The bell tower at St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, MD
Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg was founded in 1808. It is the second oldest Catholic college in the United States, this may be the reason it has so many accounts of campus hauntings.
One legend surrounds the Rev. Simon Brute, an early president of the college who died in 1839. His spirit is often seen around the halls, donning a long black robe.
The most haunted room on the campus is room 252 of the residence hall. Problems began 30 years ago when a priest was occupying the room. After straightening his room, he stepped out for a few moments. He returned to find his room is total disarray. Lights and other electronics also began turning on and off. Unable to deal with the occurrences, the priest moved out. The room remained vacant until 1997. Since then, every occupant has experienced some sort of disturbance.
Another ghost seen frequently is Mother Seton. The first American to be canonized, her statue stands watch over grotto above the college. Sightings report back to Civil War times, when the college was used a hospital for the injured soldiers. She is sometimes seen walking with a man carrying a doctor's bag.
St. Mary's College is an hour drive from Baltimore.
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Love that photo! Mary's silouette in the back on the left... AWESOME
Very interesting....have heard that is a beautiful campus..sightings are popular where there is beauty..wonder why???
I think the angels spoken about in the Bible were just ghosts that people could see way back then.
Did you know Grammy winner Taylor Swift saw a ghost when she was young. She saw it hovering over the bed of a girl she was at camp with. When she told everyone about it the next morning it freaked the girls out and their mothers got mad at her for frightening them. But she swears she saw it. She admitted all this on the ten at ten question time on the Jay Leno Show this week. She is very superstitious. He lucky number 13 is tatooed on her right hand. She says everytime she is about to win an award she sees the number 13 popping up over and over right before it happens.....WOW magic still happens
Simon Brute is buried in Vincennes Indiana... Must travel a lot!
As a seminarian and deacon on campus, I was invited to bless college dorm rooms recently. During the evening (which included no paranormal activity), a small number of female students claimed to have experienced strange phenomena in their rooms - ranging anywhere from innocuous anomalies to seeing the ghost of a young girl sleeping. Andy everyone knows about the reputation of room 252.
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