Museum of Shadows, Elmwood
The Museum of Shadows in Elmwood, Nebraska is described as a place full of supposedly haunted artifacts, with owners Nate and Kaleigh Raterman claiming they have verified paranormal experiences. The museum displays over a thousand artifacts, including items like haunted dolls, Ouija boards, and medical instruments, that are said to be donated from people experiencing paranormal activity. Visitors can expect to see these "creepy artifacts," hear unexplainable sounds, and potentially feel physical sensations, with some visitors even having physical experiences like being touched or seeing apparitions. The museum houses a large collection of items, including haunted dolls and other objects, which are said to have associated spirits or paranormal energy. Reports from the museum include apparitional sightings, unexplained sounds, and objects that move on their own. Visitors have described feeling physically touched, experiencing nausea, or having other unsettling encounters. Before being put on display, artifacts undergo a quarantine process where they are monitored with cameras to ensure the entities attached to them are not harmful. The museum sometimes offers ghost hunts, allowing visitors to investigate the artifacts using paranormal equipment. The most haunted item is reportedly the doll Ayda, which was found to have returned to a family's home after being thrown away.