Top 5 Haunted Places in Texas - Where to Find a Ghost!

The Lone Star State is full of real ghost stories. Here's a quick tour of the top haunted places in Texas:

1. The Entire Town of Jefferson, Texas

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In the late 1800s, Jefferson was a thriving port town, numbering over 30,000. These days, it's still as pretty-looking, but much quieter and less populated, known more for its haunted homes and hotels than anything. Ghost hunters can toss a stone just about anywhere in Jefferson and it will land someplace haunted. The Grove, for example, is an old home and apparent site of multiple deadly murders. People have heard wailing, and witnessed a glowing white figure hovering on the porch. Then there's the Excelsior House in downtown Jefferson, where the alleged ghost of Captain William Perry, who was fatally shot on the premises, roams. These stories don't even scratch the creepy surface, though.  There are many more like it throughout the town; you'll just have to plan a trip to Jefferson to see the ghosts for yourself.

2. The Driskill Hotel

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The Driskill Hotel is a staple of downtown Austin history, built in the 1800s and still a top pick for places to stay. The hotel has many ghosts lurking around in it, from its founder, Colonel Jesse Driskill, a gambler who lost the hotel within a few years of opening it, to the little girl who fell down the stairs to her death and can still be heard running and laughing through the halls. One hotel guest even wrote a negative online review of the Driskill due to its hauntings. Whatever you do, don't stay in room 525, or do stay, if you dare...

3. Spaghetti Warehouse (Houston)

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The Spaghetti Warehouse is an Italian restaurant chain that, for the most part, is not haunted. The restaurant in downtown Houston, however, also used to be a pharmacy. A pharmacy that was the site of a tragic death, that is. One of the pharmacists apparently fell down an elevator shaft, and his wife died of a "broken heart" a year later. The two lovers can be heard wandering about the building, rearranging furniture, throwing things, and have even been known to pull the hair of unsuspecting diners.

4. The White Sanitarium

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This abandoned insane asylum in Wichita Falls, Texas, was only open for five years before a flood ruined it in the 1950s. But that doesn't mean nobody lives there today; people report hearing children's voices, and seeing a ghostly figure of a woman, as well as lights turning on (even though there is no longer any electricity in the facility), among other creepy things.

5. The Menger Hotel

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If you're looking for a ghost, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, is a good place to start. After all, legend has it there are 30+ ghostly entities living in the building, and some are famous. The Menger Hotel was Texas' first brewery, but late it became one of the area's finest hotels. Celebrity guests from its past include Mae West, President Teddy Roosevelt, Sam Houston, and General Ulysses S Grant, so who knows what spirits roam the halls.

Many haunted hotels, houses, and attractions in Texas worth checking out did not make it on this list. Here's a quick list of some haunted Texas places you may want to add to your ghost tour: the Baker Hotel, the Faust Hotel, Hotel Gavez, Stagecoach Road (in Marshall), the Texas Ghost Tracks, the Bragg Road Ghost Lights, the Granbury Opera House, La Carafe, the Animal Industries Building, El Paso High School, Sarah Jane Road, and the Littlefield House.

What do you think of the top haunted places in Texas? Have you ever seen a ghost in Texas? Do you  have a haunted place to add to the list?

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