A Haunted House in Omaha
"Does superstition embarrass investment in real estate?" asked the Omaha Sunday Bee on September 24, 1899. "There never was a landlord or rental agent who managed many ...
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What We Found
A Kearney Ghost Story
Perhaps in anticipation of goblins and ghoulies and long-legged beasties, the Kearney Weekly Hub offered this "Kearney Ghost Story" October 3, 1890.
"There was ...
Ghost in North Omaha
"'Do you believe in spooks?' is the question of all-absorbing interest now being excitedly discussed in Rod and Gun Club bungalows clustered together on the historic ...
Ghost in Prospect Hill Cemetery
Prospect Hill Cemetery, 1923
Readers of the morning edition of the Omaha Daily Bee on July 18, 1874, must have been startled to learn of a mysterious "woman in white" ...
Ghost Story
An early Nebraska ghost story was related in 1934 by Oscar Samson, a pioneer settler of Burt and Cuming counties, in an address before the Cuming County Historical ...
The Davey Ghost
Tales of the supernatural are part of the lore of many Nebraska communities and occasionally surface in local newspapers. The Omaha Daily Bee on January 21, 1890, ...
Black Ghost
Ghosts are popularly imagined to favor the color white when materializing for public view. However, a ghost clothed in black was said to haunt the streets of Alma in ...
Timeline Tuesday: The Davey Ghost
In 1861 a Boston photographer named William H. Mumler discovered that additional images would appear if a glass photographic plate was exposed twice. Some believed that ...
The Alma Nightwalker
Source: 2 Chadron Journal 3/28/1902
Alma, Nebraska (RG3831.PH000001-000007) (above).
Alma, Nebraska, population about 1,100, is found near the Harlan ...
The Haunted Cabin of James Conway
This sleepy farm community is said to have had within its boundary, a haunted cabin.
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A Haunted Cowboy
Unidentified cowboy (RG2608.PH003300)
The Old West has its share of ghostly lore, no matter what section of the country you study, and Nebraska is no exception. By ...
Ghost Abound In Nebraska Towns!
Ghost stories (and ghosts?) have been around through the ages. Here are just a few accounts of Nebraska's otherworldly citizens.
A Storyteller's ...
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