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0Elk Grove Cemetery - Union Township Cemetery
Coon Rapids, Iowa
12 miles from Audubon County, IAAccording to local legend there is a small headstone with an eerie ability: If you position yourself the right way in front of it, after a few minutes it will begin to glow.
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Union Cemetery - The Devil's Chair
Guthrie Center, Iowa
21.4 miles from Audubon County, IAIt is said that those who sit in the cement chair will receive a spell of bad luck. The Devil's Chair has no markings, and sits between the Peterson and Miller graves. According to reports, the chair has been believed to be cursed for at least 35 years.
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The Historic Klondike Hotel
Manilla, Iowa
22.1 miles from Audubon County, IAThe Klondike Hotel was built on the street that in 1897 was named Railroad Street. It faced to the west toward the bustling Milwaukee tracks and depot. An access road was completed shortly after the hotel was built which directly connected the Hotel with the Depot. The ...
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The Earling Exorcism
Earling, Iowa
27.1 miles from Audubon County, IAEarling is famous for a 1928 exorcism that lasted more than 3 weeks. A local Franciscan convent was the setting for the ceremony; the target was the demons inhabiting Emma Schmidt. As Roman Catholic Capuchin Theophilus Riesinger worked, Emma is said to have flown across the room and clung to ...
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Old Highway 83
Shelby, Iowa
33.4 miles from Audubon County, IADifferent witnesses have reported seeing two young girls playing in the middle of the highway late at night. They wear flowing white dresses and are bathed in a glowing light.
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0Rainbow Bridge
Lake City, Iowa
38.4 miles from Audubon County, IAA chocolate-loving spirit resides at this old bowstring bridge. Stories say that if you bring an unopened chocolate bar to the bridge at midnight, lay it in the center of the bridge, and exit the bridge, after 5 minutes you will find an unopened and intact wrapper, but the chocolate ...
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0Van Fossen Cemetery
Adel, Iowa
44.6 miles from Audubon County, IASince the 1850's, the Van Fossen cemetery has had many names, from Rodenbaugh Cemetery, the Old Adel Cemetery, to the "official" name recorded by the state, the Gibson Cemetery. Along old highway 6, the cemetery is sometimes just called the Bilderback Cemetery, after the massive headstones that mark the ...
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The Van Meter Creature
Van Meter, Iowa
50.6 miles from Audubon County, IAFirst seen in 1903, the Van Meter Creature is a monster with batlike wings and a horn on its head that glows with blinding light. It may also manifest as a hovering spot of light. Shortly after it began to terrorize the townsfolk, strange sounds started coming from a coal ...
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0Villisca Axe Murder House
Villisca, Iowa
52.2 miles from Audubon County, IAIn 1912 an entire family was murdered here by axe, and it is said that the house is still haunted by their spirits. The house has been investigated and featured on the TV show Ghost Adventures.
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0Kate Shelly High Bridge
Boone, Iowa
54.7 miles from Audubon County, IALocal legend tells the tale of 15-year-old Kate Shelley, who in 1881 crawled across a badly damaged bridge during a terrible storm to warn an oncoming train that the bridge was out. This bridge, built in 1901, is said to be her ghost's home. Phantom trains also have been seen ...
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0Stage Coach Inn
Ida Grove, Iowa
55 miles from Audubon County, IAThe 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 ...
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0Lewis and Clark Park
Council Bluffs, Iowa
55.9 miles from Audubon County, IAUnexplained feelings of sickness and disorientation have been reported by those who come to this park that honors the historic explorers.
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Fairview Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Iowa
56.7 miles from Audubon County, IAThe Black Angel statue is said to follow visitors with their eyes, and may curse visitors with sickliness. Also reported here have been lights in the trees behind the older graves, and a feeling of being closely followed.
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0General Dodge House
Council Bluffs, Iowa
57.1 miles from Audubon County, IAFolks say General Dodge himself is still hanging about the grounds. If you take a guided tour through the building, you may catch a glimpse of him sitting in his rocking chair. Around the grounds, light flashes and the smell of fire have been reported. Another strange occurrence that may ...
