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0Blackbeard's On the Beach
Corpus Christi, Texas
11.1 miles from Taft, TX
It's unsure exactly who haunts this beachside restaurant, but witnesses say he opens doors, makes salt shakers jump and chairs move, and plays other harmless pranks. An apparition was recorded walking in the back dining area after hours. Some believe the ghost is a man who was killed long ago ...
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USS Lexington
Corpus Christi, Texas
11.3 miles from Taft, TX
Known as the Blue Ghost, the USS Lexington is rumored to be haunted by an engine room operator who was killed in battle and several crew members who were killed in a WWII attack. Besides apparitions, witnesses have heard doors slam, seen lights go off on their own, and felt ...
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Wilson Plaza
Corpus Christi, Texas
12.7 miles from Taft, TX
Originally called the Nixon Building, the 1927 building is said to be a hot spot for paranormal activity. Witnesses have had a feeling of being watched, seen shadow figures and heard unexplained noises in their offices here, in the early mornings or late at night. The elevators are said to ...
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Days Inn Hotel
Corpus Christi, Texas
12.7 miles from Taft, TX
The ghost of the famous Tejano singer Selena is said to wander about the room in which she was shot here. Though her apparition has not been seen, folks have reported the faint sound of singing and the smell of roses, along with an overwhelming feeling of sadness.
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Angel Rose Bed and Breakfast Inn
Rockport, Texas
21.4 miles from Taft, TX
The 1881 bed and breakfast is one of only a few historic buildings left on the southern coast of this small township, as many have been destroyed by hurricanes, neglect and fire over the course of a century. Paranormal activity reported at this location includes lights turning on and ...
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0Tarpon Inn
Port Aransas, Texas
22.9 miles from Taft, TX
At this 1886 hotel, reports from a guest say that at 3 a.m. their bathroom glowed pink, voices were heard above them and in the shower, and cold spots seemed to be everywhere.
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Dog and Bee Pub
Beeville, Texas
36.2 miles from Taft, TX
A man in a trench coat haunts this English-style pub. Glassware has been thrown off shelves by unseen hands, and chandeliers reportedly swing back and forth of their own accord. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Berclair Mansion
Goliad, Texas
40.1 miles from Taft, TX
Built in 1936, this grand old mansion almost seems out of place in this rural town. Furnished with rare antiques, the building is haunted by the apparition of an eccentric elderly woman who lived there alone for years prior to her death. The story goes that workmen restoring the ...
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Alice Lake
Alice, Texas
42.6 miles from Taft, TX
Local legend tells of a little girl who drowned here. Witnesses on the pier have heard her crying for help, seen orbs of light, and felt cold spots.
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Texas A and M - Edward N. Jones Auditorium
Kingsville, Texas
43 miles from Taft, TX
The 1942 auditorium is said to be haunted by the ghost of a worker who died when he fell out of the rafters during construction. He is said to turn the lights on and off, lock the doors, and knock the costumes off the racks.
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0Texas A and M - College Hall Bell Tower
Kingsville, Texas
43.1 miles from Taft, TX
The bell tower is said to be haunted by a man who hung himself here. At midnight, his shadow is said to appear on all four corners of the bell.
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Sutherlands Lumber
Alice, Texas
43.2 miles from Taft, TX
The site was formerly a Wal-Mart, where a ghost they called Matilde or Matilda liked to play pranks on the employees, damaging merchandise and causing accidents. The building is said to be on the site of the Collins Family homestead, the family who founded the town of Alice. The Old ...
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Texas A and M - Lewis Hall
Kingsville, Texas
43.2 miles from Taft, TX
The hall is said to be haunted by a female student who committed suicide here. Witnesses have seen her apparition, felt cold spots, and described an uneasy feeling of being watched.
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Texas A and M - Turner-Bishop Hall
Kingsville, Texas
43.3 miles from Taft, TX
Each hall has its own ghost. At Bishop Hall, a ghostly girl is said to play with students' hair, unlock doors, drag furniture in empty rooms, andn run the showers. At Turner Hall in the second-floor restroom, a black shadow is said to pass quickly from the last toilet to ...
