Category: Halloween

• A History of Grave Robbing in North Omaha

  It costs money to be a respectful, successful cemetery. They actually have to conduct a regular and brisk business in order to afford their existence. Today, many old cemeteries have charitable groups or beneficiaries who pay for their upkeep. However, it hasn’t always been easy to raise money for cemetery upkeep. This is a history […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  November 2, 2015

  19th century, 20th century, culture, ghosts, Halloween, historic preservation, History of Nebraska, North 30th, North Omaha

• A History of Ghost Stories in North Omaha

  

  This is my collection of ghost stories from North Omaha.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 31, 2015

  ghosts, Halloween

• A History of Ghosts at Fort Omaha

  Fort Omaha was opened in 1878. Home to thousands of US Army troops over a century of service, many people lived and died at the Fort. Today, some of the buildings that still survive on the campus include the General Crook House and the Commissary, both built in 1878; the Ordinance Magazine, built in 1883; […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 31, 2015

  19th century, 20th century, 21st century, ghosts, government, Halloween, History of Nebraska, North 24th Street, North 30th

• North Omaha History on Q98.5

  In the month of October 2015, I was invited to participate in Q98’s After Dark Halloween special with JT and Pat. Making two appearances before the special, I was able to share some stories and have fun with the opportunity. Here are the shows I appeared on – I’ll be adding the actual After Dark […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 31, 2015

  ghosts, Halloween, History of Nebraska, storytelling

• A History of the Tunnels Beneath Immanuel Hospital

  

  More than just an expedient way to move water, gas and electricity around their massive campus, there were once tunnels throughout the Immanuel Deaconess Institute in the Monmouth Park neighborhood. They were once used to move people, including the dying, the mentally unstable and others. This is a history of the tunnels beneath Immanuel Hospitals […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 31, 2015

  19th century, 20th century, ghosts, Halloween, History of Nebraska, North 30th

• A History of Missing Cemeteries in North Omaha

  

  Prospect Hill Cemetery was not Omaha’s first cemetery. This article explores that, and shares information about the city’s actual first cemeteries, including a few others lost to time.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 30, 2015

  18th century, 19th century, 20th century, Americans, cemetery, civic infrastructure, culture, Halloween, History of Nebraska, North 30th

• A History of the Woman in White in North Omaha

  

  “Where are my children? Are they buried in that tomb?” H. P. Stanwood was an early and popular sculptor and marble cutter in Omaha. Building a house a shop across the street from the city’s first cemetery, Prospect Hill, he sold a lot of headstones and grave markers. Stanwood was a serious man, and when […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 29, 2015

  19th century, 20th century, ghosts, Halloween, history

• A History of North Omaha’s Hummel Park

  

  There is a lot of misunderstanding about what happens at Hummel Park. A lot of it comes from racism, a lot from ignorance, and the rest of it from active imaginations. Before we start examining the allegations about the park, let’s look at the actual, factual history of Hummel Park. The Real History of Hummel […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 28, 2015

  19th century, 20th century, Americans, architecture, culture, Florence, ghosts, Halloween, historic preservation, Native Americans

• A History of the Execution of Cyrus Tator in North Omaha

  

  Since before the Nebraska Territory was founded in 1854, executions including lynchings, shootings and hangings happened in Omaha. The Omaha Claim Club, established by the city’s founders, used intimidation, threats, and drownings in order to enforce their homesteading over anyone who tried to disagree with them. In 1860, the US Supreme Court made their actions […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 28, 2015

  19th century, crime, ghosts, government, Halloween, History of Nebraska, North 16th, Omaha Claim Club

• A History of North Omaha’s Prospect Hill Cemetery

  

  There are places in Omaha where ghosts, legends and history come alive. With mysterious burial sites, whispy hauntings and grand memorial trees, the pioneer graveyard called Prospect Hill Cemetery may be the most haunted of all. Read on to learn more…

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  December 30, 2010

  18th century, 19th century, 20th century, cemetery, civic infrastructure, ghosts, Halloween, historic preservation, History of Nebraska, Prospect Hill, society