and stuck in the tree. I have also heard that a few miles back behind the bridge is a church. Not just any church but, a satanic church. A lot of strange things happened out at that bridge. If you're from Burk and want to go out there ask anyone from Burk they can tell you right where it is. But, don't go alone!
Burkeville - CR2122 - On Magraw creek where the CR2122 road goes into a private residence by a animal cemetery, ribbons have be seen floating thru the air with Arabic writings on them and lights have sped thru the road by the little cemetery right thru cars. At the house on the end of the road a man who had just built the house and lived in one week before dying face has appeared in the back of the fireplace and been photographed by his daughter who lives there and others. This can be verified by most people that have lived in Burkeville for a number of years.
Burleson - Bethesda Rd. - Apparently, a school bus full of children was driving down one day and got stuck on a road with railroad tracks , and was hit by an oncoming train , most of the children died. on most nights you can go there and drive your car on to the tracks, stop it, put in neutral ,and the children will come and push you off the tracks. To keep you out of harms way.
Burnet County - Joppa Bridge - When you go onto the bridges at night, you are supposed to be able to hear something running and breathing hard underneath the bridge. There are two bridges, and they were both built in the 1800's. Many say that the noises from under the bridge comes from trolls.
Canyon - West Texas A&M University Lobby - The lobby is know to be haunted a girl got murdered there a while back. It is haunted by a young lady who walks in the dorms and in the halls of the dorms. She has also been seen on the elevator. Also to be said there is one dorm room that has they say like an underground thing that leads all over the dorms. At midnight if you park your car at the Wal-Mart parking lot you will see a light go on and the girl will be standing there looking out the window. Also if you live in the dorms you will smell popcorn popping at 12:30.
Cactus - Cactus city park - some kids were playing basketball and it was when the ball rolled on to the street. One of the kids ran after the ball without noticing that a car was coming. The car hit him. it is said that the little boy is heard every single day crying and mourning that he never will grow out of this misery.
Caldwell - Caldwell High School - Located on Highway 21 basically in a field of cows sits Caldwell High School, a fairly new building (less than 30 years old). The spotlight projection room in the auditorium and the sound booth is haunted by an unknown spirit the theatre trope referred to as "George". The soundboard and light dials will move and the lights will dim or flicker during rehearsals (but never during actual shows) despite the electrical wiring being checked repeatedly. Folks working in the spotlight room have reported chills and strange noises.
Canyon - The Panhandle Plains Museum - At the Panhandle Plains Museum, there is an old ambulance-wagon that sits in the middle of the car/wagon room. A ghostly woman known as "Sara Jane" is sometimes seen standing near the ambulance, and several visitors have experienced headaches, feelings of panic, and the smell of blood as they pass by the old vehicle.
Coahoma - Junior High Gym - During cheerleading practice about 15 or more years ago it was reported that the lights mysteriously went out and there were sounds and headlights of a vehicle getting closer and closer to the girls as the girls tried to run the lights and the sounds of the vehicle chased them.
Carrizo Springs - Dimmitt County Courthouse - Late at night you can hear footsteps walking up the stairs to the second floor and the rattling of keys. The footsteps are those of the old sheriff who was slain at his residence by two men.
Carrizo Springs - Dimmitt Memorial Hospital - Late at night like about 8:00 pm-2:00am people been saying they see an old nurse dress in old nurse clothes walking in the baby's room.
Carrollton - DeWitt-Perry Homestead - Rumors say that the ones who lived here may be still around. On different nights, nearby railroad crossing lights would flash and no trains would be there. - January 2007 Correction/ update: After several interviews of personnel - no one that works at the DeWitt Perry Museum has seen or heard anything strange or "paranormal." One of the employees that was spoken with has been with the museum for the past SEVEN years and they have never heard/seen anything to make them think the historical marker is haunted. The employees think that the middle school kids that walk home each day might be freaked out by the house and are the ones who may have started this rumor. If you would like a tour you can go to their website for details. No flash photography in the house and only certain parts of the property are on the tour itself.
Carrollton - Newman Smith High School - Abigail reportedly died while storing boxes under the stage. Now she is sometimes seen on the catwalk, and plays with the gels on the spots. Students hit the stage with a hammer 3 times to keep her from interfering with a show, and sometimes, when reviewing a tape of a show, they can spot her standing in the set's shadows. - January 2007 Update / Correction: You can check yearbooks, newspapers, death records, and media and find that there was no Abigail or tragedies under the stage. However, even though the story is fabricated, many say strange things happen to them while in the theatre. Noises can be heard. Some say a female voice can mimick your female voice from around the theatre and give tech commands when you didn't give them. Is this because they know the "story" of Abigail or has the belief in Abigail and her story made her a reality in the theatre? Or could it be someone else?
Cason - Slaton Cemetery- Blue Light Cemetery - This is due to the various occurrences to locals such as a young couple went to the cemetery to make-out one night , and were found several days later laid against a tombstone with their faces frozen in fear. It is said that if you go into the cemetery after dark, you will see a blue light floating around the cemetery. If you go in the middle of summer, you will reach places in the cemetery that are ice cold, also there are bushes planted inside that if stood in front of on a still day, one side of the bush will be moving as though being struck by a tornado. One report is of a man in his car actually being pulled inside the cemetery with his car not going into any gear but drive while something outside was calling his name repeatedly. It is a matter of belief, but I have been both during the day and at night, and I wouldn't recommend doing so unless you are a believer of faith, and a strong believer of paranormal activities.
