St Louis as we've said many times, is a city filled with ghosts.

Where there is history, there are hauntings, which is why St. Louis has so many stories

of haunted historic buildings, haunted graveyards, haunted streets, and even haunted people.

It also has more than its share of haunted houses.

But what makes a house truly haunted?

Is it a one-time strange incident that occurred to a single occupant on a cold winter's night,

or it is a repeated phenomenon that is witnessed by many different people over a span of many years?

That's hard to say because everyone seems to have their own definition.

That's why we've chosen six different stories of haunted houses for two episodes of the podcast,

episodes 27 and 28. Pull from a collection that dates back more than 20 years.

Some of these stories you may have never heard before while others may be familiar

but are actually the true story behind the legends that have circulated for years.

Just keep in mind though that even with two full episodes to devote to these spirited dwellings,

we'll still have to pick and choose from St. Louis's many haunted houses. We'll likely leave out a few

because it seems there's at least one haunted house in every single neighborhood in

the city. It might be the one next door to you or who knows it just might be yours The Oh, Welcome to the latest episode of American Hauntings, the podcast dedicated to the

history, hauntings, legends, and lore of America's past.

Hosted by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor, our second season explores the history, mystery, and hauntings of St. Louis, Missouri, the most haunted city along the Mississippi River. The lot of The Lafayette Park neighborhood began just before the Civil War

when Pasture Land was converted to a residential area surrounding a new public park. The first buyers of the lots in the new

neighborhood were mostly affluent business owners who hoped to escape

the crowded conditions downtown. As St. Louis grew in the 1840s, the population of Lafayette Park grew too.

Construction came to a halt during the war, but picked up again almost as soon as it was over.

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