From Ghost Tours of Kansas

For sometime now, Beth Cooper, co-owner of Ghost Tours of Kansas, has asked me to join her company as a tour guide. My qualifications: I love to talk, I love history, I love cemeteries, I love the ghost stories.

A couple of weeks ago, I went along on the recon for the Lawrence Tour that was held on Friday the 13th. It was very interesting and a Lawrence Journal World photographer accompanied us and took the photos shown here. I've been on one investigation--Constitution Hall in Topeka, which was incredible. I'm including the April newsletter.

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Half Price Tickets- March 28

North Topeka Tour--Help us fill up the bus for Saturday, March 28. Enjoy a tour of the most haunted places in North Topeka, including Overland Station, Moose Lodge and the business district. Departs from the Celtic Fox at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8.75 per person, age 12 and over. Dress warm and bring your cameras! Order tour tickets online

Kansas Most Haunted List

The Holton House, a former mortuary, tops the Kansas most haunted list for 2009. Now a bed and breakfast, the Holton House was selected because of thermal image video, EVP's and personal experiences by investigators. Last year, 48 locations were investigated by Paranormal Reseach Investigators and ghost tour staff.The top 5 most haunted locations in Kansas are:

Holton House Bed and Breakfast- Holton
Constitution Hall- Topeka
St. Mary’s Church- Kansas City
Hotel Josephine- Holton
Holton Country Club- Holton

(photo above left, taken in Pioneer Cemetery, Lawrence. From left, Beth Cooper, Beth Rupert, me, Jodi Sullivan)

Dinner with a Ghost Tour in Kansas City

Discover tales of the Kaw, walk through a cursed cemetery and hear about the ghost torn and shredded. Find out what makes KCK the most haunted city in Kansas! Enjoy a tour then a pizza dinner with a special presentation by paranormal investigators! Tour departs April 4 at 8 p.m. from Wheat State Pizza. Tickets are $29.50 per person. Order tour tickets online

Private Tours For Your Group

Schedule NOW for your party tour! We will pick you up and drop you off at your location. The best entertainment in town! Phone 785-383-2925 or email sales@ghosttourkansas.com for your tour!

TOUR GUIDES WANTED

Ghost Tours of Kansas is expanding! We are looking for people who enjoy history and can share stories with a crowd. Guides are needed in: Salina, Abilene, Atchison, St. Joseph, Missouri, Weston, Missouri. We would like to hear from you! Auditions are held regularly. Email your resume to info@ghosttourkansas.com

Upcoming Events

March 28 North Topeka Tour
April 4 Downtown Topeka Tour/Dinner with a Ghost- Kansas City
April 23 Dinner with a Ghost- North Topeka
April 24 Manhattan Ghost Tour

April 25 Kansas City Ghost Tour

Spirits, More Spirits

Lunch today with ghost hunter, Beth Cooper. Monday night, she invited me to join her and her spirit sleuths for an investigation of the Free State Capitol. It was interesting. I showed up at dusk and we congregated in the overgrown grassy area behind the territorial landmark. I joined Devin, Beth's daughter, and Nick, who is originally from North Carolina. The crew had already situated sound and motion recorders throughout the building. As it grew darker, we scrambled to the back of the basement (I could stand but the others had to double over to move). We seated ourselves comfortably on the rocky earth -- I was fortunate to find a foot square of concrete. Then, we turned out the lights, put the energy detector on the ground, and waited.


Nick introduced us to whoever or whatever might have been listening. I was pretty self-conscious honestly. To speak to these "spirits" in front of other people was just a little embarrassing. After a while, of course, I got over it, and addressed the darkness. I called for Franklin Crane (below), Pennsylvania dentist, one of Topeka's founders, father of Topeka Cemetery, Jayhawker, spiritualist:


"Mr. Crane, if you're here, I would like to talk to you. I wrote a book about your cemetery. I take people there and share what you did. My friend Don Lambert is researching your life and is portraying you."


The response was strong and immediate on the energy sensor. I asked other questions, mostly historic ones, and there was little if any response. "Did you know Isaac Cody? Did you know Col. Sumner?"


Nothing. But when I was specific about other things, things in his life, the response was strong. "I know, Mr. Crane, that you were too old for the army but you believed so strongly that you joined anyway" --a quick, definitive response.


The others asked some questions, attempted to reach other spirits. It irked me when Nick referred to Mr. Crane as Franklin. I thought it inappropriate. But Nick is a sweet guy and meant no disrespect. Mr. Crane didn't say anything. Then I thought about Franklin Crane as if he were standing before me, and addressed him again, "Mr. Crane, did you become interested in spiritualism when your wife died?"


The response was immediate.


"When you were alive, were you able to contact her after she passed?"


Again, the response was immediate. I pondered those things and didn't ask much else. Did I really have a conversation with Franklin Crane? I don't know. I just don't know.

(Join Beth and Cathy for one of their fascinating tours and decide for yourself if the spirits are really there.http://newmediacafe.net/ghosttourtopeka/index.shtml)

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Wine Tour May 31, June 1