One of my local informants strayed from ghost stories for a few minutes to tell me about the time her brothers left their little sister stranded at the top of these fire stairs. They sound like nice boys, don’t they?

Bledsoe, Texas
photographed 8.12.2018

I promised I wouldn’t use their names, but a couple of people who grew up here in Bledsoe told me the local consensus is that the boiler room at this abandoned school is haunted. And so is the school itself, apparently. And the very street in front of the school.

This friendly and informative pair wandered over from across the street to find out what I was doing. They were happy to tell me lots of stories about growing up in this town, and all the ghosts, and so forth. Both of them live in the next county, in a larger town, and spend their weekends here in Bledsoe. “I love being in the country,” one of them said.

Bledsoe, Texas
photographed 8.12.2018

I am almost positive that this is not a U.S. Postal Service-approved mailbox. And I am even more certain that it doesn’t matter.

Bledsoe, Texas
photographed 8.12.2018