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The phantom of a decapitated nun is still around, as are other reported spirits.
"In 1878, the Sisters of St. Mary took over the seminary under the leadership of Sister Margaret Clare, a stern nun who ruled the school with an iron hand. Many of the stories about ghosts at the school concern her. Legend has it that she either tripped on her habit and fell, or was pushed, to her death from the school's observatory tower. However this proved to be only a legend that had been passed on from student to student as Sister Margaret actually died in 1921 from a chronic illness."
– section from Prairie Ghosts website
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web links
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books & video
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book:
"Weird Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey & Richard D. Hendricks
Barnes & Noble Books (2005)
page(s) 16 – 17
buy it at
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book:
"Haunted Kenosha"
by Candice Shatkins
The History Press (2009)
page(s) 35 – 46
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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book:
"Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin"
by Ryan Jacobson
Adventure Publications, Inc. (2009)
page(s) 38 – 41
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book:
"Haunted Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Stackpole Books (2010)
page(s) 75 – 77
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“Kenosha Paranormal's The Legend of Kemper Hall”
video by hardrockspiritchaser
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“"Spirits of Kemper Hall" (Eerie Destinations) ”
video by HowBizarreSeries
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“Ghost Tours of Kemper Center Commercial.wmv”
video by JPM013�
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"...I noticed four bright white lights flying erratically (not in a strait line, kind of up down left right) we had dark clouds as a backdrop so they seemed really bright."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 05-16-1999 report
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"A 35’ diameter circle of discolored grass was reportedly discovered in a field."
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Independent Crop Circle Researchers' Association (ICCRA)
www.iccra.org
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"The dad parked the car and ran into the barn to check the animals...the object left and there was a dead circle directly beneath where the saucer was hovering years later. The father had nightmares for years and years that he wouldn't talk about after this happened."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 11-25-1986 report
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Several cemeteries in the Kenosha area are reportedly haunted. Visits to many of these locations have been chronicled on paranormal investigators' websites (see links at right).
"[Paupers Cemetery] The ground is giving way because the wood coffins that are unknown are buried in are rotting away. At night you can hear the moans and sighs of the unknown and un-named John and Jane Does that die alone, without anyone to claim their bodies or mark there last resting place."
– section from the Shadowlands website
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Saint Casimir Cemetery (Kenosha): from the intersection with Highway 31, head east on Highway 142 (Washington Road) for about 3/4 mile. Turn left on 47th Avenue. Cemetery is on right. |
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Spring Brook Cemetery (Pleasant Prairie): from Highway 165, head south on Green Bay Road for 1½ miles. Turn right on Highway 174 (Springbrook Road). Cemetery is close by. |
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Green Ridge Cemetery (Kenosha): from downtown Kenosha, head south on Sheridan Road. Cemetery is at intersection with 66th Street. |
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The Pauper's Cemetery (Kenosha County Cemetery in Pleasant Prairie): from Highway 50, head south onto County Road H. The cemetery is on the left side of H, just south of County Road C. |
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Unexplained Research
www.unexplainedresearch.com
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Kenosha Paranormal
1. kenoshaparanormal.com
2. kenoshaparanormal.com
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South East Wisconsin Paranormal Investigation Team
1. sewpit.com
2. sewpit.com
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book:
"Haunted Kenosha"
by Candice Shatkins
The History Press (2009)
page(s) 47 – 53, 73 – 75, 78 – 80
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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Paranormal activity is reported in the old theatre.
"As I turned, I caught a glimpse of movement toward the back of the auditorium (I was standing next to the stage). I focused on the area, and saw a man hurrying down the row of seats, as though headed toward the exit at the back of the room. He was in the third row from the back, moving at a pretty good pace, and was touching the back of each seat to his left as he passed it, the way you might do when moving down a narrow row of seats....I could see the row of seats on the other side of him through his body. I watched him pass in front of five or six seats, then, all of a sudden, I didn't see him anymore."
– section from Weird Wisconsin report
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514 56th Street
Kenosha, WI 53140
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web links
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Official Site
rhodecenter.org
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The Examiner
www.examiner.com
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Weird Wisconsin
www.weird-wi.com or archived (here)
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Kenosha Paranormal
kenoshaparanormal.com
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books & video
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book:
"Haunted Kenosha"
by Candice Shatkins
The History Press (2009)
page(s) 54 – 59
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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“Kenosha Paranormal - Rhode Opera House - HauntedHousesCom”
video by hauntedhousescom
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"i kept looking up towards my roof when a large black rectangular object floated slowly above me about 5 to 600 hundred feet up. it had no wings was very noisey (sic) and no lights except for 2 tubular lights on the bottom which were not bright at all."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 08-06-2004 report
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"'It was the size of a two-story house and spanned the width of the road,' the husband told a Center for UFO Studies investigator. The two stepped out and stared upward, more fascinated than frightened. 'It was so low that if we could have stood on the roof of the car," they said, "we could almost have touched it.'"
