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Midwest — Named Ghost Legend filings

Named ghost legends filed in Missouri

Missouri files 20 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

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Prison
Medium

Missouri State Penitentiary

Jefferson City, Missouri

Prison associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Mansion
High confidence

Lemp Mansion

St. Louis, Missouri

Mansion associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Cave
Medium

Bridal Cave

Camdenton, Missouri

The Ozark cave where a Native American wedding legend lives.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Jefferson Barracks

St. Louis, Missouri

The 1826 post that trained the Civil War’s generals.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Bellefontaine Cemetery

St. Louis, Missouri

The 1849 rural cemetery where St. Louis’s history is buried.

2 claims · 2 legends→
District
Medium

Soulard

St. Louis, Missouri

The French neighborhood that kept its ghosts—and its Mardi Gras.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Battle of Lexington State Historic Site

Lexington, Missouri

September 1861—the hemp-bale battle and the Anderson house.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Davidson

Pilot Knob, Missouri

September 27, 1864—the fort that swallowed an army at Pilot Knob.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Battlefield
Medium

Lone Jack Battlefield

Lone Jack, Missouri

August 1862—the guerrilla war’s bloodiest day.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Patee House

St. Joseph, Missouri

The 1858 luxury hotel where the Pony Express began—and Jesse James ate.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Arrow Rock

Arrow Rock, Missouri

The 1829 tavern town where the Santa Fe Trail began.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

The oldest town in Missouri—French vertical-log houses older than the nation.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Museum
Medium

Glore Psychiatric Museum

St. Joseph, Missouri

Museum associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Jail
Medium

1859 Jail Museum

Independence, Missouri

Jail associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Ruins
Medium

Ha Ha Tonka

Camdenton, Missouri

The castle ruins above the spring—burned 1942, still standing.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Battlefield
Medium

Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield

Republic, Missouri

August 10, 1861—the second battle of the war, in Missouri’s cornfields.

2 claims · 1 legend→
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→
Site
Medium

Haun’s Mill

Brea, Missouri

October 30, 1838—the Missouri massacre that drove the Mormons west.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Cave
Medium

Meramec Caverns

Stanton, Missouri

The cave Jesse James used as a hideout—Route 66’s cave.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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