| (This page is updated on a regular basis) Abilene: The Whitten Inn Expo Center - In some of the rooms, there have been reports of belongings disappearing and then reappearing under the bed, sudden foul odors during early morning hours, the ghost of a man with a red beard and green clothes seen in the office, and bathroom lights that turn on and off. Austin: Inn at Pearl Street - During renovations in which power was cut to this B&B, lights were seen flashing off and on. Spirits seen at this Inn were that of a woman rocking a child in a rocking chair, carrying that child in and out of guest rooms. The long dead Stella Snider, one of the owners of this Inn, has also been seen. The Driskill - Owned by the late cattle baron Col. Jesse Driskill, this hotel opened in 1886. The Colonel himself has been seen visiting rooms on a top floor, smoking a cigar, and turning on lights. In the elevators, a man was witnessed leaving a car checking his watch. A small girl who liked to giggle alot has been seen playing on the grand staircase. In room 29, a young woman shot herself in the stomach and was found several days later in the bathroom. Story has it that the woman had been left at the altar, so she checked into the hotel and used her ex-fiancee's credit cards to go on an elaborate shopping spree. She later returned to the room and killed herself. Staff have also seen a child's ball bouncing out of nowhere. The ball presumed to belong to the ghost of a child who had slipped on stairs while playing with the ball. Omni Hotel, downtown - housekeepers at this hotel say they have seen the spirit of a businessman, who threw himself from a balcony, haunting the rooms. Brownsville: Colonial Hotel: Built in 1920, we have been told by several of our website friends that this hotel has had hauntings. In Room 101, a visitor had their big toe squeezed through the comforter, a hand was felt through a comforter roaming from one pair of a guest's feet to another. Something rummaging through a plastic bag, an infant staring and laughing at something that no one else could see. Corpus Christi: Days Inn - We weren't sure which Days Inn it was, so several of our website friends updated us. Supposedly the ghost of 1990's singer Selena, who was murdered by Yolanda Saldivar, haunts a room. Guests have reported smelling roses and feelings of intense sorrow in the room. Sent via several Emails:. "It's located off Interstate 37 and Navigation, at 901 Navigation Boulevard, Corpus Christ. It was room 158, but the room has been re-numbered to 150". "Selena was shot in Yolanda Saldivar's room, then ran to the courtyard/lobby where she collapsed." (Thank you to all who updated us!) Dallas: Hotel Adolphus - A bride who was left standing at the altar, hung herself and has been seen walking, wearing her bridal gown. In the bar, things move by themselves, including beer bottles. Hotel Lawrence - The second floor, which used to house a gambling casino, is haunted by the spirit of a man. On the tenth floor, a woman fell to her death in the 1940s. Guests have heard the sound of high heels walking across the lobby floor late at night, heard voices, and have felt cold spots. Laundry carts have been reported to move by themselves, the front desk often gets calls from three rooms that no one has checked into. Supposedly, the door at room #1009 on the 10th floor gives resistance from the opposite side to the staff if they try to open it. A congressman purportedly committed suicide on the 10th floor. Female voices are heard in the halls. Sent via Email: "A man named Jack Jackson who stayed in room 807 had a towel wrapped around his neck by unseen hands. He is known as "Smiley", and if you try to unlock the door, it won't open unless you ak him nicely. Another man by the name of Brookshire was slit by the neck in that room as well." (Thank You for this info) Renaissance Hotel: A former pool attendant tells us that the rooftop is haunted. A man had jumped from the roof, landing on the lawn of the west side of the building. Sounds of someone being in the men's bathroom when nothing is seen or found. Stoneleigh Hotel - Once owned by a Confederate General, this hotel has seen the likes of Hollywood celebrities and has a reputation for hauntings in general. El Paso: Camino Real Hotel - Built in 1912, employees at this hotel have seen a sad and mournful woman wearing a white gown, wandering the establishment. La Hacienda Airport Travelodge - The Las Trancas Lounge, a bar within this hotel, is home to a mischevious female who laughs and disappears if seen by bar patrons. Fort Worth: Miss Molly's Bed & Breakfast - On the second floor of this historic 8 room hotel, guests have reported seeing the spirits of pretty young ladies at the foot of their beds. This B&B was once a boarding house, then a bordello. We've been told that the Cowboys and Cattlemen's rooms are full of paranormal occurances. Texas White House Bed & Breakfast - The aura of ghostly presences in this B&B have been reported, haunted by the ghost of the husband whose family lived in the building, who haunts his own bedroom. Stockyards Hotel - Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, (1930's bank robbers) once stayed in Room 305. Paranormal activity has been reported in this room (most likely not the ghosts of Bonnie and Clyde). Room 218 has been reported to have some paranormal occurances as well. Galveston: The Hotel Galvez - The oldest hotel on the