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Posted on 10/30/2003 8:23:40 PM PST by chance33_98

In total there were roughly two thousand people interred in the Athens State Hospital burialgrounds before 1972, when the burials ended with Female #847 and Male #1117. Since men and women were numbered separately, there are two gravestones for each number through 847.

Apparently Ohio University also buried the cadavers used in its medical classes here.

The Ridges asylum cemetery is also definitely reputed to be haunted. Most of the stories center around the weird circle of graves which takes up one corner of an otherwise military-style tombstone layout. Maybe there was a center stone at one time, but now it's just a barely-distinguishable ring of graves. The legends say that witches use this as a circle of power (or something like that) to hold seances in.

Camp Chase Prison

Until Nov. 1861, Camp Chase, named for Sec. of the Treasury and former Ohio governor Salmon P. Chase, was a training camp for Union volunteers, housing a few political and military prisoners from Kentucky and western Virginia. Built on the western outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, the camp received its first large influx of captured Confederates from western campaigns, including enlisted men, officers, and a few of the latter's black servants. On oath of honor, Confederate officers were permitted to wander through Columbus, register in hotels, and receive gifts of money and food; a few attended sessions of the state senate. The public paid for camp tours, and Chase became a tourist attraction. Complaints over such lax discipline and the camp's state administration provoked investigation, and the situation changed.

Food supplies of poor quality resulted in the commissary officer's dismissal from service. After an influx of captured officers from Island No. 10, officers' privileges were cut, then officers were transferred to the Johnson's Island prison on Lake Erie. The camp's state volunteers and the camp commander were found to have "scant acquaintance" with military practice and were transferred, the camp passing into Federal government control. Under the new administration, rules were tightened, visitors prohibited, and mail censored. Prisoners were allowed limited amounts of money to supplement supplies with purchases from approved vendors and sutlers, the latter further restricted when they were discovered to be smuggling liquor to the inmates.

As the war wore on, conditions became worse. Shoddy barracks, low muddy ground, open latrines, aboveground open cisterns, and a brief smallpox outbreak excited U.S. Sanitary Commission agents who were already demanding reform. Original facilities for 3,500-4,000 men were jammed with close to 7,000. Since parole strictures prohibited service against the Confederacy, many Federals had surrendered believing they would be paroled and sent home.

Some parolees, assigned to guard duty at Federal prison camps, were bitter, and rumors increased of maltreatment of prisoners at Camp Chase and elsewhere.

Before the end of hostilities, Union parolee guards were transferred to service in the Indian Wars, some sewage modifications were made, and prisoners were put to work improving barracks and facilities. Prisoner laborers also built larger, stronger fences for their own confinement, a questionable assignment under international law governing prisoners of war.

Barracks rebuilt for 7,000 soon overflowed, and crowding and health conditions were never resolved. As many s 10,000 prisoners were reputedly confined there by the time of the Confederate surrender.

Source: "Historical Times Encyclopedia of the Civil War

2260 Confederate prisoners of war were buried at Camp Chase Cemetery. A melancholy ghost haunts the rows at Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, 2900 Sullivant Avenue, on Columbus's west side. Her name, according to some, is Louisiana Rainsburgh Briggs, but she's better known as the Lady in Grey. She weeps quietly over the grave of one Benjamin F. Allen, a private in the 50th Tennessee Regiment, Company D. Allen's grave is number 233 out of 2,260 Confederate soldiers laid to rest in this two-acre plot in the capital city of a very Northern state.

The Buxton Inn in Granville, Ohio was built in 1812 by Orrin Granger, founder of Granville. He had originally lived in Granville, Massachusetts. The building was originally used as a post office and stagecoach stop, and it is currently Ohio's oldest operating inn still using its original building. Major Buxton operated it as an inn from 1865-1905, and that is for whom it is named.

Orrin Granger's ghost was the earliest documented sighting. Sometime in the late 1920's, a son of one of the owner's encountered Orrin in the kitchen and caught him eating the last piece of pie. Orrin's ghost has been seen many times since then, especially sitting by the fire. He is almost always described as a gray-haired man wearing knee britches.

Major Buxton's ghost is described as being a shadowy figure. He has been seen all throughout the house, but he seems to be seen mostly in the dining room. He is easily identified by the guests because a big portrait of him hangs in the Inn.

In 1972 Orville and Audrey Orr, who began to restore the building, purchased the inn. This seems to have stirred the spirit of yet another former owner, Ethel "Bonnie" Bounell. She was the innkeeper from 1934 to 1960. The workers were startled one day by a ghostly woman in blue, who then began appearing regularly at 6:00 p.m. After the renovated inn opened in 1974, and right up to today, she has been seen in numerous places. She has been encountered on the upper balcony, in the ballroom, and on the stairway. The best places to see her, though, seem to be room 7 and in room 9, which is the room in which she died. She startled a cook in the late 1970's by occupying the bed in room 7 when he went to go to sleep. In 1991 she appeared in room 9. A nurse was awakened to find a woman sitting on the foot of her bed. The woman asked, "Are you sleeping well?" The nurse replied the only way anyone could, "No, I'm not!"

