Miscellaneous

Courthouse on the Haunted Hill

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Wow, are there ever a lot of (allegedly) haunted courthouses! One need only consult the Googlenet oracle to learn about them:

• Florence, Arizona: An entire paranormal society has declared the Second Pinal County Courthouse haunted. The East Valley Paranormal Society rated the courthouse a 3 on a scale of 1 (no ghosts whatsoever) to 5 (more haunted than the library in Ghostbusters).


• Porter County Indiana: A self-described "ghost tracker" believes the propensity of the evidence points toward a haunted courthouse.


• Maryland: Is Chief Justice Taney haunting a Baltimore courthouse? He's probably experiencing unrest because nobody pronounces his name correctly. Well, that plus unresolved guilt regarding Dred Scott. Talk about your "judicial hellholes!"


• Corales, New Mexico: Haunted by an old bald man with a handlebar moustache! In the words of Count Floyd, "oooh, scary!" Hollywood is calling (really).


• Lake George, New York: mysterious non-people human forms in jail cells, the sound of birds whistling (gee, could it be...birds?), a non-battery-powered radio playing music, and inexplicable water on library chairs -- you decide!


• Lincolnton, North Carolina: According to one report, "an unusual image was captured on the courthouse surveillance cameras." The video picked up a woman writing on a notepad. Not so strange -- until you consider the fact that nobody was there! Evidently they've never heard of working late.

Is your courthouse haunted? Let us know! "Tis the season!

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on October 28, 2008 (boomark / email).