The info below is organized by State.
MISSOURI (JOPLIN AREA)


JOPLIN SPOOK LIGHT - HORNET SPOOKLIGHT
Joplin Spook Light, aka Hollis Light or Hornet Spooklight, is a ball of light or group of lights that appear in an area called the Devil’s Promenade. The lights have been seen as far back as the mid-1800s. Legend has it that the phenomena has to do with two deceased Native-American lovers who are searching for each other.
Address:
Oklahoma East 50 and S 705 Rd
Near Quapaw, OK
GPS: 36.94399030963554, -94.61799180498929


PEACE CHURCH CEMETERY
This cemetery dates back to the mid 19th century, but has been more or less abandoned for the past three decades. Its most famous “inhabitant” is probably Billy Cook, who killed six people during a 22-day criminal rampage between Missouri and California in the early 1950s. He was buried here in an unmarked grave after being executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin.
Locals claim to frequently see apparitions here. Items are thrown at visitors, some unlucky souls return home with unexplained scratches on them.
Address:
Peace Church Ave
Joplin, MO
GPS: 37.12285377729155, -94.54749687018193


MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY
Missouri Southern State University has a ghostly Dark Lady who is known to move objects and create cold spots. Some also maintain that the Billingsly Student Center is haunted.
Address:
3950 East Newman Road
Joplin, MO
GPS: 37.095617045701474, -94.4593550562422


PROSPERITY SCHOOL BED AND BREAKFAST
A school in its olden days, this building stood empty for three decades before it was renovated into an inn. During the time it was empty, it became known as a hot spot for haunts. TV’s Ghost Hunters has caught an image of ghost children running down a hall; shadow figures and a ghost nurse have been reported as well. The rooms are named after longtime teachers at the old school, and many guests have reported strange occurrences such as ghostly children who crawl into bed with them and disturbances with electrical equipment.
Address:
4788 County Road 200
Joplin, MO 64801
GPS: 37.122385230924955, -94.420549213919


GRAND AVENUE BED AND BREAKFAST
The ghost in residence at this early-20th-century house is said to be a male whose cigarette smoke smell fills the dining room and parlor when he is around. The spirit is thought to be that of Albert Carmean, a former owner in its early days.
Address:
1615 Grand Ave
Carthage, MO 64836
GPS: 37.161347, -94.31030099999998


KENDRICK PLACE
Kendrick Place, or Kendrick House, was built in 1849 and is said to be haunted, perhaps by a slave woman who was hanged from a nearby tree dring the Civil War.
Address:
131 N. Garrison St.
Carthage, MO 64836
GPS: 37.19456603478742, -94.30889081951136


AVILLA, MISSOURI
Shadow Folk are known to haunt the old abandoned part of this historic village along Route 66. The shadowy people can be seen walking along the street and going about daily business, usually from the corner of your eye. The Avilla Death Tree is haunted by Civil War-era bushwhacker Rotten Johnny Reb. It is unknown exactly which tree it is, but a legend in town says it is said to be haunted by the headless ghost who not only seeks his head, but also vengeance upon the townsfolk.
Address:
Avilla, MO
GPS: 37.1953342, -94.12966219999998


ALL STAR PIZZERIA
This historic building was a former pizzeria, but is now boarded up. People who drive past late at night have seen a white apparition standing at the windows, and while it was in operation, staff would report all sorts of various paranormal activity.
Address:
306 Main St
Noel, MO
GPS: 36.5451272, -94.48539449999998


CONCORD CEMETERY
Investigators claim to have captured orbs in photographs taken at this cemetery, and mysterious breathing noises appear on audio recordings.
Address:
Concord Cemetery
Wheaton, MO
GPS: 36.704036924363834, -93.99864148988854


JOHN WALSH MANSION
House has at least 3 paranormal residents. A man in formal dress is often glimpsed, especially in upper bedroom areas. A small child most likely female is also present and likes to play with the household dogs. A middle age woman visits the “music room’ part of the house and when an antique pump organ was moved into the area the lights flashed off and on for a prolonged period.
Address:
503 6th Street
Monett, MO
GPS: 36.92469909640495, -93.92191253862302


OKLAHOMA (Northeast Oklahoma AREA)


HOTEL VINITA - NAPOLI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT
Built in Spanish Revival-style, the 1927 hotel now features a quaint restaurant on the ground floor. The guest rooms have since been refurbished as apartments, but the original ballroom still retains its period features. This part of the building is haunted according to visitors, who have reported ghostly piano music and the apparition of a man in an old-fashioned suit.
Address:
106 West Canadian
Vinita, OK
GPS: 36.6370322, -95.15578389999996


KANSAS (JOPLIN / PITTSBURG AREA)


OAK HILL CEMETERY - WITCH'S GRAVE
Legend has it that there is a grave of a witch toward the back of this cemetery, and some claim that apparitions, voices, and strange sounds will come from the area, especially around the hour of 3:33 a.m.
Address:
Oak Hill Cemetery Road
Galena, KS
GPS: 37.0960142, -94.64697230000002


FORT SCOTT
Fort Scott, originally Camp Scott in honor of General Winfield Scott, was established in 1842. It is restored as a historic site, and is rumored to be haunted. Ghostly soldiers and officers are seen on the lawn, around the courtyard, in the cell blocks and in the stables. They have been known to converse with visitors, who initially thought they were guides in period dress. In the Officers’ Quarters, an officer accidentally shot himself while showing off for his wife. She held him in her arms as he passed away in front of the building, and her distressed ghost has been felt by many here, and foggy apparitions have been reported to come out of the chimney. As well, orphan children are said to be heard in the Free State Hotel, once an orphanage.
Address:
Fort Scott, KS
GPS: 37.84342279248996, -94.70408939626464


