These 19 Utah schools are said to be haunted, which might make some students even more afraid of Algebra class. Or, perhaps Utah’s students have imaginative minds. Whether these stories of hauntings are true or not, the most terrifying thing about Utah schools is our last-place ranking when it comes to education funding.
- Brigham Young University, Provo
“HBLL periodicals” by Eustress - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons Students report hearing a moaning sound from the reading room in the music section of the library, which also often experiences extreme warm or cold temperatures.
- Cyprus High School, Magna
Cyprus High School/Facebook Allegedly, the auditorium in this school is haunted. People have seen a man dressed in clothes from the 1930s.
- East High School, Salt Lake City
By Mr. Granger, via Wikimedia Commons Students in the drama department reports seeing ghosts.
- Highland Junior High School, Ogden
Highland Junior High/Facebook The girls’ bathroom in H hall is said to be haunted by a little girl that’s seen in the mirror. The video production room has another ghost, who will reportedly grab your ankles if you lock the door and stay in the room alone.
- Kearns Junior High, Kearns
Kearns Junior High School/Facebook A family consisting of parents, two girls and a boy is said to appear at the top of a stairway at Kearns Junior High.
- Holt Elementary, Clearfield The ghost of a young boy who drowned in a nearby pond is often seen by students, teachers and visitors. The boy leaves puddles of water or wet footprints on the back steps of the school.
“HBLL periodicals” by Eustress - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons
Students report hearing a moaning sound from the reading room in the music section of the library, which also often experiences extreme warm or cold temperatures.
Cyprus High School/Facebook
Allegedly, the auditorium in this school is haunted. People have seen a man dressed in clothes from the 1930s.
By Mr. Granger, via Wikimedia Commons
Students in the drama department reports seeing ghosts.
Highland Junior High/Facebook
The girls’ bathroom in H hall is said to be haunted by a little girl that’s seen in the mirror. The video production room has another ghost, who will reportedly grab your ankles if you lock the door and stay in the room alone.
Kearns Junior High School/Facebook
A family consisting of parents, two girls and a boy is said to appear at the top of a stairway at Kearns Junior High.
- Lehi High School, Lehi
Lehi High School Counseling Department/Facebook Teachers report running and talking in the halls at night. Some feel like they’re being watched, or that someone is breathing on their necks.
- North Summit Middle School, Coalville A ghostly man is often spotted in the arts and crafts kiln room of the middle school.
Lehi High School Counseling Department/Facebook
Teachers report running and talking in the halls at night. Some feel like they’re being watched, or that someone is breathing on their necks.
North Summit High School, Coalville Right across the street from the middle school, North Summit High has a ghost or two of its own. Students and staff often hear voices in the pool area, and see phantoms roaming the halls.
Pleasant Grove High School, Pleasant Grove The ghost at this high school is said to remove padlocks from a door under the stage in the auditorium, leaving the door wide open.
Roy High School, Roy
Weber School District This high school is allegedly haunted by a female ghost who plays pranks in the auditorium. She moves props, turns lights on and off and occasionally appears. Two other ghosts inhabit the auditorium and sometimes appear; a fourth ghost roams the halls.
- Roy Junior High School, Roy
Weber School District Some say that a boy once died from an accident with a power saw in the woodshop; students report that the saw turns itself on and that they can hear faint screams. Other students report the cries of a baby in the auditorium.
- Southern Utah University, Cedar City
“Southern Utah University 1”. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons Students report seeing a woman wandering around on the third floor of Old Main. People don’t like to be in the building after dark; the lights often turn off and on by themselves and students have been trapped in the elevators.
- Spanish Fork High School, Spanish Fork A former custodian reportedly haunts this high school; the curtain in the Little Auditorium will rise and fall, music plays and stage lights turn themselves on and off.
Weber School District
This high school is allegedly haunted by a female ghost who plays pranks in the auditorium. She moves props, turns lights on and off and occasionally appears. Two other ghosts inhabit the auditorium and sometimes appear; a fourth ghost roams the halls.
Some say that a boy once died from an accident with a power saw in the woodshop; students report that the saw turns itself on and that they can hear faint screams. Other students report the cries of a baby in the auditorium.
“Southern Utah University 1”. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons
Students report seeing a woman wandering around on the third floor of Old Main. People don’t like to be in the building after dark; the lights often turn off and on by themselves and students have been trapped in the elevators.
- Uintah High School, Vernal
Uintah School District This high school’s auditorium is also said to be haunted. The ghost plays pranks on students, hanging costumes from the curtain tracks, turning lights off and even pushing a casket off the stage during a production of Dracula.
- Viewmont High School, Bountiful
Viewmont High School/Facebook Ted Bundy kidnapped a student from this school back in the 1970s. Students report seeing the student, Bundy and his distinctive yellow VW Bug.
- Weber State University, Ogden
Weber State University/Facebook A ghost hunting group stated that they saw ghostly lights in the Student Senate room on campus where a gunman was shot and killed by police in 1993.
- West High School, Salt Lake City
“West High School, Salt Lake City” by Adrian Comollo - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons Students report seeing ghosts all over this old school. A ghost in a basketball uniform is reported in the gym; other ghosts roam the halls. Spirits have been seen in classrooms, the weight room and the boys’ locker room.
- Westminster College, Salt Lake City
Westminster College/Facebook In Hogle Hall, the ghost of a little boy sits behind the water fountain and giggles when students pass by. The third and first floor bathrooms are supposedly haunted as well.
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Uintah School District
This high school’s auditorium is also said to be haunted. The ghost plays pranks on students, hanging costumes from the curtain tracks, turning lights off and even pushing a casket off the stage during a production of Dracula.
Viewmont High School/Facebook
Ted Bundy kidnapped a student from this school back in the 1970s. Students report seeing the student, Bundy and his distinctive yellow VW Bug.
Weber State University/Facebook
A ghost hunting group stated that they saw ghostly lights in the Student Senate room on campus where a gunman was shot and killed by police in 1993.
“West High School, Salt Lake City” by Adrian Comollo - Own work. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons
Students report seeing ghosts all over this old school. A ghost in a basketball uniform is reported in the gym; other ghosts roam the halls. Spirits have been seen in classrooms, the weight room and the boys’ locker room.
Westminster College/Facebook
In Hogle Hall, the ghost of a little boy sits behind the water fountain and giggles when students pass by. The third and first floor bathrooms are supposedly haunted as well.
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