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The Gray Lady

Evansville, Indiana

When this building was an abandoned train station, many drifters and hobos used it for shelter. During that time, a woman was murdered on the premises, and she haunts the building today. Her presence is most often felt in the children’s library, and the scent of her perfume is present on Halloween.

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MISTICDAWN says:

September 8, 2008, 12:34 am

Hey now … if u know anything about haunted places … ghost will only appear when they want too .. ghost hunters ( any ) only can say locations is haunted if they have evidence to prove it .. at least they was honest about it @ that … anyway maybe next time they find some who knows ..

Rina says:

September 11, 2008, 3:08 pm

Ok Ghost Hunters Guy,

Did you ever think that maybe the ghosts didnt want to come out. I mean come on they are ghosts not performers. If they dont know they are dead would they really want a camera in they’re face? Some ghosts dont want to make contact i for one dont blame them. Some people go in there and call and call and call…they are not dogs…So I do Believe it is haunted you believe what you want the choice is yours.

Lyndsie says:

February 3, 2009, 9:33 pm

Ummm I thought that it used to be a house not a library or whatever…. search gore orphanage that is kinda scary and click on ohio they have some scary ****

Beth. says:

February 5, 2009, 8:35 pm

Although this story is clearly disputable, people have the right to believe what they wish. I live in a town about fifteen minutes from Evansville, and the story is well-known around the city, and surrounding areas. In fact, a weather cam on our local news station is placed above the Willard Library, and weathermen typically bring up The Gray Lady. Whether is is fact or fiction, legend or hard evidence, the people in this area will continue to believe the stories. As for TAPS and Ghost Hunters, their primary goal is to discover whatever disturbance is made in these places, and to prove them coincidental. Sure, it’s possible that these “sightings” and “feelings” can be explained, but these days, scientists and researchers have come up with inconsiquential evidence of there being no God, and have tried to scientifically explain the plagues of Egypt. I personally believe this story, and find it to be fact instead of myth. You decide.

Beth says:

February 5, 2009, 8:37 pm

Although this story is clearly disputable, people have the right to believe what they wish. I live in a town about fifteen minutes from Evansville, and the story is well-known around the city, and surrounding areas. In fact, a weather cam on our local news station is placed above the Willard Library, and weathermen typically bring up The Gray Lady. Whether is is fact or fiction, legend or hard evidence, the people in this area will continue to believe the stories. As for TAPS and Ghost Hunters, their primary goal is to discover whatever disturbance is made in these places, and to prove them coincidental. Sure, it’s possible that these “sightings” and “feelings” can be explained, but these days, scientists and researchers have come up with inconsiquential evidence of there being no God, and have tried to scientifically explain the plagues of Egypt. I personally believe this story, and find it to be fact instead of myth. You decide.

Diana says:

July 5, 2009, 7:48 pm

I own a website and have been looking for accounts of hauntings in the Evansville area, that I can publish on my site. So far, I’ve only found the one about the Grey Lady.

I’ve been to the library and haven’t seen or felt anything. I’ve spent hours,watching the cams but still, haven’t seen anything. It’s odd that if there really is someone haunting that place, that I wouldn’t feel it because I’m usually pretty sensitive around things like this. Still, I’ve felt nothing.

I would love to hear about a true haunting around here, from someone who’s had an experience. But so far, nothing spectacular has surfaced and I don’t see Evansville as being a town with a rich, ghostly history.

I may have to go back to stories from old Massachusetts, and St Augustine, Florida. In those two places, ghosts hover over practically every building and vacant lot! This I know for a fact because I lived in St. Augustine for a long, long time. Now THAT was an experience!

michelle says:

August 6, 2009, 2:45 pm

I live in evansville also. My daughter and I were in the childrens section of the library and she had to use the bathroom. We went into the bathroom and my daughter and I were the only people in there. The toilets and sinks are all manual and the toilet next to the stall we were in flushed by itself.

Bree says:

September 19, 2009, 3:20 pm

In replies to “me”, i did see the episode of ghost hunters where they investigated Willard Library. Also, just because they do not find anything doesn’t mean that it is not haunted. Every place that’s hunated doesn’t have to be all the time. Yes, the lights can cause shadowy figures, but the experiences that people have and report can be very real. If anyone has any doubts, they can always visit the library themselves. My friend has been there and experienced something very different, something that WASN’T the Grey Lady. She says that she was in the childrens section, going in between the rooms and she heard this loud, deep, maniacal laughter coming from all around her.

Diana says:

September 19, 2009, 4:32 pm

To Michelle: That IS weird, that the toilet flushed by itself. If the Library actually is haunted, apparently the ghost doesn’t haunt continuously. Sometimes something happens,and other times,nothing.

Like Bree said, just because you don’t feel anything, doesn’t mean that there’s nothing there. It just could mean that it isn’t active, at the moment. Afterall, we don’t actually know what ghosts do or where they go, when they’re NOT haunting…

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