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Old Hospital
Alice, Texas
44.1 miles from Taft, TX
This hospital is now closed, but when it was open there were claims of call bells ringing on their own on the second floor, even when they were unplugged. Since its closing some residents swear they hear moaning coming from the building, and lights flickering in the windows. In more ...
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Old Rialto Theater
Alice, Texas
44.1 miles from Taft, TX
The theater closed in the 1980s, but employees there claimed to see shadowy apparitions in the halls and described an eerie feeling of being watched by a presence in the upper levels.
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0Presidio La Bahía
Goliad, Texas
46.2 miles from Taft, TX
This fort, originally founded in 1721, was the site of many Texas Revolution conflicts including the Battle of Goliad and the Goliad Massacre. Folks have reported seeing ghostly massacred soldiers and hearing their cries of pain.
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Yorktown Memorial Hospital
Yorktown, Texas
69.4 miles from Taft, TX
The 1940s hospital closed around 1988, but apparently all of its patients haven't moved out. Witnesses say they have been punched, slapped, kicked or scratched by something unseen, and shadow figures have been seen in the hallways. A man named T.J. who died of a heroin overdose here is said ...
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Old Yoakum Community Hospital
Yoakum, Texas
91.8 miles from Taft, TX
A murdered nurse and a priest who had polio are the two main haunts here. EVPs are picked up, full-bodied apparitions are seen, and EMF meters spike. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Abandoned Asylum
San Antonio, Texas
111.1 miles from Taft, TX
Although this place boasts a number of ghostly activities -screaming, moaning, doors opening and closing of their own volition -this property is owned by the county and you are just as likely to encounter a police officer arresting you for trespassing than a ghost. There have been numerous prosecutions for ...
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Ghost Tracks
San Antonio, Texas
112.1 miles from Taft, TX
Legend has it that a school bus full of children was killed by a train at the intersection. They now claim that if you put your car in neutral and stop near the tracks, unseen ghosts will push your car across. (If you decide to attempt this, do ...
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Donkey Lady Bridge
San Antonio, Texas
112.1 miles from Taft, TX
The Donkey Lady is an urban legend that is known throughout San Antonio. Allegedly a woman who was hideously burned and disfigured in a fire haunted the woods. Apparently driven insane by her disfigurement and the loss of two of her children in the same fire she was prone ...
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Devil's Bridge
San Antonio, Texas
113.5 miles from Taft, TX
It is said that the darkness inside is so dense that headlights can't penetrate it for more than a few feet. It is also said that someone or something will catch rocks thrown inside; the thrower will not hear the rock land.
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0Stinson Field Ghost - San Jose Burial Park Cemetery
San Antonio, Texas
114.6 miles from Taft, TX
Blue lights may appear over some of the graves here, and they may even be visible from the road as you drive past.
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Chinese Graveyard
San Antonio, Texas
114.9 miles from Taft, TX
White mists have been seen at the graveyard.
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Mission San José
San Antonio, Texas
115.9 miles from Taft, TX
The legend surrounding the mission's rose window starts with one of its builders, a stonemason whose beloved fell ill and passed away. The rose window was made in her memory, and the stonemason made a memorial surrounding it. Some folks say the woman's ghost can be seen looking out her ...
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0Santikos Century Plaza 8 - Mayan Palace 14
San Antonio, Texas
117.1 miles from Taft, TX
Now the Mayan Palace 14 theatre, rumor claims that at night you can hear banging on the ceiling and the sounds of chains being dragged. What precisely is supposed to be making "chain dragging noises" (Marley's ghost??) is unclear, but rumor claims it's true, therefore who are we to ...
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0The Alamodome
San Antonio, Texas
119 miles from Taft, TX
Legend says that the ghoulish figure of a woman haunts the parking lot. In addition a worker who was killed during the construction of the Alamodome is also said to haunt the halls.
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0Institute of Texas Cultures
San Antonio, Texas
119.1 miles from Taft, TX
You may experience the phantom smell of pipe smoke, and hear footsteps in the audiovisual room. There is an 1898 hearse that is said to open by itself, and books are sometimes rearranged in the library.
