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Haunted Places in Austin, TX

Historic haunted places in Austin, 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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Littlefield House

Haunted place

302 W 24th St, Austin, TX 78705

Exterior viewable; interior open only for university events.

UT students have long reported piano music drifting from upstairs late at night when the house is empty, attributed to Alice Littlefield, a dedicated pianist. A woman in period dre…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Neill-Cochran House Museum

Haunted place

2310 San Gabriel St, Austin, TX 78705

Open to the public (museum admission; ghost-story program).

This 1856 house served as a Federal hospital during the Civil War, and ghost tours link reported presences to that period. Visitors describe a sense of presence near the surviving …

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Oakwood Cemetery

Haunted place

1601 Navasota St, Austin, TX 78702

Open to the public (free, posted hours).

Austin's oldest city cemetery is a ghost-tour fixture, with visitors reporting cold spots, orbs in photos, recorded voices and a feeling of being watched in the older sections. Tou…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Paramount Theatre

Haunted place

713 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701

Open for events (tickets vary).

The best-known ghost is 'Emily,' a woman in a white 19th-century dress who glides across the mezzanine and vanishes at the south wall. Tour accounts call her the wife of a soldier …

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Texas State Capitol

Haunted place

1100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701

Open to the public (free; daily docent tours).

Comptroller Robert Marshall Love was shot at his desk here in 1903. For decades visitors have described a man in period clothes and a top hat walking the halls who disappears when …

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

The Driskill

Haunted place

604 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

Open to the public (hotel).

Staff arriving early have smelled cigar smoke in the lobby and bar, credited to founder Colonel Jesse Driskill, and guests describe a gentleman in 19th-century clothing. Tour lore …

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.