It is said that many ghosts, spirits and apparitions inhabit the 100-year-old campus of Western Kentucky University. Civil War soldiers, construction workers, resident assistants and students who have met tragic deaths haunt the Hill with the sights and sounds of their spectral wanderings. Are these stories true?

You decide. . . .

You can find out lots more about Western's ghosts--and about Kentucky ghostlore in general--by visiting the Kentucky Library and Museum and reading the material that has been collected in University Archives and in the Kentucky Library's Folklife Archives.
Here's a sampling of the material in University Archives' vertical files on "Ghosts" and "Myths":

College Heights Herald articles:

Season for shivers, February 23, 1971
Boo!! Van Meter ghost haunts Western's actors, May 2, 1972
Ghost of Van Meter, November 5, 1976
Tales of Horror, October 29, 1981
Things that go bump on the Hill, October 29, 1987
Ghosts go Greek prowling sororities, fraternities, October 27,1988
The Haunting of the Hill, October 25, 1990
Believe it or not, September 29, 1992
Greek Goblins: Some fraternity houses spooked by ghosts, October 29, 1992
Western's legends more about fear, haunting, death than truth, April 8, 1997
Thrill on the Hill: Ghosts, spooks haunt Western, October 30, 1997
Xploring the unexplained, October 15, 1998
Legends of Western, October 26, 1999

Talisman articles:

A Legendary Hill, 1978, p. 24
Speaking of Spooks, 1986, p. 66
Ghosts and good luck, 1993, p. 113

Other Articles:

Ethereal fingers know all the right buttons to push, Lexington Herald-Leader, October 25, 1999
Spooked, Western Kentucky University Alumni Magazine, Fall 1997, p. 8
Tales of visitors past haunt area buildings, Park City Daily News, October 31, 1982
Region has its share of legendary spooks, Park City Daily News, November 30, 1996
The Spirits shake the Master today, Park City Daily News, October 30, 1999
University Relations has new 'haunt' in Van Meter Hall, On Campus, August/September 1997, p. 5

Here's a list of things you will find in the Folklife Archives:

Dana Lynn Albrecht, "Ghosts, Fact or Fiction?" (FA 86)
Jo Carol Bailey, "Western's Ghost" (MSS 1972-379)
June Baskett, "Folklore collection: scare stories found in girls' dormitories" (MSS 1972-270)
Bob Blanton, "A Collection of Ghost Stories" (MSS 1970-95)
David Frank, "I saw it, I swear I did: the ghost of Van Meter" (MSS 1979-20)
Nelson Graham, "Ghost Tales" (MSS 1972-267)
Connie Lee Holman, "The night owl: night clerking in a college dorm" (MSS 1978-43)
Sandra Horn, "Interview with psychic practitioner Terry Langford discussing supernatural occurrences
at the Kentucky Building" (FA 125)
Danny Johnson, "Ghost Stories" (MSS 1970-96)
Brian R. Loader, "College Horror Tales" (MSS 1972-62)
Janet A. Maltry, "Reminiscence - Ghost-like manifestations in Potter Hall" (FA)
Lynwood Montell, "Ghost stories collected by Campbellsville College students" (MSS 1972-441)
Judith Snow, "Ghost Stories" (MSS 1973-7)
Supernatural Folklore Collection (FA 74)
Kim E. Watrous, "Supernatural Legends" (MSS 1978-160)
Jason Williams, "Two ghost legends from Western Kentucky University" (MSS 1972-433)