The Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories

The Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories

The Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories

The Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories

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Overview

The best ghost stories from the Lone Star State, including . . .
• Spirits of the Alamo
• The Black Hope Horror
• Hauntings at the Driskill Hotel
• The legend of El Muerto
• Woman Hollering Creek
• Stampede Mesa

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811748537
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 08/01/2012
Series: Big Book of Ghost Stories
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 700 KB

About the Author

Alan Brown lives in Meridian, Mississippi, and is a professor of English at the University of West Alabama.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Austin

Metz Elementary School 3

Mount Bonnell 4

The Eanes-Marshall Ranch 5

Buffalo Billiards 7

The Inn at Pearl Street 8

The Driskill Hotel 9

The Omni Austin Hotel 13

The Texas Governor's Mansion 14

The Paramount Theatre 15

The Austin Pizza Garden 17

The Clay Pit 19

The Tavern 20

The Speakeasy 21

The Dream of Josiah Wilbarger 22

The Confederate Woman's Home 25

Moore's Crossing Bridge 26

The Neill-Cochran House 27

Shoal Creek 28

The O. Henry House 30

The Moonlight Restaurant 31

The Susanna Dickinson House 32

The UT Tower 34

Central Texas

Jake's Bridge 39

The Hairy Man 40

St. Olaf's Kirke and Cemetery 41

The Orviss Family Vault 43

The Falls Hotel 44

Dead Man's Hole 45

The Texas Grill 47

Faust Hotel 48

Enchanted Rock 50

Dallas

Millermore Mansion 55

The Sons of Hermann Hall 56

The Majestic Theatre 58

The Adolphus Hotel 58

The DeGolyer Estate 60

Snuffer's Restaurant 61

The Lizard Lounge 62

The Lady of White Rock Lake 63

The Hotel Lawrence 65

The Stoneleigh Hotel 67

Fort Worth

The White Elephant Saloon 71

Miss Molly's Bed and Breakfast 73

The Texas White House 78

Thistle Hill 81

The Stockyards Hotel 82

The W E. Scott Theatre 84

The Jett Building 86

The Mitchell-Schoonover House 88

Log Cabin Village 89

The Downtown Grocery Market & Deli and Back Door Bookstore 93

Peter Bros. Hats 94

The Swift and Company Building 96

Texas Wesleyan University 97

Fort Worth Zoo 98

The Castle at Heron Bay 98

Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House 100

Galveston and Houston

Bolivar Point Lighthouse 103

Ashton Villa 104

Hotel Galvez 106

The Samuel May Williams House 108

The Tremont House 109

The Galveston Railroad Museum 111

The Ghost of Jean Lafitte 112

Luigi's Italian Restaurant 114

The Mediterranean Chef Restaurant 115

The Thomas Jefferson League Building 116

The University of Texas Medical Branch 117

Captain Mott's House 118

The Spaghetti Warehouse 119

Julia Ideson Building 122

The Post Rice Lofts 123

North Texas

The Hotel Turkey 127

Stampede Mesa 128

The Screaming Bridge 130

River Legacy Park 132

Bruce Hall 133

Northeast Texas

The Grove 137

The Excelsior House Hotel 139

The Jefferson Hotel 141

1895 Tarlton House 143

The Baker Hotel 144

The Catfish Plantation 146

The Rogers Hotel 148

Demons Road 150

Andrews-Taylor House 151

Stephen F. Austin State University 152

The Ghost of Chief Popher 153

The Beckham Hotel 155

Granbury Opera House 156

McDow Hole 158

The Wright Place 161

The Crying White Lady of Marshall 162

San Antonio

Spanish Governor's Palace 167

The Sheraton Gunter Hotel 168

Villamain Railroad Tracks 170

The Emily Morgan Hotel 171

San Fernando Cathedral 173

Victoria's Black Swan Inn 175

The Menger Hotel 176

The Alamo 178

Woman Hollering Creek 186

The Old Bexar County Jail 188

The Crockett Hotel 189

The St. Anthony Hotel 190

South Texas

The Lady in Black 195

La Posada Hotel 197

Espantosa Lake 198

Von Minden Hotel 201

The Lechuza 203

El Muerto 205

Fort Clark 207

The Black Hope Horror 209

Presidio La Bahia 211

Southeast Texas

Weinert House Bed and Breakfast 217

Prince Solms Inn 218

La Lomita Chapel 220

Bailey's Light 221

Bragg Road Ghost Lights 222

San Bernard River's Music Bend 223

Liendo Plantation 225

The Headless Soldier of Sabine Pass 227

The Ghosts of Old Waverly 228

The Old Fayette County Jail 230

USS Lexington 231

The Headless Ghost of Milan Street 234

West Texas

Buie Park 237

Fort Brown 238

Plaza Theatre 241

Loretto Academy 242

Concordia Cemetery 244

Camino Real Hotel 244

The Spirits of Thunder Road 246

Fort Phantom Hill 247

The Lady of Lake Fort Phantom Hill 249

Marfa Lights 251

The Gage Hotel 252

Fort Leaton 254

Upstairs at the Mansion 256

The Anson Light 258

Fort Concho 259

Bibliography 263

About the Author 278

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