Ok people there isnt any cold spots i just recently went there and that was because there are fans every where. and you guys are probably doing that cuz you want to freak out all of the people who are visiting this website and are about to go and see the mansion. So do us ALL a favor and stop making stuff up.

I went to Glensheen today actually and it was amazing!! It was so beautiful; i didn’t want to leave.
I love learning the history! I will be back there soon.

Glensheen is haunted. I have had friends there who had the creepy feeling but I don’t think it’s haunted by Velma and Elizabeth. Something else is there but I don’t think it’s harmful just kinda there and wants people to stay because when I went through I felt loneleness.

My husband and I have been through the Mansion a couple of times. It is very, very interesting. If those walls could only talk!

I love the place, and after learning about the family, can only imagine how warm and inviting it must have been in its heyday!

I have read every book on the murders, and much of what is written is hearsay. Marjorie was acquitted. She had a solid alibi, and her husband, Roger never, ever, implicated her, even after she dumped him while he was in jail.
In fact, he swore to his dying day that he never killed those women. The bogus confession was only so he could get out. His “confession” caused more questions than what it answered.
AND, why on Earth, did they never go after the accomplice whom they all know was there that night!
Too many unanswered questions all the way around.

I would like to know what Meshbesher’s take on the whole thing is today. I know what DeSanto thinks because I’ve talked to him.

Thompson, still doesn’t know if Roger Caldwell was guilty or not.

There were not more than the two murders at Glensheen.
Elisabeth’s sister-in-law, a widow, who lived down the street, killed an intruder 7 years before the Glensheen murders.

I visited the Glensheen Mansion with my friend Lori in August of 2007. I was in hopes of experiencing a ghostly appariton, but did not. (I love ghost stories, and truly believe in them) However, I was not disappointed. It was a beautiful Mansion, and our tour guide was very knowledgable. We toured all three floors, and it was worth it.

The tour guides ARE allowed to speak of the murders if someone inquires about them. They are not allowed to BRING UP the subject.

I visited the Glensheen for a wedding and experienced nothing out of the ordinary. I didnt even know anything really about the murders until right before I went but the place was so beautiful! Right not I am reading Will To Murder to learn more about what happened though.

I was at Glensheen Mansion yesterday for the first time. I was told about the murders by my friend who has done quite some research on this house… I did not see any thing unusual. The kitchen was huge, and we didn’t go into the second floor. I do agree though, although people were all around, the house did feel empty, sad and very cold (not temperature). Anyhow, I hope to have the tour next time… Learn more and see it all.

I have also been to the Glensheen. Having researched the mansions and the murders I did not experience anything out of the ordinary. Yes I did see images where the nurses was found and yes I did see Elizabeths body in the bed but only because my mind was putting them there (I had seen the pics). Is Glensheen haunted? Maybe. This house was built at the turn of the century with materials that do no t exsist now. The house and grounds are extremly beautiful and a reminiscent of a time that will never come again. I want to thank the Congdons for donating the property to the University so we can enjoy the old world carpentry and beauty this house has. As far as the hauntings, if it keeps people going to it and spending their money so be it. The U needs the money to keep this beautiful place open.

I was just at Glensheen October 2, 2007. I experienced nothing strange at all. It was a beautiful house. I did see the spot on the wall near the staircase between the 1st and 2nd floors that is rumored to be a blood stain from the nurse’s murder. I do not know if this is just a rumor or if it is true. Even near this spot, I never felt anything creepy. I do not believe this home is haunted.

I was just at Glensheen this last weekend and while i was in the last bedroom that elizabeth had stayed in, I got total body tingles and body rush, I had to hold on to my boyfriens or I thought i might fall over,it was very overwhelming, after we left the room it went away…..I’m not saying…but I’m saying…..

I don’t get why everyone thinks it is haunted. It’s not. There is no such thing. I went there 3 times, and I knew about the murders the third time I went, but not the first and second time. I didn’t notice anything weird at all. There is absolutley no reason for cold spots in the basement, based on the fact that both Velma and Elizabeth were murdered on the staircase (Velma) or in Elizabeth’s bedroom. Elizabeth was partly paralized. Roger did indeed do the crimes, and Marjorie was proven inocent. But she was suspected of the death of her 3rd husband, Wally Hagen. Roger got in through the basement door to do the murders. He was mad because he wanted the house, but could not get it, because Elizabeth knew that Marjorie and Roger couldn’t afford to keep it up.

Sara,
OMG!!!!!!!! When I went to the home all three times the kitchen door opened and the tour guide shut it and said the same thing. I know I sound crazy, but my imagionation sucks (or so people tell me) so I don’t think I could have imagined it. I don’t believe in ghosts, but they fascinate me, SO KEEP WRITING!!!

That’s not true it was the old lady’s neice’s husband who killed her. The neice wanted her dead for insurance.

I have been to Glensheen several times and never had a paranormal experience. It is a wonderful mansion to tour and very much a part of Duluth’s history. My great aunt and uncle use to be the cook and chauffeur for the Congdon’s and my aunt was still alive when Miss Elizabeth was murdered. She was quite saddened when my mother told her of the news.
I also have been to the old Swedish cemetary across the bridge from Glensheen, as I have relatives buried there. I go every Memorial day to clean up the graves. Because the cemetary sits on a clift overlooking Lake Superior, at times part of the clift has erroded away and coffins have been exposed and actually tumbled down to the ground below. One can find gravestones right at the clift’s edge, but again I have never had a paranormal experience there. It is a very quiet and beautiful place.

I visited the Glensheen Mansion in 2003 with some friends and I heard of the murders but did not know details until after the tour. I remember on the tour feeling a very weird and uneasy feeling while standing on the landing of the stairs and come to find out that the nurse had died on the landing between the floors!! I did not feel any “cold spots” but I definitely felt like we were not alone in that house and that the family members that were killed were still hanging around, and also I did feel almost a kind of sadness or depression in the house it was not a happy place thats for sure. It is very interesting to visit.

I just visited the Glensheen Mansion on Saturday (10-18-07) and I want to say that I didn’t experience anything of the paranormal.My tour guide had his own personal experience since being hired this summer, but he said that everyone has their own personal experiences and opinions, so why can’t we leave it at that? It’s one thing if people are looking for a thrill, but it’s also another thing if people are making up rumors, or causing disrespect for the Cogdon family.Some of the stories sound absurd, but who knows about the rest of them! I too felt sadness for the family as I toured the home. I also crossed the bridge and ventured to the cemetary and felt peace when I was there.
One of the thrills about the Glensheen Mansion is that everyone who has been there has their own experience and you can choose to believe it or not!
Happy Halloween!

omg i visited the glensheen i was being whatched by a shadow of darkness and every room i went she was there and it was a women in a dress. i DID feel a cold breeze as i was passing Elizabeths Bedroom.that was the frekyest thing ive ever done and i do know about all the murders and ive read all the books. as i was walking out the door i felt a tap on my shoulder so i turned around but nobody was there. ive also thought that everyone was making up what they said so i had to see 4 myself and i did and now i know they wern’t making any thing up!

Marjorie Congdon is a woman looking for trouble. This is as of 10-27-2007
http://wcco.com/crime/Marjorie.Congdon.Glensheen.2.368476.html

I have been to the mansion many different times over the past 15 years. Every time it has been a wonderful experience! I even did the extended tour last time and saw the 3rd floor and the attic. It was great because my friend and I were the only ones on the tour so we were able to ask a lot of questions of the tour guide. We did know of the murders before hand, but did not feel anything out of the ordinary (for being in such an old house).

I can’t wait to return to Glensheen again with my Husband who has never been there!