Ghostly Campus

Ghostly Campus

Blurb: For years rumors have traveled around LSC about spooky events that have taken place on campus. Whether it’s strange deaths or sightings of ghosts, the college seems to have a dark side that few really know about.

For a long time at least sightings and rumors of ghosts on the LSC campus have been haunting the LSC campus. One of the most inexhaustible myths has to do with Emma Vail, the wife of Theodore N. Vail, who died in the winter of 1905 while her husband was away on business. Since her death, ghostly sightings and paranormal activity have been reported all over campus.

Particularly in the Theater
One year during a play rehearsal in the early 1970’s, a student witnessed an elderly woman step onto the stage, look around, then walk off. Later she asked other crew members about the woman; nobody else seemed to have seen her.

An incident that also took place in the theater happened when a ventriloquist was performing. Rumor has it a glass of water that was on the stage was knocked over and rolled to the edge of the stage. Instead of falling off and crashing to the floor, the glass mysteriously stood upright once again.

Other stories circulate about a mysterious wheelchair that is said to be haunted. Once after a production, the chair was seen rocking back and forth by itself. Another incident took place late one night when two security officers found the chair alone in one of the hallways. After returning the chair to its rightful home inside of a storage room they continued their rounds. Later that evening they returned and found the chair had once again managed to make its way back to the hallway.

A common misconception about the chair is that it was owned by Emma, when in fact it was purchased as a prop for a play.

While some parts of LSC history are baffling, every good story has been stretched over time. Unsure of which have and which have not, it is clear that there is nothing wrong with a little mystery in a world where people are so sure of everything.
Internal Link: A bit of truth
While rumors have been spread across campus about suicides, only one such incident has taken place on campus; during in the late 60s a woman who was a staff member at LSC committed suicide in the cemetery at the bottom of the college hill.


External Link: For more info on Ghosts