Haunted St. Louis: History and Hauntings Along the Mississippi

by Troy Taylor

St. Louis is considered one of the most historic cities of the Mississippi River and the American Heartland.. but it is also considered one of the most haunted! Now, readers can journey back in time more than two centuries to the origins of St. Louis and join author Troy Taylor as he plunges you headlong into the violent history, mysterious past and bloody deeds of this great city! Along the way, he intertwines the history of Laclede, Chouteau and Lewis and Clark with tales of ghosts, hauntings and the unsolved! This is not simply a book of ghost stories but a page-turning account of how history and hauntings have shaped the city! The author delves into many tales of history that have long been forgotten from the history of the St. Louis breweries to the lost caves, the 1904 World's Fair, the Civil War in St. Louis, suicides and spirits, mad doctors, haunted hospitals, murder and mayhem, ghostly gangsters, haunted houses, the Devil in St. Louis and much, much more! Don't miss what has been called "the most complete book yet on St. Louis ghosts"!

Genres: Nonfiction

556 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Olivia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read for some background information on a short tour of spiritualism in STL I was giving. it's fine, as in it provides the information. But it felt like it was written by a man who lived at the turn on the twentieth century (like those he writes about) who was so willing to believe in women communing with spirits because there is no possible way a woman may possess anything that might resemble intelligence-- thus, it MUST be spirits communicating through her!

But it's good resource since there really isn't much that is easy to access about the "haunted" spots in STL.

[Melinda · Rating 1 out of 5]

really poorly written, but all kinds of bits to inspire a search for real books regarding similar content.

[John Shugert · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun read. A lot of history about St. Louis, my home town.

[J.T. Kingsley · Rating 4 out of 5]

More history than haunting, but still an informative read. This one probably won’t scare the pants off of you, but it does inspire the reader to dig into some of the stories more in-depth.

[Kathleen J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great spooky season overview of the haunts in Blues City.

[Terrell Tucker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read several of Troy Taylor Books and I like all of them. He combines history and ghost story telling into an interesting narrative. Although I will comment on his grammar or that of the editor. It's not the best in the world. I found many grammatical mistakes throughout the book, but who cares. It was still a fun read!

[Beka · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book interesting especially with the historical background of several places/people in the ST Louis area.

[jamez · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting book about the history of stl and the hauntings and crime that went on there. I could read troys ghost books all day.