From: "Fezan Asghar" (fezan84@hotmail.com)
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: Hell house
Date: Saturday, January 08, 2005 3:38 AM
Hey there...Hopefully I'll get a response =)
I read your accounts of Hell House off of www.ghosts.org/hellhouse3.html and wanted to tell you that I myself am very interested in Hell House. I went there just tonight, but did not park anywhere to really go up and check it out. We just got a feel for the area and so are going back tomorrow(well later today, since its 2am) during the day. Other than that I'd love to just go up there since its on top of a hill and overlooks a lot of the area.
I hear there are two entrances. We couldn't find one off River Road, but we turned onto Bonnie branch road just before river road wraps around the cement factory/paper mill and when we looked to our right, there was a driveway with a metal bar in front of it. I wonder if that "endless staircase" is near there? We did go onto hilltop road and got a great night view through the trees of the outline of Hell House, with the factory bridge right in front and a bit below us.
If you get back to me I'll e-mail you more about what happened tomorrow. Hopefully we don't get caught by anything.
From: "Parlette, Anthony" (Anthony_Parlette@cap-police.senate.gov)
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: Hell House
Date: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:27 AM
I live fairly close to Ellicott City, where hell house is. Actually, it is the former St. Mary's College, a seminary for young men entering the priesthood. I read that someone couldn't find the staircase. If you park under the railroad bridge and walk toward the road that has a gate in front, you will see the staircase. It is extremely steep. The stairway was used originally to allow people access from the railroad tracks to a tavern that was built in the lower house. The tavern never really got of the ground, due to the fact that the train only stopped if someone requested it to, which didn't happen often. The property was later bought by a catholic group know as the Redemtionist, which later called the place St. Mary's College.
Joe Parlette
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From: O2boulder@aol.com
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: Hell House
Date: Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:19 PM
My friends and I went up there just the other day. It was late at night, about 10:30 ish and with a slight drizzle and fog. This just added to the scariness. We parked by the driveway type road that has the bar across it and walked up that way with a couple flash lights. On the side of that driveway is a skeleton, I believe of a deer, but a skeleton non the less. As we walked up towards Hell House I had this strange feeling grow stronger and stronger. My friend also experienced this. We reached the ruins and it wasn't really anything special, just seemed more like a place to dump trash. We unfortunately couldn't explore the place due to none of us have our provisionals and had to be home at midnight. As soon as we took our first steps back down the driveway towards the cars I felt light hearted and almost happy and rambunctious. This was a sharp contrast to the feeling of forboding and uneasyness that I had felt only moments before. I know this doesnt have much to do with the supernatural part of Hell House...only that strange feeling. I didn't hear any dogs...probably long dead...or see anyone aside from my party.
TB
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