The woman then vanished. The nurse approached the staff about the incident, and when showed a photo, she identified the woman as Bonnie Bounell.

The inn also has the typical markings of a haunted building: footsteps, doors and windows that open by themselves, the feelings of unseen presences. Guests have also seen disembodied hands warming themselves by the fire.

The Buxton Inn is one of Ohio's most famous haunted hot spots!


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To: Chancellor Palpatine
In 1975 our son was 3 1/2 and I was pregnant with our daughter. My aunt was moving from Baton Rouge to Jackson, MS and I was helping to prepare the house before she arrived.

Our son found a small toy and was entertaining himself in a small, long, add-on room where the washer & dryer were located. I was busy wallpapering in the kitchen when our son kept calling me to "come see the people". It was about time for school to be out so I figured he saw kids as they walked home and played in yards. He finally became very insistent, came into the kitchen, took my hand and guided me into toward the room. As I stepped down into the room he ran ahead of me, gazed into the closet area containing the washer & dryer, looked up toward the ceiling and asked "Where did the lady go?" "Where did she go Mommie?" I asked what he meant and he continued to ask the same question, "Where did the lady go?"

The house suddenly became very oppressive...hard to explain. It was like the air was thick and very heavy. I finished wallpapering, grabbed my son and left. When I asked my mother about the house she hesitantly told me that the house had been foreclosed after the former owner died. It seems she was a young, single mother who was murdered in another town. The small toy that my son found belonged to her son.

We never told my aunt the story of the former owner nor my experience in the house. However, until the day she died, my aunt insisted that she was not the only occupant of the house, that she had an unseen "roommate".
61 posted on 10/31/2003 5:12:15 AM PST by Magnolia
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To: Magnolia
Major chill.
62 posted on 10/31/2003 5:14:55 AM PST by Chancellor Palpatine (Dr. Hasslein was the only human character who had any sense in the "Apes" series)
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To: LurkerNoMore!
Aw, shucks. Thanks, Katie. Actually, I'm surprised I was able to talk. I tend to get tongue-tied around good-looking women wearing short black dresses. :)
63 posted on 10/31/2003 5:17:19 AM PST by MrConfettiMan (George Clooney is the male Julia Roberts.)
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To: chance33_98
bump! what a great thread.
64 posted on 10/31/2003 5:21:18 AM PST by proud American in Canada ("We are a peaceful people. Yet we are not a fragile people.")
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To: Chancellor Palpatine; Explorer89

Our black lab mix, Maggie, will occasionally and suddenly start sniffing the air and staring into "blank" space as if she's seeing somebody that isn't there. I know dogs have a very, very strong sense of smell but it's not like she's picking up a new scent. When she's doing this, she'll look over at us as if to say, "Don't you see them, too?" It really freaks my wife out. I'll then whisper, "I see dead puppies." She's done this in both houses since we've had here.

65 posted on 10/31/2003 5:47:23 AM PST by MrConfettiMan (George Clooney is the male Julia Roberts.)
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To: chance33_98; LadyShallott
Kitty Litter Cake for Halloween

1 spice or German chocolate cake mix
1 white cake mix
2 large pkg vanilla instant pudding mix, prepared (I like Bird's® dessert mix)
1 large pkg vanilla sandwich cookies
green food coloring
12 small Tootsie Rolls®

1 new kitty litter pan
1 new plastic kitty litter pan liner
1 new pooper scooper


Prepare cake mixes and bake according to directions (any size pans).

Prepare pudding mix and chill until ready to assemble.

Crumble white sandwich cookies in small batches in food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but about 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup cookie crumbs, add a few drops green food coloring and mix until completely colored.

When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble into a large bowl. Toss with half the remaining white cookie crumbs and the chilled pudding. Important: mix in just enough of the pudding to moisten it. You don't want it too soggy. Combine gently.

Line a new, clean kitty litter box. Put the cake/pudding/cookie mixture into the litter box.

Put three unwrapped Tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until soft and pliable. Shape ends so they are no longer blunt, curving slightly. Repeat with 3 more Tootsie rolls bury them in the mixture. Sprinkle the other half of cookie crumbs over top. Scatter the green cookie crumbs lightly on top of everything -- this is supposed to look like the chlorophyll in kitty litter.

Heat 3 Tootsie Rolls in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake; sprinkle with cookie crumbs. Spread remaining Tootsie Rolls over the top; take one and heat until pliable, hang it over the side of the kitty litter box, sprinkling it lightly with cookie crumbs. Place the box on a newspaper and sprinkle a few of the cookie crumbs around for a truly disgusting effect!

