193 Lemp Mansion

Content advisory: This episode discusses several deaths by suicide in the Lemp family. If you or someone you love is struggling, call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (U.S.), any time. Is the Lemp Mansion Haunted? In this episode, Ghostly heads to the Lemp Mansion, and we have a special guest. Kyle Maiden spent the night at the Lemp while driving Route 66 across the country, and he tells us what happened after the last staff member went home. Pat tells us the sad history of the Lemp family. Special Guest: Kyle Maiden Kyle Maiden is the founder of Picard, Projiq, and HUMAN Project Delivery, an innovator in project management delivery, and the host of Project Management After Dark. On a cross-country trip down Route 66, which once ran right through St. Louis, he booked a night at the Lemp Mansion. He came back with stories, and he shares them with us on this episode. Follow Kyle on Instagram: @kyle.maiden The History German immigrant Johann Adam Lemp arrived in St. Louis in 1838 and is credited with bringing lager beer to the city. His son William built the Lemp Brewery into the largest in St. Louis and bought the mansion at 3322 DeMenil Place, connected by tunnel to the family’s lagering caves. Then tragedy took over. Favorite son Frederick died at 28 in 1901, and William Sr. shot himself in his bedroom in 1904. Daughter Elsa died by suicide in 1920. Prohibition shut the brewery, which sold at auction in 1922 for a fraction of its worth, and that December William Jr. shot himself in his office, in the same house where his father died. Charles Lemp, the last of the family to live there, followed in 1949. The mansion became a run-down boarding house until the Pointer family bought it in 1975 and turned it into a restaurant and inn. In 1980, Life magazine named it one of the most haunted houses in America. In September 2026, the Pointers put it up for sale. It stays open through December 2027. The Hauntings The Lavender Lady — William Jr.’s ex-wife Lillian, who wore nothing but lavender. Guests report a purple apparition, the scent of lavender by her portrait, and a smoky silhouette of a woman caught on film in the bar doorway. Charles and his dog — the last Lemp, still said to walk the halls with his Doberman. Investigators asked, “Is there anyone here with us?” and caught a dog barking on the recording. The man with the key — a 2004 tour group found a guest room standing open with a key in the lock, then remembered passing a pale older man with a key in the hallway. No one like him was working or staying there that night. The peeping ghost in the ladies’ room — William Jr.’s old private bathroom, where women still report a man looking over the top of the stall. The house that wouldn’t let anyone stay — boarders hearing knocks and footsteps, renovation workers who walked off the job, and staff who watch glasses fly off the bar and hear the piano play by itself. Rebecca also has a first-person story from the attic, and Kyle tells us about his own night in the mansion. Tune in for both. Music & Sound Credits Music performed by Michael Rivers. “Pat Facts” and “Ghost Story” themes by Mondo. “Time for a Debate” theme by Gail Gallagher — gailgallaghermusic.com Listener Mail Email info@ghostlypodcast.com or the contact form at GhostlyPodcast.com, or write us at PO Box #264, Geneva, IL 60134. Support the Show Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, or join us on Patreon at GhostlyPodcast.com (tiers from $1–$10). Next Time on Ghostly Haunted Murder Houses continues with the LaLaurie Mansion — new episode airs 10/21/2026. Stay Ghostly. Tags: #GhostlyPodcast #LempMansion #HauntedStLouis #HauntedMissouri #Route66 #HauntedMurderHouses #ParanormalPodcast #TrueHauntings #HauntedHistory #GhostStories Sources History History of the Lemp Mansion — Lemp Mansion (Official Site) The Haunted Lemp Mansion in St. Louis — Legends of America St. Louis’ Haunted and Historic Lemp Mansion Is for Sale — St. Louis Public Radio St. Louis’ Haunted Lemp Mansion Is for Sale, but Stays Open Through 2027 — Haunted Attraction Network Hauntings & Paranormal Reports The Lemp Mansion — Prairie Ghosts (Troy Taylor) Lemp Mansion Haunted History — KSDK 5 On Your Side This Is What It’s Like to Take a Ghost Tour of the Lemp Mansion with a Psychic — St. Louis Magazine Lemp Mansion Investigation — Aislinn Marshall Lemp Mansion EVPs — Aislinn Marshall (SoundCloud) The Lemp Mansion — Dread Central Local Haunted House Offers Real Thrills and Chills — Lancer Feed Ghost Photographed at Notoriously Haunted Mansion in St. Louis? — Coast to Coast AM America’s Most Haunted Bathrooms — Roadtrippers Syfy — Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode Recap, “Lemp Mansion”