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0Villisca Axe Murder House
Villisca, Iowa
16.6 miles from Yorktown, IA
In 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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0High Creek Cemetery
Watson, Missouri
26.6 miles from Yorktown, IA
Upon finding this website, I was shocked to find this location was not listed, as it is "well known" by locals to be noted as haunted. The experience I had there happened about 10 years ago. A friend and I were hanging out one night and decided to ...
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St. Mary's Cemetery
Hamburg, Iowa
27.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
A 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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0Malvern Manor
Malvern, Iowa
29 miles from Yorktown, IA
Built 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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Meriwether Lewis Dredge
Brownville, Nebraska
34.9 miles from Yorktown, IA
Dredge Captain Meriwether Lewis, built in 1931, is one of the few surviving examples of its type built to control flooding along U.S. rivers. It contains a museum that is believed to be haunted. Employees say the ghosts have long been a part of the museum's staff. Perhaps most notably, ...
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Eliza C. Morgan Hall - Peru State College
Peru, Nebraska
35.1 miles from Yorktown, IA
The Morgan Hall dormitory is said to be haunted by Eliza Morgan herself. Legend has it that she once lived in the house that makes up the center of the dormitory, and she died in the basement.
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Captain Bailey Museum
Brownville, Nebraska
35.2 miles from Yorktown, IA
Civil War Captain Bailey's seven-gabled house now holds the museum of Brownville artifacts, and is rumored to be haunted by the captain himself. Among the proof, witnesses say, are doors that won't stay closed and the sound of piano playing late at night. Local tales say the captain died as ...
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Super China Buffet
Nebraska City, Nebraska
36.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
Formerly 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
38.2 miles from Yorktown, IA
Sensitive 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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Hannah's Grave
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
38.2 miles from Yorktown, IA
According 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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Jewell Park
Bellevue, Nebraska
48.1 miles from Yorktown, IA
Witnesses 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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John Rice Library
Bellevue, Nebraska
48.6 miles from Yorktown, IA
Apparitions 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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0General Dodge House
Council Bluffs, Iowa
51 miles from Yorktown, IA
Folks 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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0Squirrel Cage - Old Pottawattamie County Jail
Council Bluffs, Iowa
51.2 miles from Yorktown, IA
Built 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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0Union Pacific Railroad Museum
Council Bluffs, Iowa
51.2 miles from Yorktown, IA
This 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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Fairview Cemetery
Council Bluffs, Iowa
51.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
The 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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Oakwood Cemetery
Weeping Water, Nebraska
52.2 miles from Yorktown, IA
One witness warns that the spirits may rise from the graves and attack visitors at night.
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White House Apartments
Omaha, Nebraska
53.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
The 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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0Lewis and Clark Park
Council Bluffs, Iowa
53.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
Unexplained feelings of sickness and disorientation have been reported by those who come to this park that honors the historic explorers.
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James F Lynch Park
Omaha, Nebraska
54 miles from Yorktown, IA
The 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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Tedrow Cemetery
Kellerton, Iowa
54.2 miles from Yorktown, IA
Rumor 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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O'Connor's Irish Pub
Omaha, Nebraska
54.2 miles from Yorktown, IA
At 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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Old Highway 83
Shelby, Iowa
54.8 miles from Yorktown, IA
Different 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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Mystery Manor
Omaha, Nebraska
55 miles from Yorktown, IA
Built 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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Cornerstone Mansion Bed and Breakfast
Omaha, Nebraska
56 miles from Yorktown, IA
This 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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Prospect Hill Cemetery
Omaha, Nebraska
56.3 miles from Yorktown, IA
A 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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Ball Cemetery
Springfield, Nebraska
57.6 miles from Yorktown, IA
The oldest grave marker at Ball Cemetery is reported to be dated 1869, and many apparitions have been reported here over the years. One is a tall male with a bad temper who walks around after dark, sometimes attacking late-night visitors. Another is Mary Mumford, who is buried here. Folks ...
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Museum of Shadows
Elmwood, Nebraska
59.9 miles from Yorktown, IA
We have captured some amazing evidence that links back to Harry Green and the Blackbird Store. We have even interacted with the souls who are attached to the very items in the museum. You may feel a soft touch on your arm or shoulder to smelling a very strong perfume ...
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0Hummel Park
Omaha, Nebraska
60.4 miles from Yorktown, IA
This 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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0Brother Sebastian's
Omaha, Nebraska
60.6 miles from Yorktown, IA
Bill Walden is the identity of the ghost who haunts this restaurant, a man who wears a tweed smoking jacket and ascot. He was a regular patron, and although he has since passed away, his spirit has made it clear that he still visits regularly.
