Four Mississippi places with a haunted reputation and a public door

McRaven House, Vicksburg

The McRaven House will walk you through the rooms, and the tours page says history tours run every day of the week. The homepage, read in October 2026, says the house has been named "Mississippi's Most Haunted House." That sentence is the site's. It is not a finding that a spirit has been proved. The homepage does not print Grace Bailey, a brick walk, or John H. Bobb. Bailey, a tour guide, told Jim Beaugez, in a CNN story published October 23, 2025, that on a recent Fourth of July the walk was empty when she opened the door.

The tours page and the homepage print "1445 Harrison Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180" and "Telephone: 601-501-1336." A businessPhone field in the homepage HTML is "(601) 501-1336." The digits match. The punctuation does not. I did not save a tel: href. The visit line below uses the ten printed digits with an ordinary +1 link. CNN says Harrison Street "dead-ends at McRaven." Dead-end is the story. It is not on the address line I saved. The visit line uses 1445 Harrison Street.

The tours page says history tours are "Sunday: 1-5pm, Monday-Saturday: 10:00am-5pm." Adult tickets are "$15." "Student (6-18)" is "$10." "Five and Under: Free." The haunted tour is "1 hour and 15-minute," "Friday and Saturday 7 and 8:30pm," and "Adult & Student: $25," with five and under free. That haunted line does not repeat the 6-18 age band. A combination is "$35" for an adult and "$30" for a student 6-18, and the tours "can be taken the same day or separate." A public ghost hunt is "$75 per person," limited "to 18 tickets," after the 8:30 p.m. haunted tour, "as late as 2:00am." The homepage, read the same day, lists the next ghost investigations as "Saturday, October 10th," "Saturday, November 14th," and "Saturday, December 12th." Those three lines do not print a year. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. The Saturday after that Sunday is October 10, 2026. I am not pasting 2026 onto the November and December lines. Sunday's printed door is the history tour, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights are the haunted-tour clock. They are not Sunday's clock. Private investigations say to email manager@mcravenhouse.com or call (601) 501-1336. That is the same ten digits as the telephone line.

The homepage says the house was "Built and remodeled in three different time periods" and that National Geographic Magazine labeled it the "Time Capsule of the South." I did not open that magazine. The same page names broadcasts on A&E, the Travel Channel, 48 Hours, and "Look Around Mississippi," and a Sam and Colby video. I did not open those broadcasts. CNN says "first quarters were built in 1797." 1797 is the story. It is not the sentence on the homepage I saved.

Beaugez's story is "A skeptic spent the night at McRaven House hunting for Civil War ghosts." The page prints "Updated Oct 23, 2025, 11:24 AM ET" and "Published Oct 23, 2025, 8:27 AM ET." Those clocks are Eastern. 11:24 a.m. Eastern is 10:24 a.m. Central. 8:27 a.m. Eastern is 7:27 a.m. Central. Beaugez writes, "I'm a skeptic about the supernatural." That is his starting point. It is not a finding that the house is empty of stories, and it is not a finding that a spirit has been proved. Bailey said she was "a skeptical believer" when she started, and then, about the Fourth of July: "I was on the verge of freaking out, because the hair that I saw had the same swoosh as Mr. Bobb's portrait." She said, "It was a moment of, 'Okay, well, I just saw a ghost for officially the first time.'" The story says the man was dressed more formally than the usual tourists, and that the walk was empty when she opened the door. It says "a recent Fourth of July" and, later, "an evening in September." It does not print the year of that July. The story says Vicksburg remembers July 4, 1863, as the Confederate surrender after a 43-day siege, and that John H. Bobb "was murdered by Union occupiers" "exactly one year after the siege ended." Those dates are the story's history. I did not open a death record.

