Five Kansas places with a haunted reputation and a public door

Eldridge Hotel, Lawrence

The Eldridge will rent you a room, and its own haunted page says room 506 is Col. Eldridge's favorite spot. A 2016 Lawrence Journal-World story has the assistant general manager explaining a curtain as an air vent, and then describing a deadbolt locked from the inside. The history page says the standing hotel is a 1925 rebuild. The Journal-World story has him saying the hotel was built in 1855.

The contact page prints 701 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Phone, 785-749-5011. Email, info@eldridgehotel.com. Restaurant reservations are a second printed number, 785-838-5503. Sarah Zollner, sales and catering, is printed as 785-749-5011 Ext. 2108, with szollner@eldridgehotel.com.

Those digits are not all wired the same way. One link shows 785-749-5011 and points at tel:http://785-749-5011. Another shows the same digits and points at tel:7857495011, with no plus and no country code. A "Call Us!" link points at tel:+17857495011. The printed restaurant number, 785-838-5503, points at tel:+17858385503. An empty link on the contact page points at tel:17858385503. That last target is the restaurant's digits with a leading 1 and no plus sign. It is not the string printed beside it, because nothing is printed beside it. The visit line below uses the two numbers as they are printed, with ordinary +1 links. It does not use tel:http://785-749-5011.

The room-policy page, posted May 26, 2021, and updated March 3, 2025, prints reservation-department hours, not a front-desk clock. Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. "Hours may vary on holidays." It does not list the holidays. Check-in is 4:00 p.m. Check-out is 11:00 a.m. After 10 p.m., only registered hotel guests are allowed in a guest room. A registered guest must be 21, or a parent or guardian must sign a waiver. Pets are not allowed. Service animals are the exception the page prints. The Eldridge Extended, the page says, is one block south. Room 506 is a number on the haunted page. The haunted page does not say 506 is in the extended building.

Self-parking is the Vermont Street garage, west of the building. The page says the City of Lawrence monitors downtown parking from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Sunday is not in that sentence.

The meal pages do not follow one clock. Brunch, on the breakfast-menu URL, is Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. That page does not print a Monday-through-Friday brunch. Lunch is Monday and Tuesday closed, Wednesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dinner is Sunday through Tuesday closed, Wednesday through Saturday 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Happy hour is Wednesday through Friday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Restaurant reservations, on each of those pages, are 785-838-5503, and the maximum party is 6. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. On the pages I read, that Sunday has brunch until 2 p.m. and a reservation desk until 3 p.m. Lunch and dinner are closed. Check-in is still printed at 4 p.m. The policy page does not say the building locks at 3.

The haunted page was posted June 4, 2021, and updated January 11, 2022. It says, "Ghost hunters, reporters, and guest have all felt the ghostly welcome of Col. Eldridge." Guest is the page's singular. "Whether it's the crackling of a water bottle in the middle of the night, the air conditioner randomly turning on, or watching your bags shake out of nowhere, we've seen and heard it all. His favorite spot in the hotel is room 506." The next paragraph says the hotel was on A&E's Biography Channel show My Ghost Story. Then: "Some say the historic hotel is haunted." "Some say" is the page's. The page does not print Shalor, a deadbolt, or a year of death. The closer, "You'll have no choice but to believe your eyes," is the page's promotion of the television episode. It is not a finding.

The history page, posted June 3, 2021, and updated June 1, 2022, says the original building on the site was the Free State Hotel, built in 1855 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society. It says Sheriff Sam Jones burned it in 1856. It names Colonel Shalor Eldridge as the man who rebuilt it and added a floor. It says Quantrill and his raiders destroyed it in 1863 and "killed more than 150 people." Eldridge rebuilt and named it the Hotel Eldridge. The page says that hotel stood until 1925, when Lawrence business leaders organized by Billy Hutson tore it down and rebuilt it. It closed as a hotel on July 1, 1970, became apartments until 1985, and the top four floors were rebuilt into 48 two-room suites. It was sold at auction in October 2004, closed for a renovation beginning in January 2005, and reopened in May 2005. The haunted page does not walk through any of those dates. The history page does not mention room 506.

