KTRE is reporting that Hudson and Zavalla volunteer fire departments will host haunted houses this Halloween weekend as fundraisers. Tickets for each attraction cost $7 each or can be purchased as a package for all three attractions for just $18.
At some point during restoration work in the 1930s, rumors began circulating of hauntings at this historic presidio. If you shine your car headlights onto two statues in the cemetery, they come alive and kiss!
Haunted Hotels
Staying at a haunted hotel can be both thrilling and disquieting, and Texas boasts plenty of spine-chilling hotels like Crockett Hotel on Alamo battlefield or San Antonio Emily Morgan Hotel that offer more than just restful sleep.
Hotel guests and staff alike at Olle Hotel in Flatonia have reported seeing ghostly figures wandering the hallways, with staff reporting strange phone calls coming from empty rooms. Security camera footage has also captured floating orbs which could simply be malfunctioning rather than paranormal activity.
Hotel Paisano in Marfa boasts of itself as being “Tough to get to, tougher to explain.” Catering to cattle ranchers and Hollywood celebrities alike, this hotel has experienced unexplainable phenomena at various points within it; one popular ghostly sighting occurs near its pool; there, a figure dressed up like a cowboy often walks past. Furthermore, guests have reported hearing footsteps or knocks as well as feeling cold breezes pass through rooms.
Haunted Restaurants
A haunted house (also referred to as a spooky or ghost house) is defined as any structure believed by people to be the home of ghosts or spirits, often associated with mysterious happenings such as lights flickering and creaky floorboards. According to folklore, haunted houses may also be associated with mysterious lights flickering and floorboards creaking in these folktale tales.
Texas’ Emily Morgan Hotel is widely considered to be haunted, housing at least eight ghosts and spirits that roam its halls. Most active areas in the building include its seventh, ninth and fourteenth floors which once served as psychiatric ward, surgery level and morgue respectively.
KTRE is also taking viewers on a terrifying tour of Fluff’s White House restaurant in Floresville, where chef and owner Fluff gives viewers a frightening tour that includes paranormal researchers’ claims of an entranceway to hell in one room of his establishment. After this eerie excursion, Fluff prepares a selection of bites and cocktails before the frightening adventure is completed.
Haunted Houses
A haunted house is any location where supernatural activity takes place, from seeing ghostly figures or hearing strange noises, smelling odors that don’t belong, and sensing cold spots to objects moving or pets behaving aggressively or acting out of character. Though often misconstrued as ghostly activity or paranormal manifestations, such activity could also be due to carbon monoxide poisoning and chemical buildup from older homes – potentially creating haunted house syndrome!
Horror fiction often features haunted houses as staples, often depicting them as dark houses or castles that seem haunted. While historically many believed hauntings were caused by tragic events like murder or suicide, today scientists believe carbon monoxide poisoning (which may cause hallucinations) to be more likely to create hauntings than previously believed.
Hudson and Zavalla volunteer fire departments will host haunted houses this weekend with three attractions each, and proceeds will go directly back to them. Tickets cost $7 per event or $18 for all three events.
Haunted Attractions
Many people enjoy visiting haunted houses for an adrenaline-filled experience, where they can get an exciting thrill. A haunted house is defined as any building where there is supernatural activity reported by witnesses such as sighting apparitions or hearing disembodied voices; others report feeling cold spots. Additionally, these buildings may even serve as sites for violent incidents like murders.
Haunted houses may vary greatly in appearance; from rundown abandoned shacks in remote corners of the countryside to grand manor houses with creepy housekeepers; built upon Indian burial grounds or even being home to disgruntled poltergeists with unfinished business of their own, haunted properties can take many forms.
Professional haunted houses first began popping up in the early 1900s. These more elaborate haunted houses quickly overspent non-profit volunteer groups like Jaycees. Following a tragic fire at one of these New Jersey haunted houses that left eight teenagers dead, politicians intervened with stricter safety regulations; as a result, Jaycees were eventually forced to fold; professional haunted houses have since grown into multi-billion dollar industries.
