Carolina ghost stories
Happy Heeloween, Tar Heels
Creaking floors where no human walks, a dapper phantom fond of performing arts, two lovers wandering the woods forever in search of one another.
Do you dare visit some of these campus haunts?
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Caldwell Hall
Several ghosts may roam this creaky building, which was built as a medical school and then housed the philosophy department after 1938. Some say bespectacled department founder Horace Williams visits, sauntering along with a caring demeanor. Caldwell’s spooky ambiance comes from talk of footsteps overhead when no one else is in the building and a winding ramshackle staircase called “the Tower.”
![Front doors of Caldwell Hall](https://www.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/022516_ghost_stories008-800x800.jpg)
Memorial Hall
In what can be a dark place full of muted noises, Evan the ghost has been seen by many people. Named by student production workers two decades ago, Evan wears 1940s style clothes and a fedora. He’s usually seen from across the auditorium, fixing his icy stare on people as if trying to get their attention. Prior to Evan’s appearances, a “clanking” ghost was heard with some frequency in 1934, according to The Daily Tar Heel.
![Memorial Hall](https://www.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/buffered017116_memorial_hall014-800x800.jpg)