Conrad Swanson, Lawrence Journal-World, October 27, 2016, is the news piece. The headline is "A historic specter in a historic hotel: The watchful ghost of Eldridge's 506." David Longhurst, assistant general manager, is the named staff witness. Sean Williams is the named guest. The story says that about a decade before 2016, Williams brought his daughters to the fifth floor with Longhurst. Williams said, "The curtains moved and there was a lightning flash and it was just perfect." He said he was dubious, and he suspected an air-conditioning vent. Longhurst, the story says, "said there is indeed an HVAC vent in the room that likely caused the movement." Longhurst said he hears odd reports about 506 maybe every other month. He said the ghost reported in the building is Col. Shalor Eldridge, "looking after his namesake." He said, "He's looking out for the guests."

The same story has Longhurst saying the hotel at 701 Massachusetts St. was built in 1855 and was originally the Free State Hotel. The history page, updated in 2022, says the 1855 hotel was burned, rebuilt, destroyed again, and that the hotel which carried the Eldridge name stood until 1925, when it was torn down and rebuilt. "Built in 1855" and "torn down and rebuilt" in 1925 are not the same sentence. The story says the raiders "killed around 150 people." The history page says "more than 150."

Longhurst told Swanson that a man staying two nights in 506 asked to switch rooms. The bathroom door slammed shut three times. The third time the man blocked it with a towel, and the towel was later in the bathtub. Longhurst said a bellman once saw an elderly man with a pipe in a chair in a closed-off room, and that the chair stays spotless while the room is dusty. He said housekeepers have reported carts moving. The incident he called the most significant was about four years before the 2016 story. Electronic keys, including his master key, would not open 506. Staff cut new keys and replaced the lock battery. They took the door off its hinges. "The deadbolt was locked from the inside," he said. "It's on the fifth floor and the windows are sealed." He said 506 may matter because a cornerstone from the original building is inside the wall. Williams said, "I do believe in ghosts." He also said the curtain had a perfectly good explanation. The hotel's 2021 haunted page does not mention Longhurst, Williams, the towel, or the deadbolt. A Topeka Capital-Journal page dated October 28, 2025, would not load. I opened it and got an access-restricted notice, so that story's later quotes are not in this draft.

Visit: 701 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. (785) 749-5011. Restaurant reservations, a different printed number, (785) 838-5503. eldridgehotel.com. Hours, checked in October 2026: reservation desk Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the page says hours may vary on holidays. Check-in 4 p.m. Brunch Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch Wednesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dinner Wednesday through Saturday 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so lunch and dinner are closed on those pages. Room 506 is the hotel's haunted page, posted June 4, 2021, updated January 11, 2022. The deadbolt and the HVAC curtain are Longhurst, via Swanson, Journal-World, October 27, 2016. The 1855 date in that story and the 1925 teardown on the history page are not the same account of the building you walk into.

Kansas State Capitol, Topeka

The Capitol visitor center will let you in on a weekday, and on Saturday, for a tour that the hours page does not call a ghost tour. A KSNT story from October 31, 2022, tells two frightening tales. One of them is "the legend." The other is a quote from Tim Shepeard that starts in the middle of a sentence.

The plan-your-visit page says the visitor center is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Sunday is not on that list. The Capitol Store is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. "Closed on state holidays." The page does not list the holidays. Guided historic tours: Monday through Friday at 9, 10, and 11 a.m. and at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m. and at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. The Saturday line prints "1,2, and 3 p.m.," with no space after the first comma. Guided dome tours sit 15 minutes later: weekdays at 9:15, 10:15, and 11:15 a.m. and at 1:15, 2:15, and 3:15 p.m. Saturday at 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. and at 1:15, 2:15, and 3:15 p.m. The page does not print a ticket price.

October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. The hours I read do not put a Sunday door on the building. October 12, 2026, is a Monday, and it is Columbus Day. The page says state holidays and does not name them. The Monday door is not settled by that sentence.

The only public entrance, the page says, is on the ground level through the north wing from 8th Avenue. Underground parking is on 8th Avenue between Harrison and Van Buren, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, closed on Saturdays. Meter parking on 8th Avenue is free on Saturdays, the page says. Lettuce Feed You, the cafe, is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. A map marker on the same page prints "Kansas State Capitol SW 8th Ave and SW Van Buren St Topeka, KS 66612" and the phone 785-296-3966. The hours prose does not repeat that street line or that phone. The footer of the same page is the Kansas Historical Society at 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099, phone 785-272-8681. That is a different address and a different number. The visit line below uses the map marker, not the footer.

