The HauntBound Trail · Missouri
The Missouri Haunted Trail
Missouri's other haunted geography runs along its rivers and rail lines: a brewing dynasty's cave system and a vaudeville hall in St. Louis, a machine-gun ambush and a fur-trade hotel in Kansas City, the nation's bloodiest prison yard in Jefferson City. Smaller river towns and Bootheel crossroads add their own crop of courthouse dungeons and bridge legends, most tied to real Civil War and Depression-era history rather than invented lore. The state's ghost-tour economy is dense enough to support paranormal investigators as a side industry in half its major cities. Ozarks visitors get the featured weekend loop; everyone else gets the rest of the map.
The state of the state
150 Verified stops
15 Regions
67 Wheelchair accessible
Every stop verified by HauntBound.
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The curated weekend cut
HauntBound's editors picked 7 daytime stops and 4 overnight inns from the 150 places below and mapped them in driving order, with drive times, the full stories, and a printable field guide. Free by email.
Key MUS Museum / Historical SiteCEM Cemetery / Burial GroundTHT Theater / Performance VenueINN Haunted Hotel / InnBAR Haunted Dining / BarTUR Ghost Tour / Walking TourASY Asylum / HospitalPRS Prison / ReformatoryCRM True Crime SiteOUT Outdoor / Natural SiteHSE Haunted House / Historic HomeMIL Battlefield / Military SiteOTH Other Dark Tourism Site
Eastern
26 stops CEM Bellefontaine Cemetery St. Louis Fam CEM Calvary Cemetery St. Louis Fam MUS Campbell House Museum St. Louis Fam MUS Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion St. Louis Fam OTH Downtown Ste. Genevieve Ste. Genevieve Fam INN Drury Plaza Hotel St. Louis Creve Coeur Creve Coeur Fam CEM Farmington State Hospital No. 4 Cemetery Farmington Fam MIL Fort Belle Fontaine St. Louis Fam MUS Guibourd-Valle House Ste. Genevieve Fam BAR Historic Winery of the Little Hills St. Charles Fam INN Lehmann House Bed and Breakfast St. Louis MUS Lemp Brewery Complex St. Louis BAR Lewis and Clark's Restaurant — St. Charles St. Charles Fam INN Main Street Inn Bed and Breakfast Ste. Genevieve Fam BAR Mother-in-Law House (The Main House) St. Charles Fam THT Powell Hall (Powell Symphony Hall) St. Louis Fam CEM Sappington Cemetery Crestwood Fam CRM Sheriff Curtis Gallows Site — Former St. Charles County Courthouse St. Charles CEM St. Charles Borromeo Lost Cemetery St. Charles Fam THT St. Charles Odd Fellows Hall (IOOF Building) St. Charles Fam INN St. Louis Union Station St. Louis Fam THT Stifel Theatre St. Louis Fam THT The Fabulous Fox Theatre St. Louis THT The Grandel Theatre St. Louis MUS Tower Grove House (Henry Shaw's Country Home) St. Louis Fam OUT Zombie Road (Lawler Ford Road / Rock Hollow Trail) Wildwood
Central
25 stops MUS Blanche Skiff Ross Memorial Library Nevada Fam CEM Bluff Cemetery Verdella Fam INN Bothwell Hotel Sedalia PRS Bushwhacker Jail (Vernon County Jail) Nevada Fam MIL Centralia Massacre and Battle Site Centralia Fam PRS Chillicothe Industrial Home for Girls Chillicothe Fam HSE Columbia College — Williams Hall (The Gray Lady) Columbia HSE Conley House (MU Campus Writing Program) Columbia Fam ASY Grim Hall — Truman State University Kirksville Fam CEM Highland Park Cemetery — Devil's Chair Kirksville Fam CEM Hill Park Cemetery Independence Fam HSE Hobo Hill House Jefferson City MUS Kemper Military School and College (Closed) Boonville OUT Little Dixie Lake Conservation Area Millersburg BAR Mac's Cafe (now Darlene's One Stop) Berger HSE Missouri Governor's Mansion Jefferson City Fam PRS Missouri State Penitentiary Jefferson City BAR Mom's Restaurant Marceline Fam OUT Nine Mile Bridge Auxvasse PRS Old Cooper County Jail and Hanging Barn Boonville HSE Stephens College — Senior Hall Columbia OTH Sullivan, Missouri Sullivan Fam THT Thespian Hall (Lyric Theater) Boonville Fam INN Tiger Hotel Columbia TUR US Ghost Adventures Jefferson City Jefferson City
Southwest
