#10Fort Concho
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Reported legend
Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie is said to linger in his old home on Officers Row, still seen by visitors and staff.
Texas
Ten Texas ghost legends, counted down from #10 to #1, from an 1867 fort to a long-abandoned 14-story hotel. Start with a colonel said to linger on Officers Row. End with a woman in white said to haunt the Baker Hotel.
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#9Spanish Governor's Palace
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Reported legend
Locals say the spirits of about 35 criminals hanged at the courtyard's 'Tree of Sorrows' still linger there.
#8Bragg Road
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Reported legend
A mysterious light appears on the old railroad road, said to be the lantern of a decapitated railroad man searching for his head.
#7Excelsior House
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Reported legend
Local lore says the ghost of the hotel's builder, Captain William Perry, who was shot while walking home nearby, still roams, and a little boy haunts Room 215.
#6USS Lexington
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Reported legend
The 'Blue Ghost' aircraft carrier is said to be haunted by sailors, including a spirit in the engine room hit by a kamikaze.
#5Hotel Galvez
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Reported legend
A young woman named Audra, told her mariner fiance was lost at sea in the mid-1950s, is said to have hanged herself and now haunts Room 501.
#4Driskill Hotel
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Reported legend
Legend says a senator's young daughter, Samantha, fell to her death chasing a ball down the grand staircase and still plays with guests' children.
#3Alamo
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Reported legend
After the 1836 battle, Mexican troops sent to destroy the Alamo were said to be driven off by blazing apparitions warning them not to touch the walls.
#2Menger Hotel
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Reported legend
Chambermaid Sallie White, attacked by her husband and dead in 1876, is said to still tend to her duties.
#1Baker Hotel
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Reported legend
Locals say a woman in a white dress, often linked to a lavender-scented spirit, haunts the long-abandoned 14-story hotel.
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- www.legendsofamerica.com legendsofamerica.com/tx-fortconcho/
- ghostcitytours.com ghostcitytours.com/san-antonio/haunted-places/spanish-governors-palace/
- history.rediscoveringsetx.com history.rediscoveringsetx.com/tag/ghost-road/
- www.kltv.com kltv.com/story/26888062/jefferson-texas-beautiful-historic-and-haunted/
- www.houstoniamag.com houstoniamag.com/travel-and-outdoors/2019/09/separating-facts-from-phantoms-at-jefferson-s-excelsior-house-hotel
- authentictexas.com authentictexas.com/?p=9173
- ghostcitytours.com ghostcitytours.com/haunted-location/galveston/hotel-galvez/
- ghostcitytours.com ghostcitytours.com/austin/haunted-austin/driskill-hotel/
- www.legendsofamerica.com legendsofamerica.com/tx-alamoghosts/
- www.legendsofamerica.com legendsofamerica.com/tx-mengerhotel/
- www.ksat.com ksat.com/halloween/haunting/ghost-tales-and-guests-that-never-leave-sas-historic-menger-hotel-1
- www.hotel-online.com hotel-online.com/news/this-closed-north-texas-hotel-is-said-to-be-haunted-will-it-come-back-from
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Credits: (CC BY / CC BY-SA) 0011Baker Hotel Top E Mineral Wells Texas, photo by Mark Fisher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons 202 Alamo Plaza, photo by Dat Lien, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bragg Road, Hardin County, Texas, photo by Junglecat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bragg Station-old junction point GCSF Railroad, photo by Junglecat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNW brakeman's kerosene lantern, photo by Sean Lamb (2005), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Captain William Perry, Jefferson, Texas Historical Marker (7277212362), photo by Nicolas Henderson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Excelsior House Room, Jefferson, Texas, photo by TexasExplorer98 (Nicolas Henderson) (2012), CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Fort Concho, Officer's Quarters 3, photo by Vami IV (2017), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hotel Galvez, June 2024, photo by Black3series, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Menger Hotel San Antonio Texas 14 Nov 2005, photo by Ted Ernst, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Menger Hotel San Antonio Texas photo of histrical photo, photo by Ted Ernst, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Menger Hotel hallway, photo by AndYaDontStop (2009), CC BY 2.0, via Flickr Mineral Wells, May 2017 (Baker Hotel), photo by Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Spanish Governor's Palace, San Antonio, Texas (50227405701), photo by Nicolas Henderson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells, Texas, photo by Jeff Burkett, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Excelsior Hotel, photo by Renelibrary, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons USS Lexington night, photo by Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Thumbnail photo: Mineral Wells, May 2017 (Baker Hotel), photo by Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Edited image (cold grade, text, overlay); the ghost overlay is AI-generated artwork. Also used: public domain and CC0 photos from the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons, plus licensed stock footage. Many scenes and the host are AI-generated.