Most Haunted Places in Nebraska

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    EHP Rating: 95.2

    Wheat Growers Hotel

    Kimball, Nebraska
    This 1918 hotel has a sole ghost. The apparition of a woman has been spotted on several occasions standing behind an upper floor window, gazing down into the street. Her association with the building is not known, but local folk claim she was associated with a speakeasy housed in the basement...
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    EHP Rating: 88.1

    Hannah's Grave

    Plattsmouth, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 87.5

    Haunted Bridge

    Clay County, Nebraska
    The 1885 story of the haunted bridge begins with Tom Jones and his widowed sister Elizabeth Taylor, who were fighting with their neighbors over their cattle getting into their neighbors' crops. Tom and Elizabeth felt unsafe over the turmoil and bought a shotgun. Soon after, some men were cutting...
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    EHP Rating: 87.1

    Hummel Park

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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 a nearby...
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    EHP Rating: 87.1

    Gilbert Cemetery

    Friend, Nebraska
    The Gilberts, an 1890s pioneer family, are said to haunt this cemetery. Folks have reported that tombstones may move and unexplained noises can be heard on the...
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    EHP Rating: 87.0

    Lake Street Lake - Rudge Memorial Park

    Lincoln, Nebraska
    Formerly dairy farm, and then a skating rink, the park is said to be haunted by a little boy killed long ago by a gang of bullies. Apparitions have been reported to occur in winter near the...
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    EHP Rating: 85.7

    Oxbow Cemetery - Callahan Cemetery

    Murdock, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 84.6

    Arrow Historic Hotel and Pub

    Broken Bow, Nebraska
    There have been many strange reports of paranormal activity in the hotel, which is still in operation. Staff have reportedly seen a grey-haired walking around the building after closing hours, but upon investigating have found no one there, as well as a ghostly man sitting in the cigar room. The...
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    EHP Rating: 84.0

    Richmond House

    Lincoln, Nebraska
    In the 1920s there was a triple murder suicide involving the husband, Bill, his wife Venus, her lover and their baby. Bill killed Venus by shotgun... he then laid on the railroad tracks near the home and was killed by a train. The baby was never found... In a corner of the basement is a...
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    EHP Rating: 83.7

    Ball Cemetery

    Springfield, Nebraska
    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 have...
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    EHP Rating: 83.3

    Plumer Street House

    Maxwell, Nebraska
    The Plumer Street house is near the center of town along the first part of the street nearest Maxwell Road. The 2-story house is the site of many tortured souls and has been the site of many deaths. From the house have come wails and cries of tortured infants, and many deaths are said to have...
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    EHP Rating: 83.1

    Barnard Park

    Fremont, Nebraska
    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 lost her daughter, who died at a...
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    EHP Rating: 82.9

    Devil's Canyon

    McCook, Nebraska
    A dirt road located 7 miles north of McCook on East 11th Street leads to what locals have named Devil's Canyon. Its story is old and sad: Over 100 years ago a man is said to have killed his wife and kids here, then killed himself. Nicknamed The Duke, his ghost is said to be a shadowy figure who...
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    EHP Rating: 82.1

    Concordia University - David Hall

    Seward, Nebraska
    The David Dorm is rumored to be haunted by Native Americans whose 1700s bones were found when the dorm was built in the 1970s. Residents say electronic appliances and showers turn on by...
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    EHP Rating: 81.8

    Mansion on the Hill

    Ogallala, Nebraska
    This 1887 house museum is rumoured to have a haunt or two, with staff and visitors alike reporting various paranormal occurrences. These range from ghostly lights floating through the back rooms of the building during the night to reports of the apparition of a man who has been seen wandering...
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    EHP Rating: 81.5

    Hastings College

    Hastings, Nebraska
    The ghost of a music professor is said to show up in the music hall as an apparition or an orb. He also is said to turn lights on and off. Also, the Altman Hall is said to be haunted by namesake Clara Altman, who is said to act as a guardian angel for the students who live...
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    EHP Rating: 80.0

    Dana College

    Blair, Nebraska
    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. Argo Hall, the...
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    EHP Rating: 79.3

    Blackbird Hill

    Thurston County, Nebraska
    The burial place of Omaha Indian Chief Blackbird, said to be buried here sitting upright on his horse, is rumored to be haunted. And it's old -- folks say in 1804, famed explorers Lewis and Clark visited this gravesite, leaving behind decorations to commemorate him. But the ghost here is not the...
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    EHP Rating: 78.4

    Antelope Park

    Lincoln, Nebraska
    Near Antelope Park's memorial, behind the caretaker's house, is a field. Witnesses report that many apparitions have been seen in this field, walking across it and into the...
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    EHP Rating: 77.8

