Chilling Environment

I wanted to take these last few blogs to take a look at some environments that we haven't discussed in class.  Whether one believes in ghosts, the paranormal, or the afterlife, it is hard to deny that some places just have a creepy feeling.  One particular place I have spent the night at (stupidly) was an old mansion called Prospect Place.  The property, located in Trinway, OH, allows the curious to spend one night ghost hunting with a private group, and my two friends and I couldn't resist.  The home belonged to an abolitionist named George Willison Adams who ran an underground railroad "station" with his brother.  The mansion and its adjoining barn are shrouded in mystery, which adds to the eerie, unsettling feeling one gets when the see the home, even when the sun is shining bright.  Once the mansion was abandoned, gangs and runaways stayed in the mansion and added to its dark environment.  The rooms smelled of mothballs and varnish, but the ballroom in the attic had a particularly musk with a hint of incense from the rituals that occurred during the mansion's darker, abandoned days.  The barn had by far the most unnerving feeling, especially since a bounty hunter was hung between the first and second floors once he was caught on the land while searching for runaway slaves (seen in the bottom photo).  A very interesting environment to be apart of, and one that we haven't delved deep into.