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Canyon – West Texas A&M University – The lobby is know to be haunted a girl got murdered there a while back. It is haunted by a young lady who walks in the dorms and in the halls of the dorms. She has also been seen on the elevator. Also to be said there is one dorm room that has they say like an underground thing that leads all over the dorms. At midnight if you park your car at the Wal-Mart parking lot you will see a light go on and the girl will be standing there looking out the window. Also if you live in the dorms you will smell popcorn popping at 12:30.
Cactus – Cactus city park – some kids were playing basketball and it was when the ball rolled on to the street. One of the kids ran after the ball without noticing that a car was coming. The car hit him. it is said that the little boy is heard every single day crying and mourning that he never will grow out of this misery.
Caldwell – Caldwell High School – Located on Highway 21 basically in a field of cows sits Caldwell High School, a fairly new building (less than 30 years old). The spotlight projection room in the auditorium and the sound booth is haunted by an unknown spirit the theatre trope referred to as “George”. The soundboard and light dials will move and the lights will dim or flicker during rehearsals (but never during actual shows) despite the electrical wiring being checked repeatedly. Folks working in the spotlight room have reported chills and strange noises.
Cameron – Brownsville – Perkins Middle School – the lockers in the girls locker room open by themselves. janitors say you see a black figure roaming the halls.
Canyon – The Panhandle Plains Museum – At the Panhandle Plains Museum, there is an old ambulance-wagon that sits in the middle of the car/wagon room. A ghostly woman known as “Sara Jane” is sometimes seen standing near the ambulance, and several visitors have experienced headaches, feelings of panic, and the smell of blood as they pass by the old vehicle.
Carrizo Springs – Dimmitt County Courthouse – Late at night you can hear footsteps walking up the stairs to the second floor and the rattling of keys. The footsteps are those of the old sheriff who was slain at his residence by two men.
Carrizo Springs – Dimmitt Memorial Hospital – Late at night like about 8:00 pm-2:00am people been saying they see an old nurse dress in old nurse clothes walking in the baby’s room.
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. – January 2007 Correction/ update: After several interviews of personnel – no one that works at the DeWitt Perry Museum has seen or heard anything strange or “paranormal.” One of the employees that was spoken with has been with the museum for the past SEVEN years and they have never heard/seen anything to make them think the historical marker is haunted. The employees think that the middle school kids that walk home each day might be freaked out by the house and are the ones who may have started this rumor. If you would like a tour you can go to their website for details. No flash photography in the house and only certain parts of the property are on the tour itself.
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. – January 2007 Update / Correction: You can check yearbooks, newspapers, death records, and media and find that there was no Abigail or tragedies under the stage. However, even though the story is fabricated, many say strange things happen to them while in the theatre. Noises can be heard. Some say a female voice can mimick your female voice from around the theatre and give tech commands when you didn’t give them. Is this because they know the “story” of Abigail or has the belief in Abigail and her story made her a reality in the theatre? Or could it be someone else?
Cason – Slaton Cemetery – Blue Light Cemetery – This is due to the various occurrences to locals such as a young couple went to the cemetery to make-out one night , and were found several days later laid against a tombstone with their faces frozen in fear. It is said that if you go into the cemetery after dark, you will see a blue light floating around the cemetery. If you go in the middle of summer, you will reach places in the cemetery that are ice cold, also there are bushes planted inside that if stood in front of on a still day, one side of the bush will be moving as though being struck by a tornado. One report is of a man in his car actually being pulled inside the cemetery with his car not going into any gear but drive while something outside was calling his name repeatedly. It is a matter of belief, but I have been both during the day and at night, and I wouldn’t recommend doing so unless you are a believer of faith, and a strong believer of paranormal activities.
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.
Central – Co. Rd 73a, by small stream – Witnesses claim to have spirits speak to them and seem to tell the future. Also knocks hear on trees, being chocked and children seem to be possessed.
China Spring – Cooper’s Crossing – Copper’s Crossing gives you a feeling of being watched. The closer that you get to the river, the stronger the feeling gets. As well as feelings of being brushed up against.
China Spring – Patrick Cemetery – There is a little graveyard just outside of Waco in China Springs. I have been out there a few times and get a really creepy feeling. Cold chills are common, pictures get interesting, and the animals act weird. And rumor has it that if you knock on a certain headstone at midnight, an apparition appears and runs at you screaming extremely loud. Also headstones tend to move around frequently.