island, the Galvez's room 505 is said to be 'evil'. Patrons supposedly feel so extremely uncomfortable that they leave early. The scent of Gardenias has been smelled in the room also. In room 500, a woman who had discovered that her fiancee's ship was lost at sea hung herself. The fiancee turned up alive, but the woman's ghost continues to haunt the halls. Staff has reported hearing whimpers and the apparition of a young woman in the halls. Phones ring in guest rooms, but when guests pick up, no one is on the other end. At the end of a hallway, there is a painting of Bernardo de Galvez, for whom the hotel is named for. It is said to be haunted, and veiwing the painting gives one an eerie feeling. others claim that you must first ask the painting's permission to take it's photo, or the photo won't turn out to be a good one. Hillsboro: Tarlton House Bed & Breakfast - It is said that the Inn's namesake was so distraught over the recent death of his wife that he hung himself on the 3rd floor. Patrons have felt cold spots, the feeling of being kissed on the forehead, and have heard footsteps. Jefferson: Claiborne House - The ghost of the Inn's namesake, Capt. V.H. Claiborne, who built the house in 1872, supposedly still wanders the hallways. Excelsior House - In operation since the 1850s, the Jay Gould Room is the most haunted, which includes a rocking chair that sometimes rocks by itself. Director Steven Spielberg claims that the hauntings in this hotel inspired him to write the script for "Poltergeist". On the 2nd floor, a headless spirit roams, while a black-clad woman has been seen, sometimes carrying a baby. Jefferson Hotel - A former cotton warehouse, the management boasts of the many hotel hauntings on their website. Here's the list of paranormal occurances: Room 5: a man in a long coat and high boots has been seen. Rooms 12 & 14: a woman with long flowing blonde hair haunts these rooms. It is believed she has some connection with the bed in room 14, which used to be in room 12. The woman has also been heard whispering. Room 19: Voices heard from the empty room, a small woman who gives guests an icy touch has been seen. The hall in front of rooms 20 and 21 gave witness to a man wearing western clothing. Other hallways in the hotel have been the sight and sounds of cigars, giggling children, cries of "Mama", babies crying, doors opening and slamming shut, furniture being dragged across rooms. Other phenomenon reported was knocking on doors and walls, the sound of classical music that has no origin. McKay House - Many of the paranormal activities in this B&B includes strange noises, sounds of a baby crying, footsteps in empty halls, unexplained odors. The Sunday House, a separate building from the main house, is frequently visited by ghosthunters. White Manor Oak - This home was built around 1928 and has had spirit encounters like the image of a young girl who was witnessed pulling covers from a bed in "Miss Clara's Room". Kerrville: Y.O. Ranch Resort Hotel - "The Branding Iron" restaurant is haunted by a spirit who has asked patrons where the bathroom is. Other sightings include cowpokes who wander around the pool at night. Laredo: La Posada Hotel - A former convent, guests have been the ghostly sights of nuns, and the spirits of hotel employees who once worked there. In the ballroom, cold spots, moving items and sounds of running footsteps have been reported when the ballroom is empty. Liberty: The Ott Hotel - a historic hotel opened in 1928, the Ott accomodated the overflow of passengers from the T.N. & O. Railroad who were unable to obtain reservations at other nearby facilities. With a fully restored interior and the outside appearing as it did in 1928, The Ott has recently been certified as Haunted by the Louisiana Ghost Investigations. It's chock full of orbs, full body ghosts, ectoplasm, and successful EVP recordings have been made there. The entire building has signs of being haunted. Marathon: The Gage Hotel - Designed and planned by Alfred Gage. Opening in 1927, the hotel became a gathering place for many miners and ranchers in the area. Sadly, Gage was unable to enjoy the success of his hotel as he passed away the year it opened. The hotel is said to have at least three resident ghosts. They are said to be heard and sometimes seen walking across the porch, patio or hallways after dark. Ask for Room 10, it supposedly has quite a bit of paranormal activity. McAllen: Renaissance Casa de Palmas - Ghostly sightings on the third floor. Minneola: Beckham Hotel - In the 19th century, a woman died after a fall down the stairs. Her ghost is said to haunt there. Mineral Wells: Baker Hotel - Closed in 1970, the first reported ghost sightings occured during the 1950s and 1960s. A woman was seen on the 7th floor, possibly the deceased mistress of the hotel's manager. She was reported to have committed suicide, leaping from the top of the building. Drinking glasses in the room where she stayed were discovered with red lipstick on the rims. The scent of perfume and the sound of high heeled shoes walking through the building have been documented. Ghostly figures have been witnessed, including the flirtacious spirit of the former hotel manager's mistress. The lively sounds of a party could be heard in the Brazos Room, where guests overheard orchestra music, people talking, dishes and silverware clinking from the empty room. After the hotel closed, windows could be seen wide open, then