Mission San Jose Photo - believe to be haunted.

Front of Mission San Jose

Rose window. Some say it was built by a builder who dedicated it to his love Rosa.

Here is a photo I took a while back of Mission San Jose. According to locals some say a black dog hangs around at night in the court yard. Some say its an indian spirit that lingers in the area. Others have
 stated seeing a headless priest which some say is seen on nights when the moon is full.

If you are in the San Antonio Texas area its a nice mission to visit other then the Alamo.

Mission San José
6701 San Jose Dr.
San Antonio, TX

(feel free to use these photos. Just please give me credit or a link back to my blog would be nice.)

The Players Club once known as El Camaroncito club

One of my first writings was about a night club at the time called EL Camaroncito which in English means the little shrimp. Its location is on the Old highway 90 road on the west side.

Today the old club has been converted to a strip club which was confirmed by a recent visitor who works at the club. Thank you Frank for your insight on the club and the strange things that still happen.

The club today is called the Players Club but it seems that strange occurrences have occurred at the club.

To summarize the story many people who have gone to the night club at the time say that the devil dances there and calls to beautiful women.

You can read more about my old post on the Camaroncito Urban legend.

Camaroncito Night Club devil

Our Trip to New Orleans and our freaky experience with a tarot card reader.

Last year my wife and I decided to head out to the big easy(New Orleans) for a mini vacation away from Texas. Yes we left Texas as beautiful as our State is we wanted to do the tourist thing and visit the French Quarter drink up the Cajun Music and eat a shirmp Poo-boy.

On our way to New Orleans we had some car trouble with one of our front tires but couldnt find what was wrong with it.  It didn't stop us from having fun so we went and visited many shops and we did the carriage tour.

Our last day we ran into a fortune teller who offered to do our fortune for a nominal price and we figured what could it hurt.  I figured by the end of the reading I would be a millionaire with a sports car but the reading was actually surprising.

One of the readings went on to say we had problems with our car and we needed to look into getting it fixed. What was freaky was he told us that it was something to do with the right tire. Keep in mind we were about 75 miles away from New Orleans when we heard the noises coming from the car.

After the reading he gave us an amulet and told us that it should take care of any problems and to give us a safe journey. As soon as we left New Orleans I kid you not the car noise went away.

We got home and had one of our friends who was a mechanic take a look at the wheel and he said there was nothing wrong.

Maybe it was the Voodoo Queen giving us a warning. ;)

The Evil eye but in Mexican Culture called "El Mal Ojo"

A few days ago a friend of mine told me of her conversation she had with a man at the grocery line. The whole conversation started because of the man’s curiosity with Mexican culture mainly superstition.

Needless to say ignorance is bliss when this man asked why Mexicans or Latinos for better words are superstitious. She turn and smiled and said what do you mean? He said for example he had a lady touch his shirt and said to him I wanted to touch your shirt because I don’t want to give you ojo. (or maybe it was an easy way to come on to him without him knowing )

If your not familiar with the term giving you ojo, it’s a term used to wish someone bad luck unintentionally because you like what that person is wearing or eating or anything involving that person in front of you.

 So the superstition to counter it is to touch the item or sometimes if someone is admiring your baby to touch the baby.

She went on to explain that El Mal Ojo’s origin is pretty much a universal superstition such as in Greece or in many religions and regions such as in Turkey where glass amulets are worn to ward off the evil eye.

You hear it more with Hispanic culture because of the cultural belief such as people placing a horse shoe on top of their door, or carrying a rabbits foot or wearing green for saint patricks for good luck. Superstitions are a form of traditions which have been passed on from generation to generation.

Which is why when latinos have babies they are given an amulet for a baby to wear what is called el ojo de venado(eye of the deer(which is not a real eye) It is a sea bean given to babies to counter any Mal Ojo.

Well the man looked at her indifferent I guess because she had a pretty extensive insight on where the Mal Ojo came from.  As he was walking to his car his phone fell . Could it have been the Mal Ojo? Who knows but my friend walked a away with a smile knowing that she was able to give this guy some insight that the Evil eye is not just an isolated belief.

Anyway speaking of Latino folklore the belief is if you think you got the effects of the evil eye you can cure yourself with an egg which is called curar con un huevo.

Next article on what the Curar con un Huevo. Which means cure with an Egg. Stay tune for the next article.

The Donkey Lady Urban Legend reflection

I was reading a blog called Ghost Stories and Haunted Places and the blog allowed me to reflect on how urban legends and ghost stories change depending on who you ask.

