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.

 Alice - Old Hospital Alice P and S - Reports of a call bell going off on the second floor 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.

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.

Alton - Alton bus crash - In September 1989 a 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.

 Aquilla - Lavanot - there this really old cemetery that's back in the woods, it’s 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. Well 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 whistles! But it never stops it just goes right through town.

Arlington - 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 of the theater crew 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.

Arlington - River Legacy Park - walking on a narrow path away from hell's gate you will see what was once a clearing. Reports of moaning and a red hair haired general clad in a Confederate uniform.

Arlington - River Legacy Park - Hells Gate - It is 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 there 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.

Arlington - 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.

Arlington - 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.

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 - 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 - 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.

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 - 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.

 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 its 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


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.

 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 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.
 
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.

Brewster - 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. This is first and second hand experience when my best friend lived in that dorm.
 
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 - 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.

 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!

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.

 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.

 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.

 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 whom she buried alive because her 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.

 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 Christy - 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. It’s 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 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.

 Dallas - Capital Building - Reports of people walking around during the night hours and sightings of Ghostly shadows by employees.

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 - 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 - Hospital(shut down)across from Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children - Voices heard, apparition of a girl by a tree that says, “you’re to late to help”, screams, then vanishes. There is a story of a little girl that fell out of the tree and died.

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.

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 - 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.

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 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 - 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 - Del Valle high school - It's been known that in this school three young guys killed band members from there. And now it'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 - Sacred Heart Catholic Church - There have been at times a woman seen in a turn-of-the-century bridal dress by many parishioners weeping in the side chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is believed to be the ghost of a young Mexican woman who was left at the altar and died not long after. She comes back in hoping that her deserting groom will come back.

El Paso - Six Poles - There is a place near interstate 10 were it is say that at night this lady is said to haunt the place since six poles was used as a slaughter site for animals early in the century. This lady that is said to work at this place accidentally killed herself with the non mechanical machine used there and it is said that late on nights her spirit haunts the place and that she appears to carry her head on her waist and a bloody scene appears every time you hear her moan in pain this place is located behind a new community college built about 2 years ago and close to an amusement park now closed because this kid got killed in the unsafe wheel of fortune.

El Paso - Thunderbird Road - When driving down thunderbird towards Mesa St. you will come upon a downward sloping hill. Go down the hill to the point where there is a slight upwards slope, stop, put your car in neutral and turn off the lights. After a couple seconds you will begin to roll up the slope with your speed increasing the longer you let it roll (you do eventually start going downhill again, so I suggest you stop your car at the top of the slope). Not sure if it's a ghost or not, but it is abnormal.

Eola - Old middle school - It is said that some children died when a boiler blew up. You always get a weird feeling when you’re walking through it. During Halloween the sometimes open it up into a haunted house, since the school is no longer open anyways. During the setups and the "haunted tours" actual weird things have happened such as doors slamming and footsteps being heard. - NO Trespassing

Euless - Midway Recreation Center - at night people have reported a strange spirit moving around in the building turning on lights and working out to rap music. The grunts of his workout can be heard from inside the buildings. Some of the janitors say it looks like one of the old co-workers who had died a couple of years ago

Euless - The Old Nursing Home - Back behind the new nursing home, and the drive through pharmacy, right off of Industrial Blvd.(Hwy 157), there exists an old nursing home in which all of the patients and doctors just up and left for unknown reasons. The halls are littered with the wheel chairs and medical supplies of the former residents. It is said that the moans of the elderly patients can be heard up and down the halls. And if you find the dining hall, a table stands in the center of the room stained with blood and the stench of something rotting lingers in the air. - September 2004 Update: the Nursing Home is being rebuilt. if you want to investigate, get the proper permission. NO Trespassing.

Fabens - Alemeda road - There is a ghostly man in white can be seen. This is between the city of Clint and Fabens. It appears he is running towards cars.

Fabens - Cattleman's Steakhouse - An apparition of a man can be seen from the corner of your eye at night. Mainly this man haunts the area around the bar, as well as the Buffalo room and the Greenhouse room.

 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.

Fort Worth - Lake Worth - Witnesses say at night you can see a woman out on a boat looking for her lost children with a lantern.

Fort Worth - Log Cabin Village - When up in the top floor you can smell lilacs, people say that it is the perfume of a settler that was killed there. You can also hear doors slamming. Sometimes a evil spirit that resembles a man with a broken neck will scream and can be felt chasing you out of the building.

Fort Worth - Old Opera House - Some people have said that the Opera House right out side of Fort Worth is haunted. They don't know who it is but some people have said that you can hear screaming every once in a while.

Fort Worth - Peters Bros. Hats 909 Houston - The ghost of Tom Peters moves hats around. When they acquired the space of the former pizzeria, they may have acquired the ghost of the dishwasher, Jack Martin. Jack would baptize new employees with a good spray from the dishwasher.

Fort Worth - Red Lobster on Hulen St. - Mainly seen in the kitchen a ghost of a girl likes to tease the cooks. At night employees have seen her walking the restaurant.

Fort Worth - Scott Theatre - A young actor, Ken Yandell apparently hanged himself from a pipe in the basement of this theater. His ghost seems to spend most of time in the strange corridor filled basement where he died. A wardrobe woman was so frightened one night by cackling coming from the stage that she left and never returned.

Fort Worth - Spaghetti Warehouse - Haunted by at least 3 separate ghost. A small girl in the bathroom that turns on water, flushes toilets, and scatters paper towels. A woman in white that can be seen on the balcony late at night. A old cowboy that throws glasses and knocks over stools.

Fort Worth - Stockyards - Miss Molly's Bed and Breakfast Hotel...Located in down town. This former bordello has had a few apparitions spotted within its walls.

Galveston - Luigies Italian Food - Workers have seen figures of the lady and hear her whimpers as she walks down the stairs.

Galveston - University of Texas Medical Branch - Old Red The building is a fairly modern one with a grid type pattern on one side. The building is concrete with sandstone like finish. The old man's face appeared on one of the grids (there were nine total) the face is a lot like a shadow picture but is quite clearly visible. The story is that the grid where the face appeared was sandblasted to remove the face, only a few days later the face reappeared in a different grid. It is possible that the sandblasting was repeated at least one time with the face appearing yet again in a different spot. The building is quite close to the bay edge of the island and the site is very difficult to see without being on the actual grounds of the building. Someone might be able to see it from the water.

Garland - Lakeview High School - Ever since it was opened in the 1970's, it was always consider the "bad" school. Over the years it was given the name of "Suicide High". It was given this name because sometime in the late 70's a boy shot himself in the bathroom. Later on in the 80's a girl broke the mirror and slit her throat, a two girls found her. To this day there's still no mirrors in the girls bathrooms. Later, only one girls and boy killed themselves in the school. Many students that attended Lakeview in the mid 90's committed suicide. In the bathrooms, sometimes you can hear footsteps when nobody else is in there. There's no windows in the school, that's what some students feel that make rooms so cold. There are cold spots in some places, and you can hear voices too.

Garland - Smiley's Grave. - A story of a man who had slaughtered his entire family. It is said that if you lay on his grave at midnight on Halloween....it is a bit of a struggle to get up.

