Rogue’s Hollow
This whole area of town is haunted by the victims of a derailed train. Sometimes the light of the train may be seen. The main complaint, however, is that if one is crossing the tracks, his car will stall. The only thing he can do is sit there and let the phantom train pass through his vehicle. The nearby mill, which has been abandoned for many years, is said to start up every Halloween.
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dk says: |
October 29, 2006, 12:00 am |
what happened at washington
JODY says: |
October 29, 2006, 12:34 pm |
ITS ALL VERY TRUE. cLINTON HAS ALOT MORE SPOOKS THAN YOU’LL EVER REALIZE. THE HOUSE I LIVE IN IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CLINTON AND IS VERY HAUNTED. THERE ONCE WAS A ARMY NURSE THAT LIVED IN THIS HOUSE AND TO THIS DAY I CAN HEAR HER NYLONS SLIDING TOGETHER WHEN SHE WALKS. SHE HAS EVEN WOKE ME UP A TIME OR TWO. I FOUND OUT 10 YEARS AFTER I MOVED IN HERE THAT SHE DIED IN THE FRONT BEDROOM OF THIS HOUSE. AFTER SHE RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE SHE WASHED LAUNDRY FOR SOME AREA DOCTORS AND WE CAN STILL HEAR THE WATER RUNNING IN THE BASEMENT AT NIGHT. IT’S REAL FREAKIE.
Robby says: |
November 1, 2006, 4:40 am |
O.K.
Umm i live in Clinton and i’ve never heard of Rogue’s Hollow. Futhermore whoever said there is only one place the tracks cross the toad here is dumb cause i can think of at least 10. Cambrige apts. well creepy I’ve lived there and been through some of the tunnels i’m conviced that place haunted. Ummm no mill starts up that i’ve ever heard about and no complaints of a train either really. well not none but none that go through your car. my suggestion lay off the shrooms.
Robby says: |
November 1, 2006, 5:47 am |
And Clinton was never a mining town. Logging town yes mining no. and as far as train derailments go look up the history of clinton and try to find one that killed a bunch of people good luck i can’t. Yeah that should tell you guys to give it up. anyone that claims to have been there please tell me where it is i’ll go there asap and check it out. Hell i’ll even look up any and all historical info about it for everyone.
j_0_k_3_r_m_a_n@hotmail.com
Alonzo says: |
November 2, 2006, 1:07 am |
Rogue’s Hollow isn’t in Clinton. It isn’t even in Iowa. Rogue’s hollow is located in Ohio. So IPSCOgoose if you want directions go to Ohio and ask for them. Sorry to burst your collective bubbles but I had to look it up and that is what I found.
akay says: |
November 7, 2006, 11:28 am |
yeah so i went to the abbey house and documented as much as possible but its private property so some guy came up at us and was all like “my uncle owns this house get off his property” so we had to leave. Fortunately, we knew where they were all buried so we went to the cemetary and documented its some pretty messed up stuff…i guess the parents both died in 1877 but all the kids died in 1860…except for one that died in 1864…pretty weird stuff. I plan on furthering my documentation hopefully into the house but a word of advice to anyone going up there, be very careful unless you want a huge fine
Aivilo says: |
November 7, 2006, 3:27 pm |
Hey Kenny, you were talking about the Abbey house/Abley house whatever you want to call it….So i live like 10 miles from the house if that…I’ve been goin there for years and everytime the lights are either all off or ALL on…one time i went the lights were all on we walked up onto the train tracks and all at once every light turned off! Scary! so i was wondering where exactly i can find this book. I am very interested in finding the real story behind all this! THanks
sarah says: |
December 6, 2006, 5:15 am |
Interested about this Rogue Hollow!!! If anyone has really actually been there and it is haunted could you please tell me directions. Then, if anyone would be interested in going we will get some people together and go and check it out! please e-mail us at sarah052281@yahoo.com. Thanks!!
happyjr says: |
January 1, 2007, 9:32 pm |
one ti,e i went for a walk and i was crossing the tracks by my house I LIVE IN ALLERTON its a small town well anyways my foot got cought and of course here comes a train. Well it PASSED write threw me lol I **** my pants like seriously not just pissed I ****
Justyn "Stumpy" Reifsteck says: |
January 9, 2007, 1:32 pm |
The Abbley House- Its located outside Galena, Illinois actually in the township of Council Mounds.
Story- Husband goes crazy hangs children in trees in backyard hangs wife on meat hook in basement. Husband go’s missing. Older son lived about 60 miles away gets word of this goes home finds father and shoots him then kills himself.
