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Welcome to the Texas Prison Museum

The Texas Prison Museum offers an intriguing glimpse into the lives of the state's imprisoned citizens. The museum features numerous exhibits detailing the history of the Texas prison system, featuring a look inside the operations behind the fences and walls.

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Mission Statement The Texas Prison Museum shall collect, preserve and showcase the history and the culture of the Texas prison system and educate the people of Texas and of the world.  

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Capital Punishment

From the time of Independence from Mexico until 1924, hanging was the lawful method of execution in Texas. Hangings took place in the county where the condemned person was convicted.

In 1924 the State of Texas took control of all executions and prescribed electrocution as the method. One of the most chilling exhibits at the Texas Prison Museum is "Old Sparky," the decommissioned electric chair in which 361 prisoners were executed between 1924 and 1964. This legendary device, made by prison workers, was in storage at the Walls Unit Death House before being donated to the museum, and is our most controversial exhibit.

Prison Hardware

Various types of hardware have been used to contain inmates. This exhibit shows the different types of equipment used over the years, including the old ball and chain, pad locks, and modern handcuffs.

Ball & Chain

Bonnie & clyde.

Plan Your Visit

Whether you've got a quick 45 minutes to browse, or a few hours to soak in some history, we've got something for everyone!

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Monday - S aturday

10 am - 5 pm

12 noon - 5pm

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First Monday of Each Month  

Open at 12 Noon - 5 pm

In observance of holidays, the Texas Prison Museum is closed

New Years's Day  - January 1,  2024;

Easter - March 31, 2024;

Thanksgiving - November 28, 2024;

Two days during Christmas, December 24 & 25, 2024.

End of Watch Memorial

Many Texas Department of Criminal Justice public servants have lost their lives in the line of duty and from the COVID-19 pandemic.  In honor of these fine men and women a remembrance memorial is slated for construction at the Texas Prison Museum.  The memorial will be a symbol of their unwavering service and ultimate sacrifice.  All donations are welcome and can be made here. 

If you have any questions, feel free to email our Director, David Stacks, at david. [email protected] .

Thank you for your donation!

This Week in Texas Prison History

April 9: 1952 huntsville unit (walls) - pale but smiling, marvin eugene johnson went to his death in the state's electric chair wednesday at 12:07 a.m. for his part in the death of a dallas policeman. johnson entered the death chamber at 12:02, and received the first bolt of electricity at 12:05 a.m. his last words: " i feel i am ready to go. i don't hold no bitterness or malice toward anyone. i hope all of you see the right way." the lamont, calif, youth was very pale, a newsman who witnessed the electrocution said, but was smiling as they strapped him into the electric chair. his uncle, robert lee johnson, was executed march 12 for the same crime. a brother, j. w. johnson, is serving 99 years for the shooting, killed was rookie policeman johnnie sides of dallas in january, 1951. (ap. houston post, april 9, 1952)   .

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Looking Back on Life as a Death House Warden

By Brandi Grissom

• March 26, 2011

HUNTSVILLE — Jim Willett has never hit anyone in his life, never even wanted to hurt anyone. But at the height of his career, this mild-mannered, white-haired man with reading glasses perched on the end of his nose was responsible for carrying out 89 executions.

“I think if I had my choice, growing up, I’d have been a farmer,” said Mr. Willett, the former warden of the state’s notoriously active death house.

Mr. Willett had not intended to spend the better part of his adult life working in Texas’ sprawling prison system. But as a business student turned prison guard, he found a comfortable routine working for 30 years among his colleagues and wards in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Even now, as a soft-spoken, grandfatherly figure a decade into his retirement, he has a job running the Texas Prison Museum, surrounded by mementos of lives spent behind razor wire, steel bars and thick brick walls. It has been a career less frightening and less dangerous than people imagine, Mr. Willett said, and more enjoyable than he had expected.

In 1970, Mr. Willett was 21 and a student at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville when friends told him he could make good money working for the prison system. He applied and was hired.

He showed up for his first day of work at the towering red-brick Walls Unit, home of the execution chamber, received a 45-minute tour and was shown to the “picket” — the distinctive guard towers that surround prisons — where he would be working. “It was me and a pistol and a shotgun, and I was praying that no inmates tried to escape,” he said.

Eventually, the job became less intimidating. When he graduated from college, an insurance company offered him a position. But he turned it down and spent the next 13 years at the Walls, winning promotions and making friends with other guards and with inmates. He met his future wife there; she worked for the Texas Commission for the Blind, which had an office inside the prison and dealt with blind inmates.

Mr. Willett was promoted to assistant warden and spent more than a decade working at other Texas prisons. Then, in 1998, prison officials asked him to take on one of the highest-profile jobs in the system: senior warden back at the Walls. He declined, knowing what it would entail. “I didn’t want to deal with the executions,” he said.

The job meant a raise, and Mr. Willett said he could not reconcile getting paid more to put men to death. When officials called again, though, he capitulated.

“Somebody was going to have to deal with those inmates,” Mr. Willett said. “And I felt like those inmates couldn’t have anybody better to deal with than me.”

He oversaw one of the busiest periods in Texas’ death chamber. During the three years he was warden, he gave the go-ahead for 89 executions. Mr. Willett greeted the condemned when they arrived at the Walls, talked with them about how the process would work, asked about their last statements and tried to fulfill their final requests.

Later, after the inmates were strapped to the gurney and the needles were inserted, Mr. Willett stood by, awaiting a cue that they had finished their last statement. Then Mr. Willett would give the signal to start the flow of lethal drugs. “It got easier, but it never got to a point I’d call easy,” he said.

After each one, Mr. Willett typed up all that had happened that day. “It turned out to be kind of a release,” he said. But he said he did not think about whether Texas should have the death penalty. “If the people of Texas want to have it,” he said, “I’m fine with it.”

Terry Green, now a county jail administrator in Central Texas, was a captain in the Department of Criminal Justice and worked on the execution team. He described Mr. Willett as a compassionate man who was trusted by officers and inmates. If the executions put strain on his friend, it never showed. “He’s just strong in his faith,” Mr. Green said. “That’s the key.”

When he reached retirement age in 2001, Mr. Willett said, he figured he could make just as much money from his pension as he could working, and with far less stress.

A few months later, he started working part time at what was then a tiny prison museum space near Huntsville’s courthouse. Less than two years later, he was in charge of an expanded facility on the outskirts of town. Just about every day, a former co-worker stops by, and former inmates still call to check in.

“I don’t have to worry about people stabbing each other,” he said. “I certainly don’t have to worry about escapes. It’s just the most neat place in the world to be.”

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"The Walls" Texas Prison Huntsville Unit

The "Walls Unit" is the central prison unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Opened in 1849, it is the oldest prision in Texas.

The unit's nickname comes from the surrounding massive red brick wall. Originally the walls were sandstone but were encased in the red bricks in 1940, giving it the current ominous appearance.

The Texas prison system has always been known for its self-sufficiency, and the red bricks used for the wall as well as other prison buildings were made by prisoners.

The Walls Unit is best known as the location of the "death house" where condemned prisoners are executed by lethal injection. Until 1923 executions were by hanging, and from 1923 to 1964 by electrocution in an electric chair known whimsically as "Old Sparky." Old Sparky is now on view at the Texas Prison Museum. Anti-death-penalty protests are routinely held in front of the Walls Unit on days that executions are held.

The Walls Units is also the facility from which prisoners in this region are released when their term is completed or they are paroled. Daily released prisoners wearing donated clothes emerge from the Walls' front doors with a bus ticket home and a small amout of cash in their pockets. They head for the Greyhound bus station two blocks away.

During the day you may hear a steam whistle emanating from the Walls. The whistle means that a prisoner count has been completed and that all prisoners are accounted for.

While visiting the Walls, you may see newly released prisoners exiting the Walls at the front entrance. Those who are not picked up by family or friends walk about a block to the bus station.

