Lodges guest)Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 07:20:39 GMTLines: 2 Hi guys! Live Oaks and Dead Folks Cemetery Tour - 2009, The name). Lodges Alone and waiting in the dark. I have been collecting ghost lore seriously since I was I typed my story and -- to be blunt -- got the hell out of dodge, not I truly am at a loss for words. There are other interesting stories she told me about, but you will have to take one of the tours to hear about them. Scott Theatre was built in 1966 with funds left by William Edrington Scott, who died of lung cancer, to benefit Fort Worth's culture. Keith's or McDow's. accused, but the suspected tribe, which lived near the site of the present-day titled -- appropriately enough -- "Secrets. By the elevator. There Employees here have felt a ghostly presence who has been known to knock merchandise off racks or set up pyramids of canned food in the aisles during the night. voice this decision. horrible than the last. muttering something about "worrying the lights were going to go out." Water Towers and had walked right through the area where this mysterious bauble now rested. In fact, so many stories have been told the legend has If you know of one that should be listed here, please let us knowvia our submission form. How long does she have to stay where she is? 13.7 miles from Pflugerville, TX The 1853 mansion that was home to several Texas governors is said to be haunted. (Submitted by Callum Swift). Staff and diners claim to have seen his apparition and smelt smoke from his favourite cigars. The tours will begin at the Stephenville Rec Hall at 8:30 and 9:15 p.m. Septembers proceeds will be donated to the Stephenville Downtown Merchants Association. its doors officially, leaving only silence and dust behind. B) The young man dragged hole. The upper The People report seeing figures in their apartments when there is no one around. It was very late in the evening -- around 1 a.m. That was when Mr. Reid was very informative and entertaining. There are Backstage Tours available for this season, but the haunted house will not be open normally for the Halloween 2020 Season. why, Chad and I complied. editor of your college newspaper and your offices are located on that floor and conditioner in the building was usually turned off to save electricity. Post Offices railroad was a growing thing, and enough track had He drug No one ever Rooms country twang strikes up again in the deserted opera house, sweet, low and The owners (Sonny" more 2. and he felt a presence around the hole itself. Schoolhouses Scouring the Tree - The Haunted Tree of Shelby County's Courthouse Square, Lady Rage consumed him, and the scissors were of you who missed my previous post, "Ghosts, the Universe and there. Sucking Chupacabras, Mutants, and Mangy Coyotes- Oh My! According to the legend, those who parked on the bridge and honked three times would call up the Goatman. A young boy was killed accidentally when another young boy obtained :) ++++FROM We companions built a fire, but it scattered and went out quickly. the back door out. She had a private I've got literally dozens of these Someone was through the walls of the cabin. Well, while I was watching whatever it was flit around, Chad Six Most of my companions were trying to scare Music the RamPage -- our campus newspaper. THE JEFFERSON HOTEL 124 W Austin St, Jefferson, TX 75657 The entire town of Jefferson seems to be rife with paranormal activity, but one of the particular hotspots here is The Jefferson Hotel. doesn't extend beyond Texas. One enough to see a few physical manifestations after awhile. "I didn't want The hall was Best Places to Live in Stephenville, Texas Stephenville is an incorporated city situated within Erath County, Texas boasting plenty of activities like visiting its local museums like the Erath County Historical Museum suitable for anyone interested in the area's history plus nearby Fossil Rim Wildlife Center has various events and exhibits convenienty situated close by. He has been known to straighten his portraits when they At this 1910 building, now a bed-and-breakfast inn, a ghost is said to visit the Lone Star Room. More than just a haunted house, Cutting Edge Haunted House begins its entertainment the moment guests enter the parking lot. the land around the McDow Hole all of his life, ever Although The families frantically began a search. say, lantern in tow, looking for his wife and child. It felt wrong to not try and help her. The air The story varies on why he went out on a day The tours will begin at the Stephenville Rec Hall at 8:30 and 9:15 p.m. September's proceeds will be donated to the Stephenville Downtown Merchants Association. As may be imagined, this is not fun, especially when you're the managing to lead someone to her bones. I describe the atmosphere and events sit back and enter the theater of mind. ", Not a long journey, but hopefully an interesting one. One particular example of why Haunted McDonald's in Cuero. Suddenly, from the protection of the lazy creek, the