– section from Weird Wisconsin report
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| Octagonal Object Observed (2005) |
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"This thing was not the glowing ball or anything you see with the other pictures. This thing was massive. It had 5 or so different lights. It wasn't a circle, nor a triangle. More of a stop sign looking figure to it."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 05-11-2005 report
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"I slowed my cycle and pulled almost directly under the object, which was still hovering but making no sound that I could hear over my cycle's noise. As I stopped beneath I would est. it to be the size of a hockey puck at arms length."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 07-15-1999 report
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"Located outside of Burlington Wisconsin, Bong Park is extremely high in paranormal activity, as is most areas where you find underground tunnel systems and ancient mound works. Spectral lights are witnessed in the woods northeast of the dog trail area. Many have witnessed UFO sightings in this area. There is also cultist activity here in the northeastern section of the park . This would be in the ‘no vehicle zone’ off of existing trails in the wooded area off of old Hwy 75. This is the second most dangerous part of Bong Park."
– section from Burlington News website
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(8 miles southeast of Burlington on Highway 142. The entrance is a little less than a mile west of Highway 75.)
26313 Burlington Rd.
Kansasville, WI 53139
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"But I noticed that in addition to it being circular and flat, that it also seemed to be spinning (but slowly)."
– section from UFO Wisconsin 08-02-2003 report
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Tales of unexplainable events that have occurred at the Simmons Library are told in the book "Strange Wisconsin," along with a bizarre urban legend that may give one pause when entering the building.
"The crypt grew more crowded as librarians succumbed over the years, until Halloween night, 1935. A recently retired librarian had been entombed only days earlier, Day's story goes, so the night custodian was shocked to hear screams and pounding from the door that led to the crypt."
– section from the book "Haunted Wisconsin"
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711 59th Place
Kenosha, WI 53140
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Official Site
www.mykpl.info
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book:
"Strange Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Books (2007)
page(s) 46 – 48
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com![icon]()
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book:
"Haunted Kenosha"
by Candice Shatkins
The History Press (2009)
page(s) 21 – 26, 76 – 78
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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book:
"Haunted Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Stackpole Books (2010)
page(s) 77 – 78
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com![icon]()
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| “The Powers Lake Monster” |
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Inher book "Strange Wisconsin," author Linda Godfrey shares a report of a large canine-like creature spotted standing on its hind legs along the same stretch of road in the wee hours of the morning back in 2006.
He has seen the creature cross the road on all fours, as well, and estimated it was at least five feet long from nose to rump, and its back stood almost three feet off the ground. It appeared unafraid of him, and stared at him with yellow, glowing eyes.
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"Ghosts of America" Haunted Location Reports
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The reports on this site are presumably fiction, using random Wisconsin place names in the stories listed there. Even so, you might get a kick out of reading them.
"The ghost of a hobo was perceived having a seat in a beanbag in a trailer next to Kenosha. The watcher got scared and fled."
– section from Ghosts of America website
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A story in the book "Milwaukee Ghosts" tells of nuisance ghosts that dwell in two rentable homes.
"As she got into the bed and brought the covers up to her chin, her cat did something it had never done before and would never do again: It dove beneath the covers and huddled against her as if seeking protection."
– section from the book "Milwaukee Ghosts"
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book:
"Milwaukee Ghosts"
by Sherry Strub
Schiffer Pub. Ltd. (2008)
page(s) 93 – 95
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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In her book "Haunted Kenosha," author Candice Shatkins shares the tale of a female specter that resides at what is now the Kenosha's Woman's Club.
"One of the things they all speak of is seeing a woman's figure dressed all in black that floats down the grand staircase from time to time, only to disappear when she gets near the bottom."
– section from the book "Haunted Kenosha"
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Women's Club (Facebook)
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book:
"Haunted Kenosha"
by Candice Shatkins
The History Press (2009)
page(s) 26 – 30
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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“Women's Club of Kenosha EVP_1”
video by 2007WPI
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As described in the book "Haunted Kenosha," this restaurant/filling station near George Lake has been home to a poltergeist that has puzzled owners and patrons alike.
"Witnesses insist that they can hear someone walking around upstairs, although the apartment is no longer rented, and that once in a while the sound of glass breaking can be heard from behind the bar, although there is no broken glass anywhere to be found."
– section from the book "Haunted Kenosha"
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10433 196th Ave.
Bristol, WI 53142
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book:
"Haunted Kenosha"
by Candice Shatkins
The History Press (2009)
page(s) 63 – 67
buy it at
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com
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