San Antonio Ranks 11th on Spookiness Index Despite 56 Haunted Sites
A new study by Vivint shows San Antonio has the second-most purportedly haunted places in the U.S., yet residents report fewer ghost sightings than neighbors in Austin.
By Ivan Dvorak ·
San Antonio ranked 11th on a national spookiness index released by home security company Vivint. The company assessed 74 U.S. cities based on paranormal activity and related metrics.
The report lists 56 purportedly haunted places in San Antonio. That count makes the city the second most haunted in the country, trailing only Los Angeles, which has 61 sites. Austin, located to the north, has 21 such locations.
Despite the high number of haunted sites, San Antonio recorded only 27 reported ghost sightings in September. Austin reported 115 sightings in the same period, the highest total among all cities in the study.
This discrepancy in reported sightings contributed to San Antonio's 11th place ranking. Austin placed eighth on the index, ahead of New Orleans. Texas dominated the ghost sightings category, with Austin, Dallas, and Houston holding the top three spots.
Vivint calculated the index using seven factors. These included reported sightings, haunted places, haunted house attractions, paranormal-themed businesses, and spooky Google searches. Researchers normalized data collected in September to create a single score.
San Antonio scored low on other metrics. The city had the second-lowest concentration of psychics and astrologers at 0.73 per 10,000 residents. It also logged 163 spooky Google searches per 10,000 residents, the lowest figure among the four Texas cities in the top 20.
