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Type of Haunt Spot: Abandoned Road and Trail
Nearest Metro: Brookfield, WI
History and Hauntings Audio Length: 9:25
Exploration Time: 30 to 60 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: The historical park and grounds are open until 9pm daily.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None. Note: At various times of the year, some of the historical buildings may be open for special occasions during which time an additional admission fee is charged for tours.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A No Safe Haven Caper”
Suggested combinations: Combine with theatre in Elm Grove to extend your exploration.
Type of Haunt Spot: Tavern
Nearest Metro: Cedarburg, WI
Highlight: This is a Caper Company exclusive! This Haunt Spot is not included in any other internet haunted destination listings. It is also a unique opportunity to explore an indoor location.
Exploration Time: 30 to 60 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: This is a tavern and is open on weekdays at 4:00 and weekends at noon. Time your visit accordingly. You’re welcome to explore inside the public areas and feel free to chat with anyone working in the bar. They will be open for business, so you’ll need to time your chats for when the good people there aren’t actively serving another customer. Note: Caper Company has no commercial arrangements to promote this business but we are grateful to be invited indoors to explore.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A Forlorn Phantoms to Floozies Caper”
Suggested combinations: Combine with Grafton Hotel or Cedarburg Cemetery for a great exploration.
Type of Haunt Spot: Trail
Nearest Metro: Hales Corners, WI
History and Hauntings Audio Length: 7:47
Exploration Time: 20 to 40 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: 7 days a week. Park closes at 10:00 pm.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A Hard Luck and Loss Caper”
Suggested combinations: Road and Trails near Oak Creek, WI
A No Safe
Haven Caper
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Tour Description: In this tour, you'll experience a haunt so deeply rooted that the spirits moved with the buildings, trek legend-steeped haunted trails and travel a tragic road to nowhere. One Bonus Haunt Spot included. "Audio Sample"
Time of Day / Access: All destinations are accessible during daytime hours. Suggested start time varies depending on your tour start location. It's recommended that you arrive at your first Haunt Spot no later than 6:30 pm. Destination #1 must be explored by 9:00 pm, nos. 3 and 4 by 10:00 pm. Explorers must be able to walk up to 1 mile over uneven ground. Flashlights are required after dark.
General Area: West /Southwest of Milwaukee. Specific stops include Haunt Spots in Brookfield, Elm Grove, South Milwaukee and Oak Creek, WI.
Starting Cities / Areas Available: Caper Company provides directions from Milwaukee, Waukesha, Madison, Mequon, Racine, and West Bend. Other starting points are available upon request.
Estimated Total Tour Length: 3.5 to 5 hours.
Tour Price Options:
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Receive a printed tour and CD of your audio stories in the mail for $14
Caper Company’s Haunt Spots tours are self-guided audio road trips to real Wisconsin Haunts. Both individual destinations and multi-stop tours are available.
Each Haunt Spots tour includes:
- Professionally written and recorded audio stories chock full of history and paranormal activity reports.
- Turn-by-turn directions and loads of insiders tips to help in your exploration.
- “Before You Go” and “Your Personal Paranormal Sensitivity” audio tracks designed to help you make the most of your ghostly adventure. Click here for a snippet
Go at your own pace, with your own friends, whenever you like. Who knows, maybe the next ghost story you hear will be the one you’re telling!
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Multi-Stop Tours:
Single Destinations:
The Roadhouse Bar and Grill, Cedarburg, WI - CAPER COMPANY EXCLUSIVE*
Union Cemetery, Glendale, WI - CAPER COMPANY EXCLUSIVE*
+ 5-14-11: Constructions has begun on the Grafton Hotel
++ 2-28-11 Note: Property ownership of the Eschweiler Buildings is in process of changing hands
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A Hard Luck
and Loss Caper
Tour Description: This is the Caper Company Haunt Spots tours inaugural tour! You will explore the grounds around creepy old buildings, walk haunted trails, and investigate a rather unusual cemetery. This tour includes one Bonus Haunt Spot. "Audio Sample"
Time of Day / Access: All destinations are accessible any time during daylight hours. The third destination must be explored by 10:00 pm. Explorers must be able to walk up to ½ a mile over uneven terrain.
