Most Haunted Places In Idaho Falls, Idaho To Visit
Following are the most haunted places in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where the echoes of tragic deaths and forgotten souls linger in the darkness. These haunted spots have witnessed centuries of sorrow, and some say the spirits of the departed are not yet ready to rest.
Ammon Cemetery
: "Many believe that it is a girl but after visiting the location several times in the last six months, there is no doubt that that is a boy in the tree. If you stop the car or get out you are not able to see him. But if you drive slow enough he will wave at you and sometimes get out of the tree and run up to the fence. We have never seen him past the fence. Legend has it that the ghost of a little girl haunts a tree in the cemetery. This tree is close to her grave and is a perfect climbing tree. The little girl reportedly sits in the tree and waves to passers-by. The little girl was an avid tree-climber and loved to play with the neighborhood kids before her death. Most accounts list her cause of death a drowning. Many people speculate that since she was so open and friendly in life, and her death was such a lonely one, she feels lonely and tries to make friends of the people who drive past on their way to or from the hills surrounding the town."
The China House
: "In the 1940''s, a china couple moved in there. The husband found out that his wife had cancer. Later she died and it broke the husbands heart. In a rage, he lit the house on fire and hung himself on a tree next to the house. Reports of hearing footsteps and a man crying at night."
Eagle's Lounge and Rio theater
: "both right next to each other and part of one building more than 100 years old. The basement of the Eagle''s Lounge was a mortuary and the very top floor was once a ballroom many many years ago. Many people claim that very strange things happen in both the theater and the ballroom."
The Lot
: "Legend has it that a house once stood on the spot where now is only a deserted lot, fenced in and hidden by the overgrowth of trees. There is no longer power or water service to this lot, but many people walking by have heard the sound of running water and seen the leaves of the trees light up as if the house were there and the rooms were lighted. Several witnesses have been inside and have reported that there are spirits of a family murdered by the father roaming around the yard. After roaming and exploring, a young man and his brother were spooked by sudden screams and tried to leave the lot, he knocked the ladder over and tried to climb the inside of the wall. He felt as if there were nails hammered through to the inside and he was being scratched. When his brother righted the ladder, they both climbed over the fence and escaped. The young man still has the scars, but there are no nails or nail holes in that fence and none of the neighbors had heard a thing. Also on several occasions that the ''apparition'' of the house that stood there would appear with lighted windows. Upon further surveillance, figures could be seen passing by the windows and opening the front door. Children could be heard playing in the front yard, but could not be seen because of the high fence."
Near the falls in down town an old building next to the river
: "around 9-12 at night if you look toward the top of the building you can see a man jumping from the window to his death, every Wednesday of every week."
O'E Bell Jr High School
: "This school is the oldest school in Idaho falls that still stand''s it was abandoned for a long time now it is offices and that heaven that they didn''t make it into apartments like they wanted to. Before they started to fix it up. Witnesses say they could here children talking and laughing. legend has it that after the school shut down they would perform devil worshiping there. December Update: that O.E. Bell has been completely remodelled and now serves as an office building."
Rose Hill cemetery
: "There are two stories associated with Rose Hill cemetery, the first is in regards to a large square monument. Rumor says that if you knock on this large above ground tomb, that the inhabitant will knock back at you. The second states that there is a monument that says the name Wolf and has a large bite taken out of it. It is rumored to be the grave of a werewolf. May 2005 Update: A visitor investigated this site and reports, "concerning the tomb we only found one that matched the description of the tomb of which we knocked on but sadly there was no reply secondly after looking through the cemetery we could not find any stone with bite/scratch marks, though we didn?t look through all of it, so the wolf headstone could still be real" - April 2008 The description of the warewolf haunting comes as a result of 2 graves side by side in the Rose Hill Cemetery. One of a gentleman by the last man of Wolff and the other a gentleman by the name of Wear. The cemetery has since removed one of the headstones to a new location in the cemetery."