![]() ![]() Richard King, founder of the famed King Ranch, who died at the Menger, in the room now known as the King Suite. Employees have seen a black woman believed to be Sallie "in a uniform with an apron, a bandana wrapped around her hair and with her arms stretched out and full of fresh towels." Also said to haunt the hotel is Capt. Among the better known spirits are Sallie White, an 1870s chambermaid who was shot by her husband because he believed she was cheating on him. Eric Gay/Associated Press Show More Show Less 17 of48 Menger HotelĮmployees and guests have reported dozens of ghost sightings at the hotel. ![]() Versions of the tale also take place in Windcrest and Live Oak. Some say that if you stop on that bridge, variously described as being on Applewhite Road or Zarzamora Road, at night, you may hear the heehaw of a donkey or feel the back of the vehicle dip, as if a donkey jumped on it. The popular version of this South Side legend says that a woman who raised donkeys, one of which bit a child, was ambushed by the father of the child and other men on a bridge, where she fell (or was pushed) into the river below and drowned. Brad Klinge/Courtesy photo Show More Show Less There was also the story of a woman who died at a bull-riding event, trampled by a bull." Barry and his brother Brad say they've recorded a man's cackling, clown-like laugh in one area and a woman's seductive whisper near the spot of the bull-riding accident, and taken a photo (above) of a 6-foot-4 specter, that may have been a Rough Rider. There were stories of a clown that died in a circus there of a heart attack. "Back in the day, it was a training ground. "That's where Teddy Roosevelt trained the Rough Riders, " Barry Klinge, of the ghost investigation group Everyday Paranormal, says. Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 14 of48 Freeman Coliseum In another version, the woman is simply hollering to her family to let them know dinner is ready. From then on, she wanders the creek banks, mourning the loss of her family. In other versions, she is screaming for help. When the attackers find her, she frightens them off with her maddened screaming. Some versions of the tale tell of a pioneer woman who drowns her children to "save" them after her husband is killed by bandits or Indians. ![]() Some have linked the creek's unusual name to the legend of La Llorona, the ghost who weeps for her lost children, who were drowned or otherwise killed and thrown into a river. San Antonio Light file photo Show More Show Lessīetween San Antonio and Seguin on I-10, near Exit 591 (Seen here flowing over FM 1518) The tree has long since toppled, and the legend proven untrue, but it persists to this day. Legends say a girl hung herself from the tree, located at Patterson and Torcido Drive (and seen here in the San Antonio Light in 1911), after a fight ended her relationship with a motorman on the Alamo Heights streetcar line. Jennifer Whitney/San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 11 of48 Suicide OakĬorner of Patterson Avenue and Torcido Drive in Alamo Heights Eddie's said to be a bit more mischievous: he enjoys levitating or moving objects and shoving people from behind. A boy named Little Eddie, who's said to have died of polio at age 12, is also reported to haunt the building. It is said to be home to several ghosts, including an actress named Miss Margaret, who sometimes appears as a puff of smoke. Francis, Frank the restaurant, a Methodist church, the Alamo Street Restaurant and Theater and Casbeer's at the Church. This building smack in the middle of South Town was home to the cocktail lounge St. Nicole Frugé/San Antonio Express-News file photo Show More Show Less The men sent to level the building returned to their commander unsuccessful, reporting ghosts with swords of fire guarding the shrine. Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto, orders were sneaked back to the small Mexican force in San Antonio to destroy the Alamo. Moans have been reported inside the building, and guests at the Menger claim to have been spirits emerging from the walls. It has long been said that the defenders of the Alamo are still living in the walls of the historical landmark, given they were dumped in a mass grave after their violent deaths. NICOLE FRUGE/San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 8 of48 The Alamo Click through to see which spots in San Antonio should give you the shivers. ![]() 6 of48 7 of48 We've clawed through the San Antonio Express-News archives to resurrect some of the spookiest tales that still haunt the Alamo City. ![]()
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