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0Lorenz Schlichter Memorial Cemetery - Child's Play Cemetery
Le Roy, Kansas
20.9 miles from Iola, KS
Legend has it that if you drive your clean car to this cemetery and sit for about 5 minutes (during which you may hear a loud thud on the vehicle), and then drive away, you will find a large handprint on your back window and several child-size handprints all over ...
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Fort Scott
Fort Scott, Kansas
38.4 miles from Iola, KS
Fort Scott, originally Camp Scott in honor of General Winfield Scott, was established in 1842. It is restored as a historic site, and is rumored to be haunted. Ghostly soldiers and officers are seen on the lawn, around the courtyard, in the cell blocks and in the stables. They have ...
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Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Parsons, Kansas
45.8 miles from Iola, KS
Rumor has it that the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant is haunted by a victim of an explosion in the late 1980s. When the plant was reopened for the Persian Gulf War in the 1990s, workers suffered from nightmares and visions and heard the phantom sound of bicycle bells once used ...
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa, Kansas
48.2 miles from Iola, KS
According to witnesses, disembodied voices chat, footsteps stroll across the stage, and chairs move from place to place -- all while the area is empty of people. Living ones, anyway.
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Rocky Ford Bridge - Bird Bridge
Emporia, Kansas
49.4 miles from Iola, KS
Legend has it that a preacher and his mistress drugged his wife and killed her by pushing her car over the side of the bridge. Now, they say, her screams can be heard and her ghost walks to shore from the water. A film is reported to have been made ...
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Cottey College
Nevada, Missouri
56.4 miles from Iola, KS
Cottey College, founded by Virginia Alice Cottey Stockard in 1884, has a piano-playing ghost. The spirit is thought to be that of Vera Neitzert, a student from 1920 who perished when her clothes caught fire while she was cooking candy. Her ghost has been seen in Main Hall and the ...
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Dale Apartments
Coffeyville, Kansas
62.5 miles from Iola, KS
People who live in this historic apartment complex have heard screams and moans when there is no one around, as well as seeing a shadowy apparition that slams doors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Elmwood Cemetery
Coffeyville, Kansas
63.4 miles from Iola, KS
Elmwood Cemetery contains the graves of the Dalton Gang bank robbers and the town's defenders from the gun battle of October 5, 1892. Witnesses describe odd noises, shadows that chase them, and uneasy feelings.
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Brown Mansion
Coffeyville, Kansas
63.6 miles from Iola, KS
Completed in 1904, the grand Brown Mansion is said to be haunted. Although the staff complain to have no evidence of the haunting, local tales tell that when the building spent several years vacant, with the power turned off, glowing green lights could be seen coming from the mansion grounds.
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0Beaumont Hotel
Beaumont, Kansas
64.6 miles from Iola, KS
Allegedly haunted by a cowboy called Zeke who was shot and killed by the innkeeper in its stagecoach heyday. People claim to see the apparition of a cowboy, hear the jangle of spurs and also claim that objects move on their own.
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New Century Air Center
Iola, Kansas
68.5 miles from Iola, KS
Once the Olathe Naval Air Station, a combat pilot training center from WWII to the Vietnam War era, the New Century Air Center is now a commercial airport, industrial complex and business center. An airplane crash that cost a pilot his life around 1960 is believed to be the source ...
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Safari Mark's Bar and Bistro
Sedan, Kansas
70 miles from Iola, KS
Dating back to 1904, the historic 'Bradford Hotel' is now a bar and bistro called 'Safari Mark's'. The place is said to be haunted by the ghost of Andrew Eaton (otherwise known as Indian Slim), a local character who had a reputation as a gambler and a champion horse ...
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Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, Kansas
70.5 miles from Iola, KS
Many locations at Haskell Indian Nations University, an 1800s institution built to help Native Americans assimilate with the mainstream population, are rumored to be haunted. At the Bell Tower, students report a mysterious sealed-off wall in the basement and a feeling of being watched from above as they pass by. ...
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Oak Hill Cemetery - Witch's Grave
Galena, Kansas
70.6 miles from Iola, KS
Legend has it that there is a grave of a witch toward the back of this cemetery, and some claim that apparitions, voices, and strange sounds will come from the area, especially around the hour of 3:33 a.m.
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Lawrence Community Theatre Building
Lawrence, Kansas
71.9 miles from Iola, KS
Once a church, the former Lawrence Community Theatre building is believed to be haunted by an unknown spirit. Witnesses say the lights don't work properly and props move about by themselves. Many describe an uneasy feeling of being watched when inside the building. home to a mysterious presence. Lights ...
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University of Kansas - Sigma Nu Fraternity
Lawrence, Kansas
72.3 miles from Iola, KS
Some say former governor Ed Warren and his mistress Lorraine still reside at their old home, now the University of Kansas Sigma Nu fraternity house, although both are long deceased. Stories tell us that Lorraine hanged herself in the building, and her apparition has been seen by witnesses. The story ...
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Stull Cemetery
Lecompton, Kansas
72.4 miles from Iola, KS
Rumored to be a gateway to hell, Stull Cemetery is said to be a very actively haunted place. Next to an abandoned church, the cemetery is the subject of many legends, some over 100 years old. Satan himself is rumored to hold court here twice a year. Devil worship and ...
