Gaineswood – Demopolis, AL
Gaineswood mansion was built in 1842 by General Nathan Whitfield. The mansion is said to be haunted by the sister of General Whitfield's second wife. Her name is Evelyn Carter and she died at the mansion due to some undetermined illness.
Since she died in the winter, her body was stored in a sealed pine box under the cellar stairs until the ground thawed in the spring. Apparently she didn't like this very much and she began haunting the house almost immediately after her body was placed under the stairs. Although she was finally buried, her soft footsteps and melodious singing can still be heard to this day.
Gaineswood is a now a private residence just outside of the town of Demopolis.
Hull House - Chicago, IL
Hull House was built in 1856 by Charles Hull as a shelter for immigrants struggling to find a new life in America. In the 1880's the house was converted into a settlement house to serve Chicago's poorest residents.
The first paranormal event took place in 1913 when the so called "Devil Baby" was born to a very religious Italian woman who had married an atheist. Legend says that as punishment, their baby was cursed with the Devil's appearance. It was born with hooves, scaled skin, horns, pointed ears, and a tail. When the news broke about the baby, there was a panic in the nearby neighborhoods. The owners of the house denied that the baby existed to keep it safe from mobs who wanted to kill it.
As the panic subsided, the devil baby became but a legend, as the mystery was never solved. For decades, people passing by the house have reported a creature peering from an attic window. Speculation is that this is the ghost of the devil baby, who may have died in the house as a child.
Other spirits in the house reportedly appear as balls of light that float down the attic staircase. There have also been reports of ectoplasmic mists, and four monk-like hooded phantoms, all of which have been photographed. None of the Hull House ghosts have been identified, other than the Devil baby. There were so many visitors and residents that the list of candidates is too long. One possibility is the man who built the house, Charles Hull, as well as Jane Addams, who ran the settlement house.
Hull House is now an museum and the current staff denies all knowledge of any haunting.
Lemp Mansion - St. Louis, MO
Located in St. Louis, Missouri, the mansion was owned by the Lemp family - a family beseeched by tragedy. Four of the members of this beer-brewing dynasty committed suicide; three of them actually ended thier lives inside the mansion.doors opening, shutting, locking, and unlocking on their own; and candles lighting on their own.
Some of the reports of paranormal activity inside Lemp Mansion include apparitions, cold spots, lights that turn on-and-off, disembodied voices, poltergeist like activity such as drinks flying through the air and crashing on the floor, the piano in the bar playing by itself;
Visitors to the mansion report feeling as if they are being watched and sensing an atmosphere of sadness. Seances have been held in the mansion and the outcome of these seances seems to be that most of the paranormal activity is related to the ghost of Charles Lemp.
Even so, probably the most common apparition is a woman dressed in lavender known as "The Lavender Lady." The apparition is believed to be Lillian Lemp, the wife of William Lemp, Jr. Lillian was known for wearing lavender and is always seen in a lavender gown.
Today, the mansion is a restaurant and inn. The mansion attracts ghost hunters from everywhere, and offers weekly ghost tours as well as Murder Mystery Theaters.
Find out more about the Lemp Mansion by visiting the official site here.
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