The Man in the Window
Name: Jayden Hartsock Location: Oelwein, Iowa Date: May 15, 2007 When I was a little boy we lived in this tiny two-story house in Oelwein, Iowa. It was just your normal house door, windows, foundation, but there was always a man that would be standing in front of the window in the kitchen. He would […]
Attacked in My Room
Witness: Margaret Location: Malvern, Iowa Date of Encounter: December 30, 2009 9:45 PM Me and my family had just visited my mother's friends house and were arriving at our own house. My house is not the best. It was built in 1910, and the previous owners lost it in forecloser. A year after they left one […]
The Man in Blue
Witness: Kevin Location: Rock Rapids, Iowa Date of Encounter: Late 2007/Early 2008 This took place in an old movie theater turned into a restaurant in a small town in northwestern, Iowa. A friend of mine, Michelle, bought this old theater the summer of 2007. It had been redone as a restaurant in the mid 1990s, and […]
Challenging Our Ghost
Witness: Cassandra Location: Newell/Fonda, Iowa Date of Encounter: January 1, 2007 I went up to my grandma's to visit her and my step aunt and uncle were there. They are the same ages as me, basically. Her house had been haunted for years ever since we were all little. They have had many encounters over time. […]
Being Watched in the Sanitarium
Witness: [Name Withheld Upon Request] Location: Cherokee, Iowa Date of Encounter: 2001-2004 To be honest, I have always believed in the supernatural. I've had feelings like I was being watched and saw things that weren't really there. My mom and dad thought that I was acting a little strange and that I needed to think about […]
Do Orbs Mean a Haunting?
Witness: Christina Rivers Location: Newton, Iowa Date of Encounter: November, December 2003 My parents had been complaining about strange things going on at their house. My mother would hear footsteps on the floor above her when she would go down to the basement. My father and mother both mentioned that they would catch random whiffs of […]
Dad's Answering Machine Message from Beyond – EVP
Witness: Margaret Houck Location: Knoxville, Iowa Date of Encounter: April 1999 I received a message on my answering machine a few months after my father passed. The night the message was left, I kept thinking that I needed to pick up someone by 5:15 PM, so I left at 5:00 PM. The recording occurred at 5:15. […]
Evil Stocky Specter
Witness: (Name withheld upon request) Location: Iowa Date of Encounter: 1999 – 2001 I don't know if I believe in ghosts. My Christian beliefs tell me I shouldn't — that it's not true, or just evil. But, throughout my life, so many unexplained things have happened that paranormal phenomena seems to be the only explanation. I […]