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Hauntings
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TEXAS
GHOSTS
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The
White Lady of Rio Frio
by Linda Kirkpatrick 10-15-07
Could there really be a ghost that haunts the banks of the Frio
River...?
Chupacabra
by Mike
Cox 10-24-07
Does a zoologically unknown, blood-sucking creature prowl the South
Texas mesquite?...
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“Witch’s
Gate”
by Johnny Stucco 10-11-07
In Cold Blood: Clay County, Texas 1975
A needless killing for a fortune that wasn’t there.
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Haunted
Hotels
Catarina: Catarina
by Mike Cox
"If you’re looking for a ghost, it figures you’d go to a ghost
town to find one.
But when Terry Cole came to the Dimmit County town of Catarina from
McAllen several years ago, he sought employment as a construction
worker, not an encounter with the supernatural. Even so, he ended
up with both..."
Laredo: La
Posada Hotel by Mike Cox
Piedras Negras:
The
Haunted Railroad Hotel of Piedras Negras by Luke Warm
Mineral Wells:
The Ghosts of the Baker Hotel by Bob Hopkins
It may be one of the most haunted places in Texas, if not the
country.
Mineral Wells:
Ghosts
of the Crazy Water Hotel by Bob Hopkins
"… Another Crazy Water Hotel employee stated that a little girl's
spirit, who has called her "Dizzy", a nickname that only her family
knows, frequently follows her around in the kitchen. …"
Schulenburg:
Haunted
Hotel - Schulenburg's Heartbreak Hotel; the Uninvited at the Von
Minden. by John Troesser
San Antonio:
The
History and Mystery of the Menger Hotel by
Docia Schultz Williams - a
book review
Haunted Courthouses
Hanging
Tree - The Haunted Tree of Shelby County's Courthouse Square
by James L. Choron
Lady
of the Clock, DeWitt County Courthouse by Lou Ann Herda
Legend
of the Gonzales County Courthouse Clock by Lou Ann Herda
Haunted Theaters
Granbury
- Granbury Opera House by Joan Upton
Hall
Haunted Schoolhouses
Center
- School Days by James L. Choron
The mystery of Center High School's second floor
The
Levelland High School Ghosts
Old
Eola School
Trio
Schoolhouse
Fly
Schoolhouse
Haunted Houses, Cemeteries, Churches, Depots,
Jails, Forts, Libraries, Bridges, Rivers, Caves ...
The
White Lady of Rio Frio by Linda Kirkpatrick 10-15-07
A ghost that haunts the banks of the Frio River...
Houston's Basement-dwelling, Tree-planting, Violin-playing, Dog-loving,
Butter-making Ghost.
by Johnny Stucco 10-8-07
Houston Library Ghost Story
There's nothing to not like about "Cra" the building's civilized
resident spirit.
Saratoga
Ghost Road
by Ken Rudine 9-9-07
Pollok
and a Mystery Light on the Bodan by Ken Rudine
9-9-07
Alamo
Ghost? 9-4-07
La
Lomita Chapel 2-16-07
"My photo proved that I saw and photographed something."
- Ken Rudine
The
Big Thicket Light by Archie P. McDonald 1-29-07
"The Big Thicket Light, aka the Saratoga Light, shows up at
night on a seven-mile stretch of road connecting Farm Road 1293
and Saratoga, a former health spa/oil town/Big Thicket gathering
area in Hardin County.."
Dead
Man's Hole by Mike Cox
The expression "he just dropped out of sight" had both figurative
and literal meaning in Burnet County during and after the Civil
War...
Flight
from ghosts helps stomp some berry juice by W.T. Block, Jr.
"As children, Broomtail and I had grown up, listening to our
sisters’ tales on Halloween nights, about the ghosts that wandered
around the cemetery. And to augment their stories, a river man named
Old Rob, who worked on our farm, had bottomless pits full of ghost
stories of his own."
Flowers
For Sarah Herndon by Clay Coppedge
"On the east side of Donahoe Road, not far past the Donahoe
historical marker, is a single grave protected by an iron-wrought
fence..."
Haunted
Hill Clay Coppedge
"Joyce Woods Cox, a local historian based in Moody, was told
when she was a child that at night you could hear the rattling of
chains."
Ghost
of Nicaragua Smith Still Haunts Graveyard by W. T. Block,
Jr.