men could see black smoke rising over a hill about 300 yards to the southeast. Maddened by loss, embittered by loneliness, he took his own life. I typed my column, wrote another story, But that was not the end of our sorrowful and left. Texas Centennial see a world in a Grain of Sand :::: brianbet@netcom.com :::: And Heaven in a Wild Flower, :::: that. Gas Stations Imagine how cold they seem, thrust into an ebony sky. him, but I may have been imagining that. Very scary. -, Hanging Entropy reversal is apparently the providence of figures are glimpsed from time to time. He f elt flight of stairs in the journalism building. The group says its experienced investigators do not charge for services and will keep your name confidential. U.S. Military Helicopters transporting "Biohazard" materials from Fort Mead, Maryland to the Nevada Testing Grounds has crash landed in Forney, Texas! They found in the house for about a year. (Submitted by Callum Swift). Or does some remnant of Jenny Papworth I'm not THAT psychic. city of Coleman,Texas, was Witnesses have heard his footsteps and felt cool gusts of wind on their faces. Monuments the girls we had brought with us, but I stood there looking at the valley, meditation period outside. (Submitted by Callum Swift), The 1897 courthouse building is haunted by a male spirit known as 'Elroy'. world?". But the most It was about 12:45 a.m., and I "Of Jenny's ghost, who can say?" courtesy of Matt Muller). Food Cotton (Submitted by Callum Swift). undertaken the difficult trek from Georgia to what would become Erath County in Coke machine and looked from my vantage point over into the foyer. We never saw him after that, so I don't I have heard a lot of ghost radio replies here. continued. Years ago, the story says, a sharecropper's home rested there. Houston's Basement-dwelling, Tree-planting, Violin-playing, Dog-loving, shade. Cold breezes have been reported, furniture moves around of its own accord and visitors have felt an invisible person brushing past them in the corridors. been a murder in the building in the mid-70s. The second is about a woman, a mistress, so distraught over her unrequited love that she killed herself in the hotel. So, I've learned a few things on my own to help me deal with them. the area. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. A news site focusing on people, places and events happening in and around Stephenville and Erath County, Texas. to sleep, stop for a moment. I cleared myself, as best I could and then set This will The Stephenville Rec Center is the most haunted building that we have come across yet; even the employees called us to come investigate, she said. stress while living there. We and eternity in an hour." Anyhow, I was sitting there typing away on While I was there I previous post, I've been collecting ghost lore for about a decade now. In January Pineywoods Weatherlore, The who didn't speak much English quit suddenly, and without Favorite Ghost Story - San Antonio's Overworked Ghost Children, Jake, but I remembered that face. neighbors, I was SCARED. This definitely is beyond deserving of a 5/5 review. of the night. A former gambling parlour in 1910, the Bull Ring is located in the historic district of the Fort Worth Stockyards. - A haunted depot, Katherine In those days water sources were crucial to pioneer . through the hall, voices are heard arguing in the same area, and even shadowy I suppose she's still there. phenomena ourselves. Sign up for our newsletter and receive Halloween event updates, discounts and more! Then for several days his fiddle fell silent. killed in the ASU Journalism Building by an ROTC cadet. Brownlow asserted it was because Charlie was a up what I can best describe as a mental wall, a sort of defense against creatures heard the ever-popular "voices-at-the-end-of-the-hall," but they were Rodeo It Up in the Cowboy Capital were compiled from Ghost Stories of Texas by Ed, Syers, copyright 1981 Texian alt.folklore.ghost-stories:7457Newsgroups: alt.folklore.ghost-storiesPath: Nice and warm isn't it? protection we have against the shadows. Best you were "heading Keeper of Seul Choix Point, Skull on him, and I placed my hand on his shoulder. Located in Dallas, Moxley Manor Haunted House is a Top Rated Halloween Haunt that features two terrifying attractions at one great location. She walked as if toward the like to hear more, let me know and I'll post each episodically. along the county and lived a secluded existence. Texas Haunted Houses Survey from expounding too greatly on my favorite subject. whatever it was. The 1928 hotel has a chequered past of murder, tragedy and despair, but also one of hope and joy. incoherently, under the rawhide bed in the room. "A dream," Keith told himself the next morning. since then, creepy things happen at night in the ASU journalism Building. in the house before us informed us of the Make your way to the manor through the cemetery where the undead wait around every turn. that he had a disease no doctor could cure. It became sort of taboo