Most Haunted Places In Topeka, Kansas To Visit
Following are the most haunted places in Topeka, Kansas, where dark history and restless spirits merge in the eerie, mist-filled streets of this ancient city. From haunted castles to shadowy underground vaults, these places hold tales of mystery, death, and the unexplained—daring only the bravest souls to explore.
Capital Building
: "It is said that a woman killed herself by jumping off the staircase that leads up to the top of the dome. Sometimes in the basement you can hear footsteps and her crying."
Dorothy Thomas School of Dance
: "The studio has been in the basement of a home since 1942. Dorothy passed away in 1988 and all of this started then. There have been what sounds like 150 people tap dancing at 3 am. The lights go off and on by themselves. An old broken down piano plays Sweet Georgia Brown and Tea For Two by it''s self late at night. Music boxes turn on by themselves. Footsteps in the attic. Lots of whispering and the stereo will turn on by its self."
Gardner House
: "this house is home to a poltergeist."
Harrison Church
: "This church is one of the most haunted places in Kansas. This church was a normal church until one-day possessed by the Devil and is now abandoned. People say they hear screams and a little girl crying. Do not go there unless you are wanting a fright."
Rochester Cemetery
: "The Albino Lady is seen often in the cemetery"
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
: "at the KDHE there are said to be two different ghosts that haunt that place. George and Sam are their names and their stories are just about all other ghosts they died a horrible death and they can go till it avenged."
North Topeka Moose Lodge
: "Three spirits have tied themselves to this building-the most famous being a police officer shot by a burglar he surprised on the roof, the other two are women inexplicably tied to an armchair in the ladies'' room and loveseat in the hall at the lodge. it has been reported that a custodian cleaning the ladies room there set a trashbag on the armchair, only to see it immediately fly across the room."
Overland station
: "Former ATSF train station reportedly haunted by at least three entities: One is a woman occasionally seen dressed in early 20th century apparel on the second floor of the station, another sighting is of a former ticket-clerk who is often seen at "his" ticket booth, and a small boy, possibly ten years old often appears in pictures taken outside the building, as well as in reflections in the windows of the station."
Topeka Country Club
: "Apparitions have been seen and heard. Employees and security are all afraid to go upstairs alone. Sometimes if you go out late at night alone the lights will be on and loud music playing though no one is there and all was quiet earlier. The building is alarmed so it is impossible for someone to go in and play a joke. Very creepy when you are alone at night."
Topeka High School
: "Topeka High School is one of the oldest schools in Topeka. There are tunnels beneath the school and is supposedly built over a graveyard. There have been witnesses of ghosts and even pictures. When said to be alone, there has been conversations between the ghosts. Also, there have been weird things that have happened to teachers and students in the halls and classrooms when they are alone. Students say €œeven though this school is thought to be haunted, it is still the best high school ever!!€"
Topeka State Hospital
: "Very large facility, opened in 1872-closed 1997, at one time the site of Kansas'' hospital for criminally insane. Orbs, apparitions in windows, voices and music heard from many of the buildings on campus. 1,157 people are buried in the cemetery on site-95 percent are in unmarked graves. Local PD still patrol the area, although several have stated they hesitate to enter the grounds at night."