
Explore the dark history and bizarre lore surrounding these legendary haunted places in Wisconsin, from the historical hauntings of the Ridgeway Ghost and the notorious Summerwind Mansion, to the chilling encounters in Dartford Cemetery and the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. Restless spirits of the past still seem to linger where some of the worst Wisconsin tragedies occurred, like the Peshtigo Fire Museum, or Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin, and in places where turn-of-the-century spiritualists communed with the dead such as Whitewater and Rienzi Cemetery.
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What is the most haunted place in Wisconsin?
It’s difficult to measure a haunting, but based on the factors such as the age, uniqueness, notoriety, and continuing paranormal activity of some places, the title of the “most haunted place in Wisconsin” would have to go to Summerwind Mansion, Sheboygan Asylum, the Pfister Hotel, or the entire town of Whitewater.
What is the most haunted hotel in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin has numerous haunted hotels and B&Bs. The one with the most notable encounters is probably the Pfister Hotel, as is has become notorious among professional baseball players, musicians and other celebrities for the eerie, unexplained phenomena they experiencing there while staying in Milwaukee.
What are the best haunted places to visit in Wisconsin?
Many haunted locations are private residences or businesses, and therefore not accessible to the public, but thankfully some of Wisconsin’s most haunted places are – and they may even conduct their own ghost tours. Some of the best haunted places to visit due to accessibility and experience include Shaker’s Cigar Bar, Milwaukee Public Museum, the USS Cobia submarine in Manitowoc, Taliesin in Spring Green, Sanatorium Hill and Bascom Hill in Madison, the Peshtigo Fire Museum, and Holy Hill.
What is the haunted asylum in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin has several haunted places associated with asylums. The most well known is the Sheboygan Asylum, which has been closed for some time now but is open for haunted tours. The spooky hospital was featured in an episode of the Travel Channel series Destination Fear. Next is the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, which is remains haunted by the ghosts of the original facility called the Northern State Hospital for the Insane. Asylum Hill in Eau Claire is another spot where spirits reputedly still linger even though the hospital itself was torn down years ago. The Havenwood Apartments in Lake Geneva are rumored to be inhabited by the lost souls of the Oakwood Sanitarium that once stood in the exact same place.
What is the most haunted town in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin has a lot of ghosts, but the most haunted town has to be Whitewater. Known as Second Salem, spiritualists at the Morris Pratt Institute pierced the veil with their experiments in conjuring and speaking with the dead that many believe have left the town deeply haunted to this day. A close second is St. Nazianz, location of JFK Prep, where an excommunicated priest and his followers built their own community where they could freely conduct the “mystical” and “heretical” works the church condemned them for. Some believe Father Oschwald cursed the town upon his death.