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Category: Haunting

Coon Hill Cemetery

Coon Hill Cemetery

If you walk along the high, wide brick wall surrounding the cemetery, it’s said that before you make it halfway, you’ll be pushed off by unseen hands. Many voices can be heard within the cemetery, and several murders have reportedly occurred on that very spot. It is very desolate and located deep in the woods—difficult […]

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Cedar Key

Cedar Key

There are a lot of presences here—almost every business in town has more than one ghost. Some are from the Seminole War.

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South Seas Resort

South Seas Resort

In employee housing, Room 51 is said to be haunted by a baker who died there. Orbs have been captured in photos, footsteps are often heard, and many report sensing a strong presence. At the north end of the resort, the King’s Crown restaurant is haunted by a former manager who died on the premises. […]

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Abingdon Middle School

Abingdon Middle School

There have been stories of a teacher who hanged herself after her child fell down the stairs on a tricycle. Witnesses have reported hearing screams, cries, and the squealing of tricycle tires. There have also been sightings of the woman and the child together again. Bloodstains have allegedly been found in every room—on the walls, […]

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Allerton Mansion

Allerton Mansion

There have been reports of a mysterious lady in white. According to witnesses and old photos of people who used to visit as guests of Mr. Robert Allerton, she was a frequent visitor. She has been seen walking along the pond behind the mansion, and in “her” room, putting on hats and gloves. She’s also […]

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Benton High School – Annex

Benton High School – Annex

The annex of the school is haunted by a mysterious ghost. One night, a woman reported seeing it enter a room, turn on the television, and sit down to watch. People have also claimed to see a red, glowing light floating down the halls.

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Train Bridge over the Kiowa creek

Train Bridge over the Kiowa creek

Many years ago, a devastating train accident occurred on or near the bridge over Kiowa Creek. Most passengers on board perished. To this day, some say that on quiet nights, you can still see—or hear—the ghost train as it rumbles through the darkness.

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Doheny Mansion (aka The Greystone Mansion)

Doheny Mansion (aka The Greystone Mansion)

Night-shift groundskeepers will not stay employed, due to sounds, and screams inside the house. There are some sections that are gated and padlocked that have not been kept up in the home due to this.

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Pioneer High School

Pioneer High School

In the middle of the Stadium there have been reports of a man or teen running laps. When people go to confront him he disappears right in front of them.

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Edmond Street Parlor – Formerly: The Social Parlor

Edmond Street Parlor – Formerly: The Social Parlor

The building is an old furrier, and you can sometimes see the old man who ran it back in the day.

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Christopher Dr.

Christopher Dr.

Reports of seeing the ghost of Christopher covered in blood screaming and shouting.

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Triumph Foods

Triumph Foods

At night some of the guards have said to see the door of the guard shack open and the sound of footsteps as if someone was coming into the guard shack. One guard said he was doing his rounds and saw someone walking out back by the back fence and that sounds come from the […]

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The Union Covered Bridge

The Union Covered Bridge

It is said there was a death there in the mid-1800’s of a boy falling and drowning in the Salt River. At night one can see the boy, and he will try to touch anyone who attempts to walk across the bridge in the dark. To get there, follow the brown signs found on Hwy […]

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Sheldon Concert Hall

Sheldon Concert Hall

The Sheldon is thought to be haunted by its architect, who died before the place was finished; he also plays with the lights, has been known to change the levels on sound equipment, and makes strange noises. Sometimes he plays with the lights even during performances.    

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Powell Symphony Hall

Powell Symphony Hall

The Powell Ghost (dubbed “George” by stagehands) makes noises, plays with the lights and elevator, and is sometimes seen as a man in a white suit and white hat. He is thought to be a former vaudevillian.  

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Drury Inn & Suites 270 & Olive

Drury Inn & Suites 270 & Olive

A housekeeper on the 5th floor reports sightings of people walking down the hall but when they get close enough to touch they disappear. Others report hearing the elevator door ding randomly, a presence, voices and footsteps walking towards them all when no one is there.

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Edgewood Children’s Center

Edgewood Children’s Center

The ghost of a 10 year old girl is seen floating near a tree here.

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Lemp Mansion

Lemp Mansion

One of the most haunted buildings in the city, this location is known for unexplained cold spots, electrical anomalies, the eerie sensation of being watched, and a piano that mysteriously plays a note in the night. Visitors have also reported vibrations from the floors, overwhelming feelings of sadness, taps on their shoulders, and numerous photographic […]

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Old City Hospital (Now – The Georgian Condominiums)

Old City Hospital (Now – The Georgian Condominiums)

Has been closed since the 1985. Reports of people in the non-boarded windows. Reports of screams nearby. Feelings of being watched. WARNING – No Trespassing – The building is being renovated into codos the name will be The Georgian Condominiums.  

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The Book House

The Book House

The old house has been transformed into a book house, where a little girl named Valerie is said to have lived according to a newspaper article. Her favorite room is the poetry room, though she also spends much of her time in the basement. Legend has it that she fell into the well years ago.

