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Soaked in Mystery: A Dallas Ghost Legend Revealed
A pale figure in a white dress stands motionless on the road ahead, completely soaked despite the clear night sky. She approaches your car window, explains she's survived a boating accident, and asks for a ride home. Minutes later, she vanishes from your backseat, leaving nothing but a puddle of water behind. This isn't fiction – it's the experience reported by dozens of Dallas motorists since the 1930s.
The Lady of White Rock Lake has become Dallas's most enduring ghost story. Born when the city dammed White Rock Creek in 1910 to combat water shortages, this modest 1,200-acre lake harbors dark secrets beneath its shallow waters. Ann Clark's 1943 documentation of the phenomenon marked the beginning of widespread fascination, but the most compelling evidence came from Guy Malloy – respected display director at Neiman Marcus – who encountered the apparition while driving home after midnight with his wife.
What elevates this tale beyond typical urban legend is both its persistence and credibility. Local newspapers and radio stations regularly covered new sightings throughout the mid-20th century, drawing thousands of curiosity-seekers to the lake's shores. Many identify the ghost as Nora Rose Stone, who committed suicide in the lake in November 1942, though others believe the spirit originates from earlier drowning victims. Beyond the vanishing hitchhiker narrative, residents report mysterious knocks at their doors, only to find puddles of water when they answer.
As I stood at the lake's edge in 2019, filming video for my website, I couldn't help imagining how truly terrifying this location must have been ninety years ago – when West Lothar was just an unlit dirt road cutting through darkness. The restless spirits of White Rock Lake continue their haunting today, waiting for unsuspecting motorists to offer one more ride home.
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AHHHHH, welcome to Creep Radio, where we dive deep into the dark, the bizarre and the unexplained. Dim the lights and lock your doors. Prepare to get creeped out because the unknown is calling and we're about to answer. I'm your host, the Master of Creep, tonight's episode the Ghost of White Rock Lake. The Ghost of White Rock Lake is also known as the Lady of White Rock Lake, known as the Lady of White Rock Lake.
Speaker 1:Back in the late 1800s, dallas was having a water shortage. A few years later, about 1910, they decided to dam up White Rock Creek. It took them an entire year to build the dam and it was the beginning of White Rock Lake. White Rock Lake is a small shallow lake consisting of about 1,200 acres. The deepest part is only 18 feet deep. The dam has a spillway that regulates the depth of the lake. When there is rain, the extra water flows over the spillway and attracts many viewers. People start seeing a ghost. Ann Clark wrote the account of the Lady of the Lake legend, published in 1943, the Ghost of White Rock. This was included in the Texas Folklore Society's publication Backwoods to Border.
Speaker 1:It was in the mid-1930s when a young couple was parking at the lake. They started their car and turned on the headlights and noticed a girl standing in front of the car just a few yards away. This girl was very pale and wearing a white dress. The couple also reported that the girl was soaking wet. She walked up to the driver's side of the car and asked for a ride home. The soaking girl explained that she had been in a boating accident and wanted to go home. The girl said that she lived in Oak Cliff, which is an area of Dallas several miles from White Rock Lake. She got into the back seat of the car and they started toward Oak Cliff. As they got closer to the address, the girl in the front seat turned to talk to the girl in the back seat, but she was gone. She had just vanished in thin air. It was like she was never there. The only thing that was left was a puddle of water.
Speaker 1:The young couple continued to drive to the address that was given. They knocked on the door and a man answered. They told the man what had just happened, but he didn't seem to be that surprised about this. In fact he said you are the third person who has knocked on my door with a similar story this month knocked on my door with a similar story this month. He informed the couple that his daughter had just drowned in White Rock Lake a few months earlier in a boating accident. This became the Lady of White Rock Lake.
