Haunted Houses?

[Benzgirl]

Also, from Forgotten Ohio, here are some haunted Greek Houses from Ohio University in Athens.

Delta Tau Delta

According to stories I've read, the members of Delta Tau Delta fraternity (which has been at Ohio University since the 1860s) stole a tombstone from the famously haunted Simms Cemetery and immediately began to experience weird poltergeist activity at their house. They eventually returned the stone and were left alone after that.


Alpha Omicron Pi

A slave named Nicodemus haunts the home of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. Once it was the Zeta Tau Alpha House, but before that it was a private residence and a stop on the Underground Railroad. They say that when locals found out that the house at 24 E. Washington was harboring fugitive slaves, they stormed it. They managed to find only Nicodemus hiding there, and shot him as he fled through a hidden tunnel. For years after that he haunted the building through its possession by several different sororities. The Zeta Tau Alpha girls had extensive encounters with him in 1972 and 1973. Later it was the Sigma Nu frathouse, then Alpha Omicron Pi; now it's Sigma Phi Epsilon. Do the Greek groups keep moving because of the strange disturbances, or is it just a coincidence? I'd have to say that, if you're a ghost and you're stuck haunting someplace through eternity, you could do a lot worse than a sorority house.

[Benzgirl]

Bowling Green:
Chi Omega Chi Omega Sorority House is haunted by Amanda, a girl who was either a pledge accidentally killed in a railroad initiation, or a little girl who died on the park behind the old student union, where the house now stands. She is the source of a lot of superstition around Chi Omega. One room is labeled "Amanda's Room" and is the site of lots of poltergeist activity, including things disappearing and reappearing in the house utility room, and a closet which locks itself. Every year in the group photo the girls leave a blank place which is marked "Amanda" in the caption. The 1986-87 class accidentally forgot to include her, and that picture is found off the wall a lot. (Note: According to a source at BG, the tradition of the blank place in the group photo has been abandoned.)

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Alpha Omicron Pi

A slave named Nicodemus haunts the home of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority. Once it was the Zeta Tau Alpha House, but before that it was a private residence and a stop on the Underground Railroad. They say that when locals found out that the house at 24 E. Washington was harboring fugitive slaves, they stormed it. They managed to find only Nicodemus hiding there, and shot him as he fled through a hidden tunnel. For years after that he haunted the building through its possession by several different sororities. The Zeta Tau Alpha girls had extensive encounters with him in 1972 and 1973. Later it was the Sigma Nu frathouse, then Alpha Omicron Pi; now it's Sigma Phi Epsilon. Do the Greek groups keep moving because of the strange disturbances, or is it just a coincidence? I'd have to say that, if you're a ghost and you're stuck haunting someplace through eternity, you could do a lot worse than a sorority house.
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This is the house I lived in! And for the record, the hidden passage entrance was in my roomate's closet- you can (or could 15 years ago) open it up. I lived there for the entire school year and never had anything strange happen- I was even in the "haunted" room.
Oh, and AOII didn't move to a new house because of Nicodemus, we moved to a new house because the old house could only house 25 women and didn't have a room large enough for the entire chapter- we would have to have part of rush outside in a tent to accomidate everyone. The house we are in now houses ~50 and is more on par with the other sorority houses at OU.
Sig Ep did not have a house, so when AOII moved, it was a perfect fit for them (aside from all the floral wallpaper).

[WaterChild]

My sorority's house used to be owned by a different sorority. It's rumored that while they lived here, one of their members hung herself on one of the sleeping porches. I found this out half way through last year...after I had been sleeping there for a few months. Weird things happen sometimes, but nothing too strange.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by WaterChild

My sorority's house used to be owned by a different sorority. It's rumored that while they lived here, one of their members hung herself on one of the sleeping porches. I found this out half way through last year...after I had been sleeping there for a few months. Weird things happen sometimes, but nothing too strange.

I've never heard that one. Easy to confirm through the Argonaut or Special Collections at the Library though, much like Sarah Heath Palin not being in a sorority. I know a few Thetas, if it doesn't seem awkward I'll ask one.