Texas: Slang for Crazy

Once a cemetery, Rogan Field has a pretty creepy past.

In 1946 a series of horrific murders led to one of Texas' most terrifying cold cases.

Dr Scheffey was known for leaving surgeries covered in blood, so why did it take so long to get the orthopedic surgeon to stop practicing?

It may be difficult to find Luci Zahray online, but her information has helped to create hundreds of fictional poisonings.

In 2020, a demolition failure led to the temporary creation of one of Dallas' most photographed landmarks.

Texas Hill Country has a very unique winery: the Rhino supporting Rhinory.

In late 2021 Texarkana had one heck of a weird rain storm

If you're traveling the scenic route between Wimberly and Blanco, you may find yourself on the Devil's Backbone

Billy Bob's in Fort Worth is known for more than just an indoor riding ring.

At Dave's Pawn shop in El Paso, a mummified finger is rumored to belong to an infamous Mexican outlaw.

Just outside the city of Marfa, strange lights float near Highway 90, but what are they?

A grisly discovery in 1965 remains one of Houston's strangest unsolved murders.

Thrifting sometimes leads to the discovery of treasures, but no one was expecting to find a 2,000-year-old Roman Statue at the Goodwill.

When a Texas town dried up, one woman would not be moved from her husband's side.

A Texan ended up being Gucci's secret weapon.

This week San Antonio locals are mourning the loss of our local celebrity, Hispanic Elvis.

LBJ was known to go "all the way" and sometimes that involved interactions with a body part he liked to call "Jumbo."

A strange statue in Dallas has an even weirder history.

Joseph Farley made the news for his unicycle and not a stitch of clothing.

For Texans, the Alamo is often considered a holy site. In 1982 Ozzy Osbourne made a big mistake by peeing there.

What do you do when the nicest man in town is guilty of murdering one of the meanest women in town?

Infamous burlesque dancer Candy Barr has been mostly forgotten, but this Texas woman deserves to be remembered.

In 1981 a politician in the Texas Legislature became the hottest mystery since the Dallas finale.

Blinky could have died a horrible death, but he was reborn as the most famous horn toad in America.

A wronged woman took revenge in one of the most brutal car related deaths in Houston history.

Described as a cult by almost everyone who has come into contact with it, The Church of Wells is at the center of many controversies.

In the town of Lajitas, a politician really did have cloven hooves.

The Most Wicked Man on Earth has a set of papers at one of the highest institutions in Texas.

Near San Juan Mission, a set of train tracks is the site of one of San Antonio's most beloved ghost stories.

In 1969 something with fur and scales stalked couples at lovers lane at Lake Worth.

Is this story of a murderous baby more than a creepy pasta?

In the 1970's a nightclub in San Antonio supposedly set the stage for a strange encounter with the devil.

Is it ghosts or just time that haunts this former stage coach inn?

Today a simple plaque reading Oswald labeled the grave of one of the most famous presidential assassin's in US History. However, his body didn't exactly rest in peace.

Gertrude Beasley published a painful and true memoir about growing up in Texas. Just 10 days after returning to the US, she would go missing.

A mysterious woman in white makes for an uncomfortable hitch hiking story.

In the late 1990s the Satanic Panic was still alive and well in Texas. Caught in the crossfire were four Latinx women who were guilty of nothing but being gay.

John Wesley Hardin was a folk hero, and kind of a terrible person.

Consciousness Development of Body, Mind and Soul, sounded like a new age group, but with multiple death attributed to their practices, Terri Lee Hoffman made a name for herself she'd rather have avoided.

A Texas politician is likely the reason we refer to some people as mavericks.

Just outside of Austin you can find the only clothing optional park in Texas, Hippie Hollow.

Are those graves in a parking lot? In the Houston area, that just might be the case.

A reporter in Abeliene's strange story launched a creepy pasta obsession.

Over 50 years ago a young woman was found in a hotel pool under mysterious circumstances. Today thanks to genetic testing and a community that wouldn't give up on a mystery we know who she was.

Texas has a county road labeled 666, and the story associated with it is pretty chilling.

Bette Graham figured out a way to get rid of her mistakes and helped the whole world.

There are certain phrases Texas loves, but how does our most popular slogan tie into a trash problem?

What do an old train tunnel and thousands of bats have in common? A tiny Texas State Park.

Charles Albright seemed like a strange suspect for a string of grisly murders, but his history would prove otherwise.

If you want to check out Stonehenge or Easter Island heads, travel no farther than Ingram, Texas.