Famous Prisoners

• John Wesley Hardin, western outlaw
• Santanta, Kiowa Indian chief
• Clyde Barrow
• David Crosby, musician
• Jack Purvis, jazz musician
• Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of TV's "Dog, the Bounty Hunter"

Getting There

The Walls Unit is located at 815 12th Street .

Since it is an active prison, there is no access to the interior of the Walls Unit. You should not approach the brick wall of the Walls Unit! If you do, you will probably be challenged by the armed prison guards in the guard towers.

You can also tap "Directions" above and use your smart phone's mapping app to find the location and obtain directions.

Due to security issues, you should visit only during daylight hours.

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The Death Chamber Next Door

“it was as though a small part of me died with each execution.”.

Serving a prison sentence is difficult in and of itself. The deplorable living conditions, the separation from loved ones, the brutality—you know about all of this.

But do you know what it’s like to serve your time at a prison where executions are occurring? That was my reality when I was incarcerated at the Huntsville Unit, where the state of Texas housed the busiest death chamber in the country.

One particular morning, I rolled out of my bunk to images of Robert James Campbell flashing across my T.V. screen. Campbell was the next person scheduled to be executed there, by way of some unknown prison worker shooting poison into his veins—in a room located a short walk from my cell.

Suddenly, I became convinced that a foul odor had begun to seep into my living space. The electric chair had been replaced by lethal injection decades ago, but I was almost certain the smell was that of burnt flesh. I looked at my clock, and it was only 7:15 a.m.

I stepped out of bed to wash my face, while thoughts ran madly through my head. How could these people kill a perfectly healthy man? What the fuck are they thinking? Murder is murder is murder.

Then I looked out my door and saw two prisoners from the maintenance department welding a new table down in the dayroom. There were three others standing close to them drinking coffee. All appeared entirely insensitive to the fact that Texas was planning to execute Campbell later that day.

Relieved the odor was melting metal, not burnt flesh, I tried to think about something other than this man’s pending demise.

But the past three nights, I’d endured nightmares of being snatched from my cell by a goon squad and unceremoniously strapped to the death gurney. After taking hours to locate a suitable vein, a guard had decided to insert an intravenous line directly into my groin. And the warden, denying me an opportunity to give a final statement, never explained why I was suddenly being executed.

In the dreams, I saw images of my mother, wife, sisters and childhood friends sobbing against the windows of the viewing room. With a sadistic grin, the warden looked at them and then to my executioner and yelled, “Kill him, kill him!”

I woke up each time in a sweat.

Being incarcerated at the prison that carried out the death penalty had clearly penetrated my soul. It was as though a small part me died with each execution, and, unwilling to lose any more of my being than I had already, I was determined to make this execution different.

I walked outside to the yard to get some fresh air and gather my thoughts. I watched as my fellow inmates played handball and basketball, apparently without the same burden.

Before long, my focus drifted to every van that entered the prison. I wondered which one carried Campbell, and what I could do to obstruct its path. Almost deliriously, I stared up at the wicked officer in the guard tower and wondered if he would be the one to inject the poison into the veins of the condemned. If I could somehow stop him from making it to the death chamber…

My thoughts were interrupted by the screams of a different guard: “Clear the yard, clear the yard!” he shouted with authority. The time had come, I thought: Campbell had arrived, and the prison officials were going to great lengths to ensure that their planned murder would be uninterrupted.

The media had begun to gather on the outside of the compound, and on my way back to my cellblock, I could hear the chants of an abolitionists’ group: “No Justice, No Peace!”

I began to think about Campbell’s mental state. What does a man think while someone is escorting him to the very room that would consume his soul? What does he he think of the prisoners who cleaned out that room in preparation for his untimely death? What does he think about the one who prepared his last meal?

Would he eat from the very hands that would return a short time later and strap him to the gurney to meet death? Would he resist like Gary Graham had, and be beaten before being killed?

Or would the courts intervene at the last moment? Campbell's IQ had been tested at 68, 69 and 71, and the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that scores below “approximately 70” indicated intellectual disability. Was Campbell's attorney questioning the fact that Texas had still scheduled a man who was “intellectually disabled” for lethal injection?

It was almost late afternoon, and the execution was hanging over the prison like a dark cloud on a dark day. Or at least it was hanging over me, personally.

I asked my neighbor if he’d heard the name Robert Campbell before, and he said with confidence that it was the owner of the Houston football team. I shook my head in disgust. I wanted to yell, but didn’t, that Robert Campbell would be the guy in the room next door.

But a sudden burst of roaring cheers suddenly came from the T.V. room. The news that Campbell had received a stay of execution must have flashed across the T.V., I thought to myself! I rushed to the common area—only to see that a Jerry Springer-type show was on, and it was the origin of all of the excitement.

Again, I wanted to shout, “There’s a guy about to be murdered! In the room next door!”

Opening Statement

I returned to my cell to moan alone. Despite the crime that Campbell had committed, he didn’t deserve to die like this, and despite the crime I’d committed, I didn’t deserve to have a part of me die with this other man.

Two prisoners stood a few feet from me arguing about what the prison was serving for dinner. Campbell’s time was expiring fast. If the state of Texas kept up its tradition, he would be strapped to the gurney once the clock struck six, and the poison would begin flowing shortly after that.

I thought of lynchings. I thought of the old saying, “Old habits are hard to break.”

I was paralyzed and petrified. Campbell was soon to be killed, and there was absolutely nothing I could do to stop it.

Now I was caught in a terrible quandary. One part of me demanded life for Campbell, while another wanted death for the people about to carry out this senseless act. I’d become what I despised, in just a day.

Then, a roar invaded the silence of my cell again. This time it came from outside the compound—and this time it was real! A victory roar from the abolitionists could not be mistaken for the cheers from a Jerry Springer audience. I turned on my radio and there it was: “Death Row inmate Robert Campbell has just received a stay of execution from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appellate court stayed the execution to determine if his intellectual disabilities make him ineligible…”

Hooray! The execution was stopped. Campbell would live to see another day. He would return back to his prison and speak to his friends there, and all the people he’d thought he would never see again. Perhaps this would assure them that not everyone who leaves death row dies. Perhaps I’ll sleep nightmare-free tonight.

But in the words of Leo Tolstoy, “All this is carefully arranged and planned by learned and enlightened people.”

In 2017, Robert James Campbell's death sentence was reduced to life with the possibility of parole after a U.S. Supreme Court decision declared capital punishment for the intellectually disabled unconstitutional.

Jeremy Busby, 41, is incarcerated at the Stiles Unit prison in Beaumont, Texas, where he is serving a 75-year sentence for murder.

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Texas inmate prepares for 3rd trip to death house

What Cleve Foster remembers most about his recent brushes with death is the steel door, the last one condemned Texas inmates typically walk through before their execution.

"You can't take your eyes off that door," he says.

But twice over the past year and a half, Foster has come within moments of being escorted through the door, only to be told the U.S. Supreme Court had halted his scheduled punishment.

On Tuesday, Foster, 48, is scheduled for yet another trip to the death house for participating in the abduction and slaying of a 30-year-old Sudanese woman, Nyaneur Pal, a decade ago near Fort Worth.

It takes just under an hour to drive west from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit, where the state's male death-row inmates are housed, to the Huntsville Unit, where condemned Texas prisoners have been put to death for nearly a century. The last 485 have been by lethal injection; the first 361, from 1924 through 1964, from the electric chair.

On execution day, the condemned inmate waits, usually for about four hours, in a tiny cell a few steps from the steel door to the death chamber.

Foster, a former Army recruiter known to his death row colleagues as "Sarge," denies his role in the murder. Prosecutors say DNA ties him to the killing and that he gave contradictory stories when questioned about Pal's death.

"I did not do it," he insisted recently from a tiny visiting cage outside death row.

Appeals again were pending in the courts, focusing on what his lawyers argued was poor legal help both at his 2004 trial in Fort Worth and by attorneys early in the appeals process. Similar appeals resulted in the three previous reprieves the courts subsequently have lifted, but his lawyers argue his case should get another look because the legal landscape has changed in death penalty cases.