Carthage - Marshall Hwy 2792 - On 2792 you take a right and a little ways down the road there is an old broken down house with bushes and weeds overgrown. The story behind the house is in the mid 80's a young woman lived there with her husband and newborn daughter. On Halloween night her brother came to her for money (possibly for drugs) she told him no. He was already messed up he turned violent when she told him no. He picked her up and slammed her on the hot stove then shot her. It was rumored that he even broke the gun and stabbed her with it, but after she was already dead he drowned her in the bathtub. The police found him wandering the streets all bloody. The child was unharmed. Reports of strange feelings, not being able to breathe & people have seen a light come on in the attic & a white figure in the window and some have said to have even seen her face in the hallway of the house.
Cedar Hill - Hangar Lowe Rd. - There is the ghost of a jogger that was run over and he shows up every now and then on the side of the road, just laying there. When someone tries to call help for him, he disappears.
Cedar Hill - Pleasant Valley - it is said if you go there late at night carry a book of matches with you and you have a little boy who is unknown sit in the passenger seat and talk to you and also your radio starts changing stations suddenly the car jumps into drive and the car doesn't move.
Cedar Hill - Witch Mountain - There is a hill that on some nights, you can see a lit up cabin, when you try to drive to it you cannot find it anywhere. In the late 1800's there was a witch that lived there and it is said that her ghost is still there trying to attract people so she won't have to be lonely.
Central - Co. Rd 73a, by small stream - Witnesses claim to have spirits speak to them and seem to tell the future. Also knocks hear on trees, being chocked and children seem to be possessed.
China Spring - Copper's Crossing - Copper's Crossing gives you a feeling of being watched. The closer that you get to the river, the stronger the feeling gets. As well as feelings of being brushed up against.
China Springs - Patrick Cemetery - There is a little graveyard just outside of Waco in China Springs. I have been out there a few times and get a really creepy feeling. Cold chills are common, pictures get interesting, and the animals act weird. And rumor has it that if you knock on a certain headstone at midnight, an apparition appears and runs at you screaming extremely loud. Also headstones tend to move around frequently.
Cleburne - Old Foamy - When you go to this little water stream you go at night turn off your headlights and honk three times. Then a goat man will appear in front of you. Others say strange things happen to your car.
Cleburne - Wright Place - many experts have claimed it to be haunted. The first floor is still a small restaurant, and the second floor is rarely used. People have seen the figure of a young woman near a window and have claimed to smell oranges when it is not being used as a haunted house. Legend says that she was pushed out of a window and killed by an angry boyfriend.
Coahoma - Coahoma Junior High - The Junior High Of Coahoma is supposedly built on Indian burial grounds. People have reported opening and shutting of doors. Footsteps and mysterious voices.
Coahoma - old Colorado city highway - at night turn your car off and you can hear noises and screams of a woman. it has been said that something moved a car with 6 teenagers and a mom.
Colorado City - Bakers Hotel - In the early 1900's this place burned down and took peoples lives mostly the workers that lived down in the basement, Now if you go at a certain time you will see the spirits of the workers.
Colorado City - Ruddik Park - there is supposed to be a ghost of a woman searching by the river for her baby which she buried alive because here mother made her.
Comal County - The Devil's Backbone - Ghosts of Monks and Native Americans have been seen. At one time a large group of riders who looked liked civil war soldiers rode by a group of men. There cabin shook from the force of the horse's hoofs hitting the ground. When they had passed no one plant had been damaged.
Comal County - Gruene - Adobe Verde - In the 1920's this Tex-Mex restaurant was one of the first electric cotton gins. Back in the early days of the cotton gin, a grounds keeper known to present employees as "Frank" supposedly hung himself from the rafters of the vaulted ceiling. He couldn't bear to live without his recently deceased lover. "Frank" now roams the restaurant playing practical jokes like turning lights on and off, throwing things off counters, and bumping glasses together. Sometimes you can even hear someone with boots on running back and forth along the upstairs dining area, but when you go and look around know one is there.
Combes - Orphanage Rd. - a long time ago on Orphanage Rd. there used to be a orphanage with little kids, well it burned down and now if you pass by late at night you can hear the screams and cries of the little kids that died in the fire.
Commerce - Texas A&M University - Commerce - Hubbell Hall - The male residence hall Hubbell Hall at is haunted on the third floor. An older ghostly woman has been seen numerous times in the northwest lobby of the third floor. The ghost is believed to be Julia B. Hubbell the woman the dorm is named after. Hubbell Hall was once a female dormitory when it was East Texas State College.
Coppell - Bethel Cemetery - Bethel Cemetery is a historical cemetery established in 1853. The location is just east of Moore Road just north of Beltline. There is a grave that was supposed to be haunted. It is marked with odd symbols. Apparently, the gravesite does not like its picture being taken because the submitter went through a roll of Polaroid instant film with every picture of the headstone overexposed. Only one picture was normal...a picture of the landscape away from the gravestone.
Copper Canyon - Old Alton Bridge A.K.A. Goatman's Bridge - Supposedly a lot of satanic rituals went on around and on the bridge. They were supposed to have conjured a half man half goat or a goatman. It is said that if your park your car on the bridge, turn off everything and honk your horn three times then goatman will appear. There are many different legends and the place is really far into the country. Its just off of Old Alton near Teasley Lane.
