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0Moose Lodge #555
Topeka, Kansas
18.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe 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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Stull Cemetery
Lecompton, Kansas
18.6 miles from Jefferson County, KSRumored 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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Round Mound Cemetery
Cummings, Kansas
18.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSLocal legend has it that a witch haunts this cemetery, causing the wind not to blow here. Screams are said to ring out from the graves at times.
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0The Eldridge Hotel
Lawrence, Kansas
19.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSRoom 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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University of Kansas - Sigma Nu Fraternity
Lawrence, Kansas
19.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSSome 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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Merchant's Pub and Plate
Lawrence, Kansas
20 miles from Jefferson County, KSLocated 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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Jayhawk Tower
Topeka, Kansas
20.2 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe 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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Kansas State Capitol
Topeka, Kansas
20.4 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe 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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Lawrence Community Theatre Building
Lawrence, Kansas
20.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSOnce 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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Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, Kansas
22.2 miles from Jefferson County, KSMany 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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Blind Tiger Brewery
Topeka, Kansas
22.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe 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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Holton House Bed and Breakfast
Holton, Kansas
24.4 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe manor house was previously a funeral parlour before being refurbished to a bed and breakfast, and guests have reported ghostly activity such as voices coming out of the dining room when there is no one around. Guests have also reported seeing shadowy apparitions in their rooms at night. (Submitted by ...
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Santa Fe Depot Diner
Leavenworth, Kansas
25.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe apparition of a woman has appeared in this diner's kitchen, and recordings have been made of two disembodied voices. The diner is a stop on a local ghost tour.
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Atchison Daily Globe
Atchison, Kansas
26.7 miles from Jefferson County, KSThis local newspaper office is believed to be haunted by a deceased newspaper editor who died under mysterious circumstances. Witnesses working late have heard the back door, although locked, open and close on its own.
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0Tuck U Inn At Glick Mansion
Atchison, Kansas
26.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSAt this historic inn, over a century old, a ghost is known to make noises, including footsteps, at night, and open and close the doors.
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The Sallie House
Atchison, Kansas
27 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe Sallie House is an unassuming, painted-brick house built around 1870, but is known for being extremely haunted. Sallie, the imaginary friend of a former tenant's daughter, is believed to be one of its ghosts. Some of the strange things experienced here include pictures turned upside down on the walls, ...
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Main Street Galleria
Weston, Missouri
28.5 miles from Jefferson County, KSIn all areas of the building, there have been items moved, voices, as well as the smell of cigarette smoke when the owner of the building, Verna (Treese) Kowertz was alone. teams of paranormal investigators have been in and experienced having items moved, disappear, and batteries die when they were ...
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Saint George Hotel
Weston, Missouri
28.5 miles from Jefferson County, KSThis 1845 hotel is rumoured to have a few hauntings dating back to the civil war, including the ghost of a young boy who has been known to hide objects belonging to guests. According to the guestbook, most of the ghostly activity is confined to Room #302 and Room ...
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Park University
Parkville, Missouri
37.7 miles from Jefferson County, KSRumor around Park University is that during World War II, two female students hanged themselves in Herr House. Footsteps coming from empty rooms and other strange occurrences have led students to believe the ladies' spirits linger here. And the Jenkin and Barbara David Theater is said to be haunted by ...
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New Century Air Center
Jefferson County, Kansas
38.5 miles from Jefferson County, KSOnce 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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Stonewall Inn
Lenexa, Kansas
39.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSAt 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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Strawberry Hill Museum
Kansas City, Kansas
41.8 miles from Jefferson County, KSStrawberry Hill Museum is housed in a mansion built in 1887 and was inhabited by the Scroggs family. In 1919 it opened as a children's orphanage and day-care run by the Sisters of St. Francis of Christ, which lasted until the 1980s. It is now a museum, and is haunted ...
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Sauer Castle
Kansas City, Kansas
41.8 miles from Jefferson County, KSSauer'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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0Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
42.8 miles from Jefferson County, KSAccording 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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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa, Kansas
43.4 miles from Jefferson County, KSAccording 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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The Coates House
Kansas City, Missouri
43.6 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe Coates House was a hotel that opened in 1867 and had some famous guests, including three presidents: William McKinley, Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roosevelt. A fire in 1978 killed at least 16 folks in the homeless shelter the building had by then become. Now, folks say shadowy figures move ...
