From: spice@convex.csd.uwm.edu (James G Spice)
Subject: College Ghosts
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:08:16 GMT

I attended Carroll College in Waukesha, WI, which had four ghosts that
I have heard of; the Otteson theatre ghost, one in Swarthout Hall, a
ghost which frequented Morgan Manor and the Tolg House Ghost.

I am a skeptic, but did have two freaky, but, in retrospect, fun experiences
with Carroll College Ghosts.

In the first week of my freshman year, I was in Morgan Manor
to complete some type of paper work.  The building was constructed
around the turn of the century (maybe tens or twenties, I'm not sure), 
and had originally served as a female residence hall.  I did not know
this at the time.  Anyway, I had to wait to meet with an administrator, 
so I decided to bide my time by checking out the old building.  I went
up to the third (top) floor, which was unoccupied at the time.  Several
of the rooms were open, and used mainly for storage.  I went down a very
short hallway near the stairs and found one door to be locked.  As noone
was around, I tried the old student ID trick on the rather antiquated lock.
(I had just learned of this from older students)  Just as I stuck the 
card between the door and the jam, a woman appeared to the back and to
the left of me.  I spun around, very unconvincingly looking like I was 
doing something innocent.  However, whatever I thought I had seen was
gone.  I assumed it was just the lace window curtains just playing with
my paranoid mind.  So, I went back to what I was doing.  Sure enough,
at the very edge of my peripheral vision, I could see the figure again.
This time I took a few seconds to strain to look at it.  It seemed
semi-transparent --  a young woman in a long, light-colored skirt, 
looking directly at me.  Yes, the window curtains were directly behind,
and the two images did tend to blend together, but the curtains were
still as there was no breeze, and the figure moved slightly.  I froze
for the briefest of seconds to weigh my options.  My decision was to
GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!!  Again I spun and walked down the hall
and down the stairs, right through where the figure had seemed to be.

Arriving back at my dorm, I relayed this event to one of the older 
guys I had met on my floor.  He seemed pretty casual about it and 
told me the rumors of the young sorority girl who had hung herself
in the attic of Morgan Manor.  We went back to the building, and
sure enough, the one locked door on that floor, the one I had tried
picking, was the door to the attic.  Needless to say, I was kind
of freaked.  I tried to verify the suicide story by checking back
in old issues of the school newspaper, but was unable to find
anything.  I did come across some Halloween issues from the 40's
which documented the same rumor my friend had told me though.

EPILOGUE: Morgan Manor was converted back to student housing my
senior year, and my girlfriend was lucky enough to snatch one
of the rather spacious rooms on the third floor.  Her walk-in
closet used to be a second stairway to the attic.  She, her
roommate and their neighbors often heard unexplained noises
coming from that closet, and also from the attic above.  I really
freaked them out with the old rumor and my experience.  The funny
thing is that as long as I was there, that remaining attic door
was never opened.  I had worded maintenance and security during
the summer, and none of my keys would open the door.  I sure would
have liked to get a look at the attic, but alas.

I sort of chalk up my whole persoanl experience to paranoid delusion,
though the memory is quite vivid.  Maybe it was a ghost, maybe it
wasn't.  The mystery is half the fun.

The second freaky experience also involved an attic -- that of
Tolg House -- and my summer security job.  That story will just
have to wait.

Hey, Carroll College people; any corroberation here?

-- 
--------------------------------------     Jim Spice
And we're off, like a dirty shirt!         U. of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
		--Lester Earnest Spice     Dept. of Political Science
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