More Creepy Ghost Stories from Texas

In the 1950s, a car heading north of Roma, Texas, crashed into La Minita Creek.La Minita Creek.A thunderstorm struck. The car's parents fled, but their eight-year-old daughter's body never surfaced. Locals, illegal border crossers, and dove-hunters all reported seeing a soaked little girl wandering the riverbanks, lost and confused.

A past event involves a school bus full of kids.A school bus full of kidsA school bus full of kids broke down on railroad tracks in San Antonio. A speeding train hit the bus, wiping out the kids. Streets in that area bear names of the dead children. If a car uses those tracks now, ghosts move it off. Put powder on your car's trunk, and tiny handprints appear after the car moves.

The.Jackson Square Apartments.The Jackson Square Apartments in Amarillo, Texas, sit abandoned after years of murders and crime. Blood stains appear randomly on walls, and a ghostly man hanging from a noose shows up in one corridor.

La Llorona.La Llorona might be theLa Llorona is the most famous ghost in Texas.La Llorona haunts various riverbanks and canals, wailing and weeping, especially in El Paso. A legendary figure, the Weeping Woman, earned the hatred of her wealthy boyfriend over her two children. To be with him, she stabbed the children and threw them in the river. She went to his house, but he refused again. Then, she was either killed by a mob or drowned herself after realizing her actions. Now, she wails and weeps, sometimes trying to drag children into the water to manage her sorrow.

This ghost story starts when the Rio Grande Valley was still the Spanish province of Nuevo Santander. Raul Ramos, a rich landowner, married one of the prettiest girls in Mexico, but he left for Spain for business. He returned six months later to find his bride pregnant. He soon learned the child was not his; he had two ranch hands hang the young woman from a bridge. Today, people see a woman in black clothing at the intersection of highways 141 and 281.The prettiest girls in MexicoHe returned to Spain for business. Six months later, he found his bride pregnant. He learned the child was not his. Two ranch hands hanged the young woman from a bridge. Now, people see a lady in black at Highway 141 and 281.

The Ghosts of Rivera High School.The ghost of a girl haunts Rivera High School in Brownsville. She was murdered in the girls' locker room, near the shower stalls. People sometimes hear her screams from that spot.

The school also had a basketball coach who died of a heart attack. People talk about hearing a basketball bounce in the empty gym where he coached.

In 1963, a family of.four burned to death.The family of Whalen Road lived on their homestead in Pharr, Texas. The ranch had two barns and a house. All the buildings burned down. If you are in the area now, you hear the family running and screaming for help as they rush through the trees. They also reportedly throw rocks and sticks at people passing by.

Driving down Bascom Cemetery Road in Smith County feels creepy during the day. At night, however, you must face the ghost of a vengeful woman. This ghost, always wearing white and carrying a knife, is said to be the woman who stabbed her husband and then herself. He lived; she died. People who see the ghost think she wants to find the husband and finish the job.Find the husband and finish the job..

On March 18, 1921, Albert Howard was executed in Gonzales, Texas. Howard was found guilty of a capital offense. He counted down the days and minutes to his death on the courthouse clock.courthouse clockAs Howard was led to the execution galley, he looked at the clock. He shook his fist and vowed the timepiece would never count down another man's death. Since then, even after new clocks and mechanisms installed, the replacement clocks cannot keep time.

The small Texas town of Aquilla was almost burned to the ground twice by sparks from trains on the railroad. The tracks were pulled up; no trains passed through after the second fire. Still, residents in nearby towns hear the locomotive sound and feel the ghost train rattle. Reports also exist of a bright light appearing after the old tracks.

Stampede Mesa is a West Texas grassland where an enormous cattle stampede happened. A landowner caused this stampede. He saw some of his small cattle caught in a 1000-strong cattle drive. Mad that his cows were gone, the landowner made the herd stampede over a cliff, killing 700 head and the cowboys watching them. The owner was caught, tied, and blindfolded to his mule, sent over the cliff to die.

Cowboys today swear that cattle taken to this fertile area stampede without reason. They also talk about seeing a blindfolded ghost and roaring cattle when there are no animals there.

A circus train derailed in the 1960s, killing many animals, but no monkeys were found. These monkeys, and some humans they may or may not have killed before dying, haunt this bridge in Athens, Texas, today. Going there at night, you hear the shrieks and screams of both the humans and monkeys carried by the wind.

The town of Granbury has a colorful history. Legends include Jesse James and Billy the Kid. One interesting one involvesJohn Wilkes BoothJohn Wilkes Booth, also known as the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, allegedly died in a bar fire in Virginia. Evidence suggests Booth changed his name to John St. Helens and lived in Granbury, often working at the Granbury Opera House. Perhaps his spirit recites Shakespeare in the dead of night.