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0Union Pacific Railroad Museum
Council Bluffs, Iowa
57.1 miles from Audubon County, IAThis museum has been completely restored and renovated, but it was once the town library. Locals say that in the basement, books would often fly off the shelves, and shadowy figures have been seen. Also, items would disappear only to turn up again later.
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0Squirrel Cage - Old Pottawattamie County Jail
Council Bluffs, Iowa
57.2 miles from Audubon County, IABuilt in 1885 and an innovation in jail cells for its time, this jail utilizes a "lazy susan" design, where the jail block is round and the cells form individual wedges like slices in a pie. With only one door leading in, the cells would be rotated by a ...
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Mt Hope Cemetery
Madrid, Iowa
57.5 miles from Audubon County, IAThe ghost of a child named Sara resides at this cemetery. She and four other children from her family are buried near the back. Sara is said to follow around visitors and ask for someone named Ree. She is also known to touch people and tug at clothing if her ...
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0Hummel Park
Omaha, Nebraska
58.7 miles from Audubon County, IAThis park was known for its lynch mobs who would long ago target African-Americans. This is said to be the reason why the trees all spookily lean to one side. Folks report hearing drums and howling wolves here, and apparitions have been seen as well, according to legend stemming from ...
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Boone County Historical Society - Masonic Temple
Boone, Iowa
58.9 miles from Audubon County, IADating back to 1907, the historic former masonic temple and museum may have a resident ghost. Known as 'Frank', the poltergeist frequently slams doors and turns on lights after the place has been closed up for the night. Disembodied footsteps have also been heard on the second floor, and ...
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0Malvern Manor
Malvern, Iowa
58.9 miles from Audubon County, IABuilt in the late 1800's as a hotel initially to service the railroad. Was eventually turned into a nursing home and then a group home for the mentally handicapped. It serviced everyone from those with Down's Syndrome to the more exotic of diseases like multiple personalities and schizophrenia. The building ...
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The Boone News-Republican
Boone, Iowa
59.8 miles from Audubon County, IAEmployees who work late have heard unexplained footsteps and, at times, have heard their names called. The phenomena seem to occur only when the place is nearly empty of people.
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Mystery Manor
Omaha, Nebraska
60.8 miles from Audubon County, IABuilt in 1887, Mystery Manor was home to William and Greta Hall. Reports say that when the stock market crashed on October 23, 1929, William Hall lost his fortune and went insane. He attacked Greta with an axe then buried her in the front yard. A week later, Greta's brother ...
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O'Connor's Irish Pub
Omaha, Nebraska
60.9 miles from Audubon County, IAAt O'Connor's Irish Pub, which opened in 2003, shadow figures and unexplained footsteps are seen and heard in the kitchen as well as in the second-floor bar area.
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White House Apartments
Omaha, Nebraska
61.1 miles from Audubon County, IAThe White House Apartments building is a three-story Italianate Victorian building assumed to once have been a home built around the turn of the century. It was a hospital before it was remodeled into apartments, and is said to be haunted possibly by former patients' ghosts. Witnesses say the apparition ...
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Prospect Hill Cemetery
Omaha, Nebraska
61.4 miles from Audubon County, IAA ghostly woman in white was scene by occupants of the property adjacent to the cemetery in 1874. An account of the ghostly lady, who demanded to know the whereabouts of her children before walking back to her grave in the cemetery and vanishing, was published in the Omaha Daily ...
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James F Lynch Park
Omaha, Nebraska
61.9 miles from Audubon County, IAThe park is believed to be haunted, as many witnesses will attest. Some of the strange occurrences here have been unexplained footsteps, a ghostly baby's wails, and a man screaming, asking for help, and grabbing the legs of passersby.
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Cornerstone Mansion Bed and Breakfast
Omaha, Nebraska
62.5 miles from Audubon County, IAThis 1894 bed and breakfast inn is housed inside a historic mansion, which has many ghostly tales associated with it. There have been reports of the apparitions of a young man and an elderly former owner appearing on separate occasions in a rocking chair located in the parlour room, ...
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Jewell Park
Bellevue, Nebraska
63 miles from Audubon County, IAWitnesses at Jewell Park have reported residual sounds from phantom rodeos, apparitions of people and objects, unexplained mist, footprints, strange noises and animal sounds.
