Visitors to Market Square Park can pause on their stroll through the downtown centerpiece for a palpable experience of its past. Houston's first four city halls laid their foundations here, and relics of the square's heritage remain embedded in the sidewalks of the park. Chalk up a chance sneeze on Milam Street to the final ghostly gasp of dust from Robert Boyce's sawpits. Step from Congress Street into La Carafe, Houston's oldest commercial building, for the kind of atmosphere that even deceased bartenders are reluctant to leave. From the phantom tailors above Treebeard's to the forgotten mysteries of the town's founding, Sandra Lord and Debe Branning resurrect the history humming through the four blocks surrounding Market Square Park.

Folklore story about Ghost Hollow in Houston County as retold by Houston County surveyor Dick Walter.

These are true ghost stories told by people from Houston, Texas and Vicinity. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 23 books and include: - ''I have heard a man say ''hello'' to me when I was in my bedroom by myself during the day. It scared me, and I left the room as soon as possible. I have felt a threatening presence in my room...'' - ''my husband and I have been startled by the sound of someone running down the stairs suddenly. This was so real that I grabbed my phone and ran for the back door until I realized no one was following...'' - ''my son opened the bedroom door to tell us goodnight, and I saw a three-foot shadow person walk in front of him and disappear in front of the TV...'' - ''my husband walked into the kitchen and thought his mom was standing at the sink. He asked her to move over, so he could get something. Then this person looked at him, smiled, and disappeared right in front of him...'' - ''As I stared at his headstone, I felt sad to see a young man die so soon. Then I felt a hand on my right shoulder. I thought it was my nephew, but he was across from me...'' The stories in this book is a small selection of all the stories on our site ghostsofameica.com.

In this ghostly guide to the haunts of East Texas, you’ll find many strange tales... • The spirit of a young bride who etched her name in her bedroom window glass on her wedding day many years ago, and continues to visit that room to this day... • An old, creaking staircase where phantoms from a time long ago wander up and down during the wee hours of the night... • An Indian brave in full battle regalia who is said to appear at the site of a terrible East Texas massacre... You'll read about these spirits and many, many more – all from the Pineywoods region of the Lone Star State.

Haunted Tomball, Texas offers the reader an insightful investigation into the dark side of a small town located just north of Houston. Kasey Gilbert Clark presents readers with a unique view through her masterful weaving of history and the paranormal. By shedding new light on local folklore and legends you will learn something unique about this town that has never been shared before. Readers will delight in reading these spine-tingling tales.

"The indefatigable T. Lindsay Baker has now turned his enormous mental and physical energies to the subject and has brought to view - if not to life -eighty-six Texas ghost towns for the reader's pleasure. Baker lists three criteria for inclusion: tangible remains, public access, and statewide coverage. In each case Baker comments about the town's founding, its former significance, and the reasons for its decline. There are maps and instructions for reaching each site and numerous photographs showing the past and present status of each. The contemporary photos were taken, in most instances, by Baker himself, who proves as adept a photographer as he is researcher and writer....Baker has done his work thoroughly and well, within limits imposed by necessity. He obviously had fun in the process and it shows in his prose."---New Mexico Historical Review