For a brief period in September each year, certain counties in Texas have the opportunity to hunt alligators that may provide a danger to their property. https://www.insider.com/texan-grandmother-killed-a-12-foot-alligator-after-it-ate-her-horse-2018-9#:~:text=Livingston%20Mayor%20Judy%20Cochran%2C%2073%2C%20killed%20the%20alligator%20with%20a,capture%20it%20in%20the%20water. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Hefty-gator-bagged-by-5-year-old-boy-1730371.php https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Livingston-Texas-mayor-grandmother-alligator-13239084.php
The Cursed Couch of Waco
Seemingly anything can be haunted, but there’s a couch in a Waco Consignment shop that isn’t considered a comfortable place to sit. Resources: https://www.consignmentfurniturewaco.com/home/3786241 Wacoghosts.com
Special Series: Sex Trafficking in Texas
January is National Human Trafficking awareness month. In that light, we have started a short series on the dangers of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking in Texas. This page will feature many links and resources if you’d like to find out more. I’d like to thank RansomedLifeTexas.org for all of their hard work in Bexar County…
The Kissing Statue of Beaumont
Hidden in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont, it’s not the graves of famous people that draw visitors, but a statue that is supposedly amorously haunted. Resources: https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Photos-Retracing-Forest-Lawn-s-history-11438577.php#photo-13417345 https://hauntingsinhistory.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/kissing-statue/
A Castle in Hill Country
In Burnet County, you can find a full-scale Bavarian castle. Resources:
The Christmas Tree Lighting of the “Million Dollar Monarch”
As the Vimeo service for Highland Park doesn’t allow sharing on the video on specific sites, for those who want to see the tree lighting this year please visit the following link: https://www.hptx.org/TreeLighting Resources: https://www.hptx.org/263/The-Big-Pecan-Tree
The Fruitcake Finance Fraud
Corsicana’s Colin Street Bakery is famous for the DeLuxe Fruitcake, and an accountant who committed fraud against them for 8 years. Resources: Let’s go to Court Episode 122: Fruitcakes and an Obsessed Girlfriend https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/dallas/news/press-releases/former-collin-street-bakery-executive-and-wife-sentenced https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/wife-former-executive-collin-street-bakery-pleads-guilty https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/03/the-american-greed-report-is-your-financial-pro-ripping-you-off-watch-for-these-warning-signs.html https://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article3849383.html https://collinstreet.com/about-us https://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/tarrant-county-medical-examiner-jenkins-dies-in-hospital/article_c7f20fee-4c0b-11e9-b876-075687c02f46.html
The Austin Moonlight Towers
In Austin, there are several large metal towers with lights. They have an interesting, and possibly sinister, past. Resources: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/austin-moonlight-towers https://savingplaces.org/stories/austin-moontowers-by-the-numbers#.X6sVlGhKiUk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_towers_(Austin,_Texas)
The All-Female Texas Supreme Court
In 1925 a case before the Supreme Court of Texas changed all the rules….for five months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Woman_Supreme_Court https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61410/strange-tale-texas-all-female-supreme-court https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/ward-hortense-sparks
