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Iowa State Myths and Legends
There are many myths and legends rumored to be asso-
ciated with Iowa State University. They celebrated with
Iowa State Cemetery
tours that are given each year at Haunted Iowa State, a The Iowa State cemetery has had many accounts of faint
week or two before Halloween. outlines that look like an isolated mist in the shape of a
person over the years.
Memorial Union
Nuclear Engineering Building
Hortense Wind The Nuclear Engineering Building is said to be haunted
Known to make a strange noise that sounds like a low by the ghost of Joseph Keichel, who died of radiation
eerie moan. She is also is blamed for many odd occur- poisoning in 1946, shortly after his stint working on the
rences such as: the slamming of doors at night when no- Manhattan Project in the Ames Laboratory. Although the
body else is in the building. actual cause of the poisoning is inconclusive, he blames
graduate students and continues to haunt them by
Zodiac thwarting their projects in the Nuclear Engineering
It is a well known superstition that you do not step on the Building.
Zodiac in the entrance of the Memorial Union, or you will
fail your next test. Farm House
Turning on and off of lights have been reported, along
Barton Hall with rattling of dressers. There is an old legend that a
Barton hall is said to be haunted by the ghost of Clara ghost opened the curtains, but it has been confirmed
Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. She is as untrue and it was later attributed to a janitor who
said to be a "nice" ghost, however. cleaned the Farm House at night.
Freeman Hall Fisher Theater
Freeman hall, much like Barton, is said to be haunted by Frederica Shattuck passed away in 1969 and haunted the
the ghost of Alice Freeman, who is also a "nice" ghost. Shattuck Theatre. Her ghost then moved to Fisher
Theater in 1973 with the theater program, along with her
wheelchair and a few of her other belongings. According
Friley Hall the the Iowa State Daily in an article in 1978, a member of
"Mr. Big" is said to haunt the halls of Friley through the cast investigated some strange noises, and found her
means of strange sounds and cool drafts. It is said that he wheelchair mysteriously rolled to the middle of the stage
was chased throughout the building by guards wearing a as if Shattuck was about to give a monologue.
cape and a top hat from 1 a.m. until the guards lost his
trace and were tired. They then looked through a small References
hole in the brick of an old, closed off incinerator room.
They saw an outline of the man of his size wearing a cape http://www.inside.iastate.edu/2007/1019/ghosts.shtml
and a top hat on the wall of the isolated room, and on the http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/
wall next to him "I am Big" was written. article_1d72e2db-d152-5ea9-a4f0-f2ae6896c341.html
Linden Hall
Linden Hall is haunted by the ghost of a ex-Cyclone foot-
ball player. He is in his full game day gear and can be
spotted the night before a home football game, prepared
to play the next day.
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