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Captain Bailey House Museum

Brownville, Nebraska, United States

Historic house · local-legend

The Story

The museum’s piano reportedly plays when nobody is seated at it, and doors refuse to remain shut. Haunted Places attributes the disturbances to Captain Bailey, whose local legend says he was poisoned by a jealous neighbor.

The Hauntings

The museum’s piano reportedly plays when nobody is seated at it, and doors refuse to remain shut. Haunted Places attributes the disturbances to Captain Bailey, whose local legend says he was poisoned by a jealous neighbor.

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