Tonight I wanted to reflect on the story of the donkey lady who's some say her spirit lingers by the bridge if your brave enough to summon her. 

One version of this story is that an old woman lived by this bridge alone and many of locals who lived by there were not very fond of her. One night some local trouble makers decided to burn her house while she sleeping. As the house burned trapping her she dashes out of her front door on fire as the flames distorted her body parts changing her appearance to what some say took on characteristics of a donkey. She died where she stood and some say her spirit lingers by the bridge seeking her revenge.


Another version to this story is that the lady is identified as a Chinese woman who lived with donkeys or took care of donkeys.(I wasn't really clear on this one) Many people saw this Chinese woman were afraid of her because of her practice of witch craft Fearing the unknown a few locals took it upon themselves to burn her house to get rid of her due to her witch craft practices. They boarded her house and torched the house so she could not escape. Her donkeys had also been killed and some say her spirit took on the form of the donkey to terrorize those who come need the bridge.

What is similar in both of these stories is what happens when you go to the donkey bridge. Both stories state
 if you flicker your flash light 5 or 10 times you will summon her spirit and bad things will happen. Bad things such as a full body apparition of this donkey like woman.

Personally I have had friends go to the bridge with no paranormal experience. I also read an article a while back that local cops have had reports of dead bodies thrown over the bridge and that spirits do linger at night which can probably explain many of the paranormal activity.

If your wondering where this bridge is I believe its by the Toyota plant on the south side of San Antonio. Most urban legends are around that area I wonder why that is?  Anyway good night and don't flash your lights 10 times unless you want to be visited? jk.

House Blessing Follow up

My fiance and I went to her friends home to perform the catholic house blessing. We could of asked a priest but I wasn't sure if she would be ok with a catholic priest preforming the house blessing. So to respect her wishes I decided to do the blessing with the help of her friends. By the way she made some good lasagna which always helps bring the good vibe.

Anyway as of today no ghosts activity has been reported. I'm glad the blessing worked and can help her sleep at night.

If you know of a house blessing that you preform please share. It does not have to be a catholic house blessing.

House blessing recommendation

A friend of mine suggested to use this catholic house blessing. Most people who do blessings is either to welcome a new home if you purchase a home or a way to renew
positive energies from god.

Don't worry I won't get all preachy so will leave it at that. House blessings are also used to ward off evil spirits or bad energies.

Anyway here is the house blessing prayer. 

I like this one because it involves more then one person doing the house blessing. Tell me your thoughts or if you have any alternatives to house blessings or warding off spirits please share.

addition - 6-3-11

A simple house blessing can be as easily as getting friends together and doing a prayer. Another friend of mine who is non Catholic told me they did this in a friends home because of the paranormal activity that had occurred recently after they did some renovations to their home. They called a few friends over and did a normal prayer as you would praying over a meal and each person would say postive things and ask for protection of the owner and those saying the prayer.

Hope this helps for those experiencing ghost activity.

A friend of mine experiencing paranormal activity

Recently my fiance was telling me one of her good friends had been experiencing paranormal activity in her apartment. She said the activity has been getting worse
and she does not know what to do.

I did recommend for her friends and I to get together to do a house blessing. Normally done by a priest but can also be done by a parishioner. So even if there isn't anything paranormal it may give her a sense of assurance in her faith as well as providing a positive environment. I've done a few and have never had problems after doing a house blessing.

I will keep you posted on the result and how the house blessing went. Let me know your experiences or if you have alternative remedies that ward off ghosts.

If you read the last post on my friends paranormal activity you can click here to read more. Sunday we will preform the house blessing.

San Antonio insane Asylum Video part 2

For more information on a previous post on the insane asylum in San Antonio click here.

Mission San Jose Hauntings video

Ghost Girl picture by the deer feeder - solved ghost ap

Nov 17,2011 Thanks to one of our guest posts we figured out that this photo of the ghost girl is a fake. Done with the ghost ap that you can find on your smart phone. Apparently this photo had been floating around the internet. 


I've been meaning to post this picture for a while but have not gotten around to it. From the looks of the picture she is dress in the 1900 period but thats just a guess.

The picture I believe was taken up somewhere up north of Texas. No one really knows for sure but a friend of mine showed me this on his phone while we at Chris Madrids. If your wondering its not the ghost ap most people think where you can take the picture and it puts a ghost in the picture so this one is ruled out because the photo does not resemble any from the ghost ap.

Real or fake is the question? Well even if the photo is real people out there Im sure will say its fake. I hope its real.