Brief history. "Ohio University in Athens is probably the most haunted college campus in the entire country, if not the world," states Forgotten Ohio. This might be an unverifible claim, but they do cite a number of reports of haunting activity in a number of their buildings as anecdotal evidence. Here are a few:
Ghosts:
- Brown House (pictured above) - The ghost of Millie Brown, who donated this house to the university, can still be seen on occasion peering out of one of the windows. Also, there used to be a swimming pool in the backyard, and the sounds of children splashing around in it can still be heard.
- Delta Tau Delta frat house - After the mischievous frat boys swiped a tombstone from Simms Cemetery, they began experiencing all manner of poltergeist activity in the house. It stopped only when they returned the grave marker.
- Jefferson Hall - In 1996, a few students were exploring the attic of this dormitory when they encountered a woman dressed in clothing from the 1950s. When they tried to speak to her, they noticed she was transparent and floating above the floor. The sighting was followed by an array of poltergeist activity: lights switching on and off; toilet paper rolls unrolling by unseen hands; and the what sound like hundreds of marbles being dropped on an upstairs floor.
- Crawford Hall - This freshman dorm is thought to be haunted by the ghost of Laura, a student who fell to her death from a fourth-floor window. One night, an RA was awakened by the ghost who opened his drom room door and said, ""I'm sorry, I've woken you."
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Sources: Forgotten Ohio
