Fourteen North Newstead
Fourteen
North Newstead
Fourteen
North
Newstead
Saint Louis,
Missouri
The historic building at 14 North Newstead Avenue in Saint Louis's Central West End opened in
1904 as a police precinct station for the neighborhood.
Then, in 1945, two police officers and an inmate were charged with the beating death of
another inmate. The three were cleared of all charges, but the two officers soon resigned
from the department.
In 1953, the station was instrumental in the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping case, a saga
effecting the city for years. By then, the station was known as a home of much crime and
corruption. Finally, in 1960, the building's life as a police station was ended.
After five years empty, an artist and his wife purchased the house. It was not long before
the strange occurances began. There were disembodied voices and dragging sounds coming from
the studio. A light kept burning through the night seemed the only way to silence the
sounds.
New owners moved into 14 North Newstead in 1992. It wasn't long before they experienced much
of the same unexplained activity. They contacted the previous owners to learn that, after a
night of particularly unnerving screams, they abandoned the house in quite a hurry.
Today 14 North Newstead is a collection of offices that sees a bit of activity during the
daytime. It seems that its present owners learned that, perhaps, the building is best left
empty at night.
14 north newstead avenue
the first tragedy
the bobby greenlease case
the hauntings begin
a scarred history
the building today
