Two Fort Worth landmarks rank among Texas's ten most haunted places

With Halloween approaching, two Fort Worth landmarks, Thistle Hill (exterior viewing only) and Miss Molly's Hotel, rank among Texas's ten most haunted places in HauntBound's 2026 index. The index ranks 424 Texas sites by separate published accounts and how far back they go, not by fame or search popularity.

Thistle Hill, the Quality Hill mansion cattle baron William Thomas Waggoner built as a wedding gift for his daughter Electra, was completed in 1904 and ranks #3. Seven separate published accounts describe activity there, the earliest dated to 1938. Visitors have described a woman in a white dress on the grand staircase landing and a young man in tennis whites on the grounds, and TCU 360 reported footsteps and music from the closed third-floor ballroom. The museum's management publicly denies any paranormal activity.

Miss Molly's Hotel ranks #5. The West Exchange Avenue building opened in 1910 as the Palace Rooms, a Stockyards boarding house and bordello, and reportedly ran as a speakeasy during Prohibition. Four separate published accounts describe activity there. Guests most often report "Miss Josie," associated with the building's last reputed madam, Josie King, seen at the foot of beds around 3 a.m., and Fort Worth Weekly wrote in 2024 about a "Tipping Ghost" said to leave change.

Statewide, the Driskill in Austin ranks #1; the Alamo, the state's most famous haunted site, ranks #4.

"We rank by evidence, not legend: independent published accounts, documented history, and how far back the reports go. We don't claim ghosts are real, or that they aren't. We document where the reports concentrate, and we show our work," said Ben Fineman, editor of HauntBound. The ranking shows each site's documented record.

Visiting:Thistle Hill, 1509 Pennsylvania Ave., has been owned by Cook Children's since 2022 and offers no public tours; exterior viewing only.Miss Molly's Hotel, 109 W. Exchange Ave., is a working hotel; rooms are for overnight guests, and daytime tours are by arrangement.

For media:The full ranking: https://hauntbound.com/most-haunted/texas/The fact sheet, with Fort Worth numbers and cleared images: https://hauntbound.com/press/fact-sheets/texas/Venue contact: missmollyshotel.comA short version follows.

HauntBound (hauntbound.com) is a family-friendly field guide to more than 6,000 documented haunted and historic places across the United States, ranked by published evidence rather than legend. No venue pays to be listed or ranked.

Media contact: Ben Fineman, Editor, HauntBound, editor@hauntbound.com

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