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This closet on the 3rd floor has one of the building's most dramatic paranormal stories
connected to it. A female caterer was reportedly confronted and chased by a full-body apparition of a man. For
full details on this story, see the Background section of this investigation report. We spent some time attempting
to do EVP work in this closet. See the Strange Events section for more details. |
The building, with its 42 rooms, was just too large to fully investigate during the
four hour investigation. Other than the closet above, we spent very little time on the 3rd floor. The entire 3rd
floor is not open to the public and has not been remodelled. It makes the 3rd floor one of the most "atmospheric"
areas within the building.
BALLROOM - Having a ballroom
on the 3rd floor of a large house was quite in vogue at the time the family residence was built. When the building
was an orphanage, the ballroom was turned into a large classroom. It has seen very few changes since then, and
still has a chalkboard on the wall. The eastward view through the ballroom windows overlooks the river, Kansas
City's West Bottoms, and the western view of the tall bluff upon with Downtown Kansas City sits.
EMPTY ROOM AND TOWER - At
this time these two connected areas are empty and bare. But during the early days of the orphanage, prior to the
building addtions, the nuns of the orphanage crowded into this space as their dormitory. Reportedly, they even
crowded beds into the tower area. At the center of the room, a set of formal stairs ascend from the 2nd floor.
HALLWAY - This rear hallway
was more of a service hallway, leading from the servant's quarters stairway to the more formal areas and the ballroom
on the 3rd floor. The ceiling is very low while the walls are slanted with the slant and angle of the roof.
STORAGE - We didn't go into
this room, but several of us commented while passing the room that we had an uneasy feeling about it. The room
was dark and unfinished, and in the attic of an ancient building over a century old...so its completely understandable
and natural that it might make an observer uneasy. The room has no known history or reported phenomenon. |
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