2008 Woodie Awards
Myths and legends haunt BSU
Ball State's Elliot Hall is said to have an eerie past since its christening in 1937; Anthropology Club offers haunted tours of campus
April Abernathy
Urban legends and hauntings have a home even at Ball State University. The Anthropology Club has offered haunted tours of Ball State in the past years to give students a chance to discover some ghosts.
Elliot Hall is said to have an eerie past that started with its christening in 1937. The building was named after Frank C. Ball's son, Frank Elliot Ball. Frank E. Ball died in a plane crash, and the building is an exact replica of his dorm at Princeton University.
According to some reports, students who live on the third floor might wake up to strange noises in the middle of the night. Campus legend has it that on Jan. 26, 1947, William Carl Schaumburg hung himself from the rafters of the fourth floor after returning from World War II. His disfigured face and depression from a recent break up with his girlfriend are said to have led to his suicide. Many students have claimed that they have heard a table being drug across the floor or what could be feet dragging across the floor. Elliot Hall's haunting has sparked a yearly haunted house tradition that began in 1975.
In 2005, paranormal investigator Jeff Davis conducted research at Ball State and said Ball State had more paranormal activity than any college campus he has visited.
Davis hosted the University Program Board's Ghost Hunters presentation, an event which showcased Davis' experiences investigating ghosts as well as evidence of hauntings that he has collected throughout his 10 years of investigation.
Elliot Hall is not the only campus building that has claims of paranormal activity.
Shively Hall reportedly experiences mysteriously locking doors. Knotts/Edwards Hall has had problems with the elevator going to the ninth floor for no reason.
The tunnels that run under the dorms have their own history, too. According to reports, the tunnels were used to transport food in the earlier days of the university but were closed after being haunted by a serial rapist. The tunnels were also said to not be physically safe to use anymore.
Elliot Hall is said to have an eerie past that started with its christening in 1937. The building was named after Frank C. Ball's son, Frank Elliot Ball. Frank E. Ball died in a plane crash, and the building is an exact replica of his dorm at Princeton University.
According to some reports, students who live on the third floor might wake up to strange noises in the middle of the night. Campus legend has it that on Jan. 26, 1947, William Carl Schaumburg hung himself from the rafters of the fourth floor after returning from World War II. His disfigured face and depression from a recent break up with his girlfriend are said to have led to his suicide. Many students have claimed that they have heard a table being drug across the floor or what could be feet dragging across the floor. Elliot Hall's haunting has sparked a yearly haunted house tradition that began in 1975.
In 2005, paranormal investigator Jeff Davis conducted research at Ball State and said Ball State had more paranormal activity than any college campus he has visited.
Davis hosted the University Program Board's Ghost Hunters presentation, an event which showcased Davis' experiences investigating ghosts as well as evidence of hauntings that he has collected throughout his 10 years of investigation.
Elliot Hall is not the only campus building that has claims of paranormal activity.
Shively Hall reportedly experiences mysteriously locking doors. Knotts/Edwards Hall has had problems with the elevator going to the ninth floor for no reason.
The tunnels that run under the dorms have their own history, too. According to reports, the tunnels were used to transport food in the earlier days of the university but were closed after being haunted by a serial rapist. The tunnels were also said to not be physically safe to use anymore.
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BSU
posted 8/22/08 @ 4:57 PM EST
Elliott is spelled with 2 t's...might want to do your research better next time.
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posted 8/23/08 @ 10:27 AM EST
I have never heard as the business building as a calculator.. I've heard type writer.. and the baby grand piano is Pruis.
Josh Lewicki
posted 8/23/08 @ 11:01 AM EST
This article was very sub-par! Looks like someone might want to change their major before it's too late.
Here we go again
posted 8/23/08 @ 6:57 PM EST
Yay! Another year of horrendously below average, poorly researched articles from the DN! Good to see that constant misspellings in headlines like last year are still around. (Continued…)
BSU
posted 8/23/08 @ 10:09 PM EST
How the fuck is this "news"? I can only imagine the kind of crap that'll be published once the year really gets going.
Zolander
posted 8/25/08 @ 1:58 PM EST
If you press all the buttons on the elevator in Bracken Library it will take you to a room made entirely of CHOCOLATE!
Ball State Alum
posted 8/26/08 @ 7:39 PM EST
"If students kiss their true love with their eyes under Benny,"
Please tell me how you kiss someone with your eyes...
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