Haunted Places in Lyon County, Iowa



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    Palace Theatre

    Luverne, Minnesota

    18.9 miles from Lyon County, IA

    The Palace Theater was built by Herman Jochims in 1915, and his wife Maude played piano to accompany the silent films shown there. Her ghost is said to remain here playing the pipe organ, even though it no longer works. Both Herman and Maude have been seen as apparitions, and ...

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    Gitchie Manitou State Preserve

    Larchwood, Iowa

    20.4 miles from Lyon County, IA

    The 1973 Gitchie Manitou Murders involved an attack on a group of five teenagers at Gitchie Manitou State Preserve in Lyon County, Iowa. Four of the teenagers were killed and a fifth was raped. We have been there several times and have got many voices and apparitions. I was ...

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    715 South Phillips Avenue

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    28.1 miles from Lyon County, IA

    This historic apartment block is believed to be haunted by the apparition of a barefooted man, who has been seen wandering through the corridors. Other paranormal activity reported includes disembodied footsteps, cold spots, ghostly voices and bizarre knocking noises. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Washington Pavilion

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    28.4 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Locals tell of a construction worker who died after falling into an elevator shaft. Witnesses have described the unexplained sound of ghostly footsteps and an eerie feeling of being watched.

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    Orpheum Theatre Center

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    28.4 miles from Lyon County, IA

    At the 1913 Orpheum Theater, a deceased actor's ghost is said to linger. Nicknamed Larry, the unknown and angry ghost was first noticed by living actors around 1960. Larry was known to blow fuses and drop sandbags onto living actors. And in 1972, a technical director heard a loud noise ...

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    Old Minnehaha Courthouse Museum

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    28.6 miles from Lyon County, IA

    This historic courthouse is now the county museum, and is believed to be haunted by many different spirits. Staff and visitors claim to have heard someone falling down the stairs, and have heard disembodied footsteps walking between various rooms. Various visitors have also seen an elderly man sweeping one of ...

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    Pettigrew House Museum

    Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    28.7 miles from Lyon County, IA

    This historic mansion was built in 1889, and those on guided tours of the building may get more than they bargained for. The building is rumoured to be haunted by the wife of a former attorney who owned the building. Staff claim to have seen her inspecting the building, and ...

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    Akron Area Museum

    Akron, Iowa

    42 miles from Lyon County, IA

    The Akron Area Museum, formerly the home of the Ross Family is haunted some say by the Materiach, Mrs. Lucille Ross. The 100% volunteer staffed museum has had many members experience cold drafts, noises and a feeling of a presence around the main stairway and formal dining room ...

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    Akron Gold and Silver

    Akron, Iowa

    42 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Some say not all the guests are going home at closing time at Akron Gold and Silver, a fine antiques and estate collectable shop in downtown Akron Iowa. A neighboring business owner heard a male voice after hours calling their dog by it's name "Sandy" after hours when the building ...

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    Calumet Historic Hotel

    Pipestone, Minnesota

    43.2 miles from Lyon County, IA

    This historic hotel was erected during the nineteenth century to serve as a railroad stopover for the railway industry which at the time was the lifeblood of the township. The hotel featured two especially haunted rooms, which are always in demand by paranormal investigators and enthusiasts visiting the very ...

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    Pipestone County Museum

    Pipestone, Minnesota

    43.2 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Housed in a building that was once the city hall, the museum is said to be haunted by the ghost of a little blonde girl who appears wearing a blue 19th-century dress and white apron. Footsteps and stomping are also heard, and reports say the ghost of the old doctor ...

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    Daneville Inn

    Viborg, South Dakota

    46.2 miles from Lyon County, IA

    There are reports at this historic building of people seeing a strange glowing apparition floating through the main bar area when the building has closed down for the night. Strange noises and disembodied footsteps have also been heard when there is no one around. It is unclear whether the inn ...

