Posted in Kansas City February 13, 2018 by

The Story Behind Kansas City’s Most Haunted House Will Give You Nightmares

Kansas City doesn’t seem to have a lot of specific buildings that are haunted. At least, not in a way that attracts much attention these days. However, this hotel right here in town has a story attached that might give you nightmares. It might just be the most haunted building in the city.

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The historic Savoy Hotel and Grill was the oldest operating hotel west of the Mississippi until just a few years ago.
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It closed in 2016, putting an end to that title, but it set to reopen sometime in 2018.
The hotel itself is beautiful, with care put into every detail.
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It does look dated these days however, which helps when you have haunting stories like these about the building.
Hotel Savoy has an extensive history of the paranormal within it's walls.
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Room 505 is the most notorious, with plenty to say about what goes on in that particular room. One man that stayed here reported that the water wouldn't stop turning on in his bathroom, no matter how many times he turned it off. Some time later, the manager walked past the apartment and heard Jazz music playing from within the empty room.
A resident in the lobby also heard music, and came to investigate the source of the music himself.
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It wasn't coming from his clock radio, but a different radio sitting on his washing machine. The radio was always set to rock 'n' roll, and had somehow been changed to a different station and flipped on while he was away at work. It couldn't have been changed by anyone else, as he was carrying the only key to the apartment with him.
The creepiness didn't stop there, however. Months later, other events began happening.
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One resident always kept the dividing door between the bedroom and living room firmly closed while he slept. At night, around 11:30 PM, the door opened, but no one was around to push the heavy door. Years have passed since those incidents, and people who have recently investigated the apartment for further activity found nothing as creepy as before. Theories of the ghost haven't been able to locate who it might be, either, but they did find a sealed gun in the wall, and heard plenty of odd footsteps in the night.
Do you think you could stay here overnight with all these tales swimming around your head about a haunted room?
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You won't catch me near this place until I've heard an all-clear, that's for sure!

Hotel Savoy is located at 219 W 9th St in Kansas City, Missouri. Though it is not currently open to the public, we wonder if the ghostly experiences will continue when it opens later this year!

If you’re looking for some other haunts in town, why not try these 8 places with plenty of spooky stories to accompany them?