Minnesota

Collegeville

St. John's University

An angry mother haunts the campus of this school for men. During construction of Abbey Church in the 1880's, a young monk fell from a scaffold
and was killed. The mother of the dead man was never satisfied with the abbot's explanation about the circumstances of her son's death. After a
heated argument at the dedication of the church, the woman was killed when her buggy overturned into a nearby lake. Afterward, strange, wet
footprints were regularly found down the center aisle of the church, and people complained of feeling an agitated presence in the church. Years
later, when a new church was built on the same spot, a huge crack formed down the center aisle on the day of dedication. Wet footprints are also
left behind by another ghost. Brother Anselm Bartolome, who drowned at nearby Sagatagon Lake, haunts the shores of the lake, as well as the
halls of the university where he taught. The small lake is also haunted by the phantom of a bear named Murro, who was a mascot at the school.
The bear maimed a student who hit it with an oar at the lake, and authorities killed the animal. Since then, Murro's angry ghost roams the
shoreline. Frank House is thought to be haunted by a former student, who committed suicide there. Although no ghost has been sighted, a pesky
poltergeist annoys students.

Crow Wing County

Milford Manganese Mine

The two hundred foot deep shaft is haunted by a miner who never left his post. On February 5, 1927, miner dug through a wall that abutted Foley's
Pond, and a rush of water flooded the mine. In fifteen minutes, the mine was under water and forty-three men had died. The seven survivors spoke
of the heroism of one man, Clinton Harris, who could have escaped but remained to sound warning bells to miners on the upper levels. His warning
bell rang for nearly five hours after the mine was inundated. It took three months to drain the mine of water. The first miners who volunteered to go
down into the shaft found an unexpected scene at the bottom of the shaft. There was the ghostly form of Clinton Harris, still clutching the escape
ladder, his gaze directed upward. The men scurried from the mine and never returned.

Winona

St. Mary's College

The angry spirit of a Catholic priest is considered to be responsible for a number of deaths on this campus. On August 17, 1915, Father Laurence
Michael Lesches sneaked up behind Bishop Patrick Heffron, who was kneeling before the altar in the chapel, and shot the bishop to death.
Heffron had refused to give the fifty five year old Lesches a parish of his own and accused him of being emotionally unstable. Father Lesches was
committed to the State Hospital for the Dangerously Insane in St. Peter. On May 15, 1932, the charred remains of Father Edward Lynch, another
enemy of Lesches, were found in is room at the college. The cause of his death was a mystery, and Father Lesches was still confined to the
insane asylum, but many believe the deranged man was some how responsible. Lesches died at the hospital in 1943. He was eighty four years
old and had spent twenty nine years incarcerated. A new dormitory was named Heffron Hall in honor of Bishop Heffron, but it soon gained a
reputation for being haunted by his murderer. The frightening ghost of Father Lesches was seen several times on the third floor of the building.

Hauck, Dennis. Haunted Places: Ghost abodes, sacred sites, UFO landings, and other supernatural locations. New York: Penguin Book, 1994.