"I don't want to sound vain, but I have confidence in my attorney and confidence in my God," he said. "I can win either way."

Pal's relatives haven't spoken publicly about their experiences of going to the prison to watch Foster die, only to be told the punishment has been delayed. An uncle previously on the witness list didn't return a phone call Friday from The Associated Press.

Foster, however, shared his thoughts of going through the mechanics of facing execution in Texas — and living to talk about it.

The process shifts into high gear at noon on the scheduled execution day when a four-hour-long visit with friends or relatives ends at the Polunsky Unit outside Livingston.

"That last visit, that's the only thing that bothers me," he said. "The 12 o'clock-hour hits. A dozen or so guards come to escort you."

By Foster's count, it's 111 steps to the prison gate and an area known as the box cage. That's where he's secured to a chair for electronic scrutiny to detect whether he has any metal objects hidden on his body.

It's the legacy of inmate Ponchai Wilkerson. Wilkerson, asked by the warden if he had a final statement after he was strapped to the death chamber gurney for execution in 2000, defiantly spit out a handcuff key he'd concealed in his mouth.

"You're in handcuffs, you're chained at the ankles, they give you cloth shoes and you have to shuffle to keep them on," he said.

As he waddles the 111 steps, he gets acknowledgement from fellow prisoners who tap on the glass of their cells.

At the prison gate, armed officers stand by as he's put in a van and secured to a seat for the roughly 45-mile trip to Huntsville that he says feels like a "90-mph drive." There are no side windows in the back of the van where Foster, accompanied by four officers, rides to the oldest prison in Texas. Only the back doors have windows.

"It's like stepping back in time, dungeons and dragons," he said of entering through two gates at the back of the Huntsville Unit, more commonly known as the Walls Unit because of its 20-foot-high red brick walls.

Prison officials then hustle him into the cell area adjacent to the death chamber.

"Going inside, it's a little spooky. You can tell it's been there a while," he said. "Everything's polished, but still it's real old. You look down the row. History just screams at you.

"It's almost like 'Hotel California,'" he said, referring to the song by The Eagles. "You can check out anytime, but you can't leave."

Both times he's been there, most recently last September, he's been treated "like a human being," Foster said. Officers look at him but don't smile, he said.

At one point, he saw someone walk by with a bulging envelope that he assumed contained the lethal injection drugs.

At 4 p.m., during his first trip to the death house in January 2011, he was served a final meal. He'd asked for several items, including chicken.

"It tasted so good," he said. "It actually had seasoning on it."

Two hours later, at the start of a six-hour window when his execution could be carried out, he received the Supreme Court reprieve.

Since then, inmates no longer get to make a final meal request. Procedures were changed after a state lawmaker complained that condemned inmates were taking advantage of the opportunity and that murder victims never get that chance.

Foster was looking forward to nachos and chicken, the same food served to other inmates the day last year that he made his second trip to the death house, but he never received it. Instead, his attorney tearfully brought him news of another Supreme Court reprieve just before dinner time.

He asked for a doggie bag but was refused. He was put back in the van and returned to death row.

"I've already told the chaplain: Take the phone off the hook before 4 o'clock," he said, anticipating his next trip Tuesday. "I want to get that last meal."

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Our tour delves into one of the most intriguing mysteries of our time: the world-changing assassination of President Kennedy. We explore the facts and recount the incredible coincidences and timing that culminated in the event that shocked the world. We offer two versions of the tour, a walking excursion (1 hour long, we walk about 5 blocks around Dealey Plaza and the West End), and a bus-operated version (two hours long). Both tours start at the JFK Memorial Plaza located at West End Historic District and include the presidential motorcade route, Dealey Plaza, the Texas School Depository and the Grassy Knoll. The second half of the bus tour will take us to the Oak Cliff neighborhood where we will visit the Oswald Rooming House, J. D. Tippit's assassination site, the Neely House and the Texas Theater.

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We take you through the events of the day from a perspective not found on other tours. Why was JFK even in Dallas that day and why was that route for the motorcade chosen? We lay out the incredible coincidences and timing that culminated in a national tragedy that is as poignant today as it was in 1963.

All tours are lead by a Certified Professional Tour Guide . All vehicle operated excursions include round-trip transporatiton from around Dallas.

All our tours are private. Due to the nature of the event, we require a minimun of 6 guests to operate our private tour or a minimum charge of: Bus Tour ($750), Walking Tour ($400).

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A BUCKET LIST We walked the motorcade route and followed Oswald’s footsteps after the assassination. Great story telling, very interesting. Our tour guide answered our many, many, many, questions and provided great recommendations of things to see and do. Highly recommend.

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THE BEST!! My two daughters and I took the 2 hour JFK walking tour, it was incredible, full of historical facts and interesresting stories. Visiting the boarding house of Lee Harvey Oswald was amazing, like stepping back in time. The guide was excited and engaging and kept us entertained the whole time.

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• What is the difference between the two tours?  Both tours will take you to the JFK Memorial, Dealey Plaza, Texas School Depository, and the Grassy Knoll. Admission to the Oswald Rooming House, The Texas Theater, and the Neely House are only included in the bus tour.
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This unique, live narrated bus tour will revisit the events that changed American history on November 22nd, 1963. Most people are familiar with the Sixth Floor Museum, the site from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired the deadly shots, but we will also take you on an unforgettable journey back in time to explore other places around Dallas associated with the assassination that are just as important.

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A tour that delves into one of the most intriguing mysteries of our time; the history-changing assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This excursion appeals to anyone who has even a passing interest in one of the twentieth century’s most noteworthy tragedies.

Most people are familiar with the Sixth Floor Museum (the site from which Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired the deadly shots), but there are many other places around Dallas associated with the assassination that are just as important. Most of these are completely unknown to the casual observer and their roles remain unmarked to the public, but they are vitally important to understanding what happened that day.

Your tour will visit the grounds of Dealey Plaza and the famous Sixth Floor Museum, of course, but your group will also follow the trail of the assassination events. Spellbinding details and the background story leading up to November 22 and beyond will fascinate and captivate you, providing new insight into this tragic, human drama.

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Jfk memorial plaza.

Dallas’ John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza was dedicated June 24, 1970. In the years since, it has become an integral part of the city’s urban landscape and cultural heritage. It is located one block east of Dealey Plaza, between Main and Commerce streets, on land donated by Dallas County. Meeting location. We will meet our guests at the JFK Memorial, please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start of the excursion.

Greyhound Bus Station

Dallas morning news headquarters.

The Dallas Morning News' combative publisher Ted Dealey helped cement the Dallas reputation as a conservative hotbed. The newspaper under his leadership had a tremendous influence in the radical rigth political movement that engulfed Dallas in the sixties.

Dallas Police Headquarters, City Jail

On November 24, Oswald was brought to the basement of the Dallas police headquarters on his way to a more secure county jail. A crowd of police and press with live television cameras rolling gathered to witness his departure. As Oswald came into the room, Jack Ruby emerged from the crowd and fatally wounded him with a single shot from a concealed .38 revolver.

Motorcade Route Through Dallas

We will travel along the president’s motorcade route as the presidential limousine and security vehicles made their way down Main Street on its way to the Dallas Trade Mart.

Dealey Plaza / Grassy Knoll

Dealey Plaza is a significant part of Dallas history. The site marks the birthplace of Dallas, originally founded by John Neely Bryan in the 1840s. Almost a century later, as part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, the familiar white concrete colonnades and triple underpass were constructed, creating a vehicular park to serve as gateway to the city. The project was spearheaded by civic leader George Bannerman Dealey. After G.B. Dealey died in 1946, a bronze statue to honor him was installed in the park that already bore his name.

6th Floor Museum

One of Texas’ most visited historic sites, The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy.