Conroe - Huntsman Chemical Plant - Witnesses have heard doors slamming and opening, voices, and apparition of a tall pale man, and also footsteps. They always get a strong feeling that they're being followed or watched as they patrol through the company's training building, which was used as a makeshift hospital during a plant emergency about 4 years ago where 2 people lost their lives in an explosion.
Corpus Christi - Bill Witt Park Airplane Hanger - Haunted by the spirit of a man who hung himself in the rafters of the hanger. He has been seen looking through the broken windows of the now abandoned hangar.
Corpus Christi - Bokenkamp - The night shift has heard voices, and footsteps. Mainly in the front ICU wards and the first unit. Staff and residents alike have seen shadows, heard footsteps and whispering. Many of the staff have complained of cold spots and the feeling of something or someone brushing up against them.
Corpus Christi - Calallen High School - The elevator by the Theater Arts room is said to be haunted. At night it opens and closes by itself when no one is there to push the buttons. It's been sighted once or twice by students who are there for extracurricular activities. One of the janitors has seen the ghost of a young teenage girl roaming the halls when the students have left.
Corpus Christi - Center Theatre - The Center Theatre was opened in 1942. The story is her husband murdered a woman as she walked out of the upstairs women's bathroom. But there are seats up stairs, looking over the stage, and if you go to the top of those stairs, where it is said she and her husband were sitting, you can feel her standing there. Its almost like she doesn't want you there at all. She'll try to make you move, and it gets really cold standing there. At times, if you "bother" her during a show, she will find ways to shut you up. My boyfriend was on his cell phone, and she turned it off and pushed him down the steps.
Corpus Christi - Days Inn hotel - It is said that the spirit of murdered Tejano singer Selena still wanders restlessly about the door way of the room where she was shot as well as the hospital she ran to and eventually died in. Though she is never seen, people have reported hearing faint singing as well as the smell of roses followed by an overwhelming sense of sorrow. - February 2007: This submission is possibly a hoax due to the discrepancies in the actual case. This haunted place is not proven.
Corpus Christi - Del Mar College {east campus} - Rm.222 - in the Memorial Classroom building is said to be haunted. Late night custodial staff as well as security personnel has reported noises such as howling and laughing coming from around the room. On one specific occasion a security officer arming the building heard what he described as "Furniture being moved around." Mind you, it was 1:00 am.
Corpus Christi - Downtown - The Smith Building - The building has been under construction for some time now and some of the workers were complaining that they would hear things move and fall. At times the doors would close by themselves. One worker has said to seen a little girl in a white dress. Nobody seemed to have believed them so one man took a home video camera and went throughout the rooms on the second fall and you can see the doors close after he had passed by and three times you can see the little girl standing in the corner. Of course ha ran but went back and saw her again but this time she looked liked she was going towards him so he took of running again and you could see stuff being thrown at him. The video is real its something that if you see you will believe.
Corpus Christi - Heritage Park Museum - There are four houses that are haunted. In one (Sidbury House) a Child supposedly haunts the children's room by playing with the dolls and moving stuff and knocking things down. In another (The Galvan House) a ghost is said to tap unexpected people on the shoulder a on the second floor and someone once heard footsteps leading up to the attic. In another house(A restaurant named The Christian House Bistro there have been reports that at night a lady with a long old fashioned dress and a big hat and shoes is seen walking into the front door and disappearing. People have only seen the backside of her. Then in another house ( The MacCambell House) a ghost named Mary, who died of pneumonia, is said to not let tour guides in the house or to cause noises or if you go on the patio on the second floor she has locked tour guides out on the porch by slamming the door shut then locking it so all you have to hope for if you get locked out is that you can wave somebody down and they'll come help you.
Corpus Christi - Nueces River - Many years ago a woman and her baby were home alone when their house caught fire. Out and realized they both perished in the fire. It is said that she walks the river and moans in mourning for her baby.
Corpus Christi - The Old Courthouse - it has been scientifically proven that many people have been hung and sentenced to death there. The rumor is that a young boy went to the courthouse on the night of Halloween in the early 1900's. He did not believe in ghost until this incident. He went up to the 10th floor where all the death sentences went through. He walked over to a window to look at a rope that what looked like blood on it. When some force throw him over the edge of the window. Specialist found blood from the rope one the window seal where he tried to hold on. He hit the cement face first.
Corpus Christi - The USS Lexington - It has been said that in the boiler room of the ship there is a spirit of a young man in a sailor outfit who will tell you where things are located.
Corpus Christi - Wilson Tower - The Wilson Plaza historical development started in 1927. In 1951 Mr. Wilson built a 17-story office tower with a four-story penthouse. The penthouse was Wilson's pride and joy. The 20th floor was finished out as a game room with a private bar constructed on a grand scale of mahogany and trimmed in tufted leather and brass. The view from the penthouse was described as rivaling that of the Top of the Mark Restaurant in San Francisco. It was the scene of many "invitation only" parties attended by Corpus' elite, where Wilson negotiated many of his major business deals. Most of the talk centered on "Sam's" parties and card games. The 21st floor contained guest rooms for "out-of-town" clients. After Mr. Wilson's death in 1957, Mrs. Wilson hosted society, civic, bridge and debutante functions in the penthouse. Today the Tower is said to still be inhabited by Mrs. Wilson, overseeing what goes on in the building. Many Tenants have witnessed shadows and sounds while alone in their offices, especially in the early mornings or late nights. Elevators also have unusual happenings. Stopping on different floors that are not lighted up, with an eerie feeling of someone else catching a ride with you.
