Haunted Places in Newton, Texas



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    Big Woods Cemetery

    Vinton, Louisiana

    42.6 miles from Newton, TX

    Shadows and electrical interference are the two big ticket items to look for when visiting Big Woods cemetery.


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    Grady Hill

    Many, Louisiana

    50.5 miles from Newton, TX

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


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    Calcasieu Courthouse

    Lake Charles, Louisiana

    53.6 miles from Newton, TX

    Calcasieu Courthouse is said to be haunted by Toni Jo McQuiston (born Annie Beatrice McQuiston), a murderess and the only female to die in Louisiana’s electric chair. Toni was a beauty but a tough girl, into drugs and prostitution. But after she fell in love with Claude Henry (nicknamed Cowboy)at ...


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    Forest Lawn - Kissing Statue

    Beaumont, Texas

    53.7 miles from Newton, TX

    Legend has it that at night at this cemetery, two statues awaken and kiss. So the story goes, if you shine car bright headlights on the man and woman statues from the driveway that runs behind them, they will come to life, turn around, and kiss. Another point of note ...


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    Holiday Inn

    Beaumont, Texas

    56.4 miles from Newton, TX

    Security Cameras picked up a creepy shadow on the wall of the 2nd floor. There are no windows down this hall, and the camera was only activated by motion. Ghost hunters came to check this out and what they found was astonishing. The hotel is currently closed, ...


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    Elizabeth Town Hall

    Elizabeth, Louisiana

    57.1 miles from Newton, TX

    Probably the only thing to beware at this town hall are the very sketchy rumors of it being haunted. Very little anecdotal evidence exists to support the claims, but we'll include it for the sake of completeness.


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    Light of Saratoga - Bragg Road Ghost Lights

    Saratoga, Texas

    58.4 miles from Newton, TX

    The Ghost Light is known to appear and disappear at night without a known cause. Some attribute the phenomena to swamp gas; others say it is the spirit of a railroad worker who was decapitated in a train accident and is searching for his head. The light is said to ...


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    Lamar University - Sigma Phi Epsilon

    Beaumont, Texas

    59.3 miles from Newton, TX

    Local tales say this house, purchased by the university in the 1980s, was once a dream house built by a farmer. After the farmer passed, it fell into disrepute as a brothel. Now a frat house, a ghost named Chester is said to reside here, making himself known by knocking, ...


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    Diboll House

    Diboll, Texas

    64.5 miles from Newton, 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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    Magnolia Plantation

    Cloutierville, Louisiana

    68.4 miles from Newton, TX

    The 1830 Magnolia Plantation has a main plantation house, slaves' quarters, store, blacksmith shop and slave hospital. The site, built by Ambrose Lecomte II and his wife Julia Buard, is now owned by the National Park Service and is believed to be haunted by mistreated slaves. Reports say that the ...


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    Ghost Lady of West 7th St

    Port Arthur, Texas

    68.5 miles from Newton, TX

    It is said that one night, a woman was decapitated here as she was trying to cross the train's path while it was stopped. Folks say her ghost can be seen walking down the tracks.


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    Northwestern State University Campus

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    73.7 miles from Newton, TX

    A ghostly woman that students call Isabella is reported to haunt the campus.


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    Sterne-Hoya House

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    74.1 miles from Newton, 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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    Front Street

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    74.5 miles from Newton, TX

    The street is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a confederate soldier.


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    Stephen F. Austin State University - Mays Hall 11

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    74.9 miles from Newton, 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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    Stephen F. Austin State University - Griffith Hall

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    74.9 miles from Newton, 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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    Turner Auditorium

    Nacogdoches, Texas

    75.1 miles from Newton, 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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    Historical Jail

    Colfax, Louisiana

    77.2 miles from Newton, TX

    We are a local Paranormal Research Team filming and investigating places for the brand-new TV series, called True Ghost Stories. Upon our scouting and places to film and investigate for the show, we ran across the well known and documented place in Colfax Louisiana called " The Colfax Riot Of ...


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    St. Maurice Plantation

    Natchitoches, Louisiana

    78.3 miles from Newton, TX

    It is said that the ghost of a child comes from the cemetery and visits the manor home, making sudden noises or rushing past. He also likes to change the pages on the calendar. He is believed to have started the fire that burned the mansion down in 1980.


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    Miller Cemetery - Headless Cemetery

    Eunice, Louisiana

    82.1 miles from Newton, TX

    The ghost of a headless man is often seen and people claim that if you drive there at night, you'll experience car trouble.


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    The Historic Ott Hotel

    Liberty, Texas

    82.6 miles from Newton, TX

    This 1928 historic hotel is said to be haunted by several spirits. Two are thought to be Anna and Joshua, a couple who were killed under mysterious circumstances while Anna was having an affair in the hotel in 1930. Oddly enough, they were said to have been killed by the ...


