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0Pettigrew House Museum
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
34.9 miles from Salem, SD
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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Old Minnehaha Courthouse Museum
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
35.1 miles from Salem, SD
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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Orpheum Theatre Center
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
35.2 miles from Salem, SD
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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Washington Pavilion
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
35.3 miles from Salem, SD
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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715 South Phillips Avenue
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
35.5 miles from Salem, SD
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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Daneville Inn
Viborg, South Dakota
41.3 miles from Salem, SD
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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Gitchie Manitou State Preserve
Larchwood, Iowa
43.2 miles from Salem, SD
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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South Dakota State University - Doner Auditorium
Brookings, South Dakota
51.1 miles from Salem, SD
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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Calumet Historic Hotel
Pipestone, Minnesota
56.7 miles from Salem, SD
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
56.7 miles from Salem, SD
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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0Mount Marty College
Yankton, South Dakota
58.6 miles from Salem, SD
Ghosts said to haunted this campus include construction workers who fiddle with the electricity, showers and water fountains; a nun; a music teacher; and numerous other apparitions. Students say Whitby Hall was so haunted that is was closed down, and it contains a ghost of a man in gray polyester ...
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Dakota Theatre
Yankton, South Dakota
59 miles from Salem, SD
This historic theatre opened in 1902,changed owners and names on several occasions. Theatre patrons and cast have reported sighting a spectral face floating through the seating area after closing hours, as well as feeling cold spots, hearing screams and a bloodstains which appears during certain productions. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Palace Theatre
Luverne, Minnesota
59.1 miles from Salem, SD
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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Libby's Steakhouse
Springfield, South Dakota
65.3 miles from Salem, SD
Some say the basement of Libby’s Steakhouse, formerly Hoch Drugstore, was haunted by the ghost of a girl, whose apparition was glimpsed once. Witnesses say bowls will fall over if the basement door is left open, and folks have noticed an uneasy feeling on the basement stairs. Rumor has it ...
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0Argo Hotel
Crofton, Nebraska
68.8 miles from Salem, SD
According to local legend, the ghost of a young girl who died in the basement can be seen here. Folks also say a baby's skeleton was found within the lounge walls during remodeling, and a ghostly mother is said to wail looking for her baby. Pictures also are said to ...
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Akron Gold and Silver
Akron, Iowa
74.6 miles from Salem, SD
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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Akron Area Museum
Akron, Iowa
74.9 miles from Salem, SD
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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Herrick Hotel
Gary, South Dakota
87.3 miles from Salem, SD
Patrons have heard the ghostly laughter of a child who lived at the historic hotel when it was a blind school. Others have reported hearing footsteps on the upper floor of the building when no one is around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Old Taunton Catholic Cemetery
Taunton, Minnesota
88.9 miles from Salem, SD
Reports say that the apparition of a 12-year-old girl in a rocking chair was seen rocking next to her grave.
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Calvary Cemetery
Sioux City, Iowa
95.8 miles from Salem, SD
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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0Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
Sioux City, Iowa
98.6 miles from Salem, SD
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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0KD Station
Sioux City, Iowa
99.3 miles from Salem, SD
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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0Dimmitt Hall - Morningside College
Sioux City, Iowa
100.5 miles from Salem, SD
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
100.8 miles from Salem, SD
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
102.1 miles from Salem, SD
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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0Lottie's Grave - Taylor Cemetery
Homer, Nebraska
103.6 miles from Salem, SD
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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Wayne State College - Neihardt Hall
Wayne, Nebraska
104.1 miles from Salem, SD
Neihardt Hall is said to be haunted by Cora, a young woman who committed suicide in the basement. Also, the ghost of a girl who was electrocuted while playing with a ball near bare electrical wires is said to haunt the tunnels between the dorms.
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