Saturday, March 5, 2011

Fordham University (Bronx, NY)

There are many many reports of sighting and smells on the Fordham campus.  The college was built on the old Rose Hill Manor and an old hospital that was demolished in the 1830s.  Because of where it was built there are still a lot of old underground tunnels that connect the buildings.
In the Administration building the smell of cigar smoke is noticed in the hallways.
In the Collins Auditorium, students and faculty have reported seeing a man walking on the balcony above the stage. Also, actors using the auditorium have heard whispers and felt cold sensations on numerous occasions.
When the land was still a hospital, what is now Finlay Hall was used as the medical building.  Students have reportedly been awoken feeling as if there were hand on their throat choking them.
In Hughes Hall, a young boy has been seen wandering late at night and doors that are seemingly closed and locked mysteriously swing open.
It seems as if something has been reported in every area of Keating Hall.  The building was reportedly built over what was once the tunnel for the morgue.  A security guard was taking his break in the basement one evening when all the doors slammed shut on their own and the chains began to shake and rattle.  Someone reported seeing a chair fly down the stairs of the auditorium when no one else was there.  On the first floor there is an area set up with old historic chairs and other items.  It is a lounge for students to relax in between classes but very few students actually use it because whenever they do they feel as if someone is watching them.  Shadows have been seen and there are mysterious cold spots even in the summer.  It is said that the spirits of the Jesuits who have passed are there.  On the third floor, there are reports of being touched on the shoulder and of seeing an apparition form in a blue room.
In O'Hare Hall, a construction worker that was killed while working is said to haunt the area where he worked.  There has been banging on the wall as if someone was still doing work.
Martyr's Court, which is a very large dormitory on campus is home to several ghosts.  A young blonde haired girl has been seeing standing behind the curtain in the shower staring straight ahead.  A man has been seen walking by rooms toward a wall at the end of the hall.  Of course when students went to investigate, no one was there.  Some students have also reported hearing children's laughter in the walls of their apartments.

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