Spirits, stories abound in downtown structure
(Local News ~ 02/28/21)
When Dylan Acevedo snapped up the historic Begley Building at the corner of Vine and Broadway for $150,000 from Sarah Hays, he bought a building whose legacy haunts Poplar Bluff history figuratively – and literally. That’s because some locals are convinced that ghostly spirits dwell in the four-story brick building used as temporary jail, morgue and courthouse after the 1927 tornado left death and destruction in its wake downtown. ...