The Restless Souls of Beattie Mansion, Part Two | Grave Talks CLASSIC
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
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🗓️ 4 November 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
High above St. Joseph, Missouri, stands a mansion too proud — and too haunted — to ever die. Built in 1854 by Armstrong Beattie, a five-time mayor and banker, and his wife Eliza, the Beattie Mansion has seen everything from elegance to sorrow. Over the years, it became a refuge for the homeless, orphans, and the elderly — but many believe some of its guests never truly checked out.
Today, the mansion’s long history still echoes through its halls — in whispers, footsteps, and cold spots that appear out of nowhere. Armstrong and Eliza’s spirits are said to linger, forever watching over their home like spectral landlords. Contractors hired to work on the building often don’t last long. Tools vanish. Doors slam. And unseen hands seem to make their disapproval known.
For nearly 170 years, the Beattie Mansion has been a monument to both Missouri’s history and its hauntings — a place where the past is still very much alive.
Join us as we sit down with current owner Michael Burkart, who’s experienced firsthand what it’s like to live — and work — alongside the dead. Some houses have history. This one has residents. This is Part Two of our conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, part two of our conversation about the haunted history of the Beatty Mansion with owner Michael Burgart. |
| 0:13.5 | As long as you've owned the mansion, have you ever felt like that when you've been in there? |
| 0:19.9 | Like, I got to get out of here. |
| 0:21.7 | They're not welcoming me today. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm not feeling good here. |
| 0:26.1 | I haven't. |
| 0:27.0 | The only thing sometimes I would, I'd be in there when it's just pitch black. |
| 0:31.6 | If there aren't, you know, if there aren't lights on, especially at night, it can be just pitch black. |
| 0:39.1 | And I've come down the long staircase before where it's pitch black. |
| 0:43.3 | And with the thought, if something evil is here, now would be a good time to push me down the stairs. |
| 0:49.2 | I mean, not like I'm inviting it, but that if it's here, I'm going to feel it probably right now. |
| 0:57.3 | And I never did. |
| 0:58.5 | I never did. |
| 0:59.6 | But I had that sensation. |
| 1:01.8 | So that's kind of strange. |
| 1:03.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.7 | I don't know how you stay in there by yourself. |
| 1:07.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:08.1 | I don't know if I, I don't know if I would today. Let's put it that way. The most aggressive the spirits have ever been is when Kelly Matthews, who Kelly's like my adopted son. I was a big brother to him when he was seven and I was a sophomore in college at the University of Illinois. And I took him on in the Big Brother program, |
| 1:29.9 | and we stayed best friends for, he's 53 now. But he stayed there. Right after I bought it, |
| 1:38.3 | I called him up and I said, hey, Kelly, I don't know how to put this, but I bought this place in |
| 1:42.9 | St. Joseph, Missouri, and I really |
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