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Woman Hollering Creek
Schertz, Texas
11 miles from La Vernia, TX
This creek was most probably named after the La Llorona myth. La Larona (the Weeping Woman) is the hispanic boogey-woman. She appears everywhere and the story is always the same: a woman drowns her child in a river/lake/ocean/pond/drainage ditch/bathtub and then spends all eternity wailing for her ...
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Texas Lutheran University
Seguin, Texas
16.7 miles from La Vernia, TX
The Wupperman Theatre is said to house the ghost of a small girl wearing a blue dress, and she seems to want to play hide-and-seek. Lights flicker and the trap door opens by itself at times. In the Trinity Building dorm, lights can be seen to flicker on and off, ...
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Milam Street
Seguin, Texas
17.7 miles from La Vernia, TX
Milam Street is haunted, locals say, by a headless ghost. Although the ghost's identity is unknown, his pattern is unwavering: He walks from Riverside Cemetery due north. He's thought to be a Confederate soldier who lost his head to a cannonball.
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Abandoned Asylum
San Antonio, Texas
18.7 miles from La Vernia, TX
Although this place boasts a number of ghostly activities -screaming, moaning, doors opening and closing of their own volition -this property is owned by the county and you are just as likely to encounter a police officer arresting you for trespassing than a ghost. There have been numerous prosecutions for ...
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Spanish Main Apartments
San Antonio, Texas
19.6 miles from La Vernia, TX
Numerous sightings of a little boy in period clothing roaming the apartment complex. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Ghost Tracks
San Antonio, Texas
19.9 miles from La Vernia, TX
Legend has it that a school bus full of children was killed by a train at the intersection. They now claim that if you put your car in neutral and stop near the tracks, unseen ghosts will push your car across. (If you decide to attempt this, do ...
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Victoria's Black Swan Inn
San Antonio, Texas
20.3 miles from La Vernia, TX
A variety of ghostly activity has been claimed at this current wedding venue. Full-body apparitions, dolls moving location, eerie music, cold spots, doors opening and closing under their own volition and other haunted happenings.
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Devil's Bridge
San Antonio, Texas
20.6 miles from La Vernia, TX
It is said that the darkness inside is so dense that headlights can't penetrate it for more than a few feet. It is also said that someone or something will catch rocks thrown inside; the thrower will not hear the rock land.
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Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio, Texas
20.7 miles from La Vernia, TX
The Officer's Quarters are said to be haunted. People claim that items move around on their own volition and people claim to see lights when there is no one there.
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Stinson Field Ghost - San Jose Burial Park Cemetery
San Antonio, Texas
21.3 miles from La Vernia, TX
Blue lights may appear over some of the graves here, and they may even be visible from the road as you drive past.
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Bullis House Inn Bed and Breakfast
San Antonio, Texas
21.8 miles from La Vernia, TX
The old inn was built in 1906 on the grounds of the site of an old prison, and inn staff and guests have seen the apparition of an American Indian chief roaming the second floor the inn. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Comanche Lookout Park
San Antonio, Texas
21.9 miles from La Vernia, TX
Built by a local man long ago who wanted his home to look like a castle, this property is now owned by the city of San Antonio. It is said that strange lights are often seen coming out of the tower.
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Mission San José
San Antonio, Texas
21.9 miles from La Vernia, TX
The legend surrounding the mission's rose window starts with one of its builders, a stonemason whose beloved fell ill and passed away. The rose window was made in her memory, and the stonemason made a memorial surrounding it. Some folks say the woman's ghost can be seen looking out her ...
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Terrell Castle - Lambermont
San Antonio, Texas
22.1 miles from La Vernia, TX
Haunted by the former owner who committed suicide there. In addition there are apparently ghostly children who play on the stairs.
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The Alamodome
San Antonio, Texas
22.3 miles from La Vernia, TX
Legend says that the ghoulish figure of a woman haunts the parking lot. In addition a worker who was killed during the construction of the Alamodome is also said to haunt the halls.
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McNay Art Museum
San Antonio, Texas
22.4 miles from La Vernia, TX
The mistress of the home where the art museum is housed is said to haunt the west wing of the museum. Staff and visitors often claim to hear her humming and some claim to have seen her.
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University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas
22.4 miles from La Vernia, TX
In the main administration building, which was built in 1922, there is said to be a spirit of a little boy playing with a bouncng ball on the 3rd floor. The 4th floor was once used as a quarantine area for TB, and many spirits are said to linger from ...