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0Alamo Street Theater - San Antone Cafe
San Antonio, Texas
119.1 miles from Taft, TX
Allegedly haunted by a ghost in white that some believe is the spirit of a former actor named Margaret. As of 2013 the building is closed and listed for sale.
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0Marriott Plaza San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
119.5 miles from Taft, TX
Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who lived on the property prior to it being a hotel.
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0Menger Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
119.7 miles from Taft, TX
This hotel is apparently haunted by dozens of ghosts, including (allegedly) Teddy Roosevelt. As one of the oldest hotels in Texas, it is only natural that many people would have stayed and some would have died within its walls, which might lead to the absolute plethora of ghosts.
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0The Alamo
San Antonio, Texas
119.7 miles from Taft, TX
Nearly 2,000 people died at the Battle of the Alamo. So much death and bloodshed and so much resulting restless spirit activity have led some people to claim that the Alamo is one of the most haunted places in America. Claims of the Alamo being haunted began mere weeks after ...
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0Emily Morgan Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
119.8 miles from Taft, TX
This website strives to be a cut above other haunted websites. If you go to practically any other "ghost site" that all seem to have the same stock entries on 'haunted hotspots' you will find an entry like this under the Emily Morgan Hotel: "Floor nine is a very ...
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0Cadillac Bar
San Antonio, Texas
119.8 miles from Taft, TX
Haunted by the former owner and a former employee. The malevolent activity is (of course) attributed to the female employee while the former owner is apparently benign and just prone to appearing in the storage area.
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0St. Anthony Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
119.9 miles from Taft, TX
People have claimed to see strange moving shadows, full-body apparitions and other ghostly occurrences at the St. Anthony hotel. Supposedly the tenth floor has the most activity.
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0Camberley Gunter Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
120 miles from Taft, TX
Although no body was ever found, a blood-soaked room indicated that something had gone seriously amiss at the Camberley Gunter Hotel. Legend has it that a woman was murdered there in the 1960's and an unsuspecting maid walked in on the murderer as he was escaping out the fire escape ...
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Bullis House Inn Bed and Breakfast
San Antonio, Texas
120 miles from Taft, TX
The old inn was built in 1906 on the grounds of the site of an old prison, and inn staff and guests have seen the apparition of an American Indian chief roaming the second floor the inn. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Crowne Plaza
San Antonio, Texas
120.1 miles from Taft, TX
The Crowne Plaza is allegedly haunted by ghostly footsteps, strange shadows and feelings of being watched or followed. Note: this hotel has been rebranded to "Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk."
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0Terrell Castle - Lambermont
San Antonio, Texas
120.1 miles from Taft, TX
Haunted by the former owner who committed suicide there. In addition there are apparently ghostly children who play on the stairs.
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0Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio, Texas
120.9 miles from Taft, TX
The Officer's Quarters are said to be haunted. People claim that items move around on their own volition and people claim to see lights when there is no one there.
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0University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas
121.4 miles from Taft, TX
In the main administration building, which was built in 1922, there is said to be a spirit of a little boy playing with a bouncng ball on the 3rd floor. The 4th floor was once used as a quarantine area for TB, and many spirits are said to linger from ...
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0Brackenridge Villa Mansion - Fernridge
Alamo Heights, Texas
121.5 miles from Taft, TX
If you go to other websites, you'll see this stunning piece of haunting "evidence": There is proof that this place has been lived on for 7.000 years! Wow. And what does that have to do with it being haunted? We aren't sure, but other sites claim to find that ...
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0Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, Texas
121.8 miles from Taft, TX
Long dead nuns continue to roam the campus as well as the mischievous ghost that alums have taken to calling Jack. Jack is blamed for every prank and missing item in the dorms (which probably tickles live pranksters to no end).
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0Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas
121.8 miles from Taft, TX
At the Chapman Graduate Center, you may feel an intense desire to get out of the building. At the Holt Center, you may experience a similar feeling.
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0El Camaroncito - The Player's Club
San Antonio, Texas
122.7 miles from Taft, TX
The Devil likes to dance! Who wouldn't really, but there is a widely spread and widely-believed story that the Devil himself actually paid a visit to the El Camaroncito dance hall back in the day. The story goes thus: A handsome man entered the bar and immediately enchanted a ...
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