THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Mary Jane's 1896 Café and Pub is associated with reports of paranormal activity experienced by employees and patrons. Witnesses have described phantom footsteps, unexplained voices, shadow figures, and objects moving without explanation after closing. The historic building has earned a local haunted reputation.
Mary Jane’s 1896 Bar & Grille is also known as “The 1896” — and the place was, in fact, built in 1896. Legend has it that there were several deaths, including murders and suicides, in the apartment above it, and the resultant ghosts like to play pranks. One ghost likes dimes, and it is said that those who set a dime somewhere on the premises will find it the next day on the bar. The ghosts also have been known to throw bottle caps, pans, and bricks, and lock people in the restrooms.