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Bannwell Bridge - Terror Bridge
Barnum, Iowa
63.5 miles from Audubon County, IALocal legend maintains that a woman once killed her 3 kids here. Some reports say she hung them from the bridge and they were hit by a train coming through. Her ghostly head is said to follow you down the road, and if you don't have your doors and windows ...
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John Rice Library
Bellevue, Nebraska
63.7 miles from Audubon County, IAApparitions of an old man and a young girl have been seen at the John Rice Library. The girl, about 10, has dark brown hair parted in the middle and big round glasses, and the man is seen crouching over books.
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Vegors Cemetery
Lehigh, Iowa
66 miles from Audubon County, IAThe cemetery is said to be haunted by the spirits of restless Native Americans and Mrs. Henry Lott, the wife of a man who was known to cheat the Native Americans and steal their horses. She was killed while trying to escape from angry Native Americans seeking revenge, although her ...
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0Swope Hall - Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, Iowa
68 miles from Audubon County, IAA 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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0Hawkeye Theatre
Fort Dodge, Iowa
68.1 miles from Audubon County, IAReports say visitors to the theater get the feeling of being watched, and have seen a ghostly little girl. Also, some say if you are alone here you will feel the not-so-gentle touch of an invisible hand.
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Hawkeye Community Theatre
Fort Dodge, Iowa
68.1 miles from Audubon County, IAThis historic theatre is believed to be haunted by the apparition of a young girl who was murdered nearby. Witnesses claim to have seen her sitting in the hall after hours, and have felt her brush past them in the corridors. The chandelier at the entrance also moves of ...
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Hannah's Grave
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
72.2 miles from Audubon County, IAAccording to local legend, Hannah was a 16-year-old girl in the 1800s who became pregnant. Her parents, displeased, delivered the baby at home and promptly drowned it in the Missouri River, telling Hannah the baby had been stillborn. Poor Hannah died of a broken heart shortly thereafter and was buried ...
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Humboldt County Historical Museum
Humboldt, Iowa
80.5 miles from Audubon County, IALights are seen in the building at night and some people claim the ghost of a man who drowned in the nearby river has also been spotted roaming the grounds.
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0American Theatre
Cherokee, Iowa
80.7 miles from Audubon County, IAStaff 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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Tedrow Cemetery
Kellerton, Iowa
80.9 miles from Audubon County, IARumor has it that it is not actually the small cemetery, but the surrounding woods, that are haunted. Phenomena experienced here include glowing lights coming from the woods, shadowed apparitions, and the sounds of footsteps, moaning, and other strange noises.
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Cherokee Mental Health Institute Cemetery
Cherokee, Iowa
81.9 miles from Audubon County, IABehind 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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St. Mary's Cemetery
Hamburg, Iowa
83.6 miles from Audubon County, IAA mysterious spirit, that of a woman, has been seen kneeling at the feet of three of the cemetery's Virgin Mary statues. Also reported have been wailing sounds coming from the statues.
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Super China Buffet
Nebraska City, Nebraska
85.3 miles from Audubon County, IAFormerly Bischof’s Hardware, the restaurant is believed to be haunted by either the ghost of former owner Mr. Bischof or the spirits of a young man who died nearby. Many strange occurrences have been reported here, such as objects that move by themselves.
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0Wildwood
Nebraska City, Nebraska
86.4 miles from Audubon County, IASensitive guests feel a 'presence' when they tour this historic 1860's home. Some have mentioned seeing a lady in a long black dress in the kitchen or hear footsteps in the dining room. Others hear children's voices upstairs. A paranormal team had it's flashlight turn on ...
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Terre Haute Cemetery
Decatur City, Iowa
87.3 miles from Audubon County, IAThe spirit of a little boy can be seen playing on the swingset behind a cabin adjacent to the cemetery. He may motion for you to follow him into the cemetery, where he is buried. Once at his grave, he disappears.
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Davis City Cemetery
Davis City, Iowa
91.6 miles from Audubon County, IAIt is said that visitors to the cemetery may exoerience a sudden feeling of pressure as they enter. Shooting lights also have been reported streaming across the grounds very late at night.
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