History: The original building at the location of Palmer House Hotel had been a Brothel and Saloon. The building had burned down in the late 1800's. The residents of Sauk Centre at the time stated they were happy the building had burned down. The Hotel on the site today had been built by Mr. and Mrs. Palmer in 1901.

It is rumored that in the early 1900's, a little boy staying at the hotel had died from the flu.

Selling of liquor was done in the basement during probation. It also was rumored that during this time, there had been tunnels in the basement that would contact to basements of other buildings around town. The tunnels are rumored to have helped transport liquor with out the fear of being caught by authorities.

The early years of Sauk Centre when the Rail Road still ran through the town The Palmer House hotel was known for its flea market. The flea market had been in the back part of the basement.

It also was rumored that Sinclair Lewis a local writer of poetry had an underground hidden room just behind one of the walls in basement of the Palmer House Hotel. It was told that he had written some of his poems on the walls.

Reported Happenings:

A self claim psychic who had stayed at the Hotel claimed to have visions of human remains that had been buried under the stairs in the basement that lead up to the pub.

The Owner claimed that after she had dug up the floor under that stairs that she had found bones. She had boxed the bones up to take them up to show her husband. But due to phone call she left box of bones in basement. When she later returned the bones were gone. The box of bones have yet to be found.

Many Guests and Employees have claimed to seen an apparition of little boy playing ball throughout the halls ways. This boy is believed to be the boy who died from the flu. People also have claimed to seen this same boy sitting on the third step leading from the lobby.

Room 18 People who have stayed in the room below room 18 have complained about hearing someone walking around in the room above them, it was said to also sound like someone had sat on the bed to take their shoe’s off. The owner claimed that each time this had been reported room 18 had been empty.

Many of the other room’s people have complained of item’s missing such as remote controls that have yet to be found.

It isn’t uncommon to hear the toilets flush on their own in the bathrooms just off from the lobby and the pub.

One of the Palmer House Hotel night clerks saw a guy come in the pub. He asked him if he wanted a beer. The guy asked him what kind do you have?

Investigation:
June 9th 2006
Investigators: Rick, Mel,
Gene, Terri
Equipment: Fuji Film,
Nikon, Minolta Camera's, Cell Sensor EMF, IR thermometer,2 Hi8 Sony Handy Cam with Night vision, RCA Digital Recorder, Sony Cassette Recorder with External Microphone.

During the investigation Terri and Rick both had fallen while going up and down the stairs. They both had been on the 3rd step from the bottom when they said it had felt like someone from behind had pushed them on the back of their knee’s. Terri had been going up the stairs when this happen… Rick had been doing down.

The steps are narrow due to having carpet on them; this could contribute to the fall.

Before starting the investigation all of us had gone through all the tables making sure that the silver ware had all been set up in the same direction. We had then taken pictures of all the tables and placed a camera within the room with hopes of catching the silver ware being moved.

The above photo’s are not of the same table. But the first before picture will show how the silverware had been laid out on all the tables. 1:00am we had gone back in to check on the tables when we had found that one had been moved. We wasn’t able to catch this movement due to it being out of camera range.

Below is a video of us walking through inspecting all the tables. You will see on the video the table that the silver ware had been moved

We was able to capture a couple good EVP’s
We think They are saying *Want you whore* or* I want more*.
*Do You Like Me?*

Do You Like Me?

Want You Whore

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Palmer House Hotel is located In Sauk Centre Minnesota. For more information on the hotel click on the link below.