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The three graves of John B. Denton
Denton County and its county seat, the city of Denton, were named for John B. Denton, a Methodist circuit preacher and frontier lawyer who was killed in an Indian battle at Village Creek in 1841. Few...
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Texas Outlaw Sam Bass in Denton
Sam Bass is one of the more notorious outlaws from in and around DFW, and his story is intimately tied to Denton’s history. As an Old West legend, the accounts of the life of “Texas’ Beloved Bandit”...
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Bonnie & Clyde storm Denton County
The Barrow brothers had amassed a certain ‘reputation’ in North Texas as small-time thieves, so they were often pursued by police and Denton was one of their favorite haunts. On November 29 of 1929,...
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The PigMan of Bonnie Brae Bridge
Although far less well-known today as the Old Alton Bridge’s “GoatMan,” Denton has it’s own ghoul haunting the West Denton bridges of Bonnie Brae known as the “PigMan”. The earliest recorded accounts...
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Infamous Haunting Dentonites
Several famous Dentonians merit special attention because their ghosts continue to influence the community they loved so much. The wandering ghost of Nurse Betty from the old Homer Flow Memorial...
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The Cowboy Ballad of Sam Bass
An atmospheric interpretation of the 1880s cowboy campfire tale, The Ballad of Sam Bass! Performed by Justin Hawkins of TrebucheT Acoustic set at The Garage on Halloween night Denton, TX October 31,...
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End of season Spook-tacular!
The inaugural fall of DENTON HAUNTS is coming to a close with our tours Friday and Saturday at 7pm, so its your last chance to hear stories from Denton’s haunted history until spring! C’mon out and see...
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Springtime 2013 Denton Haunts
Spring is in the air, which means another season of DENTON HAUNTS is almost here! Beginning on The Ides of March (15th), springtime tours of DENTON HAUNTS offer *MORE* history and hauntings as Doc and...
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Haunted Frenemy: Sam Bass &‘Judas’ Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy of Denton TX, childhood friend turned informant. The name of Sam Bass lives on in Texas folklore as a beloved railroad Robinhood bandit betrayed in his darkest hours by his good boo pard,...
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More of Denton’s Haunting History
Denton TX is full of history and mystery, and a storied past full of “School Spirit” beyond just UNT and TWU. The detective work of founding father Sheriff C.A. Williams on “The Prairie Match Mystery”...
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