On the September night, Beaugez writes that he and Jon Williams heard thumps from "the unoccupied second floor." Williams, from Booneville, said an armoire in Mary Elizabeth Howard's room "repeatedly open and close on its own." The story says Howard "died during childbirth in 1836." Cassie Williams said something touched her hair in Andrew Glass's room while she was holding their three-year-old, and that his hands were not near her head. Brian Riley, the other guide that night, said he once saw a sheriff's baton move in Howard's room, that he has been "knocked down and scratched," and that he locked eyes with a woman on the second-floor balcony in "a brown dress with blue flowers." He said he was later told the style was an 1830s dress. He also ties a run of activity to a human femur one of the owners unearthed while burying electrical wires. Femur, baton, and balcony are Riley's account in that story. The 2026 tours page does not print them. Bailey, with a spirit box in the parlor, repeated "party" and "mask." A spirit-box app on Jon Williams's phone flashed "Ida," and the story says a woman of that name "died in the house in 1946." Ida is that sentence. I did not open a 1946 record. Beaugez asked, "Did you hear that?" Williams said, "Yeah. That sounded like footsteps." Hearing a thump is the two of them. It is not a proof.

Visit: 1445 Harrison Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180. (601) 501-1336. The page prints 601-501-1336. The businessPhone field prints (601) 501-1336. I did not save a tel: href. mcraventourhome.com. Tours page, checked in October 2026: history tours Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., adult $15, student 6-18 $10. Haunted tours Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., $25. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the printed door that day is the history tour. Bailey's empty walk is Beaugez, CNN, published October 23, 2025, 7:27 a.m. Central, updated 10:24 a.m. Central. The homepage does print a haunted-house label. It does not print Bailey.

Merrehope, Meridian

Merrehope will walk you through the house, and the tours page says a traditional tour is $10 for an adult. The homepage, read in October 2026, does not print Donna White, Eugenia Gary, or the Periwinkle room. It does print a gift-shop name, on the contact page, "EUGENIA'S GIFT SHOP." The shop name is not a sighting. White, "Merrehope hostess," told Jennifer Jacob, in a Meridian Star story dated October 28, 2007, that she found a body imprint on the bed in the Periwinkle room and that nobody else was in the house.

The homepage, the tours page, and the contact page do not print the address the same way. The homepage prints "905 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Meridian, Mississippi 39301." The contact page prints "905 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Meridian, Mississippi 39301." The tours page prints "905 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Meridian, Mississippi 39301." A spring-break line on the special-events page prints "905 MLK Dr., Meridian, MS 39301." Drive, Dr., and MLK Dr. are all on the site. The contact page also prints a mailing address, "P.O. Box 8262 Meridian, MS 39303." The box is not the front door. The 2007 story prints "905 Martin Luther King Dr," with no Jr. Jr., and no Jr., are both in print. The visit line uses 905 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The phone on the contact page is "(601) 483-8439." The homepage and the tours page print "601-483-8439," with no parentheses. The digits match. I did not save a tel: href. The visit line uses the ten digits with an ordinary +1 link.

The hours do not match across the pages I opened. The homepage prints "Tuesday – Saturday • 10am – 3pm" and does not print a price, a last-tour time, a January closure, or a Sunday line. The tours page says "Closed January (Except by Appointment)," then "February to November 21st: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 3pm (Last tour begins at 2:30pm)," and "Closed Sunday and Monday (Except by Appointment)." Adults are "$10" and students are "$5." The same page says temporary closures are possible "due to Renovations" and says to call. Trees of Christmas tours, November 22 through December 31, 2026, are "Monday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm" and "Sundays, 1pm – 4pm," last tour "3:30pm," adults "$15," military and senior citizens "$10," students "$5," closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. The special-events page, in the Trees block, prints the Sunday clock and the $15 line and does not, in that short block, print the Monday-through-Saturday 10 a.m. line. A later paragraph on that page, under Candlelight and Carols, says the event "is open daily for tours from November 22 through December 31: Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m." Ten to three, and ten to four, are not the same clock. They are also not the same season. The homepage lists "Sun, October 11th, 2026 • 1-3pm." The special-events page says the open house is "Sunday, October 11th, 2026 • 1-3pm," from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. It is not October 11. The tours page says Sunday is closed except by appointment. The printed regular door on October 4 is shut.

