Historic haunted places in Cedar Rapids, IA. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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Haunted place
2160 Linden Dr, Cedar Rapids, IA
Open to the public (guided tours; grounds free).
This Victorian mansion has a reputation for playful poltergeist activity that reports say increased after the Douglas family's 1905 renovations. Witnesses describe a child's laught…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
410 3rd Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Open to the public (museum admission).
When this building was the public library, three staff members on October 10, 1962 saw a regular patron, Hazel McGrew, near the main staircase. Only later that day did they learn s…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1220 1st Ave NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Open to the public (campus grounds).
Coe's campus ghost is Helen, a student remembered as dying in the 1918 influenza pandemic. She is said to play the piano in a college parlor after dark and to slip into students' r…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1705 Mt Vernon Rd SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Open to the public (daylight hours).
Visitors to this active cemetery tell of Tillie, described as a young Czech immigrant, seen near a mausoleum holding a lit candle and reaching toward those who linger. Other accoun…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.