If you should ever pass near the Old City Cemetery in Galveston
on the night of January 8th, you might hear a screaming voice out
of the ocean mists...
Alamo
Ghosts by James L. Choron
DeWitt
County - El Muerto, the headless horseman by Lou Ann Herda
Edinburg
- A haunted depot by JohnTroesser
Fort
Concho - Dead Ellis by Mike Cox
Docents guiding tours of Fort Concho's reconstructed hospital still
tell the story of “Dead” Ellis.
Fort
Concho Ghost - Shannan Yarbrough
Katherine
Fleischer Park - Cow Ghosts in the Old Log Cabin
by Mike Cox
La
Grange - The Haunted Jail by John Troesser
Marfa
- Mystery of the Marfa Lights by John Troesser
Milam
County Jailhouse Ghost by Lou Ann Herda
Nameless
Cave by Mike Cox
Weatherford
- The Baker Mansion by Bob Hopkins
Williamson
County - Jake, the Bridge Ghost by Mike Cox
Woman
Hollering Creek by John Troesser
Cry
Baby Creek in Lufkin by Bob Bowman
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Sarah's
Dream by C. F. Eckhardt 2-2-07
Josiah Wilbarger's Ordeal - Scalped Alive on Onion Creek
Stampede
Mesa by C. F. Eckhardt
"Stampede Mesa was-and may still be-one of the most thoroughly
haunted places in Texas."
The
Legend of the Olive Ghost Train by W. T. Block Jr.
"...That's the old Olive ghost train and it makes one round trip
every Halloween Eve..."
The
Ghost on Highway 281 by C.F. Eckhardt
"... John wasn't the only person who'd seen Lackey trying to
hitch a ride north toward Johnson City. A lot of people were aware
of him. Truckers don't like to drive that stretch on fall nights..."
The
Legend of the Headless Yankee Cannoneer of Sabine Pass by
W. T. Block ("Cannonball's Tales")
"I already foresee that some character will accuse me of stealing
this yarn from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but I'm going to tell
it anyway. The anniversary of the Battle of Sabine Pass is almost
here, and if I don't repeat it once more, the story might be lost
to posterity for all time..."
The
Ghost on Milam Street by C. F. Eckhardt
Seguin's Headless Ghost
A
Monument to the Killough Massacre by Mitchel Whitington,
Excerpted from "Ghosts of East Texas and the Pineywoods",
23 House, 2005
Daddy's
Favorite Song by Sandy Williams Driver, from "Haunted
Encounters: Departed Family and Friends"
The
McDow Hole by Bob Hopkins
"The story of the McDow ghost became very popular by the end
of the 19th century ... many people would come to the water hole
hoping to get a glimpse of the specter." "With so many
sightings over so many years coupled with documented sightings of
those who died there, it is obvious that this story far exceeds
the status of mere myth or urban legend."
TUMBLEWEEDS'
TALES: Ghost Towns and Town Ghosts
by Stephen Osmon
Town ghosts of Evanesce, Texas; and Coyotes’ Story of the Great
Spirit.
The
Eerie Demise of Johnny Horton by Clay Coppedge
"Despite Johnny Horton's wild-at-heart looks and voice, he
was a man haunted for years by ominous premonitions of his own death.
He often promised those close to him he would contact them from
beyond the grave."
The
Lady in Blue by Bob Bowman
For longer than anyone can remember, the story of “the lady
in blue” has existed on the fringes of East Texas history and religion.
The
Poltergeist by George Lester
The
Haunted Boots by George Lester
Phantom
of the Oilwell by George Lester
Ghost
in East Texas by Bob Bowman
The ghost of Bouton Lake, resident ghost in Lady Bird Johnson's
family home at Karnack, phantom of the opera in Nacogdoches, Diamond
Bessie in the Excelsior House, and more ghosts in East Texas cemeteries.
Ghost
Road by Bob Bowman
"Does the lantern of a headless brakeman haunt
Hardin County's Ghost Road?..."
Texas'
Favorite Ghost Story - San Antonio's Overworked Ghost Children
by Raoul Hashimoto
Bailey's
Light - A Brazoria County ghost tale by Murray Montgomery
"Best
Tales of Texas Ghosts" by Docia Schultz Williams. A
book review
"Ghosts
in the Graveyard, Texas Cemetery Tales" by Olyve Hallmark Abbott.
