Midwest — Anecdotal filings

Anecdotal reports in Missouri

Missouri keeps 8 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

8 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsLemp Mansion — deepest file

Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58 Hawaii55 Virginia34 Michigan31 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24

Other Missouri shelves:local folklore26 documented legends19 investigation claims7 media-reported hauntings4

Mansion

High confidence

Lemp Mansion

St. Louis, Missouri

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→

House

Medium

Jesse James Home

St. Joseph, Missouri

The house where Bob Ford shot Jesse—April 3, 1882.

2 claims · 1 legend→

House

Medium

Vaile Mansion

Independence, Missouri

The 1881 mansion where the lady of the house died—and the mail still comes.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Theater

Low

Fox Theatre (St. Louis)

St. Louis, Missouri

The Fabulous Fox of St. Louis—1929 Siamese-Byzantine palace.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Road

Medium

Zombie Road (Lawler Ford Road)

Wildwood, Missouri

Forest road famous for shadow-figure reports and "Zombie" legend.

2 claims→

House

Medium

Laura Ingalls Wilder Home

Mansfield, Missouri

Rocky Ridge Farm—where the Little House books were written.

1 claim→

Site

Medium

Mark Twain Birthplace

Florida, Missouri

The two-room cabin where Samuel Clemens was born—1835.

1 claim→

Site

Medium

Pony Express Stables

St. Joseph, Missouri

The 1859 stables where the mail rode west in ten days.

1 claim→

Full Missouri record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive