Walk St. Louis's self-guided ghost tour. 15 documented stops, 5 free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
St. Louis is home to 15 documented ghost-tour stops spanning 126 years of history. This self-guided ghost tour covers 15 stops across the city, from Bissell Mansion (1823) to The Exorcist House. 5 stops are free — no guide, no schedule. Walk at your own pace after dark.
You enter Union Stations Grand Hall, where 100,000 passengers once passed daily through this Romanesque fortress of commerce. But not everyone who arr...
You step into the Fox Theatres opulent lobby, a Siamese-Byzantine palace where vaudeville stars and silver screen legends once commanded the stage. Bu...
When the Chase Hotel opened on September 29, 1922, it was the crown jewel of St. Louis hospitality. Developer Chase Ullman built a palace that would h...
The DeMenil Mansion rises from the same South St. Louis hill as the infamous Lemp Mansion, and its history is nearly as dark. Built in 1848 by Nicolas...
Captain Lewis Bissell built his Federal-style mansion in 1823 on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi, a fitting home for the son of the commander of o...
Calvary Cemetery was born from death itself. When cholera swept St. Louis in 1849, killing over 4,000 residents in a single devastating summer, city o...
You walk through the iron gates of Bellefontaine Cemetery, where St. Louiss elite rest among Gothic mausoleums and weeping angels. But rest is a relat...
You stand outside an ordinary-looking brick bungalow in Bel-Nor, but what happened inside these walls in 1949 inspired the most terrifying film ever m...
You stand at the entrance to Zombie Road, now sanitized as Al Foster Trail, but the darkness remembers its true name. This two-mile stretch through de...
You cross the Mississippi into Alton, Illinois, and ascend the hill to McPike Mansion—the most haunted house in the Midwest, they say. Henry McPike bu...
The St. Louis ghost tour includes 15 documented stops covering 126 years of documented history.
The first 5 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 15 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided tour you can start anytime. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the story tied to that location. Follow the suggested stop order or move at your own pace.
Plan for approximately 3 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our St. Louis tour is St. Louis Union Station at 1820 Market St, St. Louis, MO 63103, dating back to 1894.
5 stops free in St. Louis. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.
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