Tavern
Sometime in the 1800’s two Indians were picking berries near the edge of town, when a group of angry white townspeople found them and dragged them back to the center of town. They were accused of raping and killing a young white girl and they were hanged outside the local tavern. A few years later, a white man confessed to raping and killing the young girl. The tavern still stands in downtown Brainerd and sometimes at night when the bar closes, people have reported hearing the cries of Indian people and the beating of drums.
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Nichole says: |
December 28, 2007, 12:51 pm |
How did this thread go from being a discussion about a haunted bar to a discussion on Native Americans & land ownership? Keep it to the point and discuss that somewhere relevant.
Joy says: |
January 7, 2008, 1:51 am |
Thats pretty cool, I grew up in Staples, which is like 45 mins from Brainerd on highway 10, I wish I would have known about that before when I was still living there I would have checked it out. That sounds pretty fun, I am not scared of that stuff like most people, though I do believe you can be hurt by spirits but I am still not afriad, and very interested in it.
buttox says: |
February 8, 2008, 7:11 pm |
YOU ARE RETARDED LOSERS YOUR STORIES ARE GAY
Bry says: |
April 3, 2008, 12:21 am |
I came to this site to learn about Minnesota Hauntings
The Death of One little girl, and Two Native people in Brainerd was caused by INTOLERANCE much like i’m finding on this page. If we focous our energy on learning, then we will all be better people.
joe smith says: |
June 16, 2008, 8:55 pm |
some time in the 1800s a railroad ran through a forest (which is now a very small woods) in st.james south side. well one night two kids went out to pick berries and well a train came and !!EL SMACKO!!. well one night about 100 years later 2 kids were dared to go into the woods to pick berries on the same night that the kids did 100 years ago,it was the same tempature it was a cloudy night the moon was full well when they went half way in (old train tracks go through the woods now) they heard screams and then a train horn and then they seen a light then they ran as fast as they could back into town they had nearly escaped death by the dead.
Michael W. Brennan II says: |
July 29, 2008, 10:01 pm |
HEllO, everyone my names is Michael Brennan II I am a writer from Iowa I am currently writing a book of short ghost stories around the MILLE LACS area. I have read many of your comments and am very interested in hearing a detailed description ( or detailed as possible) of an encounter with ghosts. I would also like to hear more about this bar with the indians. If you have any information about ghost or experiences please contact me at michaelbrennan_03@hotmail.com The sooner the better and you never know your story could end up in my book.
Patty says: |
September 23, 2008, 6:46 pm |
I actually got stabbed by a ghost at the Last Turn when I lived in Brainerd, so I’m not surprised that it’s haunted
vanna says: |
October 3, 2008, 11:41 pm |
uhh i agree with nichole! WTF! ya preety sure this situation is bout a haunted bar uhh not wat we think bout indians and land and watever the f*** els you guys wanna think you know bout! lol get over it!
CJ says: |
October 9, 2008, 9:14 pm |
To those of you who went on a rant over what Your Mom commented on you are all stupid!!! All that person wanted was the article to be politically correct and say Native American and not Indian. You really should read before you type and not assume every comment is negative.
Brainerd Resident says: |
October 13, 2008, 3:21 pm |
I came to this website after hearing about the St Cloud MN reference in the movie 1408. Brainerd is my hometown and I’ve been to the last turn numerous times. I always get freaked out when going into the place. There’s something shady about it, the old photographs on the walls don’t help either! But there’s good food there! Ha!
kristi says: |
October 16, 2008, 11:07 pm |
hey it happened over 200 fricken years ago….the WHITE people alive today did not do anything wrong. the people of that day did, and your ancestors AGREED so haw dumb are you?? not all blame can be put onthe WHITE people for that, half the blame must go to your own indian natives.
as for white and indians and whites and blacks for that matter get the hell over it, you cant change history. its people like you that keeps discrimination going!!!!(ps. im half white and half native american indian!! so deal with the past over and done, MOVE ON!!!)
nativewoman says: |
January 19, 2009, 4:01 am |
I agree,Like this was a shock to every one.Every one knows that they did a whole lot worse than just hang us.
mechneck says: |
February 16, 2009, 10:01 pm |
this sounds like “THE LYNCHINGS” in duluth witch is factual its kind of hard to belive that two very simular incedents that close together is possible im not saying that its not true but it just gets me wondering ?????
angie says: |
March 12, 2009, 8:09 pm |
i have a friend that works in the vfw, she swears that the place is haunted, many nights she will have someone close with her. sounds of a man at the bar. she said that there are tunnels under most the bars, and where the tunnel comes into the bar it is blocked off. anybody else hear of the tunnels, and hauntings there?
Jennifer Dobson says: |
September 12, 2009, 7:37 pm |
I live in Brainerd does anybody know for sure if its the Last Turn.
Miranda says: |
October 10, 2009, 7:32 pm |
this commet is for the joie person!!! 1-you have the wrong bar! 2- it wasent over a playstation! It Just so happen to be one of my relatives!
Miranda says: |
October 10, 2009, 7:36 pm |
your thinking of tropical nights not last turn salon…last turn salon is on the otherside of downtown and so plz dont make commets unless you know the truth!
miley cyrus says: |
October 31, 2009, 3:35 pm |
scary do not go there id you want to get hert there is a scary place at anoka houses im mn go there i went there scary places to
miley cyrus says: |
October 31, 2009, 3:39 pm |
really it is the real me i have free tikits for the left over places to my concert and vip backstage passes if you want to go


White Eagle Woman says:
December 21, 2007, 2:52 am
TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE HISTORICALLY WRONG. THIS IS HOW THE WHITE SETTLERS TOOK OVER ON THIS LAND WE NATIVES CALL TURTLE ISLAND, FIRST THEY STARTED WITH GERM WARFARE: SMALL POX, TYPHOID MARY, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THEN THERE WAS CHEMICAL WARFARE: ALCOHOL…. NEXT IT WAS CONCENTRATION CAMPS THAT ARE NOW. RESERVATIONS. WHERE DO YOU THINK HITLER GOT HIS IDEAS TO KILL AND PERSECUTE THE JEWISH PEOPLE? YOURS TRULY THE WHITE GOVERNMENT OF THE US OF A. READ THE HISTORY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE UNITED STATES. NOT WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU. AND GET IT FROM A TRUE NATIVE AMERICAN. THE SCHOOLS TEACH YOU ALL ABOUT THE WHITE MAN WAYS, BUT NOTHING IS TAUGHT ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN TO THE FIRST GENERATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR CENTURIES. TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUT THERE… LOUD AND PROUD TO BE A NATIVE OF THIS COUNTRY……. BY THE WAY, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH, THIS WAS TAUGHT TO MANY OF US. THIS WAS PREDICTED BY A NATIVE CHIEF.