7 Haunted Spirits

*Updated June 29, 2008*

The Magnificent Seven lawmen chased bank robbers from Four Corners into Texas. The outlaws threatened a Medicine man (witch doctor) from a local tribe to place a curse on the Seven. On all hallows eve Chris Larabee and his men crossed into a sacrosanct area where lost souls were buried. The curse condemned them to wander the grounds as spectors. They hid out in an old abandoned mansion they found on the territory. The curse allowed them to take human form during new and full moon eves at their new ethereal prison. Once per year, on Halloween, they were free to assume life and walk the earth, only to return on All Souls day, November 1st to the elaborate house. The Seven disappeared from the 1870’s never to be heard from again. Until…

Federal Judge Orin Travis sent Marshals and Texas Rangers in droves to look for the seven men. They narrowed the search to the area where they were last seen. Travis purchased the area and the abandoned mansion as a tribute to the men who helped rid the west of crime. Some say Orin actually saw the seven on occasion.

The manor was passed down to successing Travis heirs with the stipulation that the property never be put up for sale and the home must be lived in by family only. This happened until the year 2003 when the last Travis heir died, Roy Albert Simms.

Simms was a benevolent man who gave to others throughout his life. He had a special interest in the paranormal and became a University Professor on the subject. He taught for many years until he retired to do research and record his findings. He also began to think about what would happen to his estate, and his ghostly roommates, upon his death.

Roy mentally searched his lifetime for people who would care for his holdings as he had. He came up with seven acquaintances – women - who he felt would carry on his legacy.

This is their story…