Historic haunted places in Abilene, TX. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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Haunted place
352 Cypress St, Abilene, TX 79601
Open for ticketed films and events.
Three figures recur in stories about the 1930 Paramount: an older man who leaves a whiff of cigar smoke in the house, a one-time usher glimpsed by the basement stairs, and a woman …
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
10818 FM 600, Abilene, TX 79601
Open daily dawn to dusk (outdoor ruins; free).
Tradition says this 1850s frontier post got its name when a nervous sentry fired at what he believed was the ghost of a Native warrior. Since the fort was abandoned, people have de…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1102 N 3rd St, Abilene, TX 79601
Private residential building; lobby and exterior only.
Now apartments, the 1930 Art Deco Hotel Wooten has its ghost stories mostly from the people who live there. Residents describe a woman in 1930s clothes walking the upper halls who …
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1482 N 1st St, Abilene, TX 79601
Exterior and historical marker viewable from the street.
The story goes that a weatherman who lived and worked in this 1909 building fell to his death on the basement stairs during a storm. People connected with the building say that whe…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1726 Swenson St, Abilene, TX 79603
Open for docent-guided tours (admission charged); October haunted event.
The ghost here is usually named as Shirley Swenson, who lived in the house from 1910 until 1974 and loved to entertain. Visitors at holiday gatherings have reported a woman in a lo…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
102 Cypress St, Abilene, TX 79601
Open to the public (museum; admission charged, free Thursday evenings).
The Hotel Grace took in travelers from 1909 to 1973, and the museum that now fills it reports most of its oddities on the upper floors and in the basement. A local ghost-hunting gr…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.