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Peace Church Cemetery
Joplin, Missouri
72.5 miles from Iola, KS
This cemetery dates back to the mid 19th century, but has been more or less abandoned for the past three decades. Its most famous "inhabitant" is probably Billy Cook, who killed six people during a 22-day criminal rampage between Missouri and California in the early 1950s. He was ...
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Merchant's Pub and Plate
Lawrence, Kansas
72.8 miles from Iola, KS
Located in a former bank building, this upmarket gastropub and restaurant is rumoured to feature a haunted staircase. Staff and diners have reported seeing a vanishing apparition ascending the steps, while others have felt an eerie presence whilst descending them. Submitted by Callum Swift
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0The Eldridge Hotel
Lawrence, Kansas
72.8 miles from Iola, KS
Room 506 is reportedly extremely haunted. Stories vary as to the precise nature of the haunting, some claiming that the original cornerstone from the building that burned down that is located in room 506 creates as "spirit portal", an access point for spirits wishing to cross over into our ...
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Elcado Cemetery
Peru, Kansas
73.4 miles from Iola, KS
A reported misty white figure that flits through the trees as well as unexplained voices, laughter, and chain-rattling make this an eerie spot, and a hangout for town teens.
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Blind Tiger Brewery
Topeka, Kansas
75.9 miles from Iola, KS
The brewery and restaurant is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a woman named Helen. Strange noises have been heard in the building by staff, and people have observed strange lights moving around the brewery after it has closed down for the night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Missouri Southern State University
Joplin, Missouri
77.1 miles from Iola, KS
Missouri Southern State University has a ghostly Dark Lady who is known to move objects and create cold spots. Some also maintain that the Billingsly Student Center is haunted.
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0Prosperity School Bed and Breakfast
Joplin, Missouri
77.1 miles from Iola, KS
A school in its olden days, this building stood empty for three decades before it was renovated into an inn. During the time it was empty, it became known as a hot spot for haunts. TV's Ghost Hunters has caught an image of ghost children running down a hall; shadow ...
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The Cottage House Bed and Breakfast
Council Grove, Kansas
78.1 miles from Iola, KS
This historic hotel dates back to the mid-nineteenth century, and was formerly a boarding house and apartment block prior to its restoration and conversion to a bed and breakfast inn. Rumour has it that the building houses some ghostly tenants that never left, but reports are very generalised and ...
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Kendrick Place
Carthage, Missouri
78.2 miles from Iola, KS
Kendrick Place, or Kendrick House, was built in 1849 and is said to be haunted, perhaps by a slave woman who was hanged from a nearby tree dring the Civil War.
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0Labadie Mansion
Copan, Oklahoma
78.6 miles from Iola, KS
The rumor mill tells of a man who murdered his wife here in 1935, which may be the spark for the odd happenings. Only a wall and the foundation still exist, as the once beautiful mansion has been ravaged by time and 2 fires. Some witnesses say their flashlights suddenly ...
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Stonewall Inn
Lenexa, Kansas
78.8 miles from Iola, KS
At the pizza parlor, reports say that unseen hands set the chairs and tables back up after they are stacked at the end of the day.
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Belle Vista Cemetery
El Dorado, Kansas
78.9 miles from Iola, KS
Ghost tourists who stop around the grave of Clara Wiley, a woman who was murdered in the 1900s, find that their cameras seem to malfunction. The cemetery also is said to be haunted by a ghost called Two Moons, whose bones were said to have been dug up during the ...
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Kansas State Capitol
Topeka, Kansas
79.1 miles from Iola, KS
The early-1900s Capitol building, also known as the People's House, is said to be haunted by a worker who died on the job. Local legend has it that, since town recods show the man was never paid his last check, as he had no surviving family, the ghost still works ...
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Jayhawk Tower
Topeka, Kansas
79.2 miles from Iola, KS
The Jayhawk Tower was originally the "Hotel Jayhawk," built in the 1930s. It has since become a popular stop along local ghost hunting tours. The ghost stories are so well known that the Jayhawk Tower even hosted the performance of a play dedicated to claims of paranormal activity ...
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0Grand Avenue Bed and Breakfast
Carthage, Missouri
79.6 miles from Iola, KS
The ghost in residence at this early-20th-century house is said to be a male whose cigarette smoke smell fills the dining room and parlor when he is around. The spirit is thought to be that of Albert Carmean, a former owner in its early days.
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Joplin Spook Light - Hornet Spooklight
Seneca, Missouri
80.2 miles from Iola, KS
Joplin Spook Light, aka Hollis Light or Hornet Spooklight, is a ball of light or group of lights that appear in an area called the Devil's Promenade. The lights have been seen as far back as the mid-1800s. Legend has it that the phenomena has to do with two deceased ...
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Moose Lodge #555
Topeka, Kansas
81.2 miles from Iola, KS
The three ghosts believed to haunt the Moose Lodge are a policeman who was shot to death by a burglar on the roof and two women. A member of the cleaning staff reported a trash bag that flew across the room.