The homepage calls the house a "20-room Neoclassical mansion, circa 1859," and says it "stands as the only historic home in Meridian open to the public." "The only" is the page's sentence. I am not using it as a checked fact. The homepage also prints "Manner's Matter." The special-events page prints "Manners Matter, presented by Merrehope." Manner's, and Manners, are not the same spelling. Jacob's 2007 story says the house was "a three room cottage" for Juriah Jackson, bought in 1868 by John Gary, who "added most of the rooms." Circa 1859, and a purchase in 1868, are both in print. The contact page puts "Hours of Operation" over the gift-shop paragraph. The text I saved under that heading does not print a clock. The clock is on the homepage and on the tours page. A quote on the homepage, from Shelba Strange, says the house "feels like home." That sentence is not a sighting. It does not name Eugenia.

Jacob's story is "Merrehope: Meridian's Haunted Mansion," "Published 11:37 pm Sunday, October 28, 2007." The line does not print a time zone. White said Eugenia Gary "died of consumption as a teenager" and "was buried in Livingston, Ala., never having lived at Merrehope." White said a former hostess recognized Eugenia from the portrait in the museum room. White said a senior group photographed Christmas trees in the double parlor, did not see her then, and found her beside the tree when the film was developed. White said, "I think we all know her presence is here," and "we look at her as a comforting spirit." On the other presence, White said the Periwinkle room makes staff feel "uneasy." She said she had been working there "about two or three weeks," stopped in the doorway, and saw "a perfect imprint of a body on the bed." She said nobody else was in the house. She called the other hostess. That hostess, White said, asked, "You're not going to leave us are you," and said a lot of hostesses would not stay after that. White also said that in her first year she heard a crash from the Periwinkle room, went up expecting broken glass, and found nothing. The story says a screech turns up on the interview tape after the group leaves that room, and that the group did not hear it in the moment. The screech is Jacob's account of the tape. It is not a sentence White speaks in the room. The 2007 story invites readers "Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m." Monday through Friday at 9, and Tuesday through Saturday at 10, are not the same door. The 9 a.m. line is 2007. The 2026 tours page is the later clock.

WTOK's story is "Meridian's Ghost Stories," by Zack Rogers, "Published: Oct. 28, 2024 at 4:28 PM CDT." The Merrehope section prints, "We know there are about seven," and, "I have seen her," and it names Eugenia and a second figure, Marcus, "a man who lived in Merrehope when it was a boarding house." The article text I opened does not print that speaker's name. I am not treating those lines as White's. White, in 2007, called the second spirit nameless. Marcus is the 2024 story. The two pieces are not the same interview. The 2024 page is not a reprint of the 2007 questions. The homepage I opened does not print Marcus, and it does not print seven.

Visit: 905 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Meridian, MS 39301, the contact page. The homepage prints Dr. The events page also prints 905 MLK Dr. The mailing box is P.O. Box 8262, Meridian, MS 39303. (601) 483-8439. The homepage prints 601-483-8439. I did not save a tel: href. merrehope.com. Tours page, checked in October 2026: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., last tour 2:30 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday except by appointment, closed January except by appointment, adults $10, students $5. The homepage prints Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and does not print the last-tour line. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, and the open house on the site is October 11, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. White's bed imprint is Jacob, October 28, 2007, 11:37 p.m. on the visible line. The homepage does not print the Periwinkle room.

MSU Riley Center, Meridian

The MSU Riley Center will sell you a ticket, and the guest FAQ says the building is open Monday through Friday for business and for scheduled tours. The FAQ, read in October 2026, does not print Elliott Street, a cold spot, or a portrait. Street, former Opera House director, told Jennifer Jacob, in a Meridian Star story dated October 29, 2007, that he walked into a cold spot behind the stage and that the woman with him said a female spirit was there.

