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Violence. Death. Destruction. When you walk onto the campus of the University of Alabama, you are walking into a place where gunfights, riots, and war have left a number of phantoms behind to haunt the hallways and grounds of the U of A.

The U of A opened its doors to the public in 1831, having about 100 students. Since its inception, the university had disciplinary problems, with gunfights on the grounds not being all that uncommon. After 29 years of trouble, the school was transformed into a military academy, and just in time to train soldiers for the Civil War. Some say that in April of 1865, a Union soldier came onto campus to sign a treaty. When he entered the cadet guardhouse, now known as Jason’s Shrine or as The Little Round House, he was beaten, tortured and murdered. Another version of the story is that when Union troops were marching to the university–specifically to burn it down–two confederate soldiers stayed behind to kill a few Yankees. When three Federal soldiers asked one of the young cadets where to find some whiskey, he told them to go into the small structure. Lying in wait was the second southern cadet who shot the three soldiers when they entered the building. If you put your ear up to the door, you can sometimes hear soldiers prowling for whiskey. On a foggy night, some say the spirits of soldiers can be seen marching through the quad to an unknown spectral destination.

Smith Hall has also had some spooky incidents reported from within. Some say that they have heard Dr. Smith’s carriage, which is exhibited on the main floor, careen through the building, the sound of wheels and horses coming out of nowhere. Footsteps also have been heard entering the upstairs classrooms and the sounds of a ghostly lecture coming from a classroom at night. One night, a few students tried to catch what they thought was an intruder in the building. They followed the voices to a classroom, and when they entered the room, the once lined-up rows of desks were scattered. They later discovered that a boiler explosion had killed a number of students who were in the room years before. In the basement, students have complained of feeling watched while working in the lab. An assistant was pushed into a closet one night and locked in. When he tried to open the closet door, it would not release him until morning. From then on, he ignored any out of the ordinary sounds, all interest in investigation had been sucked out of him.

The most common complaint students have is microwaves starting, stopping and making strange noises, even when the microwave is unplugged. Photos are developed showing light orbs floating through them, and footsteps are heard at night. Some say that a girl committed suicide by lighting herself on fire on the 13th floor of Tutwiler Hall. Shadowy forms of people have been spotted speeding through the halls.

Gorgas Library still entertains the ghost of its namesake, Amelia Gayle Gorgas and the Music Library is haunted by a man in black who wanders the stacks, sometimes touching people looking through materials. Hoole Special Collections Library has an elevator that will still occasionally drop off ghostly riders when the power has been turned off.

Even Tennessee Williams has a part of the hauntings at the University. Marian Gallaway, the theater director during the mid-twentieth century, has been sighted in white on the stage in her theater in Rowand-Johnson Hall. Marian’s husband had left her to pursue a romance with Tennessee Williams, and Williams supposedly used Marian as the inspiration for Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

The students of the University of Alabama have a lot more “school spirit” than they may have bargained for.

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Ali says:

January 23, 2006, 7:21 pm

OMG…WTF? Y’all are idiots! No…anyone who could believe this stuff…now that is an idiot. And what is up with all of the repetitve phrases that are used in EVERY F’N STORY? “It is said”, and “You may see”…come on you retards…go back to high school!

Max says:

January 25, 2006, 1:54 pm

Of course, my friend, not all stories are true. It may be that none of this is true, but who can tell. You may say,that You can, but who are we to belive You, with all respect.

I, myself do not belive even 87 per cent of this sites stories, because as I think of it, they can be rationally explained. Still there are sometimes some things that You can not explaine in ratinal sense. And if some people want to belive that there are ghost or even UFO’s behind thouse phenomenons, let them belive. What harm will they make by beliveing at something.

I do not belive in God, for instanse, but I do not shout “How stupid You are, you f*****g morans!?” to thouse who want to belive. You may now say “what about thouse who shoot others because they then think that they get to go to heaven?!” I am not talking about them, you know.

