Built in the mid-1800’s, the Renwick Mansion is probably the best example of Italianate architecture in the Quad Cities. In short, it’s a really cool-looking house. But over the years, many people have claimed to have strange experiences there: footsteps, moving objects, and even apparitions. But is it true? Is the Renwick Mansion really haunted? […]
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The house looked haunted. I couldn’t have asked for a better place to tell ghost stories. I stood in front of the beautiful – and allegedly haunted – stone mansion, talking to a local newscaster from the Quad Cities. She had seen an advertisement for the event that I was going to be doing there
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Historians are keepers of the stories of the dead. I suppose it only makes sense that they would cross paths every so often. Although I’ve had a lifelong interest in the paranormal, I’ve rarely sought it out per se. Sure, I’ve been on a lot of haunted walking tours and even played with a Ouija
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Quarters One has sat on Arsenal Island for 150 years. It’s seen politicians, soldiers, and celebrities come and go. But some say that some of them may have never left, and they – or something else – still walk the mansion’s halls.
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The aide walked through the third floor of the house, making sure that every door was shut, and every light was off. No one lived up here anymore, so it should be easy. The general wanted it done, and that was enough for the aide. Steadily, they went through every room, each time repeating the
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The mansion was a secret hidden in plain sight, overlooking the Mississippi River in Bettendorf, Iowa. Some say that something strange still walks those halls, perhaps from the mansions past of sudden death, madness, and suicide.
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The mansion was a secret hidden in plain sight. Situated on the river bluff overlooking the Mississippi River valley in Bettendorf, Iowa, the mansion was a place that could be seen by everyone, and yet only a very few were allowed to go there. But for those privileged enough to enter, they sometimes discovered that
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