The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
On July 12, 1918, a munitions plant exploded at Split Rock Quarry, west of Syracuse. It took the lives of 50 men with it. 15 were never identified and buried in a common grave. More than 80 years after the plant blew up, the spirits of the dead still roam the ledges or stand on […]
It is said that the ghost of Miss Kelsey herself has been seen playing the piano onstage long after her death and has been heard warning an actor who was rehearsing alone late at night that he was about to fall into the orchestra pit.
The museum was built as a mansion and was later turned into an orphanage and is now a museum. It is haunted by the spirits of the man and woman who lived there when it was first built. The woman has been seen on a couple occasions, once walking down the isle of the church […]
Warren Hardin is known as the ghost of Gobbler’s Knob. People say they have seen the ghost wandering around the cemetery with a jug of whiskey in his hands and every once in a while he will take a drink and smile.
People report feeling a gentle nudge as they walk down the stairs.
Dolly Field – No one lives up there and if you go up there at night this man named Larry that used to live up there in an old house but died some years back will come after you with his tractor. Some people have been chased by this man.
Elsinore Middle School – March 2008 update/correction: Formerly posted as Elsinore High School – In the early 50’s, a freshman hung herself in the back of the stage in the theater. She had been hurt and embarrassed in a hazing by the Soccer team. On several occasions, people have claimed to hear a girl choking […]
Reports of a Vortex here, strange unexplainable things happen to people as well as animals.
Witnesses report feeling an eerie presence. They have heard inhuman screams, seen short, robed shapes in the woods, and have even seen a raccoon, decapitated, with blood glistening in the headlights, but no blood on the road and no head anywhere in sight. Location is on Paradise Road, a right turn shortly after you pass […]
There is an old cemetery alongside this road people have been seen in the cemetery all hours of the night people have gone out there and come back with blood on their hands and arms and report strange feelings of cold breezes on hot summer nights. Strange apparitions of what some say is the Virgin […]
Reports of Seeing an apparition of an Indian on horse back, hearing the sounds for drums and the smell of pipe smoke. There have also been reports of a phantom wolf that runs in the woods & disappears.
Workers have seen figures of the lady and hear her whimpers as she walks down the stairs.
The Pipestone County museum is formerly the old city hall. A little blonde girl has been seen there by several people. She is dressed in a blue 19th century dress with a white apron. Often, loud sounds are heard upstairs when no one is there (footsteps, stomping…) The old doctor’s office is located off the […]
Located at the corner of Sutter And Octavia, the Queen Anne Hotel is an elegant Victorian style hotel, which dates back to the 1890’s. With free access to all of the floors and some of the rooms, it’s a great place to perform an investigation. If you want you can spend a night or so […]
There are reports of being touched or poked when no one is around.
One downstairs room was the morgue for the hospital. Things stacked and placed in this room are unaccountably scattered all over the place shortly afterwards. Things hanging on the walls fall, crashing to the floor, because the nails holding them are pulled out of the wall by an invisible force. Doorbells ring so persistently for […]
On Prospect Road Off of Hwy 49 – It’s an old church and cemetery. You can feel the presence of something near you, even though you are alone. Sometimes in the upper front window you can see a misty substance in the form of a body. You can feel what’s left of the floor vibrate. […]
People often state they have seen people wandering the building. It is a very old historic building built in the early 1800’s. It is the site of tours in Selma and a historic landmark.
This is an old mansion in which you can see people standing in the upper windows, as well as lights at a distance, even though there are no floors or roof in the place. It was once a place where people would get off the train and stay for the night. That is, until one […]
Footsteps and voices are heard, as well as the smell of tobacco smoke.
At night, as you drive up the main drive of the graveyard, a headless woman appears for a brief instant. Then, as you turn, a head is visible on the roadway.