Gatesville - Mt. View Correctional Facility - This is now a women's prison but was once State School for boys. When you first start to work there the prisoners will tell you that there are little boys haunting the dorms. I witnessed this first hand more then once. One night while working 3rd shift I was standing at the sink area of the dorm and was looking in the mirror when I saw someone walking in the dayroom area. I went to investigate and were I saw the movement there was no one there. Also during a 3rd shift watch one of the female guards was making her rounds when something ran out from one of the small cubical in front of her causing her to scream and wake up the prisoners. She quit not soon after that.

 Grand Prairie - Confederate Graveyard (near Joe pool lake) - this place has a sign that says - 'posted - no trespassing' - and a man does own this land, and lives very deep into the graveyard, but he probably wont see you, regardless.. be careful... this graveyard is said to be a burial ground for dead soldiers from the civil war.. if you go there late at night/early morning (from midnight to about 3 am) you will see a red light down the road into the darkness, when you get closer to it.. it goes away... when you go in the graveyard (after jumping the fence) you hear voices.. random wind gusts.. cold spots.. and gunshots, and screaming men... and it has been reported that a couple of teenagers who went to the graveyard came back to the car, to find all the doors unlocked.. when they made sure it was locked before they went inside.. and also, there was a small child's handprint inside the car which no human hand could reach (it was near the bottom of the windshield, meeting the dash board).. and when you leave the graveyard, if you look back.. you will see flashing lights, as if a gun is emitting a light... some have also reported strange things happening in the month visiting this haunted graveyard.

Grand Prairie - Estes Cemetery - There is an old cemetery near Joe Pool Lake. It is full of mostly women and small children. Also, there are strange lights over the tombstones late at night. Also witnesses have heard a strange laughter coming from nowhere.

Grand Prairie - Grand Prairie Memorial Cemetery - Strange blue lights, a girl in a long white dress runs across the road in front of your car and disappears

 Grand Prairie - Palace of Wax and Ripley's believe it or not. - Believed to be haunted by victims of a fire. Strange presence felt, electrical malfunctions that could not be explained, strange noises Like Bells & someone screaming, the motion detectors would go off and there wouldn't be any one in the building but a few staff members.

Grayson - Sherman - Woodman's circle - This building has served as an orphanage, school, and asylum. Reports of seeing the apparition of a woman wandering the grounds, as well as strange noises ranging from voices, cries and screams.

Gregg - Longview - Old Caddo Indian museum - Museum off Farmed Market road also known as loop 1845 has been closed down for many years. The museum displayed artifacts that were found in burial sites in East Texas. Several people have seen a little ghost girl standing beside the road or in front of the museum during the night and strange sounds can sometimes be heard while driving down the street in front of the museum late in the evenings. The ghost girl is said to be that of a little Indian girl that was killed from a head injury. Her skeleton was on display in a glass case for many years.

 Harlingen - Harlingen Insane Asylum - Towards Brownsville. This place was used a while ago but is now disserted. Supposedly, if you go there at night you can hear people screaming and people walking around at night. Many people had died there so maybe its there ghosts walking around.

 Hereford - Tower - It is said to be haunted. A while back these guys killed a young boy at this tower. They took him out there because they said there were going to go drink out there, so the boy went with them. The story is to be that when they got out there with the boy they chopped him up and ate him. The cops had found these men and they were convicted Now when you drive out there while your driving you drive on pavement and when you get to the middle a dust of smoke appears and you drive threw it and once you get to the tower if you roll your window down you will hear screams it's said to be the young boy screaming for help. No one has yet entered the tower. But there is also another past to this tower. Hereford was a war ground they fought here and they say that the tower was where they kept the prisoners.

Hidalgo - Hidalgo High School - One of the buildings of Hidalgo High School called the "G Wing" is completely haunted. It is said by teachers that in after school hours books are thrown off the shelves. It is also said that teachers and janitors have seen the ghost of a janitor who passed away a couple of years ago walking in the halls very early in the morning.

 Hillsboro - Old Junior High Building on Walnut Street - When this school was a college in the early 1900's, students often got into fist fights with each other in the cafeteria. One day, a fight got out of hand when a student through a tray at another student's head and cracked it open. The student died before the paramedics arrived. People have reported seeing him roaming the halls of the now deserted building.

 Hillsboro - The Tarlton House Bed & Breakfast - It is said that he hanged himself on the third floor after the death of his second wife. Greene Duke Tarlton, the builder of the Tarlton House in 1895, built his family home with love and spared no money creating a lasting legacy for his family. Rumor has it that Mr. Tarlton himself is said to be wondering the halls at night. Witnesses have heard the footsteps and felt cool brushes, like soft kisses to their brow. Eyewitness accounts can be read in the journals that are found in every room, left behind from the weary traveler or vacationer. This house is currently a Bed & Breakfast Resort 1(800)823-7216.

Hockley - Schultz middle school - a girl hung her self in the bathroom said to be haunted.

Houston - Ale House Pub and Eatery - There has been numerous sightings and mischief here. beer mugs go sailing across the room, food plates being flipped up for no apparent reason. Customer's getting hit with thing's, one so bad that he files a lawsuit against the pub stating they were responsible for his injuries (of course it was thrown out). - July 2005 Update: The Pub was torn down a few years ago and now has a book store and strip mall on the site.

 Houston - Christman Road - Reports of an apparition of a girl dressed in a purple dress.

Houston - Cinemark Tinsel town 17 - Ghostly figures; little boy and man both died in a trailer park one murdered another burned to death when the whole thing went up. Doors opening, voices at night, lights turn on by themselves.

Houston - Cypress Springs High School - This is a fairly new school, built about 5 years ago in 1998. They say that a construction worker died while building the school and his body was left in the schools foundation and was never found. Noises are heard in the bathrooms. - January 2006 Additional information: In the auditorium (theater) cold spots have been felt backstage and there is no air conditioning back there. Footsteps have been heard on the catwalk. It is thought to be linked to the construction worker's body. One of our custodians doesn't like to stay at night because she hears noises around the school. 

 Houston - La Carafe - La Carafe is located in a pre-Civil War building on Houston's historical Market Square. The second floor seems to be the seat of the haunting. Employees have reported hearing footsteps and the sound of heavy objects being dragged across the unoccupied second floor. The figure of a large black man has also been seen standing in the second floor window after closing time. La Carafe Experience
 
 Houston - Old Woman Hollerin' Creek - Located off of Interstate 10 between San Antonio and Houston, this forest-surrounded creek is said to be haunted by the spirit of a woman who drowned her two children in the creek, and now walks along the bank searching for them. Many have claimed to hear and see her, and it is said that if you get too close to the creek, her hand will reach out and pull you in.

Houston - Patterson Road - Patterson Road is located between Highway 6 and Eldridge in Houston. This place is rumored to be the site of a Civil War battle and the bridge closest to Eldridge is haunted. If you park in the center of the bridge and turn your car off there will begin to be tapping noises all over your car. They aren't just the sounds of your car settling. They are mostly on the sides and the back of the car. It is said to be the spirits of the soldiers who died. Be careful, this road is absolutely pitch black at night, however you can see cars coming from either direction at quite a distance.
 
