Prajukta Ghosh
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV)– The St. Joseph Glore Psychiatric Museum was recently featured on the television series My Haunted Hometown, produced by Canadian company Blue Ant Media.
The museum appeared in Season 2, Episode 7 of the series.
According to Museum Curator Max Morgan, the production company contacted the museum last year while researching locations across North America.
The show focuses on traveling to different towns and interviewing people who have experienced paranormal activity.
Morgan said the Glore Psychiatric Museum has always been open about its reputation for being haunted and regularly participates in ghost-hunting programs throughout the year.
The episode is currently available on Hulu Live TV, YouTube Live, the Travel Channel and Philo. Morgan said that because the series is produced by a Canadian company, it may take longer to appear on some basic streaming platforms.
“We were very excited to be featured. When I was hired, I never expected that I would be in a Canadian TV show, so it was a very fun experience.” Morgan said.
Although the show typically highlights historic homes or buildings, the museum stood out as a unique and intriguing alternative.
“We are housed in State Lunatic Asylum number 2, and the building we are currently in was a surgery and outpatient, so everything you see when walking through are doctor’s offices, infirmary, surgery, etc.,” Morgan said.
For nearly a decade, the museum has hosted paranormal investigations, often welcoming ghost hunters from across the country. More recently, the museum began offering staff-led investigations.
Morgan said all staff members have experienced unexplained activity while working at the museum.
“We have had objects move by themselves, shadow figures appear, voices being called, we have had orbs caught on camera, just stuff like that is always happening around here,” Morgan added.
He said activity seems to increase at night, with some employees reporting the sensation of someone walking behind them or objects shifting after hours.
Morgan said staff members also report feeling a presence in the room. While the experiences can be unsettling, he said no one has ever been harmed.
“We all joke around about it since it is a part of working here in this environment. For the most part, we are not too scared about it, but we have had people experience like doors being closed on them, and most of the times they are not angry but just spooky,” Morgan added.
Although visitors and staff become more frightened than others, Morgan believes individual experiences depend on the energy people bring into the space.
The museum will host its “Nothing Says Love Like Murder” series in February. The event will feature a forensic workshop, interactive immersive murder mystery games and staff-led ghost hunting.
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