The FAQ prints "2200 5th Street, Meridian, MS 39301." The contact page prints the same street line. The Commons category page for Riley Center prints "Street address 2206 5th Street." 2200, and 2206, are both in print. They are not the same door number. The visit line uses 2200 5th Street, the number on the venue's own pages. The public phone on the contact page and in the FAQ is "(601) 696-2200." The FAQ body also prints "601.696.2200," with periods. The clickable target I saved for that public line is tel:(601) 696-2200. The target keeps the parentheses. It does not use a plus. The visit line uses the ten digits with an ordinary +1 link. It does not use tel:(601) 696-2200. The contact page also prints direct lines. Morgan Dudley, executive director, is (601) 696-2203, target tel:601-696-2203. Gwen Blakely is (601) 696-2213, target tel:601-696-2213. Jennifer Haught, box office manager, is (601) 696-2206, target tel:601-696-2206. Mindy Huebner is (601) 696-2204, target tel:601-696-2204. Ronald Johnigan is (601) 696-2241, target tel:601-696-2241. Andy Rainey is (601) 696-2211, target tel:601-696-2211. Serena Sanders is (601) 696-2205, target tel:601-696-2205. Caroline Williams is (601) 696-2243, target tel:601-696-2243. Haught's 2206 is a phone. The Commons 2206 is a street number. Those are not the same fact. I am not dialing the street.

The FAQ says the building is "generally open for business and scheduled tours Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m." The box office is "Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m." On a weekday show it "remains open through the start of the performance." On a weekend show it "opens two hours prior to the performance." Doors "open one hour prior to showtime." October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. Sunday is not in the Monday-through-Friday line. I did not open that Sunday's performance list. A walk-in that day depends on a show I did not confirm. Street parking is free, with a two-hour limit "Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.," and "no time limit on nights and weekends." The Arts District Parking Garage is "712 24th Avenue," "free, open 24/7." The FAQ says buying on the Riley site or at the box office "is the only way to ensure your tickets are protected." "The only way" is the page's sentence. I am not using it as a checked fact about every other seller.

The names do not sit on one line. Jacob's 2007 story says "the Grand Opera House at Meridian's MSU- Riley Center," with a space after the hyphen. The 2009 stories say "MSU-Riley Center" and "Grand Opera House." The 2026 pages say "MSU Riley Center." Wikipedia, opened the same week, says the formal name is "Mississippi State University Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts," that construction began in 1889, and that the house "was completed in late 1890," opening December 17. The 2008 Commons file Riley Center Meridian MS.JPG describes the building as "formerly the Grand Opera House; constructed in 1889, renovated in 2006." Began in 1889, and completed in late 1890, are both on the Wikipedia page I opened. Constructed in 1889 is the file description. Wikipedia also says the theater "seats approximately 950" and that a studio theater seats 200. The 2026 FAQ I opened does not print 950. Dudley is the executive director on the 2026 contact page. Sankovich is "current Riley Center director" in the 2007 story. I did not open a page that dates the change.

Jacob's October 29, 2007, story, "The legendary 'lady' of The Grand Opera House," is "Published 11:53 pm Monday, October 29, 2007." The line does not print a time zone. Street said the legend, for him, started on a date, on stage, in "mid-summer," in the dark past "the big metal fire doors." He said he walked into a cold spot and the hair on his arm stood up. He said he could not tell whether that was his own fear or something else. His date said, "Oh! There's a female spirit!" She said it meant them no harm and did not mind them being there. Street then said they should go somewhere else. The date is not named. Street also told Jacob about an unnamed woman who used to eat lunch on a wooden staircase and said she heard a lady singing while she was alone. Street ties the portrait above the stage to that lady. The story says the woman's face, framed by flowers, became the logo. Sankovich said some people suggest the portrait is Lillie Langtry, and the same paragraph also prints "Lily Langtree." Lillie, and Lily Langtree, are both in that paragraph. The story says neither theory can be proved. Sankovich said a New Orleans ghost hunter called Bloody Mary visited twice and "said she felt spirits here," and that photos showed orbs. He said one orb, enlarged, "appeared to contain the shape of a face." He said that at first he thought the spots were lens flare. He also said, "It's all in good fun." He said Hal Holbrook called the room one of the two best theaters he had played, and the story says Sankovich had not heard a performer mention a supernatural presence. Holbrook's sentence, as Sankovich gives it, is about the feel of the room. It is not a ghost quote. An unnamed staff member, Sankovich said, felt a hand on a shoulder. That staff member is not named.

