# 47: Ep. 47 The Ganster Ghosts of Wabasha Street Caves: Minnesota's Most Haunted

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Podcast: [Creepy Shit](https://stenobird.com/podcast/creepy-shit-7322721)
Published: 2026-04-06T05:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8877648
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Okay, so imagine getting your wedding photos back and finding THREE GHOSTLY FIGURES standing behind a kid at your reception. Now imagine those figures are probably the gangsters who got murdered there in the 1930s. Welcome to the Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul, Minnesota – where John Dillinger used to dance, Ma Barker planned heists, and apparently some mobsters never got the memo that the party’s over. This week I’m diving into one of the most well-documented haunted locations in the Midwest. We’re talking bullet holes still visible in the walls, an actual unsolved gangland murder, newspaper archives, historical photos, and HUNDREDS of witnesses reporting the same phenomena for decades. Plus there’s this wedding photo that tour guides still show people that’ll make your skin crawl. But here’s the twist – you can literally book your wedding there RIGHT NOW. It’s a functioning event venue with swing dancing on Thursday nights. How fucking cool is that? I’m breaking down the full history: the French mushroom farmers, the Prohibition-era speakeasy, the “safe city” deal between gangsters and corrupt cops, the night someone asked the band to leave early (spoiler: not good), and why these particular ghosts seem obsessed with being nice to kids. Whether you believe in the paranormal or not, this story is *wild*. And it’s all documented, all accessible, all verifiable. Come for the gangster history, stay for the phantom jazz music and the guy in the Panama hat who keeps disappearing through walls. REFERENCES & RESOURCES Primary Sources: - Wabasha Street Caves official tours and historical archives ( wabashastreetcaves.com ) - Minnesota Historical Society - Castle Royal photographs (1933) - St. Paul newspapers - 1930s gangland murder reports - Star Tribune - “Most Haunted…

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