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Lemp Mansion

St. Louis, Missouri

Since the building of this establishment with funds gained from the sale of beer, it has served as a residence, boarding house, and a restaurant. During the course of the thriving brewery business, four of the Lemp family members committed suicide. After prohibition began, the brewery business became bankrupt and the house went into disrepair. During restoration, the workers reported a feeling of being watched, tools disappearing, and strange sounds which resulted in many workers quitting. While being used as a restaurant, the employees have reported seeing glasses floating off the bar, sounds with no explanation, the piano playing by itself, and apparitions appearing and disappearing at will. The “Lavender Lady”, the divorced wife of William Lemp Jr., has also been spotted before wearing her lavender colored dress. In the basement, a secret door was found, which leads to one of the many caves on the Mississippi River. These caves were used to smuggle slaves, and during Prohibition, alcohol. In 1980, LIFE magazine named the site as “one of the most haunted places in America”.

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owen says:

April 1, 2007, 11:35 am

if any of this is real than im. hiding i saw a miner in a mine with no pickaxe he was just hiting the rock

trist says:

July 20, 2007, 12:37 pm

I so WANNA go. Never been just heard many many many stories

john says:

August 21, 2007, 3:07 pm

My wife and I stayed there a few months ago as well as my aunt, cousin and her friend and boyfriend. Upstairs in the renovated attic (Monkey boy’s room) was another couple. Being a skeptic I was hoping to see something. We didn’t see anything. We did the gift shop video and learned the history and the suicides. After the staff left we had free reign of the place, except the bar. For the most part the place is dark and lights are off. We took alot of pictures. All the digital cameras had orbs (?) but the 35mm showed nothing when developed. The caves have been closed and inaccesible for years. The other guy and I wandered around with a camcorder mostly looking for ways to scare the girls. There were stories of hearing a dog wimper, as one of the Lemps shot his dog before committing suicide. While in the basement we heard a dog whimper. Since no one else was there we were hesitant to press forward. Then we heard it again. Curiosity moved us to a small closet in the basement. While filming, we heard it again, in the closet. We eventually found it. It was a wheel on a large gas meter on the floor slowly spinning with a squeak. While convincing the girls to come down and hear the dog whimper, we decided to quick split and spook them. We eventually regrouped, after some spooking, and while leading the pack from the closet back around to the stairs, a large wooden door leading to a kitchen area, opened out and closed. Everyone was accounted for, there was no draft, no one was in the room. It is a large wood door. It wouldn’t move on its own. That is the only thing I can’t explain. There was also a chunk of brick from the fireplace in the attic that fell out. It was pure white in color. Inside was pure black soot and dust. Where it came from we don’t know either. My wife and I stayed in the room with the piano. Everytime I went in there by myself to get something, I felt like I was not alone, but I am convinced that it was just me hoping to see something. I am still a skeptic! The rest of the night was uneventful and the next morning on Sun we spent eating a great Easter breakfast in the restraunt. I would go back, but I wouldn’t expect to see much. Good history lesson in American Beer and breweries though!

T.I.P.S. says:

September 24, 2007, 10:34 pm

it was a cool place we got a lot of wierd fellings in the lemp mansion we will never forget tht place

Kennedy says:

October 28, 2007, 1:54 pm

im 11 years old and my name is Kennedy. Im into ghosts and scared of em like crazy! but ive been in a haunted house. well it seeme like one bcuz ur heard noises and it was abandoned for about 10 years a neighbor said. i want to tell someone about it! please

Chrissy says:

October 29, 2007, 2:08 pm

The Lemp Mansion is a real haunted house! It is also a B&B. I’ve stayed there a couple of nights, a few years ago. I have plenty of experiances, including the radio turning on by itself (oldies), a glass bowl moving on its own when attempting to enter William’s room. The phone ringing by itself, & feeling as if someone was chasing you up the stairs. As you enter, you get a weird feeling, & the rooms are all stuffy.

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November 1, 2007, 8:32 am

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Kennedy says:

November 2, 2007, 7:03 am

Someone please talk to me?

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it would be cool to know other peoples storys and get replys.

Kennedy says:

November 2, 2007, 8:02 pm

do you believe that im 11?

