In doing the research for the haunted formula, I’ve come across some cities that, when looking at the map, I’m baffled at how ideal they are for hauntings. The city of St. Louis, Missouri is definitely one of those ideal places.
The ground is limestone and shale. There is a network of train tracks that are like spoke on a wheel in the heart of the city. There’s a mighty river cutting through it and lots of smaller waterways.
The City of St. Louis was incorporated as a city in 1822. It had been a French holding and was acquired by the US. It faced the same issues upon establishing it on Native American ground. It saw a huge devastating cholera outbreak, a huge fire, tornadoes, and all the crime and vice associated with a major waterway with riverboats and a jumping off point for those heading west.
Looking at this map, you can see the ideal conditions for a haunted city. The train tracks parallel the river and spread out madly all over the city. Interestingly, I began to look at St. Louis because of the perfect conditions of Lemp Mansion, but then I came across this very helpful website listing the top 5 most haunted places there.
It appears so far in my research that of the Midwest, St. Louis is one of the top haunted cities. It’ll be interesting to compare places such as Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis.
I’ll continue to keep you updated on my finds.
I have a friend that lives in St. Louis, MO. I'll have to see if she knows of any hauntings. I just drove through there with my parents in the 70's on a trip back east. The arch was cool and would have love to take that elevator to the top.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it appears the city has a lot of haunts and a lot of ghost hunting groups. So, where there's smoke, there's fire. I can imagine the closer you get to downtown where the railways converge and the river flows, it's got to be highly likely. Let me know if you find out anything from your friend. When I finish my research, I hope to contact some hunting groups in the most likely haunted areas to give them a more narrow map of what region of their city to search and research.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it appears the city has a lot of haunts and a lot of ghost hunting groups. So, where there's smoke, there's fire. I can imagine the closer you get to downtown where the railways converge and the river flows, it's got to be highly likely. Let me know if you find out anything from your friend. When I finish my research, I hope to contact some hunting groups in the most likely haunted areas to give them a more narrow map of what region of their city to search and research.
ReplyDeleteOOOOOO!!! Our good friends live there and we've been planning to visit (but Life keeps throwing curveballs and we haven't made it there yet), but now after reading this...I'm even more excited to get there!!!
ReplyDeleteI know this is an old post, but last night I caught part of a show on Zombie Road in St. Louis, so I was searching through your blog to see if you had looked into it. A quick web search proved most interesting!
ReplyDeleteIt appears to meet your scoring criteria, and it is (or was) a popular "Lover's Lane" spot so I'll be researching it more for my sex and the paranormal study.