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Haunted South DakotaGreen Door Brothel, Deadwood.
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Once a brothel and now said to be a museum, unexplained footsteps can be heard here. See above website for great historical information.
-Ellsworth Air Force Base, Rapid City.
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On January 2nd, 1942, the U.S. War Department established Rapid City Army Air Base as a training location for B-17 Flying Fortress crews. From September 1942, when its military runways first opened, until mission needs changed in July 1945, the field's instructors taught thousands of pilots, navigators, radio operators and gunners from nine heavy bombardment groups and numerous smaller units. All training focused on the Allied drive to overthrow the Axis powers in Europe. Moving objects and shadowy figures have been observed here.
-Stevens High School, Rapid City.
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Here at Stevens High School some feel the storage room is haunted by a ghost whom people have taken to calling "Sparky".
-The Bullock Hotel, Deadwood.
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The ghost of Deadwood's first sheriff, Seth Bullock, walks the halls of the hotel he founded. Bullock was sheriff in the 1870s and died here in 1919. Since then over thirty people have seen his ghost. Guests, employees, and managers of this hotel have encountered the tough old sheriff "whose gaze could stop fights."
-Graham Hall, Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell.
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Some folks say that a male student, who jumped to his death during a fire here at Graham hall many years ago, still haunts his former home.
-O'Brian's Pub, Hill City.
No location found. Maybe O'Brian's Tavern in Bismarck.
Haunted by a poltergeist who throws silverware.
-Hill City High School, Hill City. No location found.
Apparitions, voices and the ghostly image of a teenager who is said to leap off the roof on the anniversary of his death.
-Sioux San Hospital, Redfield.
3200 Canyon Lake Dr (605) 355-2237.
Once a boarding school for Native American children as well as a hospital for TB patients, Sioux is now an out patient facility. The third floor is said to be haunted. Voices are heard, crying, and apparitions have been reported.
-Mount Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood.
Deadwood, SD 57732, 605-578-2600
Deadwood's historic cemetery includes such notables as Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. Open year-round and said to be haunted.
-Alex Johnson Hotel, Rapid City.
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Built in the roaring twenties by a railroader who had a flair for luxury and a keen appreciation of the Sioux Indian culture, the Hotel Alex Johnson is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a landmark of the downtown skyline - a short walk from the Civic Center. Home to noises, items moving, crying and pianos playing on their own. Most of the activity seems to be centered on the eighth floor where the apparition of a woman, thought to be a previous owner, has been seen.
-Sioux Falls Community Playhouse, Sioux Falls.
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Said to be haunted by a former janitor, named Larry, who hung himself in the rafters. Some feel he is responsible for sinks turning on, toilets flushing and the sound of footsteps heard at night.
-Actor's Studio, Sioux Falls.
305 North Phillips Avenue
Located next door to The Community Playhouse listed above, the Studio, which was once the Rainbow Bar & Grill, is said to be haunted by a man who was killed by a husband who flew into a murderous rage after discovering his wife stepping out on him. They claim he now wanders the studio whistling.
-Villa Theresa, Hot Springs.
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In early 1891, a site high on a bluff overlooking Hot Springs was selected as the location for the "Sioux City Club". This exclusive men's gaming club featured several elegant suites as well as a two-story octagonal great room topped with a "poker room" offering spectacular views of the city, Fall River, and surrounding mountains. Some say this was also once a nunnery at one time. It's well reputed to be haunted. In fact, some folks think the whole town is.
-BLACK HILLS
Spirit Hills
Sioux Indians considered the Black Hills to be home to a variety of spirits, and the Lakota Indians believe they are the heart of the planet. At night, the black rocks are said to turn into ghosts that sing unrecognizable songs. Rock paintings made before the Indians arrived teach medicine men how to use the hidden powers to heal and where to find crystal caves full of sacred objects. There are seventy-two crystal caves in the area, of which Jewel Cave is the largest. Only sixty-nine miles of the cave have been explored, and geologists estimate there are hundreds of miles of deep tunnels yet to be discovered. The Sioux consider Harney Peak, which they call the "Hill of Thunder," to be possessed by evil spirits and will not climb it. They say the dreaded Thunderbird often stops there. Another legend tells of a giant white man with a stride of twenty feet, who lives inside the mountain.
The Black Hills run from western South Dakota to northeastern Wyoming. For information about the area, contact the South Dakota Department of Tourism, Capitol Lake Plaza, Pierre, SD 57501. Phone: 800-843- 1930
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