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Phelps Grove Park Bridge

Phelps Grove Park Bridge

Off of National on Bennett is Phelps Grove Park under the third bridge late at night you can see a woman in a wedding dress known as “Bride under the Bridge” that was killed on her wedding day.

February 7, 2025 Read More →
Drury University – Wilhoit Theatre

Drury University – Wilhoit Theatre

Lights flickered at night. Some have said it was the ghost of “Bob”. Strangely, the theater was dedicated to Bob Wilhoit.

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Drury University – Clara Thompson Hall

Drury University – Clara Thompson Hall

The origin is not known of this ghost, but many people have seen pianos playing by themselves and doors closing.

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Central High School

Central High School

The first high school in Springfield was built in the late 1800s. Old room 311 is supposedly haunted by sounds and a door that locks itself, but renovations of the school have renumbered the rooms and straightened out the hallway. Many places in the basement have been said to be haunted as well as the […]

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St. Charles Nursing Home

St. Charles Nursing Home

The sounds of footsteps from an unoccupied floor can be heard.

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Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University

This campus is haunted by the spirit of Mary Sibley, founder of the college. Students have seen her apparition and heard piano music, which Mrs. Sibley was so fond of. Also, the campus theatre and library is said to be haunted.

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State Offices Buildings

State Offices Buildings

In the main building, at night, a presence can be felt following you. Also, there is an elevator shaft no longer in use where one can feel cold spots and a presence watching them. Presence can be felt in the basement and also on the roof. The building was once a bank and there is […]

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Sewer by Lee Hunter

Sewer by Lee Hunter

Some people say that if you go on the famous day of Halloween at midnight and shut off your car, soon after you can hear a baby crying. This story is similar to the Hart Cemetery.

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Crybaby Bridge

Crybaby Bridge

There is a bridge over the river over on a road there. A long time ago, a farmer, his wife and his kid lived there. The dad was gone to town, and the mother was doing laundry. Her child had wandered out into the river. The mother heard her child crying and she herself couldn’t […]

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University Plaza Hotel

University Plaza Hotel

“The Colonel” has been seen by almost all the hotel staff that work in the Convention Center. He is seen late at night between midnight and 4am. Staff will see him in the ballroom and in the back hallways. He is an older man dressed all in black. The most infamous sighting was by a […]

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Craighead Forest Lake

Craighead Forest Lake

The story is that one night a few teenagers were out at the lake drinking, when one of them went out into the water at a non-swimming area and drowned. They say that if you go out there and look across the lake, you can see a young man trying to stay above the water, […]

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Spook Hollow Road – Pine Hill Cemetery

Spook Hollow Road – Pine Hill Cemetery

The legend goes that if you go down Spook Hollow Road that you will end up at a cemetery. If you go into the cemetery at night, no matter what time of year it is the weather is nice and cozy. The legend also says that there were a group of children that were going […]

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Old “Houn Dawg” rendering plant

Old “Houn Dawg” rendering plant

A former employee of the plant who was killed in a workplace accident is known to turn lights on and off and is a nuisance to the businesses that occupy the building now by tossing paper and rubbish around.    

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Wilson’s Creek Battlefield (Listing 2)

Wilson’s Creek Battlefield (Listing 2)

People have seen ghosts and heard strange noises like guns and cannons. Apparitions of Confederate soldiers are seen more often.  

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Wilson’s Creek Battlefield

Wilson’s Creek Battlefield

Site of a Civil War battle in southwest Missouri. At night, you can hear soldiers walking and talking in the woods at the site.  

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Old Rehobeth High School (Now Elementary)

Old Rehobeth High School (Now Elementary)

If you ride by the front of the school at midnight, you will always see a janitor ghost that died there while cleaning bathrooms. He waves at you when you drive by.

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Enocks Knob Road

Enocks Knob Road

A very creepy old bridge sits near the end of this road. The lake below is haunted by the spirit of the little boy who fell off the bridge a long time ago. It is said that late at night if you go on the bridge and look down you can see something swimming in […]

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River Falls Slave Prison (razed)

River Falls Slave Prison (razed)

If you go north on River Falls Street (US Hwy 84) away from Andalusia, you cross a bridge. Turn to the right, as if you were going to Point A. Go to the boat ramp and look to the left. There is a road that goes beside a field. Walk down the road. The road […]

January 4, 2025 Read More →
Toys “R” Us (closed – Now REI)

Toys “R” Us (closed – Now REI)

Toys “R” Us is supposedly haunted by a young boy or man, believed to be Jonny Jonson (pronounced: Yonny Yonson), a farm worker. . Employees report finding toys in aisles when opening up the store in the morning, and balls rolling down aisles when nobody else is around, and bicycles being ridden around at night. […]

January 4, 2025 Read More →
Cottey College – Blanche Skiff Ross Memorial Library

Cottey College – Blanche Skiff Ross Memorial Library

They say that the Cottey Library sits on top of an old civil war field hospital and then in the 1880’s a home was built for the Cottey Family. Either way there is loads of activity in this library with books falling and carts rolling and music coming from the back stairs. Various people have […]

January 1, 2025 Read More →