The October 30, 2009, story, "Real or not, Opera House spirit fuels imaginations," by Jennifer Jacob Brown, is "Published 12:07 am Friday, October 30, 2009." The line does not print a time zone. It retells Street's cold spot in shorter form. I opened the 2007 story, so the longer account above is the 2007 page, not only this retelling. Penny Kemp, "current marketing director," told Brown that staff "use it as an opportunity to try and spook each other." Kemp said that on her job-interview tour she felt a tap on the shoulder, turned, and said "excuse me," and that nobody was there. She said, "I wasn't scared," and called it "a reassuring kind of tap on the shoulder." She also said, "We have never had a patron experience anything here," and that experiences she knew of were staff experiences. That sentence is Kemp in 2009. The 2026 FAQ does not print it. I am not pasting 2009 onto a 2026 audience.

The September 14, 2009, story, "Elusive 'lady' spotted at Grand Opera House," by Jennifer Jacob Brown, is "Published 11:15 pm Monday, September 14, 2009." Charlotte Taberaux, "director of education," said cleaning staff Patricia Smith and her daughter, Jamecia, reported a woman on the second floor that Monday morning, in "a white flowing dress" and "long dark hair put up in an old-fashioned style." Taberaux said that matched a description "another worker gave years ago," and that "nobody who saw her (Monday) knows that he described her like that." "He" is the pronoun in that sentence. Smith and Jamecia are named. The sentences are Taberaux's report of what they told staff. I did not open a later interview with Smith.

Visit: 2200 5th Street, Meridian, MS 39301, the FAQ and the contact page. The Commons category prints 2206 5th Street. (601) 696-2200. The site target is tel:(601) 696-2200, parentheses included. Haught's direct line is (601) 696-2206, target tel:601-696-2206. That 2206 is her phone, not the Commons street number. msurileycenter.com. FAQ, checked in October 2026: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend box office opens two hours before a show. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday. I did not open that Sunday's list. Street's cold spot is Jacob, October 29, 2007, 11:53 p.m. on the visible line. Kemp's tap is Brown, October 30, 2009, 12:07 a.m. Taberaux's report of Smith and Jamecia is Brown, September 14, 2009, 11:15 p.m. The FAQ does not print those three accounts.

Temple Theatre, Meridian

The Temple Theatre will sell you a ticket on 8th Street. The homepage at thetempletheater.com, read in October 2026, lists two shows and does not print Lynne Romero, a top hat, or Roger Smith. Romero told Brian Livingston, in a Meridian Star story dated October 10, 2010, that a figure in a top hat stood in an upper doorway and then faded. A request to thetempletheatre.com, the spelling with the extra u, returned no page.

The homepage prints "2320 8th St Meridian, Mississippi, 39301 USA." One event line prints the street twice: "2320 8th St, 2320 8th St, Meridian, MS 39301, USA." The doubled street is the line's. The phone on the page is "+1 601-693-5353," three times in the text I saved. I did not save a tel: href. The visit line uses those ten digits with an ordinary +1 link. The 2010 story prints "601-693-5353" for the tour desk. The digits match. The page prints two email addresses, meridiantempletheater@gmail.com and info@mysite.com. Those are not the same host. The heading says "COME VISIT THE TEMPLE THEATRE!" The 2010 headline says "Temple Theater." The WTOK story says "Temple Theater." Theatre, and Theater, are both in print. The visit line uses Temple Theatre, the spelling on the 2026 heading, and 2320 8th St.