My experiences- I have been to the house 3-5 times in my life. Only once did anything big happen. I went with a group of around 8 teenage guys. Myself and 1 guy stand back behind the cattle gate that someone put in. The others hopped it and we had walkie talkies. We first heard a faint voice to get out of the house. People in the house heard nothing. Then both walkie talkies started playin some older classical funeral style music we hear them runnin and yellin something is chasin them so we all jump in the cars and leave as we leave we r bein chased by a greenish orb then the car I was in got a flat tire. Flat tires r a common thing to happen out there but once u get them off the dirt road the house is on and back to a air pump they fill up and hold air no problem.
Chicago people have bought the house and live there during the summer and use it as a getaway durin the rest of the year. They will call the cops and we will get arrested if u go there now
Maria says: |
January 12, 2007, 10:48 pm |
BOO!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!! EEEEEE!!! holy shhh..what was that? o man it was a ghost! AHHHH!! RUUUNNNNNN!!!!!!!……duh. grow up.
spenser says: |
February 12, 2007, 1:32 am |
seriously the house is owned by some peoples and they have cameras all over the property. Once your car goes passed the gate it triggers a automatic dialing system that calls the cops. You can still see the house and not get in trouble by climbing the old stone steps up the railroad. Its scary ****. i went there twice. the first time ntohing really happened just some screams and then the second time some **** went down and now no one ever wants to go back. My friends used to get high and **** over there..its like fifteen minutes away…
noah johnson says: |
February 16, 2007, 8:57 pm |
for one the abbley house has no dialing system ive been there i live not to far from there it does have an alarm system on the house when i went there me and some friends drove up in a jimmy it all of a suden broke down and would not start we stayed there for 3 hours we went in the root cellar where the wife was killed nothing happend untill we had to walk back to the main roud yes the jimmy would not start at all so when we were walking back down the dirt road some one was falowing us they were on the hill you could here the branches breaking when we looked back we could see a lighted lantern come up the dirt road but never got close to us if you want proof contact me at johny611@hotmail.com
Heaven says: |
March 5, 2007, 2:08 pm |
Hi Vikki? um you said there was a book published about Rogue’s Hollow… I was wondering what it’s called because I can’t find it. THANKS!
Skeeter says: |
March 12, 2007, 9:52 pm |
Ok, I did a search for Rogue’s Hollow. This site has the location of Rogue’s Hollow wrong. It is in Clinton, Ohio, not Clinton, Iowa. No wonder nobody from Clinton, IA ever heard of it. Duh!
veronica says: |
March 27, 2007, 9:33 pm |
wow that is also crazy.
Brenna says: |
June 26, 2007, 11:51 pm |
wondering where the best place would go for hauntings. like any abandoned places in iowa. are the cambridge apartments abandoned? i also have an EXTREMELY haunted house down by where i live. i’m not going to post it, its a long story, email me and i can let you know aso like i said if you could help me out with anything near waterloo or in iowa let me know! kmk_bf@yahoo.com
Darrin says: |
July 5, 2007, 12:17 pm |
Ok lets get this strait. It’s the Abbley house not the Abby house. I have the complete story from a court document in a book I have. Jacob Abblys wife was hung in the back yard in a tree that died and was cut down 40 years ago. His two sons plotted to shoot himbecause they thought he killed there mom. They did shoot him and he died in the house not in the cellar nothing happened in there. My Grandpa and Uncle have farmed the land for many years. I have been in the house many of times when the previous owner had it and know my uncle owns it. Please if you do try to find the house to get a quick scare respect other peoples property he has had a lot of vadalism been done and the repair does cost money the house does have a security system and my uncle may meet you with a shotgun because he has run into some drunk kids that cause trouble
missa says: |
July 7, 2007, 1:54 pm |
I used to live in the cambridge apartments last year…sont tell me they arent haunted….I have seen some pretty messed up stuff there. i have even gotten drunk and went ghost hunting there and you dont even want to no what i found….i guess we are going to a crybaby bridge tonight…i am sort of nervous!!!


katie says:
October 22, 2006, 11:37 am
I’ve lived in Clinton my whole life and i’ve never heard of Rogue’s Hollow. But my brother goes to Ashford University which was, Mount Saint Claire at one point and they closed the last dorm floor off due to people saying it’s really haunted. I believe Washington Middle School is haunted I have a story but I don’t want to share it. I’ve been to the Springdale Cemetary nothing happened to us it was just really scary…But that’s about it