closed. The hotel was also inhabited by the spirit of a young boy who died there in 1933, along with his pet, a shaggy dog. The disembodied figure of an elevator operator who was tragically crushed in an elevator accident in 1948 has also been seen in the basement. Crazy Water Hotel - Built on top of the site of Old Well #3, of which the water was rich in minerals. Completed in 1914, it was a luxury hotel until it was destroyed by fire in 1925. The hotel was rebuilt into a seven story structure in 1927, boasting 200 rooms. In later years, many employees often witnessed the sight of a little girl, dressed in a frilly pink dress playing in the kitchen. She was also heard sobbing in the basement. Cold spots frequented the areas where the little spirit girl played. Voices were heard, and the spirit of a man wearing a long trench coat was seen in the kitchen. The Crazy Water Hotel is now a retirement center. New Braunfels: The Hotel Faust - Ghostly spirits have been seen floating through closed doors, and have turned on lights and water in guest rooms. A woman holding a baby have been seen, along with a well dressed elderly man wearing old fashioned clothes also haunts the hotel. Port Aransas: The Tarpon Inn - Guests have reported seeing a pink glowing light from a 2nd floor bathroom at night, cold spots and sounds of footsteps. San Antonio: Emily Morgan Hotel - This lovely Gothic Revival building has been the scene of heavy spirit activity in the basement. It was originally used as a morgue and medical school. The hotel's 7th and 8th floors are chock full of paranormal activity including strange noises, temperature changes, spirit sightings, toilet lids opening and slamming shut by themselves, a malfunctioning elevator, and objects moving in guest rooms. Ghosts have been seen wandering the Alamo courtyard, which the hotel overlooks, along with the Alamo, of course. Menger Hotel - Also located adjacent to the historic Alamo, this hotel claims to be the most haunted building in the world. A popular spot for paranormal writers and TV ghost hunting programs, this hotel has been studied extensively by paranormal investigators. The Menger was opened in 1859 and hosted many celebrities of the day, including U.S. Presidents over the years. Geronimo, the Native American Indian leader was a prisoner in the hotel's basement for a short period of time, and his spirit has been seen there on occasion. Richard King, the founder of the King ranch has also been spotted walking through the walls of the King Room. Theodore Roosevelt is said to haunt the bar where he recruited his 'rough riders'. Other ghostly sightings have included a military man, a woman wearing a blue dress and beret who would knit in the hotel lobby, a man in a buckskin jacket and gray pants who has one-sided arguments with somebody unseen, and the most famous of all...Sallie White, a chambermaid who, in 1876 worked at the hotel and was reported to have had an affair. her husband found her in one of the rooms with a lover, and beat her senseless. She died soon after, and the Menger Hotel footed the $32 bill to bury her. Guests have seen her, wearing a maids' outfit from the 19th century, in the room where she was murdered. Sheraton Gunter Hotel - Built in 1909, but was also another hotel that was built in 1837. Sightings include an elderly woman, but room 636 is supposedly full of paranormal activity, involving the spirit of a murdered woman who was brutally killed in 1965. It is said she was a prostitute, and there is supposed to be a picture of her hanging in the lobby bar. Plaza Marriott - A woman who hung both herself and her cat in one of the four buildings that make up the Marriott can be seen in a long white nightgown, petting her cat in the upper levels of the hotel, the basement, garden, and employee corridors. The complex's exercise room was originally her livingroom. St. Anthony Hotel - Another grand hotel which opened in 1909, spirits in extravagant finery have been seen in the Anacacho Ballroom, including people who have heard odd noises. A woman dressed in red and her companion, a tall man wearing a top hat have been seen entering the elevators. The rooftop garden is favored by the spirits of children, distant footsteps and voices have been heard throughout the hotel. In the ladie's rest room, an elderly woman and a former Latina employee by the name of Anita have been spotted, a very sad young girl haunts the Anacacho Ballroom, and in one guest room, a couple can be seen reliving their honeymoon. Terrel Castle Bed and Breakfast - Children haunt the stairwell of this B&B, and a former female resident is said to been seen in the library. Schulenburg: Von Minden Hotel - Built in 1927, this hotel had been the scene of at least two suicides, of a railroad worker (Room 23), and a returning WW2 vet who hung himself in Room 37. The spirit of a young woman wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, polka dot dress, white gloves and carrying a cardboard suitcase has asked guests for directions, then fades away into nothing. Waxahachie: The Rogers Hotel - We have info on the hauntings here, we just need to assemble it to post. This hotel is said to be very Paranormal Investigator-friendly. More Haunted Hotels on the way! If you have heard of a haunted hotel that is not listed here, contact us, thanks! Email: mina@texashauntsociety.com22222222222 |
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