arrar is a SMALL town, if you look at its wiki you won’t even find a population listed (it’s around 30). It’s actually an unincorporated township close to Maxwell Iowa. In this out of the way place on the plains of Iowa is Farrar Elementary a defunct school that for some reason has become a hotbed of paranormal activity.

WikiPedia article about Farrar, Iowa

hauntingatfarrar.com/about-farrar

YouTube video (mNH0DyS0qIc) (The sprit board session)

iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/terry-vanden-hull/

A Haunting at Farrar: Investigating one of the Worlds Most Haunted Schools, by Richard Estep & E.E. Bensen. Self Published ( © 2019) amazon.com/gp/product/1099061024/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Heaven (Or, How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process), by Corey Taylor. De Capo Press( © 2013) amazon.com/gp/product/030682292X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ghost Stalkers. Season 1, Episode 6. November 20, 2016 imdb.com/title/tt4227762/?ref_=ttep_ep6

Kindred Spirits. Season 4, Episode 7. January 7, 2020 imdb.com/title/tt11749688/?ref_=ttep_ep5

The small town of New London was first called just London. However, upon finding out that a post office had already been established for a London in another county the town changed its name to New London in 1931. Six years later in 1937, an explosion of the New London School destroyed the lives of many. 

WikiPedia article about New London School explosion

WikiPedia article about New London, Texas

nlsd.net/Recollections05.htm

And Hell Followed With It, by Troy Taylor & Rene Kruse. Whitechapel Press, Dark Haven Entertainment ( © 2010) amazon.com/gp/product/1892523701/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1TF8&psc=1

Local Headlines

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