St. Louis

Lemp Mansion
The Lemp Mansion history is basically a story of rags to riches and back to rags again.  Add to this a family of unstable, eccentric individuals, and you have the makings for a real haunted house. 

Without going through a history that can be found anywhere on the internet, the Lemps were a family who made their fortune brewing beer.  Indeed, the Lemp brand was as well known in its heyday as Miller or Budweiser are today.   Unfortunately, prohibition came along and eventually destroyed the brewery and the family.  Four of the Lemps committed suicide during the rise and fall of the brewery - three of them doing it inside the house.  William, the patriarch of the family shot himself in the present-day restaurant front dining room!

No reports of ghost sightings are recorded until the Lemp mansion was sold and turned into a boarding house.  Apparently boarders that lived here complained often of strange noises, and of lights switching on and off and objects moving.  The boarding house became locally known as haunted, hurting rentals and eventually becoming a factor in the failure of the boarding house.  In 1977, the house was bought by the Pointer family, who went about carefully renovating it into a Bed & Breakfast and restaurant.  During the renovation, workers complained of the feeling of being watched, losing tools inexplicably, and hearing disembodied voices.

Today, you can visit the Lemp Mansion and sleep in your choice of bedrooms belonging to the ill-fated Lemp family.  Guests report a general "creepy feeling" in the house, along with voices from unidentified sources and doors locking and unlocking by themselves.  One of the Lemps killed his dog when he suicided, and the disembodied sounds of a dog barking are frequent, as are reports of the piano playing by itself and of glasses at the bar levitating.

If you find yourself in the St. Louis area, especially for an overnight visit, the Lemp House is a must-see!  Named one of the most haunted houses in America by Life Magazine in 1980,  this is a great place to do an overnight in-depth investigation!

Lemp Mansion is located at 3322 DeMenil Place, St. Louis, MO 63118.  Phone - 314-664-8024. 

 

 

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