The Ghosts of Cape Girardeau
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Cape Girardeau is notorious as a favorite haunt for spooks and ghosts of all kinds, no doubt helped by its long history as a Mississippi River town. Join Dr. Joel Rhodes on a visit a few of the more well-known haunted spots in town – Old Lorimer Cemetery, the Glenn House, and Port Cape – as well as check in with some businessmen whose inn is frequented not only be guests, but by spirits from decades past.
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That Old Lady Told Me To Get Out!
Jeanie Rhodes shared an old house with two cantenkerous ghosts that infiltrated her dreams and sent her daughter screaming from the basement.
The final resting place of Cape Girardeau's founder has some of the more persistent ghost stories in town. Dr. Frank Nickell shows KRCU's Jacob McCleland around the cemetery and sheds some light on some old ghosts.
Belle, The Ghosts of Port Cape
With plenty of history worth haunting, Port Cape Giradeau is home to one of Cape Girardeau's most famous ghosts. Belle, as she is affectionately known, has particularly good rapport with one of the restaurant's bartenders.
The Glenn House's Holliday Spirit
The Glenn House is one of Cape Girardeau’s finest architectural treasures. Originally built in 1883, with significant updates in 1900, the house magnificently sits atop a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. For decades, it was one of the most elegant homes in Cape Girardeau and is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
And just like many of the old buildings in Cape Girardeau, the Glenn House is purported to be haunted.
The Inn on South Sprigg Street
In the mid 1990s, James Coley and Eldon Nattier bought an old house in terrible condition on South Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau. They fixed up the century-old building and turned it into a successful bed & breakfast, and they have subsequently purchased several other properties on the block.
1960s era buildings are rarely associated with ghosts, especially ones without a history of death, mayhem, or murder. Yet Southeast Missouri State University's Rose Theatre has some of the most persistent stories on campus.