Comments on: Buried in the Back

By: Stacy (lived in KCK for 15 yrs)

Stacy (lived in KCK for 15 yrs) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:04:11 +0000

John, we are the same age and yes the house is creepy. Every year my older Sister and her best friend drove by there at Halloween when I was younger. Did you see the Gargoles on the front poach??? The caretaker to my understanding has passed on and a Family member now has the house. The Lab around the courner is also true. My other sister and I was talking about it the other night, both places. The Cows and Chickens were huge, there was a huge fence that they could not get out of and a large blue light posted on the buildings all around. We still to this day have no clue what the lights were. The gravel drive have no clue, I hated that Lab, it scared me, heck I was around 5 or so.

By: John

John — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:22:10 +0000

You people are talking about what we used to call ” Igor’s ” I am 41 yrs old and as a teenager we used to go up there all the time. I never heard any story about killing of a family. the story then was about the hanging in the tower. Anyway one night our drunken selfs jumped the fence and went up for a closer view. We we greeted by the caretaker of the property at the time. He came out of the door on the side of the house(not the front door) As we were talking to him others in our group snuck inside. So he told us to go get them. we all thought cool. Didn’t see anything haunted but the house is creepy. There was only electricity on the first floor. There was a stagecoach in the hallway for the main entrance. A huge wine cellar in the basement , an area we all got goosebumps being in. Upstairs we went up in the tower. No holes in the ceiling like the story I had heard. But there are beams in that area of the ceiling. There were stairs leading up to that area. At the top was a trapdoor thing leading you on to the top of the tower. You can see the railings for this area from the outside of the tower. It was the most amazing view I have ever seen of KC. I must apologize for my inexcuseable behavior that night but it was an experience I’ll never forget. I also heard stories about the Lab around the corner from Igor’s. Our tale was that there were 10 foot cows there. And the gravel drive to the left of the lab led to devil worshipers in the woods there.

By: kody

kody — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:28:12 +0000

its called Sauer Castle. legend says that there was a couple living there. they buried a-lot of there kids on the property. the true story has nothing to do with him killing everyone. the national historic society says that he went to fight in the civil war. when he wasn’t on the raft he was supposed t be his wife thought he was dead so she went home and hung herself. he was really just late. he found her in the tower and shot himself. there’s a ton of stories surrounding the place. check them out sometime.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:42:18 +0000

“The Castle” as it is refered to is Sauer Castle and there was no pool in the yard and yes Mr. Sauer killed his family there and burried them in the backyard. Not all the bodies have been uncovered and he had more then two children. The reason I know this is I’ve been there. I know who owned it before a Sauer family member took ownership again.

The Christmas decorations would be taken of the tree only so far up and laid neatly on the floor. We believe from the ghosts of the children. In the basement you could be shoved by a spirit.

Nobody is allowed on the property last I heard.

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:35:18 +0000

The story I’d heard was different than the one presented but Saur Castle is popular in KCK. I’ve also heard that the ‘Castle’ had been open to public tours in the past but that there had been accidents (people ‘falling’ down the steps etc) so they closed it up.

I have always found the story interesting and the house is amazing. When I was in high school in the early 90’s I drove by often to see what I could see and I had a strange experience once.

One night I drove to the house with a couple of friends, we parked in front of the house (it was fenced in back then too) to look at it. Then I’m not really sure what happened, things became surreal, time seemed to slow and my radio wouldn’t work right. We all just sat there kind of in a trance (but that sounds more kookey then it was). Finally we all kind of came out of it at the same time and I quickly drofe away, we were all really freaked out.

I still drive by from time to time (always have difficulty finding the place though). I hope it gets renovated and opened back up for tours though I’d love to get a closer look.

By: amanda

amanda — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:50:44 +0000

this is so unorigional this kind of story always gets out and no one cares about a house with flickering lights grow up come on im 16 and this stuff dont even scare me in the slitest this sight should have more detaled stories things that scare me are loud screams for life or suicide stories that involve hanging or slit wrists something that makes the hair on my arms grow… woot woot! ♥ amanda

By: Charolette

Charolette — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:13:00 +0000

oh and the exact address to the place is 935 Shawnee Road
Kansas City, Kansas

By: Charolette

Charolette — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:11:56 +0000

http://www.ghost-investigators.com/Stories/view_story.php?story_num=20

That link will give you a good historical story relating to the home

By: Charolette

Charolette — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:02:36 +0000

If you guys are talking about the house on shawnee road, it’s called Sauer Castle. It’s a historical landmark, and they are currently in the process of renovating it. It’s a really great place to go, but from what I’ve heard the guy who owns the house now lives next door and he’s not very kind to people who get too close. I had a crazy experience there too.

It was around halloween time and a bunch of friends of mine and me decided to go see sauer castle. This was my first time going and I was PUMPED. I was half drunk to begin with (luckily we had a designated driver that night) and we got there really quick because my friend lives in westport. When we turned onto shawnee road, it was really kind of odd because Sauer castle is right smack dab in the middle of residential, normal looking houses. It’s really gloomy looking at night…and we stopped the car and looked at it from the street…I was so amazed that I forgot about everything else around the house…then all of a sudden something hit the car and screamed…we sped out of there like a bat out of hell! Then we decided to go back and find out what the heck that was…well much to my disappointment, it was one of the locals that lives in that neighborhood that decided it would be hilarious to scare the living hell out of us while we were looking at the castle. So if you want to go there…beware of the locals, especially if it’s around halloween, they like to mess with people that come to look at the castle.

And has anyone heard the story of Igor that goes along with the castle, the crazy guy that worked at the pharmacutecal plant? If so please comment back if you know more info on that.

By: LiViN NkC

LiViN NkC — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:01:33 +0000

hey people ! well i believe the story . Hey !! even if ghosts r really real there nothin ta b afraid of . well i understand if u r 5 yrs old but come on !! i mean this whole world is scarier than ghosts . no one knos where we came from !!!!!!!! u kno we should just deal with ghosts or spirts . u shouldnt b afraid of something just cuz u dant kno whatit is ! and to the people who dont believe it suck on somethin ur own size cuz face it ghosts r real !!!!!!!!!!!!!