Michael Dakota and Rebekah Chung are the two names on the KSNT story "Gruesome, frightening tales from the Capitol Building." The schema datePublished is 2022-10-31T19:45:10-05:00, which is 7:45 p.m. Central on October 31, 2022. Another tag on the same page prints 19:45:10 with a UTC marker, which is 2:45 p.m. Central. A time element prints 14:45:10 UTC, which is 9:45 a.m. Central. The calendar day on all three is October 31, 2022. The schema dateModified is 2022-11-02T00:58:40-05:00, which is 12:58 a.m. Central on November 2, 2022. The regular KSNT address returned a block when this was checked. The AMP version of the same story is the text below.

The story calls the building the "Peoples House," with no apostrophe. It says the Statehouse was built in the early 1900s. It says a worker died while fastening plates on the dome. "The legend goes, with no one to collect his check, he wanders the ground looking for his last payment." Ground is the spelling. The story does not name the worker, and it does not put Shepeard's name on that paragraph.

The woman is the next paragraph, still in the reporters' voice: she "fell after climbing to the top of the Capitol Dome, almost 300 feet." Then a quote, which starts with an ellipsis: "...Hitting the bucket of the janitor who was mopping the rotunda floor. If she had not hit the second-floor balcony of the rotunda. There would have been two deaths inside our state Capitol that day. When he returned to work the next day, he said he saw the spirit standing in the exact spot where she had hit the floor. It scared him enough that he decided he would no longer work in the Kansas State Capitol building again and was transferred instead to the Docking Building, where he would finish his career in 2014 after more than 50 years of working for the State Capitol." The attribution is "Tim Shepeard, of Ravenwynd Tours, told KSNT 27 News." The periods inside that quote are the page's. The janitor is not given a name. The woman is not given a name. The hours page does not mention Shepeard, a janitor, or a worker on the dome.

Visit: SW 8th Ave and SW Van Buren St, Topeka, KS 66612, on the map marker. The footer is 6425 SW 6th Avenue, which is the historical society, not this door. (785) 296-3966, the marker's phone. The footer prints (785) 272-8681 for the society. kansashistory.gov capitol visit. Hours, checked in October 2026: visitor center Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday is not listed. Closed on state holidays, and the holidays are not listed. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. October 12, 2026, is Columbus Day. Shepeard's janitor is KSNT, October 31, 2022, Michael Dakota and Rebekah Chung. The dome worker is that story's "legend," and the quote does not start there. The tour page does not say the building is haunted.

Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita

The aviation museum will sell you a Sunday ticket, adults $10, last admission 4 p.m. on the footer. Jacky Goerzen told KSN, in a story dated March 25, 2026, that people hear footsteps, phantom travelers, and doors. The museum's investigations page, read in October 2026, names a different group and does not print her price.

The location page says 3350 South George Washington Blvd., Wichita, KS 67210, at the intersection of South George Washington Boulevard and 31st Street South, "neighboring the west side McConnell AFB and Spirit Aerosystems." Those two neighbors are not the museum. Adults $10. Seniors 60 and older $9. Children 4 through 12 $7. Children 3 and under free. Hours in that block: Monday through Wednesday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday closed. Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed New Year's Day, Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The footer repeats those hours and adds Memorial Day and Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The hours block above the footer does not print Memorial Day or Labor Day. The footer also prints "Last Admission at 4pm." The hours block does not. The footer holiday line prints "July 4th,Thanksgiving" with no space after the comma. The hours block prints a space.

Little Aviators Fridays are 10 a.m. to noon. "All children aged 1-12 get in FREE and adults are just $5!" The regular list says children 3 and under are free and children 4 through 12 are $7. The Friday line says ages 1 through 12 are free and does not mention a child under 1. The Little Aviators line says that Friday price cannot be stacked with a second discount. A separate line offers discounts for AAA, active and retired military, aviation employees, first responders, and educators, and says those discounts cannot be combined with Little Aviators or special-event pricing. The phone in that paragraph is printed "316 683-9242," with a space. The footer prints (316) 683-9242. Those are the same ten digits. Email, info@kansasaviationmuseum.org.

October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, and it is not one of the closure days the page lists. The Sunday clock is noon to 5 p.m., adults $10, and the footer says last admission is 4 p.m.

The investigations page is titled "What Goes Bump in the Night at the Kansas Aviation Museum?" It says you can investigate with "the experienced investigators of Wichita Paranormal Research Society." It says investigations run about 4.5 hours. It says you can find out "who is still hanging around Wichita's historic original airport." That clause is the page's. It does not name a person, a room, or a price. A ticket link on that page ends in public-paranormal-october-30. The ticket page itself would not display a date or a price without JavaScript, so this draft does not treat "october-30" in the address as a confirmed 2026 listing, and it does not print a price from that screen.

