A Site About Haunted Schools
Notre Dame’s Washington Hall is said to be haunted by football star George Gipp. The university’s own records say the story began earlier, and much of it lacks evidence.
Read moreThree Minnesota campus legends without their own post: Weld Hall at Moorhead State, the St. Cloud State library built over a pioneer cemetery, and Mankato State’s dorm ghost. What the records show and what is only legend.
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A roundup of Illinois campus legends without their own post: the Harold stories at Western Illinois University’s Simpkins Hall, the Morton College legend and the Maryknoll College phantom priest, with what the record shows and what it does not.
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Concordia College has a short list of campus ghosts that its own archive and news office have written down: Dolly Larson in Fjelstad Hall and the Al Gersbach name on theatre programs. What is on record, what is folklore and how to visit.
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The Heffron Hall ghost at Saint Mary’s in Winona is one of Minnesota’s best known campus legends, and the university says it was made up. What happened in 1915, how a 1967 student paper turned it into a ghost story, and how to visit respectfully.
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Saint John’s archive traced the campus ghost stories to three real 1800s deaths and records that the best known tale was invented in 1966. What the record shows, what is folklore, and how to visit the Abbey Church respectfully.
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Central Michigan University’s student-run Legends of the Dark tour runs Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. What the records say about the 1930s Warriner Hall death and the 1951 Barnard Hall death, which tour stories the record does not support, and how to join the tour.
Read moreNick, a football player said to haunt the old Purple Masque Theatre, and a fraternity house that was once a hospital. What the yearbook, the university and the newspapers show, and what is only campus legend.
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The observatory on Waveland Golf Course holds the ashes of Drake president and astronomer Daniel Morehouse and his wife, Myrtle. What the record shows, the stories told about it and where sources disagree.
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College Hall’s campus ghost has a real student behind her. What Simpson and its student newspaper have documented about Mildred Hedges, the first written sighting in 1977, and which tales the record does not support.
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