The "Sallie House" in Atchison, Kansas first became known as a haunted location in the 1990's when a young couple who were renting the house filmed several segments with the media, which included "Sightings" and "Unsolved Mysteries." According to the reports obtained by MPR, the house was once owned by a doctor who used the house as a private home and office for his practice. Sometime in the middle of the night, long ago, a 6 year old girl named Sallie began having severe abdominal pains in the middle of the night and was rushed to the doctor's house for treatments. Upon diagnosis the doctor determined that she needed immediate medical care and wanted to proceed with surgery. Upon seeing the surgical instruments, Sallie became very frightened and had to be held down in order for the doctor to administer the ether. Before the anesthesia took its full effect, the doctor began operating and Sallie awoke and began struggling with him. The operation was unsuccessful and Sallie died thus remaining in the house after her death.

The house was rented in 1993 to a young couple who began immediately to have many unexplained occurrences in the home such as toys being moved to the middle of the floor in the nursery, lights dimming or brightening in the living room, small spontaneous fires, electrical appliances turning on and off, pictures turning upside down, candles melting, the sound of footsteps, cold spots and smells. Eventually the incidents became malevolent and the husband began to get scratched by unseen hands. This scratching was actually filmed by "Sightings" as it occurred right before their eyes. The husband began seeing a woman who he often mistook for his wife and began having dreams of a child being beaten. He was violently shoved out of the bedroom and almost fell over the railing and down the stairs.

A psychic was called in who felt that 2 spirits were haunting the house; a 6 year old girl named Sallie and a woman who was about 30 years old. Apparently the woman ghost was fond of the husband and was trying to cause problems between him and his wife. She began to attack the husband after her attempts were unsuccessful.

MPR has been unable to determine how much actual research has been done upon the home. It is unknown to us rather any validation of the death of "Sallie" has been found.

"Legends of America" conducted a 60 hour investigation of the house and recorded several voices through EVP. These voices included the voice of a young girl, a boy, a man and possibly two women.

Reported Findings and Experiences:

+ Tape recorders were set up in all the upstairs bedrooms. Shortly after setting up the tape recorder in the master bedroom, it was noticed that the audio recorder had been shut off. When the recorder was turned back on, the battery indicator lights showed a full charge. In reviewing the tape, just prior to the recorder shutting off, a grinding sound was heard on the tape like what it sounds like when the buttons are pushed ½ way down causing the tape to drag.

+ Prior to the investigation and on the initial walk-thru, it was noticed that some ping-pong balls appeared to have been thrown onto the floor of the master bedroom closet/nursery. Brenda arranged the 11 balls along the north wall of the closet/nursery, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Shortly after the audio recorder had mysteriously shut off, Misty thought that she heard a clicking sound come from the closet/nursery. Upon investigation of the sound, it was found the 8^th ball from the left had been rolled to the other side of the closet and was now resting in the far southwest corner. (See photos - Group 1) The ball would have had to travel about 8 feet. MPR tested the travel distance of the balls by rolling them across the floor and found that they would only travel about 2 feet before stopping due to new carpet. They also tested the slant of the floor and found none. This was only the first incident of objects moving and several more would follow throughout the evening. A video camera was moved to the master bedroom to monitor the balls but no further movement came from the closet/nursery area. There had been toys placed in all of the upstairs window sills by owner or previous visitors and photos were taken of all objects and their placements at this time.

+ Misty felt something shove her after walking into the northeast bedroom.

+ An EVP of a young male voice was recorded in the Master Bedroom which sounds as if he says, "I'm Happy". Just after this EVP recording, Misty stated that she heard something in the master bedroom. Upon going into the room, they found that some of the toys (salamanders and frogs) that were placed in the south windowsill of the bedroom had been moved. (See photos - Group 2). After this incident another video camera was brought into the room to monitor this window sill. As this camera was being set up, an EVP was captured of a male voice saying what sounds like, "Throw them in". This was followed by another EVP of what sounded like the voice of the young male saying, "I'm Sorry". No additional movement of the toys on this window sill occurred after setting up the camera to monitor it.

+ More EVPs were recorded in the master bedroom later in the evening. One sounded like someone saying "He Done It". It is difficult to tell the gender of this person or if it was the same voice recorded earlier. Another was of a deep male voice which sounds like he says, "He said it don't matter what I say". This EVP was immediately followed by another very clear EVP of possibly the same voice saying, "That'd be Frank Walters". It was unknown what the MPR team was discussing at the time.

+ Misty suddenly felt something at the top of the stairs and went over to take some pictures. Her camera would not work. At this time an EVP of a male voice was recorded saying, "Get Out of Here." This was followed by Misty saying, "Hey" which was followed by another male voice giving the name of "Godfrey", "Connery" or perhaps that word "Gonorrhea". Misty continued to struggle with her camera and then a voice of a possibly a woman was recorded which sounds as if she says, "Before the Punch".

+ Shortly after going upstairs Misty, Brenda and Dee Ann were in the master bedroom rearranging the cameras Misty stated that she heard a noise in the northeast bedroom. Upon walking into the room to investigate the noise, they found one of the teddy bears lying in the floor. It had previously been positioned in the west windowsill. The "before pictures" taken of the toys positioned in that window sill showed that teddy bear had been leaning slightly forward but did not appear to be ready to fall off. (See Photos - Group 3) While photographing the bear on the floor, the tape recorder in this room shut off. Upon examination of the recorder there was no reason for it to shut off. The batteries were still fully charged and there was plenty of tape. The team again decided to reposition cameras and while setting up the video camera to record the northeast bedroom, the following EVPs were recorded in the southeast bedroom: A male voice saying, "Stay in here" shortly followed by a young female voice clearly saying, "Don't You See Me?"

+ Misty, Dee Ann and Brenda went back upstairs and checked to see if any further movement had occurred with the toys but found everything to still be in place. They then went into the Master Bedroom to attempt further contact with the young boy. Just after everyone noted an extreme temperature change, Brenda stated that she heard a noise in the southeast bedroom. When they went to investigate the noise they found one of the squirt guns lying on the floor. It had previously been sitting on the east windowsill. The "before pictures" clearly show that none of the squirt guns were positioned near the edge of the window sill. (See Photos - Group 4)  The other squirt guns in the windowsill were undisturbed. Just after the squirt gun was found on the floor and the team began to reposition cameras again, an EVP was recorded of a young male voice in the master bedroom saying what sounds like "Come Follow Me".

+ All of the movements of the objects listed in the report above occurred within a 90 minute period. Once cameras were positioned in those rooms to monitor additional activity, the activity ceased.

+ An EVP of a female voice was recorded in the south bedroom which sounds like she is saying, "Sleepy" or "Sleeping". This was recorded not long after team members went downstairs to catch some sleep before the drive home.

+ After considering the noises that were heard in the rooms just prior to discovering the repositioned toys, it was determined (with the exception of the ping pong ball) that none of these objects would have made a noise when hitting the floor or being repositioned. What caused the noises is unknown. It was also determined that no heating vents were anywhere near the windowsills. The windows had been replaced with new windows and no breezes were coming through. We were able to further rule out breezes coming through the windows since these activities occurred in a south, west and east windowsill. Although it was raining, the winds were reported to be calm.

+ After the team fell asleep, a recorder left running in the kitchen picked up what sounds like the raspy voice of a woman followed by banging sounds.