In the 90s, a family at a local shopping center called Wards got more than they bargained for when their little boy needed to use the restroom. The father took his son to the restroom and stood outside while the son went in. Once inside, the child screamed louder than anyone had ever heard, and […]
A local merchant was staying late one night to complete some work. He describes hearing the doors to back door of his business shake uncontrollably. When he went to investigate, the same thing happened to the front glass doors where he witnessed the doors shake, but could see right through them to find no one […]
Later River City Lighting, Hoffman Lighting was owned by two men, one of which killed the other in the showroom. The accused killer was found not guilty. A manager at the showroom from 1979-81 would come in before anyone else to do some work. Very distinct footsteps could be heard in the warehouse above my […]
The store is haunted by a man who died in the store in December of 2006. He had worked there for 30 years, and he can be seen wandering in the back of the store by where the housewares and toy department is. He has also been seen walking around on the back dock in […]
It’s rumored Circuit City was built over an Indian burial ground. At night, workers have reported returning to find items knocked to the floor after cleaning up. Some also claim to hear unexplained voices.
Nestled in St. Joseph, Missouri, the Old Park Floral Building at Krug Park holds a special place in local history. Once home to a beautiful glass conservatory and formal flower gardens, Park Floral was a beloved landmark gifted to the city by Henry Krug in 1890. Though the conservatory is long gone, replaced by playgrounds […]
A former employee reported seeing a teenage girl hanging and gutted at the top of the staircase. The basement is now closed off.
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.
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. […]
The store was robbed and two of the employees and 2 patrons who where brothers were killed. The killer was caught, but the store closed down and has remained standing ever since. Many years before the Blockbuster incident, the land on which the building sets was occupied by a gas station. In the late 1960’s, […]
It is said a ghost haunts the fourth floor of the old Overby’s Furniture store (now a music store) at the corner of Vine and Broadway. According to accounts after the tornado of 1927 the Butler County Courthouse was destroyed and a temporary courtroom was established on the fourth floor of the building. It is […]
On hot summer nights you can occasionally hear the train whistle blowing. They tore the tracks out to put in a rail trail and there has not been a train through there for at least five years if not more.
Used to be the old Apple Valley Inn. Reported to have 3 ghosts, the man hanged himself, one woman was murdered, and no one really knows what happened to the third one. She is always dressed in white and is seen only at a certain part of the old building. The man is sometimes seen […]
35th Avenue and McDowell – – Update: Burned down March 14, 2001, when firefighter Bret Tarver was killed in the line of duty. – There are reports of strange lights, and object moving by themselves.
The Casey’s on McArthur was built on the site of an old home. The elderly people who had owned the home had died there. Ever since Casey’s has been built, the employees have reported the walk-in doors opening and shutting, things in the back room falling off of shelves. Things taken off of shelves and […]
Footsteps have been heard in the back of the building and a telephone and carpet rolls have moved themselves a ghost of a man has also been seen, he is reportedly named George.
Three security guards on second shift noticed a small dark figure dancing on the second floor. When they arrived at the site, no one was around. All the doors were locked and all the exits were within the guards’ view as they went to the area of the sighting.
Employees have reported things falling off of shelves after closing. Some report seeing a girl. Her name is supposedly Isa or Isabel.
Footsteps and voices are heard, as well as the smell of tobacco smoke.
A couple of years ago a girl was shot in the parking lot and ever since then there has been complaints by the pm workers of weird sounds and appearances of a girl walking the parking lot late at night. – January 2007 Correction: it was a teenage boy that was shot by his friends […]