Corsicana - Emhouse - Emhouse School - This is an old school house that was closed in the early 1950's. It is a small two story building located in Emhouse, outside of Corsicana. Witnesses have seen lights on in the inside (the building has no electricity) go off. They have seen apparitions. All the desks, chalkboards, chalk, and pencils where left in the school from when it closed. Even the shower curtains from the showers where still there.
Corsicana - Navarro County Courthouse - Stairs and District Clerk's Office late night users of the law library or persons in the Courthouse have heard footsteps descending from the third and second floors. Rumored to be the ghost of the old District Clerk who was shot by the County Sheriff after a political dispute on the Court House steps.
Corsicana - the old Navarro Regional Hospital - The building is now torn down, but it is said that the area is extremely haunted because of the many lives that were lost there. You can still here voices and other hospital noises if you sit, close your eyes, and listen for a while.
Cotulla - Frank Newman Middle School - It is said a coach died of a heart attack in the back office, near the girls dressing room.40 years later the lights turn off and you can feel SOMETHING or SOMEONE going into the bathroom with you.
Crosby - The Town of Crosby - This haunted neighborhood has been written about in the novel, "The Black Hope Horror". The neighborhood was constructed over an old slave cemetery and many of the residents were terrorized by the angry spirits that dwelled below. No one had a clue as to what was causing it until a couple, while digging a swimming pool, unearthed the remains of a couple who had been buried in their backyard. It is a story that is very similar to the movie "Poltergeist", but it is frighteningly real. Most of the activity is centered at the east end of Poppets Way and the side street that connects at the east end. According to the book, people would rent a house on the street and abruptly leave within a month...and this was a very regular occurrence.
Crosbyton - Crosby County Courthouse - When the building is mostly deserted, occasionally the elevator will start on one floor, move to another floor, the doors will open, & no one is in the elevator. Then in a minute or two, the doors will shut & the elevator starts moving to one of the other floors in the building. Several employees over the years have seen this happen, while others choose not to think about it.
Crystal City - one spooky river - if you park your car next to the river you can see balls of glowing light and a glowing shadow it is said that it's the soldier that were in the army that were killed there before the river came up.
Del Rio - Denim & Diamonds - believed to be haunted by woman. Ectoplasm said to be in photos.
Dallas - Capital Building - Reports of people walking around during the night hours and sightings of Ghostly shadows by employees.
Dallas - CVS Pharmacy - Formerly listed as Gus Thomasson/ Ferguson - On the corner of Ferguson Rd. and Gus Thomasson, is an Eckerd's that is haunted by a man name Wayne. It is said that this man was a late night loader, and un-loader. He was a good, honest, family man until one day at 6:00am going home after finishing his shift, 3 men assaulted him for his money. These men had been doing this for a while now. Well so then Wayne finally decided to defend himself this time, not knowing the 3 men had a GUN. He was shot 3 times in the heart and 3 times in the head. Reports, employees, say that in the upstairs part of the building, where Eckerd's keeps its Boxed products is said to be haunted by Wayne. Employees say mysteriously boxes fall down, Radio is turned, Cold areas are felt, and footsteps are heard going up the stairs.
Dallas - Flag Pole Hill Ghost- Near Flag Pole Hill on Northwest highway. There is a narrow horseshoe shaped road with lots of trees; a few obscured houses in between. Once you start down this narrow road, you must continue . No place to turn around. Mysterious events such as rocks flying from impossible angles towards cars; sudden unforeseen vehicular body damage, etc, have occurred. The local police department will verify this as far back as 1976. Do not drive down at night.
Dallas - Jerry's Super Market - they say that at night on the second floor the managers who close and lock the doors where they keep their merchandise they hear noises and they come running down the stairs and now they sometimes take someone with them so they wont go by themselves. this store is on the corner of Jefferson and Llewelyn.
Dallas - Lake Highlands High School - Supposedly sometime in the early 1970s, a girl named Elizabeth jumped out of one of the second story windows of Lake Highlands High School off of Church Rd. and White Rock Trail (near Flag Pole Hill) and killed herself. Most sightings or strange occurrences have taken place in the auditorium; however the technical theatre teacher claims he can sense her presence throughout the school. Tools were found missing from the locked tool room, trashcans and other large objects thrown across room, doors (w/ hydraulics to keep from loud slamming) were slammed shut, and random cold spots throughout the room. Some kids from LHHS made a movie about it this summer, called Ghost light.
Dallas - Lawrence Hotel - opened in October 1925--crying and shadows on 10th fl. allegedly woman jumped or fell from presidential suite back in the 40's--often heard voices and footsteps and many cold spots---high heeled footsteps back and forth across the lobby between midnight and 6am---gentleman gambler on 2nd level where there used to be an illegal casino during the late 20'-30's--lots of movement in the basement areas too. - March 2007 Update/ Correction: There are other Internet rumors that the illegal gambling casino was in the basement. This is not accurate. The casino was in fact on the second floor. However, laundry carts have been reported by the staff to move on their own in the basement. The front desk will often get calls from (3) rooms in the hotel on a regular basis that no one has checked into. The 10th floor has one room in particular (room #1009) where the staff say when they try to open the door to the room they get resistance on the other side as if someone doesn't want you to come in. Lots of activity has been captured in this room. A congressman also lived in the hotel at one time who also killed himself at the hotel. He lived on the 10th floor. Female voices are heard in the hall.
