Ep 125 – Haunted College Tour Palooza Part 13: The University of Georgia

On this stop of Haunted Hospitality’s annual haunted college tour, we’re going to the University of Georgia! Founded in Athens, Georgia in 1795, UGA is a public university with a very famous bulldog, over 30,000 students, and some spooky stories. Expect sightings of a historically inaccurate bride who brings with her either a blessing or a curse, and the ghost of a former Confederate general who can be found either pacing or haunting nightmares while giving off a misogynistic vibe.

In this episode, we dive into UGA’s most well known ghost stories, as well as some more recent paranormal student experiences. And we can’t forget the Demosthenian Literary Society — sorry, we mean the country of Demosthenia.

But first, Zoey’s here with her Something Spooky: a mini haunted college tour of Wilson Hall at Ohio University.

CW: this episode contains mentions of suicide and intimate partner violence.

Something Spooky sources:

“The 7 Most Haunted College Campuses” by Danika Miller, BestColleges.com, Oct. 4, 2021.

“Wilson Hall and Room 428” by Tristen Phipps, Shop Athens Ohio, April 15, 2021.

https://www.ohiohauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/ohio-university.html?fbclid=IwAR2lBr3Pf4ITwt220Bi_7vU7iHdtQtBbER-XpvZRSO4A8ksbue_piLz3Dj0

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UGA/comments/f5dzn7/what_is_your_most_cryptic_experience_at_uga/ — the comment by the deleted user on this post.

Thomas-Carithers House (Athens, Ga.), John Linley, Digital Library of Georgia.

“Welcome to My Crib Wednesday: Alpha Gamma Delta,” Panhellenic Blog: The University of Georgia.

Athens Ghostlore: Studies on the Folklore of Ghosts at the University of Georgia and the Athens, Georgia Region by Joseph S. Hopkins (2018), as found on: https://www.coursehero.com/file/plb1o5c/Miss-Thomas-is-a-young-lady-of-remarkable-beauty-She-possesses-the-loveliest/.

“The Ghosts of Athens by Reporter Meredith Dean,” Meredith Dean (Grady Newsource), YouTube.com.