2-28-11 Note: Property ownership of the Eschweiler Buildings is in process of changing hands and may no longer be available for on-site touring.
General Area: West /Southwest of Milwaukee
Starting Cities / Areas Available: Caper Company provides directions from Milwaukee, Waukesha, Madison, Mequon, Racine, and West Bend. Guidance for other starting points available upon request.
Estimated Total Tour Length: 3 to 5 hours. Latest suggested start time is 7:00 pm for a leisurely exploration.
Tour Price Options:
Download your tour for $10.00 - or -
Receive a printed tour and CD of your audio stories in the mail for $14
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Self-guided, multi-destination audio tours. $10 each via download or
$14 each via snail mail . Each tour package includes your Personal Paranormal Sensitivity audio.
Founder's Cemetary Park
Paranormal Activity Reported: The sounds of footsteps following you and the feeling of being watched are reported. Strong negative feelings and cold spots are also frequently reported.
Type of Haunt Spot: Park / Former Cemetery
Nearest Metro: Cedarburg, WI
Exploration Time: 20 to 35 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: No restrictions are posted, however online regulations for Cedarburg parks indicate they close by 11:00 pm.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A Forlorn Phantoms to Floozies Caper”
Suggested combinations: Combine with Grafton Hotel or Cedarburg Tavern for a great exploration.
Eschweiler Buildings
Paranormal Activity Reported: Sounds of coughing emanate from the former TB sanitarium. Shadowy figures are spotted out of the corner of the eye. The face and form of a white lady has been spotted in a window of one of the buildings. Overall, there’s a feeling of being watched.
Type of Haunt Spot: Abandoned Road and Trail
Nearest Metro: Wauwatosa, WI
History and Hauntings Audio Length: 10:26
Exploration Time: 45 to 75 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: At the time of Caper Company research, there were no day or night hour restrictions posted on a nearby bulletin board. Because of the uneven terrain, we suggest you start this Haunt Spot exploration before dark. Special Note: 2-28-11 Property ownership of the Eschweiler Buildings is in process of changing hands and may no longer be available for on-site touring.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A Hard Luck and Loss Caper”
Fitzsimmons Road
Paranormal Activity Reported: Residents who live near this cemetery report seeing unexplainable lights. Local dogs dislike walking on the grounds. Caper Company researchers captured some possible EVP’s at this newly discovered Haunt Spot.
Type of Haunt Spot: Cemetery
Nearest Metro: Oak Creek, WI
History and Hauntings Audio Length: 12:29
Exploration Time: 45 to 90 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: 7 days a week. The park that the trails go through closes at 10:00 pm.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A No Safe Haven Caper”
Suggested combinations: Trails near South Milwaukee, WI
Grant Park Seven Bridges Trail
Paranormal Activity Reported: Unexplained lights are seen in the woods and ravine. Along the trails, there’s the sound of footsteps following you and more unexplained lights. A misty apparition is reported to be seen. There is a Legend Trip associated with this Haunt Spot.
Type of Haunt Spot: Trails
Nearest Metro: South Milwaukee, WI
History and Hauntings Audio Length: 8:47
Exploration Time: 20 to 40 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: 7 days a week. The park that the trails go through closes at 10:00 pm.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A No Safe Haven Caper”
Suggested combinations: Abandoned Road and Trails near Oak Creek, WI
Muirdale
Sanitarium
Paranormal Activity Reported: Full body apparitions are reported inside the building and have been seen from outside as well. Doors are heard slamming and cries for help have been heard.
Type of Haunt Spot: Building / former Sanitarium
Nearest Metro: Wauwatosa, WI
History and Hauntings Audio Length: 9:15
Exploration Time: 10 to 20 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: 7 days a week. The building itself is private property, but the grounds may be explored. The story of the haunting is compelling enough to make it worth a stop.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A Hard Luck and Loss Caper”
Suggested combinations: Historical buildings and cemetery nearby
Potter's
Field
Paranormal Activity Reported: Figures of adults and children are seen wandering this field of lost souls. Sounds of children’s voices and crying have been heard. People report the feeling of being in a crowd even when standing along. Unusual shadows are seen playing hide and go seek in the trees.
