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Wilson Hall Has History of Paranormal Activity

John F. Martin
 Wilson Hall first opened its doors in 1964 and within a decade residents were reporting strange occurrences.
In 1971, residents of room 428 told RAs that a jar of Noxzema flew from a bookshelf and shattered against the opposite wall with no explanation.
But the tale of Wilson Hall takes a stranger twist in the fall of 1975.
Susan Herrington and Sue Goestschius were living in the then all-female freshman residence hall. The two girls reported hearing valves on the water fountain clicking and bathroom doors opening and closing when no one was around.
Early in the quarter, Herrington took a blue, shag rug from one of the fourth-floor storage rooms. Later that night she saw an apparition.
"It definitely was larger than a human being; sort of an out-of-proportion woman standing in front of my mirror brushing her hair," she said.
Twenty years after the ghost appeared in her room, Herrington remembers the incident.
"It wasn't like I was afraid of my life or anything; it was just spooky," she said.
Also in the hall was Debbie "Ralph" Southall, who other residents considered a little odd. Southall took a glossy, red desk from storage. She reportedly covered it with a white sheet, candles, a petri dish filled with a blood-like substance and a piece of bark from one of the five Peach Ridge cemeteries.
RAs believed Ralph was practicing witchcraft in her room, 418. They confronted her, and Ralph said she was not dabbling in sorcery.
The nighttime noises became the most intense during the winter of 1976, especially between 2:30 and 6 a.m.
Ralph began fooling around with astro-projections, where the human spirit separates from the body and travels on its own. One night Ralph thought her spirit encountered a strange energy.
"I had the feeling at that time that I was united with some energy and it terrified me," she said. "Then I woke up in a cold sweat and there was this light around the ceiling."
Two doors down in 420, Goestschius saw the eerie faded ring that circled the ceiling where the wall and ceiling meet. A resident in 419 also saw the light.
"I heard the restroom door opening and closing, and the water fountains clicking, but I sat in my doorway and later checked four times and no one was there," Ralph said.
Not long after, the two girls sought out Mauna Gyi, an OU professor who had studied para-normal phenomenon, for help. But he offered little advice, and the girls took the matter into their own hands.
"I went in to my room and tried to relax. Then I said that 'I've had it, and I'm tired of these visits from you at this time,'" Ralph said.
Goestschius did the same.
"I did feel like I was talking to something. I sensed something there. It was cold and eerie," Goestschius said.
Soon after, the phenomena stopped.
Joel Rudy, OU Dean of Students, came to OU in 1976, a year after Goestschius' and Southall's paranormal encounters. Rudy said he has received no complaints about Wilson Hall in his 19 years at OU.
A 1978 search of university records and Athens County Property Deed, by The Post, revealed that Wilson Hall is built on the same land as the original site of a graveyard used by the Athens State Hospital, later named the Athens Mental Health and Retardation Center.
- compiled by Wendy Zang