McPike Mansion

Address: 2018 Alby St. Alton IL 62002
Phone: (618) 830-2179 +1 618-830-2179
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When just about any native of the Alton area thinks of a haunted house, normally one name comes to mind - the infamous McPike Mansion.

Thousands of visitors and paranormal investigators have visited the grounds of the notorious McPike Mansion claiming spirits still roam this property. Some claim the haunts date back to the property before the mansion was even built, with native American ghosts and a residue from a possible Underground Railroad stop. Other mysterious stories include servants of the building, a cook in the kitchen and a strange death of a woman in the bathtub. Some even believe that Eleanor and Henry McPike still roam the corridors of their former home. All total, more than 11 different spirits have been experienced in recent years.