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No exact address listed.
Located 2 miles south of Marble Falls on US 281.
Travel a half mile east on RM 2147 and another half mile south on CR 401.
Common area / Open to the public

604 Brazos Street
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 474-5911
Website:
www.driskillhotel.com
Please call for nightly rates and availability.

315 E. Market Street
Lockhart, TX 78644-2750
Website:
www.lockhart-tx.org/web98/history/caldwellcountymuseum.asp
Open to the public for tours Sat. and Sun. from 1 P.M. to 5 P.M.

607 Lyons Avenue
Schulenburg, TX 78956
Phone: (979) 743-3716
Website:
www.myspace.com/vonmindenhotel
Please call for nightly rates and availability.

407 S. Main Street
Winnsboro, TX 75494
Phone: (903) 342-6051
Website:
www.oakleamansion.com
Please call for nightly rates and availability.

2136 Roy Road
Tyler, TX 75707
Phone: (903)581-7750
Website:
www.freebirdjewelry.net
Open for business Fri. and Sat. from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M.

Located in Frankston, TX 75763
Directions: In Frankston, turn on TX 19 and travel southeast toward Neches.
Travel 3 miles and turn right at the green Dabbs Cemetery sign. Continue 2.2
miles to a “Y” in the road. Take the left road and travel 0.8 miles to another
“Y.” Take the right road and continue for 0.9 miles. This road will change from
blacktop to dirt. Turn right and after 0.3 miles you will see the cemetery on the
right.
(Directions courtesy of Monetta Alexander Lockey.)
Grounds are open daily to the public from dawn until dusk.

405 Moseley Street
Jefferson, TX 75657
Phone: (903) 665-8018
Website:
www.thegrove-jefferson.com
Please call for tour times and information.
Admission is $6.00.
Children under the age of 8 are not permitted.

400 E. Austin Street
Jefferson, TX 75657
Phone: (866) 398-2038
Website:
www.jeffersonrailway.com/store/index.php?main_page=page&id=3&chapter=1
Tickets are $10.00 for adults; $8.00 for seniors (62+); $8.00 for children (3 to
12); children under 3 ride free.

Located on the north side of FM 1998
Scottsville, TX 75688
Grounds are open daily to the public from dawn until dusk.

901 Commerce Street
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (713) 229-9715
Open Sun.-Thurs. 11 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Fri. and Sat. 11 A.M. to 11 P.M.

3527 Battleground Road
La Porte, TX 77571
Phone: (281) 479-2431
Website:
www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/battleship_texas
*Texas Park Wildlife Department employees are instructed not to discuss
paranormal activity aboard the ship.

19010 Scenic Loop Road
Helotes, TX 78023-9209
Phone: (210) 695-8301
Website:
www.grey-moss-inn.com/index.html
Open 5 P.M. to 10 P.M. daily, closed on major holidays.

300 Alamo Plaza
San Antonio, TX 78299
Phone: (210) 225-1391
Website:
www.theaalamo.org
Open Mon.-Sat. 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
Sun. 10:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Admission is free.

2914 North Shoreline
Corpus Christi, TX 78402-1116
Phone: (361) 888-4873
Website:
www.usslexington.com
Open 7 days a week from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., Memorial Day through Labor Day
Open 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., Labor Day through Memorial Day
Admission for adults is $12.95; seniors (60+) and active or retired military are
$10.95; children 4 to 12 are $7.95; children under 4 are free.

340 E. Main Street
Fredericksburg, TX 78624

Shadows have been seen walking around the site. Lights go on and off on their own and footsteps are heard when no one is around.

1819 Polk Street
Burnet, TX 78611

Ghostly sounds of children playing on the property are often reported. Guests have also witnessed shadowy apparitions moving around their rooms.

2328 Broadway Street
Galveston, TX 77550-4642

Former resident Bettie Brown is said to haunt the home. Witnesses report seeing her apparition and hearing her play the piano. She is most often seen standing at the top of the home’s staircase.

6266 W. Highway 290
Austin, TX 78799

Apparitions have been seen in the restaurant along with silverware inexplicably moving on its own. Strange drops in temperature and the sound of footsteps have also been reported.

3700 E. Yandell Drive
El Paso, TX 79903

After one hundred and fifty years and sixty thousand burials, this cemetery is rumored to be extremely haunted. The sounds of children playing, muffled conversations, and hoof beats are often heard.

