Hell House

May 11, 2005 11:36 AM

Hell House:The Ghosts of Maryland Many say the place is haunted. Others used talk of satanic altars or drug labs hidden within the cavernous old building. And... people sacrificing goats? Well, not really. These are just rumors surrounding the old St. Mary's College in Ilchester, stories passed around among teenagers from all over the region. The students have a different name for the old seminary too: "Hell House."
posted by Shanachie (12 comments total)

I bet it's got nothing on G.U.E. Tech.
posted by Wolfdog at 12:03 PM on May 11, 2005

i went there not long ago and took some pictures. nothing too scary but it's a nice little day trip.
posted by sudaca at 12:41 PM on May 11, 2005

Very cool post, thanks!!
posted by yodelingisfun at 12:54 PM on May 11, 2005

Excellent post! But really, growing up in Elkton I have to say that the rednecks were much scarier than any ghosts.
posted by hummus at 1:05 PM on May 11, 2005

Looks like the fourth link has already been MeFi'd...
posted by Gamblor at 1:06 PM on May 11, 2005

Isn't Ellicott City where the Enchanted Forest was?
posted by bayliss at 1:13 PM on May 11, 2005

The Enchanted Forest is still there, but it's closed now.

I have to say that Maryland is the unlikeliest of states for ghosts.
posted by anapestic at 1:24 PM on May 11, 2005

I'd imagine every state in the union has its own share of stories; my home state is no exception. I remember back in the 1980s there were rumors of a little girl ghost in Six Flags Over Texas who could be seen near the railroad tracks by the Chapparal cars. She'd also hang around a lot in the candy store closest to that railroad station. After they built the Texas Giant there, the rumors faded away.
posted by ZachsMind at 1:50 PM on May 11, 2005

I've been dragged there kicking and screamng in the middle of the night. I was pretty scared at the bottom of the hill too.

We were constantly chased off by the caretaker, and then we would walk the train bridge over the Patapsco to a tunnel where there were also satanists ready to consume our souls. Luckily the guys with us were always drunk on grain and had lots of firecrackers to set off and chase away the bad guys.

And Antietam is one of America's Most Haunted Battlefields.
posted by keli at 1:58 PM on May 11, 2005

anapestic, why would you say that?
posted by shoepal at 3:37 PM on May 11, 2005

We were constantly chased off by the caretaker

It's always the caretaker. I bet if you searched his shack you'd find the phosphorescent paint he used to make glowing footprints, and maybe a slide projector and an old record player.
posted by Kafkaesque at 3:58 PM on May 11, 2005

>>I have to say that Maryland is the unlikeliest of states for ghosts.
> anapestic, why would you say that?
They can't afford the taxes.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:27 PM on May 11, 2005