Hell House (6)

From: ??
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Date: October 23, 2003
Subject: hell house in ellicott city

i don't know if you are still posting info on hell house but i have some if you are. I live right at the end of river road and often visit ellicott city n the area surrounding hell house. Hell house was once st. marys school for girls as you know and yes it did burn down once awhile ago and again in 1998. And as far as rumors of the grounds keeper with the dogs this is also very true. I knew someone who was actually close friends with him suprisingly. He is no longer there he died. there is some controversy surrounding his death but he is most certainly dead. Some say he dies from insanity from being there so long others say he was killed by a random kid visiting there who in a painc shot him (this is very unlikely). others say he was just old. And in regards to the plant nearby it is a recycled paper mill that also recenly went up in flames i happened to drive by on the exact day it happened. There are many other stories surround! ing the ellicott city area it has a mystic appeal to many. there are often ghost tours which never truly show you much but are still interesting. Another local legend which is widespeard amongst the local goths punks and witchs down there is of a hanging that took place near a parking lot at the end of college avenue. The hanging is supposedly of a very powerful white which somewheres around the time period of the salem witch trials i suppose people tend to be very vauge about it. but going there and just sitting you start to get a feeling of something paramormal about the place. but yes back to hell house. i've only been once n it was very interesting for me i was only a kid at the time 8 or 9 i think. i'm 18 now so not that long ago. I have a very good memory as far as places i've been and the like and apperently my dad my sister (who memory is very very poor she asks me to order for her at resturants cuz she forgets what she likes) n my dad's friend! and her daughter we walked up after swimming in the river and went around back i suppose when we were soon chased off by the gaurd and his dogs. i say this story even though it seem to have relavence i say because my entire life i've been kinda "involved" in paranormal things i'm now studying celtic religions do accupunture and have been known to see random things not off this world. and for some unknow reason as trumatic as this event was for the rest of my family (my sister still shudders to think of it) i have absolutely no recolection what so ever of ever going there. Also the one time since then that i've been i didn't quite make it. it was only a few months ago i went again with my dad n we walked from the local state park off of hilltod road. and crossed the train tracks n approached the stairs. i got to the first step and was filled with such a sense of fear and dread i basically ran away i also happened to bring my dog that day and my dog who! i've never seen truly afraid, yelped and ran away with her tail b/t her legs as we approached. Whether hell house is trult haunted or not i've seen no evidence to prove or disprove. However visiting hell house is as much a test of people perception as anything. people who go there fearing nothing and not expecting to see anything seldom do feel anying but a sense of urgency in the air. and others who go to see ghost and such tend to see ghost. people who go just to explore the grounds find tons of hidden rooms n such but nothing more. Hell house is something that only truly exsist in the eye of the beholder. and good luck on your next visit

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