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0Dimmit County Courthouse
Carrizo Springs, Texas
18 miles from Big Wells, TX
It is reported that late at night, the rattling of keys and footsteps can be heard going up the stairs to the second floor. The ghost in residence is said to be a former sheriff who was murdered at his home.
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0Dimmit County Memorial Hospital
Carrizo Springs, Texas
18.3 miles from Big Wells, TX
Between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m., witnesses report seeing the ghost of a nurse in old-fashioned clothing in the nursery.
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Deutz Mansion
Laredo, Texas
73.7 miles from Big Wells, TX
The house was built in 1890 by Max Deutz of German decent, he was son of Joseph Deutz, founder of the Laredo National Bank and of Deutz Bro. Hardware Store. In 1931 Mrs. Mosella Mann, mother of ambassador Thomas C. Mann (Mann Rd. named after him.) died burned to death ...
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Frio River
Rio Frio, Texas
73.8 miles from Big Wells, 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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0The Hamilton Hotel
Laredo, Texas
73.8 miles from Big Wells, TX
The 1900 building boasts an additional 9 floors that were added in 1923. It is said to be the tallest in Laredo. Folks have reported the ghostly sounds of children running and playing in the building.
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0La Posada Hotel
Laredo, Texas
74.1 miles from Big Wells, TX
Formerly a convent, this hotel is now known for its strange spirits, including some nuns' apparitions. Rumor has it that a spook here will assume the form of living employees to trick people, except that it cannot speak. Witnesses also have reported cold spots and the sound of someone calling ...
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0Rio Grande Plaza Hotel
Laredo, Texas
74.2 miles from Big Wells, TX
Superstition plays a role in this hotel's haunting, some say. The largest building in Laredo, it's also the only one to have a 13th floor. Other buildings have renumbered their floors to avoid having a 13th, for superstitious reasons. Folks say the haunt in this hotel is a former worker ...
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Donkey Lady Bridge
San Antonio, Texas
77.1 miles from Big Wells, 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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Chinese Graveyard
San Antonio, Texas
80.8 miles from Big Wells, TX
White mists have been seen at the graveyard.
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0Santikos Century Plaza 8 - Mayan Palace 14
San Antonio, Texas
83.2 miles from Big Wells, 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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0El Camaroncito - The Player's Club
San Antonio, Texas
84.5 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Stinson Field Ghost - San Jose Burial Park Cemetery
San Antonio, Texas
85.3 miles from Big Wells, 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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Ghost Tracks
San Antonio, Texas
85.3 miles from Big Wells, 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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Devil's Bridge
San Antonio, Texas
85.4 miles from Big Wells, 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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Mission San José
San Antonio, Texas
85.5 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, Texas
85.5 miles from Big Wells, 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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0The Huebner-Onion House
Leon Valley, Texas
85.8 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Abandoned Asylum
San Antonio, Texas
86.1 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Alamo Street Theater - San Antone Cafe
San Antonio, Texas
87.1 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Cadillac Bar
San Antonio, Texas
87.5 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Marriott Plaza San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
87.6 miles from Big Wells, TX
Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who lived on the property prior to it being a hotel.
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0Institute of Texas Cultures
San Antonio, Texas
87.8 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio, Texas
87.8 miles from Big Wells, TX
Allegedly haunted by a headless nun.
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0Camberley Gunter Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
87.9 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Crowne Plaza
San Antonio, Texas
87.9 miles from Big Wells, 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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0St. Anthony Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
87.9 miles from Big Wells, 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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0The Alamodome
San Antonio, Texas
88 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Menger Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
88 miles from Big Wells, 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
88 miles from Big Wells, 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
88.1 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Terrell Castle - Lambermont
San Antonio, Texas
89.6 miles from Big Wells, 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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Bullis House Inn Bed and Breakfast
San Antonio, Texas
89.8 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas
89.8 miles from Big Wells, 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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0University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas
90.8 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Caribbean Apartments - Willow Run Apartments
San Antonio, Texas
90.8 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Brackenridge Villa Mansion - Fernridge
Alamo Heights, Texas
90.9 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Alamo Quarry Theatre
San Antonio, Texas
91.5 miles from Big Wells, 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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0North Star Mall
San Antonio, Texas
92 miles from Big Wells, TX
Allegedly haunted by "shadows" that brush past you and whisper your name.
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0McNay Art Museum
San Antonio, Texas
92.1 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio, Texas
92.8 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Victoria's Black Swan Inn
San Antonio, Texas
94 miles from Big Wells, 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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Spanish Main Apartments
San Antonio, Texas
94.3 miles from Big Wells, TX
Numerous sightings of a little boy in period clothing roaming the apartment complex. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Country Spirit - La Mansion
Boerne, Texas
98 miles from Big Wells, 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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Ye Kendall Inn
Boerne, Texas
98.2 miles from Big Wells, 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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Boerne Emporium
Boerne, Texas
98.3 miles from Big Wells, 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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Dienger Building - Boerne Public Library
Boerne, Texas
98.3 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Comanche Lookout Park
San Antonio, Texas
100.6 miles from Big Wells, 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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0Woman Hollering Creek
Schertz, Texas
103.9 miles from Big Wells, 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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Delaney Hall - Schreiner University
Kerrville, Texas
103.9 miles from Big Wells, TX
Reportedly haunted by no less than 8 ghosts. Two of them are allegedly students who died at the university.
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0Kerrville Court House
Kerrville, Texas
105.1 miles from Big Wells, 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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