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    Cherokee Mental Health Institute Cemetery

    Cherokee, Iowa

    53.4 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Behind the MHI on the north side there Is a locked gate about 4 feet tall, if you follow that path down about a foot ball field distance you should cross a small bridge,and there is a small cemetery that is home to nameless graves. It is said that if you ...

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    American Theatre

    Cherokee, Iowa

    54.8 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Staff at the theatre maintain that it is haunted by previous owner Mr. Goldie. A seat has been seen rocking, slowly, all by itself, and it is said that the theatre's employees have many more stories to tell.

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    Moose Pond

    Spencer, Iowa

    56.7 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Locals tell a story of harrowing events that happen at 8:47 p.m. on December 23. If you visit the iced-over pond on that night, you can hear pounding on the ice and hear the screams of a young boy trapped beneath the ice. According to the story, the young boy ...

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    Calvary Cemetery

    Sioux City, Iowa

    60.5 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Visitors to this cemetery have experienced an unexplained ringing in their ears and the feeling of cobwebs draped over their faces. It is said that these sensations strengthen the closer one gets to a certain grave, one that has a headstone carved from part of a tree. Local legend has ...

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    Sioux City Municipal Auditorium

    Sioux City, Iowa

    62.3 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Legend has it that Rodriguez, an electrician who was electrocuted in the 1940s during the building of the auditorium, haunts the area by flickering the lights and turning them off and on. There are also cold spots felt near the site of his death. The ghost of a 12-year-old boy ...

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    KD Station

    Sioux City, Iowa

    62.3 miles from Lyon County, IA

    The building started out in 1915 as a meat-packing plant, but changed hands to a packing operation. In 1949 a gas leak and resulting explosion killed several people. Later on, the spot became a shopping center, and it is here that strange happenings have been reported. Lights turn on by ...

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    Dimmitt Hall - Morningside College

    Sioux City, Iowa

    62.9 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Residents of this dorm have reported hearing a girl choking and gagging at night. Also, an apparition of a crying woman has been seen walking down the hall. She is said to be the ghost of a girl who committed suicide by hanging herself from the heating pipes in her ...

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    Leflur / Lefler House

    Sioux City, Iowa

    63.2 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Reports may differ as to spell the name of the locally famous haunted house, but its merit as a haunted site is hard to argue. Several murders have taken place on the premises. Phenomena reported include a red glow seen upstairs, a very cold attic (even in the heat of ...

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    Graceland Park Cemetery

    Sioux City, Iowa

    64.2 miles from Lyon County, IA

    It is said that orbs of light can be seen here, but visitors trying to take pictures report that they feel a bit disoriented and find that their cameras mysteriously fail to work until they leave the area.

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    South Dakota State University - Doner Auditorium

    Brookings, South Dakota

    70.7 miles from Lyon County, IA

    The ghost who haunts Doner Auditorium is believed to be a former janitor who fell to his death in 1919 from an alcove that housed an organ. After that, the organ played randomly on its own until it was dismantled. The ghost still walks, though, tinkering with the electricity and ...

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    Swope Hall - Buena Vista University

    Storm Lake, Iowa

    71.8 miles from Lyon County, IA

    A ghost named Mary is said to haunt this hall. Legend says her house once stood in the very spot where Swope Hall stands today. She died of lead poisoning, which caused her to become mentally unstable and leap from a 3rd-story window. Phenomema experienced here involve the opening and ...

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    Lottie's Grave - Taylor Cemetery

    Homer, Nebraska

    71.9 miles from Lyon County, IA

    Some say Lottie haunts the cemetery and that a curse will befall those who visit her gravesite. In some stories, Lottie was murdered, was a witch, or was run over by a car. Many tales abound, such as one that says shortly after her burial, thieves tried to dig up ...

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    Stage Coach Inn

    Ida Grove, Iowa

    79.8 miles from Lyon County, IA

    The Stage Coach Inn was built in 1856 by John and Martha Moorhead; The Inn served a stage coach stop and the first court house in Ida County Iowa and was also the church, School as well as the first hospital in Ida grove were amputations sometimes accrued on the ...