Haunted Places in Texas

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Haunted Places in Texas

Disclaimer:
Most listings in the Haunted Places in Texas list require permission to visit or investigate. Many of the places are patrolled by the police, and trespassers will be prosecuted, if not shot! Also, some, if not all of these accounts appear to be “Urban Legends” there is no verification that any of these are true, if you look at some of them, a lot of them are similar-sounding, and some are just down-right preposterous!! You may want to research Urban legends at www.snopes.com

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 outside 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 have been sightings of a shadow running down the field at midnight, but the ghost has only been seen on Friday nights after a game.

Alpine

Sul Ross State University - The story is of a young woman who killed herself in the Fletcher resident hall. To this day a girl can be seen walking around late at night in a skimpy nightgown. Also, things end up missing even if the doors had been locked all day. People report seeing strange apparitions at the foot of the bed. Whenever there is a mention of the "Fletcher Ghost", a door slams, there is a loud bang, someone screams, or some other jolting noise.

Alton

Alton bus crash - In September 1989 a school bus fell over the ledge of a 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 ever being 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.
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 used to always tag drawings and that he died on his birthday the 13th and that was the same day he died.

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 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, it’s a historical 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. If you flash your lights toward that opening then you'll see this 18 wheeler-diesel (w/o a trailer) coming right at you. If you don’t leave right then it will come to you.

· Aquilla - trains on the invisible railroads - There used to be a railroad track here. A long time ago the city burnt down twice because of the trains throwing sparks, so they decided to just take up all the rails. Well every now and then around 12:00 midnight you can here the train. Residents say it’s so loud that it will wake you up from a dead sleep! You can see the light on the front and hear it blow its whistle! But it never stops it just goes right through town.

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. 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. There is a fence around the property, and the road has been lowered, but you can still see it.

· Arlington High School Auditorium - A boy committed suicide in the drama room and if you're 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. As James was reciting a monologue he shot himself, and died. Also if you do not leave him a seat on opening night to each play 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. (Webmistress note, I attended AHS and have never heard of such a thing.. Although in my Junior year someone DID die in the then new wing D of an asthma attack.)

· 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.

· 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.

· Martin High School - 2 years after the school was built a boy who was in the theater department was dismissed from his duties on the play. He loved the theater program there so much that he hanged himself from the catwalk. Another story says he went naked to prom and was taken off of the theater crew. He was upset so he hung himself in the auditorium catwalk. If on the catwalk alone you here strange voices and footsteps along with winds that come from nowhere.

· Parklane Apartments - Noises in bedrooms, hearing babies cry, faucets turn on and off.

· River Legacy Park - Hells Gate - It's a long trail with swamps on either side and shaded over by large trees. At the end of the trail is a large mound of dirt and two fence posts that were once a gate. As it is said this was the trail walked by captured spies of the union army on their way to be hung. This gate was the last thing they saw before being led to the tree that stands beyond the gate where they died. Walking the trail one can still hear the sobs and whispered prayers of the men and some women who walked there last steps here.

· River Legacy Park - walking on a narrow path away from hell's gate you will see what used to be a clearing. There are reports of moaning and sightings of a red haired general clad in a Confederate uniform.

· River Legacy Park - Screaming Bridge One night after a high school football game a carload of kids were driving fast on a country road just outside of the park. Coming to a narrow bridge over the Trinity River they met their fate when they did not see another car coming hitting it head on. Both cars erupted into flames and plummeted into the river below. All involved were killed and since then the road has been closed and can only be walked to through the park. Legend has it that if you find the bridge you will see the dates of the occurrence and the names of the deceased glowing as tombstones in the water and if after that you still dare you can sit in the middle of the bridge on the night that it happened and at midnight you will witness a heavy fog coming up from the river as you see headlights approaching from either side of the bridge.

· River Legacy Park - The Hobo Near the park are some railroad tracks that run through an area called Mosier Valley so the park is a good getting off place for the train hoppers since the train has to slow down here. One night an old hobo was staying in the park and was awoken by the sounds of screams. Wondering to the edge of the woods from where he had been sleeping he saw a car parked and what appeared to be a man and a woman fighting. Walking closer he saw the man hitting the woman and the woman knocked unconscious. Opening the door he grabbed the man but in the struggle that ensued was shot. The next day the woman was found wondering through the park delirious and half naked but the hobo lay dead next to where the car had been. However, lovers parked late at night still catch a glimpse of the old hobo. Legend has it that late at night if you are still in the park after closing you will hear a tap on your window and there will be an old man standing there in rags.