I did not open a page that prints a standing Tuesday-through-Friday box-office clock. The homepage lists "When A Women's Fed Up," "Oct 25, 2026, 7:30 PM," and "The Ultimate ELVIS Christmas! All New SHOW - COTE DEONATH," "Nov 20, 2026, 7:30 PM." Above the first of those, the page prints "24 DAYS TO THE EVENT." I opened the page on October 4, 2026. Twenty-four days after October 4 is October 28, not October 25. I am using the printed show date, October 25, not the countdown. October 4 is a Sunday. Neither listed show is that Sunday. A walk-in that day depends on a performance the homepage does not list.

Livingston's story is "Experience creepy with Temple tour," "Published 8:30 am Sunday, October 10, 2010," by Brian Livingston. The line does not print a time zone. Romero "was supposed to be the only person in the theater that late at night." "The only person" is the story's sentence. She looked toward "the upper balcony toward the east doorway" and saw "a man wearing what appeared to be a top hat." She said they faced each other for almost a minute. "Suddenly, the form just faded away." Romero said, "I know what I saw and it was real to me." She said, "I can't explain it. But it was there and then it wasn't. And it was there for so long. I haven't seen it since." She also said, "We had a group of seven people who each saw the image of a white-haired man standing in the corner of the room underneath the stage," and that it "vanished in front of them." Seven people, and she is the one who told Livingston. The seven are not named. The 2010 tours were $5, began at 9 p.m., and were listed for October 20, 21, 27, 28, and 29, plus October 30 between shows. Those dates are 2010. They are not a 2026 hour.

Smith, in that 2010 story, had become director in February 2009 and "has lived in the theater ever since." Livingston writes that Smith said he did not truly believe in ghosts, and that there could be another dimension to life that people do not fully understand. Smith said that after a year and nine months of hearing the remarks, "I have given in to the notion that the theater could be haunted." He also retold an unnamed chief stagehand's night on the stage, sleeping bags, and a quick exit. The stagehand is not named. The 2010 story says construction began in 1923, the Grand Ballroom was completed in November 1924, and the theater was completed in 1928. It says the stage "was second in size only to the Roxy Theater in New York." That comparison is the 2010 sentence. The 2026 homepage does not print 1928, and it does not print the Roxy.

WTOK's story of October 28, 2024, 4:28 p.m. CDT, by Zack Rogers, prints a speaker who says, "When I got here in February of 09 to run the Temple Theater," and then describes three daytime encounters, including a man who "walked right past us" "like he was on a New York City sidewalk." The narration then says, "Some people, like Roger Smith with the Temple Theater." February 2009 matches the date Livingston prints for Smith. The sidewalk man is not in the 2010 story I opened. I am not treating the 2024 piece as a reprint of Romero's top-hat interview. The homepage does not print Smith.

Visit: 2320 8th St., Meridian, MS 39301. One event line prints that street twice. (601) 693-5353. The page prints +1 601-693-5353. I did not save a tel: href. The visible emails are meridiantempletheater@gmail.com and info@mysite.com. thetempletheater.com. Homepage, checked in October 2026: shows on October 25 and November 20, both at 7:30 p.m. The countdown says 24 days. October 4 plus 24 days is not October 25. I did not open a standing weekday hour. October 4 is a Sunday, and it is not on that show list. Romero's top hat is Livingston, October 10, 2010, 8:30 a.m. on the visible line. The homepage does not print Romero.

How to use this

Start with the door that matches the week you are actually having. The McRaven House is (601) 501-1336, at 1445 Harrison Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180. The page prints 601-501-1336. The businessPhone field prints (601) 501-1336. I did not save a tel: href. History tours are Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Adults are $15. Students 6 through 18 are $10. Five and under are free. Haunted tours are Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., at $25, and that line does not repeat the 6-18 band. October 4, 2026, is a Sunday, so the printed door is the afternoon history tour, not the night tour. The homepage lists ghost investigations on Saturday, October 10, Saturday, November 14, and Saturday, December 12, with no year on those lines. Bailey's empty walk, and the swoosh in Bobb's portrait, are Jim Beaugez, CNN, published October 23, 2025, 7:27 a.m. Central, updated 10:24 a.m. Central. The Fourth of July in that story is "recent." The story does not print the year. Riley's balcony woman and Williams's armoire are that same story. The homepage's "Most Haunted" line does not print their names. First quarters in 1797 are CNN. Three time periods are the homepage. I did not open the National Geographic issue the site cites.

