7 Terrifying Texas Urban Legends
Before Mark Cuban purchased the Dallas Mavericks, they worked out in this ridiculously small gym in an abandoned park outside Ft. Worth. The team was so bad, everybody quit except for one guy, Alexisis “Narrow Shot” Polianki from Ukraine. In 1949, he played every game by himself, losing each for a final record of 110 losses out of 110 games. He went back to the tiny gym and hung himself from the basketball hoop. At midnight you can hear him cry, “Not again!”
After arriving late for his scheduled turn as an altar boy for the 11am Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Motion, Kybe Andthanksbetoyou was scolded so severely by Father Sternum, he stormed out and vowed revenge. Later that night he burned the church and threw himself in the flames. During the anniversary of the fire, he can be seen moving slowly through what remains of the grand structure he destroyed.
Troy and Leslie were enthusiastic, experienced hikers, so they didn’t worry too much when they lost their way in the Abelino Hills on a day hike in 1973 outside Austin. They hiked for miles and, realizing they were going in a big circle, stayed in this abandoned house to shelter from a coming storm. As the clouds and lightning rolled in, so did the ghost of the long-dead owner who died in 1874 from Texas bug fever. Troy and Leslie vanished without a trace.
This bridge situated halfway between Midland and Odessa is covered in fog every day, no matter what season it is or what the weather is like. Anyone driving or walking into the fog disappears without a trace, prompting many disgruntled Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars fans to make the trek to end their misery.
This is the gruesome end to one of the most epic house parties of all time, the Walls Be Jumpin’ rave and EDM concert staged in an old hospital building on the grounds of the now-closed Insane Asylum of San Antonio. As the party grew in size, attracting 2 or 3 million people from Houston, Dallas and beyond, inevitable fights broke out. Once the police were able to get things under control, they realized famous DJ Pimp’N’Pop was shot in the hands and bled to death in front of the turntables. Nearby residents claim they can hear him in odd hours spinning tunes and screaming well in to the morning hours.
In 1865, Alligator Al and the Paulson Gang robbed the West Texas Express as it chugged out of Austin on the way to El Paso. They didn’t know two federal officers hired to thwart train robbers were dressed up as Alice and Elaine, twins from Boston on the way to San Diego to visit their ailing mother. Alice and Elaine both had 17 shotguns under their dresses and opened fire on the thieves as they boarded the rear cars by dropping from tree branches. Today, when the train passes by the same spot, riders claim they can hear the creak of branches and the sound of men landing on the roof.
Movie houses were the center of social life in many tiny Texas towns in the 1930s, bringing much needed entertainment to sparsely populated areas. Davey Silentshyster was eager to take his infatuation with his beautiful next-door neighbor Sally Hotpockley to the next level when he asked her to attend that Saturday’s matinée. She smirked and said she couldn’t because she was already going with star quarterback Brock Flintlysone. Besides, she said, “Brock has a car.” Incensed, Davey hot-wired Brock’s convertible and drove it straight into the theater, causing the building to collapse on all 124 people inside, killing them all.
