Haunted Places in Bandera, Texas



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    Ye Kendall Inn

    Boerne, Texas

    20.9 miles from Bandera, TX

    At Ye Kendall Inn, according to local lore, reside the spirits of Erastus and Sarah Reed, who bought the land on which the inn stands in 1859. The Old Reed House, as it was called back then, was a stagecoach stop. Reports say the spots most often visited by the ...


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    Dienger Building - Boerne Public Library

    Boerne, Texas

    21 miles from Bandera, TX

    Dienger Building or Boerne Public Library was built by Joseph and Ida Dienger in 1887. It was originally a dry-goods grocery store with the family living quarters upstairs. When the city purchased the building in 1991, ghost stories began to be told. Locals saw lights going on and off in ...


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    Boerne Emporium

    Boerne, Texas

    21.1 miles from Bandera, TX

    The 1908 antique store is haunted by a young boy in old-fashioned clothing. Running footsteps and ghostly laughter have also been reported here. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Country Spirit - La Mansion

    Boerne, Texas

    21.1 miles from Bandera, TX

    La Mansion Mexican restaurant, formerly El Chaparral and before that, Country Spirit, is said to be haunted by three ghosts named David, Augustine and Fred. David is the spirit of a teen who, according to local lore, drowned in the upstairs bathroom's claw-foot tub and he still haunts that room. ...


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    Delaney Hall - Schreiner University

    Kerrville, Texas

    21.2 miles from Bandera, TX

    Reportedly haunted by no less than 8 ghosts. Two of them are allegedly students who died at the university.


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    Kerrville Court House

    Kerrville, Texas

    22.5 miles from Bandera, TX

    The yard in front of the Courthouse is apparently haunted by the ghost of a woman who was killed by her boyfriend and also by the boyfriend as he supposedly hanged himself after the murder.


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    Y.O. Ranch Hotel

    Kerrville, Texas

    23.6 miles from Bandera, TX

    There are ghosts of cowboys who appear in the courtyard near the swimming pool. This is said to occur after 3 a.m. Also, there is a phantom patron who asks staff for permission to use the establishment's restroom.


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    The Huebner-Onion House

    Leon Valley, Texas

    31.8 miles from Bandera, TX

    Ghosts of former inhabitants are said to haunt the house. People claim to hear noises that indicate someone is climbing the stairs.


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    Christus Santa Rosa Hospital

    San Antonio, Texas

    32.6 miles from Bandera, TX

    Allegedly haunted by a headless nun.


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    El Camaroncito - The Player's Club

    San Antonio, Texas

    36.6 miles from Bandera, 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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    Caribbean Apartments - Willow Run Apartments

    San Antonio, Texas

    37.4 miles from Bandera, TX

    Formerly a motel, these apartments have lingering spirits from their violent early days. Crying women, running children's footsteps, and loud thumps can be heard; lights and toilets will activate on their own; and children who reside here are said to occasionally see and play with children's spirits.


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    North Star Mall

    San Antonio, Texas

    37.6 miles from Bandera, TX

    Allegedly haunted by "shadows" that brush past you and whisper your name.


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    Our Lady of the Lake University

    San Antonio, Texas

    38 miles from Bandera, 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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    Alamo Quarry Theatre

    San Antonio, Texas

    39 miles from Bandera, TX

    Rumors abound that there was a body buried in the foundation of the theater. In addition, people claim there are cold spots and issues with the lights. Some people who claim to have worked there say they've seen the ghost of a child in the projection room.


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    Silver Creek Saloon and Restaurant - Robert Striegler House

    Fredericksburg, Texas

    39.7 miles from Bandera, TX

    Dating back to 1905, the historic house is now a restaurant and saloon. The place is haunted by a female apparition in period clothing, perhaps the wife of the original builder. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Alte Welt Gasthof - Old World Inn

    Fredericksburg, Texas

    39.7 miles from Bandera, TX

    Housed in the 1915 Stehling Building, the building housed a clothing store and a boarding house when it first opened to the immigrant community. Although reports of hauntings here are largely unsubstantiated, a guest staying at the inn reported sighting a grey shade in their room, while another heard ...


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    Trinity University

    San Antonio, Texas

    39.8 miles from Bandera, 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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    Crowne Plaza

    San Antonio, Texas

    40.5 miles from Bandera, 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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    McNay Art Museum

    San Antonio, Texas

    40.6 miles from Bandera, TX

    The mistress of the home where the art museum is housed is said to haunt the west wing of the museum. Staff and visitors often claim to hear her humming and some claim to have seen her.


