Paraphenomena

By Aaron Perez Story by Arnulfo Andrade, his original Youtube post can be accessed here . Published 3/11/2025 In a first, I will transcribe and translate an urban legend from Ciudad Juarez, which was originally posted by a youtuber and podcaster named Arnulfo Andrade. His content is filled with urban legends and myths inside Ciudad Juarez and its surrounding areas and I will leave a link to his channel here . The urban legend that Andrade relates to on this road involves a hitchhiker ghost that boards buses at random moments of the night. She then disappears once the car reaches a certain point along its route, right where she met her demise. The legend goes as follows:      Welcome to another story from the bordertown city of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. The route of Kilometer 20 is witness to hundreds of stories and paranormal phenomena that surprise wanderers and those who are listening. The following story is as follows: "Hello, my name is Tania and this is the story tha...

    By Aaron Perez Published 3/10/2025      El Paso is no stranger to hauntings, as I have documented in previous blogs. It does have many hauntings, particularly schools with its most famous being El Paso High School. There are others on the list that are notable, but it would take research and more blogs to document each and every one of them. I will begin to do that by listing some of the schools that have things bumping in the night.  5.  Loretto Academy-1300 Hardaway St, El Paso, TX 79903 A Catholic school locate d in the central part of El Paso, a ghost of a nun is said to haunt the tower of the school, forever pacing the tower of the school she dedicated much of her life to. This spirit was said to have shamed herself in life by breaking her vow of celibacy and becoming pregnant. She then made the terrible decision of ending her life, and now waits for atonement of her sins. Others say it was a totally different woman from the nun, most likely a...

By Aaron Perez Published 3/6/2025     Image Copyright: El Paso ISD      Founded in 1930, Austin High School is located in the central part of El Paso, and has been an influential institution in the city. Designed by Robert E. Mckee with Spanish inspired architecture in mind, the building has a distinct tower that can be seen for miles. Austin High School was known for lighting up the large A that is painted in the Franklin mountains when a major football game would be played in their stadium.  Is this the vice principal of the ghost custodian performing his monitoring duties from beyond the grave? Copyright: Ghost915 El Paso del Norte Paranormal Society      While it may not be as deeply documented as El Paso High School, it certainly has its own share of mysteries and ghost stories. From phantom cheerleaders to strange vice principals, the halls of Austin High School are rumored to be haunted by many uneasy spirits. As mentioned earlier, th...

By Aaron Perez Published 3/6/2025      Everyone knows Washington Irvin's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a story about a man named Ichabod Crane being pursued by a purported apparition of a headless horseman. The headless spirit is that of a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball and roams at night searching for his head. Ichabod Crane is warned not to travel at night, but despite warnings, does so anyway and encounters what he believes is the specter. It is up for debate if the specter is actually a ghost or a prank by one of the characters, but Ichabod is nowhere to be seen at the end of the short story. Because of this short story's fame, it was adapted into films, the most famous being Tim Burton's 1999 horror adaptation, a Disney short, and its own TV series. Image credit: Legends of America     While Sleepy Hollow is a fictional tale based on an actual location, there is another headless horseman that roams the outskirts of Texas. This spirit is ...

By Aaron Perez Posted 3/5/2025-Updated 3/6/2025 The Lady in the Hill Image Copyright: EL Paso ISD      The oldest high school in the city, and in the county, El Paso High School was built by the Trost & Trost foundation and founded in 1916. The building features a Greco-Roman architecture, unique in the city, and sits on the foot of the Franklin mountains and overlooks downtown El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. Dubbed “The Lady of the Hill”, El Paso High School has seen countless students walk through its halls for over a century. It is also the home of the continuous student military corps in the state, which is still in operation to this very day.  Being an old school can also bring in some paranormal mysteries to it, especially if the building is rumored to have several undead spirits roaming its halls.       Its most famous specter is that of a cheerleader who killed herself by jumping off the now closed fourth floor balcony and plunging to the a...

By Aaron Perez Posted 3/5/2025-Updated 3/6/2025 Image Copyright: Austin Ghosts      If you have ever lived in the southwest or Mexico, then this well-known legend may be familiar to you. A spirit similar to Bloody Marie or the Irish Banshee, La Llorona has been a subject of dares and campfire stories for centuries, even having versions in all of the Americas. La Llorona is a very well known figure in folklore and there are many versions of the tale, but most follow the same premise. Here is the premise of the legend, which goes as followed: Back in the old days there used to be a beautiful young woman named Maria. She was well known in the town but lived in poor conditions, which was common at the time. Soon a handsome rich man entered the town and Maria immediately fell in love with him. Versions vary here as in one version she married the man and had two children with him, but time passed, and he cheated on her with another woman. Another version is that Maria was a w...