The Most Scariest And Haunted Place in Texas

(Mix 93-1) Spooky season is upon us. Drive through the Azalea District in Tyler, Texas, and you'll see signs of Halloween on front porches, sidewalks, front yards, and even on houses. Already, there is one house on Chilton Avenue that has a huge Bates Motel sign on it!

As Halloween approaches, we tend to look for ways to get scared, whether it's going to a haunted house or staying in a haunted place. We look for things to get our adrenaline pumping and the hair on our arms to stand up.

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Among the most well-known places to experience ghosts and other haunts is at the Jefferson Hotel in Jefferson, Texas. It is most definitely one of the scariest places in East Texas because of the playful ghosts and spirits that roam the hallway and occupy some rooms.

If you're into the paranormal, the Jefferson Hotel is a must-visit place in East Texas, but to visit the scariest place in Texas, you'll need to travel to Yorktown. According to a contributor at The Sun, the Yorktown Memorial Hospital is the scariest of abandoned places in The Lone Star State and quite possibly on Earth, they say.

Simply looking at the pictures of this old hospital on the official Facebook page, you can clearly see why this place would be haunted. Overgrown and unmanicured trees and bushes line the outside of the hospital, while broken windows, peeling paint, and old medical equipment, beds, dolls, and toys are just left behind in rooms. The hallways are dark, dingy, and barely lit by sunlight.

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What's making this place so scary?

People who have taken tours reported that some of the eyes of the dolls glow red, along with dolls that speak. Others feel the presence of people who once inhabited the hospital, and they can hear the whispers of former patients. Others say the hospital itself gives off a few spine-tingling noises.

Why is this place the most haunted place on Earth?

The hospital was founded in 1951 by the Felician Sisters of the Roman Catholic Church and operated for more than 30 years. The facility closed in 1986 and was left almost as it was. After the hospital closed, the building functioned as a drug rehab until it was closed by the state in 1992 (Texas Highways). Since then, the building has been sitting vacant and slowly decaying and rotting away.

Here's what some who have toured Yorktown Memorial Hospital had to say about their experience.

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Unfortunately, if you were wanting to experience the whispers of some of the former inhabitants, or wanted to see if you can feel a presence, or anything else paranormal, your time has passed you by. The building has recently been closed to the public by the city council and inspectors. The new building owners are working with the city to reopen it for educational and research purposes.