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HAUNTED GOVERNOR'S MANSION
AUSTIN, Texas - ...Shortly after midnight in 1864

TX COMPTROLLER ASSASSINATED
AUSTIN, Texas  - While seating behind his desk, the Comptroller was shot to death in office in the state capitol.

THE TAVERNS
AUSTIN, Texas - Niles Graham wanted to open a pub. 

HAUNTED RADIO
AUSTIN, Texas - ...he noticed a reflection in the plexi-glass stand.

THE NUN
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Taking her seat aboard the bus the Catholic sister...

LA LLORONA
TEXAS - La Llorona was a young widow...

THE DRISKILL HOTEL
AUSTIN, Texas -...
front desk staff has heard the child bouncing the ball down the steps and giggling.

SCHOOL POLTERGEIST
AUSTIN, Texas - Metz Elementary opened in 1916. Haunted by children.

THE GHOST OF THE STORM
GALVESTON, Texas - September 8, 1900 began beautifully.

THE BERTRAM BUILDING
AUSTIN, Texas - Rudolph Bertram (1829-1892) arrived in Austin in 1853 and began a trading post.

THE ALAMO
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -
On the 6th of March about 3:00 AM, the sound of distant cannons woke up the family.

BAILEY'S LIGHT - BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas -
by Murray Montgomery - According to legend, the ghost, carrying a lantern, roams across the flat land of Brazoria County, Texas - at night, constantly searching for a jug of whiskey.

DEATH BY RUMOR - ALICE, Texas - Should you doubt the evils of lying about your neighbor then visit the intersection of Highways 281 and 141 just south of Alice where the ghost of a weeping woman dressed in black has been seen for longer then Texas has been a state.

201 EAST PECAN STREET - AUSTIN, Texas - The building at 201 East Pecan street was built in 1861 by the Ziller Family and opened for business as the first boarding house in Austin, which they called "The Missouri House".

NEED A LIFT? - DALLAS, Texas - She turned to check on the condition of the girl and found that it was she who was alone. There was no sign of her former passenger.

THE MOORE'S CROSSING BRIDGE - AUSTIN, Texas -  In 1884 the bridge spanned the Colorado River in Austin after being designed by the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1910 the iron bridge was dismantled and placed in storage for five years.

AUSTIN'S LADY IN BLUE - AUSTIN, Texas - He said he thought maybe she didn't hear me and immediately ran to the stairs to confront the lady. As soon as he got to the bottom of the stairs he saw the lady turn slightly towards him and then vanish.

THE SAN ANTONIO HAUNTED TRAIN TRACKS - Despite his best efforts the train cannot be stopped in time and he watches in horror as the speeding locomotive advances on a school bus loaded with children, their terrified faces pressed against the windows as death races toward them.

THE FAUST HOTEL - NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - Many guests have spotted a "quaint and old-fashioned" man around the building.

THE STAMPEDE - CROSBY, Texas - Overlooking the White River is a strip of hilltop that hosts scrub trees, and long grass.  Peaceful and idyllic it’s hard to reconcile it to the name it holds: Stampede Mesa.

HER LONG LOST STORY - His "white wife", who had been given to him by the Great Storm, had given him the locket he told them but she had only been with him a short time.

AMITYVILLE  - LONG ISLAND, New York - The story behind the most famous haunted house in America.

THE BELL WITCH - ROBERTSON COUNTY, Tennessee -The well known story of a tortured man named John Bell and his family in Tennessee.

 


 

 

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