· 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.

· 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's Inn at Pearl Street - 809 W Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Austin, TX
A ghostly woman carrying a baby is just one of the things guests claim to have seen at this Austin B&B.

· Austin Pizza Garden - stories of faces appearing and disappearing in the walls.

· 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. The school has since been torn down. If there was any evidence of the bodies, they have been removed.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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. Legend also has it that Col. Jesse Driskill haunts the top floor and elevators of the hotel he built in 1886.

· 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.

· Governor's Mansion - 1010 Colorado St. Sam Houston supposedly haunts the mansion, but the loudest noises apparently come from another man who shot himself here.

· 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 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.

· 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 there were people around. I let my father's ashes go there 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."

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· Omni Hotel - downtown- a man committed suicide by jumping from balcony. 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.

· 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.

· 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. 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· Tavern Restaurant, on North Lamar Blvd. 912 W 12th St. - 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.

· 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.

· 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 actually some Hills that separate Kerr County and Bandera County. Bandera Pass has its own unexplained “ghost lights” 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.

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. Sometimes all the breakers will shut off in projection. There is even somebody talking as if they’re talking to you.

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 their throat & brushing up against them.

Big Spring

· Center Point Road - It's 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 its 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 woman, 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.

· 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.

· Lamar University - Sigma Phi Epsilon House - The house was built by a farmer. They say it was his dream house. After the man passed, it was supposedly a whorehouse. 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.

· Wal-Mart - There have been two separate sightings a night time manager was walking by the toy aisle 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 nowhere 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.

· 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 occasion’s guards to quit on the spot.

· 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.

Boerne

· Public Library - many feel the ghost when inside, if you drive by late at night you can see lights in the building going on and off.

Brackettville

· Fort Clark Area - Reports of the ghost of a woman asking for a ride, once in a while touching the witness sending a chill through them and disappearing.

Brady

· Soldiers water hole - There's a historical marker outside of Brady that is an old water hole used by soldiers at war. The story is, is that the soldiers were camping by the water hole one night and were attacked on, by Indians. The Indians burned their wagons, stole their horses, and killed all the women and children. And now if you go there at night, you can hear cries of people, also you can hear arrows flying by as if shot at you, also on occasion you can see camp fire glows out in the woods. Also a very rare incident occurred there. One night a group of friends were trying the legend out. While all the friends were talking a couple of girls walked off on their own. When the girls were walking back one of the girls noticed that her friend had not said a word while walking she would just nod her head to everything she would say. Then she heard her friends calling her from a distance, but to notice her best friend was not with her, she was with the group of people off at a distance. So she gasped and started to run towards her friends knowing she had been accompanied by an unknown figure, not her friend.

Bridgeport

· Hells Gates - A presence is felt, always cold, a black figure of a 4 foot man with glowing red eyes spotted.

Brooks

· Falfurrias - The Hills - On the West Side of Falfurrias is a road filled of hills, it is said that there is a tree were a lady who was thought to be a witch was hung by early pioneers, on some nights when the moon is full if you drive up to this tree and turn of the lights you can see a image of a woman with red eyes hanging from a tree if you are really lucky you will hear a mob of people and they will start to chase you a few yards then they will disappear because they are mistaking you for the witch. (BEWARE TO BET OF AND WALK TO THE TREE) it has been reported that some people have been knock to the floor and then left alone.

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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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 curdling 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. 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.

· Stanolin Rd. - When you're driving down that road it starts to curve and a man was said to have been driving too 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.

· 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. 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).

· 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. There are eports of apparitions of a woman and small child being seen, 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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

· 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 these scary and mysterious hauntings.

· Bryan - College Station - Schulman Theater - 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.

· 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.

Burkbennett

· 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!

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 known to be haunted a girl who got murdered there a while back. She's 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 - 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.

· 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.

· 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 ofmer, 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.

· 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 horses hoofs hitting the ground. When they had passed no one plant had been damaged.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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 see