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Haunted Places in Council Bluffs, IA

Historic haunted places in Council Bluffs, 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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Fairview Cemetery & the Black Angel

Haunted place

623 N 2nd St, Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Open to the public (free, daylight hours).

Fairview is home to the Black Angel, the 1918 Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial sculpted by Daniel Chester French, which is wrapped in curse legends. Visitors say the angel's eyes follow th…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Historic General Dodge House

Haunted place

605 3rd St, Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Open to the public (docent-led museum tours).

Union general and railroad engineer Grenville M. Dodge built this Second Empire mansion in 1869. Folklore includes the sound of a rocking chair in the upstairs study, a man in peri…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Pottawattamie Squirrel Cage Jail

Haunted place

226 Pearl St, Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Open to the public (museum tours; after-hours paranormal investigations).

This is the only three-story rotary jail ever built, and it is now a National Historic Landmark. Visitors and investigators report footsteps, doors opening and closing, voices, and…

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.

Union Pacific Railroad Museum

Haunted place

200 Pearl St, Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Open to the public (free admission).

The free railroad museum occupies the city's 1905 Beaux-Arts Carnegie Library. Reports there include objects found moved, shadow figures, and a sense of someone present.

Source: hauntbound.com

This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.