LOCATION:
The Sise
Inn can be found in the small, charming New England seaport town of Portsmouth,
which is 15 miles north of the Mass. State line, and about 60 miles north
of Boston, off Route 95. (40 Court Street. Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03801)
DESCRIPTION:
This 1881
Queen Anne style mansion-turned-inn, has three stories, a ground floor,
plus a "bright atrium," that was part of the contemporary addition
that was added on by the owners, when the old mansion was renovated and
made into an inn, in 1986. The inside of the now upscale Sise Inn features
beautiful butterwood paneling, a Victorian atmosphere, complete with lovely
antique furniture that fills every room, and complements the modern touches
added; like a brass elevator door.
HISTORY:
This 1881
mansion was originally built by a wealthy businessman, John Sise, for
himself and his family. It was in continuous use as a private residence
until the mid-1930's, when it began to be used for business and professional
services. The mansion itself served as business offices, a doctor's suite
of offices, a beauty parlor, a fashion shop, apartments, and a half-way
house for mental patients.
MANIFESTATIONS:
The following
incidences were reported by Sise Inn personnel, guests, and a former mental
patient. They suggest that a male and perhaps a female entity are unseen
guests in this classy inn.
Suite 204 on the third floor, and the area around it seems to be the favorite
haunt of one or two entities. They seem to enjoy playing with the ice
machine, throwing ice, and have the compelling need to lock and unlock
the doors, much to the annoyance of the living.
1) All rooms
were securely locked when not being used by guests. On a night when
there were no guests on the third floor, the desk clerk heard the ice
machine on the third floor working. She went up to investigate, and
found a trail of ice leading from the ice machine into the then open
door of suite 204, where the remainder of the ice taken lay in a heap
on the floor, with not a seen human presence anywhere near the third
floor.
2) At 2 o'clock in the morning, guests in suite 204 found that their
key wouldn't work in the lock. The experienced desk clerk couldn't open
the locked door either. The manager had to come over but had no luck
with his emergency key. Because all the rooms had been rented that night,
a locksmith was called at 4 o'clock in the morning. Oddly, the locksmith
had no trouble opening the room with the couple's original key, when
he tried it. Some entity wanted a private moment in the suite, or was
trying to lock some unknown foe out.
3) The key to this suite 204 was constantly missing, unlike the other
keys that occasionally were taken by mistake by guests. This suite 204
key was always mailed back to the Sise Inn.
 
Occurrences
that took place in other guest rooms throughout the Sise Inn.
1) A
rather cheeky male entity likes to go up behind an unsuspecting maid
cleaning up a room, and put his hands gently on her hips.
2) One
maid felt herself being pulled gently into a closet by an amorous, unseen
male presence.
3) Various
maids have walked through cold spots in rooms that have no physical
explanation, and find themselves having trouble with door locks that
worked fine the last time they tried to unlock these same doors.
4) One
female guest, while lying on her bed, felt an unseen presence lay down
next to her, pushing down the other side of the bed.
5) An
unnerved guest asked for a new room, when the potted plant suddenly
flew off the coffee table in his old room. While he was reading, he
heard a noise, looked up and saw this amazing sight; a flying potted
plant.
6) The
Elevator is known to go up and down at will, with the door opening and
closing by itself.
7) A
small rocker, located next to the check-in desk, has been known to deliberately
rock by itself.
8) A
clerk was startled to find the big, seldom used scissors that are kept
under the desk, lying on top of the desk, after just a quick trip to
the parlor, only a few feet away from the desk, and within hearing distance.
He would've heard if a living person had moved them.
9) One
afternoon, a peculiar looking man came into the inn and asked the clerk
if the lady ghost was still there. Perhaps an entity had appeared to
him during his stay at the half-way house.
Possible
Identity of the entity or entities.
1) It
is rumored that a butler of John Sise fell in love with a maid. But
when their relationship went sour, he killed this maid and then hung
himself in the room, now known as Suite 204. There is no factual evidence
that this ever happened.
2) A
known murder happened two houses down from the Sise Inn, way back in
1905. A man murdered his wife. Maybe the woman and / or her murderous
husband decided to move down to the Sise house, as entities have seemed
to do in other instances.
3) However,
those kind of entities who die violently, or do violent deeds, typically
are in more pain, and tend to lash out at the living, or relive the
circumstances of their death over and over again, unable to find peace
without help from a medium, psychic or para-psychologist. It is possible
that the woman entity could be trying to lock her murderous husband
out of the room, before he killed her, which could explain the door
lock and key problems. However, there are no feelings of fear/rage picked
up by guests, and no screams for help have been heard. She just may
feel Sise House is a safe haven, and may not realize that she is dead.
4) This
male entity, however, seems to think of himself as a ladies man, and
basically teases the living, while enjoying the electrical toys; the
elevator and ice machine. He may be locking the doors to insure privacy
while re-experiencing a previous amorous Rendezvous.
Whoever
these entities are, they enjoy the Sise Inn, and the owner is willing
to put up with their personal habits and preoccupation with ice, keys
and locked doors, as no effort has been made to send them to the other
side. While these entities can annoy the living, they don't generally
try to scare anyone out of the inn; just get a little attention, to let
the living know that they are there.
STILL HAUNTED?
Yes, the
above manifestations still mystify, annoy, amuse the living as they share
the Sise Inn with these ghostly presences.
All Photos from: SiseInn.com
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