Haunted Missouri Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Show Me State

by Taylor, Troy

• ISBN13: 9780811710145
• ISBN10: 0811710149
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

Frightening stories of hauntings throughout the state, including . . .* The tragic specters of the Lemp family of brewers in St. Louis* Spooky Zombie Road in Wildwood* Phantoms of Mark Twain Cave* The haunted Elms Resort Hotel in Excelsior Springs* Spirits of the Civil War battles of Wilson's Creek and Pea Ridge

Author Biography

Troy Taylor is the founder of a American Ghost Society and author of more than 80 books, including Haunted Illinois, The Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories, and Monsters of Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Spirits of St. Louis	p. 3
The Lemp Mansion	p. 3
McDowell Medical College	p. 18
Jefferson Barracks	p. 24
West of the City	p. 33
Ghosts of St. Charles	p. 33
Legends of Zombie Road	p. 39
Meramec Caverns	p. 48
Diamonds Restaurant	p. 52
Along the Mississippi	p. 57
Ghosts of Ste. Genevieve	p. 57
Rockcliffe Mansion and Other Hannibal Haunts	p. 61
Mark Twain Cave	p. 64
The Hunter-Dawson House	p. 68
Ghosts of Cape Girardeau	p. 72
Down in the Ozarks	p. 79
Wilson's Creek Battlefield	p. 79
Peace Church Cemetery	p. 87
In Search of the Hornet Spook Light	p. 91
Pythian Castle	p. 100
Across the State	p. 105
The Ghost of Stephens College	p. 105
The James Family Farm	p. 109
The Elms	p. 118
Kansas City's Union Station	p. 122
Bibliography	p. 129
About the Author	p. 131
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