Old San Jacinto County Jail & Old Town Coldspring Ghost Hunt Package, Coldspring, TX – Friday March 29th 2019
$79.00
Date: Friday, March 29th 2019
Time: 8pm – 2am
Location: Old San Jacinto County Jail, Coldspring TX
Price: $79 per person
Payment online only (no payment on the door)
18 and over’s only!
In stock
Let the team welcome you to Old Town Coldspring, one of the most historic areas in Texas! We have exclusive access to this amazing location, for a full night of paranormal investigating with you!
Not only do you have exclusive access to the Old San Jacinto County Jail, but you also have the opportunity to investigate Old Town Coldspring! Home to 6 historic buildings with some dating as far back as the 1850’s!
You must be 18 and over to attend!
Your Event Itinerary
- 7:30pm-7:45pm (CDT) – Guest arrival and check-in
- 8:00pm – Introductions and Hybrid Paranormal/History Tour
- 8:45pm/9:00pm – Your paranormal investigations with the team begin!
- 10:30pm -10:50pm – Break for snacks and refreshments
- 11:00pm – Join back up with your group to continue your investigations
- 1:00am-1:20am – Break for snacks and refreshments
- 1:30am-2:30am – Time to investigate all by yourselves! If you dare!
Event Details
No matter whether you’re a total beginner or a seasoned paranormal investigator, this event is for you!
Not only can we give you classes on how to use the equipment and guide you on a full night of ghost hunting with the team, you also get free time to investigate the location on your own!
Reports of disembodied voices, strange sounds, blood-curdling EVP’s, bangs, and shadow figures have left guests running for the doors, and past investigators wanting more.
The pent-up energy in this building is something else. Although the jail itself didn’t hold any executions within the building, the hanging tree on the grounds did, with over 300 inmates reportedly meeting their ends there! Yes, we’ll be carrying out vigils there too!
Many of the atrocities committed by former Sheriff James “Humpy” Parker happened here, including waterboarding and other forms of torture as documented in the book “Terror on Highway 59.”
An eerie white figure gazing out of a window can be seen in a photograph on display inside the museum.
Coldspring resident Karen Teasdale shared a personal tale of a creepy encounter. She said it happened when she and her son, Jason, were helping former museum director Beth Nix prepare for “The Haunted Jail” event a few years ago.
While she helped Nix string an electrical cord for lights upstairs, Jason was walking around with his new cell phone camera saying, “Come out, come out,” over and over again.
Suddenly, Teasdale said, a shadowy figure walked across the room right in front of Jason — who captured the whole thing on camera.
The pair showed the footage to several people who found it as startling as they did. But, mysteriously, Jason’s phone stopped working two weeks later.
The phone was sent off to be repaired, but nothing could be found wrong with it. It was returned to Jason in full working order, but the ghostly footage was gone.
Teasdale told Bowman that when she tries to tell people the Old Jail is haunted, most reply, “Everybody knows that.”
- Psychic Medium,
- Exclusive History Tour,
- Ghost Hunting Vigils,
- Structured Vigils,
- Ghost Hunt with experienced Ghost Hunting Team,
- Use of our equipment which includes, trigger objects, EMF Meters, dowsing rods, spirit box, and more
- Private time to explore this location and to undertake your very own private vigils
- Refreshments available at intervals throughout the night, including but not limited to: Dr Pepper, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, and Bottled Water.
- Selection of snacks – only the very best name brands!
The San Jacinto County Jail, built across Loyd Avenue from the original courthouse square in 1887 is a two-story yellow pink brick building of Victorian influence. The square (28′ X 28′) structure with so-called ‘common’ brickwork is punctuated by several horizontal projecting courses and with masonry in high relief at the corners suggesting square partial columns. The building presented a handsome and solid symbol of law and order in a no-frills (and virtually fireproof) public building. (The contract for the building was given to John R. Johnson and Thomas Ireland. The building cost $1500 and 1/8 of 1% on taxable property was levied for the creation of the building.)
In 1911 the building was expanded 26′ to the south, giving it the current 54′ by 28′ dimensions. The construction methods, materials and most details inside and out were carried out in this new addition increasing the number of cells upstairs and providing living quarters for the jailer and his family, as well as an entry foyer. Narrow and steep metal stairs lead to the cells on the second level. The upper floor is concrete supported by concrete beams dividing the structure into four equal bays with one concrete column in the center.
After the wooden courthouse and several other buildings burned in March of 1915, it was determined that the new courthouse be built at a different location about four blocks to the south. The merchants soon discovered that people attending business at the new courthouse no longer visited the original town square, so within a short time all the businesses migrated to the new square. By 1923, Coldspring was firmly entrenched in its new location. Except for the jail, the old square, which had been the heart of early Coldspring and San Jacinto County, was forgotten and neglected.
By 1980, the building was deemed no longer within acceptable limits of jail standards, and was abandoned for this function in favor of a modern facility at another location. The San Jacinto County Historical Commission was granted a 100 year lease on the property by the Commissioners. Monies were raised through grants, donations and fund raisers to undertake a reconstruction and adaptive reuse of the old jail. These efforts were successful and the old jail now serves the county and thousands of visitors each year as the Old Jail Museum. The Old Jail Museum houses artifacts pertaining to the history of the East Texas and San Jacinto County are. The Old Jail Museum boasts both Texas Historical Commission and National Register recognition.
| Date | April 2019 |
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| Locale | Central Texas, East Texas, South Texas |
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