Aniyah Robinson, KSN, is the named reporter on "Is this Wichita museum haunted? You can investigate for yourself." The regular KSN address returned a block. The AMP version opened. The schema datePublished is 2026-03-25T21:47:25-05:00, which is 9:47 p.m. Central on March 25, 2026. The Open Graph tag prints 2026-03-25T21:47:25+00:00, which is 4:47 p.m. Central. A time element prints 2026-03-25T16:47:25+00:00, which is 11:47 a.m. Central. March 25, 2026, was a Wednesday on all three. The story says Goerzen "stopped by KSN News at Noon on Wednesday" about an event "this weekend." It says the event is Friday night, 8 p.m. to 3 a.m., tickets $60, on Eventbrite, with Paranormal Task Force X. It does not print the Friday's calendar date. The Friday after Wednesday, March 25, 2026, was March 27. That arithmetic is the calendar. It is not a date the story prints.

Goerzen, identified only as "with the Kansas Aviation Museum," said people can hear footsteps, sounds of phantom travelers, and doors opening and closing when no one is around. The story says that from 1935 to 1954 the building was Wichita's first airport, then the Air Force, then a museum. The hours page I read does not print 1935. The investigations page does not print Task Force X, $60, Eventbrite, or 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. October 4, 2026, is after March 27, 2026. The $60 line is a past event in that story. It is not the Sunday $10 door.

Visit: 3350 South George Washington Blvd., Wichita, KS 67210. (316) 683-9242. The discount paragraph prints the same digits as 316 683-9242. kansasaviationmuseum.org. Hours, checked in October 2026: Monday through Wednesday and Friday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m., Thursday closed. Footer: last admission 4 p.m., and Memorial Day and Labor Day 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Adults $10. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. Goerzen's footsteps are KSN, March 25, 2026, Aniyah Robinson, and that story's group is Paranormal Task Force X at $60. The investigations page's group is Wichita Paranormal Research Society, with no price on the page.

Midland Railroad Hotel, Wilson

The Midland will rent you one of 28 rooms and serve you dinner. Melinda Merrill told KSN, in a story dated October 26, 2018, that an orphaned girl runs the third-floor hall. The hotel pages read in October 2026 do not print the girl. The press page still prints Merrill's name, and it links two Insider headlines it does not quote.

The contact page prints "414 26th Street • Wilson, KS 67490" and the phone (785) 658-2284. The footer prints "414 26th St, Wilson, Kansas 67490" and the same phone, with frontdesk@midlandrailroadhotel.com. The homepage says the hotel has been "Providing Hospitality to Travelers Since 1899," with extra spaces in that line, and that there are 28 rooms. The stay page repeats 28 rooms and says every stay includes a daily continental breakfast. It does not print the breakfast clock. It does not print a front-desk clock.

The eat page: Sample Room Tavern, Tuesday through Sunday, opens at 5 p.m. The Barn, Kansas Libations Club, Friday and Saturday, opens at 5 p.m. Neither line prints a closing time. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. The Sample Room's Tuesday-through-Sunday line covers it. The Barn's Friday-and-Saturday line does not. The homepage lists live music and a Thanksgiving brunch later in the season. It does not list a ghost tour.

The press page says media inquiries go to Melinda Merrill at "785 -658-2284," with a space after 785, or melindamerrill161@hotmail.com. The digits match the front desk. The same page lists, under 2021, "The most haunted hotel in every state," Insider, September 8, 2021, and under 2022, "The most haunted hotel in every state you can actually stay at," Insider, October 21, 2022. Those are headlines the hotel posted. The page does not reprint a ghost sentence from either one. I did not open Insider. Those headlines are not the claim below.

Stephanie Bergmann, KSN, is the reporter on "Main Street Kansas: Haunted hotel in Wilson attracts business from thrill seekers." The regular KSN address returned a block. The AMP version opened. The schema datePublished is 2018-10-26T00:56:26-05:00, which is 12:56 a.m. Central on October 26, 2018, a Friday. The Open Graph tag prints 2018-10-26T00:56:26+00:00, which is 7:56 p.m. Central on October 25. The schema dateModified is 2018-10-26T01:06:19-05:00, which is 1:06 a.m. Central on October 26. The story's calendar day in the schema is October 26, 2018.

