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Credits, Links, Resources and Suggested Reading:

1. This story also appears on the Shadowlands: Ghosts & Hauntings page.

2. To read a full account of this story, please pick up a copy of Haunted Tennessee by: Charles Edwin Price

3. To read a full account of this story, please pick up a copy of Haints, Witches, and Boogers: Tales from Upper East Tennessee by: Charles Edwin Price

4. To read a full account of this story, please pick up a copy of More Haunted Tennessee by: Charles Edwin Price

5. To read a full account of this story, please pick up a copy of I'd Rather Have A Talking Frog: Tales From Johnson City by: Charles Edwin Price

6. This story also appears on the Ghosts and Spirits of Tennessee page.

7. This story also appears on Linda Linn's Kentucky Home and Ghost Stories: Stories from Kentucky and Tennessee page.

Burlson Hall was named after Christine Burlson, a lover of Shakespeare. After a debilitating disease left her bound to a wheelchair in the 1970's, she committed suicide and is said to be the eyes that follow you around in her father’s painting.

The former Cooper Hall was tore down in 1984. It was plagued by ghostly occurrences that were said to be the high jinx of a girl named Alice. Legend says that she was the daughter of George Carter, who donated the land where ETSU now stands, and committed suicide in the building after her father disallowed her to continue courting a young man. A stain glass window was put up to commemorate Alice. However, George Carter didn’t have a daughter. He had a son who had long, flowing blonde hair and was described as “effeminate.”

Named after the founder Sidney Gillbreath in 1911, Gillbreath Hall boasts a beneficial spirit who gets active when a storm is coming in. It is said to live on the top floor, only accessible by a janitors closet, and closes all windows and turns off all unneeded lights.

Rogers-Stout Hall is said to be haunted by the ghost of a man who rarely makes appearances, but often enjoys sending the slow, tiny elevator, called by students the “flying telephone booth,” to different floors.

Sherrod Library has a lower level, called the “old stacks.” It is said to be haunted by a stuffy old librarian woman who looks after her cherished books even in death.

Sigma Chi Fraternity on West Maple Street is said to be haunted by a ghost called Edward, who centers his attention mainly on the right side of the second floor, where students sleep. Items moving on their own, ghostly footsteps and snaps that kept in synch with footsteps were all that was reported until one day, someone put up a punching bag in the Trophy Room with Edwards name on it. The ghost fought the disrespect with a vengeance, until the bag was taken down.

Yoakly Hall was once a woman’s dorm, and a girl jumped to her death from one of the windows. Now, some say as soon as they walk in the room, they see a girl do the same, but she never hits the ground.

Mathes Hall is frightening because the design is so strange, and janitors say it feels as if something is following them on their nightly rounds. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7