Ghosts Of Murdered Couple Said To Wander Central Idaho Woods

Like many states, Idaho has a vast number of acres of backcountry containing the graves of homesteaders and pioneers from past centuries. One community prides itself on a particular story involving a couple who met an unfortunate fate shortly after developing a romantic relationship.

The former mining community of Bonanza, Idaho, has dwindled in size over the past 150 years from a handful or two to zero residents. This is because Bonanza is what educators of American history would refer to as a 'ghost town.' If you chat with people in surrounding communities such as Challis, the names Elizabeth ('Lizzie') King and Robert may come up.

As the story goes, the two developed a union shortly after Elizabeth's husband passed away. A love triangle ensued, and the surviving man was never heard from again following the murders of the other two in the equation.

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Abandoned Central Idaho Town Said To Be Haunted By Nineteenth Century Lovers

Bonanza is located approximately 50 miles southwest of Challis. According to the Meta page Books, Books, Books, Elizabeth and Robert were found murdered, and a man named Charles was a leading suspect, but he quickly left the area.

Idaho is a state with no shortage of haunted tales. There aren't many, though, that center around sightings of a ghostly couple wandering the woods in rural Idaho as if they are unaware they are dead.