An 1883 Victorian mansion in Cape Girardeau where doors slam simultaneously across the house and footsteps cross the staircase — investigated by Ghost Hunters in 2020.
325 S Spanish St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
Research updated June 2026
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Victorian mansion with multiple floors; stairs required to access upper levels
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Est. 1883 · National Register of Historic Places · Late Victorian architecture — intact example in southeast Missouri · Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau museum · A&E Ghost Hunters investigation (2020)
The Glenn House at 325 S. Spanish Street in Cape Girardeau was constructed in 1883 in the Late Victorian architectural style and represents one of the most intact examples of that period in southeast Missouri. The property has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Historical Association of Greater Cape Girardeau acquired the mansion and operates it as a house museum, preserving the interior fixtures, furnishings, and architectural details of the late-nineteenth-century period. The house takes its name from the Glenn family, prominent Cape Girardeau residents of the era.
The mansion came to regional and national attention in 2020 when A&E's Ghost Hunters filmed an investigation episode there. The crew's visit documented the paranormal accounts that had been circulating in the Cape Girardeau community for years and introduced the Glenn House to a broader audience of dark tourism visitors.
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The paranormal reports at the Glenn House cluster around a figure called the Christmas ghost — an apparition associated specifically with the holiday season — and a set of physical phenomena that staff have reported independently of one another. Doors in different rooms of the mansion have reportedly slammed simultaneously, without wind or mechanical cause, a detail that distinguishes the reports from single-room incidents. Footsteps have been heard traversing the main staircase when no visible person was present.
The reports have enough consistency that the Historical Association, which operates the museum, does not dismiss them. The house's paranormal reputation was formalized in 2020 when A&E's Ghost Hunters selected the Glenn House for an investigation episode, bringing a production team and equipment to document the accounts. The Cape Girardeau community had been aware of the stories for years before the television investigation.
The Glenn House sits on Spanish Street, a historic corridor in Cape Girardeau that has its own accumulation of dark history. The mansion's ghost stories exist in a neighborhood context where multiple properties carry similar reports, giving the Glenn House accounts a geographic density that paranormal investigators find significant.
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Docent-led tour of the 1883 Late Victorian mansion, covering the Glenn family history, the architecture, and the paranormal reports including the Christmas ghost, simultaneous door-slamming, and staircase footsteps.
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