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 […]
The military finance building was once used as a surgical hospital. The basement walls are still painted red to hide the bloodstains. Security Police K-9 units refuse to go into the basement of this building. There was a fire in one of the wings, causing many of the bedridden patients to be burned alive. People […]
Virginia Hall was originally built as an all-female dormitory. It is now mostly offices and classrooms. According to local legend, the head mother’s room was in the attic, and a fire killed her when she couldn’t escape. The girls reportedly could hear her screaming. Classes were held on the 3rd floor. The 4th floor is […]
It’s the location where a little boy fell down an elevator shaft and didn’t survive. It’s said that his mother looks for him. -Update: According to local news, Gurney Mfg. burned down. It was a historic building and a lot of people in Prattville had ties to it.
Roubidoux Hall (3rd floor) is haunted by the ghost of at least one spirit. He had died from smoke inhalation when the building caught on fire some 20 years ago. Those who live in the boys’ old room have seen ghostly apparitions over the side of the bed while sleeping. The doors have also been […]
Ever since the Lakeview Rodeo burned down in May of 2002, there have been sightings of a young man standing in the middle of the site.
In the late 1880s, Denver Children’s Home (originally established as Denver Orphans Home in 1881) provided lodgings to orphaned children. A fire in 1888 killed several children in the attic/third floor of the original building. In 1902, the Home moved to its current location at 1501 Albion Street (at Colfax Avenue). Today, the facility still […]
The echoes of a past tragedy, a life lost to fire, still linger here. An unseen presence makes itself known in chilling ways: doors creak closed on their own accord, and the distinct sound of phantom footsteps can be heard when no one else is present. Electronic devices are not immune; a radio, once playing, […]
Local lore suggests the school was built over an old cemetery, with only the headstones relocated while the remains remained beneath. Over the years, bones have surfaced on the football field, and in one instance, a grave collapsed in the front lawn, requiring it to be filled. In May 2008, a football player reportedly tripped […]
Richmond is an old high school that was said to have burned in the mid 1900’s. If you go into the old gym you will hear either a pep rally or basketball practice. Be careful if you go up the stairs, the upper floors are rotting but you will see lights looking down at you […]
There was originally a high school in the town of Roy, Where the elementary school now stands. All that remains of this is the Gym, the rest having burned to ground in the 50’s. In the Old Gym, there are many cold spots and an altogether spooky feeling. The old locker room lies frozen in […]
A janitor is believed to have died in this theater during a fire in the early twentieth century. His ghost has been seen in the upper balcony by lone actors on the stage. There is also a story about a baby that was accidentally dropped from the upper balcony one evening. It is said to […]
The site of a major civil war battle, many trenches are still visible and people venturing there at night have heard cannon fire and seen apparitions of soldiers
Said to be haunted by a custodian who was killed in a fire many years ago.
35th Avenue and McDowell – – Update: Burned down March 14, 2001, when firefighter Bret Tarver was killed in the line of duty. – There are reports of strange lights, and object moving by themselves.
A man’s ghost approaches a security policeman’s guard post and asks about a fire and then disappears.
The ghosts of two small children (a boy and a girl – allegedly siblings) who supposedly died in fire years ago also haunt the entire building. These two playful spirits especially enjoy the company of the current owner’s youngest child. Observers have witnessed evidence of these two ghosts when the younger child throws a ball […]
Another continuous sighting involves an older black man who appears to be dressed in clothing from the late 1800s. He haunts the second floor and seems to stay near the front stairway. He is often heard screaming at the current owner’s dog to “shut up” and is generally unpleasant most of the time. The owners […]
There are ghost in the kitchen that like to move furniture and other things around. There are several entities that take up residence in this facility. The bottom floor houses a kitchen, bar, restaurant, and motel office. There is the ghost of a woman who haunts the downstairs, specifically the kitchen and seems to be […]
Many years ago the mill caught on fire. A lot of it burned down and many people died in the mills. Now when you are just standing outside of it after dark, when everyone is gone and all the offices are closed, you can see strange lights coming from higher-level rooms. You also hear very […]
Off Route 77 and down a long dirt road, there are the remains of an old church. It was built by a man with the last name of Barry many years ago. His wife had mysteriously died. In a separate incident, his church burned down around the same time as his wife’s death. He later […]
Before Smith Hall was built, there used to be lots of old Victorian houses. One house had a little girl in it. That house caught on fire one day, but the girl stayed in the house so she could retrieve her teddy bear. Some days the girls that live in Smith Hall find their locked […]
There is a presence felt at this church. It has been engulfed in flames before and no damage has occurred. There is a story about someone seeing some old cars around there like a funeral was going on and the roof of the vehicle that this person was in started to crush in until they […]
St. Clair Hall – January 2007 Correction Formerly listed as Miller Hall – when the college was founded in the mid 1800’s as a girl’s Christian school Miller was the main building and the students’ dorm was in the attic. There was a fire in the dorm room and supposedly one of the girls died […]
It is reported that there used to be a furnace in the middle of the church and one of the servers slept in the church and the church had burned to the ground that night. The boy’s body was never found but they put up a tombstone up for him in the cemetery across the […]
Supposedly when the old locker rooms under the gymnasium collapsed or burnt down, a girl was caught and died. To this day she has been seen at night near the restrooms and in the hallways of the school. Her name is Maude (not sure how to spell it). The other story is where the Ag […]
Cottey College is haunted by 2 ghosts: (1) Vera: a student from long ago that was making candy in Rosemary Hall when her nightgown caught fire, and resulted in burning down the hall. Now she haunts the entire college, comforting some girls and tricking others (2) a man in black (or a black man) that […]
There are the remains of a burned down house on the paved section of this road. Rumor has it that a family died in the fire, and people have felt cold chills when passing by the house. – June 2008 Update / Correction: The house was burned by some kids partying inside in the late […]
