Haunted Baraboo

For decades, ghosts have been known to inhabit some of Baraboo's most prized historic locations. Buildings and mansions built by the Ringling brothers at the height of their circus empire now harbor apparitions of unidentified children, horse trainers and other circus workers. Residents throughout the Downtown Baraboo Historic District describe disembodied voices, footsteps and items moving on their own. Even historic homes, new homes and roadways have ghosts--a family awakened to find their dining room table set for a party of ten, a little girl realized that her "friend" wasn't getting any older and a Highway 12 hitchhiker materialized despite the highway being rerouted. Founder of Baraboo Tours Shelley Mordini and tour guide Gwen Herrewig share tales of Baraboo's more mysterious side.

Ghost stories from Circus City have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! The haunted history of Baraboo comes to life--even when the main players are dead. Visit the Old Baraboo Inn to catch a glimpse of the spirits who checked in but never checked out. Or take a drive down the infamous Highway 12, but keep your eye out for the road's very own spectral hitchhiker. Dive into this spooky chapter book for suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained; just be sure to keep the light on.

Wisconsin's leading authority on the paranormal presents strange stories from around the state.

The Old Baraboo Inn in Baraboo, Wisconsin, is one of the Midwest's most haunted places. Home to a lively cast of ghostly characters, as many as 30 spirits may haunt the Inn. In the last 150 years, the Inn has also been home to more than one saloon, restaurant, hotel, brewery, boarding house, billiard hall, and bar, and has long been speculated to have once been a brothel, gambling house, and Prohibition-era speakeasy as well.Stories of the Inn's sordid history abound, but the atmosphere has always remained welcoming and full of music, dancing, laughter, and ghosts. Today, the Old Baraboo Inn operates as a bar and venue space, hosting a variety of events for paranormal enthusiasts, and has been featured on Discovery+, Food Network, and Travel Channel.Join author and storyteller Amelia Cotter for an exploration of the Old Baraboo Inn's haunted history, ghost stories, and firsthand paranormal accounts-including more than 40 photos! The Inn is a place where many came to party and perhaps a few met their untimely end, and is a place where it seems the party never ended...

Wisconsin's capital city is haunted! From restless spirits roaming the University of Wisconsin to ghostly Confederate soldiers lingering at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison is filled with otherworldly entities. Spirits do not rest in peace at Taliesin, and the tragedies that occurred on the Capitol grounds shed light on the building's numerous paranormal reports. The city's outskirts are just as eerie. From the prowling Beast of Bray Road to what is thought to be Wisconsin's most haunted bar, a spinetingling location is never far away. Join author Anna Lardinois to discover some of Madison's most macabre tales.

Baraboo Village is a fictitious farming community, somewhere in the Northwest of America. It is surrounded by a thick swampy forest of brambles and fallen trees, and too hard for a person to walk through. Nobody would want to enter that forest, anyway. It was haunted! The kittens, Callie and Ivan, were adopted by the animal kingdom of this forest world. They've been there on many adventures, and sometimes were lucky to survive. But the challenges they now face seem impossible to overcome. Ivan is suddenly moved from Baraboo Village by his human family. Callie, now alone and heartbroken, is in terrible danger as she confronts the "Ghost of Baraboo." Not just for children, this exciting story of courage and the power of love, will find broad appeal among teens and parents.

Ghost stories from Circus City have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! The haunted history of Baraboo comes to life--even when the main players are dead. Visit the Old Baraboo Inn to catch a glimpse of the spirits who checked in but never checked out. Or take a drive down the infamous Highway 12, but keep your eye out for the road's very own spectral hitchhiker. Dive into this spooky chapter book for suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained; just be sure to keep the light on.

Wisconsin is a land rich with stories. It was the "mother of all circuses," a place of buried treasure and home to eerie ghosts and monsters. Native American legends, tall tales told at lumberjack camps and taverns, ghostlore and modern urban legends all form the wonderful mythology of the Dairy State. Many know of Rhinelander's famous Hodag, the Beast of Bray Road in Elkhorn, Milwaukee's haunted Pfister Hotel and the Ridgeway Ghost. But few have heard obscure tales like the Christmas Tree Ghost Ship of Two Rivers, the Goatman of Richfield's Hogsback Road and the legend of the Witch's Tower of Whitewater. Author Tea Krulos, an expert in all things strange and unusual, digs up Wisconsin favorites and arcane lore.