Interesting/scary facts of your sorority

[SigKapCoug]

Sigma Kappa at Washington State University has the most rediculous ghost story ever - so of course, it's really fun to tell.

The story goes, that "back in the day," which usually is alluded to be the 1920s (at the very least, before we moved into our current house, which was 1935).

Anyway, at that time, there was a very pretty girl in our house named Aura. She was dating a boy from Sigma Nu, whose name no one remembers (we'll call him James). James had a roommate, also a Sigma Nu, and the roommate (here called Sam) was absolutely in love with Aura.

One night, James and Aura were out on a date, and were headed back to the Sigma Nu house. Now, being a gentleman, James decided to open the door for Aura and allow her into the doorway first.

That night, Sam was waiting on the stairs for James and Aura to return. His plan was to shoot and kill James, thereby winning Aura for himself. He, however, had not planned on Aura coming in first, and fired at the first person who walked in the door. Aura was fatally shot. As she lay on the floor dying, the Sigma Nu brothers came to investigate the noise.

At this point, James pulled out a gun and shot Sam, killing him instantly.

Not sure what to do, the Sigma Nu brothers picked up Aura, who was still barely alive, and carried her back to the Sigma Kappa house. When they got there and went inside, the brothers called for the sisters to come downstairs to see Aura. No one ever showed up, and to this day no one knows why. Maybe they didn't hear the guys, or maybe they were out that night. Either way, the men of Sigma Nu became so panicked that they set Aura down at the foot of the stairs and left.

Aura died alone. Because of this, if you stand on the landing and look over the railing to the first floor (we have a spiral staircase), and you are alone on the first floor and landing, you might feel someone touch your back. This is Aura, and it's her way of letting you know that because you are a sister of Sigma Kappa, you will never truely be alone.

Of course, we're not supposed to talk about Aura anymore because its "hazing" ever since some sisters changed the endings to say that the feeling on your back is Aura trying to push you over the railing to kill you.

[SigKapChatter]

[quote=SigKapCoug;1199505]Sigma Kappa at Washington State University has the most rediculous ghost story ever - so of course, it's really fun to tell.

Actually Ora was a real person. She appears on a document in our piano room and we have a picture of her. And she's from the 1930s, not the 20s. But the story....who knows? But technically speaking she could still be alive. My Grammy's that old, so we should track down and if she is still alive wheel her back into the house. I think Emily would piss herself.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by SigKapChatter

Actually Ora was a real person. She appears on a document in our piano room and we have a picture of her. And she's from the 1930s, not the 20s. But the story....who knows? But technically speaking she could still be alive. My Grammy's that old, so we should track down and if she is still alive wheel her back into the house. I think Emily would piss herself.

Hey, come introduce yourself in the SK forum

[tld221]

i found this interesting. let's play "which one doesn't belong?" i'll go first!

http://paws.wcu.edu/stuorg/Focus_Search.asp?org=14

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by tld221

i found this interesting. let's play "which one doesn't belong?" i'll go first!

http://paws.wcu.edu/stuorg/Focus_Search.asp?org=14

That's really funny. Did someone not know where to list that one group? (They do have a CPC.)

[lucgreek]

Originally Posted by SigKapCoug

Of course, we're not supposed to talk about Aura anymore because its "hazing" ever since some sisters changed the endings to say that the feeling on your back is Aura trying to push you over the railing to kill you.

This and:

Originally Posted by CatRabbit

The bartender had told me that they tried to set them free with a ceremony, but one of the ghosts got stuck in a tree and haunts it now.

Made me laugh way too much at work. It took everything I had to stifle myself.

We don't have any fraternity or sorority houses at Loyola anymore (except ADG but they are kicked off campus). But one of our buildings on campus is haunted by a nun. There is really no rhyme or reason as to why a nun haunts the attic of the building (tallest building in Rogers Park when it was first built), but she just does. One of the sororities used to have their new members go up to the attic at night. They would have an active already up there and proceed to scare the bajeezus out of them at the end of a long ghost story about the nun.

[PiKA2001]

Originally posted by SigKapCoug


Of course, we're not supposed to talk about Aura anymore because its "hazing" ever since some sisters changed the endings to say that the feeling on your back is Aura trying to push you over the railing to kill you.

Oh give me a break! Telling ghost stories is considered "hazing" now?

[SigmaKappaRoyal]

Originally posted by SigKapCoug

The story goes, that "back in the day," which usually is alluded to be the 1920s (at the very least, before we moved into our current house, which was 1935).

i just think it's cool that your chapter has been in the same house for 75 years.

