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Harms Memorial Hospital
American Falls, Idaho
Construction on the Power County Hospital and Nursing Home began 1960 and was completed in 1961. The original configuration of the Power County Hospital allowed for 18 nursing home beds and 16 hospital beds, with room to expand to 60 beds. It was also the only hospital in the west to be heated entirely by electricity. In the early 1980s, the name of the hospital was changed to Harms Memorial Hospital, in honor of Dr. Frank Harms who served the area from 1940 through 1980. Many people have died in the nursing home over the years and the dead allegedly still walk the halls. The night staff at the nursing home has received calls from call buzzers in rooms where there are no patients. The ghost of Dr. Frank Harms is said to wander the building leaving behind him a trail of cigar smoke. There have been reports of residents who have died there appearing in various locations of the building and then disappearing. There have also been reports from staff that claim they’ve seen a tall ghostly man standing near the entranceways.
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho
With nearly 19,000 students, Boise State University is the largest institution of higher learning in Idaho. It is located in the middle of one of the most vibrant and up-and-coming cities in America. Boise State has academic programs in eight colleges - Applied Technology, Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Health Sciences and Social Sciences and Public Affairs — with a full-time faculty of more than 500. There is something else that Boise State University has that a lot of schools don’t. GHOSTS! The first story is that of a girl named Dinah. Dinah is believed to be haunting to Communications Building, which once house the Student Union Building. It is told that Dinah hung herself there after being rejected by a date at the Student Union ballroom. There is another story that states she hung herself after finding her lover in bed with another girl. Dinah was active in the theater department’s costume shop, which was housed upstairs in the building in the 1970s. She is now known to switch on computers after being turned off. At least one faculty member avoids teaching in Room 226. There is also a story about a frat house located near the university that was the scene of many brutal murders years ago. As the story goes, the male assailant slaughtered a number of people and dragged their mutilated corpses around the neighborhood. Blood stains on the walls from that night, at times, can be seen even though the walls have been painted over. There have also been reports of a shadowy figure of a lady standing in the front window. It is unknown but it is possible that she is one of the victims.
Boot Hill Cemetery
Idaho City, Idaho
Idaho City is about 36 miles northeast of the City of Boise. It was founded in December 1862 amidst the Boise Basin gold rush. As its population swelled, the Idaho legislature changed the town's name to Idaho City to avoid confusion with Bannock, Montana. At its peak, Idaho City's population numbered in the tens of thousands, but most departed once mining declined. The height of the boom lasted from 1863 to 1866.
Fires also ravaged the community. The first, in 1865, wiped out eighty percent of the buildings in town. Others, in 1867, 1868, and 1871, were similarly destructive. Luckily, due to the extraordinary wealth of the gold strike, the town was speedily rebuilt each time. It was violent town where whiskey was cheaper than water and life was cheap. Men carried guns and were quick to use them and lawbreakers were hung without trial. Boot Hill Cemetery houses about two hundred of the dead from those days, and also the undead. There have been many reports of paranormal activity at this old cemetery. Orbs have been photographed on a number of occasions and people have also reported seeing streaks and mists seemingly rising from the graves.
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