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Doctor W.B. Jones House
Florence, Kansas
81.8 miles from Iola, KS
This historic abandoned house was built in 1879, and was formerly the residence of a doctor and his family. People have reportedly seen the apparition of the doctor staring down at them from the upper floor of the house. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Dewey Hotel Museum
Dewey, Oklahoma
83.2 miles from Iola, KS
Visitors to this 1899 hotel-turned-museum have supposedly felt a male presence in an upstairs bedroom, possibly that of town founder Jacob Bartle's. Submitted by Callum Swift
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Alexander Major's Historic Museum
Kansas City, Missouri
84.6 miles from Iola, KS
At the 1856 building that houses Alexander Major's Historic Museum, ghost investigators have found colds spots, voices and EVPs in several rooms of the house. The voices belonged to men, women and children.
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Longview Mansion
Lee's Summit, Missouri
84.8 miles from Iola, KS
Longview Mansion, built in 1914 by millionaire lumberman Robert A. Long, is said to be haunted by Long's daughter, Loula Long-Combs, a renowned horsewoman. Her apparition has been seen and heard riding horseback on the property, and her bed is sometimes in disarray in the morning as if she had ...
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0Avilla, Missouri
Reeds, Missouri
85.9 miles from Iola, KS
Shadow Folk are known to haunt the old abandoned part of this historic village along Route 66. The shadowy people can be seen walking along the street and going about daily business, usually from the corner of your eye. The Avilla Death Tree is haunted by Civil War-era bushwhacker Rotten ...
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Pretty Boy Floyd's Hideout
Kansas City, Missouri
86.8 miles from Iola, KS
Pretty Boy Floyd's Hideout, a home at 6612 Edgevale in Armor Hills, was the home of Vivian Mathias, gangster Verne Miller's girlfriend. It was where in June 1933, Miller and Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd planned their unsuccessful prison break for buddy Frank "Jelly" Nash who, along with two policemen, was ...
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Frank and Lola's
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
86.9 miles from Iola, KS
Located in the 1910 Buford & Son Building, this historic bar and restaurant is rumoured to be haunted by a female spirit dating back to when the premises served as a brothel. Legend says that the ghost is that of a murdered prostitute named Estelle, who has been seen ...
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John Wornall House
Kansas City, Missouri
87.2 miles from Iola, KS
At the John Wornall House, built during the 1850s, soldiers' ghosts have been seen on the balconies and guarding the doors. The farm is very close to the site of the Civil War Battle of Westport, and this house was used as a temporary hospital for the injured men from ...
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Epperson House
Kansas City, Missouri
88.4 miles from Iola, KS
This house, built around 1920, is now part of the University of Missouri–Kansas City. It is believed to be haunted and has been featured as on of the Top 5 U.S. haunted houses on TV's Unsolved Mysteries. The ghost in residence is Harriet Evelyn Barse, adopted daughter of original owner ...
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Sauer Castle
Kansas City, Kansas
89.2 miles from Iola, KS
Sauer's Castle, a German gothic mansion, was built in the 1700s by German businessman Anton Philip Sauer for his wife Marie and their 5 daughters. Witnesses say it is haunted, as evidenced by lights that appear floating around the property and in the lookout tower, plus the sounds of laughing, ...
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Donaldson House
Kansas City, Missouri
89.3 miles from Iola, KS
Donaldson House is a 1901 mansion is said to be haunted by eight ghosts. It's owned by the Kansas City Art Institute, who uses it for studios and offices. The ghosts are said to include one friendly one and eight cantankerous ones, who aren't pleased with the students who use ...
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Alma Cemetery
Alma, Kansas
89.7 miles from Iola, KS
Visitors here may see orbs and mists, some which have occurred in photographs. The Devils Chair is also a thing of legend. Folks say those who sit in it will be cursed by the ghost of an evil farmer who refused to sell his land to a city for the ...
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Jesse Creek Cemetery
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
89.9 miles from Iola, KS
This abandoned and overgrown cemetery is reported to be near Haunted Hill and Circle Mountain off CR 2700, and lies in an open field near an abandoned landscape business. Folks report that those who try to use digital cameras to take pictures here find that their cameras are not working ...
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Hotel Vinita - Napoli's Italian Restaurant
Vinita, Oklahoma
90 miles from Iola, KS
Built in Spanish Revival-style, the 1927 hotel now features a quaint restaurant on the ground floor. The guest rooms have since been refurbished as apartments, but the original ballroom still retains its period features. This part of the building is haunted according to visitors, who have reported ghostly piano ...
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Union Station
Kansas City, Missouri
91.5 miles from Iola, KS
Union Station's busiest time was during World War II, when 300 passengers came through per day. Its ghosts are believed to have come from this time. Suggs Mailer is the most well-known spirit here, a man whose job it was to transfer mail from underground trains to the post office ...
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0Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
91.5 miles from Iola, KS
According to local lore, it is the ghost of former WWE wrestler Owen Hart who haunts this arena. In 1999 he died when he fell from the arena's ceiling while attempting to descend as his superhero image The Blue Blazer. Folks say Hart's ghost has been seen wearing his blue ...
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