A Site About Haunted Schools
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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The Farm House Museum is Iowa State’s oldest building and its best-known haunted house. What the record shows about the Wilson family, Edith’s curtains, the silverware and Gold Star Hall, and what is only legend.
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Larsen Hall at Luther College has a ghost called Gertrude. The college’s own history guide says the stories are inconsistent and that no records support them. What is documented about the building and what is only legend.
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Helen Roberts, a first-year student from Strawberry Point, died of influenza in 1918, and her parents gave Voorhees Hall a clock. What Coe’s own records show, where the sources disagree and what older ghost lists add.
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