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Southern Illinois University - Carbondale IL Real Haunted Place

   
  • 1263 Lincoln Dr
  • Carbondale, IL
  • 618-453-2121
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The university is home to many haunted buildings. They include the Wheeler Hall, Faner Hall, Anthony Hall, Shryock Auditorium, and Mae Smith Residence Hall. Some believe the spirit of former university president Henry William Shryock exists in the auditorium. He suddenly die there in 1935. Now people believe the incidences where the stages lights would turn on and off on their own are the action of his spirit. There's also other haunting experiences reported including doors opening and closing on their own, shadowy figures, and sounds of typing and file cabinet draws opening particularly at the Mae Smith Residence Hall where it's believe to be that of the spirit of a fomer secretary. There was previously a secretary who died on the job there.
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  • Ghost in Thompson Woods

    In Spring of 1981, I was walking at night from Morris Library through Thompson Woods to my dorm on Thompson Point. I was walking down the "right side path." At that time, there were 3 or 4 large logs/trees that were felled over the small stream running down the length of the woods that people used to cross over to the other side. I was about halfway down and approaching one of the logs. Then I heard a whimpering, crying sound, and saw what looked like a woman walking back and forth across the next log. At that time at SIU, there were quite a few Arabic/Muslim exchange students attending. And the women would wear the traditional full length covering common in Islam. I thought it was one of those women. Her outfit was a pale blue that glowed somewhat. I stopped walking about 50 feet away and called out to her asking if she was alright. "She" kept pacing back and forth "over" the log whimpering. I walked closer and as I did I realized "she" was not walking across over one of the logs, but was in the air. Walking on air. I looked around to see if there were any lights that could project an image like this. There were a few light posts but they were yellow glass. I was a little freaked out, and quickly turned around and went mack to the library. Then I went back to my dorm, the long way down the lighted streets.

    Posted 9/15/24

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  • My Dad went here

    When my dad used to tell me stories of when he was a student here and he would see shadows and felt like something touched his arm. he told me a story of when he was walking on campus he looked around and saw an apparition of something following him but he did not feel uneasy or freaked out, He said something about the apparition was friendly and knew the campus really well.

    Posted 11/22/23

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