raleigh north carolina has some very frightening places
on today's video we're gonna scare you all about it
hi this is chris morton real estate broker with exp realty in raleigh north carolina and today
we're going to talk about eight of the most haunted ghoulish frightening places in raleigh
that you could go experience or that we've heard about some of these are urban legends
some of these have been witnessed by people that and have documented it some have been
even investigated by paranormal experts who have confirmed yes there are ghosts around
and with that out of the way let's get started with the first one the mordecai house built
in 1785 the mordecai house is well known for being a haunted place around raleigh visitors
and workers have reported seeing a woman wearing a long black skirt white blouse and black tie
moving quietly around the hallways it is said she can sometimes be seen standing on the balcony
and if you pass by late at night you can sometimes hear a piano playing throughout the home it is
believed that this is the ghost of mary willis mordecai turk who was the first owner of the home
not to be outdone there's a small house on the mordecai land that was the birthplace of
our 17th president andrew johnson neighbors and property managers have seen a light being held by
an invisible hand through the window of the first floor and some say another is lit simultaneously
on the second floor then quickly blown out next up the historic oakwood cemetery inside the 150
year old historic oakwood cemetery in downtown raleigh lies the grave of etta rebecca white
who died in 1918 after being admitted to dorothea dix hospital for the insane legend says that the
carved angel that marks her gravestone follows you with her eyes while you walk through the cemetery
and according to legend at midnight every halloween the angel's head spins around 12
times then stops next up is the spring hill house the oldest marked grave in wake county
is located on the grounds of the spring hill house which is for point of reference inside of the nc
state centennial campus land the grave belongs to theophilus hunter senior and dates back to 1798
historians believe there are very likely several other unmarked graves possibly 26 in total
on the property as well according to urban legend something inside the house continues setting off
motion detectors even late at night when no one is around security guards have claimed to repeatedly
go check on things only to find the home empty the motion sensor on the stairwell seems to go
off most often almost as if someone is trying to walk down the stairs over and over some believe
that this someone is the ghost of theophilus himself taking visits to and from the house
from his nearby grave next up is the graveyard at dorothea dix park so dorothea dix hospital was
a hospital for the insane that operated between 1856 and 2012. at the cemetery near the abandoned
hospital some say they can still hear the screams of deceased patients at night next up the north
carolina governor's mansion so the north carolina governor's mansion is also the site of some pretty
scary ghostly things going on legend has it that in the early 1970s governor bob scott replaced a
large carved antique bed with a modern king-size bed the carved bed had originally belonged to
governor daniel fowler who was the first governor to live in the residence after moving his new
king-sized bed into place governor scott reported being awakened by loud banging on the other side
of the wall where the old headboard had been historians informed him that governor fowler
had died in that antique bed that he had moved the banging continued for years but the source
was never identified after governor scott left office governor fowler's bed was returned to its
original location and you guessed it the banging quickly stopped and has not returned since next
up let's talk about the pine state creamery so the pine state creamery is located in downtown
raleigh's glenwood south entertainment district at one point this was a dairy processing plant
later it became a mexican restaurant and now it is a restaurant called milkbar there
have been many reports of paranormal activity from employees over the years
including banging on the walls ghosts running through the space laughing and name calling
last year paranormal investigators confirmed their suspicions so now a sign warns patrons
that the staff is not entirely responsible for the ghosts next up let's talk about the white holmen
house dating back to 1799 the white holmen house has become famous for a resident ghost locals and
visitors have reported hearing this distinctive sound and rhythm of a pegged leg ghost walking
up and down the back staircase of the house although the ghost's identity is not known it
is suspected to either be a civil war soldier who died while the home was being used as a hospital
or possibly a kitchen servant next up let's talk about the north carolina state capitol building
built in 1840 the north carolina state capitol building has had its share of strange occurrences
going on as well a night watchman over a period of 15 years often heard noises including screaming
door slamming books hitting the floor in the third floor library breaking glass the jangling of keys
and footsteps on the stone floors he also witnessed a manually operated elevator going
up and down by itself and in 1981 a worker working there late at night reported hearing sounds coming
from a committee room off the senate chamber he investigated encountered a ghost in the doorway
and the ghost quickly disappeared well we hope we haven't scared you too much
with these ghostly frightful stories about raleigh and all of the spooky haunts around
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