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0Killough Monument
Bullard, Texas
26.2 miles from Overton, TX
Killough Monument stands in remembrance of the 1838 Killough Massacre, said to be the largest and last Native American attack in East Texas. Eighteen people were killed here, and it's said that at least some of their spirits have remained behind. Visitors have seen black apparitions and noticed strange feelings ...
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Beckham Hotel
Mineola, Texas
40.1 miles from Overton, TX
This 1880s hotel building is said to be haunted. One ghost, called Elizabeth, wears a long dress and often carries a parasol. Reports say she is most often seen on the stairs on Mondays at about 3 a.m. She is said to have fallen down the stairs to her death. ...
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Turner Auditorium
Nacogdoches, Texas
49 miles from Overton, 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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Stephen F. Austin State University - Griffith Hall
Nacogdoches, Texas
49.2 miles from Overton, 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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Stephen F. Austin State University - Mays Hall 11
Nacogdoches, Texas
49.3 miles from Overton, 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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White Oak Manor Bed and Breakfast
Jefferson, Texas
49.3 miles from Overton, TX
A ghost named Ida Sue, a young blonde girl, is said to haunt this inn. Witnesses have reported seeing apparitions, quilts that move by themselves, and more strange sounds. Folks say sneezing and coughing can be heard day and night, thought to be a residual haunting from someone who once ...
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0The Grove
Jefferson, Texas
49.3 miles from Overton, TX
Also known as the Stilley-Young House, The Grove is an 1861 house, reportedly very much a hotspot for paranormal activity, that has been featured on many TV shows and in many magazines over the years. Owners have described phantom odors, shadowy figures, moving objects, apparitions, and lights that turn on ...
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Alley-McKay House Bed and Breakfast Inn
Jefferson, Texas
49.4 miles from Overton, TX
You may want to hang on to your drawers if you visit this pretty inn. The ghosts of two house slaves of long ago, Mr. Alfred and Patricia or Aunt Patty, are known for stealing folks' underwear.
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0Cavalier House
Jefferson, Texas
49.5 miles from Overton, TX
This 1950s tavern building was eventually turned into a bed-and-breakfast inn. Witnesses at the inn say there have been residual hauntings from the tavern times. Folks have heard music, voices and footsteps. Reports say the building is either for sale or has been recently purchased.
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Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast
Jefferson, Texas
49.5 miles from Overton, TX
The apparition of well-dressed man has appeared to both residents and guests. His identity is a mystery, but he is the subject of many ghostly local legends.
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0The Excelsior House
Jefferson, Texas
49.7 miles from Overton, TX
This old hotel is said to be haunted by a headless ghost who roams the second floor. Another ghost lives here as well: a woman who wears black and carries a baby. It is said that the woman's apparition has frightened many guests, including film director Steven Spielberg.
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0The Jefferson Hotel
Jefferson, Texas
49.7 miles from Overton, TX
Those who stay here should be warned: Room 19 is said to be haunted. A hotel employee reported hearing voices from the room when it was vacant, and guests staying there have claimed to feel they were being watched by an unseen presence.
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0Sterne-Hoya House
Nacogdoches, Texas
50.4 miles from Overton, 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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Slaton Cemetery
Daingerfield, Texas
50.4 miles from Overton, TX
Slaton Cemetery has earned itself the nickname "Blue Light Cemetery" because of its ghostly blue light that is said to float around here. Cold spots and bushes that move without a breeze also have been reported, as has a mysterious tractor beam that dragged in a driver's car while something ...
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Old Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood, Louisiana
60 miles from Overton, TX
It's a cemetery. Of course it's haunted.
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0Keachi Women's College
Keachi, Louisiana
62.7 miles from Overton, TX
Cold spots and ghostly moans are reported to happen on the second floor.
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Old Jail - Pea Farm
Shreveport, Louisiana
63.6 miles from Overton, TX
The old jail is reported to be haunted by former inmates, especially in the women's section of the jail. Those wishing to view it for themselves should be aware that the jail is owned by the GE plant next door and they do call the cops and prosecute anyone ...
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Clifton Cemetery
Emory, Texas
66.7 miles from Overton, TX
The story was told to me from my mother .... When she was a child a little girl had passed away around 10 or 11 years old. After her grave was prepared (dug) ground water had seeped into the grave. That night she came to the grave diggers and warned ...
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0Buena Vista Plantation
Overton, Louisiana
69.2 miles from Overton, TX
It's a plantation. In the south. It was used for a Civil War hospital. Of course it's haunted. The usual - civil war soldiers have been spotted. Currently a private home and not open to the public.
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Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium
Shreveport, Louisiana
73.3 miles from Overton, TX
The 1920s art deco auditorium is known for its musical program, the Louisiana Hayride, on which Elvis Presley performed in 1954. Other greats who performed here include Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Johnny Horton. It is said to be haunted by an apparition of a young man who sits in ...
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Spring Street Historical Museum
Shreveport, Louisiana
73.8 miles from Overton, TX
The Spring Street Historical Museum, housed inside the late-1800s Tally’s Bank Building, has a resident ghost thought to be Edward, a former bank manager who worked in the building. One story about Edward says that an employee was about to climb a ladder when he saw the heavy front door ...
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Railroad Tracks
Bossier City, Louisiana
75.1 miles from Overton, TX
Supposedly the cries of a family who was killed on the tracks can be heard late at night.
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Diboll House
Diboll, Texas
76.3 miles from Overton, 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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0Old Ellerbe School
Shreveport, Louisiana
80.8 miles from Overton, TX
Rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of children who died in a fire at the school.
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0Taylortown Tower
Elm Grove, Louisiana
81.2 miles from Overton, TX
It's an eerie looking tower standing all alone in a field. Of course people will say it's haunted. It pretty much has to be. Rumor has it that it is haunted by yet another jilted bride, who either died of a broken heart, hanged herself in grief, ...
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Grady Hill
Many, Louisiana
93.7 miles from Overton, TX
One of the numerous La Llorona or "weeping woman" haunting claims.
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Conway Cemetery
Bradley, Arkansas
94.6 miles from Overton, TX
Conway Cemetery Historic State Park, named after the first governor of Arkansas James S. Conway, is an 11.5-acre park that includes a half-acre family cemetery where Conway is buried. Witnesses say you can hear disembodied voices here around midnight at the full moon, perhaps stemming from a nearby tree where ...
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The Woodbine Hotel and Restaurant
Madisonville, Texas
106.8 miles from Overton, TX
Dating back to 1904, the historic hotel and restaurant is believed to be haunted. Perhaps eight or nine hauntings are attached to the old building, but only prominent one is that of a female spirit known as 'Clara' (the spelling varies depending on the source). Room #007 is rumoured ...
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