EP 197 - The Ridgeway Ghost | Iowa County, WI
Hometown Ghost Stories
Hometown Ghost Stories
4.7 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In the early 1800s, thousands of miners flooded into the southwestern corner of Wisconsin chasing lead. The violence and lawlessness they brought with them left something behind on the Old Military Road — something that has been coming back every forty years since, in whatever shape it chooses, to whoever happens to be on that road in the dark. Tonight we're in Iowa County, Wisconsin — home of the Ridgeway Ghost. One of the only spirits in recorded history believed to have killed the living.
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| 0:40.3 | In the early 1800s, thousands of miners flooded into the southwestern corner of Wisconsin, |
| 0:47.3 | chasing lead. |
| 0:48.3 | The violence and lawlessness they brought with them left something behind on the old military road, something that has been |
| 0:55.4 | coming back every 40 years since, in whatever shape it chooses, to whoever happens to be on |
| 1:01.6 | that road in the dark. |
| 1:04.4 | Tonight, we're in Iowa County, Wisconsin, home of the Ridgeway Ghost, one of the only |
| 1:09.7 | spirits in recorded history believed to have killed the living. |
| 1:17.6 | Hometown Ghost Stories contains serious and often distressing events and is not intended for all audiences. |
| 1:26.6 | Viewer discretion is advised. |
| 1:30.8 | The road between Dodgeville and Ridgeway had never been kind to travelers after dark, |
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