For a quaint college town, Whitewater has a spooky past.
Its urban legends, chock-full of witches, spirits and mysterious happenings, may stem from stories surrounding the Morris Pratt Institute….
Even before the Institute, however, stories of witchcraft and a sacrificial altar, which allegedly lies near UW-Whitewater dorm Wells Hall, earned the town the nickname of the “second salem.”
Via Witches of Whitewater: Fact or Fiction? – The Daily Cardinal – Features.