Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION - 1
WEST TEXAS
Chapter 1: Lanterns and Spurs - 5
Hotel Turkey Bed & Breakfast – Turkey, TX
Chapter 2: Gauge This - 8
The Gage Hotel – Marathon, TX
Chapter 3: Ahoy, the Land! - 12
Captain Shepard’s Inn – Marathon, TX
Chapter 4: Uninvited Guests - 15
The Whitten Inn – Abilene, TX
Chapter 5: Lights Above All - 18
Arcon Inn Bed & Breakfast – Marfa, TX
Chapter 6: From Tiffany to Ghosts - 21
Camino Real Hotel – El Paso, TX
NORTH TEXAS
Chapter 7: Spurs that Jingle-Jangle - 26
Stockyards Hotel – Fort Worth, TX
Chapter 8: Land Sakes, a Bordello? - 31
Miss Molly’s Hotel Bed & Breakfast – Fort Worth, TX
Chapter 9: Is Anybody There? - 34
The Texas White House Bed & Breakfast – Fort Worth, TX
Chapter 10: Behind Closed Doors - 39
Ambassador Hotel & Suites – Fort Worth, TX
Chapter 11: Have a Ball - 42
Hotel Adolphus – Dallas, TX
Chapter 12: No Stone Unturned - 47
Stoneleigh Hotel – Dallas, TX
Chapter 13: What’s in a Name? - 50
Hotel Lawrence – Dallas, TX
Chapter 14: Bells Are Ringing - 53
The Chaska House Bed & Breakfast – Waxahachie, TX
Chapter 15: Past and Pleasant - 57
The BonnyNook Inn Bed & Breakfast – Waxahachie, TX
Chapter 16: So Many Spirits, So Little Time - 61
Rogers Hotel – Waxahachie, TX
Chapter 17: The Name Is Duke, Greene Duke - 68
1895 Tarlton House Bed & Breakfast – Hillsboro, TX
EAST TEXAS
Chapter 18: Elizabeth, Yesterday and Today - 76
Beckham Hotel – Mineola, TX
Chapter 19: The Unseen Spirit - 81
Oaklea Mansion & Manor House B & B – Winnsboro, TX
Chapter 20: The Ghost Wears Gold - 84
The Tol Barret House – Nacogdoches, TX
Chapter 21: Historical Ghosts - 89
Excelsior House – Jefferson, TX
Chapter 22: Ghosts Rarely Check Out - 93
Jefferson Hotel – Jefferson, TX
Chapter 23: Back in Time - 99
Twin Oaks Plantation Inn – Jefferson, TX
Chapter 24: Captain Claiborne Returns - 103
Claiborne House Bed & Breakfast – Jefferson, TX
Chapter 25: Fixture This - 106
McKay House Bed & Breakfast Inn – Jefferson, TX
Chapter 26: The Scent of Patchouli - 111
Falling Leaves Bed & Breakfast – Jefferson, TX
Chapter 27: “Jennie” - 118
Pride House Bed & Breakfast – Jefferson, TX
Chapter 28: Mostly Murder - 122
Chuckwagon Inn Bed & Breakfast – Fredericksburg, TX
CENTRAL TEXAS
Chapter 29: “Oh Night, Draw thy Curtain” - 126
The Faust Hotel – New Braunfels, TX
Chapter 30: The Cold Rose Room - 130
Prince Solms Inn – New Braunfels, TX
Chapter 31: Czech This Out - 136
Von Minden Hotel – Schulenburg, TX
Chapter 32: A Capital Hostelry - 140
1110 Carriage House Inn – Austin, TX
Chapter 33: Rock-a-Bye Baby - 145
Austin’s Inn at Pearl Street – Austin, TX
Chapter 34: Tales for the Telling - 148
Driskill Hotel – Austin, TX
Chapter 35: The Complex Meyer Complex - 152
Meyer Bed & Breakfast – Comfort, TX
Chapter 36: Riding the Rails - 156
Katy House Bed & Breakfast – Smithfield, TX
Chapter 37: That’s the Spirit! - 159
Ye Kendall Inn – Boerne, TX
SOUTH TEXAS
Chapter 38: Beyond a Shadow - 165
St. James Inn Bed & Breakfast – Gonzales, TX
Chapter 39: Picture Rapunzel - 168
Terrell Castle Bed & Breakfast Inn – San Antonio, TX
Chapter 40: A Step in Time - 172
Bullis House Inn – San Antonio, TX
Chapter 41: The Tale of a Jail - 176
Comfort Inn – San Antonio, TX
Chapter 42: “Cradle of Texas Liberty” - 181
Crockett Hotel / Holiday Inn – San Antonio, TX
Chapter 43: Beaucoup des fantomes - 184
The St. Anthony Hotel – San Antonio, TX
Chapter 44: Real Live Ghosts? - 187
Menger Hotel – San Antonio, TX
Chapter 45: She Returns—Sometimes - 194
Sheraton Gunter Hotel – San Antonio, TX
Chapter 46: Who Was Emily Morgan? - 198
Emily Morgan Hotel – San Antonio, TX
Chapter 47: A Priestly Ghost - 202
La Posada Hotel – Laredo, TX
Chapter 48: Do You See What I See? - 205
LaBorde House – Rio Grande City, TX
COSTAL TEXAS
Chapter 49: On a Scale of 1 to 3000 - 209
Tarpon Inn – Port Aransas, TX
Chapter 50: One If by Sea - 213
Hotel Galvez – Galveston, TX
Chapter 51: Fit for a Queen—and King - 217
Queen Anne Bed & Breakfast – Galveston, TX
Chapter 52: The Third Time’s a Charm - 220
Tremont House Hotel – Galveston, TX
GHOSTS FOR GHOSTS' SAKE
Chapter 53: Hilton’s First - 226
The Mobley Hotel – Cisco, TX
Chapter 54: To Be, or Not to Be - 230
Badu House – Llano, TX
Chapter 55: Swaying Curtains - 234
The Wright House – Cleburne, TX
Chapter 56: An Anonymous Vestige - 237
Ginocchio Hotel – Marshall, TX
Chapter 57: Up the Upstairs Case - 241
Baker Hotel – Mineral Wells, TX
Sources - 249
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