Haunted Places in Portales, New Mexico



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    Norman Petty Studios

    Clovis, New Mexico

    16.4 miles from Portales, NM

    Supposedly extra people show up in photographs that are taken here. And some claim there is a sad and melancholy presence that can be felt.


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    Pathway House

    Clovis, New Mexico

    16.7 miles from Portales, NM

    Unexplained noises, moving shadows and whispering are all things people claim to have seen and heard here.


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    New Mexico Military Institute

    Roswell, New Mexico

    86.8 miles from Portales, NM

    If you go to most ghost websites out there, you will find some variation of this hogwash: The NMMI does not use the word "juliet" for the letter "J" in their phonetic alphabet because they believe it is badluck. The NATO phonetic alphabet is fairly standard for any military ...


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    Chaves County Courthouse

    Roswell, New Mexico

    87.3 miles from Portales, NM

    The sounds of young children playing are often heard in the basement.


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    Pueblo Auditorium

    Roswell, New Mexico

    87.6 miles from Portales, NM

    There are rumors of a boy who haunts the upper balcony.


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    Southeast New Mexico Historical Society

    Roswell, New Mexico

    87.7 miles from Portales, NM

    The historical museum features war paraphernalia and other such exhibits from the past, and is rumoured to be haunted. The apparition of a young soldier who was taken as a prisoner of war has been seen waving and smiling to guests in a room on the second floor. A ...


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    Pecan Fields of Roswell

    Roswell, New Mexico

    89.1 miles from Portales, NM

    Reports of a young, crying boy who runs across the street at night.


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    Terry County Courthouse

    Brownfield, Texas

    92.3 miles from Portales, NM

    This 1925 courthouse is haunted. Visitors claim to have heard cell doors clanging open and shut, the sounds of faint screams and have had their hair pulled by unseen hands. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Texas Tech - Ranching Heritage Center

    Lubbock, Texas

    92.9 miles from Portales, NM

    The ghost of a woman has been reported to appear in an upper window of a 2-story house at the southwest end of the complex. She's thought to be the wife of the rancher who origially built the house.


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    Coleman Park

    Brownfield, Texas

    93 miles from Portales, NM

    Rumor has it that during pioneer days, a woman was once hanged for witchcraft on this park. Then, a few years afterward, a little girl who was climbing a tree was pushed by an unseen hand and fell, breaking her neck. The two ghosts are said to roam the park.


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    Texas Tech - Physics and Geosciences Building

    Lubbock, Texas

    93.4 miles from Portales, NM

    It is reported that on the night of the Tech Carol of Lights, a shadowy figure appears looking out of the top center window, seen just as all the lights surrounding Memorial Circle are switched off.


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    Texas Tech - Horn/Knapp Hall

    Lubbock, Texas

    93.7 miles from Portales, NM

    It is said that from a third or fourth floor storage attic, a young boy's ghost can be heard throwing a ball down the stairs. Some say he'll knock on his door if you knock first.


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    The Memphis Man

    Lubbock, Texas

    94 miles from Portales, NM

    The Memphis Man is a "ghost," or some say an optical illusion, who haunts Memphis Street at 66th. The legend tells of a man waiting at a bus stop on a winter morning who was killed when a bus slid on some ice. An optical illusion makes it look to ...


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    Gebo's

    Amarillo, Texas

    106.8 miles from Portales, NM

    This farm supply store was formerly a Bonanza Supermarket. Rumor has it that in the Bonanza meat department sometime in the 1980s, an employee was killed. His ghost was said to return to his former workplace and move objects around during the night. The ghost is said to have stayed ...


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    The Natatorium

    Amarillo, Texas

    109.4 miles from Portales, NM

    The Natatorium, aka "The Nat,” was originally an indoor swimming pool that opened in 1922. In has also been a dance palace, the Nat Café, and now is an antiques mall. The Nat is rumored to be haunted with cold spots, unexplained noises, moving furniture, and the apparition of a ...


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    Jackson Square Apartments

    Amarillo, Texas

    109.8 miles from Portales, NM

    The apartment building has been abandoned for years after being the scene to numerous murders. On the upper floors of the building, where a man shot various tenants who opened their apartment doors, the apparition of a man hanging from a noose has been seen in the corridor, along with ...


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