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Explore 50 haunted places in Idaho. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Rupert, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org records a dark figure around the Kelly Bean property and the unexpected smell of cooking where no cooking equipment was nearby. Shadowlands places repeated sightings in the bean-sorting room. Workers reportedly caught the black shape at the edge of their vision while also sensing another presence in the work area.
Meridian, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org records employees seeing apparitions at the Kit Kat Klub, with unexplained pounding accompanying the sightings. The published account links the sounds and figures but does not name an individual ghost.
Lewiston, Idaho · Other
A local story recorded by HauntedPlaces.org describes a Native American woman's apparition walking around Lake Waha's shoreline. She reportedly retreats into the water and disappears, leaving a whirlpool where she entered. The lake's ghost tradition centers on that movement from the visible shore into the water, rather than on a named haunting figure. Legend attribution comes from a paranormal directory, not a verified tribal oral-history source. Do not present it as authenticated Indigenous tradition.
Lewiston, Idaho · Theater
HauntedPlaces.org traces the former theater building's ghost reputation to disappearances associated with people visiting or working there in the 1980s. Later stories describe a young female apparition and additional wandering figures. The haunting tradition became increasingly elaborate over time, turning the theater's real connection with unresolved loss into a prominent local ghost story.
Ashton, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org retells a Lower Mesa Falls legend about a Shoshone girl who died attempting a river rescue. Visitors reportedly see a white-clothed figure near the falls and hear drums without a visible drummer. The account belongs to local paranormal lore; the rushing water is the setting for both the apparition and the rescue narrative. Legend attribution comes from a paranormal directory, not a verified tribal oral-history source. Do not present it as authenticated Indigenous tradition.
Bancroft, Idaho · Other
In a HauntedPlaces.org submission, Jeanette D describes a crying child upstairs, the sound of whittling and a woman singing near the motel entrance at My Old Lund Store. Investigators reportedly encountered a moving wheelchair. Another witness saw a man cross a field toward the store and vanish, while antique dolls allegedly changed appearance overnight.
Malad City, Idaho · Cemetery
HauntedPlaces.org describes a woman in a red dress and an older man still tending Malad City Cemetery. The man is said to have worked there as a caretaker, and witnesses report seeing him carry on maintenance among the graves. His continued labor is the recognizable action in the cemetery's two-figure ghost tradition.
Marsing, Idaho · Cemetery
HauntedPlaces.org records lights appearing to dance above the headstones at Marsing-Homedale Cemetery. Visitors also report an unusually heavy feeling of sadness among the graves. Some connect that feeling with the cemetery's younger burials, while the moving lights provide the account's more visible, recurring element.
Mullan, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org reports the sounds of games continuing when Mullan Pavilion is empty: basketball, running feet and activity around the locker rooms. Local speculation connects the noises with a child said to have died in the downstairs pool. The building's sports facilities remain central to both the sounds and the ghost story.
Boise, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org records a mix of apparitions and physical disturbances at the club known as Night Moves and Satin Dolls. Employees and customers describe cold patches, thrown objects and chandeliers swinging without an apparent cause. Some figures supposedly appeared in photographs; a young girl is among the spirits named in the local accounts.
Boise, Idaho · Prison
Behind Boise’s sandstone prison walls are cellblocks, solitary-confinement spaces and stories of voices and unexplained touches. The state historic site allows ordinary visitors to walk through much of the former penitentiary; its ghosts are part of the place’s public folklore, not a replacement for its history.
Nampa, Idaho · Other
A submission to HauntedPlaces.org describes former patients' apparitions inside Old Mercy Hospital and a figure seen running through its yard. The basement, morgue and an east-wing room acquired particularly strong ghost-hunting reputations after the building closed. These are stories of the former hospital: the source records its demolition after a 2016 fire.
Boise, Idaho · Hotel
HauntedPlaces.org records apparitions seen by employees and guests at the Owyhee Plaza Hotel. The reports place figures in guest rooms as well as meeting areas and the basement, giving the building a broader haunting reputation than a single supposedly haunted room.
Nampa, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org locates Pete's Tavern's best-known stories in its back room, the Cave. Investigators reportedly recorded four different voices: an older man, a Southern-accented woman, a whispering woman and a younger man. Visitors also describe whispers close to their ears, unexpected touches and the sensation that someone is playing with their hair.
Emmett, Idaho · Road or bridge
HauntedPlaces.org places a haunting at Plaza Bridge involving female apparitions and the sound of babies crying. Witnesses interpret the figures as women searching for the children whose cries they can hear. The story pairs visible searchers with disembodied wailing, rather than naming a particular person who supposedly haunts the crossing.
American Falls, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org recounts nurse-call buzzers sounding in rooms where patients could not physically reach them. Other reports describe deceased elderly residents appearing again, a doctor accompanied by the smell of cigar smoke and a tall male figure watching from an entrance. The accounts place the activity within the hospital and nursing-home setting.
Caldwell, Idaho · Road or bridge
A local legend recorded by HauntedPlaces.org describes a woman's shadow appearing on River Road Bridge after dark. The tale connects the figure with a woman said to have died at the crossing. Its recurring image is a silhouette on the bridge, rather than a person encountered walking along the roadway.
Oldtown, Idaho · Other
A contributor to HauntedPlaces.org describes the Riverbank's resident ghost as a former owner reluctant to leave his restaurant. Employees and diners reportedly notice him walking through the lower floor. The most distinctive claim concerns the jukebox: it sometimes plays songs from the 1950s that supposedly are not included in its selection.
Idaho Falls, Idaho · Cemetery
Rose Hill has two distinct legends in HauntedPlaces.org's account. One describes an unseen occupant answering knocks at a square, above-ground tomb. Another turns neighboring names, Wear and Wolff, into a werewolf story. The latter tale became attached to the arrangement of the markers themselves, rather than to an independently identified supernatural creature.
Ketchum, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org identifies the reported apparition at this Wood River camping location as Russian John, an immigrant miner. Sightings are said to date back to the 1920s, keeping his nickname attached to the local ghost tradition.
Shoshone, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org records visitors and employees hearing voices and footsteps inside the Shoshone Ice Caves. The accounts place the unexplained sounds underground, within the long lava tube that forms this tourist attraction. The reported activity is auditory, with unseen speakers and walkers rather than a consistently named or described apparition.
Murtaugh, Idaho · Other
At Sidewinders, HauntedPlaces.org recounts shadowy figures, laughter without visible speakers and a jukebox suddenly turned to maximum volume. Witnesses reportedly notice the events most clearly when only a few people remain. The accounts attach these disturbances to the old saloon-like gathering place, describing its unseen company as generally unthreatening.
Spirit Lake, Idaho · Other
A legend retold by HauntedPlaces.org places a long-haired woman in white in a phantom canoe on Spirit Lake. The story says she lost her beloved and later drowned in the lake. Her spectral journey across the water is the recurring image, connecting the shoreline's ghost lore with a tale of bereavement. Legend attribution comes from a paranormal directory, not a verified tribal oral-history source. Do not present it as authenticated Indigenous tradition.
Hansen, Idaho · Other
HauntedPlaces.org recounts a protective presence at Stricker Ranch: Mrs. Stricker herself. A resident credited her ghost with waking him during the night when trespassers entered the property. The ranch's wider ghost lore links wandering spirits to travelers who died along the Oregon Trail, rather than limiting every encounter to the Stricker family.