There are definitely some crazy stories that come out of Kansas urban legends. Of course, the craziest story is about a creepy place in Kansas with haunted lore like you wouldn’t believe. Have you ever heard of the gate to the underworld in Kansas (allegedly)? It’s not something to mess around with, according to legend.

Note: We do not condone any trespassing or vandalism at this site. Be respectful, and always ask permission before you visit. The local residents and police take trespassing very seriously.

Stull itself is located between Topeka and Lawrence, with not a lot of markers around it. The cemetery is watched by townspeople almost all day, and they aren't afraid to call local police if you're caught trespassing. If you can't get permission to be there, it's best not to go at all. This small town seems innocent, and most of the people here will tell you exactly that. According to everyone here, there's nothing weird with any part of town.
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The town was first known as Deer Creek, but in 1899, a man named Sylvester Stull established a post office, and his name stuck as the new name for the town. It didn't last long, however, being shut down in 1903.
So, the story itself begins in the cemetery. This cemetery that looks like any small town cemetery was for some reason labeled as a gateway to Hell itself.
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An article in the '70s started the Stull rumors, speaking of hauntings by demonic beings and presences. These events take place either once or twice a year depending on what story you've heard, but Halloween is always the main event. It's said in the legend that on Halloween night, an endless stairway opens up in the earth, and the devil himself appears in the cemetery. Through the years, stories of vehicles moving by themselves, strange winds blowing the wrong direction, and spirits returning from graves spread around.
According to legend, the church that used to sit here was a telltale sign that something was amiss.
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Back when it stood, it was said that if you count more than seven windows, you were in danger. It also appeared freshly built during this period, and no bottle thrown at the church would break, no matter how hard it was thrown.
The church in the previous photo no longer stands here, either, and sits as a pile of rubble instead.
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The strangest part about these legends was when an article claimed that the current pope refused to fly over Stull because of the activity alleged there. From then on, a small community of believers held true to the legends of this innocent small town.
Of course, today the cemetery doesn't even look bad at all. It's as pleasant as a cemetery should be, and doesn't seem to have anything wrong with it.
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Maybe this story is too wild to be true, but there are indeed people who have believed it all these years. For the most part, we think the legend can be kept alive without bothersome people trying to damage or trouble.

Here's a video by Planet Weirdwho took a trip out to Stull in 2016 and discovered it was slowly burning. Odd coincidence!

Of course, there are more haunted places in Kansas to check out instead of this one, if you’d like to avoid it altogether. We suspect the people in Stull would prefer you to stay away as well.

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Gate to the Underworld in Kansas

Tori Jane | June 10, 2022

Is there really a gate to hell in Kansas?  

Okay, maybe not literally – you won’t be finding some rusty old gates with the depths of Biblical hell behind them in Kansas – because the “gate” isn’t literal. It’s more like a portal from which all sorts of super-spooky things are said to emerge, a place where ghosts, spirits, demons, and the like enter our plane from another. It is said to be one of seven – count em, seven – portals to hell in the United States. Whether it is or not depends on you, your belief system, and just how brave (and/or foolish) you are: will you check the gates out for yourself? What about some of the other notoriously haunted places in Kansas?  

Where is the gateway to hell in Kansas?  

The gateway to hell in Kansas is said to be located within Stull Cemetery, an otherwise innocuous and simple-looking graveyard in Stull, Kansas, that has somehow become the center of demonic conspiracy theories from the spirit realm. Ironically, there’s a church across the street from Stull Cemetery that welcomes visitors should they get a little too spooked.  

What’s the story behind the Kansas gateway to hell?  

Of course, like most urban legends, the story behind the Kansas gateway to hell within Stull Cemetery is steeped in myth, fact, and everything in between. Over the decades, generations have built upon the idea of the gateway to hell is right there, and there are plenty of stories to go with it. Perhaps the most commonly-told tale is that which began surfacing in the 1980s, in which the burned-out church still sitting on the grounds of Stull Cemetery has a basement. And, should you get into this basement and start taking the wooden stairs down... down... down some more, eventually, you’ll find yourself at the literal gates of hell itself. Of course, nobody who’s ever done this has lived to tell the tale ;)   

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