My point is, if someone stranger in this site says that he belives in ghosts, do not call them idiots. Mind Your manners, pelase! You have a point with the phrases, but You can say it in a polite way without makeing a fuzz about it. Thank You.

Jackie says:

January 26, 2006, 7:01 pm

stop saying bad things and gods name badly

Jackie says:

January 26, 2006, 7:02 pm

stop saying bad things and gods name badly.

Max says:

January 27, 2006, 10:32 am

Okay.. to whom was that message to?

kayla says:

February 10, 2006, 3:27 pm

to elizabeth justice ~~!!!!! ALONE IS ALONE!!!! YOU TRY IT

kayla says:

February 10, 2006, 3:28 pm

to elizabeth justice ~~!!!!! ALONE ,why ask others to join you, scared are we?????

!!!! YOU TRY IT

Alana says:

February 16, 2006, 10:26 am

i believe in paranormal things happenin..it wud be selfish 2 believe that there is just us in the world! why is it so hard 2 believe that there are ghosts its not like everything else in the world that has happened is believable..like humans 4 instance how did they get here were did it start there is no exact proof..so yea i do believe in ghosts..

Donna says:

March 3, 2006, 8:22 am

Amen Alana!! Spot on – the voice of reason!!

Amanda says:

March 8, 2006, 8:03 pm

ppl believe in wat they want 2 believe so if some1 wants 2 believe in god then thats their choice. if some1 wants 2 believe in santa clause then thats their choice n if some1 wants 2 believe in the paranormal THEN THATS THEIR F’N CHOICE.

Vivo says:

March 23, 2006, 6:50 pm

Well, I was doing a summer program @ the university and weird things were happening in my room. Our microwave kept on making this banging noise, even when we unplugged it!!! And the pictures my roommate & I took in the room came out freaky, with white splotches! We used a disposible camera, and we even used a digital camera and the pictures still came out messed up and spoltchy and stuff. (and believe me that’s a nice camera, its not messed up).
It was a strange experience…

B says:

March 28, 2006, 5:47 pm

Hey, why does noone ever have anything for Gadsden, Hokes Bluff or Ballplay?? Gadsden is plenty haunted as is Ballplay. I’ve only been to a few things in Gadsden and I know there’s got to be more around. If anyone knows anymore haunted places in or around Gadsden Alabama, e-mail me at crazychica013@aol.com You can also IM me on AOL as crazychica013 and on Yahoo as crazychica174
Peace,
B.

brandon barksdale says:

April 6, 2006, 10:07 am

I do not beileave this s— and you can stink it up you a–

Joseph Clark says:

May 23, 2006, 11:41 am

I find it hard to believe that they actually have colleges in Alabama.

Big Bill says:

June 6, 2006, 5:32 am

Joseph Clark,

They just don’t allow **** like you to attend. Take the bottle out of your *** and walk straight!

Bob says:

June 20, 2006, 8:38 pm

hi, my name is chicken, and i like to eat myself because im so tasty, i can be found at KFC and other chicken places if u wanna take a bite u can call me at IMTASTY.COM. oh and bt the way GOD IS EVERYWHERE! for MAX who doesnt believe in god~ u should start believing.

ps- how bout dem Bears?

dont trust france i na nuclear war (that was for henry)

joanna says:

June 21, 2006, 7:09 pm

I think that people that have made comments on this website so far must not have finished high school because none of them can spell worth a sh**! Everyone sucks a**!

Claire says:

July 13, 2006, 4:44 am

I think ghosts r real…

Taylor your storey is interesting but please correct you’r grammer, it’s toooooooooo hard to understand.

Nara says:

July 19, 2006, 8:01 pm

I really wish there was more to this story. There’s not much I can say about such a short passage. Does anyone know if there is a link on this website where it explains more? Well, if not, then I might as well make the most of this comment. I can’t explain the alleged moaning and screaming, but scratching and other such noises could easily be caused by small creatures such as mice. Not that I don’t believe in ghosts mind you, but like I said, there isn’t a lot to this story that could make me belive a word it says.

b-dog says:

August 22, 2006, 6:36 pm

listen to jackie!

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