Lemp Mansion, St. Louis, Missouri – Said to be one of the ten most haunted places in America, the Lemp Mansion in St. Louis, Missouri, continues to play host to the tragic Lemp family. Over the years, the mansion was transformed from a stately home of millionaires into office space, then decayed into a run-down boarding house. It was finally restored to its current state as a fine dinner theatre, restaurant, and bed-and-breakfast. A scene of triumph and tragedy, with a backdrop of intrigue, scandal, and suicide, has led visitors to report a wide range of phenomena at the Mansion. Tales of phantom guests sitting in chairs and misty white apparitions appearing throughout the mansion are common. Candles are said to be mysteriously lit of their own accord, and the smell of cigar smoke fills the area in the non-smoking environment. Guests have felt someone stroking their hair at night and have received phantom phone calls. Personal items have been known to disappear or be moved.

 

Also See:

St. Louis – Gateway to the West

St. Louis Area Legends & Folklore

Ghosts of the Bethlehem Cemetery, St. Louis

Ghosts of Greater St. Louis