    Warbonnet Creek Battlefield Site

    Harrison, Nebraska
    The Warbonnet Creek Battlefield Site is believed to be haunted by a spirits from its past. Visitors have heard footsteps running through the woods and voices that speak in strange languages, most likely Cheyenne. A green glowing mist has been seen by many visitors near the monument that marks the...
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    EHP Rating: 77.8

    Robber's Cave - Van Dorn Park

    Lincoln, Nebraska
    Robber's Cave, in southwest Lincoln near the intersection of 10th and High streets, was called Pahuk Bluff by the Pawnee Indians who came here to contact Tirawa, the god of all things. The cave was later a stop on the Underground Railroad and, in 1876, a hideout for Jesse James. Later, because of...
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    EHP Rating: 76.9

    University of Nebraska - Temple Theatre

    Lincoln, Nebraska
    This theater at the University of Nebraska, founded in 1869, is the centerpiece for some oft-told campus tales. In the 1940s, a student was said to have fallen to his death from the overhead rigging during a production of MacBeth, and now his apparition is said to appear during Shakespeare...
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    EHP Rating: 76.0

    Argo Hotel

    Crofton, Nebraska
    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 move...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Olde Main Street Inn

    Chadron, Nebraska
    Visit this inn and you may see signs of a friendly ghost named Jack. Witnesses have heard unexplained footsteps and experienced objects that move from one spot to another when no one has touched...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Old Captain's Studio

    Lincoln, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Shirley K's Coffee Shop

    Cambridge, Nebraska
    This quaint coffee shop and pharmacy store is haunted by two ghosts, according to employees. During the hours between dusk and dawn, the owner of the place has reportedly seen the apparition of an elderly man in an old-fashioned magenta suit, whilst another member of staff saw a woman with long...
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    EHP Rating: 75.0

    Alliance Theatre

    Alliance, Nebraska
    The Alliance Theater formerly the 1903 Charter Hotel, is said to be haunted by shadowy figures. Folks also have reported footsteps that run down the aisles and uneasy feelings, although the haunts here are said to be...
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    EHP Rating: 73.9

    Nebraska State Capitol

    Lincoln, Nebraska
    The Nebraska State Capitol was built over 10 years (1922-1932), and is still the home of Nebraska's government. It is said to be haunted by an apparition of someone falling, along with screaming and crying. It is thought to be either a man who had a heart attack and fell while stringing Christmas...
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    EHP Rating: 73.3

    Wayne State College - Neihardt Hall

    Wayne, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 72.7

    McCabe Hotel and Building

    North Platte, Nebraska
    This former historic hotel is now believed to be abandoned, but former tenants reportedly heard footsteps and strange noises on the third floor when there was no one around. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 72.4

    Prospect Hill Cemetery

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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 Bee...
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    EHP Rating: 72.2

    Fox Theatre

    North Platte, Nebraska
    Built in 1929 by former Nebraska governor Keith Neville, the former Fox Theatre is now the Neville Center for the Performing Arts. Witnesses say that in the balcony lighting booth, a spirit causes sudden temperature drops and sometimes touches their...
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    EHP Rating: 71.4

    Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander's Home

    Sidney, Nebraska
    Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander's Home is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a young officer's wife. She broke her neck falling down some stairs in 1885, while trying to carry a load of laundry. When her husband found her, he had the stairs boarded up. In around the 1930s, witnesses began...
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    EHP Rating: 71.4

    St. Patrick's Cemetery - Glowing Graveyard

    Columbus, Nebraska
    The cemetery, a.k.a. the Glowing Graveyard, is the center of several local ghost stories. For one, the headstones, as you may guess, are said to glow at night by the light of a full moon. Skeptics say this is because of the reflective limestone in the headstones. Another local legend tells of an...
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    EHP Rating: 70.6

    John Rice Library

    Bellevue, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 70.0

    Kearney Area Children's Museum

    Kearney, Nebraska
    At the Kearney Area Children's Museum, the basement is rumored to be haunted. Said to be full of "strange equipment" with unusual stains all over the walls, some witnesses say the temperature dropped suddenly, their hair stood on end and they got a very uneasy...
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    EHP Rating: 70.0

    Broken Bow Library

    Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Staff have reported voices in heated arguments in the southeastern corner of the building near closing time. Also heard have been the voices of children laughing and playing accompanied by cold...
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    EHP Rating: 70.0

    Jewell Park

    Bellevue, Nebraska
    Witnesses at Jewell Park have reported residual sounds from phantom rodeos, apparitions of people and objects, unexplained mist, footprints, strange noises and animal...
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    EHP Rating: 66.7

