They say everything is bigger down in Texas. If that’s true, then does that also include the scares? This week, we took a break from tracking the latest SEC football news across Texas sports betting to get into your nightmares – no, the Longhorns’ loss to Georgia does not count – since Halloween is next week.
We searched GhostsofAmerica.com to determine the top 10 most haunted Texas cities based on the number of reported sightings.
Did your city make the list?
Rank | City | Ghost Sighting |
1 | El Paso | 197 |
2 | Austin | 115 |
3 | Corpus Christi | 105 |
4 | Laredo | 103 |
5 | Midland | 79 |
6 | Amarillo | 70 |
T7 | Dallas | 64 |
T7 | San Angelo | 64 |
9 | Mission | 63 |
10 | Harlingen | 60 |
El Paso is the most haunted city in Texas, and according to the results, it’s not particularly a close race. The town in far west Texas has had nearly double the sightings of second-place finisher Austin.
According to KVIA-TV, the most haunted place in El Paso High School. The school’s best-known apparition is called “Ghost Girl.” A quick Google search produces a number of photos of the school’s Class of 1985 picture.
Near the middle of the panoramic image is a blurred individual who looks like a girl in a white dress. The legend indicates the girl was a cheerleader from decades ago who took her own life there.
One storyteller on Ghosts of America said they attended a camp at the school, and one afternoon, they and a couple of friends entered the auditorium. Minutes later, they heard footsteps and a seat lowered as if someone would sit there. However, there was no one else around at the time. The kids walked around the auditorium and eventually saw what appeared to be the “Ghost Girl,” but it went away when they turned to look a second time.
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USA Today photo by Phil Didion/The Enquirer.
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