PHASM

Sims Lutheran Church parsonage

Sims, North Dakota, United States

Historic house · local-legend

The Story

Prairie Public records the Gray Lady as a kindly presence connected with Bertha Dordal, a pastor’s wife and organist. Residents described an unseen hand laying a blanket over a sleeping guest, a pump handle working itself, windows opening and closing, and organ music after the instrument was gone.

The Hauntings

Prairie Public records the Gray Lady as a kindly presence connected with Bertha Dordal, a pastor’s wife and organist. Residents described an unseen hand laying a blanket over a sleeping guest, a pump handle working itself, windows opening and closing, and organ music after the instrument was gone.

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