Oswald Rooming House Museum

Oswald didn't stay here long, but this house at 1026 N. Beckley figures prominently in the events of 11.22.63. Using the alias O.H. Lee, Oswald was renting a room in the back of this house at the time of the assassination. Just five weeks earlier, he had returned from a Quixotic bus trip to Mexico City where he dropped in on Soviet and Cuban consulates and demanded (apparently without success) entry to Cuba to assist the revolution. Exclusive Access to the Oswald Rooming House Museum is included in your tour

Site Of Officer J. D. Tippit's Assassination

Texas theatre.

Numerous witness accounts describe Oswald on the run after shooting Officer Tippit at the intersection of 10th Street and Patton Avenue. Taxi driver William Scoggins claimed Oswald, revolver in hand, muttered something along the lines of "Poor dumb cop" as he headed away from the site of the Tippit ambush on his way to the Texas Theater.

Bishop Arts District / Oswald Mural

On our way to Bishop Arts we will explore the events that took place after Oswald emerged from the Texas Theatre in handcuffs, with a shiner and claiming police abuse. We will examine Oswald ultimate murder, debate Jack Ruby role in the story, and touch on a few of the most popular conspiracy theories surrounding the president's assassination.

Neely House

It was here in the backyard eight months before the assassination where Oswald persuaded Marina to snap three photos of him posing proudly – dressed in black, rifle in one hand, communist articles in the other, and a holstered handgun on his side.

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John Connally - The Real Target?

John Bowden Connally, Jr was born on a cotton farm in Floresville, Texas where, due to his hard, labour intensive lifestyle, he earned the status of “a barefoot boy of mule-plowed furrows”. After earning his law degree at the University of Texas in Austin in 1941, Connally was commissioned into the United States Naval Reserve serving in many major battles in the Pacific Theater ...

Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?

At 12:20 p.m., in the basement of the Dallas police station, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was shot to death by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner. The whole incident was captured on live television, shocking viewers who witnessed the crime. Here are a few of the most popular questions we are asked during our JFK Tour related to Lee Harvey Oswald.

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Find answers to frequently asked questions about the JFK Assassination Bus Tour plus Oswald Rooming House. See the most common topics and more.

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The 17 Most Haunted Places in Texas

Deep in the heart of the Lone Star State, where everything is bigger and bolder, ghost stories are no exception!

Texas, affectionately known as the “Big T,” is teeming with spine-chilling tales and eerie locales that will leave you quaking in your cowboy boots.

So, saddle up and join us as we explore the 17 most haunted places in Texas – where the paranormal activity is as big as the state itself! With the vastness of Texas and the sheer volume of hair-raising haunts, we’ve decided to wrangle these spooky spots by region.

Simply mosey on over to the buttons below to navigate through the different areas of Texas, and prepare to be spooked. Because when it comes to the most haunted places in Texas, we ain’t foolin’ around, partner!

Haunted Places in East Texas

1. historic bowers mansion, palestine.

The Historic Bowers Mansion in Palestine , Texas, is a 140-year-old Victorian masterpiece, standing proudly as a Texas Historic Landmark. Just a stone’s throw away from downtown Palestine, this beautiful mansion harbors a dark past, shrouded in death, murder, and suicide.

In the 1950s, tragedy struck when the then-owner, Mr. Bowers, murdered his wife Mary. As police approached the home, Mr. Bowers took his own life. Locals believe that the spirits of the tormented couple, along with others who met their untimely end at the mansion, still haunt the premises.

Until recently, no paranormal group had been granted access to investigate this infamous location.

Now, Haunted Rooms America offers you the chance to uncover the secrets lurking within the Bowers Mansion. You’ll delve into the history, learn about the ghosts that haunt the site, and explore this immense, haunted location.

2. Jefferson Hotel

124 w austin st, jefferson, tx 75657.

The entire town of Jefferson seems to be rife with paranormal activity, but one of the particular hotspots here is The Jefferson Hotel. It is not only one of the most haunted hotels in Texas , but it is also thought to be one of the most haunted hotels in America .

Ghosts here have a bit of a mean, or maybe just mischievous streak, as they are known to throw things at the guests and even lock them in their rooms! However, that is only the beginning!

Other reports of paranormal activity include knocking on the walls in the middle of the night, footsteps running down the hall, children laughing, disembodied voices, and strange shadows. Considering people regard Jefferson as the most haunted town in Texas, the Jefferson Hotel is certainly worth a visit.

Learn more about the haunted Jefferson Hotel, Jefferson Texas

3. The Grove

405 moseley st, jefferson, tx 75657.

Originally built in 1861 as a private residence for Frank and Minerva Stilley, The Grove stands to this day pretty much as it did back then. Over the years it has gained quite a reputation, with many people regarding it as one of the most haunted houses in the Lone Star State.

It’s reportedly haunted by many spirits including a glowing white figure, believed to be the ghosts of the former owner Minerva Stilley. The Victims of the infamous Reconstrucion-era murders are said to haunt here too. In addition there have been many reports dating back over 100 years of paranormal activity in the house.

Learn more about the haunted Grove, Jefferson Texas

4. Bragg Road

Bragg Road, in Saratoga – perhaps the most well known of haunted roads in Texas. If you ask pretty much anyone in East Texas they will tell you the legend associated with Bragg Road.

The reports say that most nights you can see a flickering light in the distance as you drive down the old logging road. Known by locals as the Ghost Road Light (aka Big Thicket Light, Saratoga Light, and Bragg Road Light).

It is said that this is actually light coming from the lantern of a railroad worker who is still searching for his head after being decapitated by a train!

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5. the magnolia hotel, 203 s crockett st, seguin, tx 78748.

Built in 1840, the Magnolia Hotel in Seguin is believed to be one of the most haunted hotels in Texas. Haunted by at least 13 spirits, the hotel is home to a wide array of paranormal occurrences. After restoration in 2013, activity apparently exploded, with common experiences such as doors slamming shut by unseen hands, unexplained shapes and figures appearing in photos, furniture moving on its own, disembodied voices, phantom footsteps, and more.

The hotel is constantly in demand by paranormal experts and ghost hunters nationwide. Having been featured on TV shows such as Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures, Discovery Channel’s When Ghosts Attack, and Destination America’s Ghost Brother’s, it’s reputation as one of the most haunted locations in America continues to grow.

6. Littlefield House

302 w 24th st, austin, tx 78712.

The Littlefield Home looks like a beautiful fairy castle, but don’t let that fool you, it is reportedly one of the most haunted houses in Texas .

It is said to be haunted by Alice Littlefield, the former mistress of the house. It is said that she was insane and that she rarely left the house while she was alive, so it makes perfect sense that she has stuck around after her death.

She is often seen wandering around upstairs and people have also heard her playing the piano.

7. The Driskill

604 brazos st, austin, tx 78701.

Built in 1886 by Colonel Jesse Driskill, the now historic downtown Austin landmark is apparently home to its former owner. His presence making itself known to staff and guests by the unexplainable cigar smell coming from empty rooms.

As well as Driskill himself haunting the hotel, it is also home to the spirits of two brides who reportedly committed suicide in room 525, twenty years apart. Their presence is often felt in the room with an unneasy feeling and guests becoming overcome with sadness.

The apparition of a small girl holding flowers has also been seen throughout the hotel, mainly on the stairs but also in many other common areas.

Learn more about the haunted Driskill Hotel

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8. baker hotel, 200 e hubbard st, mineral wells, tx 76067.

The Baker Hotel is currently closed (undergoing renovation), but the hauntings began long before the doors closed.

There are two main spirits that are blamed for the paranormal activity that is reported here and both have been spotted on a number of occasions.

The first is the ghost of a bloody nude woman up on the seventh floor who many people have suggested could be the mistress of the one-time manager of the hotel who is said to have jumped to her death from the balcony when she was no longer able to cope with the emotional turmoil that the affair caused.

The other spirit is apparently the ghost of a man who was killed when he was caught in the elevator door.

Read more about the haunted Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells TX

9. Haunted Hill House

501 ne 1st st, mineral wells, tx 76067.

If you’re looking for evidence of the paranormal, then the sheer number and variety of the reports emanating from this house will leave you astounded. EVP’s are commonplace, the dark figure of a man known as the shadow man is also another common sighting.