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.
Coahoma – old Colorado city highway – at night turn your car off and you can hear noises and screams of a woman. It has been said that something moved a car with 6 teenagers and a mom.
Coahoma – Junior High Gym – During cheerleading practice about 15 or more years ago it was reported that the lights mysteriously went out and there were sounds and headlights of a vehicle getting closer and closer to the girls as the girls tried to run the lights and the sounds of the vehicle chased them.
Colorado City – Bakers Hotel – In the early 1900’s this place burned down and took peoples lives mostly the workers that lived down in the basement, Now if you go at a certain time you will see the spirits of the workers.
Colorado City – Ruddik Park – there is supposed to be a ghost of a woman searching by the river for her baby which she buried alive because here 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.
Comal County – Gruene – Adobe Verde – In the 1920’s this Tex-Mex restaurant was one of the first electric cotton gins. Back in the early days of the cotton gin, a grounds keeper known to present employees as “Frank” supposedly hung himself from the rafters of the vaulted ceiling. He couldn’t bear to live without his recently deceased lover. “Frank” now roams the restaurant playing practical jokes like turning lights on and off, throwing things off counters, and bumping glasses together. Sometimes you can even hear someone with boots on running back and forth along the upstairs dining area, but when you go and look around know one is there.
Combes – Orphanage Rd. – a long time ago on Orphanage Rd. there used to be a orphanage with little kids, well it burned down and now if you pass by late at night you can hear the screams and cries of the little kids that died in the fire.
Commerce – Texas A&M University – Commerce – Hubbel 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. – March 2008 Update. Hubbel Hall has been torn down.
Conroe – Conroe High school – They even wrote a book about this one. So it was during volleyball try outs possibly in the sixties (the book has the facts)and a girl was hung in the stair well to the lighting room of the theatre stage. The black janitor was accused of murder while many believe she may have committed suicide. There is a long black stairwell and walk long planks to the lighting room in the theater. You can feel a definite cold spot in the are she died in. They say if you are in there alone you can hear her crying.
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.
Copper Canyon – Old Alton Bridge A.K.A. Goatman’s Bridge – Supposedly a lot of satanic rituals went on around and on the bridge. They were supposed to have conjured a half man half goat or a goatman. It is said that if your park your car on the bridge, turn off everything and honk your horn three times then goatman will appear. There are many different legends and the place is really far into the country. Its just off of Old Alton near Teasley Lane. – April 2008 Update: the Old Alton Bridge is closed and they have opened a new Old Alton Bridge. You can drive on the new one, but the old one is gated off. You can still park your car in the quasi-parking lot right in front of the old Old Alton Bridge and walk on it. There’s a trail that goes on for hours that winds through the surrounding woods.
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 Christi – Bokenkamp – The night shift has heard voices, and footsteps. Mainly in the front ICU wards and the first unit. Staff and residents alike have seen shadows, heard footsteps and whispering. Many of the staff have complained of cold spots and the feeling of something or someone brushing up against them.
Corpus Christi – Calallen High School – The elevator by the Theater Arts room is said to be haunted. At night it opens and closes by itself when no one is there to push the buttons. It’s been sighted once or twice by students who are there for extracurricular activities. One of the janitors has seen the ghost of a young teenage girl roaming the halls when the students have left.
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. Its 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 – Corpus Christi cathedral – many years ago they buried a bishop in the chapel beneath the church now its said that he is haunting the basement and people haven’t seen the ghost but have felt something was wrong on there.
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. – February 2007: This submission is possibly a hoax due to the discrepancies in the actual case. This haunted place is not proven.
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 Bathrooms – It is said to be told that if you go into the girl’s bathrooms by yourself you can feel something or maybe even hear whispers.
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.
Crosbyton – Crosby County Courthouse – When the building is mostly deserted, occasionally the elevator will start on one floor, move to another floor, the doors will open, & no one is in the elevator. Then in a minute or two, the doors will shut and the elevator starts moving to one of the other floors in the building. Several employees over the years have seen this happen, while others choose not to think about it.
Crystal City – one spooky river – if you park your car next to the river you can see balls of glowing light and a glowing shadow it is said that it’s the soldier that were in the army that were killed there before the river came up.