[oncelurked]

both of these are stories with no truth to them, but that being said, they are often circulated just the same.

A Chi Omega hung herself in her closet for reasons unknown. People who live in the room of that house (now occupied by another, non-glo group) claim to have heard strange noises at night, but I myself am rather skeptical knowing the truth of the story (no Chi Omega ever hung herself in that house...don't know what happened to the sisters later in their lives, but there are no records of Chi-O sisters dying in the house)

The oft-told tale that a freshman jumped off Hoover Tower in 1941, heartbroken because no sorority would take her, is another Stanford myth in need of debunking.
A freshman killed herself in the spring of 1941, and she was indeed heartbroken. But it had nothing to do with sororities, and she didn’t leap from Hoover Tower.
She was a lovely, shy girl—the daughter of a very old father by his young, second wife. They lived in Atherton and also had a ranch.
She fell in love with one of the cowboys on the ranch and was planning to elope with him. Her father found out and was outraged. He refused to let her marry the lad—in fact, he fired him and told her she must never see him again. It was because of this that she drove into the Foothills and shot herself.

there is a story about a young man who didn't make grades and commited suicide by jumping from the same tower, but I have no records confirming or denying.


Edited to include full story of the heartbroken girl who commited suicide.