Missouri Haunted History
Which St. Louis Suburb is the Exorcist house located in?
Bel-Nor.
In what year did the Salem witch trials begin?
1692
Which U.S. president told a group of schoolkids that the White House was haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?
George H W Bush in 1989
Who is said to haunt the Meramec river due to his lynching in the mid-1890's?
John Buckner
Who was the first person executed in the Salem trials?
Bridget Bishop
Where is the world’s longest haunted house?
The Haunted Cave in Lewisburg, Ohio, is a whopping 3,564 feet long. It’s located 80 feet underground!
Which contracted foster care agency in St. Louis is located at Edgewood Children’s Center, where a child died in a 1910 fire?
KVC
How many people were hanged for witchcraft in Salem in 1692?
Nineteen.
When is Halloween thought to have originated?
4000 BC
True or False: St. Louis is home to the most haunted home in America.
True.
What enduring legal lesson comes from the Salem proceedings?
Courts need reliable evidence, fair procedure, independent judgment, and protection against panic-driven accusations.
What famous ghost is said to haunt the Tower of London?
Anne Boleyn.
Which cryptid has been cited in folklore acress Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklaholma?
The Ozark Howler
What is the modern name of the town where the Salem Witch Trials occurred?
Danvers, Massachusetts.
What is the name of the ghost ship that haunts the coast of North Carolina?
The Queen Anne's Revenge
Who is “Hitchhike Annie?”
Hitchhike Annie is the name of the ghost that roams Calvary Drive, between Calvary Cemetery and Bellefontaine Cemetery.
How many people were accused of practicing witchcraft during the trials?
200 people.
What city in the United States is considered the most haunted?
New Orleans, Louisiana.
The “Screaming House” which hosts paranormal events such as screaming from within the walls, doors slamming shut and poltergeist activity such as objects moving on their own sits nestled in Bolivar Missouri.
False -- It's in Union, MO
True or False: Only women were targeted and accused as witches.
False.
Which Great Lake is known as Gitche Gumee by the Chippewa and has a notorious history of “never giving up her dead?”
Lake Superior.
This road in Wildwood on Rock Hollow Trail allegedly is haunted by shadow people, ghosts of confederate soldiers, Native Americans and even lost school children.
Zombie Road.
What Disney movie filmed in various places around Salem, Massachusetts?
Hocus Pocus
This hotel in Savannah Georgia initially operated as a hospital for union soldiers during the Civil War and again during multiple yellow fever outbreaks. The lower level was used as a surgery room and human remains were found under the floorboards in the 1990’s - get into room 414 if you want to experience the paranormal to include the sound of a typewriter, footsteps, doors opening and closing alone, and electronics/lights going haywire!
The Marshall House.
This former MODOC location currently hosts tours where visitors report hearing voices and seeing human like shapes/figures to include full bodied apparitions.
Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.
True or false: Salem is the birthplace of the National Guard.
True.
This beast is said to haunt the forest of the New Jersey Pine Barrens in South Jersey. It is said to have been born normally from its human mother, than immediately grew wings, a tail and claws after birth then flew out to the Pine Barrens.
The Jersey Beast.
This college in Columbia has a well known ghost trio known as the “Blue Ladies” who are reported to sing to students in their dorms at night.
Stephen's College
How many people were executed between 1692-1693 over accusations of witchcraft?
25.
This hotel was the inspiration for a Stephen King Novel and movie in Estes Park, Colorado. Guests and staff reportedly often hear disembodied voices, foot steps, poltergeist activity and lights turning on and off.
The Stanley Hotel.