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Institute of Texas Cultures
San Antonio, Texas
22.5 miles from La Vernia, TX
You may experience the phantom smell of pipe smoke, and hear footsteps in the audiovisual room. There is an 1898 hearse that is said to open by itself, and books are sometimes rearranged in the library.
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Brackenridge Villa Mansion - Fernridge
Alamo Heights, Texas
22.5 miles from La Vernia, TX
If you go to other websites, you'll see this stunning piece of haunting "evidence": There is proof that this place has been lived on for 7.000 years! Wow. And what does that have to do with it being haunted? We aren't sure, but other sites claim to find that ...
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Menger Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
22.8 miles from La Vernia, TX
This hotel is apparently haunted by dozens of ghosts, including (allegedly) Teddy Roosevelt. As one of the oldest hotels in Texas, it is only natural that many people would have stayed and some would have died within its walls, which might lead to the absolute plethora of ghosts.
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Emily Morgan Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
22.8 miles from La Vernia, TX
This website strives to be a cut above other haunted websites. If you go to practically any other "ghost site" that all seem to have the same stock entries on 'haunted hotspots' you will find an entry like this under the Emily Morgan Hotel: "Floor nine is a very ...
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The Alamo
San Antonio, Texas
22.8 miles from La Vernia, TX
Nearly 2,000 people died at the Battle of the Alamo. So much death and bloodshed and so much resulting restless spirit activity have led some people to claim that the Alamo is one of the most haunted places in America. Claims of the Alamo being haunted began mere weeks after ...
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Marriott Plaza San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
22.9 miles from La Vernia, TX
Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a woman who lived on the property prior to it being a hotel.
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Alamo Street Theater - San Antone Cafe
San Antonio, Texas
23 miles from La Vernia, TX
Allegedly haunted by a ghost in white that some believe is the spirit of a former actor named Margaret. As of 2013 the building is closed and listed for sale.
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St. Anthony Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
23.1 miles from La Vernia, TX
People have claimed to see strange moving shadows, full-body apparitions and other ghostly occurrences at the St. Anthony hotel. Supposedly the tenth floor has the most activity.
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Camberley Gunter Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
23.1 miles from La Vernia, TX
Although no body was ever found, a blood-soaked room indicated that something had gone seriously amiss at the Camberley Gunter Hotel. Legend has it that a woman was murdered there in the 1960's and an unsuspecting maid walked in on the murderer as he was escaping out the fire escape ...
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Crowne Plaza
San Antonio, Texas
23.2 miles from La Vernia, TX
The Crowne Plaza is allegedly haunted by ghostly footsteps, strange shadows and feelings of being watched or followed. Note: this hotel has been rebranded to "Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk."
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Cadillac Bar
San Antonio, Texas
23.3 miles from La Vernia, TX
Haunted by the former owner and a former employee. The malevolent activity is (of course) attributed to the female employee while the former owner is apparently benign and just prone to appearing in the storage area.
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Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas
23.4 miles from La Vernia, TX
At the Chapman Graduate Center, you may feel an intense desire to get out of the building. At the Holt Center, you may experience a similar feeling.
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Faust Hotel
New Braunfels, Texas
23.9 miles from La Vernia, TX
There have been newspaper articles written about this hotel's ghost. It has been seen drifting in the hallways on an upper floor, floating through closed doors, and turning the water and electricity on an off, among other things.
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Alamo Quarry Theatre
San Antonio, Texas
24 miles from La Vernia, TX
Rumors abound that there was a body buried in the foundation of the theater. In addition, people claim there are cold spots and issues with the lights. Some people who claim to have worked there say they've seen the ghost of a child in the projection room.
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Santikos Century Plaza 8 - Mayan Palace 14
San Antonio, Texas
24.6 miles from La Vernia, TX
Now the Mayan Palace 14 theatre, rumor claims that at night you can hear banging on the ceiling and the sounds of chains being dragged. What precisely is supposed to be making "chain dragging noises" (Marley's ghost??) is unclear, but rumor claims it's true, therefore who are we to ...
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Chinese Graveyard
San Antonio, Texas
25.3 miles from La Vernia, TX
White mists have been seen at the graveyard.
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North Star Mall
San Antonio, Texas
25.5 miles from La Vernia, TX
Allegedly haunted by "shadows" that brush past you and whisper your name.
