Old Town Spring–just north of Houston, Texas–is haunted. Some claim that it’s the most haunted town in Texas. I’m not sure about that, but it’s definitely an eerie place after dark.
There are several locations that fascinate me, but one of the best is the old bank building.
The bank is easy to recognize; it’s the brick building with bulletholes, in the middle of the 100 block of Midway. It’s on the same side of the street, and just a few doors down from, the haunted Wunsche Bros. Cafe and Saloon.
In the photo at the left, you can see one of the bullet holes in the bank’s brick exterior. The Spring State Bank–as it was called–was the site of at least two robberies involving gunfire. One may have featured the famous team of Bonnie & Clyde.
DO THE BANK’S GHOSTS LINGER?
In January 2006, the bank building was empty once again. Shops move in, and soon move out. Few people will admit that the building’s ghosts are a problem, but–with a violent history like this–it’d be odd if there wasn’t some haunted energy there. We keep revisiting this building because there’s something there, inside and outside the old bank.
Sure, there’s residual energy. After two gunfights, that’s normal for a town with the “wild west” history of Old Town Spring.
But, my gut feeling is that there’s at least one figure walking around inside that building, after dark.
GHOSTLY MIST – FIRST HAUNTED EVIDENCE
During a November 2005 ghost investigation, I captured a couple of odd photos at the bank. In the images below, you can see a light or mist forming at the right side of the photo. I’d have dismissed the picture at the right as a finger or insect in front of the lens, but the left photo makes it clear that this was an anomaly that formed while I was taking the pictures. These pictures were taken a few minutes apart. A bug wouldn’t be hovering that long in one spot in front of my lens… not without me noticing it, anyway.
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…please forgive me, but I can’t help but feel the ‘claim’ that “Old Town Spring–just north of Houston, Texas–is haunted. Some claim that it’s the most haunted town in Texas” is more likely due to the increase in people trying to find a way to profit from it than anything else.
I’ve found nothing really, spooky or scary in regards to OTS since it was cleaned up from the dying semi-ghetto to the…tourist trap it is today. There’s been an explosions of…’ghost hunters’ all with their own ‘spin’. One that I noticed recently.. “The town is protected by a magic symbol. The early settlers placed it there. It was their hope to drive back the curse and the creatures that filled the night.”, ” Perhaps the town was cursed. Mysterious fires took place and the town began to sink into the ground.”
Roadkillstew,
The “magic symbol” rhetoric sounds like something wonderfully theatrical, and that’s what many ghost tours are. I don’t have any problem with that, as long as it’s all in good fun.
And, in a challenging economy, I applaud those who create tours and tales that entertain people. Those provide each tour guide with a job, and divert people’s attention from grim headlines and financial reports.
I’m sorry you’ve missed encountering some of the eerie events that have occurred during more serious paranormal investigations in that town.
I’ve personally seen some baffling and intriguing poltergeist-type phenomena at the Wunsche Bros. Cafe, and I’ve seen the EMF meter spike for no reason at the location where the hanging tree was. (At the time I reported the spike, I had no idea the tree site had any history.)
Also, I don’t share the locations of two of the most haunted spots in the OTS area, but… well, maybe the locals will tell you. Ask at the historical society.
Sincerely,
Fiona Broome