here is a websight you need to check out SPARS-paranormal.com I forgot to add this for you Kare….

Ok. So the story about the orphanage is bogus. But to the best of my knowledge a teacher did hang in the library. I hate to ruin the murder or suicide element to the story but it was an accident.

i went to east too… so the orhanage hunting thing is true and somebody did get hung at the school but not in the auditorium it was in the old libray thank you so all you little kids please get ya facts straight!!!!!!!

I am the Founder of C.P.S.I. I have heard stories about this and did some research ..this is what I came up with from Haunted Places in NC….im still researching the hanging this will take some time….

East McDowell Jr. High School (Marion, NC)
In the early 1900’s an orphange sat on the lot where East McDowell Jr. High sits now. It burned to the ground and some of the children who lived at the orphanage died in the fire. At night you are supposed to be able to hear the children crying in the back parking lot, and the library is haunted by the supervisor of the orphanage who also died in the fire. You can see her on the upstairs balcony of the library
I will post my findings as soon as I get them…
Wanda Stone
C.S.P.I
Founder

I did a little more digging on the Orphanage and here is something else I found this is a link to another websight that says NO-ONE was in the building when it burned …hmmm INTERESTING!!!

im still researching the hanging

http://theshadowlands.net/places/northcarolina.htm
Derrr I forgot too post it….lol

People who don’t check out all the facts about East Jr. High are so mistaken. I went to that school all 3 year and I don’t want to say what happen to me but I can say that it is haunted.

I still havent found out anything in reguard to the story about the hanging….im doing some digging and so far have found NOTHING about it…I will continue my search…I am going to try to schedule an Investigation in the School…this in itself will be difficult…I will let you all know the progress

Okay,I born and raise here in Marion, NC. I have been here for a long time. Here are a few facts about some stuff here to clear up the folklore! Fact number 1 – No one was hung or hung themself in the libary of East Jr. High. Fact number 2 – Miss Mattie Perry founded and operated Elhanan in 1898. It served as an orphanage and Bible-training institute and was located where the present East Junior High School is located. Elhanan operated until 1927 and the building burned in 1928. The building was still ocuppied by the new director and was killed in the fire in 1928.

This here is up to you to decide,I know what I saw when I went to school there, but this is the way it goes; East McDowell Junior High School. Built on the site of an orphanage that burned down, the school’s media center is haunted by the orphanage director who died in the fire. Her figure can be seen on the upstairs balcony.
Just thought I would share my knowlegde of being born and raised in Marion, NC.

Oh yeah if anyone wants to read the history of Marion, NC so you can get things striaght then here it is – http://www.marionnc.org/history.htm

Thank You for Sharing LJ…have oyu ever thought about becoming a Paranormal Investigator???

Not really. I haven’t ever gave it much thought. Seems like it would be fun because the Paranormal doesn’t scare me. I welcome any spirit to visit me, just because I like things that are a mystery to most people.

after doing some extensive research I CANNOT find anything to backup the claims made about someone getting hanged or hanging themselves in the school…I even talked to the clerk of court who told me they have NO documentation to back up this claim…so this is nothing more than a Urban Ledgend…although it is a good one …it is just that….
Wanda Stone
C.S.P.I. Founder

Well LJ I am the founder as you can see of a Paranormal Group based in Durham and in Hoffman NC, I invite you to come and check out our website….we are likeminded peopl who want to find out EVERYTHING there is to know about the Paranormal, as well as to hlep other to find the answers they seek. We do this by doing investigaitons FREE OF CHARGE ..this helps people that have questions, experiences as well as problems get the answers they seek as well…wel have adopted the Ghost Hunters method of investigating…Go in debunking EVERYTHING then the rest is paranormal…we are everyday people like yourself that just have a LOVE of the Paranormal….here is the link to our websight….hope too see you there
http://carolinasparanormalinvestigators.ning.com/
Wanda Stone
C.S.P.I. Carolina Sector of Paranormal Investigators
Founder

AND SOMEDAY LJ…….IM GOING TO LEARN TO TYPE AND PROOF READ BETTER…hahahaha

I grew up there as well, I’ve heard Emerson Carter haunts the library at East McDowell Jr. High.
He was a teacher there, in the years the school served as the high school. He was murdered in his home, on Rocky Pass Road.

Thanks for Sharing c’s Sister…I will have to look that up…ill let you know what I find….

I’m a teacher at East Junior High. I can tell you no teacher ever hung himself at the school. You won’t find it in any records of the city, nor any newspaper microfilms. Didn’t happen. The end.

Tnak you for Clearing that up McD ….since I couldnt find ANYTHING pertaining to the hanging as I said before it is an URBAN ledgend a GOOD one but simply that…
Wanda Stone
C.S.P.I. Founder

i heard the same thing c’s sister. but anywayz all yall is wack yall think yall kno everthing and always gotta be right get a life cauz half of yall is probably lyin!!!!