Old West outlaws like Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane once walked the gritty streets of Deadwood. Stories of moving chairs, ghostly voices and spooked visitors cause many to believe that their roughened spirits still remain. Come see the chair Wild Bill was sitting in when he died, or spend the night in one of the town’s spookier hotels. Then you can decide for yourself if Deadwood truly is South Dakota’s most haunted city.
A young girl dressed in white, a transparent hotel manager and a smiling stagehand are just a few of the ghostly locals roaming western South Dakota. Stop by and see if you can catch a glimpse.
The West isn’t the only region where some residents are rumored to have stuck around after death. Try your luck ghost-spotting at these haunts in the eastern part of the state.
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