The most unsettling of all the happenings here, however, is the sheer number of physical attacks people have reported – from being scratched and pushed, to even being bitten!

Simply put, this is one of the most haunted houses in Texas! If you want to experience a truly haunted location then this is it!

Many people have been so freaked out by the paranormal activity here, they’ve run out of the building never to return!

10. Old White Sanitarium

508 olen st, wichita falls, tx 76301.

If you are a fan of the paranormal, then you already know that there are few things that are scarier than a creepy old abandoned asylum!

The White Sanitarium in Wichita Falls, Texas is certainly no exception to that rule. It has long been rumored that some very strange experiments conducted inside the asylum which could be the reason why it has become so haunted.

People who have visited the property say that they have heard screaming children, seen lights go on and off and even seen some ghosts sitting playing cards!

Apparently, the building has been purchased by a private individual who now lives there – what a brave soul! When it comes to real haunted houses in Texas, there’s surely none that can say they were once a haunted asylum too!

11. White Rock Lake, Dallas

White Rock Lake in Dallas has a chilling history that whispers of ghostly encounters, particularly with the infamous Lady of the Lake.

This local legend has endured for generations, with many claiming to have seen her and even offered her a fateful ride. The lake’s dark past includes numerous murders and body dumps, with two suicides in 1935 and 1942 potentially linked to the mysterious lady’s identity.

The first sightings of the Lady of White Rock Lake date back to the 1930s, predominantly reported by local high school students.

Anne Clark, a local writer, published an account in 1943 of a young couple encountering the lady before she disappeared during their attempt to drive her home. Over the decades, similar stories have emerged, keeping this eerie legend alive.

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Though the authenticity of these tales is often debated, some reliable and trustworthy individuals have shared their personal experiences.

The Lady of White Rock Lake remains a spectral figure of Dallas’s past, refusing to fade away. Ghost hunts and events are available those brave enough to venture around the lake at night.

Haunted Places in West Texas

12. de soto hotel, 309 e mills ave, el paso, tx 79901.

With a history dating back more than a hundred years, the De Soto has welcomed thousands of guests and staff over the years. Some of whom have chosen to stay behind after death.

Some of the reports eminating from this inconspicuous old building are rather terrifying. Common occurences include but aren’t limited to people being bitten, scratched, and touched in various rooms and areas around the hotel.

Paranormal investigators have captured many pieces of evidence on past investigations, documenting scratches and bite marks! Investigations have also thrown up a number of clear EVP’s, with what sounded like a demon answering questions on one particular investigation.

PLEASE NOTE: On Feb 4 2022, a devastating fire burned the building to the ground. It’s hopeful the building will be restored to once again welcome ghost hunters through its doors.

Learn more about the hauntings of the De Soto Hotel.

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13. Olde Park Hotel

107 s 6th st, ballinger, tx 76821.

Built back in 1886 as a Cowboy lodgings, the Olde Park Hotel has had a number of uses in its history including as a schoolhouse, courthouse, brothel and bordello.

The activity and the experiences at this historic building are both vast and wide-ranging. Visitors to the Antique Store, have had conversations with women in “costume” who they thought worked there only for them to disappear! It’s believed they were the spirits of the working women from the time it was a whorehouse.

Read more about the ghosts of the Olde Park Hotel

Haunted Places in South Texas

14. presidio la bahia, 217 us-183, goliad, tx 77963.

The first stop on our tour of Texas ghost stories, leads us to Presidio La Bahia, in Goliad. Presidio La Bahia was founded back in 1721 and over the years there have been many Texas Revolution conflicts that have taken place at the fort including both the Battle of Goliad and the Goliad Massacre.

As you can probably imagine Presidio La Bahia has seen a great deal of death, so it is hardly a great surprise that it is regarded as having several ghosts. There is an abundance of spirits trapped here, some of them scared and hurt, but most of them angry!

There have been frequent reports that the cries and screams of injured soldiers can be heard coming from the fort at night and there have been reports of witnesses seeing the apparitions of soldiers as well.

Learn more about the haunted Presidio La Bahia, Goliad TX

15. Hotel Galvez

2024 seawall blvd, galveston, tx 77550.

The Hotel Galvez is one of the oldest hotels on Galveston Island and it is also one of the most haunted locations in Texas.

Room 505, in particular, is said to be haunted and many guests cannot make it through the night due to feeling so uneasy in the room.

There is often an unexplained scent of Gardenias in the hotel which is said to signal the ghost’s presence. The spirit is known as ‘The Lovelorn Lady’ and she has been seen wandering the halls on the fifth floor of the hotel.

She died in the hotel after hanging herself when her husband died at sea.

Learn more about the haunted Hotel Galvez, Galveston TX

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16. Yorktown Memorial Hospital

728 w main st, yorktown, tx 78164.

The hospital was built in the forties and remained open until 1988, but even before it closed its doors the staff, patients and visitors were reporting paranormal activity in the building, so imagine what it must be like now that it is abandoned!

One of the most well-known ghosts in residence is a man named TJ who died of a heroin overdose. He was dumped on the front step by his friends, but as they failed to ring the bell nobody discovered him until the next morning by which time he was already dead.

He is said to haunt the hospital but seems to be in good spirits as he tends to joke around with any of the ladies who enter the old hospital. He is particularly fond of pinching them on the butt!

It has also been claimed that if anyone with tattoos or body piercings enters the chapel then the spirits of the nuns who built and operated the hospital will choke or hit them for defiling their bodies.

The on-site caretaker has also described seeing black ‘shapes’ the size of a large dog, and a large man with glowing red eyes! These are just a small number of the many reports that have come from this extremely haunted building!

Learn more on the ghosts at the haunted Yorktown Hospital

17. Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio

Particularly active floors include the 3rd, 7th, 9th, 11th, and 12th, where guests have witnessed strange occurrences such as wine bottles sliding off tables, toilet seats banging, and dark figures gliding through rooms. Elevators at the hotel also seem to have a mind of their own, repeatedly visiting floors without any apparent reason.

Built in 1924 in a Gothic style, the Emily Morgan Hotel was originally a medical center, complete with terra cotta gargoyles depicting various ailments. In 1976, the building was converted into an office space before being renovated in 1984 to become the hotel it is today.

The hotel’s name pays homage to Emily D. West, a servant woman known as Emily Morgan, who played a significant role in the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas War for Independence. Legend has it that Emily delayed Mexican General Santa Anna long enough for the Texas army to storm the camp and secure victory.

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Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

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Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

The Museum, located within the former Texas School Book Depository building, chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. Plan your visit today!

VISITING THE MUSEUM

The main exhibit, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation , is on the Sixth Floor. Special exhibits and public programs are presented on the seventh floor.

60 YEARS LATER

To commemorate the 60 th  anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Museum is planning a compelling series of programs and events, as well as a special exhibition— Two Days in Texas .

HAPPENING NOW

Doris Kearns Goodwin Program June 14

Join The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza for a special program with Doris Kearns Goodwin in conversation with Talmage Boston about her new book, An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s.

Special Program May 3

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza hosts a special program with author Talmage Boston.

Living History with Joe Carter April 26

Free with Museum Admission, Curator Stephen Fagin hosts a program with special guest Joe Carter, a former UPI reporter and presidential speechwriter.

Gallery Talks, Fridays at 1 p.m.

Join Museum staff members on the seventh floor each week for a fifteen-minute gallery talk about Two Days in Texas.

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President Kennedy’s influence remains with us today – in personal courage and leadership, volunteerism, civil rights, science and space exploration and popular culture. Stand beside us in preserving history through making your year-end gift today.

Texas Eyewitness Accounts

Listen to firsthand accounts from eyewitnesses of the 1963 trip to Texas.

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Texas White House  & LBJ Ranch

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From humble Texas beginnings, Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th U.S. President whose family immigrated to Texas as settlers, was raised near Johnson City in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. As president, his sweeping civil and human rights legislation transformed a nation, bringing it into a modern Space Age of scientific discovery, social reform, and economic stability.

