The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
According to local legend, if you drive out to Old Foamy Road at night, turn off your headlights, and honk three times, a goat man will appear in front of your car. Others say strange things happen to the car itself.
Ghosts of monks and Native Americans have been seen. At one time a large group of riders who looked like civil war soldiers rode by a group of men. Their cabin shook from the force of the horse’s hoofs hitting the ground. When they had passed, no one plant had been damaged.
The Baker Hotel in Colorado City, Texas, is what remains of a once-proud establishment in a town that was, in its heyday, the largest community between Fort Worth and El Paso. Built in the 1920s as part of Theodore Baker’s broader hotel enterprise across West Texas, the building still stands today — though it is […]
There is a hill that on some nights, you can see a lit up cabin, but when you try to drive to it you cannot find it anywhere. In the late 1800s there was a witch that lived there, and it is said that her ghost is still there trying to attract people so she […]
A small girl drowned in the lake. Commonly at night you can see a small girl walking around the lake and her voice can be heard around it. On the road commonly called “Shady Trail” by locals, you can see her walking along it and turning around to look then disappearing. There have been accidents […]
In the 90s, a family at a local shopping center called Wards got more than they bargained for when their little boy needed to use the restroom. The father took his son to the restroom and stood outside while the son went in. Once inside, the child screamed louder than anyone had ever heard, and […]
Formerly a privately owned mansion, now Girl Scout Camp “Casa Mare”. Young woman who live in the home near the shore with her father said to be very distraught over the loss of a lover. She waited, watching for him to return from the sea from her balcony every night until she met her untimely […]
Two campers supposedly died after falling in a well and being trapped at Girl Scout Camp Casa Mare. It has since been covered, but many report they still hear them screaming and clawing to get out.
The dorm nearest to the shore at Girl Scout Camp Casa Mare is supposedly haunted. This dorm houses those campers taking sailing. There are 3 showers in the dorm, and when the first two are turned on, the third mysteriously turns on by itself. Lights turn on and off unexpectedly, and campers report hearing things.
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 […]
The only woman legally hanged in Texas was Josefa Chipita Rodriguez. She lived in a shack on the Aransas River where she cooked for weary travelers and let them sleep on cots on her porch. When a traveler named John Savage fell victim to an axe murder, Chipita was the prime suspect. $600 in gold […]
The hauntings reported here are associated with the former El Paso Museum of Art building on Montana Street. The museum has since relocated to One Arts Festival Plaza in downtown El Paso. An old woman has been sighted multiple times looking at visitors from a window on the upper floors of the old building. Lights […]
This place used to be a restaurant but due to the loss of sales the restaurant closed down. It is said that the ghost of the person that started this business haunts the second floor. It has now been turned into a Mexican Restaurant and the second floor is now used as storage but some […]
Mary Moody Northen Theatre – There are reports of a shadow of a young man who allegedly committed suicide. According to legend, he hanged himself using the sandbag ropes. If you listen closely, you can not only see the shadow of the body swinging across the stage (even when the ropes are absent), but you […]
Premont Hall – An all-male dorm – is said to be haunted by the spirit of a former Resident Advisor. According to legend, during spring break, he returned early, slipped and fell in the showers, and died instantly. His body was allegedly left there for a week. Residents report that his ghost is responsible for […]
Doyle Hall – An all-female dorm – is said to be haunted by the ghost of a nun. Fortunately, she is described as friendly. Occasionally, the showers will turn on by themselves, and you might hear the sound of someone showering. However, when you step out, the rest of the showers remain completely dry, as […]
Reports of Seeing an apparition of an Indian on horse back, hearing the sounds for drums and the smell of pipe smoke. There have also been reports of a phantom wolf that runs in the woods & disappears.
Workers have seen figures of the lady and hear her whimpers as she walks down the stairs.