1. Victoria's Black Swan Inn is a lush, 35-acre home and wedding venue cloaked by 100-year-old oak trees in San Antonio, Texas.
2. While it's a romantic scene ideal for nuptials, it's also allegedly infested by the spirits of those who've lived and died on the property.
3. Built in the mid to late 1800s on a plot of land where, 50 years earlier, 60 Mexican soldiers were killed in the Battle of Salado.
4. the Greek Revival manor has had a plethora of owners, many of whom were prominent San Antonio.
5. Once operated as a dairy farm, the barn behind the primary residence is the most haunted building on the property.
6. Many of the earlier occupants, including members of the Rippstein and Mahler families, spent their lives there.
7. Later occupants included sisters Katherine Holbrook and Blanche Woods, Katherine's husband, and Blanche's children and grandchildren.
8. Almost all of them are said to haunt the estate.
The current owner, Jo Ann Rivera, lives in the stunning home with her family, and while it isn't actually a functional in.
9. she does partner with local ghost tour companies and has invited paranormal investigators in over the years.
10. Some theorize that perhaps the paranormal activity is being caused by a particularly menacing anchor item: a porcelain doll.
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