Folklore and Stories

in Kansas

Chief of Staff’s Quarters of Kansas

Empty-room tea-party sounds are repeatedly reported in the parlor of the Chief of Staff’s Quarters.
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Wyandotte High School of Kansas

Local-library writing cites reports from janitorial staff of footsteps and slamming doors in empty hallways.
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Wilbur’s Grocery of Kansas

Road-trip and haunted-travel articles include Wilbur’s as a small-town haunted business with unexplained activity.
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Waggener House / Gargoyle House of Kansas

Atchison haunt itineraries identify the Waggener or ‘Gargoyle House’ as one of the city’s recurring paranormal landmarks.
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Theorosa’s Bridge of Kansas

Kansas cry-baby / mother-ghost legend with multiple origin stories and a long reputation for eerie sounds and encounters.
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The Rookery of Kansas

Fort Leavenworth’s Rookery is a named cluster of old quarters linked to multiple ghost traditions.
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Sumner Place nanny ghost houses of Kansas

Legends attach a nanny apparition and domestic haunting stories to houses on Sumner Place.
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Stull Cemetery / Hell Gate legend of Kansas

Area: near Lawrence Kansas’s most famous ‘gateway to Hell’ legend; tied to Satan stories, ruins, and repeated supernatural Local Lore and Legends.
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Spirit’s Mile of Kansas

TravelKS’s Atchison material lists a stretch of K-7 known for reported apparitions and roadside paranormal stories.
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Sinkhole Sam / Big Sinkhole of Kansas

Area: Near Inman Kansas’s best-known cryptid: a prairie ‘lake monster’ first widely publicized in 1953 and still part of local Local Lore and Legends.
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