Kenyon College

Definition: Kenyon is the oldest private college in Ohio and was founded in 1824. Originally, Kenyon College was an all-male college whose main focus was to educate clergymen for frontier America. It soon however, became highly regarded for it's education. In 1969,

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Kenyon is the oldest private college in Ohio and was founded in 1824.

Originally, Kenyon College was an all-male college whose main focus was to educate clergymen for frontier America. It soon however, became highly regarded for it's education. In 1969, women began studies at Kenyon College.

In addition to expanding to include women, Kenyon College expanded intellectually as well and has earned national recognition in many fields. Well-known alumni include not only a host of writers but also actors, scientists, educators, artists, leaders in business, and U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes

The College's literary prominence dates to 1939, when John Crowe Ransom founded the Kenyon Review.

Paranormal Claims

In Caples Hall, the ghost of a young man who fell to his death in an elevator shaft after spending a late night with his girlfriend, has been seen waiting at the elevator, leaning against bookcases, moving through doors, and supposedly tried to suffocate a student wth her pillow. He seems to resent women.
In the middle of the campus sit the "Gates of Hell". These are two columns that sit on either side of the Middle Path". Students report unusual feelings of uneasyness in the evenings if they near these columns. Most everyone avoids this area at night.
Old Kenyon the 4th floor: Windows open and shut on their own in calm weather and footsteps are heard above the 4th floor...but there is no 5th floor.
Old Kenyon on Oct. 28 each year, a freshman pledge (Stuart Pierson) who was killed by a train in 1905 is seen peering out a window.
In Old Kenyon, legless torsos have been seen in the first floor halls.
In Old Kenyon, lights are turned on and off and toilets flush on their own on the fourth floor.
In Old Kenyon, pounding noises and cries of "Get me out!" are heard.
In Old Kenyon, students are shaken awake at night and hear cries of "Ed, wake up. Fire!' are heard.
In Old Kenyon, smoldering candles are found next to 1949 yearbooks opened to a page with the names of the 9 students killed in the fire of Old Kenyon in 1949.
In Old Kenyon, locked closets tremble and when opened, there is nothing inside
Schaffer Hall once was the indoor swimming pool. Today it is a dance studio, but sounds of diving boards, splashing, wet footprints that walk upto and into walls.

Wet faces with water slicked hair have been seen peering through windows.

Showers turn on and off on their own.

People have reported hearing a voice say "Hi."
In Norton Hall, sounds of someone pacing the halls has been heard at night.
A runner has been heard on the track at night by security guards.
In Lewis Hall, lights and radios turn on and off, toilets flush all at once, knocks are heard on doors.
Furniture gets rearranged in Manning Hall.