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Forest Lawn - Kissing Statue
Beaumont, Texas
4.9 miles from Vidor, TX
Legend has it that at night at this cemetery, two statues awaken and kiss. So the story goes, if you shine car bright headlights on the man and woman statues from the driveway that runs behind them, they will come to life, turn around, and kiss. Another point of note ...
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Holiday Inn
Beaumont, Texas
7.3 miles from Vidor, TX
Security Cameras picked up a creepy shadow on the wall of the 2nd floor. There are no windows down this hall, and the camera was only activated by motion. Ghost hunters came to check this out and what they found was astonishing. The hotel is currently closed, ...
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Lamar University - Sigma Phi Epsilon
Beaumont, Texas
7.8 miles from Vidor, TX
Local tales say this house, purchased by the university in the 1980s, was once a dream house built by a farmer. After the farmer passed, it fell into disrepute as a brothel. Now a frat house, a ghost named Chester is said to reside here, making himself known by knocking, ...
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Ghost Lady of West 7th St
Port Arthur, Texas
18.6 miles from Vidor, TX
It is said that one night, a woman was decapitated here as she was trying to cross the train's path while it was stopped. Folks say her ghost can be seen walking down the tracks.
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Big Woods Cemetery
Vinton, Louisiana
31.8 miles from Vidor, TX
Shadows and electrical interference are the two big ticket items to look for when visiting Big Woods cemetery.
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Light of Saratoga - Bragg Road Ghost Lights
Saratoga, Texas
35.3 miles from Vidor, TX
The Ghost Light is known to appear and disappear at night without a known cause. Some attribute the phenomena to swamp gas; others say it is the spirit of a railroad worker who was decapitated in a train accident and is searching for his head. The light is said to ...
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The Historic Ott Hotel
Liberty, Texas
47 miles from Vidor, TX
This 1928 historic hotel is said to be haunted by several spirits. Two are thought to be Anna and Joshua, a couple who were killed under mysterious circumstances while Anna was having an affair in the hotel in 1930. Oddly enough, they were said to have been killed by the ...
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Chambersea
Anahuac, Texas
47.2 miles from Vidor, TX
The 1845 plantation-style mansion was formerly owned by surveyor general Thomas Jefferson Chambers, who was shot dead through a ground floor window in 1863. Local folk say that a shadow has been seen pacing the downstairs room where he was assassinated, and screams have been heard coming from the ...
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Calcasieu Courthouse
Lake Charles, Louisiana
48.1 miles from Vidor, TX
Calcasieu Courthouse is said to be haunted by Toni Jo McQuiston (born Annie Beatrice McQuiston), a murderess and the only female to die in Louisiana’s electric chair. Toni was a beauty but a tough girl, into drugs and prostitution. But after she fell in love with Claude Henry (nicknamed Cowboy)at ...
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Cork Grinders Wine and Coffee Bar
Baytown, Texas
63.4 miles from Vidor, TX
I own a wine, craft beer and coffee bar in the historic district of Baytown, Texas. Our building is very eclectic and was built in the late 1920's. It was originally a theater (The Texan Theater). My staff and I sense a paranormal presence on a regular basis. Recently we ...
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Point Bolivar Lighthouse
Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
69.4 miles from Vidor, TX
According to legend, the keepers son killed his family now he haunts the grounds trying to find his dead parents. this 116 foot black lighthouse was built in 1872 but is no longer in use. (Submitted by Nathaniel)
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Midnite Slice
Seabrook, Texas
72.1 miles from Vidor, TX
Midnite Slice is housed in the original Seabrook Post Office. Reports include doors opening and closing by themselves and a broken oven timer ringing. Alarms going off by themselves. A woman visited Midnite Slice claiming her the ghost of her mother was at the location and she stopped by to visit. While ...
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Bishop's Palace
Galveston, Texas
73.4 miles from Vidor, TX
The Bishop's Palace was finished in 1893, and was survived the Great Hurricane of 1900. Rumour has it the protective former owner, Walter Gresham, still haunts the place, and has been known to appear during freak weather events. Witnesses say his spirit appears agitated, pacing back and forth across ...
