West Bay Lake
Summerwind
Wisconsin's most famous haunted house was built in 1916 by Robert Lamont, who later became
Secretary of Commerce under President Hoover. It is said that Lamont once fired two shots at a
ghost that appeared in the kitchen. The house had many owners over the years, but only a few
realized they were living with ghosts. Arnold and Ginger Hinshaw and their six children lived
here in the 1970s. Within a few days of moving in, they realized the house was possessed by
spirits. Shadows moved through the house, mumbling voices were heard, and the apparition of a
woman was frequently seen floating through the French doors into the parlor. Other strange
things went on in the house. Windows raised by themselves, appliances failed for no reason, and
eerie noises echoed through the house at night. Then, while remodeling a closet, the couple
found the mummified remains of a human corpse. Their supernatural house soon became too much
for the Hinshaws. Arnold started hinting that he was possessed by demons and finally had a
nervous breakdown. Ginger attempted suicide. Ginger's father, Raymond Bober, asked her and the
children to come live with him in Granton. Meanwhile, he bought the house and started
remodeling it into a restaurant. During renovations, Bober encountered the ghost of Jonathan
Carver, an 18th-century explorer. The ghost told Bober that it did not want anyone living on
his property. According to the phantom, the Sioux Indians had deeded him the northern third of
Wisconsin when he negotiated a peace between two tribes. The deed was in a black box sealed
under the foundation of Summerwind. The box was never found, and Bober never completed
renovations, because contractors refused to work at the haunted house. The house was abandoned
in the 1980s and soon fell into ruin.
(West Bay Lake is in Vilas County on the Michigan border in northern Wisconsin. Summerwind
is on private property overlooking the lake. It sits abandoned, except for its ghosts.)
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