The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
Railroad and newspaper man Frank Hammill is generally regarded as the “Father of Spooner.” He arrived in Spooner in 1902 and later became publisher of the Spooner Advocate, mayor of the town, and a prominent Republican politician. Hammill died suddenly in 1922 of a mysterious stomach problem. His body was displayed in the beautiful house […]
On numerous occasions vaporous forms are seen in the back hallway by the bathrooms where the man died. After closing things are also moved around not as people left them. Occasionally cold spots are noticed.
Milwaukee – Sandburg Halls – there have been many incidents in North Tower. On the G2 level there is occasionally mysterious squeaking coming through the concrete floors, objects are known to move independently.
At least six different spirits have been witnessed repeatedly – a poltergeist, a singing nun, the mother superior, a janitor, strangely-laughing children and a malevolent presence have all been reported.
Sometime back in the 1800’s, a man stole a horse from one of his neighbors. Mind you, this was a punishable by death in those days. After committing his crime he decided to go to the Walker House for a drink. The Walker House is a large restaurant/bar/hotel. While he was in the bar, a […]
On Ringling Road there is a trail that leads to a well, sources have seen a white image of a woman visit this well every night between 12 and 3 a.m. A few yards back there is a shack, inside is a stool that a man used to hang himself. This shack has been reported […]
Many deaths by suicides and murders have happened here. The owners of a restaurant in the building were closing up when they heard pounding on the floor above them. They went to see but nothing was there, so checked the stairs and heard noises, which all 4 of them went to investigate and found nothing!!! […]
The police department is built on an old Indian (Native American) cemetery. During the night, a typewriter will type with nobody around. Janitors have seen people wearing buckskin walking the hallways.
This hotel was certified haunted by the Wisconsin Ghost Investigations team in March 2002. They reported orbs, ectoplasm mists, and apparitions in photos. Investigators encountered cold and hot spots, unusual odors, sounds of breaking glass in the bar, sounds of a child running upstairs, a flute being played, undecipherable whispering, furniture moving in rooms, and […]
A local merchant was staying late one night to complete some work. He describes hearing the doors to back door of his business shake uncontrollably. When he went to investigate, the same thing happened to the front glass doors where he witnessed the doors shake, but could see right through them to find no one […]
During the night, there are noises in the pipes in all the bathrooms, hot and cold spots, weird smells down by the cafeteria that are on and off, footsteps have been heard late at night by janitors, and in the Computer Lab/Library books have been tossed across the room lying everywhere.
Many sightings of a ghostly cat figure have been reported in these woods. My boyfriend’s cat disappeared here under strange circumstances; no evidence was ever found. Some locals blame a creature called “Ames.” At night, witnesses have heard a man calling for his dog, seen a dog running loose, and report the animal vanishes or […]
The grounds of this Episcopal seminary have been inhabited since the 1500s and have been haunted by a ghost since the mid-1700s. When an acolyte to the Episcopal priesthood attended this seminary, his wife had an affair with the Dean. To accommodate this affair, the woman hanged her husband, though it was ruled a suicide. […]
When walking toward the old lighthouse on the trail that goes around the Island you encounter an old cemetery. A small boy and girl have been encountered there playing with one another, along with a phantom stone house in the woods.
In the campgrounds next to the cemetery, strange sounds and faint moans were heard on quiet September nights, coming from within the graveyard. A young boy, killed in a car accident, is buried there.
A bar once stood on this spot. It’s long gone now, replaced by a Dairy Queen. But according to the staff, something from the past might still linger. They often report strange noises and lights acting up—doing the kind of odd, playful things only lights seem to do without someone causing it.
Dr. Paschal Aldrich’s ghost haunts his former home.
Reports of a man with a lantern in his hand and he only has one side of his face he will try stopping you and asking you if you’ve seen his daughter because she was killed on that road in the 1900’s. Then when driving down the road on the right side of the road […]
Three security guards on second shift noticed a small dark figure dancing on the second floor. When they arrived at the site, no one was around. All the doors were locked and all the exits were within the guards’ view as they went to the area of the sighting.
There are presences in the the area that once was a stage, strange noises are heard there. – November 2005 update: Grace has purchased new property and will be building a new Church and School in Germantown.
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 […]