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The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

On Location: The Historic Wolf Hotel, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

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4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!

Beneath the streets of Ellinwood, Kansas, sits a hidden piece of history—an underground network of tunnels that once served as the center of daily life in the late 1800s.

Connected to businesses above, the tunnels were home to saloons, shops, and other parts of the town’s early activity. Today, while much of that underground city is closed off, parts remain accessible—and are now tied to reports of unexplained experiences.

Above it all stands the historic Wolf Hotel, a building with its own past and stories that have followed it over time. Amanda Coots, paranormal investigator and historian at the Wolf Hotel, takes us inside both the history of the property and the activity reported there today.

From the tunnels below to the rooms above, the accounts raise questions about what may still linger in a place shaped by both daily life and personal tragedy.

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0:00.0

Today on the Grave Talks, the historic Wolf Hotel and What's Below, a conversation with paranormal

0:07.2

investigator and historian Amanda Coots.

0:15.7

Beneath a charming streets of Ellenwood, Kansas, lies an abandoned underground city. Once bustling with

0:25.6

businesses like brothels, bars, gambling establishments, barbershops, and even a harness store.

0:31.6

This late 1800 city was connected by a network of well-built tunnels, many of which you can still explore today.

0:40.2

And my sister Kathy and I did just that. We toured the tunnels and the historic Wolf Hotel, a beautiful

0:47.3

and storied building that sits atop the tunnels. While the hotel is a treasure trove of history,

0:54.1

it's also a hotspot for the paranormal.

0:57.1

Urban legend speaks of spirits wandering the tunnels, including the ghost of a man who tragically

1:03.0

took his own life in the hotel dining room in 1927. Though much of this underground world remains

1:10.7

hidden from the public, the sections that are open

1:13.7

offer a unique and slightly eerie glimpse into Ellenwood's intriguing past.

1:19.9

My sister and I both love history and the paranormal, so our day trip to Ellenwood was fun,

1:25.1

informative, and a little bit creepy.

1:29.0

Today on the Grave Talks, the historic Wolf Hotel and what's below it, with Amanda Coots,

1:35.0

paranormal investigator and historian with a Wolf Hotel.

1:41.5

So I'm going to show you this really quick.

1:49.0

That would have been the tunnels all the way down Main Street. So were the tunnels built when Ellenwood the downtown was built at the same time?

1:55.0

Yeah, it was kind of integrated a little bit.

1:58.0

Okay.

1:59.0

Because this was from, um, southern, people from southern Germany, like Bavaria and stuff like that. They

2:04.5

actually came over here. So it tells you about these people. So

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