Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind
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Title
Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind
Date
February 4, 1908
Creator
Alabama Girls Industrial School
Description
On the night of February 4th of 1908, Alabama Girls Industrial School student Condie Cunningham and her roommate were making hot chocolate on a chafing dish in their room. When the curfew signal sounded, the young ladies began to clean up their items. In their rush, the container of alcohol that worked as fuel for the burner spilled over and onto Cunningham’s nightgown. Her nightgown then caught fire which caused her to panic. In an attempt to put out the fire, her roommate threw a rug on her but it was to no avail. Two days later on February 6th, Cunningham died in a hospital from her injuries.
In the years following Cunningham’s death, strange phenomena followed. Supposedly a face surrounded by flames appeared in the wood grain of her dorm room’s door. It is said to have reappeared in a subsequent door on Main Hall. This, coupled with accounts of hearing a woman running through the halls at night and screaming in the bathrooms, made residents of the room uncomfortable. Eventually the door was removed and the room sealed off. The last door is kept in storage at the University of Montevallo archives, but it is put on display in the library during the month of October for the spirit of Halloween.
In the years following Cunningham’s death, strange phenomena followed. Supposedly a face surrounded by flames appeared in the wood grain of her dorm room’s door. It is said to have reappeared in a subsequent door on Main Hall. This, coupled with accounts of hearing a woman running through the halls at night and screaming in the bathrooms, made residents of the room uncomfortable. Eventually the door was removed and the room sealed off. The last door is kept in storage at the University of Montevallo archives, but it is put on display in the library during the month of October for the spirit of Halloween.
Language
US-English
Coverage
1912-present day
Subject
The death of Condie Cunningham; dorm room door
Source
Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo
Contributor
Melonie Coleman
Format
JPEG
Type
Still Image
Files
Collection
Citation
Alabama Girls Industrial School, “Ghost of Main Hall: What Condie Cunningham Left Behind,” Archiving Montevallo, accessed April 16, 2024, https://carmichaeldigitalprojects.org/archivingmontevallo/items/show/123.