AMERICAN HAUNTINGS GHOST HUNTS
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NIGHT AT THE HOTEL JOSEPHINE
HOLTON, KANSAS
NEXT AVAILABLE DATE: FEBRUARY 25, 2023
Includes Overnight Stay and Ghost Hunt
* Arrival begins at 7:00 PM
* Private Room Access After 1:00 AM
* Ghost Hunting continues until dawn
Pricing for Rooms based on DOUBLE OCCUPANCY
(2 people Maximum)
Includes Overnight Stay, Haunted History, Ghost Hunt
$225 PER ROOM (DOUBLE OCCUPANCY)
sold out!
WELCOME TO THE HOTEL JOSEPHINE!
Join American Hauntings for an overnight stay at the Hotel Josephine — a place where guests from the past checked in and never checked out!
Located just west of Kansas City in Holton, this historic hotel stands today as a reminder of the days when 14 passenger trains served the community each day. Built by prominent citizen A.D. Walker in 1889, the two-story red brick building was finance by selling stock subscriptions to town residents, who hoped to draw more business to the community and entice railroad travelers to stay in town.
Named for Walker’s nine-month-old daughter, the Josephine opened for business on January 19, 1890, and has been in continuous operation ever since. At the turn of the century, the hotel was widely known for its dining room and served the community handsomely with lodging and sample display rooms for traveling salespeople. The hotel had electricity when built, but each room was heated with individual wood stoves. Water was carried from a well in the basement by servants, as were the "chamber pots."
The hotel saw many uses over the years — and many names. It was known for a time as the The Teer House and featured a dining room of considerable fame. Other names include the Rinehard Hotel, Sutherland Hotel, and, most recently, the Holton Hotel.
During the previous decades, different doctors held clinics in the hotel, including the Kansas City Medical & Surgical Institute. The hotel was also a boarding house for many years. Several famous names have appeared on the registers, including President Grover Cleveland, Carrie Nation, Sam Rayburn, Sr., and actors and performers like Harry W. Langdon and Kirstie Alley.
It stands today as not only a tribute to the past but as the perfect location for a weekend getaway — especially if you’re looking for ghosts.
It probably comes as no surprise that with such a colorful past, the Hotel Josephine has earned the reputation as the “Most Haunted Hotel in Kansas.”
Even A.D. Walker’s daughter — and the hotel’s namesake — Josephine Walker has lingered behind here after death. Most people who have encountered her say she is friendly and glad to accept visitors to the hotel. Still, she has been known to become upset by disorderly or overly noisy guests, as she has been heard stomping in empty rooms, and doors have been heard slamming shut on their own.
Almost everywhere in the hotel seems to have activity. A native American spirit has been seen in one of the upstairs rooms. Down in the basement, visitors have encountered shadows and apparitions. A shadow figure has been seen in the most active room at the hotel, the Buffalo Room. Literally thousands of people made the hotel a temporary home during its heyday and many of them left a little bit of themselves behind for you to discover!
Come along with America’s Original Ghost Hunt Company and spend a night with the spirits of Hotel Josephine — and make it a weekend you won’t forget!