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Ghosts of Western
Lambda Chi Alpha

 

 

The Tudor-style house at 1504 Chestnut Street is home to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and, it is said, the spirit of a woman who was murdered in the house many years ago.

She was once seen running across the front lawn. A resident came downstairs early one morning to find that she had lit a fire in the fireplace. She activates an alarm clock at midnight whenever a resident sleeps in a certain room for the first time. She turns lights on and off and moves the brothers' personal belongings when they are asleep.

One well known incident suggests that the ghost has literary aspirations. A brother awoke one night to the sound of a strange noise. Investigating, he traced the sound to one of the rooms, but it was locked from the outside. A light glowed under the door, however, and from within the brother could hear the clicking of typewriter keys.

Like so many restless souls who met their end too early, this spirit seems to intend no harm, but her activities have made some of the Lambda Chis nervous about staying in the house without lots of their brothers for company.

 
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