Cresco · Iowa
Cresco Theatre and Opera House
Visitors describe apparent performers and a figure that vanishes from theater seating. The reports remain unexplained accounts rather than proof of ghosts.
The Haunted Record
Iowa
13 sourced records. Reports are attributed claims, not proof of supernatural activity.
Scotch Grove · Iowa
Edinburgh Manor
Edinburgh Manor’s operator describes unexplained experiences at the property and allows reserved daytime and overnight visits. Its public reputation attracts paranormal investigators. An invitation to investigate does not validate the claims; distinguish recorded institutional history from visitors’ interpretations and arrange access rather than approaching the property unannounced.
Farrar · Iowa
Farrar Elementary School
The former school hosts organized paranormal investigations and reports of voices, shadows, and unexplained sensations. PBS’s Hiseerie visited to discuss the building’s history and investigate claims. Television coverage documents an investigation taking place, rather than independently proving that the school is inhabited by spirits.
Strawberry Point · Iowa
Franklin Hotel
Tourism coverage records Lily and Leo stories, involving singing and bell sounds. These are guest traditions, not verified spirit identifications.
Ottumwa · Iowa
Hotel Ottumwa
The 1917 hotel has guest accounts of a white-clad woman in the basement, a male face in corridors and breathing in otherwise empty rooms. Iowa’s travel-industry itinerary records those reports and notes that hotel operations closed inMay 2026; reopening plans were unannounced.
Manilla · Iowa
Klondike Hotel
Visitors report voices and rocking chairs apparently moving. The historic railroad-era building has a haunting reputation, while the interpretation of these experiences remains unverified.
Malvern · Iowa
Malvern Manor
The former hotel and care facility has accounts of shadows, voices and footsteps. Its investigation program documents interest in these claims, not their cause.
Bentonsport · Iowa
Mason House Inn
This former Des Moines River steamboat hotel became the Mason family’s property in the nineteenth century. History Goes Bump devoted episode 478 to its history and reported hauntings. The current operators describe personal paranormal experiences and offer investigations, while explaining that activity is not associated with every room.
Dubuque · Iowa
Mathias Ham House
Museum visitors and employees report cold drafts, moving objects and unexplained organ sounds. The experiences are attributed accounts associated with a real historic house.
Davenport · Iowa
Pi Kappa Chi fraternity house
Radio Iowa interviewed the authors of Ghosts of the Quad Cities about the house that helped launch their research. Its haunted reputation influenced the choice of a séance venue. This documents a real location and the researchers’ account, without demonstrating that a séance or perceived presence establishes an afterlife.
Davenport · Iowa
Source Book Store
An author interviewed by Radio Iowa recalled a furnace apparently starting during a basement visit, followed by an owner’s statement that it was disconnected. The incident appears in coverage of Ghosts of the Quad Cities. This is an attributed recollection, not an independently tested finding about the furnace or paranormal activity.
Council Bluffs · Iowa
Squirrel Cage Jail
The rotary jail museum has reports of apparent figures, voices and moving doors. Those accounts document a haunting tradition rather than establishing a supernatural explanation.
Villisca · Iowa
Villisca Axe Murder House
Eight people were killed in this house in June 1912, a crime that remains unresolved. The operator records subsequent claims of unusual phenomena and offers historical tours and overnight visits. The murders are historical events; they do not establish that a haunting followed or identify a supernatural presence.