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Named ghost legends filed in Texas

Texas files 41 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

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Hotel
High confidence

The Driskill

Austin, Texas

Hotel in Austin; research record.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
High confidence

Menger Hotel

San Antonio, Texas

Hotel in San Antonio; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Museum Ship
High confidence

USS Lexington Museum (CV-16)

Corpus Christi, Texas

Museum ship in Corpus Christi; research record.

3 claims · 3 legends→
Ship
Medium

USS Texas

La Porte, Texas

The 1914 battleship—the only dreadnought surviving both world wars.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic House
Medium

The Grove

Jefferson, Texas

Historic house in Jefferson; research record.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Jefferson Hotel

Jefferson, Texas

1851 hotel in Texas’s steamboat ghost-town capital.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Mission
Medium

Mission San José

San Antonio, Texas

The "Queen of the Missions" of Texas—and the Rose Window.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Mission
Medium

Mission Concepción

San Antonio, Texas

The unrestored 1731 mission—original frescoes still on the walls.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Bar
High confidence

La Carafe

Houston, Texas

Bar in Houston; research record.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Saratoga Light (Bragg Road)

Saratoga, Texas

The Big Thicket’s ghost light—down a dead-end dirt road.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

San Jacinto Battleground

La Porte, Texas

April 21, 1836—18 minutes that made Texas a republic.

2 claims · 2 legends→
District
Medium

La Villita

San Antonio, Texas

The "little village"—San Antonio’s first neighborhood.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Theater
Medium

Aztec Theatre

San Antonio, Texas

The 1926 Mesoamerican palace—San Antonio’s exotic movie house.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Theater
Medium

Majestic Theatre

San Antonio, Texas

The 1929 atmospheric palace—the bats reportedly still fly the ceiling.

2 claims · 2 legends→
District
Medium

King William District

San Antonio, Texas

The German merchants’ mansions—San Antonio’s first suburb.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Hotel Emma

San Antonio, Texas

The 1894 brewery that became the Pearl’s hotel—where the brewmaster’s dead linger.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Bishop’s Palace

Galveston, Texas

The 1893 stone palace—Gresham’s castle on Broadway.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Oakwood Cemetery

Austin, Texas

The 1856 cemetery where Austin is buried—and reportedly not alone.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Luckenbach

Luckenbach, Texas

The town that Waylon made famous—population 3.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Former Hotel
Medium

Baker Hotel

Mineral Wells, Texas

Fourteen-story mineral-spa hotel abandoned since 1972, reborn in lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Bridge
Medium

Old Alton Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge)

Denton, Texas

Iron bridge haunted by a lynched goatherd—or a goat-headed demon.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Mission
Medium

Presidio La Bahía

Goliad, Texas

The 1749 fort where the Goliad Massacre happened—Palm Sunday, 1836.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Amusement Park
Medium

Magic Landing

El Paso, Texas

The 1984 park where a worker died on opening weekend—closed 1988.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Spanish Governor’s Palace

San Antonio, Texas

The 1722 presidio residence—where the comandante’s dead are said to walk.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Moody Mansion

Galveston, Texas

The 1895 Richardsonian mansion—the Moody family’s Galveston seat.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Grand 1894 Opera House

Galveston, Texas

The opera house that survived the storm—and the actresses reportedly still play.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Balinese Room site

Galveston, Texas

The illegal casino on the pier—the Maceos’ empire, drowned by Ike.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

1900 Storm site

Galveston, Texas

September 8, 1900—the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Tremont House

Galveston, Texas

The 1839 hotel that survived the storm—the Tremont’s ghost floor.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Texas State Capitol

Austin, Texas

The 1888 pink granite dome—where the legislators’ ghosts reportedly argue.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Texas Governor’s Mansion

Austin, Texas

The 1856 mansion where every governor has lived—and reportedly stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

French Legation

Austin, Texas

The 1841 embassy—the oldest frame building in Austin.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Mount Carmel site

Waco, Texas

February-April 1993—the compound where the siege ended in fire.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Texas City disaster site

Texas City, Texas

April 16, 1947—the ammonium nitrate explosion that leveled the port.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Devil’s Backbone

Wimberley, Texas

The FM 32 ridge road—where the shadows reportedly cross.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Jacob’s Well

Wimberley, Texas

The 30-foot artesian spring—where the cave has claimed divers.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Treue der Union

Comfort, Texas

The monument to the Union dead—killed by Confederates in 1862.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Washington-on-the-Brazos

Washington, Texas

March 2, 1836—where Texas declared independence.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Gonzales

Gonzales, Texas

"Come and Take It"—where the Revolution began, October 2, 1835.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Low

Paramount Theatre (Austin)

Austin, Texas

Austin’s 1915 vaudeville house—Sam the projectionist and the alley ghosts.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Bed And Breakfast
Medium

Miss Molly’s Hotel

Fort Worth, Texas

1910 former bordello in the Stockyards—its "working girls" are said to stay.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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