I was there with my family and I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary unless you mean extraordinary arcitecture and decorating. The grounds are so unbelievably lush an beautiful in season. This is a tour worth taking without a doubt!
I believe that we all get to be at rest when we die. Because of my faith I know I will not be here when I die, and I think you have to choose that. If we believe in the supernatural things that God can do and that there is a supernatural enemy who tries to copy all the things God does, I think we are foolish to dismiss all ideas that this is not a mystical place.
Joyful, sad, fearful and embarassing things happen in all families. It’s not out of my realm of belief that there is residual “happenings” in a place where a real family lived. The Congden family endured the loss of a child to scarlett fever together, the pre-mature death of Chester Congden in 1916 (how lonely his wife must have been), children always off to private boarding schools, the loss of siblings as they took in their orphaned newphew, and then top that off with a horrible double murder of their daughter in the house they took 5 years to plan. These are all stressful things to endure, unfortunate things that could be in the history of any family in Minnesota.
Tragedy always leaves a footprint. However, I hope that the things people say they have encountered at Minnesota’s premiere Mansion are not the ghosts of these lovely people, descendants of a brilliant entrapreneur and his wife, people who deserve some supernatural rest. Perhaps it’s some sort of stomach flu or indigestion accopanied by a drafty house. Or maybe not…

I visited the Glensheen mansion when I was younger with my family one year that my dad ran the Grandma’s marathon. I don’t remember how I found out about the murders, I feel like there was a video playing in the basement on a TV that talked about it, but I think this would have been back when they weren’t allowed to talk about the murders. It was a very interesting place, but I had a strange feeling the whole time I was there. Everything seemed so gloomy and abandoned. I was happy to be seeing such a beautiful and historical residence, but at the same time I was overcome with a feeling of sadness that I will never forget. Nothing paranormal has ever happened to me, at least that I couldn’t think of an explanation for, but I do believe in ghosts and I believe that the mansion is haunted.

YES they can and DO talk about the murders if anybody asks them!

Yes they DO talk about it – all you have to do is ASK THEM

I know this is going to sound crazy. I volunteered at the mansion for a few summers while going to school. I was in the middle of sweeping a doorway when out of the corner of my eye I swear a saw the nurse **** her head at me. I was too afraid to look or say something I just stopped, went into shock and walked forward. To this day I wonder if I really would have seen her if I had turned my head. I was just too freaked out to do so then. Other people there would brag about stories of encounters that I had never believed and always made sarcastic remarks about.

I know this is going to sound crazy. I volunteered at the mansion for a few summers while going to school. I was in the middle of sweeping a doorway when out of the corner of my eye I swear a saw the nurse tilt (i said c o ck and it took it as profanity) her head at me. I was too afraid to look or say something I just stopped, went into shock and walked forward. To this day I wonder if I really would have seen her if I had turned my head. I was just too freaked out to do so then. Other people there would brag about stories of encounters that I had never believed and always made sarcastic remarks about.

ok i went there over the summer and i am 100% positive i saw a picture haning on the wall waving up and down as everyone was standing still. i was not the only person who caught this as a girl was pointing at it.

I’m a docent at the mansion.

There is a picture which can give the appearance of movement. The artist painted his daughter and her eyes “follow” you. No matter where you are, they are looking at you, and they move as you move. THIS IS NOT HAUNTED, but is a very good technique employed by the artist. I can’t tell you how many people mutter to themselves, “This picture is haunted.” It’s not.

I try during my tours to make the house not gloomy. However, almost all homes built in the early 1900s are gloomy because the lighting just isn’t very good. In fact, the home originally had gas and electric lighting (like the James J Hill home in the Twin Cities), and often the gas lights were brighter. I know that is true of the Hill House, but I don’t know about Glensheen. I do know that at night, with all the lights on, it’s still dark. To me, it isn’t because of the sad history of the Congdon family (and there were many good things that happened there as well!), but it’s more about the actual placement of the lights. When the house was built, there weren’t outlets in the wall to put more lamps, so the only lights were the ones either on the walls or in the ceiling.

Anyway, I urge people to visit Glensheen for its beauty and authenticity. You really won’t find many old mansions which are almost totally as they were in their prime. The house wasn’t used for anything but being a house, so we didn’t have to try to restore it by putting things in it to match what we thought was there. It’s all still there from the early days! During the winter, sometimes you can call ahead and they will try to arrange a private tour with a docent (like me!). Those are really fun!

great house everybody should visit it. its not haunted

i know that the mansion is haunted its just for those skeptics they will never feel the precense because their minds are already closed off to even the possibility of it. I was about 10 when i was there and i could feel someone watching me the entire time we were on the tour. I wasnt scared or freaked out but just a weird feeling of someone watching you but no one is there. then in the part of the garden tour i looked up and saw someone looking outside and no one was up there and with in a few seconds it was gone and you could see the curtains move and the windows were closed and no air conditioners on…and what i was; was not a trasperent vision it was as if there was really someone there. I know there wasnt but it was excititng to experince

I went there a few years ago there was definatly a wierd feel around the house i felt more than that one nurse but i feel them as more residual, as the nurse is an intellegant spirit.

I was at Glensheen in the early 80’s, and had never heard of the murders. Just wanted to see what appeared to be a pretty cool mansion. The minute I walked into the main entry way, a feeling of absolute terror washed over me, as if something awful had engrained itself into the very building itself. I couldn’t get out of the house fast enough. Later that day, we learned about the murders that had taken place there. Not sure I believe in all of this paranormal stuff, but that place sure had an ugly vibe to it.

I’m so sorry that happened to you. I feel love in that house. I look at the wonderful photos of the family which are just filled with so many wonderful feelings, and I don’t get any ugliness at all. I hope you can come back sometime on one of my tours and can feel the good things in the mansion!

I was on a tour with my class and I was about to go down a staircase and I felt someone tap my shoulder. I turned around and saw there was no one behind me. I ran to get in front of the person ahead of me and while I think it would be interesting to go in again and see if anything happens I would rather not…..

I was at Glensheen Mansion the otherday and I didn’t see anything spooky like other people did see.

Oh,I forgot to mention that I went on it with my class one of the pictures of Chester Condon scared somebody in the other teacher’s class well she was looking at it and she thought it talked to her,but it was only the tourist in the other room.That was a grief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a docent, I would occasionally show guests the switch which turns on certain lights throughout the mansion. (One light switch activates a number of lights.) Sometimes I’d turn it on just to show them that it still works. Unfortunately, that meant that lights would go on unexpectedly in other areas of the house, and apparently some guests on other tours in the mansion thought that it was a ghost or something. Needless to say, I don’t do that anymore–but it shows you that it was a human, not a spirit, which was doing it!

I am going to be touring Glensheen on Saturday the 15th, While I don’t necessarily believe that there is a haunting there, but anything is possible. I am excited to see the beauty the mansion has to offer, if I get a paranormal event also, that’s just icing to an already great cake.

That’s the one Saturday I won’t be working! Hope you have a great tour!

get a life!!!