 Humble - 1960 Over Pass Area/Train Track - The East 1960 overpass is now built over what was once a cemetery. The overpass was built to cross a set of train tracks. Workers dug up the cemetery and moved it to the woods beside it. Now It is a extremely evil area. Several businesses along the tracks have reported violent disturbances. There was a Putt Putt course along the tracks in the area that became a church, when the church would be closed in the night demonic screams could be heard from inside. The woods are very active as well, There are images seen floating through the woods as well as red lights, which are believed to be a gateway into pure evil.

Humble - Old Golf and Games - This area is now a church but was abandon for years only a haven to cults and ghosts. The ghosts here are the result of being disturbed by man moving their graves. About 97 percent of every sighting in this area the ghost appear as a rotting corpse. There's a bench just outside the building where every night there a white figure that sits on the far side of the bench. The figure is that of a human. The corpse like ghosts can also be seen in the woods across from the building wandering through the turned over gravestones and fallen church.

 Huntsville - Oakwood Cemetery - This is the cemetery where General Sam Houston is buried, and also where the statue college kids call black Jesus is located. It's a bronze statue on the far north edge of the cemetery, kind of in the middle. It is in a gorgeous spot with palms and it is recessed into the woods a bit, with benches and such. All the graves in the cemetery are laid out with the feet facing East, this families graves are the only ones where the feet face west. A family erected the statue when there 5 year old son died and the bronze soon weathered to a black color that could not be cleaned. The Jesus is a classic pose with the hands out stretched and palms up, except sometime when you go out at night the hands are turned down!

Huntsville - Sam Houston Memorial Museum - When you're in the loft of The Woodland Home at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, you can hear people walking around underneath you, and see their footprints in the gravel leading up to the house. You can also see things fall off of Sam Houston's desk sometimes in his law office.

Huntsville - Walls Unit, Tex. Dept. of Corrections - Walls Unit, Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice. - Ghosts and unexplained noises on the original death row (first floor of the South Building, not used since the 1950s), the East Building, and the catwalk connecting the two. One Halloween a correctional supervisor put a voice-activated tape recorder on the now abandoned old death row. When he played it back later for several correctional officers, they heard the clanging of cell doors and at the very end an unidentified voice saying "Hey captain, Hey captain." Source: Austin-American Statesman, October 29, 1999, pp. A1, A8.

Hurst - Bellaire Theatre - Rumored to have had a projectionist pass away due to a heart attack in the building. Other spirits floating around include a young girl and a not so nice guy named Neil. Strange sounds, doors closing and actual interaction with the young girl have all been witnessed.

Hutchins - Lancaster Country Club Lake - People have reported that the purple mist has approached them while they were out on the lake at night. The phantom approaches from the north side of the lake and disappears a few feet from boaters.

Irving - Crockett Middle School - A young pregnant girl killed herself in the old ladies dressing room. There have been sightings of this young girl and screams heard before and after gym class in the new dressing room

Irving - Texas Stadium - It is said that the whole stadium is haunted but sometimes after the games when everyone has left except workers you will see an old man and his grand daughter walking around on the second floor. She is dressed in a cheerleaders outfit and waving a flag. If you talk to them they won't answer, they will only pass you and disappear into the darkness.

Jacksonville - Jacksonville City Cemetery - There is a statue by the name of Mother Templeton. It is said that during full moons she changes her positions. Some have seen her holding one hand over her heart and her left hand down by her side, some have seen her holding a bible in the palms of her hands, and some have seen her holding flowers in her hands.

 
Jefferson - Hotel Jefferson - is occupied by a few ghosts. A maid has claimed to hear voices coming out of room 19 when not occupied. Some occupants had been known not to stay in room 19 due to the feeling of being watched.

Jonestown - Travis Lake - Haunted by a woman killed in a car accident.

Keller - Old Stone Rec Building - Footsteps have said to been heard by the nightshift janitors. Also, sounds of splashing water are around but the pool is empty...

Kerrville - Kerrville's Court Yard - it is known that a young woman was killed here by her boy friend in the late 1800's and her bf then hung him self after killing her he was a very jealous guy people have experienced seeing her and her boy friend fighting around midnight then you will see him kill her then later on in the night you will see him hanging in a tree whoever goes there at night will feel sad and start to cry for no reason then you will feel some one breathing down your neck and there would be no one around then your car will lock and unlock lights will flicker in the court house then you will see a young woman running real fast trying to escape her jealous boy friend then your car will shake and there will be a banging noise on the top of your car.

Kerrville - Schreiner University - Delaney Hall - Most in Kerrville already know that Delaney Hall on the campus of Schreiner University is haunted by 8 spirits. Rumor has it this school suffered several freak accidents in the 1950's and 1960's.The Deaths include: One kid who killed himself and yet another who suffered a fall down the steps of Delaney hall in which he died instantly from a broken neck. Recently the students of Delaney hall tried to reach a spirit using a Ouija board. This is how the students learned of the other 6 spirits as one of the spirits told of the news. Many strange occurrences have gone on in Delaney Hall such as apparitions of kids are seen late at night. Once when the building was empty the security on the campus of Schreiner witnessed a light being turned on and off. When the Kerrville police department arrived nobody was in the building. Delaney Hall is also full of cold spots. Students are also awakened by their televisions and radios being turned on and off by themselves.

 Kilgore - Kilgore College - Several years ago, a girl committed suicide on the eighth floor of Stark Hall, which was the girls' dorm at that time. The college closed that floor for several years after the fact because people complained about strange noises, footprints on their bed, extremely cold spots, and the feeling of being watched. The floor has been reopened ever since the dorm was remodeled. The residents of the eighth floor still complain however of strange happenings, such as knocking and scratching on the walls along with cold spots.

Kingsville - Chela's Market - reports of thumping and lights flickering on and off at night and of people seeing figures in the windows

Kingsville - Jones Auditorium - The was a worker who fell out of the rafters during construction and passed away. He now haunts the theater. There have been reports of lights turning on and off, doors locking, and costumes falling off the racks.

Kingsville - Texas A&M University - Apparitions have been seen by numerous people. Cold spots and feelings of being watched in Lewis and Turner Dormitory Hall. Said to be haunted by male student who committed suicide (Turner Hall) and a female student who did the same in Lewis Hall.

Kingsville - Texas A&M University - The Bell - A Guy was said to of hung himself and know at midnight you can see his shadow on all 4 corners of the Bell.

Kingsville - Texas A&M University - Bishop Hall - At night you can hear a girl in the halls. You get feelings of coldness in some places. Some girls have even felt the presence of a person in their room. Sometimes girls feel somebody playing with their hair along with the sound of somebody breathing near them. At times doors that are locked will unlock on their own and open. Other Girls have even heard moving of chairs being dragged across the dorm when dorm rooms on not being occupied. Showers have even been said to turn on and off on their own when there is nobody else in the dorm bathrooms. Most of these experiences have happened on the third and Second floor. Some say it is the spirit of a young girl that went crazy by playing the Ouija board and hung herself.