Further notes: I had a reader write in saying this recipe only needed half the amount of pudding. I personally liked the cake with the amount given in this recipe. But feel free to use this as a loose guideline, use more or less as you see the need. Also, since the layer of cookies (with the chloropyll green specks, covers the top, you could really use any flavor or flavors or cakes underneath. Last but not least, you can also opt not to crumble the cakes, but rather layer them in the pan with the layers of pudding in between (much like you would layer a trifle into a trifle dish), sprinkle the top layer of pudding with a heavy layer of crumbled cookies. Same effect, different texture entirely to the dessert.

66 posted on 10/31/2003 6:50:46 AM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: Cultural Jihad
Geeeeee-rrrrrrrrrrooooooooossssssssssssss!!!
67 posted on 10/31/2003 6:53:04 AM PST by Howlin
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To: Cultural Jihad
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM crunchy and perfect for the people at work :)
68 posted on 10/31/2003 7:02:40 AM PST by chance33_98 (Check out my Updated Profile Page (and see banners at end, if you want one made let me know!))
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To: bootless
Happy Birthday!
69 posted on 10/31/2003 7:02:44 AM PST by Quilla
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To: bootless
OMG!!! Nooooooo!!!







Happy Birthday! ;o)
70 posted on 10/31/2003 7:05:30 AM PST by dixiechick2000 (What can you say about Liberals that hasn't already been said about hemorrhoids?)
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To: Conservababe
cool! a ghost who picks up after you....cant beat that with a stick!


Good story.

71 posted on 10/31/2003 7:07:06 AM PST by FeliciaCat
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To: Pro-Bush
My mom & dad went to the Winchester mystery house back in the 70's...my mom said it spooked her..my Dad (being a contractor) just said it was colossal waste of money.
72 posted on 10/31/2003 7:08:23 AM PST by FeliciaCat
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To: Magnolia
yikes! I got goose bumps!
73 posted on 10/31/2003 7:10:00 AM PST by FeliciaCat
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To: Mr. Mojo
JA is dotted with old dwellings and rotting manor houses around the countryside and the topography is very dense and loud with the cacophony of sounds at night like most tropical places.....and the locals need no convincing in "duppies".
74 posted on 10/31/2003 7:26:30 AM PST by wardaddy (...and Yes, I'll be your huckleberry.)
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To: lorrainer
Rose Hall Bump!

Duppies and Ja rule!

75 posted on 10/31/2003 7:30:04 AM PST by wardaddy (...and Yes, I'll be your huckleberry.)
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To: chance33_98
St. James Hotel, Cimarron, NM

The St. James Hotel was built in 1873 originally to be a saloon. The hotel’s pleasant atmosphere now gives no hint of the building’s violent history during which 26 people were killed there. There are three ghosts at the hotel. Mary Lambert was the wife of the hotel’s original builder and owner, and she has never left her second floor room. The second spirit is that of James Wright. A psychic who came to the hotel identified him. He was a gambler who won a huge pot with his poker hand – reports of what it was varies, but it was something like another player’s whole herd of cattle. He was killed in his room, number 18, before he could make good on his win. There was such activity in that room in 1985 when the hotel was being renovated that the room has since been off limits. When the owners checked old records, it was found that there was indeed a gambler named James Wright who had checked into room 18 shortly before he was killed. The third ghost is unnamed, and causes mischievous havoc in the kitchen. Located near the Sangre de Cristo Mountains there is excellent hunting and fishing nearby. The hotel has 15 guest rooms and is on Route 1 in Cimarron NM phone: 505.376.2664



76 posted on 10/31/2003 7:39:08 AM PST by woofie (I want to die peacefully in my sleep like Grandpa ...not screaming, like the passengers in his car)
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To: chance33_98; AnnaZ; All
If you want to hear something REALLY scary listen to the Halloween theme from the Halloween Unspun show.

CLICK HERE!

It is an MP3 file, created by myself and agitator.

77 posted on 10/31/2003 7:51:29 AM PST by diotima (DO NOT AGITATE THE AGITATOR)
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To: LadyShallott; Moonmad27
Try this site: http://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/rinaldi/bannerman.htm

The place must have been a real architectual treasure untill it burned in the '60.
78 posted on 10/31/2003 8:11:27 AM PST by oyez
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To: Cultural Jihad
No thanks. I'm trying to cut back.
79 posted on 10/31/2003 8:12:42 AM PST by oyez
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To: chance33_98
With bilions of Camera's and video equipment you would think that SOMEONE would get a shot of a ghost.
80 posted on 10/31/2003 8:17:18 AM PST by Afronaut (Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil.)
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