19 stops OUT Avilla Avilla MIL Battle of Carthage State Historic Site Carthage INN Boots Court Motel Carthage Fam OUT Brooks Phelps Grove Park Bridge Springfield Fam OUT Devil's Promenade (Hornet Spook Light Road) Hornet Fam THT Gillioz Theatre Springfield Fam THT Historic Fox Theatre (History Museum on the Square) Springfield Fam MUS Jasper County Courthouse Carthage Fam HSE John Wise House Joplin HSE Kendrick House (Kendrick Place) Carthage THT Landers Theatre Springfield Fam CEM Mt. Hope Cemetery Webb City Fam CRM Park Central Square Wild Bill Hickok Shootout Site Springfield Fam CEM Peace Church Cemetery Joplin Fam OTH Pythian Castle Springfield CEM Springfield National Cemetery Springfield Fam PRS The Calaboose (Springfield Police Substation and Museum) Springfield Fam INN University Plaza Hotel Springfield Fam INN Walnut Street Inn Springfield Fam
Western
16 stops HSE 1st Baptist Church on Walnut Street Nevada MUS Alexander Majors House Museum Kansas City Fam ASY Belvoir Winery (Former Odd Fellows Home) Liberty BAR Courthouse Exchange Independence Fam TUR Ghost City Tours — Kansas City Kansas City MUS Glore Psychiatric Museum St. Joseph INN Hotel Savoy Kansas City Kansas City OTH Hy-Vee Arena (Formerly Kemper Arena) Kansas City HSE John Wornall House Museum Kansas City CRM Kansas City Union Station Massacre Marker Kansas City Fam HSE Lemp Mansion St. Louis OUT Rickey Road Raytown MUS Saint Joseph State Hospital St. Joseph INN The Elms Hotel & Spa Excelsior Springs TUR US Ghost Adventures Kansas City Kansas City HSE William Jewell College — Brown Hall & Marston Hall Liberty Fam
Southern
15 stops MUS Alley Spring Mill Eminence Fam INN Arcadia Academy Arcadia OTH Bass Country Inn (former Howard Johnson's) Springfield Fam MIL Bloody Hill Springfield Fam CRM Branson Scenic Railway Depot Branson Fam CEM Lees Cemetery Verona Fam CEM Lonesome Hill Cemetery Phillipsburg Fam THT Music City Centre Branson Fam OUT Noland Road Branson Fam THT Shepherd of the Hills Homestead & Outdoor Theatre Branson Fam INN The Branson Hotel Branson Fam MUS Titanic Museum Attraction Branson Fam TUR US Ghost Adventures Branson Branson MIL Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Republic Fam BAR Worman House Restaurant at Big Cedar Lodge Ridgedale Fam
Southeast
12 stops MIL Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site (Fort Davidson) Pilot Knob Fam OTH Cheney Hall (Southeast Missouri State University) Cape Girardeau Fam HSE Glenn House Cape Girardeau Fam THT Historic Rodgers Theatre Poplar Bluff Fam BAR Katy O'Ferrell's Publick House Cape Girardeau Fam CEM Oak Ridge Cemetery (Doniphan) Doniphan Fam MIL Old Fort Benton / Old Patterson School Site Patterson CEM Old Lorimier Cemetery Cape Girardeau Fam OTH Overby's Furniture Store (Beigley Building / Hays the Music Store) Poplar Bluff BAR Port Cape Girardeau Restaurant Cape Girardeau Fam INN Rose Bed Inn Cape Girardeau Fam THT Rose Theatre (SEMO) Cape Girardeau Fam
Northern
11 stops PRS Daviess County Rotary Jail (Squirrel Cage Jail) Gallatin BAR Finn's Food and Spirits Hannibal Fam INN Garden House Bed & Breakfast Hannibal Fam INN Garth Woodside Mansion Hannibal Fam BAR Java Jive Coffee Shop and Bakery Hannibal Fam BAR LaBinnah Bistro (Captain Munger House) Hannibal INN LulaBelle's (Riverside Inn Hannibal) Hannibal OUT Mark Twain Cave Hannibal Fam CEM Old Baptist Cemetery Hannibal PRS Old Hannibal Jail (Old Police Station & Jailhouse) Hannibal INN Rockcliffe Mansion Hannibal Fam
Northwest
7 stopsEast Central
7 stops CRM Eckert's Tavern Site (519 S. Main) St. Charles Fam TUR Hermann's History & Haunts Walking Ghost Tour Hermann BAR Hermannhof Winery Hermann OTH John B. Busch Brewery Historic District Washington Fam MUS Lindenwood University (Sibley Hall / Sibley Chapel / Lindenwood Auditorium) St. Charles Fam HSE Thias House Washington Fam TUR US Ghost Adventures St. Charles St. Charles
Kansas City Metro
4 stopsOzarks
4 stopsSt Louis Metro
1 stopsNortheastern
1 stopsNortheast
1 stopsGreater St Louis
1 stopsEvery entry links to its full HauntBound page with sources, accessibility notes, and family ratings.