I was to the mansion just this summer and i was wondering if anyone else heard about the stained glass windows changing colors at night. Our tour guide said that the window on the landing by the big desert painting thing that the flowers and stuff change colors when it gets dark.

I had gone to the Glendheen mansion when i was about five years old. I don’t remember much about the intrior itself- but I do remember Elizabeth’s room, with the doll. I also remember walking down a hallway, and suddenly feeling cold and a sense of forboding, llike something would happen, something bad… *sweat* I also remember having a feeling of someone constantly keeping an eye on me- as though I was being bad. (Note: I could never keep up with the group- and the feeling came from BEHIND me) AT the time-I had no idea of the haunting- but I knew that something NOT HUMAN was in that house. I would like to go there again someday. ^^

I’ve been to Glensheen many times..maybe 10 (I really like it there). And I have never senced anything there. And some people are sick saying that they have had sex in the master bedroom…why are you here if you don’t respect the house and peoples belief in the spiritual importance of it. Shame on you.

I went to Glensheen summer before last. The house is unbelievable! The wood work is museum quality. The artisan who did the work in the diningroom had some real talent. The only cold spots that I felt were in the servant’s quarters. They are underground, with tiled walls and floors, a natural occurance. I believe in the afterlife, but there is nothing there. Only a sadness and emtiness that comes from a house that was once full of family and friends. Those who want to believe in the ghost stories, enjoy the thrill of being scared. But I don’t personally think that anyone is haunting Glensheen Manor.

Spirits don’t haunt every day. They don’t haunt everyone. It is possible that they are there, but that they simply weren’t interested enough in you to reveal themselves.

I was at Glensheen this summer with my girlfriend, we walked all over the grounds, and took the tour. There was nothing erie about the house. We were amazed at the detail of the house, and how well it has been preserved. Very interesting.

To all those non-believers: this spiritual stuff IS true weather you choose to believe it or not it’s up to you. I’m not trying to persuade you into believing it. Paranormal activities does not just “appear” to anyone.. there are certain people that can see and feel these things and then there are those who just can’t. (Haven’t you ever seen “The 6th Sense”!! ) Anyhow, one of my close friend’s recently graduated from the University MN Duluth. She’s not a person who typically lies or makes up stories. She was good friends with one of the managers. This manager was responsible for closing up and opening up this tourist site. There was a night when all the tourists and staff had left and she was closing up the house. She turned off all the lights and locked the door behind her. She was on her way to her car when she looked back at the house and ALL THE LIGHTS WERE NOW BACK ON. She didn’t necessarily see the lights flick on, but from what she remembered, all the lights were off when she left the house. Remember that just because you can’t see any ghosts or can’t sense them, it doesn’t mean that they’re not there.

My mom was supposed to be the nurse that night, but she couldn’t work so they found someone else and that is the nurse that got killed. How crazy is that!

My husband and I went to the Glensheen Mansion 6 years ago. I didn’t feel anything in the house but I did outside. We were walking around outside (before our tour) and came to the side of the house were theres a bridge. We crossed over the bridge and went up the hill. I started to get the creaps then. My hair was standing up on the back of my neck. We walk through some trees and bushes. We found an old cemetery. Then we went on the tour and the tour guide said that Mr. Congdons wife wanted to be next to the cemetery so would have quiet neighbors. I don’t know about the house but I sure felt something by the cemetery.

I went to Glensheen a few years ago and I found the mansion to be very beautiful and almost cheerful looking. I do believe that spirits do exist and I especially believe that when someone is murdered their spirit may be trapped here on earth becaue they may have unfinished business so it may be very well possible that the mansion is haunted. I, however, did not feel like there was any unusual presenses in that house.

how do i find the show on court tv, and i am having trouble finding books. can anyone help? i am facinated by things like this, we have heard that there is blood that comes thru on the stairway, (even though it has been painted many times) where the maid was killed, is that correct?

I worked there for three years and never saw a thing. We got to here a bunch of good spooky stories, but one could always “Consider the source!” No one reliable ever had a real spook story, most of the others sounded made up.

