Williamsburg - Ghosts, Clocks & Legend
Haunted Peyton Randolph House, Clocks Stop in Another, Pirate Ghosts
Mar 15, 2009
Some believe the Peyton Randolph House, not the Wythe House, is the most haunted. Sir John Randolph built the home circa 1715. After he died, his widow lived there until her death. Son Peyton inherited it. The house remained in the family until 1824 when Mary Monroe Peachy bought it. One of her children was killed in an accident; others died of diseases. A family member committed suicide. A boarder died from tuberculosis. Soon paranormal incidents followed.
Williamsburg Ghosts: The Peyton Randolph House
- A two-year-old girl was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom and woke up screaming for her mother. The child mumbled that she saw a man all in white in a corner. No one was there. Years later, a man was sleeping in the same bedchamber and saw a transparent male form standing in a corner. He hadn’t known about the girl’s experience.
- Another second floor bedroom is cozy and serene until midnight when a ghostly woman wearing a nightgown and nightcap appears to guests.
- Williamsburg employees have seen a man in blue Colonial attire and, thinking he was one of them, went to talk to him. He vanished when they approached.
- An interpreter was alone in the house when she felt something trying to push her down the stairs. She was terrified and felt it was evil.
- When security guard Pedro Jones was getting to leave, he heard groans emanating from the basement. He went to investigate and the door slammed shut and locked behind him. He felt paralyzed until his boss knocked on the front door. The door mysteriously unlocked and Jones was able to move.
Williamsburg Area’s Haunted Clocks
Russell Simons was looking for a job in Virginia and stayed at a boarding house owned by a man who used the pseudonym, Mr. Alexander, because he preferred to be anonymous. Simons was suddenly awakened one night and saw a transparent monochromatic female specter with dark hair who appeared to be floating inches from the floor.
The next morning, he found his alarm clock had stopped and mentioned this to Alexander who advised him not to bother buying another one. He was at the hospital when he wife died and, when he returned home, he discovered all clocks, except for one, stopped when she died. He bought new ones, but, they also stopped at the hour of her death.
Alexander showed Simons at least ten clocks that had stopped at the same time as Simons’ did. He pointed to an antique clock hanging over a mantel, one of his wife’s prized family heirlooms, the only one that hadn’t stopped. Simons was shown a picture of the deceased wife. It was the apparition he saw in the bedroom which was Alexander’s and his wife’s before she died.
Williamsburg Ghostly Pirates: Debunked as Legend
According to an employee, the village boasts that Blackbeardand his crew were hanged and buried there. “Evidence” is that a police officer took a picture of orbs lying on the ground at the jail where the pirate’s men wereburied and a group of school children fled when they saw and heard dead pirates digging their way out of the graves. According to historical records, Blackbeard was killed in a battle with the British Royal Navy at Ocracoke Inlet, NC on November 22, 1718.
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Readers may also enjoy reading Ghosts! Haunted Capitol Building, Ghosts! Haunted Capitol Building and Ghosts of Fort Monroe.
Source:
Haunted America, Michael Norman & Beth Scott, (Tor, 1994)
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