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I am your host Rebecca Felgate and today I am talking all about the Top 10 Scary White
House Urban Legends – before we get into this video I wanna know 1) have you ever been
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10 - Abraham Lincoln’s Ghost Legend has it that the one of the most famous
US Presidents still lives in the white house….
In the form of a ghost, anyway!
Uhoh!
Not only that, Abraham Lincoln’s son Willie is also said to haunt the white house – he
died there age 11 in 1862.
Many people have seen Abe’s ghost, including Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston
Churchill.
The story goes that he emerged from a bath in his white house bedroom to see the apparition
of the great former pres.
He reportedly said: Good evening, Mr. President.
You seem to have me at a disadvantage.
WHAT an incredible story.
Can you even imagine….
I’d be star struck… not only will I have seen a ghost, but a famous ghost!
Amazing!
9 - Lazers The White House Grounds is filled with Infrared
censors that can detect any activity in whatever lighting state.
The infrared system is said to cover 18 acres of the sprawling White House Grounds.
BUT on top of that… legend has it that the White house is fitted with secret lazers – one
legend says that the lazers are guarding something even scarier – Stinger Anti Aircraft Missiles
meant to protect the building from any 9/11 style attacks.
The lazer protecting the missiles is said to be green and flashing when it activates
in order to disorientate attackers.
Disco inferno.
8 - The Secret Bunker Does the Whitehouse have a secret bunker hidden
underneath it?
Like to be honest, probably, right.
Of course, America has some of the best missile defense in the world, but if the worst came
to the worst, If Washington is nuked, and to be fair it is a target, of course the President
would have a nuclear bomb proof bunker at the white house.
In 1987, Ronald Regan famously had secret tunnels built and the urban legend at the
time said that he did this so that he could access a secret bunker via a hidden panel
in a white house room that led him to a hidden elevator.
The plot thickened in 2010, the Whitehouse underwent secret construction at the cost
of a whopping 376 million dollars.
When the west wing emerged looking much the same, people realised the work must have been
underground.
What was Obama building down there?!
7 - The air ducts are large enough for someone to sit in.
or sneak in Sooo the White House air ducts are YUGE.
Literally wide than my former bedroom in my old house in North London.
This has led many to speculate why.
A lot of the main theories out there say that actually these air vents are so big because
they are secret passageways to secret rooms… maybe even the secret bunker.
Speaking of infernos, up next we have The Burn of the British – 6
The British has a long and mainly fraught history with the United States of America
– what with the whole we used to claim to own America thing.
Anyway… that’s all water under the bridge now… mostly.
On August 24th 1814 the British attacked the White House in the Burning of Washington.
Before the Brits torched the White House, it is said they raided the fridge, or scullery…the
fridge of the 1800s, and made a lavish meal which they ate on white house crockery.
When they were done, they trashed the place and set light to it.
President Madison had to go and live elsewhere and the next pres to take up residence was
James Monroe in 1817.
It is said that the scorch marks from the fire are still visible on some of the white
house walls to this day.
In 2014, the British upset a few people when the UK embassy tweeted a picture of a giant
White House cake on the 200 year anniversary of the burning.
The caption said: Commemorating the 200th anniversary of burning the White House.
Only sparklers this time!
LOL.
Classic British humour.
Some people DID NOT find it funny.
5 - Polly has a Potty mouth Legend has it the President Andrew Jackson
had a parrot with a penchant for swearing….
And it was actually called Polly…well…Poll…but close.
Poll was a African Grey parrot – known for their intelligence, so did pesky Poll know
what she was doing when she caused a rucus in church?
I particularly enjoy this excerpt from Samuel G Heiskell’s Andrew Jackson and Early Tennesse
History:Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a
household pet got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people
and had to be carried from the house.”
I LOVE the sound of Pol!
I am pretty pro parrots at all times anyway.
4- Of Donald and the Blood Red Christmas Urban legend or crack conspiracy theories
are perpetuating that Melania Trump is trying to tell us something, be it from her clothes
or handbag positioning, or from her decorational choices in the White House itself.
So, have a look at the White House Christmas trees from 2018….
Very….
Red.
Very Star Wars Imperial Guard.
Some people were suspecting that Melania’s choice in décor was hinting at a sith organization,
others drew comparisons to the Handmaids tale.
Many a meme was shared – one tweeter said that the trees looked like piles of organ
meet.
The year before, Melania decorated the white house with very spooky looking trees…..
which has left people to question what she is trying to express with her art.
3- The Whitehouse is Sinking Is the White House sinking?
Fact or legend?
Well actually… fact…ish.
In 2018, a big sinkhole was made public when Steve Herman of VOA News tweeted pictures
of it, saying : This week I’ve been observing a sinkhole on the white house North Lawn,
just outside the press briefing room, growing larger by the day.
After the tweet, the sinkhole grew and another opened next to it!
Later Steve Harman tweeted The sinkhole is now a coverup when it seemed as if the hole
had been boarded over.
Of course someone opened a twitter account for the hole.
Of course.
Anyway, of course this spread fake news that white house is sinking.
In the name of impartiality I am resisting all metaphors here.
2 - THE BIG RED TELEPHONE and the BIG RED BUTTON
In the cold war era, the big red telephone got a lot of media airtime.
The phone was supposed to be the hotline of the cold war, connecting Washington to Moscow.
The hotline was set up in 1963 allowing for direct communication between the leaders of
the world’s two scariest nuclear powers.
BUT it turns out that actually, no such giant red telephone ever existed – it was a rudimentary
fax machine, then an actual fax machine in the 1980s.
In 2008, the Moscow Washington Hotline has been a super secure email link.
SO….about that big red button Mr Trump and Mr Putin?
It is likely there aren’t any buttons that can launch nukes at a press at either the
White House or the Kremlin.
Finally, coming in to number one!
1 - Being President is CURSED It’s a tough job but somebody has to do
it!
Nobody ever thought being president would be a walk in the park, but is the top job
in America CURSED?
The stats seem to suggest so! 45 people have held the job of Presidents of the United States.
8 of those have died in office.
8 out of 45 – which means a death rate of 17.7 percent – making it the most dangerous
job in the world.
So, is the role of pres cursed?
Or is it the White House?
Well 10 people have died in 1600 Pennsylvania Av - 10 people have died IN the white house,
including two presidents and three first ladies.
That is not including the slaves who died building it.
So, maybe it is cursed!
Well there you have it!
That was the Top 10 Scary White House Urban Legends…which did you think was the scariest.
Do you believe in the legends or do you think they are nonsense?
Where should we make a scary list for next?
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