Why, yes, banditone, as a matter of fact - the book
Weird Texas details it . . . (and I highly recommend the
Weird state series of books -big fun!)
". . .at some point during one of the fraternity's hazing periods, legend has it, a pledge or pledge were killed carrying out some ritual. The story goes that the brothers had the pledges write down the events of that night in their pledge books, then burn them and finally nail them to the wall. . . Once in San Marcos, we found the place easily.When we rounded a curve in the road and first saw it, our jaws dropped, and our eyes flew wide open. . . The place was incredible, even from a distance - huge, decrepit, creepy. . . there were NO TRESPASSING signs posted all around the old frat house . . .(But of course they went in - SWTXB) We went through a doorway on the left and found ourselves in a big dim room with a collapsing ceiling. The first thing we noticed was the fraternity crest on one wall, then faded Pi Kappa Alpha sympols on another . . .we saw many smears and handprints . . coils of yellow CAUTION tape . . .In a kitchenette we found the words I'm Sorry scrawled below a skull, and in an adjoining room, the wall was decorated with splatters and smeared handprints accompanied by the message Help Me. . . There, under the porch, were the BURNED PLEDGE BOOKS NAILED TO A WOODEN BEAM." (pgs. 262-265 -
Weird Texas- by Wesley Treat, Heather Shade, and Rob Riggs.)
NOW - I have to tell you that I did in fact attend Pike parties in the 80s and YES the old hospital was supposed to be haunted but NO no pledges died. It was creepy even back in the day - I remember one floor that had a big hole covered up with a sheet of plywood. It was just too much house to try and restore. Pikes ended up leaving campus - I don't know who owns the building now. My father belonged to the local which became Pike - I may ask him to ask his buddies if they know anything (and to go ahead and get initiated - jeez)