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Location:
The Morgan House is located in a rugged,
rural area against the side of a mountain, outside of the city of Wilbraham,
Masschusetts. It sits about 10 feet from the twisting, turning, and intimidating
country road that runs by it.
Description and History:
The Morgan House was built in 1831
on its five acres of land by Denis Ely. It is described as being "a traditional
New England farmhouse." Over the years, additions have been made to the
original house, making it an ideal place for a large family, with room
to spare. It has an attic, 2 floors and a basement cellar. The house's
foundation is 3 feet thick, and sits on hard rock. The house's five acres
has many flowers and very old, beautiful trees. Inside, the house still
has its original white pine floors. It has a main staircase, and a back
stairway as well.
This whole estate traditionally was
a working farm for many years. The Morgan family farmed the land and live
in the house for several generations. In recent years, this property has
been owned by people who just like the country setting and the large and
roomy accommodations.
Manifestations:
It seems that various members of the
Morgan family are still hanging around this house, going about their business,
and watching / teasing the living as well. Mr. and Mrs. R and their five
children moved into this house in 1965 knowing that the place was haunted.
They had fallen in love with the house, and bought it anyway.
1) Alfie is the ghost of a 9 year
old boy, a member of the Morgan clan that fell down the back stairway,
and broke his neck. He was born on June 15, 1888, and died in 1898.
* His apparition has been seen waving
goodbye to party guests from the upstairs window.
* One of the R's young sons awoke
to find a shimmering apparition of a young boy looking at the trains
and toys in the son's room. Only the top half of the apparition was
seen.
* Around 3 AM, Mr. R was awakened,
as he slept in the bedroom near the front staircase. He heard the sound
of Alfie playing with his marbles, as he rolled them down the main staircase.
* Every year on June 15,th during
the time that the R children were growing up in this house, ghostly
activity skyrocketed. The toys in the children's toy boxes would turn
on by themselves, especially the cars that made the noise, "vroom."
The children witnessed balls of light glide across the ceilings of their
various rooms. In the hours after the children went to bed, the running
footsteps of a child could be distinctly heard throughout the house.
2) Alfie has a ghostly dog companion,
"Dodo", who followed him everywhere when he was alive, and still does
so. During a seance, people participating felt an unseen dog under the
table affectionately rubbing against their legs, when no living dogs were
there in the house at all.
3) The ghost of Mary Morgan, who is
possibly Alfie's great grandmother, also is still in the house, going
about her business, as she always has done while alive. She has been described
as an elderly woman who was a bit eccentric, and wore a large farmer's
hat on her head, and died in the house, on the same the day / year that
Alfie was born!
* Mary was known to weave her rugs in
the downstairs living room. During certain times of the day, the R's
family dog refused to enter the living room. She would stand in the
doorway to the living room, utter a low growl, and all her hair down
her back would bristle.
* The R family would sometimes run
a tape recorder in various parts of the house to see if they could pick
up any noises. The kitchen was a popular area to do so. One night the
dishes were left in the sink, because Mrs. R was too tired to do so.
After they had all gone to bed, Mr. R heard the sound of someone washing
the dishes. The next morning, the dirty dishes were still there. After
listening to the recording, he did here the clink, clink of dishes being
put away in the cupboard.
4) The ghost of William B. Morgan
is still in the house as well. He was one of the original owners who farmed
the land for a number of years.
* William B. Morgan is the only ghost
in this house that Mr. & Mrs. R have ever seen. This farmer makes his
appearance every fall, during harvest time. Wearing an old black hat,
and farmers boots, his apparition has been seen tramping through the
dining room into the kitchen.
* This same apparition was identified
by a psychic visiting the house, who received various impressions as
she walked through the house.
* A tape recorder was set up near
the R Family's talking parrots, to see if they would say anything, when
no one was there. One parrot repeated the phone number of the cemetery
where William P. Morgan was laid to rest.
5) 12 year old girl who had died of
rheumatic fever in one of the upstairs bedrooms also makes her presence
known in various ways. Other evidence pointing to ghosts staying in this
house:
* Distinct foot steps are always present.
Some have been heard going back and forth the upstairs hallway to the
bathroom. When the house was empty of the living except one person,
that person would hear footsteps downstairs, when they were upstairs.
If that person was downstairs, they would hear footsteps upstairs.
* The living has heard the sounds
of the front door unlock, open, close and footsteps come into the house
and walk through it. Upon inspection, the door was always locked and
shut, like nothing at all had taken place.
* When upstairs, one evening, Mr.
R was taking a bath upstairs, He heard the sound of furniture being
moved around downstairs. Once he got to the top of the main staircase,
the noises suddenly stopped. Wondering what his wife was up to, he found
that the furniture hadn't been moved at all, and his wife was fast asleep
in their bedroom.
* Upstairs, there is a cold spot
that can be felt in various places, especially near the bathroom and
the middle of the main staircase.
* While working in the basement
cellar in his workshop, Mr. R has felt more than one presence watching
him work on his various household projects. As they were practical,
do it your self people in real life, they must find it entertaining
and informative to watch the living do their projects. Sometimes he
will see flashes of light out of the corner of his eye.
* No pet of the R family could be
dragged into the basement cellar.
* In January every year, the strong
smell of lilacs permeates the house, despite the fact that there are
no blooming bushes in the middle of winter. Warning of upcoming death:
* Right before any elderly relative
dies, Mr. & Mrs. R are awakened at night by three loud raps on the head
board of their bed.
* When the family was seated in
the living room, they all suddenly smelled the scent of a hospital.
They later found out that the boy down the street had died in the hospital
the moment they experienced the odor. Teasing of the living by the ghosts.
1) The area around the bathroom seems
to be a favorite place.
* People using the bathroom, often hear
knocks on the door, when no one living is in the hallway outside the
door.
* A sense of uneasiness sometimes
settles on the living while in the bathroom. A crashing sound, like
a piano being dropped or the roof beams breaking can be heard in the
part of the attic that is directly above the bathroom.
2) For a period of time, at 11 pm
every night, a loud boom, like someone was kicking the front door would
resound throughout the house.
3) The ghosts like to tease the R's
teenage daughter and her friends, especially when they slept over, because
they reacted so beautifully to the ghostly pranks and antics.
* One friend was asleep in the room
where the 12 year old girl mentioned above had died. She awoke to hear
knocks on the floor all around her bed. Then the bed began to shake
all by itself.
* Late one summer night during a
slumber party, the girls ran outside. The daughter thought her father
was watching them, as she saw something like a flashlight watching them
from the window. As they all turned and stared at it, it slowly started
to move throughout the house, until it vanished. Running back into the
house, both her parents were already sound asleep. Perhaps a parent
from a different era was keeping an eye on them. Or, perhaps the 12
year old ghost was wistfully watching their fun outside.
* During one time period, their
daughter sang in a band. She would often practice in her room, tape
recording her voice, to be sure she was on key. When she played the
tape back, she would often hear some musical ghost singing along with
her.
4) When an older son came home for
a visit, he had to go to sleep with the TV on, to block out the noises
in his room, including knocks on his door.
Still Haunted?
Though not as active as when the children
were growing up, the ghosts are still there, and the occurrences come
and go on their own schedule.
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