Haunted Places in Yorktown, Texas



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    Yorktown Memorial Hospital

    Yorktown, Texas

    The 1940s hospital closed around 1988, but apparently all of its patients haven't moved out. Witnesses say they have been punched, slapped, kicked or scratched by something unseen, and shadow figures have been seen in the hallways. A man named T.J. who died of a heroin overdose here is said ...


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    Presidio La Bahía

    Goliad, Texas

    24.1 miles from Yorktown, TX

    This fort, originally founded in 1721, was the site of many Texas Revolution conflicts including the Battle of Goliad and the Goliad Massacre. Folks have reported seeing ghostly massacred soldiers and hearing their cries of pain.


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    Old Yoakum Community Hospital

    Yoakum, Texas

    30.4 miles from Yorktown, TX

    A murdered nurse and a priest who had polio are the two main haunts here. EVPs are picked up, full-bodied apparitions are seen, and EMF meters spike. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Berclair Mansion

    Goliad, Texas

    31.4 miles from Yorktown, TX

    Built in 1936, this grand old mansion almost seems out of place in this rural town. Furnished with rare antiques, the building is haunted by the apparition of an eccentric elderly woman who lived there alone for years prior to her death. The story goes that workmen restoring the ...


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    Saint James Inn

    Gonzales, Texas

    36.2 miles from Yorktown, TX

    The 1914 historic inn was built by a merchant seaman, and is allegedly haunted by the former owner, his daughter and three other separate entities. Guest reports range from being awoken by a ghostly man in a dinner suit to seeing a female spirit in old-fashioned clothing roaming the ...


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    Dog and Bee Pub

    Beeville, Texas

    42.7 miles from Yorktown, TX

    A man in a trench coat haunts this English-style pub. Glassware has been thrown off shelves by unseen hands, and chandeliers reportedly swing back and forth of their own accord. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital

    Luling, Texas

    48.7 miles from Yorktown, TX

    Mr. Davis himself is said to haunt this hospital. Staff have reported that doors open and close by themselves and medicine has been knocked to the ground before their eyes.


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    Milam Street

    Seguin, Texas

    49.5 miles from Yorktown, TX

    Milam Street is haunted, locals say, by a headless ghost. Although the ghost's identity is unknown, his pattern is unwavering: He walks from Riverside Cemetery due north. He's thought to be a Confederate soldier who lost his head to a cannonball.


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    Texas Lutheran University

    Seguin, Texas

    49.9 miles from Yorktown, TX

    The Wupperman Theatre is said to house the ghost of a small girl wearing a blue dress, and she seems to want to play hide-and-seek. Lights flicker and the trap door opens by itself at times. In the Trinity Building dorm, lights can be seen to flicker on and off, ...


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    The San Marcos River Entity

    Luling, Texas

    54 miles from Yorktown, TX

    An invisible presence haunts the banks of the San Marcos River. An ominous feeling and impressions in the grass mark the place where the invisible presence passes.


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    Woman Hollering Creek

    Schertz, Texas

    55.3 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Abandoned Asylum

    San Antonio, Texas

    60 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Von Minden Hotel

    Schulenburg, Texas

    60.3 miles from Yorktown, TX

    Built in 1927, the Von Minden Hotel is rumored to be haunted by at least two ghosts, perhaps stemming from two known deaths here. Long ago in Room 23, a railroad worker died of an illness in his sleep, and in Room 37 a WWII veteran jumped after finding that ...


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    Ghost Tracks

    San Antonio, Texas

    61.3 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Faust Hotel

    New Braunfels, Texas

    62.2 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Devil's Bridge

    San Antonio, Texas

    62.5 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Stinson Field Ghost - San Jose Burial Park Cemetery

    San Antonio, Texas

    63.5 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Adobe Verde

    New Braunfels, Texas

    63.6 miles from Yorktown, TX

    Once a 1920s electric cotton gin and now a Tex-Mex restaurant, Adobe Verde is the home of Frank, a ghost who likes to play pranks. According to local legend, Frank was a groundskeeper and a victim of unrequited love--he hanged himself from the rafters, and his spirit never left the ...


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    Mission San José

    San Antonio, Texas

    64.6 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Spanish Main Apartments

    San Antonio, Texas

    64.6 miles from Yorktown, TX

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


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    Victoria's Black Swan Inn

    San Antonio, Texas

    65.3 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Fort Sam Houston

    San Antonio, Texas

    65.6 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Donkey Lady Bridge

    San Antonio, Texas

    65.9 miles from Yorktown, 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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    The Alamodome

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.1 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Bullis House Inn Bed and Breakfast

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.2 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Chinese Graveyard

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.2 miles from Yorktown, TX

    White mists have been seen at the graveyard.


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    Institute of Texas Cultures

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.3 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Terrell Castle - Lambermont

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.4 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Thompson Island Bridge

    San Marcos, Texas

    66.5 miles from Yorktown, TX

    Thompson Island Bridge is said to be a favorite spot for the spirit of a Confederate soldier. His apparition, with his rifle, is said to appear more often before or during times of war. According to legend, the man lived in a nearby cabin and had made a promise with ...


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    Alamo Street Theater - San Antone Cafe

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.7 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Marriott Plaza San Antonio

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.7 miles from Yorktown, TX

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


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    Menger Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.7 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Comanche Lookout Park

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.8 miles from Yorktown, 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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    The Alamo

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.8 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Emily Morgan Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.8 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Santikos Century Plaza 8 - Mayan Palace 14

    San Antonio, Texas

    66.8 miles from Yorktown, 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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    St. Anthony Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    67 miles from Yorktown, 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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    University of the Incarnate Word

    San Antonio, Texas

    67.1 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Camberley Gunter Hotel

    San Antonio, Texas

    67.1 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Brackenridge Villa Mansion - Fernridge

    Alamo Heights, Texas

    67.1 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Cadillac Bar

    San Antonio, Texas

    67.2 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Crowne Plaza

    San Antonio, Texas

    67.2 miles from Yorktown, 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

    67.3 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Trinity University

    San Antonio, Texas

    67.9 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Alamo Quarry Theatre

    San Antonio, Texas

    68.8 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Our Lady of the Lake University

    San Antonio, Texas

    69.9 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Caribbean Apartments - Willow Run Apartments

    San Antonio, Texas

    70.4 miles from Yorktown, 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

    70.4 miles from Yorktown, TX

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


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    El Camaroncito - The Player's Club

    San Antonio, Texas

    71.4 miles from Yorktown, 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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    Angel Rose Bed and Breakfast Inn

    Rockport, Texas

    71.5 miles from Yorktown, TX

    The 1881 bed and breakfast is one of only a few historic buildings left on the southern coast of this small township, as many have been destroyed by hurricanes, neglect and fire over the course of a century. Paranormal activity reported at this location includes lights turning on and ...


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