Kingsville - Turner Hall - In turner hall on the second floor in restroom to the north side. It is said that late at night you can see in the corner of your eye a passing black shadow flowing from the last toilet near the window to east exit. Also while showing you can see a passing shadow on the cretin.

La Feria - C.E. Vail Gym - In 1978 there was a suicide by a young girl who hung herself in the gym. For many years students and Faculty workers claimed to have seen her. A Custodian was once cleaning the gym at 5:30 and claimed to have seen her walking with a rope in her hand. Also students reported to teachers that the young girl had chased them out of the gym. Back then the school use to be a high school now it is an elementary. The gym has been demolished and was said to be built on an old cemetery.

Lake Jackson - Jackson Lake - The lake for which the town was named, Jackson Lake is a slave-built structure with a strange history. The Lake was made to serve the Jackson Plantation, owned by two brothers. During a particularly ugly spat, one of the Jackson brothers murdered the other and threw his head into the nearby lake. From that day, apparitions have appeared as well as sounds of the headless brother searching for his head. The plantation was moved decades later to make way for a new subdivision. People who live in the now-called "Lake Jackson Farms" have reported apparitions outside their homes, strange noises, and in at least a few cases, full hauntings. All that remains on the site of the original plantation house is the fireplace, made of mud brick.

 
LaMarque - LaMarque High School - When people go up to the cat walk , people can hear voices when you are with 1 other person. It is said that someone was climbing the ladder and fell straight down killing instantly. If you go further down, there use to be an elevator shaft which people say the line broke and it fell while people where in it.

Laredo - Alma pierce elementary - There's a rest room that has been closed for years already and the say its haunted because it was in Halloween that there was a Jamaica and the was 3 girls Ashley, Maria, and tiffany. They locked Maria in the restroom. They had forgot about her until Maria's mom called 2 the two girls house asking if they had seen her. They told Maria's mom that they were joking around and locked her in the restroom. They told Maria's mom they had forgot about her. They send the police to the school it was about 10:00 pm already. They looked for her in the restroom but they only found her shoes and cloth. Maria's body was not there only blood

Laredo - Laredo Children’s' Museum - The children’s museum first floor used to be a morgue before a newer building was built and the old one with was torn down. Sometimes you can see shadows and there have been reports of voices and cold spots.

Laredo - Laredo Mall - around 10:30 some say they see a little girl walking around she has a doll on her right hand and they heard her crying for her mom they say her clothing is about the mid 1900´.

Laredo - People have said that a little boy with a red backpack has been seen a night just roaming around the school especially in the gym, cafeteria, and the 400 wing. Teachers, coaches, faculty, and some students have seen this little boy but they say that he looks like a real person but does not talk.

 Laredo - The Texas Rural Legal Aid building - The Texas Rural Legal Aid building is about a block south of the Magnet School and is rumored to have been inhabited by monks at sometime. Workers have stated that they have seen a dark shadow walking around from room to room and stopping at one of the desks and pausing for along while, they say in the area where he pauses there used to be a bell which one of the monks would ring in order to announce things. At one point the staff left a tape recorder on overnight on a staircase to see if they could record strange noises and they recorded footsteps going up and down, an abrupt stop and someone screaming no just before what sounded like someone kicking the tape recorder down the stairs where it was found the next morning.

Laredo - United High School - United High School has been haunted for years. Some say they would see a dirty little girl under the portables playing or looking for some thing in the dirt. Others say it is haunted by an Indian. Janitors have experienced this haunting at night. One night a janitor was cleaning one of the portables, picked up the trash, put it in a bag and fixed the desks, turned off the lights and locked the door. As he was walking away he looked back and saw that the lights were on. He opened the door and the trash had been thrown on the ground and desks were messed up again.

 
Liberty Hill - Witches Grave - Supposedly in the 17-1800s, a black slave was accused of being a witch. She was hung in a nearby tree (which is still there) and buried in the cemetery. Her grave marker says something like "whoever passes over this grave, shall die as I died"... the words are so worn off that you can hardly read them. On Halloween night, people claim to hear the "witch" and sometimes see her hanging in the tree.

Lindale - old grade school gym - it is said that while playing basketball in the gym that you can hear kid’s voices coming from the underground classrooms that haven't been used in many years. also if you go downstairs you could hear the voices even stronger and while leaving the lights will turn on behind you and the dangling light fixture will be shaking around. some have even heard chains rattling.

 Lubbock - O.L. Slaton - Originally posted as J.T. Hutchison - it has been said that a substitute teacher kill him self. Every now and then you will see light go one and off and hear strange noises. Also, the light is in the theater, and the ghost has also been known to make the stage lights shake violently from time to time. Supposedly, it has tried to push people down the stairs a few times. As for the identity of the ghost, it was supposedly a teacher who died near the theatre when it was being built.

 Lubbock - Texas Tech University - water tower - On the coldest night of the year you can often see what looks like 5 or 6 young men on the top catwalk which goes around the water tank. They appear up there all night as if they are spending the night. It is always the coldest night that year, so you can't predict in advance when that may be. The first reported sighting was about 1949 or 1950 and seen almost every year since when observed. There is no knowledge as to who they are.

 Matador - US HWY 70 - Though much of it unconfirmed highway 70 between Matador and Paduca, TX has a lot of deadly history. Many car accidents have occurred here. The nearest hospital being over 80 miles away many accident victims do not survive. Driving through at night can give you a complete sense of dread. Some drivers claim that on the highway the became very agitated wondering if what they were feeling was real. Wondering if they were alive or dead. Paranoia is the strongest emotion felt here. Many have claimed to see lights and refractions coming from the Matador Cemetery. This desolate highway has very little to offer in the way of peace. It however has much to offer in the way of death.

Maxdale - Maxdale Cemetery - It is believed that this very old cemetery is haunted by an old man with a limp, some say he was the caretaker of the cemetery. There is also a small old iron bridge you have to cross to get to the cemetery which is also believed to be haunted if you go at night to visit the cemetery and you stop on the bridge turn off your headlights and count to ten then turn them back on there will be a man hanging from a noose. Who is believed to have hung himself when he could not save the life of his girlfriend who had drowned in the river under the bridge. Another story is that a man committed suicide by driving his truck off a small bridge on the road to the right side of the cemetery. Witnesses report a phantom old truck appearing behind them. Chasing them for a moment, along with a sad presence felt through out the entire cemetery.

Maypearl - Greathouse Cemetery - Strange heartbeat sound has been reported.

McAllen - Toys R Us - Four years ago a young boy was climbing the ladder to get to the loft. When he got to the very top he fell and was killed instantly by having his neck broken. Every once in a while during night crew u can here a young boy laughing and running around in the loft. Lights sometimes turn off and on and certain locked doors will open but remain locked.

McKinney - Buffalo Joes - A fine dining restaurant located in downtown McKinney on the east side of the old city hall. The restaurant has four areas. the lower level, the main dining room upstairs, the private banquet room, and the storage area behind the banquet room. A mischievous spirit occupies the storage area. Sometimes our toilet paper would be strung out, other times forks would be pinned into walls. All the employees left at the same time just because we were easily freaked out being by ourselves up there. The restaurant used to be a brothel when McKinney was first founded. Also check out the jailhouse restaurant, a couple blocks west.