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    Alexandria Zoological Park

    Alexandria, Louisiana

    82.7 miles from Newton, TX

    Featured on TV's Ghost Hunters, the zoo is said to be haunted by the spirit of deceased director Les Whitt, who passed away in 2008. He is said to play pranks and practical jokes from beyond the grave, just as he loved to do in life.


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    Eunice Public Library

    Eunice, Louisiana

    83.4 miles from Newton, TX

    Eunice Public Library is believed to have a ghost who locks doors, turns on lights, and hides books by local children's author Mary Alice Fontenot.


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    Finnegan's Wake Pub

    Alexandria, Louisiana

    84 miles from Newton, TX

    This friendly Louisiana pub seems to boast its own not-so-friendly ghost. As featured on "Ghost Hunters" in 2011, the owners claim to have had glasses thrown violently across the bar by unseen hands, and an in-house violinist swears that his instrument was "strangely altered" after being left unguarded in ...


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    Diamond Grill

    Alexandria, Louisiana

    84 miles from Newton, TX

    This award-winning restaurant was featured in an episode of "Ghost Hunters" in 2011, during which time a door was videotaped moving on its own, black masses were spotted, and EVPs were captured. The hosts of the show believed this evidence pointed to an intelligent haunting. The building itself dates back ...


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    Bentley Hotel

    Alexandria, Louisiana

    84 miles from Newton, TX

    Reports say the Bentley Hotel was set to reopen in 2013. It was rumored to be haunted by several ghosts: a young girl who fell to her death down an elevator shaft, a man who fell over the grand staircase railing in 1985, some ghosts who peered over the mezzanine ...


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    Loyd Hall Plantation

    Cheneyville, Louisiana

    84.1 miles from Newton, TX

    Like any plantation in the south, Loyd hall has had its share of tragedy and death. The main stories are of the original owner who was hanged as a traitor during the Civil War, a Union soldier shot to death in an upstairs attic (the bloodstains are still visible) and ...


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    Central Louisiana State Hospital

    Pineville, Louisiana

    84.8 miles from Newton, TX

    Reportedly haunted by former patients who died there, it is reported to be extremely active. Almost three thousand patients of this former hospital for the mentally ill are buried on its grounds. Numerous claims of ghost activity.


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    Charlene Richard - St. Edwards Church Cemetery

    Church Point, Louisiana

    90.8 miles from Newton, TX

    More than 10,000 people a year visit the grave of "Saint" Charlene Richard for spiritual healing. Although she is not truly a saint, at a young age she expressed interest in becoming one. Her mother told her that she could pray for the world's sinners, and when Charlene was diagnosed ...


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    Big Creek Cemetery

    Pollock, Louisiana

    91.1 miles from Newton, TX

    This cemetery is said to be very active by local paranormal groups who claim to have captured numerous photographic anomalies and EVPs here.


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    Chambersea

    Anahuac, Texas

    92.8 miles from Newton, TX

    The 1845 plantation-style mansion was formerly owned by surveyor general Thomas Jefferson Chambers, who was shot dead through a ground floor window in 1863. Local folk say that a shadow has been seen pacing the downstairs room where he was assassinated, and screams have been heard coming from the ...


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    Keachi Women's College

    Keachi, Louisiana

    93.1 miles from Newton, TX

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


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    Rice Theatre

    Crowley, Louisiana

    93.4 miles from Newton, TX

    At this 1920 theater, reportedly once used as a car dealership and a recording studio, a freight elevator is said to run on its own. Also, shadows and disembodied voices have been reported.


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    Buena Vista Plantation

    Newton, Louisiana

    95.9 miles from Newton, 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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    Old Ellerbe School

    Shreveport, Louisiana

    100.4 miles from Newton, TX

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


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    Cork Grinders Wine and Coffee Bar

    Baytown, Texas

    105.7 miles from Newton, TX

    I own a wine, craft beer and coffee bar in the historic district of Baytown, Texas. Our building is very eclectic and was built in the late 1920's. It was originally a theater (The Texan Theater). My staff and I sense a paranormal presence on a regular basis. Recently we ...


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    First Line Apartments

    Pasadena, Texas

    116.4 miles from Newton, TX

    The apparition of a woman in white haunts the apartment complex. She has been seen pacing the hallways and walking in and out of rooms in owners suites. She has also been seen by motorists staring down into the street late at night. Residents have reported hearing strange noises and ...


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    Midnite Slice

    Seabrook, Texas

    116.7 miles from Newton, TX

    Midnite Slice is housed in the original Seabrook Post Office. Reports include doors opening and closing by themselves and a broken oven timer ringing. Alarms going off by themselves. A woman visited Midnite Slice claiming her the ghost of her mother was at the location and she stopped by to visit. While ...


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    Point Bolivar Lighthouse

    Bolivar Peninsula, Texas

    118.8 miles from Newton, TX

    According to legend, the keepers son killed his family now he haunts the grounds trying to find his dead parents. this 116 foot black lighthouse was built in 1872 but is no longer in use. (Submitted by Nathaniel)


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