STORY #1
By Dr. Frank McCoy
The legend is that Edmund King came into this area in the 1820's when Indians, of course, occupied the place, and he carved, quite literally, a homestead ontop of a hill. And then he built what was certainly the most magnificent house in the country, and possibly the entire state. For example, when you walk in the front door, you will notice the ripple glass in the walls, which a 19th century sort of architectural touch.
The story is that King was a wealthy man, and his ghost will show up periodically, in one of the upstairs windows, where you can see him countaing his money. At times, he will lose money or can't figure out why his books won't balance, and then e starts roaming the inside of the house, and people see him walking past the windows. Then, he will go outside, and of course it's dark outside, so e carries a lantern and a shovel. And he's really looking at a building just behind the King House, where there was once an orchard. Supposedly, he buried his gold in the orchard so that Sherman's army coming through wouldn't get it.
...for complete story go to http://facstaff.uwa.edu/ab/kinghouse.htm...
The students still tell the story, but there is an interesting phenomenon that you will find at small colleges. Back in the '70's and '80's, there were much closer conections between students and faculty. That connection came because they didn't know that we didn't know everything, so what developed was the faculty perpetuated many of the ghost stories on this campus. They would have the students at their homes, and what are you going to talk to an 18-year-old about over dinner? You are not going to talk about math or science or art history; you're going to talk about campus life, and there are few things more interesting than talking about ghosts, so it became almost traditional that faculty would tell students about the ghosts, and some faculty would really embellish those stories. This is not done so much anymore because there are fewer students living on campus. Back in the 1976, almost all students lived on campus. Now there is probably only one third of the student body on campus. In 1976, the faculty was required to live within a few blocks of the institution. Today, many of them live within a half hour drive of the place. So many of those student/faculty relationships have not been continued.
[-Also said to roam King's House is an unneighborly, watchful creature who resides in the kitchen and would rather visitor keep away, and a young girl would likes to roam and play around the outside of King's house. (Lupay)-]
"Ghost Walk"
by Tour GUide
-Pictures taken behind guide when she was talking in front of King's supposedly showed a black thing in the window behind her. For all you spider man fans, to me it sounded like an off shoot of Venom by it's description. I've looked at all the photos but I could never move the phone screen into a position that I could see it, but apparently others could and saw it.
-Story was retold about the little girl appearing to people to forwarn of this creatures approach. "He's coming. Get out!"
-She told tale of when she was with five ghost hunters the door that was orginally unlocked was lock whn they went to go back through it. When they got inside the big heavy couch was defying gravity by being propped up by a nut bowl that was pinned against the couch and the side table. The way it was arranged she said there was know possible way it could of been placed like that and held up on it's on. She said it takes at least two people just to move the couch. The ghost hunters supposedly turned to her and said oh this is nothing compared to what we've seen.