Dallas - LBJ House - Supposedly there is supposed to be blood on the walls and some areas of the house where the wife and children were sacrificed and there is a really cold feeling if you stand in a certain place, but I've never talked to anyone who has seen that personally. Also the property has been abandoned for several decades and no one will buy the lot.
Dallas - Millermore - A two story Greek revival home completed in 1861, is currently the center piece of Old City Park Museum. Over the last 30 years there have been continual stories of a haunting in the house. Many unrelated individuals (museum guests, volunteers, and staff) have sensed the presence of a female spirit in the house. The activity seems to center around the former nursery and master bedroom on the second floor.
Dallas - Millermore Mansion at Old City Park Museum - This 1860's mansion was the home of the same Dallas family for over 100 years before becoming part of the museum. Consistent stories are told of a ghostly female presence in the second floor area around the former nursery. Visitors, docents, and staff have all felt the presence over the last 25 years.
Dallas - Oak Cliff - Combs Creek St - This is about a little girl in a bike that haunts a street called Combs Creek by the railroad tracks. The story is that a little girl was riding her bike on the railroad and supposedly she got stuck and got run over by the train and now she haunts this little deserted street by the railroads.
Dallas - Oak Cliff - Wilbur Street Play ground - They say in the 1920s that a little girl got permission from her parents, to go play in the playground of Wilbur St. around a creek. A drunk driver was out of control and hit the girl, which was happily playing on the swing. People now say that if you look closely at the swings you will see the happy little girl swinging.
Dallas - Old Parkland - January 2007 Update Additional information: Removed - Private property Due to the heavy demolition and safety concerns, the property owners have been overloaded with inquiries about paranormal investigations before the changes are made. The new management does not want the publicity or rumors to be out there that their property is haunted. Many trespassers have already been prosecuted.
Dallas - Pleasant Grove Christian Church - Reports of seeing Children who run by and disappear. Banging and howling noises from all over the grounds. One witness has taken pictures with a digital camera at this site and obtained pictures of floating orbs, a child's face in what was an empty hallway, and what appears to be an adult hand holding an axe. The children spirits are not too intense but the adult spirit seems very angry and seems to want to be left alone. Rumor of the adult possibly murdering the child.
Dallas - Rylie Academy - The lights turn on and off , strange sounds reported.
Dallas - Snuffers Restaurant - numerous people have seen this unidentified ghost.
Dallas - White Rock Lake - The Lady of the Lake - or White Lady has been seen here and on the road by the lake - dressed in a 1920's evening gown and soaking wet - she asks drivers for a ride to a house on Gaston Ave where she disappears leaving nothing but a wet stain on the seat. The story is that she was the daughter of a wealthy family in the 1920's. She was on her way home from a ball when her car wrecked in the lake - she drowned, but the others lived.
Dallas - Turtle Creek Center - A successful businessman worked at this building through the 1980's. His name was Harold and on the 13th of September 1989, he died from unexplained reasons in his office at approximately 9 p.m. His spirit has been seen in the fire exit/ stairways by a few working in the building. They have reportedly seen a man walking between the 13th and 14th floors with blood falling from his eyes and a look of shear death on his face. When they follow him into the hallway he disappears without a trace.
Deer Park - Battleship Texas - Supposedly haunted by a sailor named Red. Some students encountered a wispy form, which wandered across a hallway behind a locked screen door.
DeKalb - Cry Baby Creek - It is said that on a clear night you can drive to a bridge outside this small town and hear the screams of an infant. The story states that a mother and her baby had a horrible accident there and the infant drown in near freezing waters. This child's ghost still haunts there.
Denton - The University of North Texas - Bruce Hall - There is a spirit of a pregnant women trapped in the building who in the 1930's tried to starve herself to cause an abortion There have been sightings of a young women roaming the halls when the building is closed. Also, the students are bothered by minor annoyances.
Denton - The University of North Texas - Union Suite 324 - The CSRR and SLA offices of the university have a wandering ghosts. Those who have extra work and stay later after hours tend to hear the fax machine turn on and off. This ghost "nicknamed" Brandy likes to lock employees in copy rooms and offices, run blank pages through the copier, and turn on and reboot computers.
Diboll - The Diboll House - Owners of the house would have coinciding nightmares, smelling bad odors that seemed to come from no where, feelings of being watched, strange banging noises, apparitions, and reports of being physically attacked (smacked, thrown). Diboll House Experience
Donna - EL Cascabel - El Cascabel is an old bar that is out in the country. It has been abandon since 1995.It is said that two men got in a fight and one shoot the other man. The ghost can be seen at midnight of the man drinking.
Donna - Silver Nugget Saloon - late at night some people have said they have seen lights turn on by themselves others have said they have heard music dancing and laughter coming from the building.