[alphaiota]

okay, my phone started vibrating on the desk while i was reading that story and i jumped about 3ft outta my seat. lol

shelley j

[TwinStar53]

Kappa Alpha Theta at Ohio State University has a ghost. Her name is Faye. The story gets passed down to the newest girls during their Initiation Week from the seniors. It says that Faye and her twin sister (name unknown to us) rushed together sometime in the 1970's, just when we added a new wing on the house. Faye was given a bid to Theta and accepted. Her twin sister, did not recieve one from the chapter. The girls' relationship slowly started to suffer because of Faye's twin's jealousy. The next year, when Faye moved into the house, she invited her sister over to hang out and be a "non-official Theta." Well, the girls started fighting and pushed each other, pulled hair, etc. Faye was pushed and apparently fell out the window. We have a cement patio, where she of course landed and died.


Now, she haunts our home. Faye will hold you down in your sleep if you sleep next to a window, to assure that you won't fall out, we guess. She's a nice ghost that protects us because she loves her Theta sisters. But she'll tap on the ritual closet wall. One of my close friend's curling iron, straightner, hair dryer, and every other electrical device she owned was piled in the center of her floor one morning when she woke up. And supposedly if you walk down one of our hallways at night, where there is a mirror at the end of it, you can see her...I don't know about that one because I refuse to do it. LoL.

Just to add, Faye was spotted in a Composite in our basement but mysteriously disappeared! Did Faye keep it for herself? Or did a Frat Boy steal it as a trophy? The world may never know...

[kchaptergphib]

At Minnesota, we have lots of old houses (Fraternity & Sorority). Our chapter house is large for our campus (houses about 40 women) because it is actually two houses put together. Our sorority has had our current house for about the last hundred years. Unlike some other chapters, I am fairly sure we have never had a house at a different campus location. For a while, the house next door was Delta Upsilon. At some point (maybe around the 1950's?) a fire nearly destroyed the DU house. The fraternity ended up relocating and we bought their house so we could expand into it. Most people say that there were brothers, and possibly a girlfriend, that died on the third floor of the DU house. This is often taken for fact, but I'm not really sure. It would, however, make sense as to why the fraternity would choose to move, and not rebuild the house.
We have all the regular "ghost" behavior: lights and other electrical appliances- computers, cd players, radios- making strange noises, turning on and off erratically, doors and windows opening and closing on their own, etc. I believe in ghosts, but most of this I still attribute to the fact that we have 2 old houses, now wired together. I put much more weight on stories where people say they have seen/felt ghosts. This is the best story I've heard, and it was from someone I knew, so I actually heard her tell me about it...
It was the morning of the homecoming parade and I'm pretty sure my sister was a New Member at the time. All the New Members walk in the Homecoming parade, and the rest of the house gathers at the paired fraternity to show support and spirit and do cheers in front of the Housefront. My sister was feeling really sick, so someone from her pledge class was nice enough to bring her back to the house and put her to sleep in the townie room, before continuing down the parade route with the other New Members. This means everyone in my house should have either been in the parade or at the fraternity. But my sister is SURE that someone was in the townie room with her. In fact, later at mock awards she wanted to "say thank you to whoever it was stayed with me on Homecoming when I was feeling so sick" and everyone replied that no, no one else had been in the house. But my sister is sure that someone was sitting next to her on the bed, and kind of petting her forehead/hair.
spooky!

[Tom Earp]

"SMOOTS", measuring in Boston!

A Bridge in Boston was laid out in "Smoots" not inches or feet!

A Pledge at the time was used to measure how far across a bridge it was! It was painted each year by the then "Pledge Class".

The Bridge was destroyed and replaced with a new one. It was decided that "Smoots" would be measured once again and this time it was done in the decking in concrete. Still painted though!

[CatRabbit]

Not Greek related, but...In Tempe, Ariz., there's a haunted restaurant called Casy Moore's. It used to be a private residence, later a boarding house. I did a story on it for one of my journalism classes and the employees told me all about flying dishes, the ghost in the women's restroom, etc. A month later our school paper published a story very similar to mine, except there was a quote about how Casey Moore's would never try to get rid of the ghosts. The bartender had told me that they tried to set them free with a ceremony, but one of the ghosts got stuck in a tree and haunts it now. (The big tree in the front by the sidewalk, for anyone at ASU.)

I thought this was just freaky - The year after I moved out of my dorm, a girl fell from the thrid floor because she was sitting on the protective railing and lost her balance. It was scary to me because one of my closest friends used to perch herself on the railings and I always told her to get down because I was afraid she'd fall. She'd just say, "That would never happen!" There were never any updates on the girl in the media (at least that I knew of) so I think ASU was trying to keep it quiet. I know she survived the fall, but I don't know if she got better.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by CatRabbit
but one of the ghosts got stuck in a tree and haunts it now.

LOL.

I've heard of tree frogs but never tree ghosts.

[LoveMyKeyKKG]

bump! because i love reading these scary stories!


I do have a question too. When the murders happened in Gainesville, FL in 1990 did they postpone any of the rush parties that year or did it go on as planned? I was reading the link earlier in the thread and it said that many students left school for a while they were so scared, so I was wondering if that interrupted rush. I'm sure the sororities were really on edge at the time (it was August, right before school started).