Haunted Cape Girardeau

This “frightful compilation” of ghost stories flows from the rich history of the Missouri college town located on a bend in the Mississippi River ( Southeast Missourian ). For nearly two hundred-fifty years, the mighty Mississippi has granted Cape Girardeau a legacy of prosperity and dealt it some fearsome scars. Walk through buildings cut by the shrapnel of exploding steamboats, swamped in the debris of sudden floods, and haunted by the restless spirits of those who washed ashore. Beyond the ri