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View Article - The Ruins of the Hot Wells Hotel
The Ruins of the Hot Wells Hotel

The Ruins of the Hot Wells Hotel

Yum, sulfur. That rotten egg smell never gets old. At the turn of the century it was believed that groundwater infused with sulfur had magical healing properties. The geology of the San Antonio area is such that some of its groundwater has sulfur in ...

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View Article - Presidio La Bahia & The Goliad Massacre
Presidio La Bahia & The Goliad Massacre

Presidio La Bahia & The Goliad Massacre

The Presidio La Bahia is a little known Spanish fort and mission in Goliad, Texas. The fort has existed at its current location since 1747, but was first built in 1721 before it was moved twice. The Presidio La Bahia served as a fort for the Spaniar ...

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View Article - The Emily Morgan Hotel
Ghostly whispers echo in Emily Morgan

The Emily Morgan Hotel

The Emily Morgan Hotel was built to be haunted. The historic building is thirteen stories tall, built in the spooky gothic-revivalist style, and sits right across the street from the Alamo. The hotel was once a state-of-the-art medical facility with ...

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View Article - Shafter Lake: The Haunted Ghost Town in West Texas
Mysterious, spectral children wander in shadows

Shafter Lake: The Haunted Ghost Town in West Texas

Deep in the South Plains of Texas lies a tiny ghost town that sits on the banks of a saltwater lake. The town known as Shafter Lake has been abandoned for a little over 100 years, but the mystery of the town still pulls in curious visitors here and ...

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View Article - Briscoe Western Art Museum
Haunting presence fills the shadowy basement

Briscoe Western Art Museum

There's always been a love-love relationship between museums and ghosts. Between those two entities, there really is no blood loss. Maybe it has to do with the fact that museums are nothing more than cabinets of curiosity. They are huge houses where ...

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View Article - Victoria’s Black Swan Inn
Ghost in a Town Square

Victoria’s Black Swan Inn

Where do I begin? The truth is that this place might as well be studied as a whole course in any would-be parapsychology class. The Victoria Black Swan Inn is steeped in tradition, lore, and romantic mythology. It is a treasure trove of tales and ur ...

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View Article - Freeman Coliseum
Mysterious spirits of rough riders haunt

Freeman Coliseum

Copyright by US Ghost AdventuresOn October 27, 1858, the human species evolved. In a wild tangent of Homo Sapien, a mutant gene attacked the genome of a gestating child and when that spawn sprung forth from his mother's womb the children of the ...

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View Article - Huebner-Onion Homestead
Ethereal beings drifting through shadowy spaces

Huebner-Onion Homestead

Not all ghost stories start off with a grizzly murder or some deranged bit of humanity showing off why it's such a cruel species... some ghosts stories are tossed onto the barbecue pit of history, to sizzle and cook, on the shish-kebab of stupidity. ...

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View Article - Hollering Creek
Phantoms of the past roaming freely

Hollering Creek

Every good urban legend, particularly the nasty ones with teeth, claws and a bit of ectoplasm, have a couple of things in common:They need to be vague. You can't really pinpoint the narrative or make a fact-based story-structure with beats. Cer ...

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View Article - The 10 Most Haunted Spots In San Antonio Texas.
Historic Alamo embodies classic Western legacy

The 10 Most Haunted Spots In San Antonio Texas.

The 10 Most Haunted Spots In San Antonio Texas.Named by the Spaniards in 1691 after Saint Anthony of Padua, San Antonio’s rich history has a way of contrasting oddly with its rapid growth and a firm grasp of the ever-changing present. It is a ...

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