McKinney - McKinney downtown. - In the old court house there is a lady in white. At night, she is looking out the window. They say back in 1896, she hung herself.

McKinney - McKinney Public Library - Many books in the library are misplaced, bookcases are being knocked over, and money being taken out of the register and books not paid for being put in purses and other personal belongings.

Mesquite - Eastfield College - Built in the early '70's on the site of the old Motley Mansion. The Motleys donated the land for the school after the house was burned down by vandals. The family cemetery is still there and includes a grave for an severed arm! Anyway, the theater of the school is said to be haunted by a man who watches practices of plays, etc. He has been reported several times in the past twenty years or so.

Mesquite - Galloway Elementary - Several stories are told from employees too visitors whom went through personal experiences of that school. Children heard running up and down the halls at night, from janitors that work there. Chairs moving in the lunch room. A women spotted by a janitor at night walking down the hallway at night dressed in 19th century clothing. And a gym were children have been spotted in the daytime that don't exist. There is a story of a teacher that told his children they couldn't use the restroom in the gym without permission a child stood in front of the restroom watching and ran in. he said hey you cant go in there. When he went in there too get him, no one was in there and there's no other way out. and on the last day of this employees job he said out loud in the gym, "you can have it I don't have too deal with you anymore”, as he was walking out, a hockey stick was thrown across the gym and no one was in there. This was after school hours. Witnesses there at night and heard children on the playground with no one there. There are many stories about that school for many years.

Mesquite - Old Holloman's Road - Hollomans Road is a small dirt road that curves between Lawson Rd. and Bruton Rd. There is a solitary home that has sat for many years abandoned on this small street. It is the only structure on the road. Brave teenagers have tried to walk the street at night only to disappear never to be seen again. The road became such a danger that the city closed the road off. Witnesses become overwhelmed by a sense of dread and of being watched, even in broad daylight. In the 80s, a Dallas man killed a young woman and her young son and dumped their bodies on that dark and brooding road (this is easily checked, as the case was just solved in the last year or so).

Mesquite - Trail Dust Steak House - It is said that there was a man working on the upstairs railing above the dance floor when the restaurant was being built. He was adding something to the railing, when he fell to his death on the left side of the dance floor. His name is John Brown, he has his own table in the upstairs dining area. Table #218, it sits between the entrance to the kitchen and the grill window. The upstairs lights are on a timer, set to go off at exactly 1am, but John likes to keep the light above his table lit till way after that time. Also, managers and employees have quit there jobs there because around 4am, some nights, they have seen lights turn on and off, phones ring off the hook, printers spit out whole rolls of gibberish, doors swing by themselves, and also hearing footsteps on the dance floor. He is also known to haunt the men and women's restrooms upstairs, no matter what, the lights find a way to mysteriously turn themselves on in the restrooms. There has also been reports of cold spots felt in the women's restrooms.

 
Midland - Museum of the Southwest - The ghost of it's murdered owner when it was a mansion haunts upstairs.

Mineral Wells - Baker Hotel - A young man and his friend were fraternizing with the laundry women in the basement or what used to be the laundry rooms. His boss was going to check on them so the first man jumped into the elevator the second man however was caught in between the closing door and died. It is said if you go by the elevators at night you can see him. Another legend is that a mistress was so distraught that she could not have her lover killed herself in the Baker. You can smell her perfume of lavender at night in the hall where she killed herself. Numerous orbs have been seen in pictures along with amazing ecto photos and sounds, apparitions and smells.

Mineral Wells - City Park - While sitting in the bleachers, you can see figures in baseball uniforms walking across the field. Orbs have been photographed by the jungle gyms.

Mineral Wells - Fort Wolters Complex - Y.A.C.C Youth Program 1980'S - Man's Dorm room 1ST Building from road It was reported that during WW2 when they use to train pilots there, their was a young man who did not want to go to war so he shat himself and now he roam the old barrack where he died.

Mineola - ”Cry Baby Bridge" - The story goes that when the American Indians roams the hills of East Texas they were being massacred by the white man. The chief learned of a planned attack and had separated the women and children from the his men. The white man planned for the split and killed the chief and his men by the huge trees by the bridge. The women and children were slaughtered right by the bridge. There are a couple of trees that are still there and with the leaves & branches are shaped like a Chief's head gear with the shape of a face. If you go to the bridge at night and turn your engine off right on top of the bridge, roll your windows down, you can still hear the cries of the women and children that were massacred.

Mission - City Cemetery - It is said late nights there are small troll-like creatures that have chased or frightened people off.

Mission - LaLomita Mission - This old mission has just recently been open to the public. In the mission's heyday, priests were rumored to be having intercourse with the nuns and burying the children's bodies on the grounds. One night some illegal emigrants, who were aware of what was going on, went in and killed two of the priests. The third priest went to get help, but died while searching. The robes and bones of the priests were on display up until a couple of years ago. Thereafter, it became an asylum for the mentally challenged. Many of the people working there reported seeing figures in robes walking around the grounds at night. The asylum shut down completely recently, but the grounds are still open to tourists during the day. You may not be able to go inside the old mission, but it is still worth going the trip.

 Near Oakalla - The "OZONE" - It a long winding road with lots of sharp curves, hills and bridges. It is said that the headlights of a truck will just appear out of no where and chase you till you run off the road in which many people have died on that road. There is also an old bridge that is still there but condemn now, that a school bus full of kids fell over side down into the river killing them in the process. Since then, the have a new road and bridge near an intersection by a white church leading away from the old creepy one, which is in the vicinity of east of the new bridge. You will see a large metal road block next to a Historical Marker which I think someone stole. In the mist of the trees you can see the metal beams of the bridge. You can still walk over the old bridge which base road is made out of wood planks; and you're quiet and listen, you will hear the cries of the screaming children. There is also a grave yard across the road from the bridge which has been rumored to have a witch's grave in it. The headstone glows a shimmering orange color like the reflection of flames from a fire when there is a full moon.

New Braunfels - The Hotel Faust - Newspaper articles about the hotel ghost, noted for drifting in the hallways of an upper floor, entering closed doors, turning water and lights on and off, etc.

Noack - Lawrence chapel- Late night corpse's candle's can be seen in the graveyard behind the church. After dusk the preacher who died while at the church can be heard.

North Richland Hills - Knob Hill - People have reported seeing dark figures moving through the trees late at night at the top of the hill. Residents also report shouts and hollers early in the morning before dawn. It is reported that a local outlaw Known as Sam Bass took two men up to the top of the hill in 1870 and shot both of them in the head. Some residence have reported over the years of seeing men with old cowboy hats walking around by their fences, but when they go out to investigate no one is there.

Oakridge - Older Neighborhood - Reports of apparitions (one is recognized as a former owner), Shadows, being touched and slapped, and noises heard.

Odessa - Ector jr. high - in the 60s it used to be a high school. The students always teased the janitor that worked there. So he climbed the balcony in the auditorium and hung his self. Many have seen him walking around the balcony and stage.

