Five Kansas City haunts that deserve a visit from TV’s ghost hunters

Damn near every cable channel has a ghost hunting show. Ghost Hunters is SyFy’s version. There’s A&E’s Paranormal State, and the Travel channel’s Ghost Adventures. Even Animal Planet has The Haunted, which, I am sad to report, is not about ghost puppies. Five bucks says next season, MTV dumps the cast of Jersey Shore off at the Stanley Hotel.

Two of Kansas City’s most likely locales for an undead infestation have already been demolished. Serial killer Bob Berdella’s house met the wrecking ball in 1993. Colonel Swope’s mansion in Independence, where three members of the Swope household were allegedly poisoned, was torn down in 1960.

But that’s OK — KC has plenty of restless spirits for investigators to harass.