Haunted Places in Bent, New Mexico



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    La Luz Canyon

    La Luz, New Mexico

    12.8 miles from Bent, NM

    Reportedly haunted by the ghosts of children who died when the car they were riding in crashed.


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    La Luz Water Treatment Plant

    La Luz, New Mexico

    13.1 miles from Bent, NM

    An unknown entity haunts the treatment plant. Eerie feelings and hot and cold spots make up the majority of the claims.


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    The Lodge Resort & Spa

    Cloudcroft, New Mexico

    15.7 miles from Bent, NM

    The ghost of a red-haired woman is said to haunt the dining room as well as the ghost of a former maid who was allegedly murdered there.


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    Otero County Court House

    Alamogordo, New Mexico

    18.8 miles from Bent, NM

    The office location previously served as a sheriff's office and a cellblock before being converted to offices. There are reported hauntings in the corridor's of the building, where the ghost of a young man dressed in an early 20th century suit has been seen. Doors slam and footsteps are heard ...


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    Monte Vista Cemetery

    Alamogordo, New Mexico

    19.3 miles from Bent, NM

    A woman in white is rumored to haunt the cemetery grounds.


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    Hale Lake

    Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico

    21 miles from Bent, NM

    This is reported to be one of those places where simply driving there at night will cause all sorts of mechanical havoc with your car. While these reports probably came about through young men trying to con gullible girls - "no honey, I swear my car just died, it ...


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    Bonito Lake

    Nogal, New Mexico

    21.7 miles from Bent, NM

    Eerie sounds and lights have been reported around Bonito lake. Rife with abandoned mines and an entire ghost town beneath the lake, it is a spooky and spectacular camping spot.


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    Hanger on Hangerlake Road

    Las Cruces, New Mexico

    70 miles from Bent, NM

    Teenagers attempt to scare the gullible with rumors of "demonic activity" and "satanic rituals" that took place at the hanger. However, there is no evidence of this, and no one over the age of 13 actually believes it. People also claim that someone was murdered in the hanger and their ...


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    Fort Craig National Historic Site

    San Antonio, New Mexico

    74.4 miles from Bent, NM

    Caretakers at Fort Craig National Historic Site have witnessed an apparition in Civil War clothing and heard voices that have come from the ruins.


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    Pecan Fields of Roswell

    Roswell, New Mexico

    75.6 miles from Bent, NM

    Reports of a young, crying boy who runs across the street at night.


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    Southeast New Mexico Historical Society

    Roswell, New Mexico

    78.4 miles from Bent, NM

    The historical museum features war paraphernalia and other such exhibits from the past, and is rumoured to be haunted. The apparition of a young soldier who was taken as a prisoner of war has been seen waving and smiling to guests in a room on the second floor. A ...


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    Pueblo Auditorium

    Roswell, New Mexico

    78.5 miles from Bent, NM

    There are rumors of a boy who haunts the upper balcony.


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    Chaves County Courthouse

    Roswell, New Mexico

    78.8 miles from Bent, NM

    The sounds of young children playing are often heard in the basement.


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    New Mexico Military Institute

    Roswell, New Mexico

    79 miles from Bent, NM

    If you go to most ghost websites out there, you will find some variation of this hogwash: The NMMI does not use the word "juliet" for the letter "J" in their phonetic alphabet because they believe it is badluck. The NATO phonetic alphabet is fairly standard for any military ...


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    Amador Hotel

    Las Cruces, New Mexico

    79.6 miles from Bent, NM

    The Amador Hotel, built in 1866, is popular among the area's ghost tours. Witnesses describe apparitions, shadows, malfunctioning flashlights, and scratches that appeared on a man's arm as he was touring the upstairs. That's where Annie is said to reside, a playful spirit who has asked ghost investigators to bring ...


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    Dona Ana County Courthouse

    Las Cruces, New Mexico

    79.7 miles from Bent, NM

    This historic courthouse was built in 1937, and is no longer used for judicial affairs. Paranormal investigators here claim to have encountered a violent entity and a shadowy apparition, and have reported hearing voices and feeling cold spots. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Las Cruces Railroad Museum

    Las Cruces, New Mexico

    79.8 miles from Bent, NM

    This old train depot now serves as a railroad museum, and is rumoured to be haunted by at least three spirits, including two ghostly men and a woman in an old-fashioned dress. Voices have also been heard when there is no one around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Sierra Vista Hospital

    Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

    80.2 miles from Bent, NM

    This is an old hospital and therefore hauntings are layered on hauntings here. Nurses claim to hear babies crying when there are no babies on the floor, doors open and close on their own, electronics go off independent of any living operator and the ghosts of nuns who used to ...


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    Rio Grande - Las Cruces New Mexico

    Las Cruces, New Mexico

    81.7 miles from Bent, NM

    The cries of a woman who allegedly drowned her kids in the river can be heard along the river banks. She is supposed to be cursed to wander the banks for eternity searching for her children.


