Spooky DC

Before I tell you what happened when we visited Old Stone House, I will say up front that I have no desire to visit there again. I will, I’m sure, out of stupidity and curiosity, but I’ve seen enough horror movies to know when to stay a... Read more

The original wooden bridge over Rock Creek was built in 1788. Tragically for one stagecoach driver and his horse, the bridge was not sturdy enough to withstand the onslaught of raging wind and rain. It collapsed, taking with it the stageco... Read more

In a tall and dilapidated brick house facing the river, on Water street, above Thirty-third street, there occurred on Saturday night one of the most brutal and desperate fights between two canal-boat men which has for years startled the ... Read more

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he Jesuit cemetery was originally established in 1808 at the southern end of Healy Hall. The first person buried there was Thomas Kelly, S.J. on August 16, 1808.[1] With the construction of Maguire Hall, university administrators ordered ... Read more

  I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe in ghost stories, which is why I had so much fun writing last week's two-part Halloween chiller about Halcyon House. The Georgetown mansion — which dates to 1787, when the first portions were... Read more