Speaker 1:If this happened only once, the story would have probably faded away, but it kept happening over and over again. From time to time local newspapers would have articles about this happening again. Even radio stations like KLIF would report the ghost. People would turn out by the thousands and spend the night on the shores of White Rock Lake looking for the Lady of the Lake. This continued throughout the 60s and the 70s. A well-known, respected Dallas family encounters the ghost.
Speaker 1:In 1953, a story was written by Frank X Talbert. His book was titled. Written by Frank X Talbert, his book was titled the Story of the Proud Dallas Store. This is a story of Neiman Marcus, but one of the sections deals with the ghost of White Rock Lake. This book was published in 1953, but this version of the Lady of White Rock Lake happened in 1943.
Speaker 1:Guy Malloy worked at Neiman Marcus as the window display artist. He was the director. He would arrange the windows at Neiman Marcus to display new clothes. His wife also worked at Neiman Marcus and often worked by his side. It was not unusual for the Malloys to work past midnight dressing the windows, and then they would go home together, about one in the morning, about one in the morning. One night, after work, guy Malloy and his wife were driving back home, which included a trip down West Lothar Road that runs the west side of White Rock Lake. They were stopped in the middle of the road by the Lady of White Rock Lake. Guy Malloy said the ghost asked for a ride back home and she entered the back of the car only to disappear leaving a puddle of water. But what makes this story different was the fact that Guy Malloy was a well-known and respected Dallas socialite. He would have no reason to report something that wasn't true.
Speaker 1:There are many ghost spirits associated with White Rock Lake. For some reason, white Rock Lake is the location for several suicides, all well documented. November 24, 1942. A woman named Nora Rose Stone, 37 years old, from Mansfield, texas, committed suicide by drowning herself in eight feet of water near the municipal boathouse. She was discovered by Johnny Williams, who was assisting the fire department. She was wearing a sweater and a skirt and she had a note pinned to her. Many people consider Rose to be the lady of White Rock Lake Another ghost sighting.
Speaker 1:In the late 1970s, a girl who was 13 years old was driving home with her father one night after a Christmas party. They took the wrong turn and ended up at the water treatment plant on West Lothar Road. They accidentally turned right when they should have gone left. The road they were on went under an old bridge that dead ends into a park. This young girl looked up and saw a ghost standing on the surface of the water. It looked like a cloud, but it was a person moving toward the car. She screamed let's get out of here. Her father did not see the ghost, but he did reverse the car quickly and drove out. He asked his daughter why did you scream like that? And she just replied that this was a very spooky place and she never told her father that she saw the ghost. It wasn't until years later when this same girl, now an adult, stumbled across the article about the Lady of White Rock Lake. Until then she didn't know that there were previous sightings In addition to ghost-wanting rides.
Speaker 1:Local residents have reported front-door visitors. There has been more than one occasion where people who lived around the lake got a knock at the door at night. When they answered the door, there was nothing but a puddle of water. Of course, this could just be kids playing pranks on people. However, one time a man answered his door and reported seeing a ghost, then quickly disappearing, leaving just a puddle of water.
Speaker 1:I live near White Rock Lake and I wanted to make a video. On May 6, 2019, I went out to White Rock Lake and shot a video for a few minutes just to give you an idea of what it looks like. I uploaded this video on my YouTube channel and I have a link back at my website if you would idea of what it looks like. I uploaded this video on my YouTube channel and I have a link back at my website if you would like to see it. I have to admit it's a little spooky out there at night and I can just imagine what it must have looked like 90 years ago when the first sightings happened, back when West Lothar was just a dirt road with no lights.
Speaker 1:Who is the ghost Lady of White Rock Lake? Is it the girl who died in a boating accident? Or is it Nora Rose Stone who committed suicide in 1942? Or perhaps several girls who have lost their lives throughout the years at White Rock Lake. We may never know, but one thing is for sure this story has not ended and this is a great story for the Creepy Show Podcast. Thanks for listening to Creep Radio. Don't forget to subscribe and share with your friends. For more links to other creepy content, visit us at creepradiocom. Oh, but wait, we're not done yet. Listen to this.