Random Weirdest And Most Haunted Places In Texas (20 items)

(#19) The White Sanitarium - Wichita Falls

The White Sanitarium is often better known as the "Old Insane Asylum." The brainchild of Frank S. White, the asylum was opened in 1926 but was closed sometime in the 1950s after suffering major flood damage.

It laid empty for over 50 years before an aspiring developer bought the property and turned it into a residential unit.
(#11) Spaghetti Warehouse - Houston

The Spaghetti Warehouse building in Houston is often named one of the most haunted in Texas. The building has an odd history. It was originally built as the Desel-Boettcher Warehouse in the early 1900s, before the Dallas-based Spaghetti Warehouse chain bought it for their second location in 1974. It was then quickly filled with a myriad of old antiques and collectibles, including a staircase from a European castle.

Those antiques may have brought their own ghosts with them, but the building already had one of its own. A pharmacist plunged to his death down an elevator shaft back in the early history of the facility. His wife, heartbroken, passed a year later and now patrols the second floor of the warehouse looking for her husband.
(#9) Driskill Hotel - Austin

The Driskill is the oldest operating hotel in Austin and one of the best-known hotels in Texas. This Romanesque-style building is the work of Col. Jesse Driskill and was completed in 1886. The dream of Driskill, a cattleman by trade, was to build "the finest hotel south of St. Louis."

Driskill spent his fortune on the building, but he was only able to keep it in business for less than a year because this very upscale hotel was too expensive for the cattlemen and ranchers who then populated what was still a Wild West town.

Driskill died a broken man, and his ghost is said to haunt guests to this day. In addition, Room 525 is known as the room of the suicide brides. It is believed that two young women took their lives in this room on their honeymoons, 20 years apart.
(#2) Stagecoach Road - Marshall

Some people believe that Stagecoach Road in Marshall is undoubtedly haunted. A woman drove down the road in the middle of the night in a pick-up truck. She decided to stop for a moment to scare the people with her, turning off all the lights and opening all her car windows.

However, she felt a pressure on her truck bed and decided to leave immediately. When morning came, she found weird, scarlet-colored dust on her truck, with tiny handprints. None of the people in her car had small hands.
(#10) The Baker Hotel - Mineral Wells

The Baker Hotel is an old building that is now stunningly out of place in its community. The idea for the hotel was first conceived in 1922 - when residents of Mineral Wells grew tired of out-of-towners profiting from their mineral water industry. The hotel took seven years to build and went through many design changes. It eventually stood 14 stories tall, had an Olympic-sized swimming pool, two ballrooms, and a bowling alley. The hotel was the first skyscraper to be built outside of a major metropolitan area and cost $1.2 million in 1929. The hotel has been closed since 1972.

The major haunting here is the woman on the seventh floor. Thought to be the mistress of one of the hotel managers, she jumped to her death at an unverified point in time. As early as the 1950s, guests reported seeing, hearing, and feeling this woman in the hotel.
(#20) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Gas Station - Highway 304

Die-hard Texas horror fans will be happy to hear the news that the Last Chance Gas Station from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie will soon be available for overnight stays. A Texas businessman is renovating the property, promising a fun and interactive experience for guests as the building is converted into a hotel and restaurant.

Live music is certainly on the menu - let's hope humans are not.