KANSAS ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
Rumor has it that the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant is haunted by a victim of an explosion in the late 1980s. When the plant was reopened for the Persian Gulf War in the 1990s, workers suffered from nightmares and visions and heard the phantom sound of bicycle bells once used as transportation by supervisors throughout the plant.
Address:
SE of Parsons, KS
GPS: 37.28465579999999, -95.18414464025875


LEATHEROCK HOTEL AND MUSEUM
The museum section of this old hotel was formerly used as living quarters for the hotel owner and his family, and staff have reported paranormal activity in this section of the building. Sightings include a ghostly dog and cat wandering the museum after closing hours, a dark menacing shadowy apparition and the voices of a young girl and an elderly woman. In the hotel section, the apparition of a young woman in a white dress has been seen in the rooms of guests and in the hallway, and doors in the hotel reportedly slam shut when there is no one around.
Address:
420 North Depot Street
Cherryvale, KS
GPS: 37.2724599, -95.55072539999998


ARKANSAS (NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AREA)


PEEL MANSION
This historic mansion, built by Samuel Peel in 1875, is said to be haunted by Peel himself and by his daughter, Minnie Belle. Minnie Belle is known to play the piano when no one is in the room.
Address:
400 S Walton Blvd
Bentonville, AR 72712
GPS: 36.36911570000001, -94.22224269999998


STATION CAFE
Once a theatre, this building is now home to a restaurant called “The Station Cafe”. Items are moved in the main dining room and kitchen, sometimes violently.  A ghostly figure of a man has been seen roaming the hallway.
Address:
111 N Main St
Bentonville, AR 72712
GPS: 36.3727609, -94.209092


RADAR ROAD PHANTOM
Locals have reported seeing a phantom horse and rider on the outskirts of the city of Roger.
Address:
Radar Road
Rogers, AR
GPS: 36.4085026, -94.08442149999996


PEA RIDGE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
On the battlefield in the middle of the night, witnesses have heard musket fire and seen apparitions of soldiers from the Battle of Pea Ridge. Some guests to the site have reported a feeling of being followed by something unseen.
Address:
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Garfield, AR 72732
GPS: 36.4496196, -94.03378459999999


CRESCENT HOTEL
One of the most well-known haunted hotels in America, the Crescent hotel has a history that just requires there to be ghosts and haunts associated with it. And the Crescent has plenty. The site of a former hospital run by a con artist who had previously been convicted of practicing medicine without a license, the fraudulent sawbones promised a cure for cancer. Patients walked in on their own two feet and were carried out feet first. Deaths were so numerous that the basement housed its own morgue, which is a main tourist attraction now, sharing space with the hotel’s day spa. Ghost sightings and stories are numerous and not limited to the Crescent’s stint as a health facility, there are also ghosts who date from its construction and its time as a girls’ school. Room 218 is said to be one of the most haunted rooms and it is claimed that this is where a former construction worker died when he fell, striking his head on a stone lintel. In addition room 419 is said to be haunted by a female ghost they call Theodora and rooms 202 and 424 are said to be haunted as well. Staff also claim that apparitions routinely walk the halls, especially nurses seen pushing people in wheelchairs. The hotel offers a nightly ghost tour that will take you through the hotel, pointing out all the rooms and stories associated with the building and ending up in the former morgue turned maintenance room.
We have stayed twice in the Crescent hotel, in rooms 218 and 202. Neither time did anything of a spooktacular nature occur. Well one thing did occur: the jacuzzi tub turned on all by itself in the middle of the night. At first, we thought this was interesting, however on inspecting the bathroom (including the electrical outlet that had been sawed in half in order to fit it into the space right next to the tub) we determined that the jacuzzi turning on was more to do with the very scary electrical wiring than any scary supernatural occurrence. The hotel is old and shabby and in dire need of repairs, with holes in the carpet and peeling paint and the elevator at the time of this writing (Spring 2013) was out of service as it is being “renovated” for over a year and a half now. Apparently none of the money they are making on their ghost tours, fairly high room fees and merchandising is being put back into the hotel. If you are considering staying here, pack lightly and be prepared to climb stairs.
Address:
75 Prospect Ave
Eureka Springs AR 72632
GPS: 36.40830147934259, -93.737261826181


BASIN PARK HOTEL
A haunted tour is offered here, and the hotel even has its own ghosts, including a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes and a toddler-aged girl wearing pigtails and a yellow dress. Witnesses have also reported orbs and objects that move by themselves.
Address:
12 Spring St
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
GPS: 36.4023356, -93.73724649999997


INN AT CARNALL HALL
Originially built in 1905 as a women’s dorm, the building now houses a 50-room hotel and Ella’s French restaurant. Witnesses here have seen the floating apparition of a woman in a gown, without a head or feet, and indentations on the bed as if someone were sitting on it. Other phenomena noted here include photos that show reflections of ghosts in furniture and lights that turn on by themselves.
Address:
465 Arkansas Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72701
GPS: 36.06964678529963, -94.16911787923738


TILLY WILLY BRIDGE
The bridge was demolished in 2010 or 2011; the map shows the location of theh former bridge. It is said that a woman in the 1970s drove off the bridge, killing herself and her children. Her phantom car was seen driving across the bridge, and her apparition has been spotted in a white dress, twirling in a nearby field. Other reports say a green goblin creature also appears nearby
Address:
Wilson Hollow Rd
Fayetteville, AR
GPS: 36.01484243621601, -94.14238205554284