Episcopal High has expanded greatly in its 20-year existence; however, many other schools have stood in its place before. The Convent, the oldest building on the campus, has four stories, but students are only allowed on the first three because one of the nuns living in the convent almost a century ago hung herself on the fourth floor. The Catholic Church would not perform a service for her funeral, and out of respect, no classes of Episcopal High School are held on the floor where she supposedly still resides.
Esperson Building Mellie has come back to check out her building. The building has 2 sides - Neils and Mellie. The elevator has been known to malfunction and employees report feeling watched.
Federal Court Building 515 Rusk
The 10th floor believed to be haunted by the spirit of U.S. District Judge Woodrow Seals, who died after surgery in October 1990. The judge's former chambers are said to always be colder than the rest of the floor and the smell of smoke from his cigars still lingers in the air late at night. Janitors and security guards report being touched and hearing voices and doors rattling when no one else is around.
First Pagan Church of Houston 903 Welch St. For years this lovely house was reputed to be the scene of animal sacrifices. In 1974 the cult inhabiting it was evicted. During the subsequent renovation, an unseen force struck one worker, another had strange recurring nightmares, and others walked off the job because they were "spooked". Note: The cult mentioned above was not connected in any way to any known religion, polytheistic or otherwise, to the best of our knowledge. The reputed activities mentioned have no place in Wicca or any other pagan faith that Lone Star Spirits is aware of. The primary rule of Wicca (the Wiccan Rede) is, "An ye harm none, do as thou wilt," Meaning you cannot cause harm to anything-person, animal, plant, Earth.
Fiesta Elementary School
An old teacher who was accused of abusing children was reported to have killed herself in the bathroom of this school. At night, janitors and teachers staying after hours have seen the bathroom door open and close on its own and report hearing someone walk the halls and messing with the bulletin boards.
H.E.B on Harrisberg
Many people have seen an image of a little girl walking in the back warehouse where she was kidnapped and killed before the store was bought by H.E.B.
Hogg Middle School
In the mid 30's or 40's a famous gangster of the Heights Area was dug up and hung up on the flagpole as a practical joke. Janitors and Late Night Librarians have said to have seen and heard his shadows and footsteps.
Jackson Middle School
It is said that two girls drowned in the pool and now haunt the place.
Jefferson Davis Hospital This unused hospital building was built on top of an old Confederate graveyard. During the excavation for the basement (the morgue), several human bones were unearthed. It is rumored to be haunted by angry Confederate soldiers, doctors, nurses and patients. The building is the property of the Harris County Hospital District and is off-limits. Editor's personal note: I want to make something clear. This building is off-limits without express written permission from Harris County. There are a lot of so-called "paranormal investigators" out there who are sneaking in. I say to those people, you are not investigators! You are criminals! Don't you have any respect for your fellow citizens of Harris County? The damage that's been done is an unnecessary waste of tax dollars. Please stand back and let the real Paranormal Investigators work.
Julia Ideson Building Houston Public Library System 500 McKinney St. Ghostly janitor plays music after-hours. One of his favorite rooms is the "Texas Room."
Kingate village
During the time in the apartment complex a girl was killed because she saw her boyfriend cheating on her. Her boyfriend killed her and threw her in the bayou on Halloween. They say she came back to get revenge on her the person who killed her. She spotted him and killed him because of what he did. In the complex building 1501 there is a haunting of a girl that wonders around in the rooms. Some people who lived there said that they spotted her in the dark wondering as if she were lost. When they tried to call out to her she disappears. They said that the stroke of midnight that a soldier walks with a arm cut off and a twisted neck. As he passes the homes they say he breaks all the windows as if someone was shooting out bullets and when morning comes it back to normal.
Klein Collins High School
Klein Collins is a brand new school that was made in the middle of the woods recently which was actually built over a burial ground. Most students have been mentioning how they hear and sometimes see two 5 years old holding hands and running down the hallways.
KLOL (Investigated by Lone Star Spirits) Located in the Montrose area. The former site of one Jones family (as in Jones Hall) residence, reports of phenomena include apparitions, telephones jumping off the hooks, stuffed animals moving of their own accord, anomalous shadows, and elevator malfunctions.
La Carafe
La Carafe is located in a pre-Civil War building on Houston's historical Market Square. The second floor seems to be the seat of the haunting. Employees have reported hearing footsteps and the sound of heavy objects being dragged across the unoccupied second floor. The figure of a large black man has also been seen standing in the second floor window after closing time. La Carafe Experience.
Lovett Hall Rice University Campus. Ghostly voices and typewriters have been heard at night. In one reported incident an apparition hurled a chair at a janitor...TWICE!
Mendel Elementary School
The school is said to be built on top of an old graveyard. Footsteps and whispers can be heard in the halls and in the restrooms faucets turn on and off and stall doors open and shut on their own.
Milby High School A ghostly janitor walks the second floor and slams doors. A ghostly librarian still visits the library.
Neiman Marcus We have unconfirmed reports that merchandise falls from the shelves, and cold spots have been reported. A customer reported his name was "Frank". The store is located in the Town and Country Mall. *** Update: We received this via email- "I was browsing your site...and thought I'd provide an update. Town and Country Mall has been torn down and there is another building going up in its place, I believe it's a hotel." - Quetta/Houston, TX
Northshore High School
Many witnesses working late at night have seen a girl wearing high school gym clothes in the hallway leading to the girls locker room who mysteriously vanishes. To be continued
Let's not wait. Here's the final of the Houston hauntings.
