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0Rocky Ford Bridge - Bird Bridge
Emporia, Kansas
13.6 miles from Reading, 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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The Cottage House Bed and Breakfast
Council Grove, Kansas
30.4 miles from Reading, 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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Lorenz Schlichter Memorial Cemetery - Child's Play Cemetery
Le Roy, Kansas
31.1 miles from Reading, 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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Blind Tiger Brewery
Topeka, Kansas
36.3 miles from Reading, 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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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa, Kansas
37.9 miles from Reading, 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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Alma Cemetery
Alma, Kansas
38.9 miles from Reading, 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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Kansas State Capitol
Topeka, Kansas
39.5 miles from Reading, 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
39.7 miles from Reading, 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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Stull Cemetery
Lecompton, Kansas
41.4 miles from Reading, 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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Moose Lodge #555
Topeka, Kansas
42 miles from Reading, 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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Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence, Kansas
48.6 miles from Reading, 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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University of Kansas - Sigma Nu Fraternity
Lawrence, Kansas
48.9 miles from Reading, 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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Lawrence Community Theatre Building
Lawrence, Kansas
49.3 miles from Reading, 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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Merchant's Pub and Plate
Lawrence, Kansas
49.9 miles from Reading, 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
49.9 miles from Reading, 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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The Columbian Theatre
Wamego, Kansas
50.8 miles from Reading, KS
A 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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Doctor W.B. Jones House
Florence, Kansas
53.6 miles from Reading, 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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Wolf House Museum
Manhattan, Kansas
56.4 miles from Reading, KS
Apparitions of men with canes in top hats have been reported here, as well as phantom conversations and dishes being violently thrown against the wall. Legend has it that the museum building was once a brothel, and one of its workers was murdered there... and fast-forward to several years later: ...
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Old Saint Mary Hospital
Manhattan, Kansas
56.6 miles from Reading, KS
Old Saint Mary Hospital was built in 1907, which is no longer a hospital, is said to be haunted by two spirits from its hospital days. One is a night nurse who fell to her death down an elevator shaft, seen carrying a tray and a candle on the first ...
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East Stadium - Purple Masque Theatre
Manhattan, Kansas
57.1 miles from Reading, KS
The Stadium was dedicated in the early '20s in remembrance of students and graduates who died in WWI. The East Stadium was the college's athletic center until the 1950s, when a new athletic center was built. After this, the Purple Masque Theatre occupied Rooms 109 and 121 on the first ...
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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
57.5 miles from Reading, KS
Kansas State University's Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house is rumored to be haunted by a former fraternity brother named Duncan, who died from a hazing accident. And the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority House is said to be haunted by a former house mother who was murdered by the house cook. ...
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Moon Lake
Fort Riley, Kansas
59.5 miles from Reading, KS
Near Moon Lake is reportedly a Chief's Circle. Witnesses describe what look like fireflies in sets of two that stay close to the ground, whoops and howls. The lights are rumored to be the eyes of braves' spirits protecting the area.
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New Century Air Center
Reading, Kansas
61.6 miles from Reading, 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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Fort Riley
Milford, Kansas
61.7 miles from Reading, KS
At this 1850s Civil War fort, visitors may see more than war relics. According to local legend, an apparition of a woman in chains can be seen walking across the fields, and a group of spectral riders appear on the Cavalry Parade Field. One dismounts, and the rest ride away. ...
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Holton House Bed and Breakfast
Holton, Kansas
66.3 miles from Reading, KS
The 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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0Beaumont Hotel
Beaumont, Kansas
67.4 miles from Reading, 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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Belle Vista Cemetery
El Dorado, Kansas
67.9 miles from Reading, 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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Wilbur's Grocery Store
Potwin, Kansas
70.2 miles from Reading, KS
This historic building is now a grocery store, but was a former orphanage and home for wayward women. People working here have reported objects moving around by themselves, feeling cold spots and smelling coffees when no one is around. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Stonewall Inn
Lenexa, Kansas
71.8 miles from Reading, 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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Old Abilene Town
Abilene, Kansas
72.8 miles from Reading, KS
This recreation of "Old Town Abilene" features mock gunfights, shopping at the "General Store," and if some people are to be believed, ghosts! In fact, the "Ghost Tours of Kansas" company listed Old Abilene Town as the most haunted spot in the state in 2012. We don't have ...
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Rivendell Book Store
Abilene, Kansas
73.1 miles from Reading, KS
Bookstore owners have reported shadowy figures, the unexplained sound of jingle bells at Christmastime, and books that seemed to be pushed off of shelves by unseen hands. It is reported that, appropriately, one of the books that fell off the shelves was called "Living with Ghosts."
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Round Mound Cemetery
Cummings, Kansas
77.2 miles from Reading, KS
Local 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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Santa Fe Depot Diner
Leavenworth, Kansas
78.4 miles from Reading, KS
The 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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The Devil's Washboard - Donmyer Road
Gypsum, Kansas
78.9 miles from Reading, KS
The Devil's Washboard, a group of three steep hills along Donmyer Road, has a harrowing history. Reports say that in the 1950s, seven local teens were racing in a car when they slammed into the bank, killing some or all of them. The wrecked car was placed upon posts at ...
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Alexander Major's Historic Museum
Kansas City, Missouri
79.4 miles from Reading, 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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Sauer Castle
Kansas City, Kansas
80.8 miles from Reading, 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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John Wornall House
Kansas City, Missouri
81.2 miles from Reading, 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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Pretty Boy Floyd's Hideout
Kansas City, Missouri
81.2 miles from Reading, 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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Epperson House
Kansas City, Missouri
82.2 miles from Reading, 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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Fort Scott
Fort Scott, Kansas
82.6 miles from Reading, 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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Donaldson House
Kansas City, Missouri
82.6 miles from Reading, 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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Park University
Parkville, Missouri
82.9 miles from Reading, KS
Rumor 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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Strawberry Hill Museum
Kansas City, Kansas
83 miles from Reading, KS
Strawberry 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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0Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
83 miles from Reading, 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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Union Station
Kansas City, Missouri
83.6 miles from Reading, 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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Main Street Galleria
Weston, Missouri
83.8 miles from Reading, KS
In 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
83.8 miles from Reading, KS
This 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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Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center
Kansas City, Missouri
83.9 miles from Reading, KS
Formerly 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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Kansas City Music Hall
Kansas City, Missouri
84 miles from Reading, KS
Kansas 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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The Folly Theater
Kansas City, Missouri
84 miles from Reading, KS
The 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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