Hell House (9)

From: Alopez099@aol.com
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: hell house
Date: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:08 PM

I just wanted to write and say that I am glad you have a spot on your site for hell house. I have been doing a lot of research on the place recently and it has been very helpful to go on to sites like yours and see the different perspectives on what it is and what has happened there.

However, some things were wrong in the explanations i saw on your site. Hell House, formerly known as St. Mary's Seminary and College, was never an all girls school. It was a school for priests of the redemptorist order from the late 1800's until the early 1970's. Local urban legends do claim that there was some sort of crazy priest that killed five girls in the way you mentioned, however in all my research i have not found any documents that support that story... not to say it is not true in light of the fact that the catholic church would want to cover cover details such as those up.

Some more modern legands about the grounds i have (to my surprise) found to be true. Like the man who guarded the grounds. His name is Allen Rufus Hudson, although most trespassers refer to him as old man Rufus. He was hired a long time ago by the owner of the grounds at the time. He did keep dogs up there, records state that they were Rotties but many people who claim to be chased by them say they were german shepherds. Hudson lived there for over 20 years, trying to make sure no one vandalized the grounds. He did have a gun, but from what i understand it did have real bullets. In fact, he was arrested for shooting a trespasser in 1996. After a fire burned hell house down in 1997 police were called to investigate a skull found in the rubble. Hudson let his dogs loose on the police and they shot and killed both of the rotties. the skull was later determined to be that of a deer.

In the 70's there were many accounts of a strange cult living on the grounds of hell house. people who trespassed on the grounds during that time claim that people in cloaks and white face pait would chase them away. well... about that... haha... during that time the priests still had the building and i am afraid to say that the strange cult was just men of the cloth trying to get irritating trespassers off their property.

I am really not trying to discredit anyones storys or personal experiences. I have just done a lot of research into the rich history of the building. And above all else i must say that there is a strange aura around the grounds. They do hold a secret that i am still trying to uncover. And, the fact that a fire was started twice... the first one was started a year before it was completely burned down. Only two rooms were damaged though, and the cause was never found. also... just a little interesting fact.. hell house was completely burned down on halloween night 1997. the cause for that fire is unkown also, but many think it may have been occult practices.

I am still trying to get documents that state the reason for the catholic church's selling of the property. I am hoping to get some information on the legends of the crazy priest... wheather they prove the story to br wrong or right.

If you have an account of a famous haunting you'd like to share, or more information to add to a haunting already listed, please feel free to email me.

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