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Marceline Diner Haunted by the Lady in White
116 N Kansas Ave, Marceline, MO 64658
Research updated April 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$
Casual diner pricing. Current operating status should be verified before visiting.
Access
Limited Access
Small-town Missouri main street diner
Equipment
Photos OK
Marceline, MO Heritage
Mom's Restaurant occupies a storefront at 116 North Kansas Avenue in Marceline, a small city in Linn County in north-central Missouri. Marceline is primarily known as the childhood home of Walt Disney, who lived there in the early 20th century before his family relocated; the town has embraced that heritage through multiple Disney-connected attractions and landmarks.
Mom's Restaurant — known at various points also as A Hole In The Wall — has been a local dining institution for an extended period. The specific founding date of the restaurant was not documented in available sources. It has been known in the region for its haunted reputation, cited consistently in Missouri paranormal sources without a specific anchor event or identified historical cause for the reported activity.
Sources
The Lady in White at Mom's Restaurant is among the more consistently reported apparitions in Linn County's paranormal tradition. Her appearances to customers and staff have been documented in regional paranormal sources over an extended period, without a specific historical identity or triggering event being attributed to her.
The poltergeist-type activity that accompanies her reported presence is specific in its character: cold drafts appearing without environmental cause, plates that investigators describe as 'jumping' from shelves, furniture found tipped over or placed upside down. These phenomena are categorically distinguishable from simple atmospheric effects — they involve physical displacement of objects in ways that witnesses describe as intentional.
The restaurant was also known locally as A Hole In The Wall, an informal name that speaks to its neighborhood institution character. No specific founding date or building history was identified in available sources. The Lady in White tradition has no attributed identity — she is defined entirely by her behavior and appearance, rather than by any documented historical connection to the building or its predecessors.
Notable Entities
Dine in a Marceline diner known locally for decades as a haunted establishment. The Lady in White has appeared to customers and staff, and poltergeist-type activity — plates jumping from shelves, furniture found upside down — has been reported consistently enough to give the restaurant sustained local notoriety.
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