A book review
A
dog ghost in Stephenville by Mike Cox'
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The
Keeper of Seul Choix Point
by Ken Rudine
Ken and Yvonne Rudine recently toured forty-two lighthouses along
the shores of Lake Michigan. Like many places where mortals spend
a lot of time lighthouses are frequently thought to be haunted.
This is one such case.
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Skull
Island on Mermentau River, A Slave Ship's Inhumanity
by W. T. Block ("Cannonball's Tales")
"... It was the story of 200 starving African slaves abandoned
on a marsh ridge on Mermentau River, where they were left to die
horrific deaths..."
The
Ghost In The Bell Jar by Loyd Auerbach
from "A Paranormal Casebook: Ghost Hunting in the New Millennium",
Atriad Press, 2005
The
House on Nikitski Pereulic by James L. Choron
A Russian ghost story
Our
Little Hero by James L. Choron
"This isn't a "Texas" story, but it's one that I think Texans will
identify with. A "different kind of war story", it's one of the
saddest, but most heroic paranormal cases I've ever dealt with."
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About
ghosts, spirits, mythical creatures, superstitions... &
Halloween Traditions
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Denison
UFO by Mike Cox 3-13-08
The January UFO sightings in Stephenville gave the national news
media a brief respite from politics and conferred on the town millions
of dollars in free advertising, but the Erath County incident isn’t
the Lone Star State’s first rodeo when it comes to mysterious objects
in the sky.
The
Wail of the Wampus Cat C. F. Eckhardt
1-3-08
The words ‘wampus cat’ usually denote a mythical bugbear or bugaboo
used to scare small children and the incredibly credulous. However,
for a period of about forty years—the 1920s through the mid-1950s—at
least in certain parts of Texas, a ‘wampus cat’ was something very
real...
Chupacabra
by Mike Cox 10-24-07
Does a zoologically unknown, blood-sucking creature prowl the South
Texas mesquite?
‘Mysterious
Cattle Deaths’ Not So Mysterious by C. F. Eckhardt 8-15-07
In the news over the past several years there has been a rash of
‘mysterious’ deaths of livestock, most notably cattle. Apparently
the animals have been sucked dry of blood, as a general rule the
genitals have been cut out, apparently surgically, the eyes are
usually gone, often the tongue is gone, and the rectum has been
removed. These have been blamed on everything from UFOs to Satanic
cults. Apparently, they are the result of neither...
Lubbock
Lights and UFOs by Clay Coppedge 8-7-07
I've seen some weird things. But I never saw the Lubbock Lights.
They came along a couple of years before I was born, in 1951. As
far as I know, which isn't very far, they haven't returned but their
mystery and the legend surrounding the lights has never quite gone
away...
Death
Superstitions by Bob Bowman 6-11-07
In early East Texas, death was accompanied by a variety of superstitions,
some of which are still respected in the homes of our grandparents.
Mr.
Acton's Story C. F. Eckhardt 1-1-07
"...We headed for that light. It was slow going, but we made
progress-but when we got to it, there was no house. There was just
a glowing ball of light, maybe a foot or a foot and a half across,
in the branches of a little tree..."
The
Undead by Maggie Van Ostrand
Not only is Halloween right around the October corner, but
this week has a Friday the 13th in it. If that's not enough to get
your hackles raised, it's time to reconsider the Bridey Murphy Syndrome...
Friday
the 13th by Maggie Van Ostrand
"...Is the fear of Friday the 13th based on the fear of the
number thirteen itself?... Who were the three scariest guys to be
born on Friday the 13th?..."
Some
old-time superstitions prevail by Delbert Trew
When I began asking friends about this subject I learned many early-day
superstitions are alive and well today.
The
Case of Beaumont's Missing Marble Corpse by W. T. Block,
Jr.
It was July of 1901 in Beaumont, and the frenzy of oil excitement
rushed on unabated... In the midst of all the oil madness, there
emerged one of the strangest tales ever to unfold in the "sawdust
city," the case of Beaumont's missing corpse that had turned to
stone...
TV
Corpses at Halloween by Maggie Van
Ostrand
Dead
Men Don't Talk, But Dead Women Do by Maggie Van Ostrand
"...Who will be the Main Dead Person of 2005?
We nominate the still-great-though-dead Frida Kahlo..."
Live
Oaks and Dead Folks
Columbus City Cemetery Tour
"Just because some of the more interesting people in Columbus
happen to be dead doesn't mean you can't get to know them."