Yes, there are some things that will seem spooky, especially if you have your mind focused on that. The door to the servants stairs in the kitchen does swing open occationally, the door latch is old and doesn’t completely shut right (it’s not a haunted thing, it’s a hardware thing!) Window shades will spring open – those were on a REALLY tight spring and can be hard to pull down at times. I have heard stories of some of the lights coming on, from good sources too, but the house has REALLY old internal wires (bad connections). It’s an old house with lots of creeks and “sounds”. It’s rather dark, which was the style at during the time the house was built. And it has some fiscal problems (or it did when I worked there) so money was tight so heating a HUGE house like that is expensive. If there are an cold spots, I sure never found them on HOT summer days with hundreds of people in the house with no AC!

I worked in the 90’s, and was specially told NOT to talk about the murders out of respect for the family. It was a policy I followed and adopted myself, because I came to learn how wonderful the family (both past and present) is. Apparently the guides can now talk about it, which I feel is a shame. The story of the murders is just sad (a elderly woman of poor health and her retired nurse who was trying to defend her client. This nurse came out of retirement to help out her fellow nurses out of a bind and greatly respected Miss Elisabeth…it’s just sad!)

About the only thing worth mentioning for creeps is there is still a few blood stains (very small dots) on the wall, the finger print on the door handle of the main doors (which may or may not be the murderer’s) and I’ve had MANY people comment about the eyes moving in the portraits (again, you’ll see what you’re looking for). Oh, and the kitchen door. That can seem rather spooky. Many of my coworkers would get spooked on the third floor, but I loved it up there. The rooms weren’t as ornate and tours were smaller (less people looking only for the murder, mostly people who love history, architure or interior design). People are allowed up there, but fewer at a time due to fire codes.

BTW – Elisabeth did not shoot & kill the thief, it happened next door at her older sister Majorie’s house (the Manion, which is a B&B you can stay in) and her sister Majorie shot the would-be-thief.

Like someone else mentioned, if you want creepy, go next door to the old Swedish Cemetary (it’s where the murderer(s) hung out prior to the break-in). I’ve heard people finding old coffin handles and other artifacts down by the lakeshore.

There certainly lots of stories at Glensheen, most of them made up! It’s a beautiful place built by a great family.

I have never been to the mansion but I have read the book. Very interesting and quite sad. My sister and a friend of hers went on the tour a couple of years ago. They never said anything about hearing noises or feeling cold. She did say that there is a red rope that goes around certain areas of Elizabeth’s room and you can not go into certain parts of the mansion. Whether it is haunted or not, I can’t wait to go see it!

I was just there this past weekend and I didn’t feel anything.but there could very well possibly be ghosts there.I bought a book on their murders, and i gotta say Marjorie Caldwell Hagen is MESSED UP!!!

You know what i think is really funny when i visited the mansion i had asked one of the tour guides if the murders really happened and she said that they arent aloud to talk about it! My question is why if you are giving guests there tours then why wont you give them the hole story. Are they trying to say it never happened? My heart goes out to the souls left in that house because of the crazed fiance.

My wife and I recently toured Glensheen. First and foremost, I feel the need to comment on, as no one else has, that for $44, for two people to tour the whole house, it seemed a little bit like a rip off. Not even a brochure of facts was handed out. Regardless, the house is amazing and for history fans, is a great place to experience what life was like 100 years ago. I have to agree with past comments, that, no, I did not experience any “hauntings” but I did experience this overwhelming sense of sadness. All of that money and time put into this magnificent property and now, it sits, each day a piece of it’s splendor slipping away.

I went to the mansion one time and there was this room and i guess a girl named Philis was murderd there. Also I took a dump in the toilet and i turned around to flush er bye bye and it was already gone. A ghost must have stole MY **** TO RING SOMEONES NECK!

I took a trip up that way about two or three years ago with some friends. on that day, we were not aloud on the top floor due to an accident with an employee. however when we were taking pictures of the outside we noticed after development that there was what looked like a person looking out the window down on the people walking around. i would have just passed it off as an employee, however it did not look like a human. It had a sort of blue tint and haze to it.

I live in Duluth and have been to Glensheen before. I did not experience anything, but I know a woman who works there and saw an elderly woman in a blue nightgown on the stairs. This was during clean up after a dinner at the mansion and there was no one there like that.

I belong to the family, I assure you it is not haunted and the comments about Elizabeth’s room aren’t true. At the end she no longer was in that room.