The Haunted Lemp Mansion of St. Louis is a Haven for Ghosts

The Lemp Mansion in St. Louis has had numerous sightings of ghosts. This makes this St. Louis landmark, the Lemp Mansion, a favorite stay for fans of ghosts. The following is an account of my night in the Lemp Mansion of St. Louis, a haven for ghosts.

"Oh no, I have to sleep all the way up there tonight?" This is what I thought out loudly when I found out that not only was I going to sleep in one of the most haunted houses in this nation, St. Louis' Lemp Mansion, but that I would be temporarily residing in the third floor attic, basically cut off from the other guests. So I walked up the two floors via the long flights of stairs through the lightly musty hallways ready to face my fate for the evening. Would I make it out alive?

It would turn out to be one of the most horrifying nights of my existence, but as you'll see, I think that I, rather than the ghosts, brought a lot of that upon myself. But first, here's some background information on why this former domicile of a St. Louis beer tycoon family is so spooked:

The Lemp Mansion's History

One of America's first beer magnates was John Adam Lemp. Ironically, he began in St. Louis as a grocer, but his beer sales would become the prime focus by 1840. He's purported to have produced the first lager beer in St. Louis, forming the Western Brewery. John's son William took over, and by 1870, the Lemps had the largest brewery in St. Louis and were one of the first breweries to have a national patronage because William implemented refrigerated railway cars to ship beer outside of the city's area. In 1892, this operation would be known as the William J. Lemp Brewing Company.

A 33 room mansion that's the focus of so much activity by ghosts today was bought in 1876 by the Lemps. William's daughter Hilda married Gustav Pabst of Milwaukee, creating a powerful alliance in 1897. But the good times for the Lemps were about to stop, and tragedy would begin to assault the family and create fertile ground for activity by ghosts.