PLEASANT HALL
THE MYTH
Plenty have heard the rumors about Pleasant Hall being
haunted with stories of self-closing doors and eerie vibes. Some say that a female student shot her boyfriend in a quarrel and then, thinking that he had died, shot herself in room 312 of
Pleasant Hall.
THE REALITIES
Current Manager of Continuing Education Lisa Graves has worked at the University for over 25 years, including working in Pleasant Hall when it was a hotel. Graves said she heard the same tragic love story from a former night proctor who she says told her that the
murder did happen.
EDMUND KIRBY SMITH HALL
THE MYTH
Standing at 13 stories tall, Edmund Kirby Smith Hall has become a breeding ground for conspiracy theories and tales of the supernatural.
Legend has it a student committed suicide on the thirteenth floor, and the student’s ghost now haunts the building.
THE REALITIES
There is a documented case from 1981 of a student who either jumped or fell to his death from a window in Kirby Smith, according to an article on The United Press International website. However, it was from the 12th floor, not the 13th and campus police found little evidence to support the theory the student killed himself. It was speculated the student was sleepwalking when
he fell.
INDIAN MOUNDS
THE MYTH
The University’s Indian Mounds are surrounded by myths, which should come with little surprise. The true purpose behind the building of the mounds remains a mystery, leaving students plenty of room to create various origin stories. Commonly referred to as “burial” mounds. One rumor states the mounds host the spirits of
departed Native Americans.
THE REALITIES
There is no evidence the Indian Mounds serve as a burial site. Professor Brooks Ellwood specializes in geoarchaeology and took samples of the mounds in 2009.
However, an article published in The Times-Picayune in 1984 tells of a hit-and-run incident in which a female student was run over and killed by another student in a car. However, unlike in Lundgren’s tale, the male student she was sitting with escaped by rolling out of the incoming vehicle’s path.
Edmund Kirby Smith Hall
