On This Date in Minnesota History: February 17

February 17, 1977 - Helen Voorhees Brach (born November 10, 1911), a widowed  American multi-millionairess whose wealth had come from marrying into the E. J. Brach & Sons Candy Company fortune, disappeared on this date in Rochester, Minn. and was declared legally dead in May 1984.¹

The Kahler Grand Hotel

http://www.unexplainedresearch.com/media/images/EM_kahler1.jpg

Bach was visiting “the Mayo Clinic in Rochester for a checkup. The doctors found her to be in good health, she paid her bill, checked out of her room at the Kahler Grand Hotel, made some purchases at a gift shop, and then left. This was the last time that [anyone saw] her.”²

Helen Voorhees Brach

http://americannewspost.com/joseph-fosco/2811/helen-brach-murdered-over-outfit-greed/2/

 “To this day, people report seeing Brach riding the elevators [in the Kahler Grand Hotel] and vanishing before their eyes.”<sup>2


1</sup>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Brach
²http://www.unexplainedresearch.com/media/chad_and_terrys_favorite.html

Other Haunted Places in Minnesota:

Thayer’s Hotel, Annandale, Minn.; see August 24, 2012 blog

The Jackson Hotel, now Billy’s Bar & Grill, Anoka, Minn.; see December 8, 2012 blog

Forepaugh’s Restaurant in S.t Paul; see July 8, 2013 blog

LeDuc House, Hastings, Minn.; see October 30, 2013 blog

The Palmer House Hotel in Sauk Centre, Minn.; see Feb. 11, 2014 blog