The Most Terrifying Haunted Places in Texas
With a history as colorful and dramatic as that of Texas, it’s not hard to believe there are plenty of ghosts terrifying locals and visitors alike. Here are some of the scariest places in the state.
Bragg Road (Saratoga)
Bragg Road is one of the most famous haunted spots in Texas. The old logging road is lined on both sides with trees that tower into the darkness as your headlights search into the night in front of you. You creep along, holding onto your fellow passengers for dear life when you see it. A faint light comes closer and closer. You put the car in reverse but you can’t go fast enough. It’s gaining on you!
Suddenly, it flies up and over your car roof and off into space. What was it? Some say it is the restless spirit of a decapitated railroad worker still searching for his missing head. Others say it is simply the lights of the car dancing off the trees. Or maybe you just need to clean off your dang glasses.
Baker Hotel (Mineral Wells)
The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells is being totally renovated, but as we all know, once ghosts get comfortable in a place, you can’t just throw up some new paint and a few carpets and expect they’ll take off. Where are they going to go? You think they are just going to go down to the nearest McDonald’s and stand by the drive-through speaker going “Oooooooo! Ooooooo! Your Big Mac is going to give you stomach pains for days!” Probably not.
So don’t be surprised if you go to get ice in the middle of the night and your path is blocked by the ghost of a middle manager at the hotel who died in 1935. He was shot by a guest who demanded hot towels and a fresh copy of the Austin Statesman in his room every morning for free. When the manager told him there would be a 35-cent fee for the extra service, he took out his Army pistol and shot the poor manager. He is now often seen carrying a stack of hot towels and the Austin newspaper under his arm as he walks slowly through the halls in the middle of the night.
Hotel Galvez (Galveston Island)
The Hotel Galveston on Galveston Island was the site of a gruesome hanging in 1932 when Ellen Lovelornlost hanged herself from the front doorway after learning her beloved Dallas Cowboys had lost to the Pittsburgh Stealers in double overtime in a pre-cursor to the Super Bowl called the World Football Bowl.
Ms. Lovelornlost once dated the Cowboys quarterback but he soon rejected her once his $30 million advance came in and young Dallas cheerleader-types came knocking. She went back home to Galveston Island, cheering on the team despite this cold rebuke. The sadness was too much, however, when the whole team disappointed her in a crushing 75-3 loss that led to her demise and started one of the longest rivalries in professional sports.