Odessa - Insane asylum - An old building located on the west side of town in an old Spanish looking hospital. Many of its patients have killed themselves in this place and it has been said that at late at night their spirits still wander that hallways looking for their doctor. Many times this has occurred and many people in the town of Odessa have been scared out of it and the police have boarded up the windows and the doors, some teenagers broke in and started a fire, but if you drive by late at night you might be able to see a light glow from the upstairs windows.

Odessa - Odessa High School - A ghost called "ghost Betty" who actually went to this school killed herself in the auditorium. Many have witnessed voices screams or even visions of her hanging. School - December Update/correction: The story about betty that is already on the website is incorrect. Betty was a student back in the 60s, and her real name was Elizabeth. Her boyfriend took her out to a stock pond around Notres and he shot her and weighed her body down and dropped her in the pond. The next day he was taken out of class and she showed the police where he dumped her body, and she haunts our auditorium because she was big into theatre.

 Olton - The Trees – witnesses report hearing drums that sounded like Indian drums and seeing a white mist going around the car they where sitting in.

Palestine - Palestine Courthouse - There is a legend of when a baby fell out of it's mothers hands and died. At night or anytime when you are alone in the courthouse you can hear a baby crying. Some times you can hear footsteps of a baby.

 Paris - Old Plantation home in Slate Shoals - Most people get a bad feeling just looking at this house because of the way that it seems to just stare at you when you see it and you feel like someone is watching you. People report seeing a woman in the attic and hearing strange sounds. It has also been reported that you can see the wheelchair move across the room. If you look down into the well on the corner of the kitchen in the front of the house you can see a reflection and this may be the son of the slave master. Out back there are eleven cabins, on one side there are six and on the other there are five and if you go to the middle cabin, known as cabin number five, on the side with only five cabins you may hear screams. Cabin number five is where it is believed that some of the slave girls were raped and killed.

Pasadena - Deepwater Jr high - there has been rumors that a girl drowned in the swimming pool when the school was built and now she haunts the girl's locker room by opening lockers and turning on the showers

Pasadena - First Line Apartments - Residents report hearing strange noises during the day and night, heard footsteps coming upstairs and the sound of keys in the door, but when they went to look who had arrived, no one would be there. Also reported an apparition of a woman coming from one of the bedrooms, walking past the small hallway and continue to the next room and disappear. While she was walking down the hallway, she would pause for a short time and turn and stare into the living room as if looking for someone.

Pasadena - Gilleys - Gilleys is an old indoor rodeo that burnt to the ground many years ago. Supposedly a few people died. You get an eerie feeling that someone is watching you. You hear footsteps from the catwalk. A spooky owl flies around as if to tell you to stay away.

Pasadena - Pasadena High School - It is said that a janitor who was fixing the light in the catwalk fell to his death in auditorium. He fell in about the 6th row and if you sit there during a production or in the sound room you will get chills. If you walk up the stairs to the sound room there is a door to the roof and sometimes you can hear it slam. Also there is a girl their who hung herself because she did not get the lead role in a play and she is said to play tricks on the students putting on a production.

 Plainview - Carnado Jr. High - A little boy died there and if you walk down the hall by the Gym alone you can here a basketball bouncing but there's no one there. And the stage if your there you get the felling that's some ones watching you and you can hear little whispers

Plainview - Masso's department store - across from the courthouse there is a store that is named Masso's it used to be a photo shop at the turn of the century. The Masso's the owners of the store used to live upstairs there and had their western store downstairs. They said that they were ran out by weird stuff happening like they would leave and come back and furniture would be moved. So they moved out and used the upstairs for storage. But they still heard weird stuff happening like furniture moving around.

Plainview - Old Hilton Hotel - The hotel has been closed down for years, but the place is said to be haunted. Several rooms still have the curtains hanging in the windows that have been seen moving even though no one is in the building. There is also a rumor that the place was broken into by Satanists. They were said to have called forth demons, which are now trapped there. There is even a story about Room 529. It is said to have an open Bible lying in the floor. If you enter the room, the air suddenly turns icy and the pages in the Bible begin to turn.

 
Port Aransas - Tarpon Inn - The old hotel was built in 1886, which is almost 100 years older than me. The rooms are very small and cramped, nor do they have any restoration done. Our bathroom was glowing pink at about 3;00 in the morning. Last time I checked bathrooms were not supposed to glow pink. Our room was on the second floor, which was the top and you could hear footsteps above us. You could also hear voices in the shower, which was this really old concrete slab thing. There were cold spots everywhere.

Port Isabel - Port Isabel Lighthouse - it is said that one day a guy turning 17 on that day was dared by his friends to go to the 17th step of the light house and stay there for 17 minutes. as a result, he died. Now every time you climb the lighthouse, the 17th step creaks.

 Possum Kingdom - Camp Constantine - Reports of apparitions of 2 cowboys standing there staring, also screams and yelling are heard.
 
Princeton - Princeton & McKinney Water Tower off the Airport Road - Reports of an apparition of a woman falling from the Water Tower.

 Richardson - Shopping center at Yale and Beltline - When it was Herman's sporting goods in the late 80's an ex employee was let in after hours where he killed almost every one in the store. People who have worked in their later say they hear boxes moving, people laughing and than dead silence.

Richmond - The Old Jail House - This old jail house is located on Preston Street and is currently the local police department. It used to be a killing place for slaves and is now said to be haunted. Ghosts have been seen by police working the late night shift.

Rio Hondo - Rio Hondo High School - In the Rio Hondo High School when it was being constructed a man got electrocuted and died. Now the janitors that are cleaning late at night claim to see a shadow of a man in the sophomore hall chemistry hall were he died. Teachers who stay at night to grade paper also claim to here stuff and steps in the halls

 San Angelo - Fort Concho - Many ghosts haunt this "best preserved" frontier army fort in America. The buffalo soldiers were stationed here in the late 19th century for protection against Indian attacks. Many of them are still there along with others. Officers Quarters' #1 still has a little girl upstairs who died of an illness. She can be seen from time to time. Ask any employee for details. Conrad McClure, and employee and re-enactor have had many ghostly encounters there during his career.

San Angelo - Fort Concho - It is haunted by many of the buffalo soldiers, a young girl playing on the floor in an upstairs bedroom of Officer's Quarters #1 accompanied by cold spots.

San Angelo - Regan Elementary - It is haunted by 2 cheerleaders in the girl’s bathroom. they were brutally killed one had their heads cut off and the other hung. Female janitors concerned yet scared run out screaming.

San Antonio - The Alamo - Cold spots and a feeling of melancholy can be felt throughout the Fort. 189 Alamo defenders and at least 1200 Mexican soldiers fought and died here in San Antonio, many without the benefit of a proper burial leaving a lot of lost souls in search of a eternal resting place, thus making San Antonio one of the most haunted cities in America.

San Antonio - Bexar - The train tracks - In the 20's a bus full of kids was struck by a train on the southwest side of town. I have been there, it is real if you put your car there in neutral something pushes your car over the tracks. Sometimes if you look you can see small hand prints people believe this to be the small children who died in that accident.

