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Explore 60 haunted places in Missouri. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Joplin, Missouri · Hotel
Child spirits are central to Prosperity School's reputation: visitors reportedly see children running along corridors or feel one climb into bed. HauntedPlaces.org also recounts a nurse apparition, shadow figures, and electrical disturbances. These stories belong to the converted school building and its period as an inn. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Springfield, Missouri · Castle
Pythian Castle visitors trade accounts of a woman in white, unusual basement photographs, and voices captured during investigations. In a Springfield community discussion, one tour participant described an unexplained light in a basement picture; others reported no paranormal experience. The operator presents the castle through ghost-story tours and scheduled investigations. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
New Franklin, Missouri · Hotel
Rivercene's resident ghost is traditionally called Noble, a member of the Kinney family. HauntedPlaces.org links encounters with him to a story that he died after falling down the grand staircase. The short account identifies a particular figure and place but gives no detailed modern witness episode. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Kansas City, Missouri · Hotel
A woman wearing a tea gown is the hotel's reported apparition. HauntedPlaces.org connects her in local lore with the 1981 Hyatt Regency walkway disaster. The historical tragedy and the supernatural interpretation are distinct: the account does not establish the apparition's identity or prove a connection to any victim. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Springfield, Missouri · Cemetery
Civil War soldiers are said to linger among the graves at Springfield National Cemetery. HauntedPlaces.org records claims of glowing headstones and unexpected light forms in photographs. These are reported visual phenomena and interpretations, with no particular soldier identified. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Brunswick, Missouri · Cemetery
HauntedPlaces.org records reports of ghostlike figures moving through St. Boniface Cemetery after dark and voices heard with nobody identifiable nearby. The short account does not give the figures names or attach them to a particular grave. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Weston, Missouri · Hotel
A ghostly boy is said to hide guests' possessions at the Weston hotel. A HauntedPlaces.org contributor points to guestbook accounts concentrating activity in rooms 302 and 303. The source also mentions a Civil War-era tradition but does not establish the boy's name or history. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Columbia, Missouri · Other
Campus stories collected by HauntedPlaces.org include the Blue Ladies of Pillsbury/Roblee Hall, said to sing and tuck students into bed. Other halls have their own figures: Sarah in Senior Hall and a crying infant at Searcy. These are campus legends, with their tragic origin stories treated separately from the reported sounds and sightings. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Kansas City, Missouri · Other
Union Station's lore includes a shadow in the basement called Suggs Mailer, linked to a former mail worker. HauntedPlaces.org also records a woman in black descending stairs after hours, travelers carrying suitcases through hallways, and a whistle with no visible train. The stories evoke the station's working railway past. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Independence, Missouri · Historic house
Mrs. Vaile is said to remain a presence in her old mansion, appearing at windows and elsewhere on the grounds. HauntedPlaces.org also records interpretations of an unsettling atmosphere as a remnant of the building's institutional years. The window apparition is the account's most specific recurring image. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Hermann, Missouri · Hotel
A former male owner is the traditional explanation for whispered words from dark corners of the Wine Valley Inn. HauntedPlaces.org says the presence sometimes appears as a shadow and is associated with a static-like charge in the air. No specific identity is supplied in the account. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.
Wildwood, Missouri · Road or bridge
Lawler Ford Road's folklore combines phantom travelers with a sinister character nicknamed the Zombie, said to have waited for people along the wooded route. HauntedPlaces.org records stories of a train victim and a child lost near the bluffs. The lurking-murderer tale is presented as legend, without endorsing claims of disappearances. Historical explanations and identities are folklore unless independently sourced.