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0Hotel Savoy
Kansas City, Missouri
43.7 miles from Jefferson County, KSIt is said that Betsy Ward, who lived here in the late 1800s, died in room 505 of this hotel, although how she died is uncertain. One story says she committed suicide in the bathtub; another that there was foul play. Both guests and staff have heard unexplained voices, seen ...
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The Folly Theater
Kansas City, Missouri
43.7 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe Folly Theater, known as “The Pink Lady,” opened around 1900 and is haunted by an early manager. Joe Donegan was known for bringing big names to his theater, including the Marx Brothers, Gypsy Rose Lee, Fanny Brice, and prizefighters Jack Dempsey and Jack Johnson. When the theater underwent renovation ...
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Kansas City Music Hall
Kansas City, Missouri
43.7 miles from Jefferson County, KSKansas City Music Hall is a 1930s marvel with elaborate décor and an impressive antique pipe organ sporting over 2,000 pipes. But that's not all the ritzy theater has to offer. It seems to be a hangout for the music-loving spirit set. During performances, folks have reported apparitions of well-dressed ...
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Muehlebach Hotel
Kansas City, Missouri
43.8 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe hotel building was formerly a theatre, and hotel guests have reported seeing the apparition of a lady in a blue dress on different floors of the hotel. She is believed to have been a former theatre patron or actress who died when the building was part of an adjoining ...
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Kansas City Power and Light Company Building
Kansas City, Missouri
43.8 miles from Jefferson County, KSEmployees have reported seeing shadowy figures jumping from the top of the historic building, only to vanish before they reach the ground. Night staff have reported hearing weird noises and getting the feeling of being watched. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Union Station
Kansas City, Missouri
44 miles from Jefferson County, KSUnion 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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Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center
Kansas City, Missouri
44.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSFormerly the Hyatt Regency, the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center building has seen some tragic incidents. In 1981, two walkways collapsed onto a dance competition in the lobby, killing 114 and injuring 216. It is supposed that the hotel's occasional supernatural visitor, a ghostly woman in a tea ...
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Kansas City, Missouri
44.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe grand St. Mary’s Episcopal Church began holding services here in the 1800s, and it is believed to be haunted by the spirit of an early rector, Father Henry David Jardine. Father Jardine was said to be a controversial character in his day, leading to some disagreements with church members ...
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Donaldson House
Kansas City, Missouri
44.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSDonaldson 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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John Wornall House
Kansas City, Missouri
45 miles from Jefferson County, KSAt 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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Charles B. Leach House
Kansas City, Missouri
45.1 miles from Jefferson County, KSCharles B. Leach was a lumber baron who built this Queen Anne Victorian home in 1887. Beginning in 1915, the house was used as a home for unwed mothers and later a women's shelter. It was in operation until 1990. The house is believed to be haunted because of mysterious ...
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Alexander Major's Historic Museum
Kansas City, Missouri
45.2 miles from Jefferson County, KSAt 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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Epperson House
Kansas City, Missouri
45.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSThis 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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Pretty Boy Floyd's Hideout
Kansas City, Missouri
45.5 miles from Jefferson County, KSPretty 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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Chestnut House
Kansas City, Missouri
45.6 miles from Jefferson County, KSChestnut House is an 1884 Victorian Gothic house that is believed to be haunted by former tenants named the Finches, a mother and her son who occupied the home for 70 years. Both apparitions have been seen; the mother in a mourning dress and the son in a bow tie. ...
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Barbosa's Castillo
Saint Joseph, Missouri
46.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSA Mexican restaurant specialising in authentic cuisine is housed inside this 1891 historic castle, which was formerly owned by a J.B Moss and his family. Staff nowadays working at the establishment have reported various instances of poltergeist activity, but little else is known about the hauntings and their origin. (Submitted ...
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The Social Parlor
St. Joseph, Missouri
46.5 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe Social Parlor is a century-old building that held small businesses, such as a furrier's shop, which catered to the town's wealthy in the late 1800s to early 1900s. The ghost believed to haunt the building is, in fact, a furrier. Reports say the building is not currently in ...
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Glore Psychiatric Museum
St. Joseph, Missouri
48.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe Glore Psychiatric Museum is rumored to be haunted by long-dead patients who are still hoping that their mental illness can be cured. Apparitions seen here include a sharply dressed man and an elderly man, and in the basement, the motion detector is often set off when no one is ...
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The Columbian Theatre
Wamego, Kansas
49.4 miles from Jefferson County, KSA great many weird things have been reported in the Columbian Theater: Props seem to move when no one was there to move them, lights turn on and off by themselves, and folks have reported hearing moans, groans, and the sound of someone unseen climbing stairs. A fire alarm once ...
