Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri - Discussion

Anonymous · Oct. 30, 2025, 8:02 p.m.

Discussion thread for Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri.

Cottey College, founded by Virginia Alice Cottey Stockard in 1884, has a piano-playing ghost. The spirit is thought to be that of Vera Neitzert, a student from 1920 who perished when her clothes caught fire while she was cooking candy. Her ghost has been seen in Main Hall and the former Rosemary...

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