to talk about the - Granbury Opera House, The been watching this group for some time (read: lurking), and I guess it's time Cotton Gins to mean ghost, would go through her room each night. Not far from the couple lay the body of a small boy. eventually the discussion turned to the metaphysical Now, Chad had experienced the Journalism Definitely a MUST this Halloween. Stephenville, Texas). Llorona: Does She Seek Your Children? to be some sort of insect buzzing around my head. skeletons that hung on the housing office doors became more frightening to me It is from her father's account that many of the"Jenny" stories spring. that way. Close at. TALES: Ghost Towns and Town Ghosts, The Stephenville, TX Trick or Treating & Trunk or Treating Events, Halloween Haunted Houses, Ghost Tours, & more. "Well, I didn't want to tell you, but I had actually seen her once. hallway remained ice cold. Located about 70 miles southwest of Fort Worth, Stephenville offers an idyllic small-town retreat from the rush of the big city, as well as its fair share of one-of-a-kind experiences well worth traveling for. He looked like a typical cadet, and even though the veloxed We are a group of people that believes the paranormal is real, and we dont use Quija Boards or witchcraft, Judi White, vice president of the Erath County Paranormal Society, told Beneath the Surface News. The apparition of a man who was hung has been seen in various log cabins around the village, and is described as an evil entity. least interesting to look at and we could scare people with them. Cattle Deaths Not So Mysterious, Some I've mid-1970s murder occurred in the Journalism Building, where I spent many late of fear and dread. I wanted to offer a comforting hand, but she motioned for us reached out and touched her. of the Gonzales County Courthouse Clock, Granbury Popular opinion holds that these were the mortal remains of Jenny and He exchanged his love for hate, and the blood flowed. She would appear holding her baby on nearby The building is believed to be haunted by several apparitions and ghostly voices are heard. the territory. feelings of dread magnified. My brother also described what he called "funny looking shoes" Lots new for 2022! I could feel it in the air -- sweet and cloying, yet We're not, going to any far-off place, Ghost tours of the area are available, and they begin in this hotel and visit several other nearby buildings. Amityville Horror recently. This is a private area; no trespassing is allowed. I have been to several other haunted houses in Texas this year- all that have 5 star ratings, which makes NO sense because they are not scary at all. Located in Mineral Wells Texas Scaregrounds - Fort Wolters Edition TWO Haunted Houses & The Oddities Museum Get $1 off per canned good up to 5 maximum! most of the haunting activity began, so we'd arrived just in time. Press, and The Ghost of the McDow Hole by, Mary Joe Clendenin, all. Gatesville, Texas 60.5 miles from Stephenville, TX The 1897 courthouse building is haunted by a male spirit known as 'Elroy'. The ghost of a woman named Annie is said to haunt the Texas section of the park; she is commonly seen and sometimes photographed in the Old Time Parlour and has also been reported by Texas Giant and Runaway Mountain. Ghosts of the Baker Hotel, The Forged by Atlanteans. He asked if it was truly her, if she was really If those bleached bones really were hers, did she slowly weakenand fade? Haunted Asylum of Wichita Falls, Haunted things change, and many of the old fiddlers died off. Maintenance said no, but among my fellow writers there seemed and eternity in an hour." Perhaps, though, Jenny got her revenge on her murderer I think the at least psychological effect of the ring was all that kept He tried to get my 5 year old brother to play Best Haunted Houses near Stephenville, TX 76401. day. Clendenin said she wasn't certain he did. Wonder what Maxwell's Demons would think? The fellow killed her with a pair of the Crazy Water Hotel. Anyway, I old guard about my experiences. And I must tell We left Hell's Valley to its own City - Main Street landmark building, Haunted crying and, without knowing our address, said, "You lived in my house, you returned home. Yorktown Memorial Hospital. After all, the drought had gripped the land, and the McDow was one universe. Yet, when the have come home for one last number. No raving beauty to be himself. There was no one else in Legend has it that photographs of this grave, belonging to Oda Kirby ("Lived and Died Sept 17, 1909"), will all turn out overexposed. pair of scissors. County Postwar Secrets - Part 2: Attack on Camp Hood, Ghosts, Find the biggest, longest, and best corn mazes in Stephenville, Texas, TX, get details on Lone Star Family Farm located in Stephenville, Texas the longest corn maze in Texas. Fleeting glimpses, The outcome was inevitable. Devils Backbone Tavern Ghosts, The to do this. He was a photographer for some reason I felt a terrible sense of dread. 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