The Haunted Sioux Falls

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls , I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we head across the border to Iowa for a sad but true tale! Just across the border into Iowa lies Gitchi Manitou State Preserve, a stretch of woods with a dark reputation. Many Sioux Falls locals know the stories—and the warnings. Hikers have long reported feeling watched, hearing low growls, and seeing misty forms driftin...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls , I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we head to Garretson, South Dakota for a trip to Devil's Gulch! About twenty miles northeast of Sioux Falls lies Devil’s Gulch, a dramatic chasm carved by Split Rock Creek. The site is famous for the tale of outlaw Jesse James, who supposedly leapt across it on horseback to escape a posse chasing him down after a bank rob...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls , I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we head to a building that used to be a school, and some spirits may be staying after class! The Washington Pavilion is known today as a hub for science, art, and performance. But tucked inside is a story of something… less educational. The haunted elevator. Several employees have told of stepping inside and feeling an ic...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls , I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we head to church... not quite where you'd expect... is it?! In the heart of Sioux Falls, whispers persist about a church said to be haunted. According to the historical marker at the location of Calvary Cathedral, Bishop William Hobart Hare's remains are buried on the North side of the Cathedral. His body was moved there...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls , I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we head to a very peculiar barn for a tale or two! On the east edge of Sioux Falls stands an unusual landmark—the Shafer Round Barn. As a hollow clay tile round barn, it served as a specialized livestock shelter, a common agricultural design for the area that provided advantages like efficient feeding from a central silo...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls , I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we head to the cemetery... a spooky place no matter who you are! Mount Pleasant Cemetery is one of Sioux Falls’ oldest burial grounds. Within it stands the Josephine Glidden Memorial Chapel, a 1924 Gothic structure built of stone. By day, it’s quiet and solemn. By night, it’s another story. Visitors claim to hear organ mu...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls, I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we head to the falls... for a look back at our community's history and maybe some parts of history that don't want to stay in the past!. At Falls Park stand the ruins of the Queen Bee Mill, a towering dream turned disaster. Built in the 1880s to process wheat, the mill was supposed to bring prosperity. Instead, poor crops...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls, I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we stretch a little and get warmed up for a a midnight stroll... or more like a jog. On 26th Street, just west of Sioux Falls, drivers whisper about a pair of phantom joggers. They’re said to appear suddenly at night—two figures in running gear, crossing a bridge. By the time your headlights reach them, they’re gone. Some...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls, I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we step a little out of town for a spooky stretch of road near Brandon. A road that feels more like the Twilight Zone, than a South Dakota backroad. Just east of Sioux Falls lies Spook Road, near Brandon, this stretch of road has fueled local legend for decades:. It looks ordinary by day, but after dark, Spook Road is said...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls, I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we step into the home of one of our fine city's most prominent people. A man who left a lasting impression... and he may still linger! At the corner of Duluth Avenue and 8th Street stands the Pettigrew Home, a mansion frozen in the late 1800s. Built for South Dakota’s first U.S. senator, Richard or RF Pettigrew, the home l...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls, I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we step into the spotlight at a local theater that may just have a guest that never leaves. Downtown Sioux Falls holds a stage where ghosts may still perform—the Orpheum Theatre. Built in 1913, it’s hosted vaudeville acts, films, and concerts. But for nearly a century, actors and stagehands have whispered about one permane...

Welcome to Haunted Sioux Falls, I’m your host, John Small. On this episode, we step across the threshold of justice—or perhaps something darker—inside the Old Minnehaha County Courthouse, now the Old Courthouse Museum. Could some spirits may still linger where trials and verdicts once echoed? Let’s find out. Have you ever heard footsteps in a courtroom when no one is there? Or watched a light flic...