Knock, Knock

November 16, 2011

She had to sit down to tell me her story because even though it happened some time ago, it still made her weak in the knees to think about the ghosts. I asked B. if she had ever encountered a ghost while she worked at the Emily Morgan Hotel. The look of fear on her [...]

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Waiting For Cinderella

November 2, 2011

A line of lighted carriages stood outside our hotel last night as if waiting for Cinderella. It was tempting, but we did not take a ride through downtown San Antonio. I guess we weren’t feeling like Cinderella last night, and we didn’t want to take the time. We were waiting for something else …ghosts! Although [...]

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Papá, The Antique Lady, And La Chusa. A Ghost Tale.

October 30, 2011

Quite often, when I tell ghost stories, an audience member wants to share their own ghost tale with me. Usually in schools I don’t have time to stop and listen because the next class is already on the way in the door. One day, however, I had free time between classes. When I felt a [...]

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The Nest … A True Ghost Story

October 29, 2011

Years ago a librarian in San Antonio shared a story about her own grandmother’s ghost in Dime Box, Texas. I took the information she gave me and wrote a story. When she read it, she gave me permission to tell the tale, but asked that I change the names, so as not to upset her [...]

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Denton Haunts Tour Offers Mystery AND History

October 23, 2011

I had no clue that the courthouse in my hometown had a resident ghost (or two, or three). I just thought that Denton had one of the most lovely courthouses in Texas. I didn’t know it had a ghost story! Sure, I knew there was a tiny cemetery-for-one on the lawn of the building. I [...]

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Denton Ghost Tales. Be There Or Be Square.

October 18, 2011

It’s true that I celebrate ghost stories all year long, but Halloween seems to be the preferred season for them. In Denton, Texas over the next two weeks you can get a ghost story fix just nearly anytime you want it. If you are there, you are on the Square. I’ll tell you about three [...]

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Look For It, Baby

October 6, 2011

Some people do not believe in ghosts. I am not one of them. I don’t believe in aliens, but then I’ve never seen one of them. Show me one, and I might change my mind. Ghosts I have seen, and heard, and felt. On the occasion that I’m sharing with you, I heard one … [...]

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Ghost Tour of Galveston, Plan B

August 14, 2011

It wasn’t quite what I expected. We had gone to Galveston hoping to take the two new haunted tours offered by Ghost Tours of Galveston. I had gone on one of their tours before, and I needed a ghost story “fix.” We planned on visiting other sites while we were there. I wanted to eat [...]

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Spirited Away To Ghost Tours Of Galveston

July 31, 2011

I’ve always been fascinated by ghost stories, especially when they are purported to be true. Here in Texas, some of the best ghost stories can be found on Galveston Island. Right now I’m as tickled as a possum in a plum tree, because my husband is going to “spirit” me away to Galveston for a [...]

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Ghost Hunt In Nacogdoches

March 29, 2011

None of the parents actually heard the story I told to the 4th grade. Yet, for a week I have been vilified. Their objection was not, as far as I can tell, that it was a ghost story, but that it mentions that “man had killed his wife, and then killed himself.” Hey, if there [...]

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Ghost Hunting At The Saint Anthony Hotel. Part Two.

November 3, 2010

“What’s the matter with this doggone elevator?” I thought, as I pushed the button for the ninth floor again. After our ghost tour at The Saint Anthony Hotel, my friend had plopped into bed, but I was too excited to sleep. I had gone from our room on the ninth floor to visit the tenth [...]

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Ghost Hunting At The Saint Anthony Hotel. Part One.

November 1, 2010

“Ninety per cent of our hotel staff is too frightened to work on this floor,” he said as the elevator doors opened on the tenth floor of the Saint Anthony Hotel. With a mischievous smirk, he led us out of the elevator and down the corridor to room 1080 which is (according to the staff) [...]

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Good Golly, Miss Molly’s Is Haunted!

April 24, 2010

When we arrived at Miss Molly’s Bed and Breakfast, on Exchange Street in Fort Worth, I told the innkeeper that we wanted to seek the ghosts that haunt the place. “Oh,” she chirped. “Then, we need to close all the Bibles. I keep an open Bible in every room to tell the ghosts who is [...]

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Ghost Tour Of Galveston

April 10, 2010

I waited in the wind in front of the Railroad Museum near The Strand. The website for Ghost Tours of Galveston had said that I should arrive fifteen minutes early, so I did. I’m the most punctual person you will ever meet. Not another living soul was there. The minutes ticked away, as I wondered [...]

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A-Hunting We Will Go

March 28, 2010

Not for Easter eggs…nope. And we are not going hunting with a gun. We are going ghost hunting! That’s right. It’s how we plan to celebrate our anniversary this year. My husband thinks I use the terms “we” and “celebrate” a bit loosely … but he is indulging me. Bless his heart, he always does. [...]

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Ghost Busting At The Menger

October 31, 2009

I felt the chill begin at me knees, and swiftly rush to my heart. I felt as if I had entered an industrial freezer, but it was only the hallway of the Menger Hotel. Gooseflesh rose on my arm as I gasped. Beside me I heard my friend Judy gasp at the same moment. “There [...]

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Scaring Ourselves Silly in San Antonio

October 27, 2009

The Menger Hotel in downtown San Antonio is our destination this Friday night. I did tell you it is haunted, didn’t I? My friend Judy and I are getting excited! We have our room booked (we are going to share a room, because we are a couple of scaredy cats) AND we are scheduled to [...]

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Haunted by Ghost Radar

October 1, 2009

I’ve had my iPhone for a year, and resisted all temptation to download any “apps” that were not free. I know myself well, and I could get addicted to the little games that Apple offers for that phone of mine. But, I caved. Yesterday, at the suggestion of my friend Thorne, I shelled out 99¢ [...]

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A Ghost Story For The Haunted House

September 1, 2009

A couple of days ago, I showed y’all some pictures of a dilapidated old house in Boyd, Texas. I thought it looked likely to be a “haunted” house, but told you that I’d have to figure out a ghost story that would work for it. I asked, “Got any ideas for a ghostly tale to [...]

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Ghost Hunt at The Driskill Hotel. Part 2.

August 12, 2009

We continued traipsing through the halls of the Driskill in our search for some kind of ghostly presence. In the bar, the leering steer hanging on the wall was a bit frightening. I’m not fond of hanging dead critters on the wall, but then I guess the management had to prove that this is Texas [...]

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