Haunted Places in Monona County, Iowa



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    Blackbird Hill

    Monona County, Nebraska

    17.2 miles from Monona County, IA

    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 ...

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    Stage Coach Inn

    Ida Grove, Iowa

    32.4 miles from Monona County, IA

    The 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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    The Earling Exorcism

    Earling, Iowa

    33.8 miles from Monona County, 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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    Graceland Park Cemetery

    Sioux City, Iowa

    34.3 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    Leflur / Lefler House

    Sioux City, Iowa

    35.7 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    Dimmitt Hall - Morningside College

    Sioux City, Iowa

    35.9 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    Lottie's Grave - Taylor Cemetery

    Homer, Nebraska

    36 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    Dana College

    Blair, Nebraska

    36.1 miles from Monona County, 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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    Ghost Bridge of Logan Creek

    Pender, Nebraska

    36.8 miles from Monona County, IA

    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 ...

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    KD Station

    Sioux City, Iowa

    37.1 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    Sioux City Municipal Auditorium

    Sioux City, Iowa

    38 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    The Historic Klondike Hotel

    Manilla, Iowa

    38.9 miles from Monona County, 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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    Calvary Cemetery

    Sioux City, Iowa

    40.7 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    The Hotel Cafe and Saloon

    Scribner, Nebraska

    45 miles from Monona County, IA

    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 spots.

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    Old Highway 83

    Shelby, Iowa

    46 miles from Monona County, 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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    Hummel Park

    Omaha, Nebraska

    47.3 miles from Monona County, 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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    Barnard Park

    Fremont, Nebraska

    50.6 miles from Monona County, 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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    Keystone Trail

    Omaha, Nebraska

    51.9 miles from Monona County, 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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    Lewis and Clark Park

    Council Bluffs, Iowa

    52 miles from Monona County, 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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    Cherokee Mental Health Institute Cemetery

    Cherokee, Iowa

    52.5 miles from Monona County, IA

    Behind 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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    American Theatre

    Cherokee, Iowa

    52.6 miles from Monona County, IA

    Staff 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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    Prospect Hill Cemetery

    Omaha, Nebraska

    53.4 miles from Monona County, 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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    Mystery Manor

    Omaha, Nebraska

    54.3 miles from Monona County, 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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    Fairview Cemetery

    Council Bluffs, Iowa

    54.3 miles from Monona County, 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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    Cornerstone Mansion Bed and Breakfast

    Omaha, Nebraska

    54.6 miles from Monona County, 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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    O'Connor's Irish Pub

    Omaha, Nebraska

    55.1 miles from Monona County, 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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    Union Pacific Railroad Museum

    Council Bluffs, Iowa

    55.1 miles from Monona County, 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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    Squirrel Cage - Old Pottawattamie County Jail

    Council Bluffs, Iowa

    55.1 miles from Monona County, 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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    General Dodge House

    Council Bluffs, Iowa

    55.3 miles from Monona County, 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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    White House Apartments

    Omaha, Nebraska

    55.7 miles from Monona County, 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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    Wayne State College - Neihardt Hall

    Wayne, Nebraska

    55.7 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    Swope Hall - Buena Vista University

    Storm Lake, Iowa

    56 miles from Monona County, IA

    A 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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    James F Lynch Park

    Omaha, Nebraska

    56.1 miles from Monona County, 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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    Brother Sebastian's

    Omaha, Nebraska

    56.1 miles from Monona County, 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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    Akron Area Museum

    Akron, Iowa

    61.5 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    Akron Gold and Silver

    Akron, Iowa

    61.8 miles from Monona County, IA

    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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    Jewell Park

    Bellevue, Nebraska

    62.2 miles from Monona County, 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

    62.3 miles from Monona County, 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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    Skyway Drive-In

    Schuyler, Nebraska

    69.3 miles from Monona County, IA

    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 disappear.

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    Ball Cemetery

    Springfield, Nebraska

    72.3 miles from Monona County, 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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    Malvern Manor

    Malvern, Iowa

    75.1 miles from Monona County, 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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    Moose Pond

    Spencer, Iowa

    85.4 miles from Monona County, IA

    Locals tell a story of harrowing events that happen at 8:47 p.m. on December 23. If you visit the iced-over pond on that night, you can hear pounding on the ice and hear the screams of a young boy trapped beneath the ice. According to the story, the young boy ...