Legacies need not reside solely in dusty books or on yellowed legal documents. Other times they hover, in the stories we tell and the places we go after night falls. There’s no shortage of haunted tales in Dallas and Fort Worth, all with a story that refuses to let go.
Take Goatman’s Bridge in Denton. The legend says that if you knock three times, a half-goat, half-human creature might show up. People continue to knock just to see what occurs. At White Rock Lake, drivers share stories of the Lady of the Lake, a soaking wet woman in white who needs a ride home and vanishes during the trip, leaving nothing but a damp car seat behind.
There are chills in Dallas, too; down by Old City Park. There have been several reports of a woman, dressed in an old style long dress walking up the stairs at the Millermore mansion and then disappearing. In Fort Worth, the Miss Molly’s Hotel and Stockyards Hotel whisper again of cowboys and madams and guests who never entirely packed their bags.
Arlington, too, has its own spooky story. That is simply known by the locals as Screaming Bridge. It is where mist comes on suddenly, lights flicker, and glowing names reflect across the water.
So, what difference do haunted stories make? They reveal how deeply we are connected to place, memory and legacy. Stories outlive the storytellers. They are reminders of the fact that the past never passes away, not as long as someone keeps its memory alive.
That’s what estate planning is about, as well. A will or trust is how you make certain that your story is preserved, respected, and continued by people who love you.
Ghosts or no ghosts, what we are remembered for matters.
Embrace the hauntings this Halloween season. And if you prefer your legacy to live in trust documents, rather than ghost stories, you know where to reach us.
Want more chills? Go on your own ghost tour around Dallas with the help of the Dallas Observer’s guide to haunted areas, WFAA’s North Texas’ most notoriously haunted locations or take a scary ghost tour one night.
Written by Terrie O’Donnell, Certified Paralegal to Attorney Brandon McGee, McGee Law Firm
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