The Ghost Tales Surrounding the White House

The White House during Halloween. Credit: GPA Photo Archive / Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0

During an interrogation with SiriusXM, Barbara Pierce Bush, girl of erstwhile President George W. Bush, shared a chilling acquisition from her clip surviving successful the White House. She recounted how, 1 night, 1920s jazz euphony abruptly began playing retired of nowhere. Ms. Bush’s communicative adds to the galore ghostly tales that situation the White House, passed down done generations arsenic portion of its rich—and sometimes spooky—history.

The White House Historical Association has reported that shade sightings successful the statesmanlike location are not uncommon.

One celebrated recount comes from erstwhile president Ronald Reagan, arsenic helium reportedly told his guests that his canine Rex, would spell into each country successful the White House but the Lincoln chamber arsenic the dog would bark nervously astatine the door. The erstwhile president believed that Lincoln’s beingness was inactive felt successful the room.

The Lincoln chamber seems to beryllium the epicenter of the White House Ghost tales

Interior presumption of a 2nd level chamber successful the White House successful Washington, D.C., which is known arsenic the Lincoln Room. The aged rosewood furniture was brought successful by Abe and Mary Lincoln It is simply a ample furniture arsenic Lincoln was 6 feet 4 inches tall. Credit: MrsGraustein / flickr CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0

It seems that determination is thing up with the Lincoln chamber since it’s linked to astir of the shade tales successful the White House. One of the astir celebrated counts of immoderate benignant of immoderate benignant of beingness being successful the chamber comes from nary different than Winston Churchill himself.

Churchill was visiting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and was really staying successful the Lincoln chamber during his stay. The erstwhile British Prime Minister said that helium had conscionable stepped retired of a blistery bath, and helium was wearing thing but a cigar erstwhile helium encountered Abraham Lincoln by the fireplace successful his room.

The erstwhile British Prime Minister claims to person greeted Lincoln saying “Good Evening Mr. President, You look to person maine astatine a disadvantage”.

The antheral who sold the onshore for the White House reportedly haunts the place

The White House astatine night. Credit: FeldBum – CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A antheral called Jared Broach founded a institution called Nightly Spirits and offered tours of haunted areas successful the United States but successful the beginning, helium lone offered a circuit of the White House.

In a 2017 article successful the Washington Post, helium recounted the communicative of David Burnes, who sold the agelong of onshore wherever the White House had sat for much than 200 years. It has been reported that the dependable of Burnes has been heard successful the halls of the achromatic house, but particularly successful the Oval Office. 

Another celebrated communicative came from Abraham Lincoln himself. He reportedly received regular visits from the shade of his lad Willie who died successful the White House successful 1862, erstwhile helium was conscionable 11 years old.

Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd, was truthful overwhelmed by the grief of Wilie’s decease that she said she erstwhile saw the shade of her lad astatine the ft of her bed.

Now, a week earlier the adjacent tenant of the White House is announced, the ghosts of the statesmanlike location mightiness beryllium rejoicing astatine the imaginable of having idiosyncratic caller to spook.