Merrill, identified as the owner, said the hotel "was known for having the largest steak around. You got it free if you ate it all." She said, "Actually, as soon as I bought it, which was four years ago, the stories started coming out." The story does not print the year she bought it. She said, "We've heard her a lot," about an orphaned girl on the third floor. "We hear her running down the hallway on the third floor sometimes, or if she's really playful, she'll knock on somebody's door." Courtney Dowling, identified as an employee, said, "She jumps up and down on beds." Dowling said, "They've seen little footprints." The story says a Wichita team, Everyday-Legacy Paranormal, "believes they've recorded sounds of the little girl." It does not quote a named person from that team. The next sentence is the reporter's: "Also on the third floor is the room where Sheriff Bart is said to have been lynched long ago. That room, the story says, is the only one where the hotel's master key does not always work." "Is said" is the story's. It does not name the person who says it, and it does not print a year. Dowling said a spray bottle on the sink "flew like 7 feet." She said, "There's not an employee one who hasn't seen or felt something." The 2026 hotel pages I read do not print Merrill's girl, Dowling's bottle, Sheriff Bart, or Everyday-Legacy Paranormal.

Visit: 414 26th Street, Wilson, KS 67490, on the contact line that spells Street. The footer uses St and spells out Kansas. (785) 658-2284. The press line prints 785 -658-2284, with a space, for Melinda Merrill. midlandrailroadhotel.com. Sample Room, checked in October 2026: Tuesday through Sunday, opens at 5 p.m., no closing time printed. The Barn: Friday and Saturday, opens at 5 p.m. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the Barn line does not cover it. The girl on the third floor is Merrill, via Bergmann, KSN, October 26, 2018. The hotel pages read in October 2026 do not print her.

Brown Grand Theatre, Concordia

The Brown Grand will let you in Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and it will sell you a haunted tour on posted nights. The tour page says the rumors are true and the theatre is haunted. It does not name the ghosts. Susan Sutton's history on the about page says Earl Brown was dead within four years of the opening. That page does not call him a ghost.

The homepage prints hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Historic tours are by appointment. Call (785) 243-2553. Address: "310 W. 6th Street, P.O. Box 347, Concordia, KS 66901." The street and the post office box share one line, and the ZIP sits on that shared line. The email on that block did not come through as a readable address in the page saved for this draft. The visit page repeats Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and says historic tours by appointment "starting Monday, August 12, 2024." That date is before October 2026. The page still prints it as the start. "There is not an admission fee." Suggested donation, $5 a person. Tours run about 30 to 45 minutes. The visit page says the building is "on the National Historic Registrar since 1973." Registrar is the spelling. The homepage lists October 3 as a Big Kansas Road Trip pop-up, October 9 as a haunted tour, October 11 as a Beach Boys tribute, October 16, October 24, and October 30 as another haunted tour. October 4, 2026, is the Sunday after Saturday, October 3. The homepage I read still listed October 3 as coming up. It does not say that Saturday has passed.

The events page prints the October 3 schedule in full: 9 a.m. historic tour with executive director Melissa Swenson, donations welcome. 11 a.m. ghost tour with Tonya Merrill, "including live investigation demonstrations." 1 p.m. historic tour with Swenson. 3 p.m. ghost tour with Merrill. At 6 p.m., a haunted investigation with Merrill, $25 each, limited to 40 people, about an hour and a half. "This tour is not recommended for children under the age of 13. Youth under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a legal guardian." The page says guests who provoke the spirits will be asked to leave. October 4 is the next day. That Saturday block is not a ticket for October 4.

The next haunted tour on that page is Friday, October 9, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. The copy says, "The rumors are true! The Brown Grand is haunted and several ghosts have been seen and heard over the years." It asks who they are and where they linger, and it does not answer with a name. Tonya Merrill is the guide. Tickets $25 a person, first 40 people, about an hour and a half, gear checked out against an ID, donations encouraged for the gear. The same wording is printed again for Friday, October 30, 2026, at 8:00 p.m., and for Friday, November 20, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, October 11, 2026, Sail On, a Beach Boys tribute, is at 3:00 p.m., tickets $25 to $40. The weekday 8-to-4 door is the ordinary public door. The $25 night is an added tour. It is not the only way in.