Type of Haunt Spot: Cemetery
Nearest Metro: Wauwatosa, WI
History and Hauntings Audio Length: 6:15
Exploration Time: 30 to 60 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: 7 days a week – no day or night restrictions.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A Hard Luck and Loss Caper”
Suggested combinations: Nearby Historical Buildings and Sanitarium
Whitnall Park
Paranormal Activity Reported: A woman in a long white gown has been seen near a waterfall on the trail. She’s reported to be crying and cradling a baby. Feelings of longing and despair have been reported on the trails.
*** Wisconsin Haunt Spots ***
Self-guided, single-destination audio tours. $4 each via download or $6 each via snail mail. Each tour package includes your Personal Paranormal Sensitivity audio instructions.
Grafton Hotel
Paranormal Activity Reported: Sounds of phantom footsteps and music are reported to be heard emanating from inside the former hotel. When it was a restaurant, employees report ghostly figures in the basement and a room full of people claim to have seen cabinet doors open and dishes come flying out.
Type of Haunt Spot: Closed hotel.
Nearest Metro: Grafton, WI
Highlight: This Haunt Spot is so well known to the residents that many of them have personal stories or connections to the building. It’s rich history and reports of paranormal activity make this a worthwhile, albeit brief stop.
Exploration Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: The hotel is closed, so your exploration will be a circuit around the building. There are no postings for time limits.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None.
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A Forlorn Phantoms to Floozies Caper”
Suggested combinations: Combine with nearby Cedarburg Roadhouse or Cemetery for a great exploration.
Union
Cemetery
Paranormal Activity Reported: Residents who live near this cemetery report seeing unexplainable lights. Local dogs dislike walking on the grounds. Caper Company researchers captured some possible EVP’s at this newly discovered Haunt Spot.
Type of Haunt Spot: Abandoned Road and Trail
Nearest Metro: Glendale, WI
Highlight: Caper Company exclusive! This Haunt Spot is not included in any other internet haunted destination listings.
Exploration Time: 20 to 30 minutes
Days and Hours of Accessibility: No restrictions posted.
Price: Download or Email $4.00 / Snail Mail $6.00
Additional Admission: None
Also included on a multi-destination Caper: “A Forlorn Phantoms to Floozies Caper”
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A Forlorn Phantoms to Floozies Caper
Tour Description: This eclectic Haunt Spots tour features an opportunity to explore indoors at a notorious roadhouse and spins you back in time to Wisconsin’s frontier. In between, you re-live some of the haunting, golden age of blues music. This is a good tour to bring your digital voice recorder since the first Haunt Spot, a nearly hidden cemetery, yielded some startling EVP’s.
Time of Day / Access: Your 3rd and final destination on this tour is only available to explore during their normal business hours, which are M-F from 4pm and Sat and Sun from 12 noon. Suggested start time should be after 2:30 pm. The final Haunt Spot is a tavern, so Explorers must be over 21 years of age or accompanied by a parent or guardian.
General Area: North of Milwaukee and into Ozaukee County. Specific stops include Haunt Spots in Glendale and Cedarburg, WI.
Starting Cities / Areas Available: Caper Company provides directions from Milwaukee, Waukesha, Madison, Mequon, Racine, Oak Creek, West Bend and just about any other starting point.
Estimated Total Tour Length: 2 to 3 hours.
Tour Price Options:
Download your tour for $10.00 - or -
Receive a printed tour and CD of your audio stories in the mail for $14
Dousman Stagecoach Inn
Paranormal Activity Reported: malevolent feelings are experienced throughout the park, especially near 2 of the buildings. Paranormal activity reported includes feeling pushed or touched. Shadowy figures and unexplained lights have been reported in the main building in the park and doors are heard to slam inside. Overall, there is a feeling of being watched.
Roadside Bar and Grill
Paranormal Activity Reported: There are numerous visual sightings reported including full body apparitions. There’s possibly both intelligent and residual hauntings in residence. Footsteps on stairs and various electrical disturbances are reported. One frequent manifestation includes objects being moved. This is one of the most active Haunt Spots locations reported.
Not Currently Accessible. Building is under re-hab and new No Trespassing signs are in place.
