Omaha's Museum of Shadows ranks #1 in Nebraska's haunted index

With Halloween approaching, Omaha's Museum of Shadows ranks #1 among Nebraska's ten most haunted places in HauntBound's 2026 index. The index ranks 32 Nebraska sites by separate published accounts and how far back they go, not by fame or search popularity.

Museum of Shadows ranks #1. Nate Raterman began collecting objects he believed were haunted in 2006, and he and his wife, Kaleigh, built the collection into the museum, settling into the Christian Specht Building in Omaha's Old Market district in 2020. Seven separate published accounts describe activity there. The Ratermans say security cameras have captured the doll Ayda shifting position and trying to climb out of her display box, and visitors describe being touched and hearing disembodied voices.

Statewide, Fort Robinson in Crawford, the state's most famous haunted site, misses the top ten.

"We rank by evidence, not legend: independent published accounts, documented history, and how far back the reports go. We don't claim ghosts are real, or that they aren't. We document where the reports concentrate, and we show our work," said Ben Fineman, editor of HauntBound. The ranking shows each site's documented record.

Visiting:Museum of Shadows, 1110 Douglas St., Omaha, is a self-guided museum with no appointment needed; general admission is $25.

For media:The full ranking: https://hauntbound.com/most-haunted/nebraska/The fact sheet, with Omaha numbers and cleared images: https://hauntbound.com/press/fact-sheets/nebraska/Venue contact: museumofshadows.comA short version follows.

HauntBound (hauntbound.com) is a family-friendly field guide to more than 6,000 documented haunted and historic places across the United States, ranked by published evidence rather than legend. No venue pays to be listed or ranked.

Media contact: Ben Fineman, Editor, HauntBound, editor@hauntbound.com

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