Vickie Beauchamp says:

November 13, 2007, 2:45 pm

I visited the Lemp Mansion for a wedding reception several years ago. I used the Ladies Room and was the only person in the room.When I came out of the stall, I saw a man standing there. Just as real as he could be until he vanished in thin air. I went out of the room a little upset but I really didn’t know anyone there well enough to talk to them about it. I was with a friend who had invited me to join him for the reception. And this friend is also a major skeptic. I had no background knowledge of the mansion when I first visited.But I have had wonderful encounters with unexplained happenings. When I was there the door we went in to get to the reception had an alcove where there was a sign that said there was a Parapsychology Office in the basement. I was wondering if that office is still there. Everything that I have read does not mention anything about the office. I was at a movie theater after the visit to the mansion. This theater has a rack that has information pamphlets about places of interest in the St. Louis area. I picked one up and there was a story about the Lemp Mansion. The whole history of the mansion was given. I have wanted to go back to visit again but I have not had the opportunity. I have never lived in the St. Louis area but I visited friends often for years. Now everyone has moved away and I live about 100 miles from St. Louis in another river town with a very active unexplained history. I have lived in this certain area for over half my life and I am presently living in the exact area of one of the Civil War fort sites of the town. I live in an apartment with my cat family and youngest son.There is definitely a presence here that has communicated with me. The apartment building is across the street from the Old Lorimier Graveyard. This is the first graveyard of the city. There is another apartment building that is right along the boundary of the graveyard. This makes me question some things because there were supposedly a lot more graves than are marked in this graveyard. I wonder if the building was built over some of the graves. I would love to live in that building for awhile. I have had many unique experiences some scared me and some were better because I was older and more mellowed out. I will visit this site often I am sure. Hope I can get up there to stay overnight sometime soon.

cindi says:

November 23, 2007, 8:09 pm

I lived across the street from the Lemp for two years (89-91), hung out at the carriage house and knew most of the employees and owners at the time. Heard lots of stories and couldn’t look out my front windows at night without getting the chills. Truly a creepy house with lots of terrible history!

K.H says:

January 7, 2008, 8:36 pm

This sounds interesting, and it couldn’t be to scary or they would’ve tryed to get rid of the ghosts.

Im so happy now. My family might be going up there to eat.

My mom saw the menu and was interested.

I can’t wait!

chad says:

February 23, 2008, 1:50 pm

i would really like to know the directions to get there .. i went to the angles and chains house in carrilton last night and know i would like to go to the lemp mansion so if anyone can give me directions PLEASE DO!!!

susan lowe says:

March 7, 2008, 11:23 am

i have been to both and yea..i got my fill of weird happenings.but when they turned the factory into the haunted house i worked there.we had unusual happenings in the lower and one upper floor.us workers thought that at first we were just seeing things but more and more we would be putting on our costumes and see something out of the corner of our eyes,hear weird footsteps,and feel cold spots .one of the workers when being on the roof was helping with a sign and when he raised his hand there was blood. after taking the piece to the boss, the tile was dried with nothing on it.needless to say. we were ready eighter to quit or just keep away from certin areas.i know much more about the place,(factory) but wont keep going .however i will say this.there is one place in the back of the factory that a wall has a certin red on it…noone knows exactly what but if you go to get it off ,it will reappear.told by boss after so many strange events.in my opinion you should go see.in my case,…well i wont be returning to the factory.ive seen enough for one lifetime.

Melody C. says:

May 26, 2008, 6:07 pm

Well I must say I’m quite interested in this, seeing as how I’m a direct relative of the Lemp family. I plan to make my way to the mansion as soon as I can. My great-grandfather was Lemp and we have all the newspaper cutting and such of the family. It’s good to know I have so much history! Thanks for sharing your experiences, everyone! :)

bob says:

June 6, 2008, 1:27 pm

it is not hunted u people are lieing so yea i wint there it is lame

Tina S. says:

September 14, 2008, 1:28 pm

Melody C can you prove your a direct relative of the lemp family.if so can we see pic’s

Tina S. says:

September 14, 2008, 1:32 pm

I grew up on the south side of St. Louis Have paseed the lemp mansion all the time & have always felt something uneasy about it.Csn’t wait to stay the night.

Abby says:

September 24, 2008, 10:28 am

Dude this is awesome iv been trying to get there but my friend spent the night there. She was totaly freaked out she said some of her things dissapeared, that night something woke her up and all she could see was a bright like and it got supper cold!!!!!!

Em says:

September 25, 2008, 1:36 pm

Tina, why would she have to prove anything to you? It’s ridiculous of you to ask for such information.
People will get from Lemp Mansion whatever they want to receive.
There are several posts on this site that are ridiculous. Bob can’t even spell correctly or type complete sentences but he expects us to take his perception of the Lemp Mansion as fact.
I’ve known several people that’ve stayed there; some have returned with odd happenings to report, yet others saw and felt nothing out of the ordinary. If you want to find out for yourself, google “Lemp Mansion”.

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