Stull Cemetery church and “gateway” legend

Record summary

Stull Cemetery in Kansas is associated with a persistent legend that the ruined church or cemetery contains a supernatural gateway, sometimes linked to witchcraft, the Devil or unusual apparitions. The site is real, but the story’s earliest sources and precise development are disputed; much of its prominence comes from student folklore, regional journalism and later internet circulation. It matters for comparison because it is a date-disputed place tradition with uncertain transmission history rather than a clearly bounded haunting report. Researchers should reconstruct the earliest traceable publications and local accounts before analyzing later embellishments.