Merrehope is (601) 483-8439, at 905 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Meridian, MS 39301. The homepage prints Dr. The events page prints MLK Dr. The contact page prints the mailing box P.O. Box 8262, Meridian, MS 39303. I did not save a tel: href. The homepage hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with no last-tour line and no price. The tours page adds a 2:30 p.m. last tour, a January closure except by appointment, Sunday and Monday closed except by appointment, adults $10, and students $5. Trees of Christmas, November 22 through December 31, 2026, runs later, to 4 p.m., at $15 for adults. October 4 is a Sunday. The open house on the site is Sunday, October 11, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The regular Sunday door, as the tours page prints it, is shut unless you have an appointment. Manner's Matter is the homepage. Manners Matter is the events page. Circa 1859 is the homepage. A purchase in 1868 is Jacob. White's bed imprint, the comforting-spirit line, and the unnamed Periwinkle presence are Jacob, October 28, 2007, 11:37 p.m. on the visible line. The 2007 invitation is Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. That is not the 2026 clock. WTOK on October 28, 2024, 4:28 p.m. CDT, prints "I have seen her" and the name Marcus, and the text I opened does not name the Merrehope speaker. That piece is not White's 2007 interview. Shelba Strange's homepage line is about feeling at ease. It is not a sighting. "The only historic home" is the homepage's sentence. I am not using it as a checked fact.

The MSU Riley Center is (601) 696-2200, at 2200 5th Street, Meridian, MS 39301. The site target is tel:(601) 696-2200. The Commons category prints 2206 5th Street. Jennifer Haught's direct line is (601) 696-2206. Her 2206 is a phone. The Commons 2206 is a street. Dudley, at (601) 696-2203, is the executive director on the 2026 contact page. Sankovich is the director in the 2007 story. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., is the business and tour line. A weekend box office opens two hours before showtime. October 4 is a Sunday. I did not open that show list. Street parking is two hours on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the garage at 712 24th Avenue is free and open all day. Street's cold spot is Jacob, October 29, 2007, 11:53 p.m. The date is not named. Kemp's shoulder tap, and "never had a patron," are Brown, October 30, 2009, 12:07 a.m. That 2009 patron line is not on the 2026 FAQ. Taberaux's report of Patricia Smith and Jamecia is Brown, September 14, 2009, 11:15 p.m. Lillie Langtry and Lily Langtree are both in the 2007 paragraph. Began in 1889 and completed in late 1890 are the Wikipedia page I opened. "Constructed in 1889" is the 2008 file description. About 950 seats are Wikipedia. The FAQ I opened does not print 950.

The Temple Theatre is (601) 693-5353, at 2320 8th St., Meridian, MS 39301. One event line prints the street twice. The page prints +1 601-693-5353. I did not save a tel: href. meridiantempletheater@gmail.com and info@mysite.com are both on the page. Theatre is the 2026 heading. Theater is the 2010 headline and the 2024 WTOK line. The homepage lists October 25, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., and November 20, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. The countdown says 24 days on a page opened October 4. Twenty-four days after October 4 is October 28. I am using October 25. I did not open a standing weekday hour. October 4 is not on the show list. Romero's top hat, and the seven people who saw a white-haired man, are Livingston, October 10, 2010, 8:30 a.m. The $5 tours at 9 p.m. are those 2010 dates, not a 2026 hour. Smith's "given in to the notion" is that 2010 story. The February 2009 arrival matches. The sidewalk man is Rogers, WTOK, October 28, 2024, 4:28 p.m. CDT, in the section the narration ties to Smith. It is not Romero's interview reprinted. The homepage does not print either of them. Construction beginning in 1923, the ballroom in November 1924, and the theater in 1928 are the 2010 story. The homepage does not print those years.

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