THE STORY
Reported Haunting
St. Cloud State University in Minnesota boasts a long history of campus ghost lore across several historic buildings. At Riverview Hall, witnesses frequently report the phantom clicking of a woman's high heels and the sound of a ghostly child bouncing a ball. Meanwhile, Shoemaker Hall is allegedly haunted by a former student who floats over beds and alters clocks, while a 19th-century Union soldier is said to wander the James W. Miller Learning Resources Center.
Four spots at St. Cloud State University are said to be haunted. One is Shoemaker Hall, where a pregnant student hanged herself in a basement meat locker after having an affair with a janitor. The ghost moves objects, makes clocks flash the wrong numbers, and floats over students’ beds. At the 1911 Riverview Hall, a woman’s apparition has been seen and heard walking in the hallways with high heels clicking. She also moves furniture and causes the lights to flicker. A child’s ghost is said to roam Riverside Hall as well. The James W. Miller Learning Resources Center is said to have been built over a graveyard, and has been the setting of many apparition sightings. One of the ghosts is a pacing 19th-century soldier. And the 1904 Lawrence Hall, the oldest on campus, there may be spirits lingering from a 1950 case in which a janitor killed two instructors there. An apparition of a bald man has been seen along with flashing lights.