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    Double Eagle Restaurant

    Las Cruces, New Mexico

    81.9 miles from Bent, NM

    The Double Eagle boasts a rich history and of course, no historic building is complete without a major tragedy and subsequent haunting. The Carlotta Room is reportedly haunted by ghosts with a tragic story of forbidden love and dastardly murder attached to them. When the young master ...


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    Antonio R. Garcez

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    El Patio

    Las Cruces, New Mexico

    82 miles from Bent, NM

    The ghost of the woman who owned the restaurant previously is said to haunt it. She moves items and sometimes crashing sounds, as if all the pots were falling can be heard in the kitchen.


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    Transmountain Road

    El Paso, Texas

    95 miles from Bent, NM

    The ghost of an old monk and his donkey are said to walk along this road.


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    Shaffer Hotel

    Mountainair, New Mexico

    96.5 miles from Bent, NM

    Witnesses, including ghost hunters, have determined that the hotel is haunted. Some have described lights that flash in the Wedding Suite and the unexplained smell of chocolate in the "Handicapped Room." EVPs, photos, and other evidence of spirits were collected here, including the word "Shaffer" spoken in response to the ...


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    Gravity Hill - Thunderbird Drive

    El Paso, Texas

    98.7 miles from Bent, NM

    Gravity hills are interesting natural phenomena that are nature's practical jokes on the gullible. Gravity hills are what happen when a common optical illusion that causes a slight downward slope to appear to be an uphill slope tricks people into thinking that their car is magically going uphill,when in fact, ...


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    Hideaway Mobile Food

    Fort Bliss, Texas

    99.1 miles from Bent, NM

    Things began to happen after our boss passed away in early 2010. The ice scoop that sits on the ice machine would fall off the machine at different times. We have a paper towel machine that you have to wave your hand to get paper towels. ...


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    Fort Bliss

    Fort Bliss, Texas

    99.2 miles from Bent, NM

    Fort Bliss is rumored to be a ghost-hunter's delight with apparitions that appear in photographs, footsteps, unexplained noises, lights that go on and off, toilets that flush by themselves, and voices that come from nowhere. Ghostly soldiers have been seen by many, notably in or around Building 4, once used ...


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    La Hacienda Airport Travelodge

    El Paso, Texas

    99.9 miles from Bent, NM

    The Texas Hauntings society lists this as a haunted hotel, primarily due to the bar inside called the "Las Trancas Lounge." It is said there is a female spirit who is often heard laughing.


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    Loretto Academy

    El Paso, Texas

    100.6 miles from Bent, NM

    Rumor has it that the bell tower is haunted by the ghost of a nun who lost her life in the bell tower. While there are many variations of the story - accidental death, suicide over pregnancy, murdered through being locked away and starved - the particulars of the ...


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    Concordia Cemetery

    El Paso, Texas

    101.2 miles from Bent, NM

    At Concordia Cemetery, more than 60,000 folks have been laid to rest, and many lie in UN-rest, according to reports. It's said that the cemetery is so active with apparitions and other strange occurrences that the L&J Café across the street even gets some "business" from the cemetery's ghosts.


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    Old Southwestern General Hospital

    El Paso, Texas

    101.6 miles from Bent, NM

    At Old Southwestern General Hospital, there is said to be a ghost nurse who changes bedsheets and walks the halls in the hospital's empty fourth floor. Eerie activity has been reported here since 1936, when a psychic claimed to have sensed the spirits of a woman and of a man ...


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    Randell S. Van Alst
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    Monteleone's Ristorante

    El Paso, Texas

    101.6 miles from Bent, NM

    Featured on SyFy Channel’s Paranormal Witness, Monteleone's Ristorante is reported to have lost customers because of the strange things that happened there. Just to name a few: Pans of lasagna flew off tables, an apparition of a charred arm appeared coming through a door, and unexplained pounding was heard at ...


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    Evergreen Cemetery

    El Paso, Texas

    101.6 miles from Bent, NM

    The ghost boy at Evergreen Cemetery is said to stand on the sidewalk and ask passersby for a ride in the wee hours of the morning. Also, a mist and a strong smell are said to materialize near the train tracks behind the graveyard.


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    El Paso Community College

    El Paso, Texas

    101.7 miles from Bent, NM

    At the photo lab at El Paso Community College, strange things may be afoot. Students have seen the revolving door open by itself and felt the touch of an unseen hand while inside. Also, some say there is an overwhelming feeling of a presence watching you, and sometimes a feeling ...


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    Cristo Rey Catholic Church

    El Paso, Texas

    102 miles from Bent, NM

    Cristo Rey Catholic Church is only open to the public during Holy Week, as it is part of a cloistered convent. Its ghost in residence is said to be a kindly nun in traditional habit, seen praying at the altar communion rail. If people approach her, she gradually fades away.


