The Black Angel - Iowa City's Cursed Oddity

Explore the darker side of Iowa City ... 

A somber statue - once a golden bronze - is now the subject of countless curses, hauntings and general misfortune. 

Few dare to meet it’s soot embalmed gaze; those that due invite sickness, dreadful curses and even death.

 This - at least - is the reputation of Iowa City's Black Angel.





Works Cited: 


https://www.iowa-city.org/weblink/0/doc/1481292/Electronic.aspx#:~:text=There%20are%20also%20a%20few,re%2D%20minder%20of%20her%20sins.

https://notebookofghosts.com/2023/07/08/the-black-angel-of-iowa-fact-fiction/

https://vocal.media/horror/iowa-the-black-angel

https://adventuresincemeteryhopping.com/2024/03/29/iowa-city/

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