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Keystone Trail
Omaha, Nebraska
61 miles from Yorktown, IA
The Keystone Trail, near 90th and Fort streets, is believed by some locals to be visited by a phantom train on cold misty nights. The apparition of the train has been both seen and heard, although the railroad tracks were removed from this spot years ago.
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Oxbow Cemetery - Callahan Cemetery
Murdock, Nebraska
61.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
Ghostly children are said to be heard playing at this cemetery, known as Oxbow Cemetery, North Callahan Cemetery, Carter Cemetery and North Elmwood Cemetery. So the story goes, a nearby school collapsed in a big windstorm, pinning and killing a little girl named May Carter. Her father gave this land ...
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Terre Haute Cemetery
Decatur City, Iowa
67 miles from Yorktown, IA
The 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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Glore Psychiatric Museum
St. Joseph, Missouri
68.6 miles from Yorktown, IA
The Glore Psychiatric Museum is rumored to be haunted by long-dead patients who are still hoping that their mental illness can be cured. Apparitions seen here include a sharply dressed man and an elderly man, and in the basement, the motion detector is often set off when no one is ...
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The Social Parlor
St. Joseph, Missouri
68.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
The Social Parlor is a century-old building that held small businesses, such as a furrier's shop, which catered to the town's wealthy in the late 1800s to early 1900s. The ghost believed to haunt the building is, in fact, a furrier. Reports say the building is not currently in ...
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Barbosa's Castillo
Saint Joseph, Missouri
68.9 miles from Yorktown, IA
A Mexican restaurant specialising in authentic cuisine is housed inside this 1891 historic castle, which was formerly owned by a J.B Moss and his family. Staff nowadays working at the establishment have reported various instances of poltergeist activity, but little else is known about the hauntings and their origin. (Submitted ...
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Davis City Cemetery
Davis City, Iowa
70.4 miles from Yorktown, IA
It 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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The Earling Exorcism
Earling, Iowa
73.3 miles from Yorktown, IA
Earling 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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Elk Grove Cemetery - Union Township Cemetery
Coon Rapids, Iowa
73.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
According 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
74 miles from Yorktown, IA
It 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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Dana College
Blair, Nebraska
76.8 miles from Yorktown, IA
Dana College dates back to 1884, but was recently shut down and sold in 2010 due to financial problems. Latest word has it that the college will be refurbished and reopened around 2015-2016. Back in its heyday though, there were a number of places on campus said to be haunted. ...
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Old Captain's Studio
Lincoln, Nebraska
78.6 miles from Yorktown, IA
This historic building was formerly the residence of a retired sea captain, who owned a studio on the upper floor. Tenants of a law firm now located on the premises have reported seeing his apparition on several occasions over the years. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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The Historic Klondike Hotel
Manilla, Iowa
80.1 miles from Yorktown, IA
The 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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New Virginia Cemetery - Beymer Cemetery
New Virginia, Iowa
80.3 miles from Yorktown, IA
This is the gravesite of New Virginia's first settler. As legend has it, the gravestone has been replaced at some time over the years. Locals say an eerie glow will come from the stone at midnight, a protestation from the ghost, angry about the change.
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The Sallie House
Atchison, Kansas
80.6 miles from Yorktown, IA
The Sallie House is an unassuming, painted-brick house built around 1870, but is known for being extremely haunted. Sallie, the imaginary friend of a former tenant's daughter, is believed to be one of its ghosts. Some of the strange things experienced here include pictures turned upside down on the walls, ...
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0Tuck U Inn At Glick Mansion
Atchison, Kansas
80.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
At this historic inn, over a century old, a ghost is known to make noises, including footsteps, at night, and open and close the doors.
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Atchison Daily Globe
Atchison, Kansas
81 miles from Yorktown, IA
This local newspaper office is believed to be haunted by a deceased newspaper editor who died under mysterious circumstances. Witnesses working late have heard the back door, although locked, open and close on its own.
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The Van Meter Creature
Van Meter, Iowa
83.3 miles from Yorktown, IA
First 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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0Van Fossen Cemetery
Adel, Iowa
83.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
Since 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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Barnard Park
Fremont, Nebraska
84.7 miles from Yorktown, IA
Barnard Park was once a cemetery, and it is rumored that when the city moved the bodies and turned it into a park, some of the bodies were missed. Several apparitions are said to roam here late at night, most notably a woman who was following the Mormon Trail and ...
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