San Antonio - Camberly Gunter Hotel - The Camberly Gunter Hotel is haunted by the ghost of a prostitute who was murdered there by one of her tricks in the early 1960's. The room she was murdered in was found covered in blood but no body was ever found. A picture of her hangs in the Lobby Bar. The man who murdered her was said to have then checked in to the Menger Hotel in San Antonio three blocks away where he also disappeared without a trace.

San Antonio - Chinese Graveyard - Go down Zazamora after you pass Loop 410 keep going the road will make a slight turn to the right and on the right (it is hard to see so go slow) there will be a big white cross. Pull in turn the car off along with lights its better with the windows down. Quickly flash your lights five times and look and listen for talking and white apparitions around the very small graveyard

San Antonio - Comanche Look-out Hill - Sources say they have seen ghost of the men that were stationed at the fort. They also have reported that they have seen Indians there.

 San Antonio - The Emily Morgan Hotel - Floor nine is a very active floor. Having been unaware that the building housed wounded soldiers during the battle of the Alamo, we stayed there on floor nine in room 902. We were the only ones on the floor yet doors opened and closed all night long. At one point he toilet seat slammed itself up and down about ten times while we were in the adjacent room. A bottle of wine slid off of the counter by itself as did the coffee pot the next morning and the elevator would not take us to the floor we wanted. Once we did get moving the doors would open and shut about ten times before standing still long enough to let us out. Management had responded to earlier complaints of the same but the motor was fine.

San Antonio - Espada Park - There are railroad tracks here that are said to be haunted by some kids that were hit by a train while riding in a bus. When people come here and park their cars about ten to twelve feet away from the tracks, the ghostly kids push the car to safety.

San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston - There are several officers’ quarters on this old Amy post that are said to be haunted. At one you can at times hear the sound of a piano playing. There is another house where there is of a child who will move items around the house. There is an older, large wooden quarters, where those that live in the house hear footsteps.

San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston Old B.A.M.C. - This place is known to be extremely haunted. sounds can be heard inside and even outside of this building of people talking. Around toward the ambulance area you get a strong sense of fear. There is also a light that remains on even though there is no electricity in the building.

 San Antonio - St. Anthony Hotel - A 1909 San Antonio Hotel haunted by a Hispanic employee named Anita, an elderly lady in a women's bathroom, a sad young woman who is in the roof ballroom, and a ghostly couple who frequently come back to a certain hotel room to re-live their honeymoon. More ghosts are there, but many are unknown. Reports of being followed, people see shadowy outlines, doors opening and closing by themselves, & apparitions of 2 different women.

San Antonio - St. Martin Hall - This place is the elementary across from Our Lady of the Lake University. It is said that when it use to be a border school there was a girl that was killed in the restroom. Unusual things have happened such as lights being on after they were turned off and things have gone missing.

San Antonio - Stinson Field Cemetery and the Stinson Field ghost - It is said that the cemetery next to Stinson Municipal Airport (formerly Stinson Field) is haunted by blue lights over certain graves at night, which are in fact visible from the road when you're driving by. One of the old hangars at the Airport itself is also haunted, presumably by a man who was killed while starting his plane... though it's a condemned hangar used for long term storage only. Both of these, interestingly enough, are on the way to the Ghost Tracks of Shane and Villamin roads..

San Antonio - The Menger Hotel - Haunted by 38 known ghosts, including Teddy Roosevelt, a lady in blue, Sallie White who is a murdered chamber maid, Captain Richard King, and many others. My sister, who is a little psychic, had an experience here. Our family was sleeping in the new portion of the hotel, and she woke up in the early hours and saw a misty "cowboy" like-person standing in the room with his back turned to her. He had a blank stare on his face and just stood for several minutes before leaving. Many of Teddy Roosevelt's rough riders haunt the bar.

 
San Antonio - University of the Incarnate Word - Main Administration Building - built in 1922, has cold spots and reports of a student's radio dial (non-digital) begin scanning through stations on its own. This same admin building's top (4th) floor was once used as a quarantine for victims of tuberculosis and has seen its share of deaths, which might account for the activity. Additionally, on the 3rd floor of the Admin building, a 5-year-old boy chasing a bouncing ball has been spotted regularly.

San Antonio - Victoria's Black Swan Inn - There have been numerous ghostly experiences.

San Antonio - Villa Main Railroad Tracks - Haunted by the children killed in a 1930's fatal school bus accident. The bus reportedly stalled on the tracks and was consequently hit by a train, killing all in the bus. It is said that if you pull your car onto those tracks, the children will push your car over the tracks to safety. Baby powder placed the bumper of the endangered car is said to show the handprints of the small children.

 
San Juan - Old Doedyns Elementary - Back when the school was open, everyone would say that a little girl once went in the restroom right outside the cafeteria and came out with scratches all over her wrist. she was bleeding from all over her arm. She said she never felt anything, so nobody knows what really happened.

 San Marcos - Thompson Island Bridge - The Thompson Island bridge in San Marcos is said to be haunted by the ghost of a long dead Confederate soldier. He died there at his post while guarding it during the American Civil War. It is believed that he still appears there. Dressed in his grey and yellow uniform. cap, and cape. and armed with a Kentucky long tom riffle. Although sightings are very remote, it is reported that the dead soldier’s ghost is more active before, and during wartime.

 
Santa Maria - Iglesia Antigua - in this church you can here noises at night. there is a tunnel under the church. it was a cemetery.

Santa Rosa - Long ago a restless spirit haunted this town. She was called "La Llorona" or weeping woman. She would walk down the streets of one of the villages called "EL Rincon Del Diablo" or the Den of the Devil. She would weep for her children that had drowned in a canal not far from the village. The town had to make a huge exorcism to put the restless spirit to rest. Nothing has happened in the village since then, but some say if you walk up the canal at midnight you can still hear her wails.

 Sealy - Sealy High School - sounds of walking and doors opening and closing on the second floor, elevator operating by itself.
 
Seguin - Texas Lutheran University- There are two places that are haunted here. One is the Wupperman Theatre building which is said to be haunted by a little girl in a blue dress who wants to play hide and seek. Also the stage lights flicker on and off for no reason and the trap door has been said to open on its own. The other place is a dorm room in the Trinity Building which is completely locked up, and no one is allowed to live there. Some say you can see the lights go on and off and the blinds fluttering.

Seminole - Shafter Lake - There is a place known as Shafter Lake in between Seminole and Andrews. It is known to have been a Indian Burial grounds. It is said that if you go there at night and park just off the road by the large rocks and flash your lights three times you will see an apparition of a woman carrying a lantern dressed in a white flowing gown coming towards you. You can also hear the sounds of drums at the site.

 Southlake - Timmeron - you can be walking down the street by the pool and you will feel a sudden feel of cold energy and a feeling you are being watched all the time. When you are in the bike trails you can occasionally hear something walking near to you and people's dogs always bark out of nowhere and you look outside to see what it is nothing is there. Lights will flicker, you can hear loud noises outside, so on.. many people have reported seeing ghost.