Dumas - Dumas Jr. High - In the North Gym at Dumas Jr high there was a group of JR High girls practicing Volleyball. After practice everyone left except this one girl. No one came to pick her up so she decided to go back into the gym to wait for her ride. The janitor went into the gym and stabbed the girl and then his self. If you are in there by your self you can hear the girl screaming for help and the janitor laughing at what he was doing.
Eagle Pass - Abandoned Radar Base - Many teens how have gone out to the abandoned base to party there have reported many strange apparitions and spirits that haunt the base grounds.
Eagle Pass - Old Texas Ballroom - In the late 1950's it was said that an old man went crazy and shot himself. If you take pictures you will find out for yourself!
East Bernard - East Bernard High School - There is an old High School in the small town of East Bernard. In the gym there are orbs and spirits everywhere. If you go down to the girls weight room the punching bag will start and stop moving
Earth - Springlake - Earth High School - Many Students that have attended the high school have been killed over the years in car accidents. It is believed that some of them, possibly along with a teacher that was killed in a car wreck, may haunt the gym, the auditorium, and the band hall. If you go into the gym alone, you can hear people talking in the girls' locker room. No one wants to go into the auditorium alone, because the janitors have reported hearing the same ghostly sounds every day while cleaning. It's so bad that they now turn a radio up full blast just so they won't have to hear it.
Edinburg - 18th St. - In Edinburg, there is a house that is haunted located on Shunior and 18th street. This house is right in the corner on 18th street and Shunior. Well this house has always been there for rent, and people that move in wont last no more than 3 months, due to extremely horrible terrifying noises.
Edinburg - Austin Elementary - strange sightings have taken place there. It is located just 1/4 of a mile from Hillcrest cemetery. It is said that late at night you can see figures walking on the school grounds.
Edinburg - Museum of South Texas History - The Museum of South Texas History was formally the old Edinburg courthouse and jail. In the original part of the building you get an eerie feeling as you walk up the stairs to the tower. The tower was the hanging room, were they would hang the convicted prisoners that were sentenced to death. It is recorded that only one man was executed in the tower, however, some people claim that more than one was executed. You can feel a cold spot in the tower. Some claim that the rope that is still hanging there swings back and forth. Shadows of a man hanging have been seen by some and many people who have passed by the building at night claim to hear voices, sounds, and wails coming from the original part of the building where the tower stands.
Edinburg - South Middle School - a couple of years ago a student fell from the west side staircase and died. come midnight you can see a white body walking around the staircase.
Edinburg - University of Texas Pan American - Troxxel Hall Dormitories - Legend has that a girl got pregnant by a guy who took her as a one-night stand but she thought he really liked her. Well when she found out that she was pregnant she attempted to give herself an abortion in her dorm room, she didn't think she could so she committed suicide. Some student living at Troxxel say that at night sometimes they hear knocking on a certain door.
El Dorado - North East section of town - The time of day plays no concern for the unusual sightings that occur. During the daylight hours, voices of children playing and adults talking can be heard. At night strange orbs can be seen floating along the roadways some as large as a basketball. In some of the homes, sounds of dishes breaking, and none were ever seen to have been broken. Closets in the home would have auras of foreboding, as if some one was staring at you as you passed. One homeowner shot a trespassing dog at night only to find that it vanished before his eyes at point blank range. As children walk from one home to another, they would here additional footsteps along side. During a family get together several family members slept out in the back yard under a night-light placed in the yard, during the night they awoke to see a hat that belonging to the owner of the house rise from the table, lift about 6 feet in the air, go toward the back door. Once there the screen door opened and the hat proceeded inward after a brief pause. The screen door shut after the hat entered. All of this time there was no wind, and it was all done in silence.
El Paso - area around El Paso is supposedly home to "El Muerto," meaning "the dead one" or "the dead man." This is a common Mexican tale of a beheaded man who rides his horse through the desert with his head either carried in his lap, or hung on a rawhide thong from the saddle. "El Muerto" can also be found basically anywhere in West Texas/South-East New Mexico/Northern Chihuahua Mexico.
El Paso - Cathedral High School - The This school's most haunted place is the third floor, which is also the floor of the freshmen lockers and most of the freshmen classes. One time an unsuspecting Freshmen went up to go get something from his locker that he had left up there and saw that towards the end of the hall a locker was left open. He started heading down the hall to see whose locker it was when the locker was slammed close and a white figure started running in the opposite direction of where the guy was that was walking down the hall. The guy started running after it but once the ghost turned the corner it disappeared. Another part of Cathedral that is haunted is a staircase that leads up into a separate classroom that is attached to the third floor. Once you walk into this classroom you can feel an eerie presence in the room. The hairs start standing up on the back of your neck and you get the feeling as if someone is either watching you are is right behind you, but no matter how much you search around the room you can find no trace of anything living or once living.
El Paso - Chase Building - Woman in red dress is said to haunt top floor. Strange red lights can be seen coming from top floor at night from a distance.
El Paso - Clint - Clint High School - In the Old Gym above the Theatre, it has been said that the body of a girl, raped by a janitor, can be seen hanging. Also in the Band Room where all instruments are stored, one can hear someone playing an instrument at night, and just being in there gives an eerie feeling that makes you run out.
El Paso - Concordia Cemetery - Traffic noise is a factor but how do you explain sounds of children playing and laughing at two in the morning. There is a section of the cemetery were score of children were buried after they died during a small pox epidemic. You can hear the hoof beats of Calvary soldiers, and just general conversation, but never really understanding the words just recognizing the human voices.
