Atchison Ghost Tour
Get ready for midwestern mayhem, madness, and more on an Atchison ghost tour with Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours.
GET TICKETSFrom vanishing indigenous villages to menacing mansions and creepy college campuses, explore the horrors of the heartland with Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours.
Why You Need to Take an Atchison Ghost Tour
An influential railroad and river town in the nineteenth century, Atchison is home to two hundred years’ worth of tragedies, crimes, and sinister secrets. But nothing stays buried forever – not even the dead. Journey into the past and beyond the realm of the living with Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours to unearth why so many spirits linger in this otherwise peaceful looking town. Prepare to squirm while discovering the screams and surgeries at the Sallie House, and listen to the nightmares of the ghostly monks who still roam the local college. Delve into the bizarre and find out why Atchison is known as the most haunted city in Kansas on a thrilling Atchison ghost tour.
Susie was a great guide. She even included her own personal experiences in her talk. Good story teller. Beautiful walk around Atlanta in the evening. A fun night.
Why is Atchison So Haunted?
In Atchison, the past is never far away… it might even be standing right behind you. Though the city wasn’t founded until 1854, the area had been inhabited for centuries by the Kansa People (aka the Kaw Nation) whom the state was later named after. Strangely, Lewis and Clark noted on their famous expedition of an abandoned Kansa village where Atchison would later flourish. There has never been any known reason why these people would leave their home, which has caused many to speculate that darker forces were at play and that may still exist.
Half a century later, as the Kansas Territory opened, Atchison quickly developed into a gateway to the West. Steamboats on the Missouri River, cargo and freight cars of the Santa Fe Railroad, and Mormon wagon trains all passed through Atchison. From 1854 until 1861, the state saw violence break out over slavery; these six years became labeled “bleeding Kansas” due to the amount of bloodshed and destruction, and Atchison had its share of murder and terror.
After the Civil War’s end, Atchison established itself as a transportation and industrial center, but it also quickly became infamous for tales of unexplained phenomena and disturbing lore. By the mid-twentieth century, ghost hunters visited in droves to explore the chilling whispers and frightening sights reported by residents. Students at Benedictine College have been trapped in their closets by invisible spirits; they’ve seen chairs move on their own; and others have awoken to bloodcurdling growls coming from the dark. Are these occurrences caused by the school’s founding monks who hope to keep education lively? Or, perhaps, there is something more malevolent happening when the sun goes down?
Listen closely. There’s plenty of screams and menacing laughter in the night to chill your bones on this tour. From Sunflower State natives hoping to learn more about history, to horror fanatics who love being scared, Lizzie Borden Ghost Tours can help uncover the spooky side of things and reveal what lurks in the shadows.
Why should you tour with us?
There’s a general bucket list of haunted locations around the United States, with places like Waverly Hills and Salem often high on them. Atchison is a lesser-known part of Kansas yet is home to haunted hotspots that rival the activity at more notable venues. It’s a break from the typical, with former homes and mansions that look to be pulled from the minds of horror’s finest visionaries.
Atchison’s history starts with one big unanswered question: What happened to the Kansa people who settled it years before Lewis and Clark arrived? Remnants of the tribe were left in place as if something drove the native population off. Could it have been the sinister energy that flows through locations like the Sallie House and the Gargoyle House?
Being the site of Civil War conflicts, Atchison could very well have become a series of buildings plagued by residuals of the bloody conflict. Rather, the city has an eclectic array of spirits, from men who tempted fate just one time too many times to the specter of a young girl trapped in eternal torment.
Most Haunted Places in Atchison
RavenHearse Manor
This mansion exudes fear. Built in1888, there are rumors that the original inhabitants enjoyed strange funeral traditions, and legends persist that a spirit in a yellow Victorian era dress beckons for visitors to follow her.
Sallie House
Pain and screams persist in this house of horrors. Once owned by a local doctor, this is where at least one unfortunate patient endured surgery without anesthesia. Hear her agonizing wails of suffering if you dare!
Santa Fe Depot
Established in 1880, the Santa Fe Depot is home to “Hangman Bill,” the spirit of a worker crushed by a ton of cargo when a cable snapped. Ominous stomping of his boots echoes throughout the building even though no one else is around.
FAQs
View our Refund Policy on this page if you have any questions!
Please see your booking details for meeting location. There are neighboring parking garages and street parking that are available in the area.
Group size varies based on time of year and demand. We can keep everyone in your party in the same group. We’ve been doing this for years, and manage group size to ensure guests have a great experience. In the event you can’t hear your tour guide, let them know, or move closer to them.
Pets are welcome as long as they do not disrupt or distract from the tour
The arrival time will be listed on your confirmation email and in the available tour times when you click the book button
Please do not call us, the best way to reach us is by email using the contact form on this website
An extended tour takes you to a few additional locations when the regular tour ends. This adds about four new places and 30 minutes to your tour- highly recommended
Book a tour and check the +1 box for each person in your group where it says “Extended Tour” at checkout to add an extended Ghost tour.
Please contact us directly for pricing and availability. We do not do private tours under 30 persons. If you have a group under 30, please order directly from the website’s book now option.
Tours are held rain or shine. We will contact you if the tour is cancelled.
Please only attend the tour for the day and time you are booked, as another day or time may not be available. If you need to reschedule, please contact us by email first. There is a $10 per order (not person) rebooking fee for each schedule change.
As it is unfair to other guests, we do not wait for late or no show parties. Please remember to arrive to the correct location on time! We do not grant refunds to guests who fail to arrive to the appointed place on time and miss their tour.
No, but some of the locations you can visit during the day for free. We simply wouldn’t have the time to focus on as many stories as we do if we were to enter each one, and we wish to focus on the stories, and leave the exploring up to you!
15 minutes before the start of your tour
No.
No, this is a walking tour.
Most of the tour is not stroller or wheelchair accessible.
Yes, you are welcome to take photos of the locations we visit!
No, videos are not allowed
No, there is no smoking allowed on the tour
We do not allow intoxicated guests or drinking on the tour- we will promptly ask those in violation to leave
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