But it is his early years on the ranch his family called home that will interest most travelers to Central Texas, a now-historic property that once served as a rural White House where heads of State from around the world would visit, eat barbecue on the lawn, fish and hunt and enjoy majestic sunrises and sunsets in a most magical part of the world.

From Austin , the LBJ Ranch, now a National Historic Landmark, is located about 40 west of the Capital City in the rolling hills between Johnson City and Stonewall – the peach capital of Texas.

President Johnson had a deep attachment to place and heritage. The LBJ Ranch was where he was born, lived, died, and was buried. After the President’s death in 1973, Mrs. Johnson continued to live at the Ranch part-time until her death in 2007.

Visitors are now able to tour the Ranch at their own pace in their private vehicles with the ability to stop at sites along the way such as the President’s birthplace, the Johnson family cemetery, and Johnson’s ranch house known as the Texas White House.

The President and Mrs. Johnson donated their private home to the National Park Service but retained lifetime rights to use the house. Following the death of Mrs. Johnson on July 11, 2007, preparations have begun to make the home available for public tours. Individual rooms will be opened as they become ready.

President Johnson’s office (the west room) was opened to the public on the 100th anniversary of his birth, August 27, 2008. The living room and dining room were opened in June 2009. As part of the self-guided Ranch Tour, you may stop at the Texas White House for a ranger-guided tour.

The LBJ Ranch House is a historic house located in Stonewall, Texas. It was the home of President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1951 until his death in 1973 and it is now owned by the National Park Service. Built in 1885, this two-story limestone ranch house sits on over 200 acres overlooking the Pedernales River Valley and Hill Country. The grounds include formal gardens lined with native plants, wildflower meadows, oak groves, and a white-tailed deer preserve.

The house has been kept exactly as it was when LBJ lived there and features many of his personal effects like furniture from around the world and vintage artifacts from his presidential years.

In the Park Visitor Center, a permanent exhibit gallery showcases Lyndon Johnson’s life and accomplishments. It includes a world events timeline and a display depicting the highlights of LBJ’s Great Society programs. Some of the items on exhibit are campaign memorabilia, gifts that President Johnson gave, and two of the LBJ Ranch branding irons. There are also two “Friendship Stones,” concrete blocks signed by visitors to the Texas White House.

Also of interest is the childhood home of the President, he lived here from the age of five until his high school graduation in 1924. The home is furnished in the early to mid-1920s period and as such depicts a rural Texas lifestyle of 75 years ago.

Just down the road is the Johnson Settlement. Lyndon Johnson’s grandfather and great-uncle established a cattle droving headquarters in the 1860s on land that is now part of Johnson City, Texas. Their log cabin and subsequent barns, cooler house, and windmill still stand. There is also a modern exhibit center focusing on the cattle business, early Johnson family and settlement history, and Hill Country survival. A chuckwagon and longhorn cattle round out the “cowboy” atmosphere.

A self Guided Tour will next take you to The Texas White House, the part ranch building where the Johnsons lived. Visitors are now able to tour the Ranch at their own pace in their private vehicles with the ability to stop at sites along the way such as the President’s birthplace, the Johnson family cemetery, and Johnson’s ranch house known as the Texas White House.

The park is open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. The National Park Visitor Center in Johnson City is open from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The LBJ State Park visitor center, where LBJ Ranch tour permits are issued, is open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Guided tours of the LBJ Boyhood Home in Johnson City are offered seven days a week, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tours begin on the hour and half-hour, except at 12:00 p.m (noon) and 12:30 p.m. during which time the home is closed.

Self-guided tours of the Johnson Settlement, also in Johnson City, are available from 9:00 a.m. until sunset seven days a week. Costumed or ranger-guided interpretive tours of the Johnson Settlement are offered as staffing permits.

Self-guided driving tours of the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall are available beginning at 9:00 a.m. seven days a week. Driving Permits are given out at the LBJ State Park visitor center between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. The entrance gate at the LBJ Ranch opens at 9:00 a.m. and closes at 4:30 p.m.

Guided tours of the Texas White House, located on the LBJ Ranch, are offered 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

A visit to the LBJ Ranch House is truly a unique experience that allows visitors to explore the history of this great President. It’s a chance to appreciate the beauty of the Texas Hill Country and learn more about Lyndon B. Johnson, his accomplishments, and his legacy. With its several attractions like the ranch house, white house replica, nature trails, and more, everyone can find something interesting to do during their visit.

LBJ Ranch 472 State Park Rd 52 Stonewall, TX 78671

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2024 01 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NONPOINT, (HED) P.E., DROPOUT KINGS city, state Lubbock, TX

Jakes Sports Cafe

2024 01 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm THY ART IS MURDER, ANGELMAKER, SIGNS OF THE SWARM, SNUFFED ON SIGHT city, state Dallas, TX

Studio at The Factory

2024 01 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm PATHOLOGY, NECROTICGOREBEAST, AETHEREUS city, state El Paso, TX

2024 01 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IN THIS MOMENT, KIM DRACULA, MIKE'S DEAD city, state El Paso, TX

El Paso County Coliseum

2024 01 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm FIREWIND, EDGE OF PARADISE, IMMORTAL GUARDIAN city, state Austin, TX

2024 02 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm MESSA city, state San Antonio, TX

Paper Tiger

2024 02 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm CATTLE DECAPITATION, CARNIFEX, RIVERS OF NIHIL, HUMANITY'S LAST BREATH, THE ZENITH PASSAGE, VITRIOL, FACE YOURSELF city, state Austin, TX

Come and Take It Live

2024 02 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm FIREWIND, EDGE OF PARADISE, IMMORTAL GUARDIAN city, state Dallas, TX

Granada Theater (Sundown Room)

2024 03 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NONPOINT, (HED) P.E., DROPOUT KINGS city, state San Antonio, TX

The Rock Box

2024 03 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm FIREWIND, EDGE OF PARADISE, IMMORTAL GUARDIAN city, state San Antonio, TX

Rolling Oaks Event Center

2024 03 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm INSOMNIUM, OMNIUM GATHERUM, WILDERUN city, state Austin, TX

2024 03 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm SLEEP TOKEN, EMPIRE STATE BASTARD city, state Austin, TX

H-E-B Center at Cedar Park

2024 03 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm Joe Satriani, Steve Vai city, state Austin, TX

ACL Live at The Moody Theater

2024 03 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IN THIS MOMENT, KIM DRACULA, MIKE'S DEAD city, state Lubbock, TX

Lodestar Events Center

2024 03 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm HELMET, CRO-MAGS city, state Dallas, TX

The Echo Lounge & Music Hall

2024 03 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm CATTLE DECAPITATION, CARNIFEX, RIVERS OF NIHIL, HUMANITY'S LAST BREATH, THE ZENITH PASSAGE, VITRIOL, FACE YOURSELF city, state Dallas, TX

2024 03 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ERRA, MAKE THEM SUFFER, VOID OF VISION, NOVELISTS city, state Houston, TX

Rise Rooftop

2024 04 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm HELMET, CRO-MAGS city, state Austin, TX

2024 04 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm INSOMNIUM, OMNIUM GATHERUM, WILDERUN city, state Dallas, TX

The Factory In Deep Ellum

2024 04 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IN THIS MOMENT, KIM DRACULA, MIKE'S DEAD city, state New Braunfels, TX

Whitewater Amphitheatre

2024 04 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ERRA, MAKE THEM SUFFER, VOID OF VISION, NOVELISTS city, state Dallas, TX

South Side Music Hall

2024 04 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm CATTLE DECAPITATION, CARNIFEX, RIVERS OF NIHIL, HUMANITY'S LAST BREATH, THE ZENITH PASSAGE, VITRIOL, FACE YOURSELF city, state San Antonio, TX

Vibes Event Center

2024 04 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm SLEEP TOKEN, EMPIRE STATE BASTARD city, state Dallas, TX