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    Albert Fall Mansion

    El Paso, Texas

    102.1 miles from Bent, NM

    The 1907 mansion is haunted by a phantom figure seen pacing the upstairs balcony. The spectre has also been standing at the windows, staring down into the street. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Fire Station #9

    El Paso, Texas

    102.6 miles from Bent, NM

    Fire Station No. 9, say the firefighters who work here, has a ghost: Woodard Bloxom, a former captain who died battling a warehouse fire across the street in 1934. The ghost is said to be friendly, and may forewarn the firefighters about impending calls. The men have witnessed cold spots, ...


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    Magoffin Homestead

    El Paso, Texas

    103 miles from Bent, NM

    The historic Magoffin Home was originally built by El Paso mayor Joseph Magoffin in 1875. His family lived there until 1976, when the City of El Paso and the State of Texas bought it--and apparently also bought the ghosts that came with it. One ghost is believed to be Charles ...


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    Seamon Hall

    El Paso, Texas

    103.1 miles from Bent, NM

    One ghost story at Seamon Hall on the University of Texas at El Paso campus tells of a ghostly janitor who passed away after stashing his money somewhere in the building. Another tells of a female student who was murdered by her boyfriend at a tea party held by the ...


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    University of Texas El Paso

    El Paso, Texas

    103.1 miles from Bent, NM

    University of Texas El Paso, aka UTEP, has more than its share of haunted buildings. Folks say that at Old Main, Cotton Memorial, the Geology Building, Hudspeth Hall and Worrell Hall, there are sounds of footsteps, trash cans that open by themselves and flickering lights. And on the library's fifth ...


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    Chase Tower

    El Paso, Texas

    103.3 miles from Bent, NM

    Chase Tower, formerly the El Paso National Bank Tower and the Texas Commerce Bank Tower, is the site of many law and bank offices. Red lights and a ghostly woman in a red dress have been seen on the upper floor.


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  • Haunted Battlefields of the South
    Thomas Freese Bryan Bush
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    Toltec Building

    El Paso, Texas

    103.3 miles from Bent, NM

    The landmark Toltec Building, completed in 1910, is rumored to be haunted. Over the years, witnesses have described such things as stage lights exploding or changing color, props falling, and apparitions, including one of Pancho Villa.


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    Insights El Paso Science Museum

    El Paso, Texas

    103.5 miles from Bent, NM

    Insights El Paso Science Museum is no more; according to reports, it was demolished in 2013. It was said to be haunted by the Native American spirits, including a chief, and a ghostly woman dressed in white.


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    Plaza Theatre

    El Paso, Texas

    103.5 miles from Bent, NM

    The 1930 Plaza Theatre, originally a movie house, has several ghosts, according to witnesses. Lights turn on and off, and an eerie red-orange light has been seen traveling through the mezzanine. Some of the apparitions here include a shadowy man in black and an elderly man smoking a cigarette. Also ...


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    El Paso Museum of Art

    El Paso, Texas

    103.5 miles from Bent, NM

    El Paso Museum of Art is believed to be haunted by the spirit of an older woman, whose apparition has been seen looking at folks from an upper window. Witnesses also claim that the lights go on and off and doors open and close by themselves. Moaning sounds have been ...


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    Camino Real

    El Paso, Texas

    103.6 miles from Bent, NM

    Rumor has it that the Camino Real is a haunted hotel. A ghostly woman is said to wander the halls wearing a white gown and a melancholy expression.


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    Union Depot

    El Paso, Texas

    103.7 miles from Bent, NM

    With more than 100 years of service, it's small wonder that this historic train station would have some occurances. Since opening as the Texas Tech School of Architecture, El Paso in 2012, fellow students have reported several strange occurances on the upper floor, including moving chairs, doors creaking, ...


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    Fire Station #11

    El Paso, Texas

    103.8 miles from Bent, NM

    Fire Station No. 11 is said to have a haunted bed that the firefighters refuse to sleep in. Men who have used that bed in the past say the bed shakes, the blankets are tugged at, and their sleep is ruined by unexplained coughing fits.


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    Sacred Heart Church

    El Paso, Texas

    103.8 miles from Bent, NM

    At the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, a ghostly woman in a turn-of-the-century bridal gown is said to weep in the side chapel. According to local lore, the young Mexican woman was left at the altar and shortly thereafter passed away. Her ghost is said to return to the church, hoping ...


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    Six Poles

    Socorro, Texas

    105.1 miles from Bent, NM

    Rumors abound as to the purpose and the past of Six Poles. The most oft cited urban legend is that it was a slaughterhouse and that a woman accidentally killed herself there and now her ghosts haunts the spot.


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    Magic Landing Amusement Park

    El Paso, Texas

    105.4 miles from Bent, NM

    Magic Landing Amusement Park stood abandoned since 1989, and was demolished in 2012. The area was believed to be haunted by the ghost of an 18-year-old employee, Frank Guzman Jr., who was killed in 1985 while trying to recover a park guest's cap from a roller coaster track. As he ...


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