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Kansas City Ghosts: Wraiths & Whiskey Through the Savoy, Coates Hotel, and Power & Light Building
281 W 9th St, Kansas City, MO 64105
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Exact per-ticket pricing is not published on the operator's Kansas City page at time of research; booking is via usghostadventures.com for current rates.
Access
Wheelchair OK
About 1 mile of paved downtown Kansas City sidewalks, meeting near 9th Street.
Equipment
Photos OK
Downtown Kansas City historic hotel district · John Wornall House (Battle of Westport field hospital) · Kansas City Power and Light Building (Art Deco landmark)
US Ghost Adventures runs its Kansas City program under the brand Kansas City Ghosts, meeting nightly at 281 W 9th St near the Hotel Savoy, a historic downtown hotel built in the 1880s. The route passes the John Wornall House Museum, a documented Civil War-era home used as a field hospital during the 1864 Battle of Westport, and other downtown landmarks including St. Mary's Episcopal Church, founded in 1854, and the Kansas City Power and Light Building, an Art Deco skyscraper completed in 1931.
The operator's marketing frames the 2000 murder of attorney Richard Armitage in the Power and Light Building and a documented 1932 bombing at the Midland Theater as backdrop for reported hauntings covered on the route.
Sources
The operator's route narrative centers on the Hotel Savoy's Room 505, where a woman named Betsy Ward reportedly died under disputed circumstances, described by the operator as still responsible for doors opening and unexplained voices. At the John Wornall House Museum, the operator ties reported hauntings, including a presence tugging at visitors' ankles, to the site's use as a Civil War field hospital.
The operator's narrative also covers the Coates Hotel, tied to a reported fatal fire; St. Mary's Episcopal Church, tied to a reported haunting by a 19th-century priest; and the Kansas City Power and Light Building, tied to the unsolved 2000 murder of attorney Richard Armitage. Additional named stops include Kansas City City Hall, the Hotel Muehlebach's reported 'Blue Lady,' the Midland Theater's 1932 bombing, Epperson House on the UMKC campus, and the Folly Theater.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history independently verified for this listing beyond what is separately sourced here; it is included as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
A 1-hour, roughly 1-mile walking tour meeting at 281 W 9th St, near the Savoy Hotel. The route covers the Savoy Hotel, the Coates Hotel, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, and the Kansas City Power and Light Building. Runs nightly at 8pm, all ages.
An extended version of the standard Kansas City Ghost Tour covering additional haunted locations; the operator markets it as a bonus add-on to the standard route. Ask the operator for current stops and availability.
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Meeting-point-adjacent featured stop; operator's marketing centers on Room 505 and the reported death of Betsy Ward, matching the corpus entry's documented Room 505 legend.
Featured stop; operator's marketing ties the museum's Civil War field-hospital history at the Battle of Westport to reported hauntings.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, tied to a reported fatal fire; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, tied to the Rev. Henry Jardine; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, tied to the 2000 murder of Richard Armitage; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, tied to the reported 'Blue Lady' apparition; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, tied to a documented 1932 bombing; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative, on the UMKC campus; no corroborating corpus entry found.
Named stop in the operator's route narrative; no corroborating corpus entry found.
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