Welcome To Fargo Frights
Beneath Fargo’s downtown charm lies a city haunted by tragedy, ambition, and spirits. From haunted hotels to shadow-filled theatres, each step echoes with whispers of the past, some begging for peace, others unwilling to let go.
Macabre Marquees
Step beneath the marquee of this 1926 Art Deco gem with Fargo Frights where its walls conceal something wicked. This Fargo Theatre serves as the home to city legends, timeless flicks, and ghostly children who refuse to ever fade away.
Usually spotted peering from the old fashioned popcorn machine or running barefoot down aisles, these phantom children are accompanied by a rotting sweetness in the air. Staff say their presence lingers during late screenings, sending cold chills down your spine and leaving even the bravest guests wide-eyed and uneasy.
Could these spirits be displaced by the tragic fires of Fargo’s past? Or are they merely waiting for their story to be heard? Find out on a chilling ghost tour with Fargo Frights.
What Will I See?
Visit Fargo’s Most Haunted Locations, Including:
- Fargo Theatre – Beneath the marquee of this 1926 Art Deco landmark, two ghostly children linger long after the credits roll.
- Former VIP Room – Now shuttered, this once-glamorous club hid many secrets—alleged mob ties, mysterious disappearances, and whispered affairs.
- Forum Communications Company – Staff report old-fashioned phones ringing from disconnected lines, shadows moving between the stacks, and an eerie presence pressing in on them.
Very Important Phantoms
Now shuttered and silent, the former VIP Room was once the heartbeat of downtown nightlife. Behind its velvet ropes and mirrored walls, whispers of mob connections, shady deals, and sudden disappearances drifted like cigarette smoke through the air.
Follow Fargo Frights to the place where some say secrets were sealed with more than just a handshake. Affairs ended in screams behind locked doors, and a few vanished without a trace and were never seen again after slipping past the glowing sign into the club’s red-lit haze.
One guest in particular may still linger. Bartenders and late-night staff have reported the same chilling sight: a woman in a shining cocktail dress, gliding across the empty dance floor—alone, weightless, and utterly silent. Learn about this mysterious specter and more on a heart-pounding Fargo ghost tour.
Why is Fargo so Haunted?
The Train to Terror
The rhythmic hum of trains once signaled progress, industry, and connection. But not all who passed through this depot left it whole. Beneath the brick and bustle of the Northern Pacific Railway Depot lies a darker chapter of Fargo’s history.
Explore the depths of its hauntings with Fargo Frights. Years ago, tragedy struck with a scream of steel—a conductor slipped beneath a speeding train and was split in half. Severed at the waist, one half of him dragged down the tracks, the other left twitching beside the platform. Though the trains no longer roar as they once did, something from that horrific moment still lingers in the silence.
Night-shift workers still speak in hushed tones of phantom footsteps pacing the rails and the sudden squeal of unseen brakes. The air grows colder near the tracks, as if time folds in on itself.
Fargo’s Most Haunted
As chilly as Fargo, North Dakota can be, there’s nothing more chilling than its ghostly past. Fargo remains the home to haunted locales beyond the tour’s stops.
At Trollwood Park, the eerie sound of footsteps can sometimes be heard echoing through the trees, despite no one being in sight, as if spirits are still wandering the grounds from the past. The NDSU campus, too, is known for strange occurrences, with buildings being allegedly haunted by the spirits of former students and faculty, including unsettling reports of disembodied voices and flickering lights in the library in the midst of the night.
Riverside Cemetery holds a chilling reputation, where visitors have claimed to see shadowy figures moving among the gravestones, and some even report feeling an oppressive, unseen force press down on them. Meanwhile, the Children’s Museum, which was once a bustling place of awe and wonder, is said to be visited by the spirits of small children who still roam the halls, leaving behind inexplicable cold spots and the faint sound of tiny laughter.
* This is a walking tour and we do not enter privately-owned buildings or private property *
