Brigham Young Lion House Haunted, 10 Utah Historical Sites With A Terrifying Haunted Twist

Its said to be haunted by several spirits including two of brighams wives ann eliza webb and lucy ann decker.

What is byu best known for. If youve ever visited this is the place monument youve seen brigham youngs distinctive pink farmhouse. Today the house is used as a public place and is booked for parties dinners and special events even once for a bar mitzvah. There are a number of real haunted houses in utah but the brigham young farmhouse in salt lake city is considered to be one of the most haunted.

Lion house salt lake city ut. The historic home to the mormon church in 1920 and it then operated as a school of music until 1953 when it became brigham young universitys salt lake city center. Brigham young died a long painful death in the lion house and probably doesnt want to go into that final judgement.

Posted by 27 days ago. This building was constructed in the. The myth that the ghostly hearse parked outside disneylands haunted mansion was used at the funeral of mormon leader brigham youngdozens of.

Brittany chapman nash a historian with the church history library and emily utt a historic sites curator with the church history department. Apparently gas believe the lion house is haunted. The brigham young farmhouse.

The home is a historical site often used as a venue for weddings or other events and stays quite active to this day. Young died in one of the bedrooms within lion house during 1877. 29 1877 and his body was carried on a platform by clerks and employees as prescribed in the will to the tabernacle for the funeral.

Lion house salt lake city. Kutv its a legend that surfaces from time to time. As the residence of brigham young himself and the site of his death its no surprise that lion house is more than a bit haunted.

It is a very historic and interesting tour and i did get a couple of. Ann was not a happy polygamist in fact she later left the church and wrote a scathing memoir about her experience. Located in the historic mormon district called old deseret village many paranormal events and unexplained phenomenon has been linked to this structure.

The little told history of the association between the young women of the church and the beehive house and lion house in downtown salt lake city was the subject of a lecture on march 3 at the church history symposium at brigham young university.