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Caribbean Apartments - Willow Run Apartments
San Antonio, Texas
25.6 miles from La Vernia, TX
Formerly a motel, these apartments have lingering spirits from their violent early days. Crying women, running children's footsteps, and loud thumps can be heard; lights and toilets will activate on their own; and children who reside here are said to occasionally see and play with children's spirits.
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Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, Texas
26.3 miles from La Vernia, TX
Long dead nuns continue to roam the campus as well as the mischievous ghost that alums have taken to calling Jack. Jack is blamed for every prank and missing item in the dorms (which probably tickles live pranksters to no end).
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Adobe Verde
New Braunfels, Texas
26.5 miles from La Vernia, TX
Once a 1920s electric cotton gin and now a Tex-Mex restaurant, Adobe Verde is the home of Frank, a ghost who likes to play pranks. According to local legend, Frank was a groundskeeper and a victim of unrequited love--he hanged himself from the rafters, and his spirit never left the ...
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Donkey Lady Bridge
San Antonio, Texas
27.4 miles from La Vernia, TX
The Donkey Lady is an urban legend that is known throughout San Antonio. Allegedly a woman who was hideously burned and disfigured in a fire haunted the woods. Apparently driven insane by her disfigurement and the loss of two of her children in the same fire she was prone ...
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El Camaroncito - The Player's Club
San Antonio, Texas
27.8 miles from La Vernia, TX
The Devil likes to dance! Who wouldn't really, but there is a widely spread and widely-believed story that the Devil himself actually paid a visit to the El Camaroncito dance hall back in the day. The story goes thus: A handsome man entered the bar and immediately enchanted a ...
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Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio, Texas
30.5 miles from La Vernia, TX
Allegedly haunted by a headless nun.
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The Huebner-Onion House
Leon Valley, Texas
31.6 miles from La Vernia, TX
Ghosts of former inhabitants are said to haunt the house. People claim to hear noises that indicate someone is climbing the stairs.
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Seton Edgar B. Davis Hospital
Luling, Texas
35.3 miles from La Vernia, TX
Mr. Davis himself is said to haunt this hospital. Staff have reported that doors open and close by themselves and medicine has been knocked to the ground before their eyes.
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The San Marcos River Entity
Luling, Texas
36.4 miles from La Vernia, TX
An invisible presence haunts the banks of the San Marcos River. An ominous feeling and impressions in the grass mark the place where the invisible presence passes.
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Thompson Island Bridge
San Marcos, Texas
37.2 miles from La Vernia, TX
Thompson Island Bridge is said to be a favorite spot for the spirit of a Confederate soldier. His apparition, with his rifle, is said to appear more often before or during times of war. According to legend, the man lived in a nearby cabin and had made a promise with ...
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Devil's Backbone
Canyon Lake, Texas
39.9 miles from La Vernia, TX
This beautiful scenic spot in Texas hill country is said to be haunted by a Native American cattle herder named Drago, a fatally injured miner's widow, and the spirit of a wolf. Other spirits seen here include Confederate soldiers, Spanish monks, and an apparition that appears on the hoods of ...
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Saint James Inn
Gonzales, Texas
41 miles from La Vernia, TX
The 1914 historic inn was built by a merchant seaman, and is allegedly haunted by the former owner, his daughter and three other separate entities. Guest reports range from being awoken by a ghostly man in a dinner suit to seeing a female spirit in old-fashioned clothing roaming the ...
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Stage Stop Ranch
Fischer, Texas
41.7 miles from La Vernia, TX
Guests and people driving by have reported seeing a shadowy figure hanging from a tree near the front of the ranch, as well as a wagon that drives past by itself late at night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Yorktown Memorial Hospital
Yorktown, Texas
44.7 miles from La Vernia, TX
The 1940s hospital closed around 1988, but apparently all of its patients haven't moved out. Witnesses say they have been punched, slapped, kicked or scratched by something unseen, and shadow figures have been seen in the hallways. A man named T.J. who died of a heroin overdose here is said ...
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Country Spirit - La Mansion
Boerne, Texas
47.4 miles from La Vernia, TX
La Mansion Mexican restaurant, formerly El Chaparral and before that, Country Spirit, is said to be haunted by three ghosts named David, Augustine and Fred. David is the spirit of a teen who, according to local lore, drowned in the upstairs bathroom's claw-foot tub and he still haunts that room. ...
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Boerne Emporium
Boerne, Texas
47.7 miles from La Vernia, TX
The 1908 antique store is haunted by a young boy in old-fashioned clothing. Running footsteps and ghostly laughter have also been reported here. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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