Haunted Places in Elmore County, Idaho

Donna's Place

Idaho City, Idaho

Donna's Place is where to shop for NASCAR and Budweiser memorabilia, but it is also renowned for its ghost. The female apparition appears to staff and customers, and has been known to answer questions by knocking on the walls.

Boot Hill Cemetery - Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery

Idaho City, Idaho

There are said to be over 3,000 buried here, including hundreds of unknown or unmarked graves, many no doubt a result of the violence at this 1860s Gold Rush town. Locals say many of their spirits still linger here.

Old Idaho State Penitentiary

Boise, Idaho

Witnesses have reported flickering lights and uneasy feelings at this site.

Murder House - Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

The site, now a frat house, was reported to be the setting for a brutal murder in 1987, and some folks believe it is haunted. Blood stains may appear on the walls and the blinds will open and close by themselves.

Loon Creek Area

Boise, Idaho

An 1870 robbery led to the haunting of this place. Manuel Sato was cooking breakfast at his campsite when he was fatally knifed in a sneak attack. The robber recently had also robbed a bank, and when soldiers came to search for the loot, they found Sato's spirit leading a ...

Fort Boise Military Cemetery - Cottonwood Cemetery

Boise, Idaho

The many unmarked graves here help to fuel the reasoning for the haunts here. According to reports, most often seen are the spirits of children and a woman, who has also been seen at a nearby school.

Egyptian Theatre

Boise, Idaho

When King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered in 1922, Egypt became part of popular culture. Fitting right in, the Egyptian Theatre opened in 1927, and the first film shown there was "Don Juan." The ghost said to reside here is believed to be Joe, a projectionist who worked here from the ...

Idanha Hotel

Boise, Idaho

During the renovations of the hotel, many construction workers and employees quit due to reports of paranormal activity. The ghost a bellman who was gunned down in the hotel moves the elevator up and down by itself. Guests also report seeing him peering around corners in the building. Doors open ...

Owyhee Plaza Hotel

Boise, Idaho

Apparitions have been seen both in the guest rooms and in meeting rooms or basement areas. The ghosts have been reported by both staff and guests.

Night Moves - Satin Dolls

Boise, Idaho

Formerly Night Movies, the gentlman's club is now Satin Dolls. Employees and patrons have seen apparitions, some which have appeared in photographs, and felt cold spots. Objecst have been thrown, and chandeliers have been made to swing by an unseen force. The many spirits thought to haunt the place include ...

The Historic Gooding Hotel Bed and Breakfast

Gooding, Idaho

Dry Creek Cemetery

Boise, Idaho

Urban legend has it that if you go to the cemetery's edge near the canal at night any time past 2:15 a.m., you can hear a ghost horse running along the canal bank.

Get Inn - Tuberculosis Hospital

Gooding, Idaho

The site was once a hospital for patients with tuberculosis, but became a bed-and-breakfast called the Get Inn. The b&b closed in 2012, but reports were made of it being haunted. Witnesses saw apparitions of an old man in a white coat and of a woman with a young girl. ...

University Inn

Gooding, Idaho

People who love ghost tales will love the University Inn in Gooding, Idaho. University Inn is the sole remaining structure of the failed Gooding College, built in 1917. The building was the men's dormitory. The Gooding College suffered financial losses during the Great Depression that resulted in the school's closure. ...

Kit Kat Klub

Meridian, Idaho

Employees here say they've seen ghosts that come along with unexplained pounding sounds.

Russian John Station - Wood River Camp

Ketchum, Idaho

The ghost of an immigrant miner nicknamed Russian John reportedly haunts this area. His apparition has been seen since the 1920s.

Ghost Stallion of Owyhee County

Elmore County, Idaho

Locals in these parts will tell of a helpful pack of phantom horses. It is said that they materialize from a rift in the clouds to help when cowboys or farmers find themselvs in danger.

Old Mercy Hospital

Nampa, Idaho

This building was built in 1918, and shut down in 1999, due to chemical leaks from the basement pipes. Since it was shut down, there have been many sightings of ghosts and what some believe may be demons, or the angry spirits of the patients who just happened to die ...

Pete's Tavern

Nampa, Idaho

Pete's Tavern, with its back room called the Cave, is famous for its spirits -- the paranormal kind. Recordings inside the Cave have turned up 4 different diesmbodied voices: a grumbly older man, a female with a Southern accent, a whispering female, and a young man. Witnesses say the spirits ...

Plaza Bridge

Emmett, Idaho

Witnesses have reported many strange happenings here, such as apparitions of women who seem to be searching for crying babies, as judged by the wailing sounds heard simultaneously.