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The Victorian Inn
Galveston, Texas
73.5 miles from Vidor, TX
The third floor Zachary Suite - in king bedroom an unseen woman hums a happy tune. In the living room, a man whistling and being touched on the shoulder has been reported. In the queen room someone reports being touched on the back from shoulder to shoulder. On the ...
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Ashton Villa
Galveston, Texas
74 miles from Vidor, TX
Miss Bettie, daughter of the historic Ashton Villa's first owner James Moreau Brown, is rumored to have haunted the house since its 1975 restoration. Her apparition has been seen in a long turquoise dress on the second-floor landing. Her pianist sister may be here too, some say, because the piano ...
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Hotel Galvez
Galveston, Texas
74.1 miles from Vidor, TX
Said to be the oldest hotel on the island, Hotel Galvez has a haunted room 505. Reports say that very few people actually stay all night in that room, because there is an eerie presence that makes them feel uncomfortable. The mysterious scent of gardenias is said to be a ...
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1895 Moody Mansion
Galveston, Texas
74.2 miles from Vidor, TX
This 1895 mansion is open to the public for tours. Visitors have reported disembodied footsteps and apparitions which have shown up in photographs. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Van Alstyne House
Galveston, Texas
74.4 miles from Vidor, TX
The 1891 'Gingerbread House' housed an antiques store for many years, until the owners left due to the overwhelming paranormal activity. Reports ranged from tables being flipped over by unseen hands to a foreign voice that told a visitor that he would die if he didn't leave right away. (Submitted ...
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Michael B. Menard House
Galveston, Texas
74.8 miles from Vidor, TX
The 1838 historic mansion is the oldest house in town, and may be one of the most haunted. A former owner would hold séances in the house until his death, and supposedly encountered a number of spirits from a bygone era. However, most of the ghosts haunting this place ...
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First Line Apartments
Pasadena, Texas
76.5 miles from Vidor, TX
The apparition of a woman in white haunts the apartment complex. She has been seen pacing the hallways and walking in and out of rooms in owners suites. She has also been seen by motorists staring down into the street late at night. Residents have reported hearing strange noises and ...
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H.E.B. - Auto Zone
Houston, Texas
82.8 miles from Vidor, TX
This site formerly was an H.E.B. grocery, and is now an Auto Zone. The ghost of a little girl has been seen walking in the back warehouse. Before the location was bought by H.E.B., it was there that she was murdered after being kidnapped.
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Huntsman Chemcial Plant
Conroe, Texas
82.9 miles from Vidor, TX
In the administrative building of the chemical plant, the apparition of a tall pale man has been seen wandering the corridors. He is believed to be a former worker who died in an explosion here. Doors open and close by themselves, and night patrol staff have reportedly been followed by ...
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Wunsche Brothers Cafe and Saloon
Spring, Texas
83.9 miles from Vidor, TX
A benign and lively ghost apparently haunts this cafe in Spring, Texas. The ghost is believed to be the original owner Charlie Wunsche. Although the ghost appears more inclined to mischievous pranks - holding doors closed, hiding items and messing with electronics- he has been sighted by employees ...
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Spaghetti Warehouse
Houston, Texas
84.4 miles from Vidor, TX
Supposedly rife with spirited activity. The haunting tales usually center around an elevator shaft where one or more people plunged to their deaths.
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La Carafe
Houston, Texas
84.5 miles from Vidor, TX
The unoccupied second floor is the site of most of the haunting claims. People report ghostly footsteps and items moving as well as the full-body apparition of a large black male ghost.
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Jefferson Davis Hospital
Houston, Texas
84.8 miles from Vidor, TX
The hospital opened in 1925, and it had been built over an 1840s city cemetery that held thousands of graves. Many were unmarked, suspected to be cholera and yellow fever victims. Although some gravesites were moved, it is said that the actual remains were not transferred along with them. The ...
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Jefferson Davis Hospital - Elder Street Artists Lofts
Houston, Texas
84.8 miles from Vidor, TX
Elder Street Artists Lofts, formerly the Jefferson Davis Hospital, is said to be haunted by deceased hospital patients. The activity here is said to stem from the fact that the site was built over an 1800s cemetery where about 3,000 Civil War and yellow fever victims were buried. Before the ...
