Haunted Places in Rock Valley, Iowa
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Gitchie Manitou State Preserve
Larchwood, IA
24.7 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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 once …
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Akron Area Museum
Akron, IA
29.2 miles from Rock Valley, 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 in the …
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Akron Gold and Silver
Akron, IA
29.2 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Palace Theatre
Luverne, MN
31.3 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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715 South Phillips Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD
31.7 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Washington Pavilion
Sioux Falls, SD
32.0 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Orpheum Theatre Center
Sioux Falls, SD
32.3 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Old Minnehaha Courthouse Museum
Sioux Falls, SD
32.4 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Pettigrew House Museum
Sioux Falls, SD
32.4 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Daneville Inn
Viborg, SD
39.7 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Cherokee Mental Health Institute Cemetery
Cherokee, IA
47.3 miles from Rock Valley, 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 …
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Calvary Cemetery
Sioux City, IA
47.9 miles from Rock Valley, 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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American Theatre
Cherokee, IA
48.9 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Sioux City Municipal Auditorium
Sioux City, IA
49.7 miles from Rock Valley, 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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KD Station
Sioux City, IA
49.7 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Dimmitt Hall - Morningside College
Sioux City, IA
50.5 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Leflur / Lefler House
Sioux City, IA
50.7 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Graceland Park Cemetery
Sioux City, IA
51.7 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Calumet Historic Hotel
Pipestone, MN
54.9 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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 haunted …
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Pipestone County Museum
Pipestone, MN
54.9 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Moose Pond
Spencer, IA
58.5 miles from Rock Valley, 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 …
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Lottie's Grave - Taylor Cemetery
Homer, NE
59.2 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Dakota Theatre
Yankton, SD
59.9 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Mount Marty College
Yankton, SD
60.5 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Loon Lake Cemetery
Jackson, MN
64.4 miles from Rock Valley, IA
Loon Lake Cemetery is said to be haunted--and dangerous. According to local lore, three witches were violently executed and were buried here, but not before threatening to curse anyone who desecrated their graves. Mary Jane, beheaded in 1881, was said to be the most powerful of the witches. Legend has …
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Swope Hall - Buena Vista University
Storm Lake, IA
67.1 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Argo Hotel
Crofton, NE
68.8 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Stage Coach Inn
Ida Grove, IA
71.6 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Oak Hill Cemetery
Estherville, IA
73.9 miles from Rock Valley, IA
A couple of spooky stories surround this cemetery's hill, and the fact that your car, when put in neutral, will seem to travel up it by itself. According to one story, a car full of football players was in an accident here when the car stalled. While they were pushing …
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Wayne State College - Neihardt Hall
Wayne, NE
75.9 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Blackbird Hill
Thurston County, NE
77.6 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Ghost Bridge of Logan Creek
Pender, NE
79.4 miles from Rock Valley, 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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South Dakota State University - Doner Auditorium
Brookings, SD
80.7 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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Old Taunton Catholic Cemetery
Taunton, MN
96.4 miles from Rock Valley, IA
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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The Historic Klondike Hotel
Manilla, IA
105.4 miles from Rock Valley, 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 local drayman was …
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The Earling Exorcism
Earling, IA
108.2 miles from Rock Valley, 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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Clarkson Historical Opera House
Clarkson, NE
110.5 miles from Rock Valley, IA
Local residents and employees have reported hearing ghostly laughter and seeing apparitions in period clothing wandering around the building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Vicksburg Cemetery
Renville, MN
114.2 miles from Rock Valley, IA
Vicksburg Cemetery is said to have a glowing tombstone whose grave sports bleeding flowers in spring.
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