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Here’s a fun Halloween fact for you: The headquarters of Heartland Investment Partners is less than two hours away from one of the most haunted places in the country. The spot is called the Mason House Inn & Caboose Cottage, and it’s a functional bed and breakfast despite (or maybe because of) the more than 300 ghosts who have been heard or spotted on site. The Mason House Inn was built all the way back in 1846 as a hotel for folks traveling by steamboat. It’s been flooded six times and served as a Civil War holding hospital, a station on the Underground Railroad, and a tuberculosis sanitarium. In other words, it’s no wonder it’s full of ghosts! Chuck and Joy Hanson bought the property in 2001, and according to The Gazette, they now know 50 of its ghosts by name, including previous owners of the house, Civil War soldiers, and tuberculosis patients who died there. “The spirits, or ghosts, who are here, have been here a long time. They are here because they are happy here. They don’t want to scare anybody or hurt anybody,” Joy Hansen wrote in her journal, which is available on the inn’s website. One of the many spirits Joy wrote about was The Ghost Dog. The dog’s owner was shot and killed in the Mason House parlor in 1883, and the pup got revenge by attacking and killing her murderer on the inn’s front steps. Afterward, the dog died of a broken heart. Legend has it he is waiting for his mistress outside the parlor window. Despite Joy’s warm and fuzzy view of the inn’s ghosts, they have been known to pull hair, drain batteries, and set off alarm clocks at all hours. Guests have also heard footsteps, seen a white Victorian dress floating down the stairs, and caught snatches of children’s laughter when no kids were in the house. The hauntings are so famous that the inn has hosted Ghost Hunt classes since 2005.
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“We require no alcohol, no Ouija boards, and no ‘ghost boxes.’ The spirits have requested this,” the inn’s website reads.
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Would you stay at The Mason House Inn? To learn more and book a trip if you’re brave enough, visit MasonHouseInn.com.
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