705 E. Houston Street
San Antonio, TX 78205

The seventh and twelfth floors of the hotel are home to several apparitions, as is the basement. Electrical equipment often malfunctions with no apparent cause.

211 W. Austin
Jefferson, TX 75657

The ghost of Diamond Bessie is often seen, as well as headless apparitions and that of a woman holding a baby. Rocking chairs will also rock on their own.

1989 Colonial Parkway
Fort Worth, TX 76110

The apparition of an unknown woman is seen walking near the café. A man killed by one of the zoo’s elephants is said to haunt the elephant and zebra exhibit areas.

1581 Chaparral Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401

Four homes located in the park have activity ranging from touching, noises, slamming of doors, and the sightings of apparitions.

240 S. Seguin Avenue
New Braunfels, TX 75130

Common occurrences include water and lights turning on and off on their own, and doors opening and closing on their own.

500 McKinney Street
Houston, TX 77002

People have heard a violin playing in the rotunda and in the “Texas” room. It is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a janitor who died in the 1930s.

5300 San Dario, Suite 505
Laredo, TX 78041

The building is located on a site that was once reportedly a morgue. Shadows can be seen, disembodied voices are heard, and inexplicable cold spots are felt.

FM 3411
Near Jacksonville, TX

Several families were reportedly killed by Caddo Indians in the 1830s. Visitors have often seen an Indian chief and his horse here, accompanied with an overwhelming onset of fear.

107 FM 1016
Mission, TX 78572

Activity seen at the mission includes the sighting of several apparitions in robes and disembodied voices seemingly engaged in prayer.

2424 Swiss Avenue
Dallas, TX 75204

Formerly known as the Grand Crystal Palace Theatre, this building is now haunted by a mysterious “man in black” who is seen in the old seating area.

204 Alamo Plaza
San Antonio, TX 78205

According to the hotel’s director of public relations, there are at least thirty-two different apparitions roaming the hotel. They roam the lobby, halls, and inside the guest rooms.

109 W. Exchange Avenue, Suite 200
Fort Worth, TX 76106

Poltergeist activity has been reported along with the sightings of several apparitions in every room of the B&B.

2503 Fourth Avenue
Canyon, TX 79015

Full-body apparitions are commonly seen, and visitors have often complained of sudden severe headaches and the onset of inexplicable panic.

310 W. 42nd Street
Odessa, TX 79764

Moving cold spots and the feeling of being touched is common here. Disembodied voices are also heard.

15012 Brown Road
Tomball, TX 77375

Modern reports include seeing Civil War-era soldiers, muffled sounds of explosions, and hot and cold spots that defy explanation.

1509 Pennsylvania Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104-2028

Apparitions of a man and a woman have both been seen walking the grand staircase of the house. Disembodied voices and music are also heard coming from the ballroom.

103 Midway
Spring, TX 77373

Reportedly haunted by “Uncle Charlie,” a bitter old man who lived on the upper floor of the building before his death in the 1930s.

I have to begin with thanking my mother and father, for indulging my stories about the “people in the basement.” I’m glad they are still there to keep watch over you in my absence. I will forever be indebted to Chris and Nancy Peterson, whose knowledge and patience molded me in my paranormal infancy. Thank you, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, for your constant support and unwavering belief in me. You are everything I aspire to be as a writer. I appreciate my editor John Kachuba and those at Clerisy Press for answering my never-ending list of questions. To everyone who contributed photographs and information for this book, you have my sincerest thanks. Thanks to RED, whose music kept me motivated and inspired. Last but not least, my deepest gratitude goes to my wonderful team of investigators with The Paranormal Source, Inc.—Jerry Bowers, “They See Me” John Melchior, Buffy Clary, Victoria Dupree, James and Mary Hampton, Adam Norton and Gabriela Kelley-Norton, and Sheri Smith. You are all what makes working in this field an amazing adventure.

APRIL SLAUGHTER and her husband Allen are the founders and Executive Directors of The Paranormal Source, Inc. (
www.paranormalsource.com
)—a nonprofit research and education corporation based in Dallas, Texas. April spent three years as a staff journalist for
TAPS Paramagazine
, published by TAPS Parapublications, LLC, and contributed several feature articles on various paranormal phenomena, as well as her recurring column entitled
Ghost Hunting State-by-State
. April is an avid paranormal researcher and investigator currently working on projects involving Electronic Voice Phenomena & Instrumental Transcommunication (EVP-ITC) along with several upcoming publishing projects.

COPYRIGHT© 2009 by April Slaughter

 

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