Wild
Woman of the Navidad by Murray Montgomery
"The Navidad isn’t really much of a river, as rivers go – it’s
not very famous and can’t be compared to the stunning Guadalupe
or majestic Colorado, when it comes to beauty. But the little old
Navidad just might have a claim to fame that the others can’t equal.
You see, the Navidad has a past of mysterious and wild creatures,
of the two-legged variety, living along its winding path..."
Punkin
Center by Mike Cox
The Punkin Center Phenomenon, and the old
Irish folktale about Jack-O’-Lantern, the
enduring symbol of Halloween.
Halloween
- Ghoulies and Ghosties and Long-legged Beasties
by Elizabeth Bussey Sowdal
Lechuza
by Mike Cox
"Lechuzas have been scaring people in Mexico and South Texas
for a long time. ... Lechuzas are witches - brujas - who transform
themselves into birds...."
Superstitions
by Bob Bowman
Ghosts, witches, graves, black cats, Halloween, Friday the 13th...
"Never slam a door. You might hurt a ghost, who'll haunt you
for the rest of your life."
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Kingsbury
Cemetery
9-8-07
Floating
at the Baker Hotel Cloud Room 8-15-07
"Carter
may be a ghost - but it isn't dead."
Carter, Texas...-
Tarrant County Investigators of the Paranormal, June 13, 2006
Subject:
Haunting in San Antonio
I am seeking your help in locating information. As a former long-time
resident of San Antonio, I am familiar with many of the local legends
about ghosts and the like. I know all about the "haunted" train
tracks, and the optical illusion responsible for the phenomenon,
I remember tales of Midget Mansion (actually hiked up that way a
time or two), and I have heard fascinating, and rather scary, stories
of the ghostly activities in the old Hertzberg Circus Museum. More
specifically, I have heard tales of what occured in the basement,
used at least at the time by the library for storage. The mother
of a personal friend of my brother actually worked in that basement,
and had her own stories to tell. Cases of a man in dark/black clothing,
often very threatening, books moving, being "grabbed" by nothing
visible, and more. While looking around online for these old stories,
I found many of them, but can locate nothing on the circus/library
building. I did visit the museum there once, and only once, and
was rather uncomfortable, for lack of a better word, the entire
time. I am hoping that you might have some information on this "haunting".
Thank you. - Deborah Fisher, May 25, 2006
Sterling
City - Main Street landmark building
Ghost
Soldier or Under the Overpass at Alice -Melisa Sammons
Houston
Ghost
Hello, I question why not one of your featured writers of ghost
articles has failed to investigate downtown Houston`s
most noted haunting... "The Old Downtown Houston Library" rumor
has it that an old caretaker lived in the basement of that building
with his dog... this caretaker loved to play his violin (fiddle)
after hours.... He no longer is alive.... but the tunes he played
can still be heard softly coming from the basement... this story
was reported 20 maybe 25 years ago.... I have not heard anything
of it since.. however I did see it featured on a TV program, but
i don't recall which.. Could have been "Unsolved Mysteries".....
but I may be wrong........If you go to the old Library... they won't
let you down into the basement if your only a visitor... but I think
that someone with credentials can surely gain access.. And write
a story that needs to be told. Thanks for this website, its GREAT!!!
- Chris M Bird, August 10, 2005
Haunted
Jails and Jail Museums in Texas
Shannan Yarbrough, Fredericksburg Chamber Assistant, March 11, 2005
My wife and
I live in Mission, Tx. One time we heard a story that there was
a chapel that was haunted. Now this place is located about three
miles south of Mission in a town called Madero. One night my wife,
a couple of friends from Houston and I decided to go and see if
this was true. It was around 11 p.m. when we got there and saw this
big chapel with a balcony. The gates were closed and it look like
it has been abandoned for a while. The first thing we saw was a
man standing in the balcony with his arms wide open. We all got
scared and quickly started to drive off. Suddenly a very big noise
came about and we saw a light flashing in our windshield. We really
had never believed in ghosts, but this was something very special.
- R Reyna, March 14, 2003
I was born
and raised in Beaumont and heard many stories about the "ghost"
of Saratoga.... A friend of mine once told me that her car
was actually attacked and dented by an unseen force when she was
in Saratoga. .... On a double-date, I was taken out there late at
night, but nothing occurred. ... I would like to know more of the
story (legend), whether it be true or not. ... - Thank you, Rhoda
W., January 02, 2002
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