OCTOBER 2019 37
For every person
now alive, science
fiction writer
Arthur C. Clarke
once wrote, there
stand 30 ghosts,
“for that is the ratio by which
the dead outnumber the liv-
ing.” So it stands to rea-
son that wandering spirits
abound in a vast state like
Texas. From the barren des-
erts of the west to the thick
woodlands of the east, spec-
ters have been reported to
haunt defunct hospitals, ac-
tive schools, lonely highways,
and thriving hotels. Whether
you believe in the afterlife—
or just enjoy a spine-tingling
tale—you don’t have to look
far in Texas for a haunting.
Sometimes, you just need to
look over your shoulder...THE
Photo:Tom McCarthy Jr.
From Left: A family
explores the Yorktown
Memorial Hospital after
an evening tour; an
old gurney sits in one
room of the reportedly
haunted former hospital.