Reed City's Pizza Poltergeist and the Ghost of Mr. Reed
113 S Chestnut St, Reed City, MI 49677
Age
All Ages
Cost
$
Pizza restaurant; standard pizza pricing.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Downtown commercial block; ground-floor restaurant
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1871 · Reed City History · Post-Civil War Michigan Commercial Architecture
Reed City, Michigan was platted in 1872 as a lumber industry town in Osceola County. The building at 113 S Chestnut Street may predate the town itself, identified in local accounts as possibly the old Lonsbury and Crocker general store established in 1871 — though this attribution has not been confirmed by a documentary record found during research.
The building's architecture is consistent with a late-19th-century commercial structure: the look of an old general store, as described by 99WFMK, which published an account of the restaurant's paranormal reputation. Reed City's history as a lumber and railroad town in western Michigan's cutover region placed it in a period of rapid growth followed by economic contraction as the timber was exhausted — a pattern common to small Michigan communities of this era.
Pompie's has operated at this address as a pizza restaurant, developing a local and regional reputation that extends beyond the food. The Ferris State University student paper documented the location's paranormal reputation in a 2010 feature. Spectral Seekers and other paranormal aggregator sites have covered the restaurant.
Tripadvisor and Yelp reviews confirm the restaurant was receiving customer reviews as recently as January 2026, indicating continued operation.
Sources
The ghost story attached to Pompie's centers on a man called Mr. Reed. The previous owner of the restaurant told the current owner that a man of that name had lived in a house immediately adjacent to the building — a house no longer standing — and was found murdered there. No specific date, circumstances, or newspaper record for this death has been identified in publicly available sources; the account is transmitted through ownership as oral tradition.
The paranormal activity documented by former employees and the 99WFMK feature is concentrated in specific areas. Chairs have been reported moving away from tables on their own — not vibrating or sliding gradually, but repositioning as if someone sat down or stood up. The pinball machine in the restaurant has been observed activating and playing without being touched or fed coins.
In the alley behind the building, workers and owners have reported seeing shadowy shapes. The basement is described as the most active area: former employees report items falling from walls unexpectedly, things being switched to different positions, and in some accounts objects flying through the air toward the people working there.
The 99WFMK feature describes the accumulated evidence from multiple former employees — not a single account but a pattern across different people working at the restaurant over time.
Notable Entities
Order pizza in a building that may date to an 1871 general store on South Chestnut Street in downtown Reed City. Chairs have been observed sliding from tables under their own power; the pinball machine in the corner starts itself. Mr. Reed — who was murdered next door — has been a reported presence here for decades.
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