Haunted Places in Gilmer, Texas



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    Slaton Cemetery

    Daingerfield, Texas

    20.4 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Beckham Hotel

    Mineola, Texas

    32.1 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Cavalier House

    Jefferson, Texas

    34.3 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Alley-McKay House Bed and Breakfast Inn

    Jefferson, Texas

    34.4 miles from Gilmer, 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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    The Grove

    Jefferson, Texas

    34.4 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast

    Jefferson, Texas

    34.4 miles from Gilmer, 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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    White Oak Manor Bed and Breakfast

    Jefferson, Texas

    34.5 miles from Gilmer, 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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    The Excelsior House

    Jefferson, Texas

    34.7 miles from Gilmer, 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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    The Jefferson Hotel

    Jefferson, Texas

    34.8 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Clifton Cemetery

    Emory, Texas

    50.8 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Killough Monument

    Bullard, Texas

    52.1 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Old Greenwood Cemetery

    Greenwood, Louisiana

    59.8 miles from Gilmer, TX

    It's a cemetery. Of course it's haunted.


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    Old Jail - Pea Farm

    Shreveport, Louisiana

    63.4 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Keachi Women's College

    Keachi, Louisiana

    70.8 miles from Gilmer, TX

    Cold spots and ghostly moans are reported to happen on the second floor.


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    Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium

    Shreveport, Louisiana

    70.9 miles from Gilmer, 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

    71.2 miles from Gilmer, 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

    72.2 miles from Gilmer, TX

    Supposedly the cries of a family who was killed on the tracks can be heard late at night.


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    Buena Vista Plantation

    Gilmer, Louisiana

    75.1 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Conway Cemetery

    Bradley, Arkansas

    77.5 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Kulli Tuklo Methodist Church

    Idabel, Oklahoma

    77.6 miles from Gilmer, TX

    The church and nearby cemetery are believed to be haunted. The bell at the church sometimes rings by itself at night, and people have reported hearing ghostly singing and laughter. The church doors open and close late at night, and people have reported seeing a shadowy figure approaching the church ...


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    Turner Auditorium

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    78.3 miles from Gilmer, 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

    78.6 miles from Gilmer, 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

    78.6 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Sterne-Hoya House

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    79.8 miles from Gilmer, 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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    McDonald's

    Idabel, Oklahoma

    81 miles from Gilmer, TX

    The ghost of a little girl is said to haunt this fast-food restaurant. She has been seen going into the men's restroom before opening hours, and she has been blamed for all the women's restroom toilets flushing at once. Her laughter has been heard in the women's restroom, and employees ...


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    Taylortown Tower

    Elm Grove, Louisiana

    82 miles from Gilmer, 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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    Slate Shoals Mansion

    Arthur City, Texas

    82.3 miles from Gilmer, TX

    The mansion that once stood here was said to me haunted. Witnesses have reported uneasy feelings when around it, and strange sounds that came from it. Some have seen a ghostly woman in the attic and a wheelchair that moved by itself. Cabins in the back were said to be ...


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    Old Ellerbe School

    Shreveport, Louisiana

    84 miles from Gilmer, TX

    Rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of children who died in a fire at the school.


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    Wheelock Mission

    Millerton, Oklahoma

    87.4 miles from Gilmer, TX

    According to the local stories, the hauntings at Wheelock Mission began when a man broke into the girls' mission and murdered the girls. Witnesses say that the walls and trees bleed, and apparitions sit in chairs or hang from trees. One story tells of some teens who tried to steal ...


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    Potter Road

    Doyline, Louisiana

    89.1 miles from Gilmer, TX

    Although the exact location of the accident site is not known, it is reported that four teenagers died in a drunken accident on this road decades ago and every year on the anniversary of their deaths blood runs from the tree they hit.


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    Johnson House Inn

    Hugo, Oklahoma

    94.3 miles from Gilmer, TX

    The 1910 residence of a former 'hanging' judge and his wife is rumoured to be haunted. Now a bed and breakfast inn, inexplicable occurrences have taken place over the years, such as disembodied footsteps, a woman's voice and a rocking chair that rocks by itself. A one-time housekeeper swore ...


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    Avon Cemetery

    De Queen, Arkansas

    100.3 miles from Gilmer, TX

    A ghostly baby and mother are said to haunt the cemetery. Local legend has it that if you drop a rock into the well in the center of the cemetery at night, you will hear the baby crying. The baby's mother has been seen running through the cemetery. According to ...


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    Grady Hill

    Many, Louisiana

    111.6 miles from Gilmer, TX

    One of the numerous La Llorona or "weeping woman" haunting claims.


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    Southeastern Oklahoma State University

    Durant, Oklahoma

    121.1 miles from Gilmer, TX

    At Southeastern Oklahoma State University's Morrison Building, the apparition of a little boy has been seen walking around the basement. Apparently there used to be a pool here, and the little boy drowned in it. It is also said that a janitor died here under mysterious circumstances. And at the ...


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