    Centennial Hall

    Valentine, Nebraska
    Visitors to Nebraska's oldest standing school building, built in 1897, may see more than just the museum exhibits. Legend has it that in 1944, a girl was fatally poisoned while playing her clarinet; the poison was found on her reed. Her apparition has been glimpsed along with a generally bad...
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    EHP Rating: 66.7

    Wildwood

    Nebraska City, Nebraska
    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 & off & batteries...
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    EHP Rating: 66.7

    Meriwether Lewis Dredge

    Brownville, Nebraska
    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, a piano is...
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    EHP Rating: 66.7

    Clarkson Historical Opera House

    Clarkson, Nebraska
    Local residents and employees have reported hearing ghostly laughter and seeing apparitions in period clothing wandering around the building. (Submitted by Callum...
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    EHP Rating: 64.7

    Eliza C. Morgan Hall - Peru State College

    Peru, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 64.3

    The Hotel Cafe and Saloon

    Scribner, Nebraska
    The 1901 Hotel Cafe and Saloon, now operating as a restaurant, is believed to be haunted by victims of murders or suicides thought to have occurred in the building. On the second and third floors, witnesses have seen shadow figures, heard unexplained voices and felt cold...
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    EHP Rating: 61.9

    White House Apartments

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 60.0

    James F Lynch Park

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 60.0

    Super China Buffet

    Nebraska City, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 60.0

    Keystone Trail

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 60.0

    Ghost Bridge of Logan Creek

    Pender, Nebraska
    Local legend tells of an early-1900s train that was held up by vigilantes chasing down a hired hand who murdered the family that employed him. The train bridge used to cross the Logan Creek, and from this former trestle, the man was hanged. Residents say sometimes a ghost bridge appears as a dark...
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    EHP Rating: 58.3

    Platte Center Creek

    Platte Center, Nebraska
    The hauntings here are said to be caused by three men who, in the early 1900s, were buried alive when a cave they dug into the creek bed collapsed. Apparitions of all three men are said to show up at night, digging by lantern light. After working a few minutes, the men suddenly look up as if...
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    EHP Rating: 58.0

    Mystery Manor

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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 John Martin avenged...
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    EHP Rating: 57.1

    O'Connor's Irish Pub

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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...
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    EHP Rating: 55.6

    Cornerstone Mansion Bed and Breakfast

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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, and...
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    EHP Rating: 52.6

    Columbus Hy-Vee

    Columbus, Nebraska
    The ghost that haunts the Columbus Hy-Vee is nicknamed Scooter. He is said to make screeching sounds near the produce and dairy sections and has appeared to employees at around 2...
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    EHP Rating: 52.1

    Lottie's Grave - Taylor Cemetery

    Homer, Nebraska
    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 Lottie's body to steal the jewelry...
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    EHP Rating: 50.0

    Oakwood Cemetery

    Weeping Water, Nebraska
    One witness warns that the spirits may rise from the graves and attack visitors at...
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    EHP Rating: 50.0

    Jenners Park

    Loup City, Nebraska
    Witnesses at Jenners Park, a former zoo with its old cages still intact, say the sound of disembodied childlike laughter can be heard here at...
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    EHP Rating: 46.2

    Doane College Library

    Crete, Nebraska
    The college library is believed to be haunted by a woman in a white dress who appears in the basement or in front of a window during the full...
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    EHP Rating: 46.0

    Witch's Grave

    Aurora, Nebraska
    The ancient, isolated grave in the Aurora city cemetery, the "witch’s grave," has a mossy tombstone and a protruding marker, said to be a warning to deter others from witchcraft. So the story goes, the "witch" was eccentric, which was enough for the townsfolk to label her a witch and blame her...
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    EHP Rating: 44.4

    Scotts Bluff National Monument

    Gering, Nebraska
    Reports say a female apparition in white walks along the bluff's base at around midnight during the end of July or beginning of...
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    EHP Rating: 44.0

    Museum of Shadows

    Elmwood, Nebraska
    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 (flowery smell) to even seeing...
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    EHP Rating: 41.7

    Skyway Drive-In

    Schuyler, Nebraska
    At the Skyway Drive-In, folks say black phantom dogs with a missing eye and a missing leg roam the grounds. Witnesses maintain that f you look away from them, they...
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    EHP Rating: 40.0

    Captain Bailey Museum

    Brownville, Nebraska
    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 a...
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    EHP Rating: 38.5

    TrailBlazers - Old Montgomery Ward Building

    Fairbury, Nebraska
    Formerly TrailBlazers restaurant and before that a Montgomery Ward department store, this office building is believed to be haunted due to reports that objects move about on their own...
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    EHP Rating: 35.5

    Brother Sebastian's

    Omaha, Nebraska
    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...