Henderson State University – Arkadelphia, AR
According to the best-known version of the legend, when Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR was a Methodist college, a[…]
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Month: September 2019
Eastern Illinois University – Charleston, IL: Pemberton Hall and the Real Mary Hawkins
A ghost named Mary is said to haunt Pemberton Hall at Eastern Illinois University. The record shows a real matron, Mary Hawkins, who died in 1918 of paresis. No murder is documented, and the legend first appears in print in 1976.
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Lourdes High School, Chicago, IL
At the Lourdes High School in Chicago, IL, students, teachers and even custodians report hearing footsteps and haunting music echoing[…]
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Carroll College, Helena, Montana
This college has a number of haunted places including a locked-up bathroom on the fourth floor of St. Charles Hall[…]
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McCluer Senior High School, Florissant, MO
The McCluer Senior High School in Florissant, Missouri opened its doors in 1957 as a junior high school. Witnesses say[…]
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California State University – Sacramento, CA
The University Theatre at California State University, Sacramento, in Shasta Hall, is said to be haunted by the ghost of[…]
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Santa Barbara City College – Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara City College is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman in a white shawl. The[…]
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Luther College – Decorah, IA: Gertrude, Larsen Hall and What the College’s Own Records Say
Larsen Hall at Luther College has a ghost called Gertrude. The college’s own history guide says the stories are inconsistent and that no records support them. What is documented about the building and what is only legend.
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Gorman School – Gorman, CA
The Gorman School in Gorman, CA is said to be haunted. In the usual retelling, it was built on the[…]
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Coe College – Cedar Rapids, IA: Helen Roberts, the Voorhees Hall Clock and the 1918 Flu
Helen Roberts, a first-year student from Strawberry Point, died of influenza in 1918, and her parents gave Voorhees Hall a clock. What Coe’s own records show, where the sources disagree and what older ghost lists add.
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