At Fort Leavenworth the oldest active military post west of the Mississippi, several ghosts are said to be permanent residents. Catherine Suttler is one of the most beloved ghost stories in Leavenworth. The story goes, on a cold morning in 1880 her children went out to collect firewood and never returned. Search parties were sent out but returned nothing. That winter Catherine died of pneumonia and grief. Her husband, upset with the loss of his children and soon after the death of his wife, returned to his Indiana home, later to learn that his children had been found safe and sound and would be returned to him. But Catherine still wanders searching for her lost children. On Halloween, trick-or-treaters are asked if they see Catherine to holler out, "Catherine, your children are safe!"
At 605 McClellan, manifestations of a tall, thin, dark-haired man wearing an army uniform has been reported. Along with dropping temperatures, thumping, banging, and scratching noises heard at all hours of the day and night and footsteps stomping up and down on the stairs.
There are also ghosts that hold tea parties, one plays the harmonica, and Civil war soldiers have been seen in the in nearby woods and on horseback in the barracks.
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