THE WHITE HOUSE
It has long been suspected that the infamous house on Pennsylvania Avenue was home to a number of ghosts, most of them former presidents and their families. The Obamas recently admitted to being woken up by strange noises in the house and President Obama claims he is often visited by the ghost of Ronald Regan in the Oval Office.
Even spookier is First Lady Michelle Obama’s encounters with the ghost of former First Lady, Dolly Madison. Dolly planted the first rose garden in the White House and is apparently displeased with how it’s being tended now because every time Michelle goes into the rose garden, she is berated by Dolly’s ghost for “not doing it right”!
The most famous ghost of the White House is that of Honest Abe himself. Abraham Lincoln has apparently been haunting the While House since he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865.
Could this be President Bush with Nixon’s ghost?
Other ghosts known to wander through the White House are Lincoln’s infant son, who died when residing there, William Henry Harrison, who haunts the attic, and supposedly the ghosts of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe as well! The ghost of Richard Nixon was spotted by both George Bush as well as Hilary Clinton!
These spirits seem harmless, but many White House staff members are terrified of their workplace and some are even afraid the spirits will harm them physically. President Obama suspects that many of his staff will call in sick on Halloween for this reason!
Check back tomorrow for #7 on our Spookiest Places Countdown!