Many historic colleges have spooky reputations (like the allegedly haunted library at Penn State), but it's rare that a single university has a history of not just one or two, but multiple hauntings. Such is the case of the University of Georgia campus in Athens, which according to local lore is harboring a wide assortment of ghosts.
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At least two sorority houses on the campus are said to be haunted, including the Alpha Delta Gamma house (above), which once served as home to former state senator James Yancey Carithers, whose daughter Susie hung herself in the attic after being jilted by her groom-to-be. According to the student paper Red & Black, many members of Alpha Delta Gamma have embraced the legend, claiming that anyone living in the “Engagement Suite,” where Susie was believed to have stayed before her death, would oddly enough become lucky in love.
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Phi Mu house (above) has picked up its own paranormal mystery; it's claimed that the residence is still occupied by the wandering, sobbing spirit of a girl named Hanna Hamilton, whose fiancé either shot himself or was murdered, his body buried beneath the front steps. According to Georgia paranormal history site Southern Spirit Guide, the shape of a cross has been said to appear on the floor in the spot where the shooting took place.
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Joe E. Brown Hall (above) contains a staircase that seems to lead nowhere; the strange dead-end has been linked to tales of a male student who committed suicide shortly after the hall (originally a dormitory) was completed in 1932; his body is rumored to be buried in a secret room sealed behind those same stairs.
Even the school's administration building may house a spectral resident: according to paranormal blog Across the Veil, the ghost of confederate officer Charles Morris still wanders the halls, and even likes to kick back in his favorite rocking chair in the office of the school president.