Office Building 1011(full address withheld, but if you work there, you know about it) Ghostly footsteps, elevators that operate on their own, disembodied voices and items that move on their own have been reported. One possible cause is a man who worked there and committed suicide in the early- to mid-nineties. Suite 217 had a hard time keeping tenants, and is now used for storage (suite number removed). One employee reports that the first-floor ladies room has a stall on the far end from the door that slams open and shut violently (violently enough to send her to the second-floor ladies' room instead).
Old Park
A little girl wanders saying, where's my mommy? at night. She has a white dress, and looks around behind trees. You can she her behind a tree or walking.
Old Woman Hollerin' Creek
Located off of Interstate 10 between San Antonio and Houston, this forest surrounded creek is said to be haunted by the spirit of a woman who drowned her two children in the creek, and now walks along the bank searching for them. Many have claimed to hear and see her, and it is said that if you get too close to the creek, her hand will reach out and pull you in.
Patterson Road
Patterson Road is located between Highway 6 and Eldridge in Houston. This place is rumored to be the site of a Civil War battle and the bridge closest to Eldridge is haunted. If you park in the center of the bridge and turn your car off there will begin to be tapping noises all over your car. They aren't just the sounds of your car settling. They are mostly on the sides and the back of the car. It is said to be the spirits of the soldiers who died. Be careful, this road is absolutely pitch black at night, however you can see cars coming from either direction at quite a distance.
Patterson Street
While driving down the narrow road slowly, black objects start to chase the car. Handprints start to appear on windows and cold spots are felt in the car. Sometimes the black object runs right next to the passenger side of the car.
Peck's Bar 2395 Hwy 6 South, in the West Oaks area. Ava and Mad Dog make lights flicker, dishes fly, TVs turn on and off, etc., after closing. Per the General Manager, the activity is experienced day and night, and has been going on since before the death of Mad Dog (a customer who was killed in a motorcycle accident).
Rice Hotel The room in which John F. Kennedy spent his last night on Earth has been home to cold spots, rattling doors & beds as well as balls of light. Perhaps the ghost of the late President is making himself known. Ghost dancers have been seen in the ballroom, and one of our own team members saw a lady in white pacing where the balcony USED to be. The Rice is an apartment building now, but Sambuca, the restaurant, is open to the public. JFK may or may not have spent his last night at the Rice - I am hearing 2 different stories, but they both agree that he was there the shortly prior to his assassination in Dallas.
Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School
An old custodian who worked there in the 80's died in his sleep. He was an older man who loved his job. In many occasions he has been heard and felt by the staff. He often @pens and closes closet doors and will sometimes call out in a whisper using the person's name.
Slainte Irish Pub A female homeless woman was raped and murdered in the building and her spirit roams in the pub. A silhouette of a brunette woman may be seen behind the textured glass, near the Golden Tee game in the back of the pub. She only comes out when female employees are around and the males haven't experienced her presence. She moves objects, turns on lights and has been known to lurk in the larger, handicapped stall in the women's restroom when no one is on the second floor and keep whoever uses that stall company while they are using the facilities. It's a little creepy, but the women who work here have realized she means us no harm. www.slainteirishpub.com
Southpoint Cinema 5 It is rumored to have ghosts of three former patrons that have died there. A little girl murdered in a robbery, and two others who died of heart attacks in the same theater same row/same seat - different years. Cast members of the Rocky Horror Picture Show report hearing odd noises in the prop room and feeling like they're being watched. Editor's note: and here I was going to the Bellaire Theater all those years to watch the "Late Night Double Feature Picture Show".
Spaghetti Warehouse (Investigated by Lone Star Spirits) Downtown Houston on Commerce. This old pharmaceutical warehouse was originally a cotton warehouse. Reportedly the owner of the pharmaceutical operation died in the elevator. Reports include equipment turning itself off and on, a white lady (supposedly his wife), utensils and dishes being thrown around the kitchen, and a general feeling of being watched.
Spaghetti Warehouse (downtown)
This building does not have a basement. The upstairs seating area is the area that is supposed to be haunted.
The old Downtown Library Building
Is said to have a ghost that plays a violin in the dead of night. Some say its the sprit of one of the old maintenance man that worked there in the 20's & 30's.
Spring - The Wunche Bros Cafe
Spring is really a portion of Houston on its north side. The building has served many purposes including rail station, brothel and restaurant. Many have seen an apparition of "Old Man Wunche" on the upstairs balcony. Several waitresses claimed to have seen him.
Theater Suburbia Gurden McKay has been known to put in an appearance from time to time.
The Vatican/The Abyss Footsteps and slamming doors are heard coming from the old projection room on the second floor of this near-downtown club.
Treebeard's Phantom footsteps and cold spots are reported everywhere.
University of Houston Cullen Library - Aside from feeling as though they are being watched, visitors experience dimming lights, whispers, movement out of the corners of their eyes, and one student felt as though she was touched on the shoulder on the 5th floor of the Brown Wing. Some say that books have been known to spontaneously fall off the shelves, as well. The activity seems to occur around midnight and closing time. I have also heard tales of the Ezekiel Cullen Administration Building sporting a ghost or two, but do not have any solid information on that. If you know of any occurrences on campus (or anywhere in the state, for that matter), please contact us!
Valley Oaks Elementary School
A former worker reports always felt an eerie presence in the girls bathroom, many kids told the workers that the school used to be a cemetery a long time ago, they used just took out the engraved cements. There's a legend that a girl died in the merry-go-round a long time ago, decapitated, on the bottom of the merry go-round. (They don't have that merry-go-round anymore. My sister said that when she was in the girls room, she heard a toilet flush by itself!! Many report that when they turned off the bathroom lights, and chanted "La Llorona" (bloody Mary) 40 times, she would appear, my sister and many students were witnesses of seeing a girl praying to Satan, to a tree, and then rolling her eyes 'till they were white.