Sutton's about page says Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte Brown announced the opera house in November 1905, and that construction was directed by his son, Earl Van Dom Brown. Later the same page says "both Colonel Brown and his son Earl Brown were dead within four years of the celebrated opening." The curtain line says opening night was in 1907, and that Earl Brown unveiled the drop curtain. The page spells the painter "Horace Vemet." It does not print a ghost, a room, or the word haunted. A Wikipedia sentence says that, according to theater lore, Earl's ghost haunts the theatre, especially during the opening season, and the footnote points to Jerry Moran, "Historic Performing Theatre - The Brown Grand Theatre," at the American Folklife Center. That Library of Congress address returned error 522. The lore sentence is not used here as a haunting. Sutton's page and the tour page are the texts that opened. They do not match each other on Earl. One names him and says he died. The other says the theatre is haunted and does not print his name.

Visit: 310 W. 6th Street, Concordia, KS 66901, on the line that also carries P.O. Box 347. (785) 243-2553. browngrand.org. Hours, checked in October 2026: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Historic tours by appointment, no admission fee, suggested donation $5. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the office clock does not cover it. October 9, 2026, is a Friday haunted tour at 8 p.m., $25, Tonya Merrill, cap of 40. The "rumors are true" sentence is that event page. Sutton's "dead within four years" is the about page. Neither page prints Earl as a ghost. The Library of Congress page cited for that lore did not open.

How to use this

Start with the door that matches the week you are actually having. The Eldridge is (785) 749-5011, at 701 Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. Restaurant reservations are (785) 838-5503. One site link shows 785-749-5011 and points at tel:http://785-749-5011. Another points at tel:7857495011. An empty link points at tel:17858385503. Sunday, October 4, 2026, the reservation desk is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and brunch is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch and dinner are closed. Check-in is 4 p.m. Room 506 is the haunted page of June 4, 2021, updated January 11, 2022: Col. Eldridge, a water bottle, the air conditioner, the bags, and "some say." The deadbolt, the towel, the HVAC curtain, and the name Shalor are David Longhurst, via Conrad Swanson, Lawrence Journal-World, October 27, 2016. The history page, updated June 1, 2022, says the standing hotel is the 1925 rebuild. Longhurst's "built in 1855" is the Free State Hotel on the site. The Capital-Journal page of October 28, 2025, did not load. The Capitol is (785) 296-3966, at SW 8th Ave and SW Van Buren St, Topeka, KS 66612, on the map marker. The footer phone (785) 272-8681 is 6425 SW 6th Avenue, the historical society. Visitor center Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday is not listed. October 4 is a Sunday. State holidays are unnamed. October 12 is Columbus Day. Shepeard's janitor, the Docking Building, and 2014 are KSNT, October 31, 2022, Michael Dakota and Rebekah Chung, and the page prints three different clocks for that publication. The dome worker is "the legend" and "the ground." The tour page does not mention either tale. The aviation museum is (316) 683-9242, at 3350 South George Washington Blvd., Wichita, KS 67210. Sunday noon to 5 p.m., last admission 4 p.m. on the footer, adults $10. Friday Little Aviators, 10 to noon, ages 1 through 12 free and adults $5, against a regular child price of $7 for ages 4 through 12. Goerzen's footsteps, phantom travelers, and doors are KSN, March 25, 2026, Aniyah Robinson, with Paranormal Task Force X at $60 for a Friday night the story does not date. The investigations page names Wichita Paranormal Research Society, prints no price, and says someone is "still hanging around." McConnell and Spirit, named as neighbors, are not the building. The Midland is (785) 658-2284, at 414 26th Street, Wilson, KS 67490. The press line inserts a space: 785 -658-2284. Sample Room opens at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, with no closing time. The Barn is Friday and Saturday. October 4 is a Sunday, so the Barn line is the one that does not apply. Merrill's girl and Dowling's spray bottle are KSN, October 26, 2018, Stephanie Bergmann. Sheriff Bart is that story's "is said," with no named speaker. The 2026 hotel pages do not print them. Insider headlines on the press page were not opened. The Brown Grand is (785) 243-2553, at 310 W. 6th Street, Concordia, KS 66901, on a line that also says P.O. Box 347. Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested donation $5. The page spells it Registrar. October 4 is a Sunday. October 9 at 8 p.m. is Tonya Merrill, $25, 40 people, and the page says the rumors are true without naming a ghost. Sutton says Earl Van Dom Brown, and later Earl Brown, was dead within four years of the 1907 opening, and she does not mention a ghost. Wikipedia's lore sentence cites a Library of Congress page that returned error 522.

If a guide adds a ghost this research did not find on the venue's site or in the news pieces cited below, enjoy it as a story and leave it there.

These five doors are not in one town. Compact binoculars and a Kansas road atlas are the practical extras if you are driving between them.