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Library Ghosts are popular, especially with help from the movie Ghost Busters. In the
movie from the 1980's, a little, old lady librarian turns into a frightening library ghost! The
scene continues to inspire (and frighten) would be ghost investigators, still today.
In recent years library ghosts have become popular with ghost hunters, and no library
ghost is more famous than Evansville, Indiana's Willard Library Grey Lady.
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Providing web cameras whereby visitors to
their website may search different library
rooms for ghosts, the Willard Library has
become a favorite of ghost enthusiasts, who
try and capture a Grey Lady Ghost Picture.
Library ghosts, it seems, have various
reasons for haunting book depositories.
One library ghost supposedly haunts due to
thousands of dollars he had stashed away in
books, while serving as the librarian at the
Library of Congress. $6000 was discovered
in 1897 during the library's relocation.
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The Belchertown, Massachusetts Clapp Public Library custodian believes he has seen
ghost, and former librarian, Lydia Barton at the spot where her old desk once occupied.
Perhaps Lydia haunts her former favorite place of employment. Who knows?
Sometimes library ghosts purportedly visit libraries named after them. One such example
is the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The library was named after the
daughter of Henry Huttleston in 1890, after shed died of heart failure. Accounts of
Millicent roaming the library halls in blue form, or standing at a window have been
witnessed.
Founders, as well as former library directors have also been witnessed haunting libraries.
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Once such case involves the Peoria Public
Library in Illinois. Three of the library's early
directors came upon premature deaths. Some
believe it was brought about by a curse of the
former land owner. One of the director's faces has
been allegedly spotted in the basement.
Sometimes people, other than library employees,
who have died tragically, haunt library buildings.
The St. Francis Library of Fort Wayne, Indiana
has experienced apparitions and reported cold
spots that many attribute to the death and
subsequent haunting of a former student who
committed suicide, sadly inside the building.
Haunted libraries report ghosts of various
descriptions, such as children, men, and women,
all of which are believed to be somehow attached
to the library buildings or grounds.
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Many lost souls were indeed library workers, while others might have been just patrons; yet some library ghosts
seem to haunt for reasons unknown, and without ties to the library at all. Library ghosts can be kind, loving,
frightened, or just plain nasty, according to the accounts of witnesses. And some library ghosts are quite spooky,
such as a Bellwood, Nebraska elementary school that has houses the spectre of a severely burnt woman.
With libraries that are haunted, it is not uncommon to hear reports of library books being knocked off shelves,
ghostly noises such as footsteps, keys and doors rattling, uncomfortable presences, balls of light, moving
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shadows, spots that are abnormally cold, flying paper clips or
other airborne items, disembodied voices, lights turning on and
off by themselves, unusual odors or aromas, shaking
bookcases, and other paranormal activity. Those who have
experienced such ghostly activity in libraries swear that once
one experiences something strange like this, it is likely to
convert a skeptic unto believing.
As the evidence of library ghosts piles up in the way of
eye-witness stories, ghost photographs, and security camera
surveillance videos showing moving apparitions, the next time
you visit your local library remember to pay attention. You just
might have your own library ghost encounter that you can tell
others about! So, if you have a library ghost experience, please
e-mail us your experience. We'd like to share it...
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Library Ghosts Stories Copyright 2009 Angels & Ghosts, LLC
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