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State Capitol Building
Lincoln, Nebraska
The State Capitol Building is Nebraska's third state capitol building and is the product of a nationwide design competition won by New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in 1920. Nicknamed The Tower of the Plains, and made of Indiana limestone, the four hundred foot building took ten years to complete at a cost of approximately ten million dollars. The observation deck in the capitol building is a very interesting place to visit. If you stop and listen carefully there is a good chance you will hear a man sobbing and weeping as though he has a broken heart. There is nobody around except for what has become known as the “ghost of the observation deck”. This is not the only sound that you will hear. There have been several tragedies here. It is stated that a man fell to his death while changing a light bulb. A visitor to the building climbed the stairwell, which was very steep and narrow. He leaned over the railing to see to the bottom and also fell to his death after becoming dizzy. Many visitors have said that they have seen a black mass on the stairs and have heard screaming or crying. They have also heard loud footsteps in the stairwell and experienced an eerie feeling of not being alone even though they were.
Dana College
Blair, Nebraska
The Dana School began as a preparatory school and by the early 1900s was awarding Associates Degrees. In the 1930s Dana became an accredited four-year school, and began awarding Bachelors Degrees. It original purpose was to be a pre seminary school for people preparing for ministry in the Lutheran Church. In November of 1923, a Hall was opened, originally as women’s dormitory and was later named Argo Hall. Many people consider Dana College to be one of the most haunted places in Nebraska. The first haunted building is the Madsen Fine Arts Centre. There a numerous accounts from students and teachers alike of a black shadow walking up and down the aisles and the sounds of a piano playing when no one is in the room. Elkhorn hall is believed to be haunted by a football player because of the sound of cleats that can be heard running up and down the hall. Dark shadowy figures are seen in other buildings around the campus, doors have been known to open and close on their own, TVs and radios turn on and off by themselves, objects have been seen levitating, and people have reported being touched and hearing eerie whispers when no one is around them. Unexplainable cold spots are also common in many of the buildings.
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