The Dead Inn

10/13/2022

10/09/2022

Greetings Innsiders. I know it's been awhile since we have posted, but 2022 has been a struggle to say the least. Don't give up on us! We are still here, still creepy, and still Dead. 🖤

We are working hard to have some things ready for visitors next year.

Stay spooky! ⚰️🧟‍♀️

08/13/2022

Gus is still waiting for victim- um I mean visitors.😈

Look very closely. See if you can spot Gus. 🖤

08/09/2022

So if The Dead Inn comes back from the dead, does that make it The "Alive" Inn?

Absolutely not. Still Dead, but in a good way. Renovations are under way. 🖤

Your hostess has officially moved in. It's finally happening. Be afraid. But be excited too! 🧛‍♀️

P.S. If you are local to the St Louis/Jefferson County/Franklin County area and know plumbing, roofing, woodwork, or electric, I will be looking for bids later this month.
Message me here and let's get together.

Stay creepy!

⚒️👩‍🔧📐🔦🧰

🧟‍♀️🕷️👻🧌☠️⚰️

08/07/2022

85 days til Halloween. 🧛‍♀️

01/25/2022

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09/09/2021

Pssst. Big announcement coming this weekend. 👻

08/26/2021

🖤😂

07/25/2021

Disturbing History-

Today we bring you the story of Frankie and Johnny.

If that sounds familiar, it should. It is a song that has been recorded over 250 times by icons like Elvis Presley, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Sammie Davis Jr., and Van Morrison. It was also made into a Broadway musical and several movies. But did you know that the song is about a real life murder that happened in St Louis, MO?

On October 14, 1899, in downtown St Louis on Targee St, (right about where the Enterprise Center, home of the St Louis Blues now stands)was a boarding house when 23 year old Frankie Baker lived. Frankie was a "working girl" and was good at her job. She also had a 17 year old boyfriend named Allen "Albert" Britt. Albert was a ragtime piano player and quite a ladies man.

One night, Frankie walked into a club where Albert was playing piano, and caught him with another pr******te named Alice Pryor. Frankie confronted Albert, there was a huge argument, and she ultimately stormed back to her room on Targee St alone. Early the next morning, Albert went to her room where she shot him in the abdomen with a 38 revolver. Albert died four days later, after identifying Frankie as the shooter. The trial was just a month later, in November 1899, where Frankie was found not guilty by reason of self defense. She said Albert had a knife and had beaten her in the past.

St Louis songwriter Bill Dooley was seen performing the first version of the song just weeks after the killing, called at first Frankie and Albert, but the name was ultimately changed from Albert to Johnny, according to one source, because Albert's parents were elderly and devastated by the loss of their son, and begged the songwriter to not put their son's name in the song.

Frankie Baker moved away from St Louis in 1901 to try to escape her new notoriety, but the song followed her everywhere. She sued film companies more than once over the Mae West movie "She Done Him Wrong" but ultimately lost all of her lawsuits. She eventually checked herself into a mental institution where she died in 1952 at the age of 76.

(undated photo of Frankie Baker)

https://youtu.be/kNq532Cyhu0

07/25/2021

Pssst, 98 days till Halloween! Get ready for an epic countdown!

07/20/2021

It's July. Do you know where your Halloween decorations are? starts in THREE DAYS!! 🖤🧟‍♀️👻

07/18/2021

Today, one of our ghosts made a surprise appearance on camera. If you watch closely, a little over halfway through, you will see someone run past the camera 3 times. On the second run, you can almost make out an arm.

There was nobody out here except me, and the camera was in my car window parked on the driveway right next to the front yard.

We have several different ghosts here, but the most active one by far is a young boy named Ben. We heard stories about Ben from a girl who grew up here, and when the paranormal team came, they also got the same name. Ben loves to play games and pull pranks, so I have no doubt that this would be him. 🖤