Toyota Music Factory

2024 05 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IN THIS MOMENT, KIM DRACULA, MIKE'S DEAD city, state Houston, TX

2024 05 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ERRA, MAKE THEM SUFFER, VOID OF VISION, NOVELISTS city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 05 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm KNOCKED LOOSE, SHOW ME THE BODY, LOATHE, SPEED city, state Dallas, TX

The Factory in Deep Ellum

2024 05 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm HELMET, CRO-MAGS city, state Houston, TX

The Secret Group

2024 05 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm Joe Satriani, Steve Vai city, state Houston, TX

713 Music Hall

2024 06 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NONPOINT, (HED) P.E., DROPOUT KINGS city, state Corpus Christi, TX

House of Rock

2024 06 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm FIREWIND, EDGE OF PARADISE, IMMORTAL GUARDIAN city, state Houston, TX

Warehouse Live

2024 06 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm KAMELOT, HAMMERFALL, AD INFINITUM city, state Fort Worth, TX

Tannahill’s

2024 06 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm KNOCKED LOOSE, SHOW ME THE BODY, LOATHE, SPEED city, state Austin, TX

Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater

2024 07 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm KNOCKED LOOSE, SHOW ME THE BODY, LOATHE, SPEED city, state Houston, TX

2024 07 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm CLUTCH, BLACKTOP MOJO, THE NATIVE HOWL city, state Lubbock, TX

2024 07 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm KAMELOT, HAMMERFALL, AD INFINITUM city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 07 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm THE AMITY AFFLICTION, CURRENTS, DYING WISH, MUGSHOT city, state Houston, TX

House of Blues

2024 08 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm WAYFARER, SONJA city, state Austin, TX

2024 13 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm VALE OF PNATH, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS city, state Austin, TX

2024 14 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm VALE OF PNATH, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS city, state Houston, TX

Secret Group

2024 14 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ENTERPRISE EARTH, INFERI, CROWN MAGNETAR, TRACHEOTOMY city, state Houston, TX

2024 15 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm AMENRA, PRIMITIVE MAN, SLOW CRUSH city, state Dallas, TX

The Studio ad The Factory

2024 15 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm VALE OF PNATH, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS city, state Fort Worth, TX

2024 15 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ENTERPRISE EARTH, INFERI, CROWN MAGNETAR, TRACHEOTOMY city, state Austin, TX

2024 16 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ENTERPRISE EARTH, INFERI, CROWN MAGNETAR, TRACHEOTOMY city, state Fort Worth, TX

2024 17 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ENTERPRISE EARTH, INFERI, CROWN MAGNETAR, TRACHEOTOMY city, state Lubbock, TX

2024 18 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm AMENRA, PRIMITIVE MAN, SLOW CRUSH city, state Austin, TX

Empire Garage

2024 20 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm AMON AMARTH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, OBITUARY, FROZEN SOUL city, state Houston, TX

Bayou Music Center

2024 20 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm BLACK VEIL BRIDES, CREEPER, DARK DIVINE, GHOSTKID city, state San Antonio, TX

The Aztec Theatre

2024 21 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm AMON AMARTH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, OBITUARY, FROZEN SOUL city, state San Antonio, TX

Boeing Center At Tech Port

2024 21 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm BLACK VEIL BRIDES, CREEPER, DARK DIVINE, GHOSTKID city, state Houston, TX

2024 22 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm BLACK VEIL BRIDES, CREEPER, DARK DIVINE, GHOSTKID city, state Dallas, TX

2024 23 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm UADA, BEWITCHER city, state Dallas, TX

2024 24 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IN FLAMES, GATECREEPER, CREEPING DEATH city, state Austin, TX

Emo’s

2024 24 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm KUBLAI KHAN, HARMS WAY, PAIN OF TRUTH, JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED city, state Houston, TX

2024 25 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IN FLAMES, GATECREEPER, CREEPING DEATH city, state Houston, TX

2024 25 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm KUBLAI KHAN, HARMS WAY, PAIN OF TRUTH, JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED city, state Austin, TX

Empire Room & Garage

2024 26 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IN FLAMES, GATECREEPER, CREEPING DEATH city, state Dallas, TX

2024 26 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm KUBLAI KHAN, HARMS WAY, PAIN OF TRUTH, JUSTICE FOR THE DAMNED city, state Dallas, TX

2024 26 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm SOEN city, state Dallas, TX

2024 27 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FROM ASHES TO NEW, POINT NORTH city, state Houston, TX

2024 28 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm OBITUARY, FROZEN SOUL city, state El Paso, TX

Lowbrow Palace

2024 28 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm P.O.D., BAD WOLVES, NORMA JEAN, BLIND CHANNEL city, state Lubbock, TX

2024 28 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FROM ASHES TO NEW, POINT NORTH city, state Austin, TX

2024 28 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm SOEN city, state Austin, TX

2024 28 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm BATTLE BEAST, BLACKBRIAR city, state Dallas, TX

2024 29 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FROM ASHES TO NEW, POINT NORTH city, state Dallas, TX

2024 29 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm P.O.D., BAD WOLVES, NORMA JEAN, BLIND CHANNEL city, state Austin, TX

Come & Take It Live

2024 29 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm SAXON, URIAH HEEP city, state Houston, TX

House Of Blues

2024 30 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm OBITUARY, FROZEN SOUL city, state Lubbock, TX

Jake’s Sports Cafe

2024 30 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FROM ASHES TO NEW, POINT NORTH city, state San Antonio, TX

The Aztec Theater

2024 30 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm P.O.D., BAD WOLVES, NORMA JEAN, BLIND CHANNEL city, state Houston, TX

2024 30 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm SAXON, URIAH HEEP city, state San Antonio, TX

Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

2024 31 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm OBITUARY city, state Dallas, TX

2024 31 may 8:00 pm 8:00 pm P.O.D., BAD WOLVES, NORMA JEAN, BLIND CHANNEL city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 31 may 10:00 pm 10:00 pm SAXON, URIAH HEEP city, state Dallas, TX

Glass Cactus

2024 02 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm THE AMITY AFFLICTION, CURRENTS, DYING WISH, MUGSHOT city, state Fort Worth, TX

Panther Island Pavilion

2024 03 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm THE AMITY AFFLICTION, CURRENTS, DYING WISH, MUGSHOT city, state San Antonio, TX

Vibes Underground

2024 06 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm EXHUMED, SKELETAL REMAINS, MORBIKON city, state Dallas TX

Red Blood Club

2024 07 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm EXHUMED, SKELETAL REMAINS, MORBIKON city, state San Antonio TX

2024 08 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm EXHUMED, SKELETAL REMAINS, MORBIKON city, state Houston TX

2024 09 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm EXHUMED, SKELETAL REMAINS, MORBIKON city, state Austin TX

2024 11 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm BODYSNATCHER, SPITE, THROWN, KNOSIS city, state Dallas, TX

2024 12 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NECROT, STREET TOMBS city, state Austin, TX

2024 12 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm BODYSNATCHER, SPITE, THROWN, KNOSIS city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 13 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NECROT, STREET TOMBS city, state Dallas TX

Three Links

2024 13 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm BODYSNATCHER, SPITE, THROWN, KNOSIS city, state Houston, TX

2024 14 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NECROT, STREET TOMBS city, state San Antonio TX

2024 15 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NECROT, STREET TOMBS city, state Houston, TX

2024 20 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm ARCHSPIRE, ABORTED, CARCOSA, ALLUVIAL city, state Houston, TX

2024 21 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm SEBASTIAN BACH city, state Dallas, TX

The Lexus Box Garden at Legacy Hall

2024 21 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm ARCHSPIRE, ABORTED, CARCOSA, ALLUVIAL city, state Dallas, TX

2024 21 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm STYX, FOREIGNER, John Waite city, state Dallas, TX

Dos Equis Pavilion

2024 22 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm ARCHSPIRE, ABORTED, CARCOSA, ALLUVIAL city, state Austin, TX