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    Cadillac Bar

    San Antonio, Texas

    40.6 miles from Bandera, 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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    Brackenridge Villa Mansion - Fernridge

    Alamo Heights, Texas

    40.6 miles from Bandera, 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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    Camberley Gunter Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    40.7 miles from Bandera, 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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    University of the Incarnate Word

    San Antonio, Texas

    40.7 miles from Bandera, 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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    St. Anthony Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    40.7 miles from Bandera, 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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    Frio River

    Rio Frio, Texas

    40.8 miles from Bandera, TX

    The White Lady of Frio River is said to manifest as a wisp of foggy or the apparition of a woman wearing a white dress. She is believed to be Maria Juarez, who caught the eye of her sister's husband, Gregorio. Maria was engaged to Anselmo Tobar, so she spurned ...


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    Emily Morgan Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    41 miles from Bandera, 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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    The Alamo

    San Antonio, Texas

    41 miles from Bandera, 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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    Menger Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    41 miles from Bandera, 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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    Marriott Plaza San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas

    41 miles from Bandera, TX

    Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who lived on the property prior to it being a hotel.


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    Alamo Street Theater - San Antone Cafe

    San Antonio, Texas

    41.1 miles from Bandera, 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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    Terrell Castle - Lambermont

    San Antonio, Texas

    41.3 miles from Bandera, 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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    Institute of Texas Cultures

    San Antonio, Texas

    41.5 miles from Bandera, 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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    Bullis House Inn Bed and Breakfast

    San Antonio, Texas

    41.5 miles from Bandera, 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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    The Alamodome

    San Antonio, Texas

    41.7 miles from Bandera, 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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    Santikos Century Plaza 8 - Mayan Palace 14

    San Antonio, Texas

    41.8 miles from Bandera, 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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    Fort Sam Houston

    San Antonio, Texas

    42.3 miles from Bandera, 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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    Victoria's Black Swan Inn

    San Antonio, Texas

    42.7 miles from Bandera, TX

    A variety of ghostly activity has been claimed at this current wedding venue. Full-body apparitions, dolls moving location, eerie music, cold spots, doors opening and closing under their own volition and other haunted happenings.


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    Chinese Graveyard

    San Antonio, Texas

    43.4 miles from Bandera, TX

    White mists have been seen at the graveyard.


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    Comanche Lookout Park

    San Antonio, Texas

    43.4 miles from Bandera, TX

    Built by a local man long ago who wanted his home to look like a castle, this property is now owned by the city of San Antonio.  It is said that strange lights are often seen coming out of the tower.


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    Spanish Main Apartments

    San Antonio, Texas

    43.5 miles from Bandera, TX

    Numerous sightings of a little boy in period clothing roaming the apartment complex. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Mission San José

    San Antonio, Texas

    43.7 miles from Bandera, 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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    Stinson Field Ghost - San Jose Burial Park Cemetery

    San Antonio, Texas

    44.9 miles from Bandera, 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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    Donkey Lady Bridge

    San Antonio, Texas

    45.6 miles from Bandera, 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

    46 miles from Bandera, 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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    Ghost Tracks

    San Antonio, Texas

    47.3 miles from Bandera, 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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    Abandoned Asylum

    San Antonio, Texas

    48.5 miles from Bandera, 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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    Stage Stop Ranch

    Fischer, Texas

    54.2 miles from Bandera, TX

    Guests and people driving by have reported seeing a shadowy figure hanging from a tree near the front of the ranch, as well as a wagon that drives past by itself late at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Woman Hollering Creek

    Schertz, Texas

    54.4 miles from Bandera, TX

    This creek was most probably named after the La Llorona myth. La Larona (the Weeping Woman) is the hispanic boogey-woman. She appears everywhere and the story is always the same: a woman drowns her child in a river/lake/ocean/pond/drainage ditch/bathtub and then spends all eternity wailing for her ...


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    Devil's Backbone

    Canyon Lake, Texas

    55.9 miles from Bandera, TX

    This beautiful scenic spot in Texas hill country is said to be haunted by a Native American cattle herder named Drago, a fatally injured miner's widow, and the spirit of a wolf. Other spirits seen here include Confederate soldiers, Spanish monks, and an apparition that appears on the hoods of ...


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    Faust Hotel

    New Braunfels, Texas

    57.1 miles from Bandera, TX

    There have been newspaper articles written about this hotel's ghost. It has been seen drifting in the hallways on an upper floor, floating through closed doors, and turning the water and electricity on an off, among other things.


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