Haunted things to do in Dallas
Looking for haunted places & dark-history spots in Dallas? These 5 are the genuinely strange ones — Oakland Cemetery, Pike Park (last trace of Frogtown red-light district), Freedman's Cemetery Memorial and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Dallas they'd never find on their own.
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Oakland Cemetery
A 47-acre Victorian 'silent city of the dead' opened in 1892, with over 30,000 burials beneath ancient oaks,…
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Pike Park (last trace of Frogtown red-light district)
By 1910 city ordinance, Dallas penned its prostitution into a vice district nicknamed 'Frogtown' (for the fro…
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Freedman's Cemetery Memorial
An 1860s burial ground for Dallas's formerly enslaved community that was literally paved over by the North Ce…
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Granbury Opera House (John Wilkes Booth seat)
The 1886 Granbury Opera House is a fully active community theater run by the Granbury Theatre Company, stagin…
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Hood County Jail Museum
This 1885 limestone two-story jailhouse operated as Hood County's only lock-up until 1978 and still holds its…