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Phillips 66
Liberty, Missouri
50.2 miles from Jefferson County, KSThere is a ghost that haunts this location regularly at nights. I used to work there and sometimes a ghost would move items in the store or open the freezer cabinets. One time an orange. When I got the job I was told about the ghost and about how the last ...
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Pitcher Cemetery
Independence, Missouri
50.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSPitcher Cemetery began as an 1830s family plot for the Thomas Pitcher family. It is also a burial spot for Revolutionary War soldiers, as well as some mass graves, one for Civil War soldiers and another for a group of pioneers who died of cholera around 1850. Orbs, strange noises ...
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Hill Park Cemetery
Independence, Missouri
50.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSHill Park Cemetery is known for containing the burial site of Frank James, the older brother of outlaw Jesse James. His wife Ann Ralston James is buried here as well. Witnesses say a glowing, misty figure appears here, walking over the hill at night. Ghostly Civil War soldiers are said ...
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Rotary Park
Independence, Missouri
51 miles from Jefferson County, KSMargie Kay, author of "Haunted Independence," believes Rotary Park to be haunted. She claims to have seen and/or felt numerous ghostly presences on the grounds - one of which is named "Old George." The western side of the park is said to harbor some particularly dark entities.
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Alma Cemetery
Alma, Kansas
51.4 miles from Jefferson County, KSVisitors 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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Mound Grove Cemetery
Independence, Missouri
52 miles from Jefferson County, KSWhite apparitions, seemingly a woman in a nightgown, have been seen here, sometimes following visitors. The apparition disappears at the cemetery gate, as if it is unable, or perhaps unwilling, to go past it.
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Belvoir Winery
Liberty, Missouri
52.3 miles from Jefferson County, KSMany spirits are said to reside in the winery buildings, including orphan children and a mischievous man. Ghost investigations have turned up unexplained voices and communication using dowsing rods.
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President Truman's House
Independence, Missouri
52.4 miles from Jefferson County, KSPresident Truman's House is a Victorian 14-room home, now operating as a museum. Staff members have seen the ghost of President Truman himself inside the home, often in the living room or walking the sidewalks outside. The smell of his brandy also has been detected. President Truman passed away in ...
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0Vaile Mansion
Independence, Missouri
52.5 miles from Jefferson County, KSPeople believe that the former mistress of the home still occupies it. People claim to see Mrs. Vaile looking through the window and have seen her about the property. In addition, people believe that there is left over residual hauntings and negative energy from the mansion's days as an asylum. ...
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Bingham Waggoner Estate
Independence, Missouri
52.7 miles from Jefferson County, KSAt the 1852 Bingham Waggoner Estate, owned by Civil War artist George Caleb Bingham, visitors can get a look at its original paintings and furnishings--and, if they're lucky, a ghost. A mysterious ghost bride has appeared around or on the stairs, and orbs show up in photographs taken here.
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1859 Jail and Marshal's Museum
Independence, Missouri
52.8 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe 1859 Jail and Marshal's Museum is said to be visited by spirits, including Henry Bugler, a former Jackson County sheriff, who was killed at the jail in 1866 and has been seen in the center south cell in a blue suit. Jesse James' brother Frank was imprisoned here for ...
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Noland Road Lady in Gray
Independence, Missouri
53 miles from Jefferson County, KSNoland Road is said to have a ghostly gray lady with short gray hair, especially near the Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Pink Rosebud Bed and Breakfast
Plattsburg, Missouri
54.6 miles from Jefferson County, KSThis 1878 bed and breakfast has always had a neighbourhood reputation as a 'haunted house', but it wasn't until recently that the current owners suspected that something otherworldly was going on at the inn. Paranormal activity reported at this location includes doors opening and closing of their own accord, ...
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Longview Mansion
Lee's Summit, Missouri
55.1 miles from Jefferson County, KSLongview 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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The Jesse James Farm
Kearney, Missouri
57.8 miles from Jefferson County, KSThe Jesse James Farm is where well-known outlaw Jesse James grew up, and it's rumored to be haunted. Jesse James’ parents moved there in 1842, and Jesse's and brother Frank's James Gang terrorized the West from 1860 to 1882, stealing an estimated $200,000. Jesse was killed in 1882 when Bob ...
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Rocky Ford Bridge - Bird Bridge
Emporia, Kansas
71.9 miles from Jefferson County, KSLegend 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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