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Bob Casey Federal Courthouse
Houston, Texas
84.9 miles from Vidor, TX
This courthouse is said to be haunted by a former judge who died after complications from surgery. Apparently, unable to let his work go, even after death, he continues to haunt the building. People claim that his chambers are colder than the rest of the building (no reports ...
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Old Downtown Library - Julia Ideson Building
Houston, Texas
85 miles from Vidor, TX
Reported to be haunted by the ghost of a former caretaker and his dog.
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Diboll House
Diboll, Texas
85.5 miles from Vidor, TX
This small residential property is believed to be haunted. It was apparently a former sector of a nursing home, before conversion to a one story house. Former resident reported being attacked by an aggressive entity, and of seeing a shadowy apparition running through the hallways at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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2309 Wichita Street
Houston, Texas
86.2 miles from Vidor, TX
The unusually pointy and turreted private home at 2309 Wichita St., made up of half-timbered gables, spires and rooftop decks, is rumored to be haunted, perhaps by former owner and former VA nurse Charles Fondow, who passed away in 2011 in a Barbados hospital at age 64 after becoming ill ...
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Cinemark Tinseltown 17 and XD
Spring, Texas
86.3 miles from Vidor, TX
This spot, as urban legend tells it, is haunted by the apparitions of a small boy and a man. They were said to have died in a trailer park long ago when one was murdered and the other burned to death in a fire. Witnesses have also heard voices and ...
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Patterson Street
Houston, Texas
87 miles from Vidor, TX
Some say if you drive down the street slowly you will see black figures begin to follow the car and see handprints appear on the windows. The car will feel very cold in spots.
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Elizabeth Town Hall
Elizabeth, Louisiana
88.5 miles from Vidor, TX
Probably the only thing to beware at this town hall are the very sketchy rumors of it being haunted. Very little anecdotal evidence exists to support the claims, but we'll include it for the sake of completeness.
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Kingsgate Village
Houston, Texas
94.7 miles from Vidor, TX
The ghost of a girl apparently haunts the apartment complex. There's a story of her ghost seeking revenge and killing her unfaithful boyfriend but the story is so obviously the product of an overactive, watched-too-many-B-movies mentality that we can't be bothered to reproduce here. Just because one believes ...
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Grady Hill
Many, Louisiana
102.2 miles from Vidor, TX
One of the numerous La Llorona or "weeping woman" haunting claims.
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Sterne-Hoya House
Nacogdoches, Texas
108.3 miles from Vidor, TX
An former housekeeper reported that she felt a happy presence in the house, and described a gentle pressure upon her body while in the attic. She encountered a negative feeling in the cellar.
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Stephen F. Austin State University - Mays Hall 11
Nacogdoches, Texas
109.4 miles from Vidor, TX
According to some reports, the building was once a hospital with a morgue in the basement. Other reports say the city hospital did not actually have a morgue in the basement. A 1940s-era ruined bomb shelter is said to be one one end. An eerie, negative feeling is said to ...
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Stephen F. Austin State University - Griffith Hall
Nacogdoches, Texas
109.4 miles from Vidor, TX
On the third floor, rumor has it that a female student once jumped out the window after playing with a Ouija board. Her ghost causes the lights in the shower room to flicker at the same time every night, at the exact time she died. Her apparition has been seen ...
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Turner Auditorium
Nacogdoches, Texas
109.7 miles from Vidor, TX
A ghost named Chester haunts the theater building, who is rumored to have been an architect of the building, but passed away before its completion. Legend has it that the building was erected backward and he killed himself in disgrace. His ghost has manifested as a face on a stage ...
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Magnolia Plantation
Cloutierville, Louisiana
116.9 miles from Vidor, TX
The 1830 Magnolia Plantation has a main plantation house, slaves' quarters, store, blacksmith shop and slave hospital. The site, built by Ambrose Lecomte II and his wife Julia Buard, is now owned by the National Park Service and is believed to be haunted by mistreated slaves. Reports say that the ...
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Historical Jail
Colfax, Louisiana
123.1 miles from Vidor, TX
We are a local Paranormal Research Team filming and investigating places for the brand-new TV series, called True Ghost Stories. Upon our scouting and places to film and investigate for the show, we ran across the well known and documented place in Colfax Louisiana called " The Colfax Riot Of ...
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