There are several spirits here. One is an older, heavyset woman who goes by the name Marie. There is also an older gentleman by the name of Arthur Johnson. He has been spotted maintaining his gravesite, plus the graves of others who are buried there. In the back part of the cemetery are several unmarked […]
This road is haunted by ghostly lights. Late at night, two lights that resemble headlights follows passing cars. Sometimes, it will start to fly and form one bright light. Other times, it will look like a fast moving car or truck with bright blue, white and orange colored lights.
Little Theatre – Along with the spirit of the stage manager who comitted suicide and the baby, there are, in addition, some 100 other ghosts haunting the theatre. For example, there are the spirits of two secretaries in the box office that like to throw things. There is even the spirit of a little dog […]
Before Smith Hall was built, there used to be lots of old Victorian houses. One house had a little girl in it. That house caught on fire one day, but the girl stayed in the house so she could retrieve her teddy bear. Some days the girls that live in Smith Hall find their locked […]
In the old church, very often it will suddenly get very cold, you can “sense” something there but when you look around there is nothing, for such a beautiful historic church the feeling of foreboding is amazing.
There are several stories in which employees late at night have seen a woman dressed in 1920s clothing walking around the main hotel. It is believed that this lady is very likely the Countess Portales, wife of Count Portales who built the original casino which had been moved and then used as a golf club […]
Helen Hunt falls – The falls now bear her name. Her grave is up a little higher in the mountains in a place called Gold Camp Road. On the average of 5 people die around the Gold Camp area each year. If you drive through the tunnels there, something freaky ALWAYS happens. Handprints on the […]
18th century haunting of church in grave yard, hands have been known to come out of graves to those who have entered the grave yard, and people still make rituals to their beloveds. One person actually reported a hallucination but actually saw somebody their family knew as a mentally ill person who was after their […]
Once when one of the patients were badly sick and about to die, one of the nurses reported seeing a woman coming down the hallway going into the patients room but when they got there the patient had died and there was no sign of the woman they had seen in the hallway.
Named after an officer in the Civil War. The old mile and a half long road is a well-known urban legend in the area. An old barn is still present in the woods, and sounds can be heard at night. While in the barn at night visions of dead slaves can be seen through the […]
You will walk in rooms with no windows and feel a cool breeze come across your body. There is a morgue in the basement and at sometimes you can see the dead as ghosts lying in the morgue trays. You hear footsteps walking down the 3-floor building steps, and can feel presence behind you. This […]
Two little girls are repeatedly spotted wandering around these grounds, and another can be heard singing in the basement of one of the oldest buildings there.
If you walk down the center of the cemetery you will hear the sound of footsteps running at you but when you turn to look at the direction the noise is coming from you will see nothing. A strong feeling of being watched and followed is felt. Even reports of a strange scream that seems […]
Some times you will be walking past the old hospital and the curtains will flutter or you might catch a glimpse of movement through the balcony. It was present during the Civil War times and the owner says that sometimes he hears a stumble or a person limping at night.
Right off of 83 there is this massive gothic looking structure, that’s quite creepy, this massive structure is Peabody’s Mansion, peabody reportedly died of a heart attack and shortly after that his family moved out of the house, the place is truly creepy and locals often see apparitions.
This graveyard is off of St Rd 25 on 300 south. Take a tape recorder out there on any night of the week and just have normal conversations. Nothing eerie happens…until you listen to the tape! You will hear the raspy, whispery voice of what we believe might be a 3-year-old boy named Earl. This […]
Back in the 1950’s a couple were driving over a bridge heading out on their honeymoon, When a dog ran out in front of them the couple swerved and ended up driving off the side of the bridge still killing the dog. Now there are 2 stories, one where both died, and the there the […]
Walker Rd (surrounding area) – Witnesses have seen a tall man in a black hat walking through their rooms at all hours of the day through one wall out the exterior wall. This area was also susceptible to other strange occurrences such as a strange noise coming from the ground. They described it as, “…a […]
There is a fire station on the north side of town that my brother worked at. The only night that something would happen was Halloween. Ear-shattering screams and rumblings were heard. The walls would sweat, even though there weren’t any leaks or plumbing works behind the wall. Every Halloween, the entire crew would pack up […]