Austin, Texas is a wonderfully haunted city. Its ghosts are more colorful than most, with the kinds of histories you’d expect from a “wild west” city. In fact, many of Austin’s ghosts linger because they want to, not because they’re stuck in our earthly plane.
These are the five places that I’d visit with just a [...]
Ghosts are seen and heard at the Texas Governor’s Mansion. That’s not news.
However, our deliberately blurred photo of the Mansion reveals some very interesting, possibly paranormal images. [Link: Austin - Texas Governor's Mansion photo.]
Many people sent us helpful comments. For example, several observant readers mentioned the ghostly apparition of the man at the tree.
The [...]
Ghosts are seen and heard at the Texas Governor’s Mansion. That’s not news. However, our deliberately blurred photo of the Mansion reveals some very interesting, possibly paranormal images.
Many people sent us helpful comments. For example, several observant readers mentioned the ghostly apparition of the [...]
A ghost picture…? We’re not sure.
At the 2003 New England Ghost Conference–at which Hollow Hill’s Fiona Broome was the opening speaker–a few of us were discussing whether some ghosts need an energy source to manifest. The context was EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena, or recordings of ghosts, talking) and whether ambient noise can be helpful.
In March [...]
Austin, Texas has many ghosts. In researching Austin’s haunted places for my June 2007 book, The Ghosts of Austin, Texas, I found patterns to many of the hauntings. Here’s one of them.
The Shoal [...]
Looking for obscure and “missing” ghost stories where you live?
Listen to this podcast to hear how Hollow Hill founder, Fiona Broome, found more than a dozen hauntings in Austin, Texas. They’re victims of Jack the Ripper, before he went to London.
In Austin, he was named the “Servant Girl Annihilator” by writer O. Henry, who [...]
Fiona talks about patterns in hauntings, and how they can help you find other, unreported ghosts.
She also discusses Austin, Texas’ haunted Shoal Creek and the strange story of Abner Cook, and why his buildings may be haunted.
Fiona offers her theories about why most hauntings occur after dark, and describes a brief investigation in Austin.
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