El Paso - Cristo Rey Catholic Church - This church with is part of a cloistered convent, is only open to the public during Holy Week. Many visitors have spoken of a kindly older nun dressed in traditional habit of the order. She is usually seen praying at the altar's communion rail and slowly fades away when approached.
El Paso - Crockett Elementary - The building is aged back to the 1920's and supposedly served as a hospital to war veterans. It's said that on the second floor that a child not knowing the history the building had witnessed a man walking down the hall with bloody gauze on his head and amputated arm.
El Paso - Del Valle high school - It's been known that in this school three young guys killed band members from there. And now El Pasoit's been known that at night you can hear the screaming of the killed band members, screaming for their lives.
El Paso - Desert View Middle School - One night a coach came to this school and heard punching noises on the lockers when no one was there. Another story is a lunch lady got to the school early in the morning and saw a white figure run through the gym. When no other students where there.
El Paso - El Paso Community College - Photo lab - Students and faculty have reported feeling a presents in the back of the photo lab. The revolving door has opened by its self and the curtain has opened as if someone is watching you. Some students have even reported that they felt someone touching their shoulder and breathing on the back of their necks. The school was built on top of the old Prices Dairy, and some believe a presents from the dairy has found a new home in the school photo lab. Some of the janitorial staff refuses to clean the photo lab area after dark.
El Paso - El Paso High School - At this high school, there is a hall that leads to a balcony that is closed off. Every single day, mist and fog roam the hall and there seems to be some "gooey-stuff" on the ceiling. It is said to be that near 35 years ago, a teen killed herself by slitting her wrists in the hall, then, waling towards the balcony, eventually, jumping off. A wall that was built in front of it closes off the whole stairway and hallway that leads near there. Nobody can even tell now that there was even a hallway there, but people do wonder how to get to that hall.
El Paso - El Paso Museum of Art - It was located on Montana Street, but now they moved it to the Downtown area of El Paso. Old woman was sited on various times looking at you from a window on the top floors. Lights would flicker on and off. Doors would open and shut. Moaning sounds were heard coming from the basement.
El Paso - Escontrias Elementary - A high school was built on top of a cemetery and in the girls looker room a girl named Mary was said to be getting a towel when a large gate fell on top of her pressing a deep wound in her neck. Later this high school was turned into a Elementary school were f you go to the girls restroom before you exit the back side of the school you will see five girls hung from the ceiling with many bloody hand prints on the wall.
El Paso - Evergreen Cemetery - As you drive by the cemetery you can see a boy standing on the sidewalk asking for a ride during the early hours of the morning and near the railroad tracks that are behind the cemetery there is a mist accompanied by a strong smell that might be encountered.
El Paso - Fire Station #9 - It is said that a firefighter died in a fire at this fire station. He has now come back to haunt the place. Whenever there is a fire to go to at night, the ghost will turn the lights on and off and flush toilets to wake up the firefighters before the alarm. He has even been known to do this before the station gets a call about a fire.
El Paso - Fort Bliss - Building #4 - #4 is a story of an old Military Medical Center that has been condemned for a decade or 2.Anyways there has been hauntings there ever since a medic was let down for "accidentally" killing a soldier whom had been shoot in the chest back in the 50's.Even though its condemned certain soldiers of high ranks are in the possession of some keys to open the building once again.
El Paso - Fort Bliss - Building #13 - built in 1893 for soldiers of the 18th Infantry. A Calvary soldier was forced to retire because of his age-he may have been a doctor. This depressed man apparently hanged himself in the rafters of building 13. Also in building 13, the swinging doors in the courtroom have a habit of swinging by themselves at times. A cavalry soldier has been seen walking through the halls as well.
El Paso - Foxglove Apartments - Occasionally late at night one can hear what sounds like a cat jumping around on the furniture. Also large fleeting shadows out of the corner of your eye and nothing there when you turn to look. There was also the sound of books slamming to the ground in the bedroom while the occupants where in the bedroom.
El Paso - Henderson Middle School - Reports of six students which went to the place at night and heart footsteps in back of them and herd someone screaming on the dark hall.
El Paso - Horizon City - Ascension Blvd - On Ascension Blvd going towards Mountain View High School, one can see a man walking when you turn your lights off and look back when either coming from the school or going towards it. It has been said that there are many bodies buried along the sides of the road.
El Paso - Horizon City - Carrol T Welch - Rumors of a little girl getting killed during the construction of the school. Hearing noises and seeing the ghost of the little girl have been reported.
El Paso - Insights El Paso Science Museum - Many employees have reported seeing Indians and also a lady dressed in white. While opening the museum doors for the public one morning, we witnessed a very tall Indian man dressed like a chief staring at us from inside the exhibit hall, and then he disappeared instantly. The elevator sometimes goes up and down by itself and exhibits seem to turn off and on randomly by themselves, too. There is an eerie feeling of not being alone at night.
El Paso - J.C. Machuca Apartments - It is said that these apartments where built on an Indian burial ground. Late at night you can actually here foot steps and see dark shadowy figures in the apartments. There are also reports of things flying across the rooms and things that are moved from their original place, and put somewhere else.