2024 22 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm SEBASTIAN BACH city, state Houston, TX

2024 22 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm STYX, FOREIGNER, John Waite city, state Woodlands, TX

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

2024 23 jun 8:00 pm 8:00 pm SEBASTIAN BACH city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 26 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm PIXIES, MODEST MOUSE, CAT POWER city, state Austin, TX

Germania Insurance Amphitheater

2024 27 jun 10:00 pm 10:00 pm PIXIES, MODEST MOUSE, CAT POWER city, state Irving, TX

The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory

2024 19 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NORTHLANE, INVENT ANIMATE, THORNHILL, WINDWAKER city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 19 jul 10:00 pm 10:00 pm LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, KERRY KING, UNEARTH city, state Grand Prairie, TX

Texas Trust CU Theatre

2024 20 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm NORTHLANE, INVENT ANIMATE, THORNHILL, WINDWAKER city, state Dallas, TX

2024 20 jul 10:00 pm 10:00 pm LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, KERRY KING, UNEARTH city, state Austin, TX

2024 21 jul 10:00 pm 10:00 pm LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, KERRY KING, UNEARTH city, state Houston, TX

2024 24 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm EXCITER, MIDNIGHT, WRAITH, HELLWITCH city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 25 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm EXCITER, MIDNIGHT, WRAITH, HELLWITCH city, state Houston, TX

2024 26 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm EXCITER, MIDNIGHT, WRAITH, HELLWITCH city, state Austin, TX

2024 27 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm EXCITER, MIDNIGHT, WRAITH, HELLWITCH city, state Dallas, TX

Echo Lounge

2024 29 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FALLUJAH, PERSEFONE, VULVODYNIA, DAWN OF OUROBOROS city, state Dallas, TX

2024 30 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FALLUJAH, PERSEFONE, VULVODYNIA, DAWN OF OUROBOROS city, state Austin, TX

2024 31 jul 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FALLUJAH, PERSEFONE, VULVODYNIA, DAWN OF OUROBOROS city, state Houston, TX

august 2024

2024 01 aug 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FALLUJAH, PERSEFONE, VULVODYNIA, DAWN OF OUROBOROS city, state Corpus Christi, TX

2024 02 aug 8:00 pm 8:00 pm AS I LAY DYING, CHELSEA GRIN, ENTHEOS city, state Houston, TX

2024 03 aug 8:00 pm 8:00 pm AS I LAY DYING, CHELSEA GRIN, ENTHEOS city, state Dallas, TX

2024 04 aug 8:00 pm 8:00 pm AS I LAY DYING, CHELSEA GRIN, ENTHEOS city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 11 aug 10:00 pm 10:00 pm LIMP BIZKIT, BONES, N8NOFACE city, state Houston, TX

The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman

2024 13 aug 10:00 pm 10:00 pm LIMP BIZKIT, BONES, N8NOFACE city, state Dallas, TX

2024 25 aug 10:00 pm 10:00 pm LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, KERRY KING, UNEARTH city, state El Paso, TX

september 2024

2024 10 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm GREEN DAY, RANCID, THE LINDA LINDAS city, state Austin, TX

2024 11 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm GREEN DAY, RANCID, THE LINDA LINDAS, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS city, state Arlington, TX

Globe Life Field

2024 11 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm CREED, 3 DOORS, FINGER ELEVEN city, state Dallas, TX

2024 12 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm U.D.O. city, state Houston, TX

Rise Roof Top

2024 13 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm CREED, 3 DOORS, FINGER ELEVEN city, state San Antonio, TX

Frost Bank Center

2024 14 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm U.D.O. city, state San Antonio, TX

Royal Oaks Event Center

2024 14 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ROB ZOMBIE, ALICE COOPER, MINISTRY, FILTER city, state Austin, TX

2024 14 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm CREED, 3 DOORS, FINGER ELEVEN city, state Houston, TX

2024 15 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ROB ZOMBIE, ALICE COOPER, MINISTRY, FILTER city, state The Woodlands, TX

2024 15 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm U.D.O. city, state Dallas, TX

2024 18 sep 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, MARILYN MANSON, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL city, state Austin, TX

2024 18 sep 10:00 pm 10:00 pm ROB ZOMBIE, ALICE COOPER, MINISTRY, FILTER city, state Fort Worth, TX

Dickies Arena

2024 19 sep 8:00 pm 8:00 pm FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, MARILYN MANSON, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL city, state Houston, TX

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

october 2024

2024 12 oct 8:00 pm 8:00 pm HATEBREED, CARCASS, HARMS WAY, CRYPTA city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 20 oct 8:00 pm 8:00 pm KORN, GOJIRA, SPIRITBOX city, state Houston, TX

2024 21 oct 8:00 pm 8:00 pm KORN, GOJIRA, SPIRITBOX city, state San Antonio, TX

2024 22 oct 8:00 pm 8:00 pm STAIND, BREAKING BENJAMIN, DAUGHTRY city, state Dallas, TX

2024 24 oct 8:00 pm 8:00 pm STAIND, BREAKING BENJAMIN, DAUGHTRY city, state The Woodlands, TX

2024 25 oct 8:00 pm 8:00 pm STAIND, BREAKING BENJAMIN, DAUGHTRY city, state Austin, TX

november 2024

2024 16 nov 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IRON MAIDEN city, state Fort Worth, TX

2024 17 nov 10:00 pm 10:00 pm IRON MAIDEN city, state San Antonio, TX

69-year-old man charged in death of beloved ‘Star Trek’ tour guide

MILTON, N.Y. (WRGB) – A 69-year-old man is facing manslaughter charges in the case of a missing New York man.

Friends of the victim, identified as Thomas Krider, said he was a beloved character in the “Star Trek” and entertainment community.

Ronald Rayher was arrested and arraigned on charges of manslaughter in the second degree and tampering with physical evidence.

Court documents said Rayher moved and hid personal effects belonging to Krider from the scene after his death.

Police in New York reported Krider missing on April 6.

The 40-year-old victim, also known as T.J. Green, was an employee and tour guide at the “Star Trek” set tour in Ticonderoga.

James Crawley, a friend of the victim, said Krider was also a talented Elvis Presley tribute artist and “he will be remembered for his kind and trusting soul and his warm, friendly demeanor.”

“We are devastated by his loss and will keep him close to our hearts,” Crawley said.

Rayher is being held on a $250,000 bond. He is due back in court on May 21.

Copyright 2024 WRGB via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.

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Teen driver charged with murder in shooting death connected to botched shoe sale, BCSO says

Daniel hernandez, diego salazar both charged with murder in death of ricky de los santos.

Ivan Herrera , Digital Journalist

Nate Kotisso , Digital Journalist

Spencer Heath , Digital Journalist

SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Sheriff’s Office homicide investigators arrested a second person in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old man last week.

Diego Salazar, 17, was arrested Friday afternoon, believed to be the driver who took murder suspect Daniel Hernandez to Ricky De Los Santos’ home in the 2000 block of S. Loop 1604 Eastbound.

RELATED: Suspect arrested for fatally shooting man over tennis shoes, sheriff says

Sheriff Javier Salazar previously said Hernandez went to De Los Santos’ house to buy shoes but instead shot De Los Santos with a Draco AK-47, leading to his death last Saturday.

Upon arrival, De Los Santos was able to provide deputies with Hernandez’s name during his final moments alive, Sheriff Salazar said last week. Hernandez was charged then with murder.

Through further investigation, authorities found out that Hernandez and De Los Santos had been close friends. Sheriff Salazar previously said the two had known each other since they were children.

Diego Salazar was taken to the Bexar County Jail without incident. He faces a charge of murder, a first-degree felony, with a bond of $150,000.

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About the Authors

Ivan herrera.

Ivan Herrera has worked as a journalist in San Antonio since 2016. His work for KSAT 12 and KSAT.com includes covering breaking news of the day, as well as producing Q&As and content for the "South Texas Pride" and "KSAT Money" series.

Nate Kotisso

Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City.

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