Spring - The Cat House - Supposedly a girl about 12 was playing in the loft when she fell. She had died from complications. She is said to walk the loft.

Spring - Blue Light cemetery- Reports of a blue light and blue fog all over the cemetery, accompanied by heard voices and footsteps and the feeling of being chased.

Springtown - Veal Station Cemetery (just North of Springtown)- It is said that there is a glowing tombstone there. It came on the news one night and reported about the glowing tombstone and the ghost of a woman walking around her grave. Update: but the cemetery is chained off at night now because of so many people going there.

Stanton - Convent is haunted by the Priest who hung himself for being accused of a crime. Reports of the lights being turned on and off at night. Some even sayings of babies that cry at night that were supposedly buried under the convent.

 
Sunnyvale - Barns Bridge - One night in 1974 and lady and her daughter were driving on Barns Bridge and flipped into the creek and they both died. Legend is that at midnight you stop on the bridge and turn your car off and sit there roll down the windows and drop your keys onto the road. Wait for 3 minutes and get your keys and they say that when you get home you will have a set of 3 finger prints all over your car.

 Texarkana - Spring Lake Park - The town that dreaded Sundown. A couple was there making out and were murdered. Rumor is that the girl was tied to a tree and stabbed to death, if you stand by that tree, you feel rope being tied around you. - October 2005 Update/ Additional Info: The story is that they both were victims of the notorious Phantom Killer of Texarkana in 1946. They have gotten out of the High School prom and went to a make out spot although they were told not to go there since the Phantom hadn't been caught. The girl was indeed tied to a tree and stabbed, but in a rather unique way: the Phantom tied his knife to the slider of her trombone and pretended to play it while simultaneously stabbing her. Today the Phantom Killer is STILL at large

 Universal City - Randolph AFB - Eberly Park - where a young man crashed his plane and died in the early days of the base. And many things are said to happen in the maid’s quarters and old water tower.

 Van Zandt - Edgewood - Crooked Creek - Going back to 1958 reports of a woman in white walking the road at night and she has accepted rides to say I am going home. She gets out at this deserted house for 60 years and goes in. No lights go on or nothing and she isn't seen again accept on rare times. Everything about her is white they say. The story is on one website that has been around a few years. I think its called bluebird something. The ghost of Edgewood seems to be harmless and she doesn't appear often. But after reading about other ghost this seems to be normal.

 Waco - Cameron park - Witches Castle - this place called The witches castle is in Cameron park, if you go up to it there is a road and you turn right and go up all the way, you then start to smell something terrible, the smell is the bodies the witches killed, and you can hear screams, gasps, and banging.

Waxahachie - Catfish Plantation Restaurant -Update: recently burned down 6/29/03 - This Restaurant is haunted by past residents named Eliza Richards, who died at age 77 in 1925, and her son Jesse Thomas Richards, who died at age 68 in 1937. Eliza is the "Elizabeth" Her spirit appears as her younger self, a girl of about 19, the age she was at her first marriage, a happier time for her. It is how she projects herself now, from memory. The "old farmer, Will" is her son J.T. Richards, who was the local meat cutter and grocer from the early 1900s until his death in 1937. The third ghost, Carrie, has been correctly identified. Caroline Jenkins Mooney lived in the house from the 1950s until her death in 1970. Waitresses and customers are always reporting strange things that happen--rude patrons having plates dumped on them, cold spots in the bathroom. Pictures have been taken that show a slender young woman in outline form. One is a farmer, one is an old woman who lived there, and one is a young girl who was murdered on her wedding day in the house. Supposedly a burglar attempted to burglarize the safe one night and seemed to leave in a hurry. - September 2004 update: The Catfish Plantation, which was partially burned in 2003, is now back up and open for business. The owners say that the three ghosts (Elizabeth, Will, and Caroline) are still present.

Waxahachie - Site of the last confederate hanging by union army, Private John Hemerich, is seen by some to be standing by the side of the road on Becky Rd.

Waxahachie - Waters St. - A little boy is said to be haunting the streets late at night in his bike. The story goes as is. One day late at night, he was riding his bike, when a car of drunk teenagers shot him for no reason. It is said that he still rides his bike late at night, and if you approach him he takes out his revenge on you.

Weatherford - Baker Mansion - Originally built in 1894 it is said to be haunted by Charles Baker, a son of the of the original owner JD Baker. JD Baker died before the house was completed and Charles mysteriously disappeared in 1908. It was purchased by the Fant family in 1940 and reports of ghostly encounters are given by a relative who lived in the house off and on during a 30 year period. She reports seeing shadows on the staircase, feelings of being touched by an invisible hand, seeing ghostly figures and on one occasion the sounds of someone violently pounding the inside of the locked basement door when she was alone in the house. The current owners have had no encounters with any ghostly presence but a worker states that an unseen person tried to push them off the stairs on the second floor. Source: Bob Hopkins, The Baker Mansion Baker Mansion

 Whitehouse - Bascom Road - At night you can see a woman dressed in white crossing the Bascom Cemetery road with a knife in her hand, she is possibly the ghost of a woman who stabbed her husband then stabbing herself. He lived but she died. He died sometime after that, she is said to be searching for him to finish what she started.

Wichita Falls - Drunk Tom - Outside of fallstown there is a place in between the North Texas State Hospital and Southwest parkway, where a young college bound man, Drunk Tom, was walking along the Holliday Creek reservoir. Drunk Tom had been drinking heavily that night and either tripped or was pushed into the reservoir. It is said if you go there at night and stand in the exact spot where he died, you will hear a whiskey bottle breaking against the concrete, and see something in the corner of your eye, which immediately disappears.

Wichita Falls - Highway 79 Barn - There was three men who raped and killed a woman and got hanged for doing it. If you go to the barn it is said you can see the woman and the three men wandering around. - February 2005 Update: This place is reported to no longer exist.

Wichita Falls - Lucy Park - cemetery behind Lucy Park - There is also a statue that's called "Little Sister". It's a statue of a young women and it is said that she died from a fever she caught in England when she went there to purchase items for her home after her marriage. If you go there at midnight and you truly feel sorry for her the statue will cry.

Wichita Falls - North Texas State Hospital -Administration Building - Old building, built in the 1920's. Used to house the insane, with many deaths occurring prior to it being turned into offices. Lights can be seen going off and on. On quiet evenings, can hear moans and wails coming from the third floor. Security reports occasionally hearing chains rattling and doors opening and closing. Employees see vague shapes at the ends of the hallways at dinnertime.

Wichita Falls - North Texas State Hospital "M" Building - At night doors opening and closing and footsteps in the hallways. An apparition of a "nurse in a white dress with the old nurses cap on" checking on the patients, Security guards have reported a hand on their shoulder but when they turned to look, no one was there. Cold spots where also noted.

 Woodville - Old Cemetery - Outside of Woodville -Noises heard, apparition of a man in a black suit seen only to disappear moments later.

Zapata - Old Zapata Middle School - Zapata Central - At the Old Zapata Middle School gym (which is now Zapata Central), there is a ghostly resident of a small boy that died there. Footsteps heard in the bleachers when no one is up and walking.