El Paso - Kennedy Memorial Apts. - used to be a cemetery long time ago. Footsteps, crying has been heard. A little girl is always wondering around and you can actually see shadows. They open cabinets and wonder in the second floor.
El Paso - Kennedy Memorial Apts. - Gym - late at night you could hear someone playing basketball, you see a shadow standing in the stage. the restrooms are haunted as well, they open the water and the toilets flush by themselves, and slam the doors. When you're standing in the middle of the gym or even walking around they push you and start messing with you. Security has reported this strange activity, but it's nothing but ghosts!!!!
El Paso - La Hacienda Restaurant - This restaurant is on the riverbanks of the Rio Grande which separates El Paso, Texas from Juarez, Mexico. It is said that on certain nights the apparition of a woman can be seen walking near the restaurant weeping loudly and asking for her children who have drowned in the river.
Fabens - Old Port of Entry - ghost horsemen ride across the border then fade out. the cross both ways, on the way back to Mexico they appear to fire revolvers.
Fabens - Junior High School - In the Auditorium there's said to be a ghost in the bathrooms. They say that Bloody Mary appears there.
Files Valley - Goat man tunnel - footsteps, women screaming, odd lights, stained blood dripping from top of tunnel.
Fischer - Stage Stop Ranch - If you go there at 12:00 to 2:00 you will see A ghost of a man hanging from a large oak tree that is found to the left of the main plaza. He was hung in the tree in the early 1800's for killing a sheriff's deputy. It is said his corps was left to hang until the buzzards picked him clean. You will also hear the wheels of the wagons that once past through.
Fort Bliss - Building 4 - Many current and former members of the U.S. Army and Department of the Army civilian employees confirm stories of strange activities in one of the oldest remaining buildings on the Military Installation. One tale tells of an old Army Cavalry soldier seen in the upstairs window of the building on several occasions. Others tell of similar situations in which men and women are seen roaming the halls of the now unoccupied building. Building 4 was once used as a secondary morgue to hold the bodies of slain soldiers.
Fort Bliss - MacGregor Range Asa P. Grey Recreation Center, "Tumbleweed Tavern" - Old stage is haunted with a feeling of desertion, clicking and unexplainable noises in the night. Many soldiers and visitors have died on the shooting ranges and adjacent trails. Come visit the tavern any evening, bring cameras.
Fort Davis - Fort Davis Historical Site - There are ghosts of several soldiers there. The hospital walls are said to change color, and others have claimed to have actually seen specters in several places.
Fort Davis - The Hospital - There has been a "presence" felt in the hospital part of this fort, colds spots and a feeling of being watched.
Fort Hood - BLORA - A soldier in PT uniform that appears in the early morning hours, skipping rocks across the lake. He seems to take no notice of you, and disappears when the sun starts to rise.
Fort Hood - III Corps Headquarters bldg - personnel working security late at night hear footsteps and doors opening and closing when no one is in the building.
Fort Worth - Barbers Bookstore On 8th - Ghostly footsteps. Sounds of pages being turned, strange shadows on staircase and an apparition are also reported. Building is now an antique store.
Fort Worth - Castle - Brought from England - Apparitions of a man have been reported. - January 2004 additional information: They say a young man built this castle for his bride to be. The wedding was to be held in the newly finished house, but on the wedding day, the bride was found floating in the lake. No one was sure if she died accidentally or if foul play was involved ...But a few months later the groom married the dead woman's sister. Now, at night, the bride can be seen running from the house, across the road and towards the lake before disappearing. The actual history of the Castle is not quite as dramatic as the ghost stories it has spawned...but in case anyone is curious... The Castle was originally an 1860's rock farmhouse that was purchased in the 1920's by the Whitings. After extensive renovations and the addition of the round crenulated front wing and the rear tower the rambling mansion took on the look of a castle. It was completed in 1938 and Mrs. Whiting, who mostly supervised the renovation, named it "Inverness". The residence has seen several owners in the past and at one time Gary Stewart stayed there while filming a movie in the 1950's. In the not so distant past the castle was vacant for a long period of time and was in such disrepair it was on the verge of being condemned. It is now currently occupied and restored.
Fort Worth - Castleberry High School - Students say that the building was built on an old Indian burial ground. According to the rumor, if you go up the flight of steps that leads to the roof, you will hear voices that do not belong to anyone living.
Fort Worth - Del Frisco's Steakhouse - In the 1800's, this area of Ft. Worth was known as "Hell's Half Acre" because of its numerous saloons, brothels and gambling halls. Used to be a bathhouse in the 1800s where a man was shot in the head. His spirit roams the banquet halls and the upstairs bar.
Fort Worth - Fort Worth Zoo - The zoo is home to more than just the exotic animals. the elephant keeper was crushed and killed in the elephant yard in the 1980s, is still seen near the elephant and zebra areas of the zoo. There is a woman who is dressed in a white dress and carries a parasol; walks slowly back and forth near the spot where the zoo cafe is. She dresses in attire from the late 19th century and no one knows who she is.
Fredericksburg - Admiral Nimitz Museum - Some employees have heard footsteps late at night. They say you can see shadows of men walking through out. Lights will suddenly go on/off and no one else was in the building.
Fremont - There is a school in downtown Fremont that is supposedly haunted by some soldiers from a war.
Galveston - Ashton Villa - The Ashton Villa doesn't have a particularly sad or tragic background but it is one |
