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Spencer Kelly | Monday, October 31, 2022
With this week’s edition falling on October 31, we felt obligated to write about Halloween. For those currently imbued with the holiday spirit, the following stories about campus ghosts, ouija sessions and seances will not disappoint. But we also wanted to look beyond “spooky season” stereotypes. The blurbs below consider the transformation of Halloween from
Cathy Doherty | Wednesday, October 26, 2022
With Halloween approaching, the Class Gift Campaign and Office of Residence Life sponsored the annual Saint Mary’s Ghost Stories event Wednesday night. Students gathered at the Riedinger House, a house on campus originally designed for home economics courses that are no longer offered. The scarcely used Riedinger House is rarely made available to students. As
Evan McKenna and Jim Moster | Friday, October 30, 2020
In October of last year, the From the Archives team covered the story of the ghost of Washington Hall, arguably the most well-known supernatural story stemming from the tri-campus community. But while Notre Dame’s supernatural claim to fame is a Travel Channel feature of its most prominent ghost, Saint Mary’s bests the University with its
Maeve Filbin | Wednesday, October 30, 2019
In the parlor of Riedinger House, students sat on couches and clustered together on the floor, leaning forward attentively to listen to the Resident Assistants sharing stories of ghostly encounters in the Saint Mary’s residence halls. Tuesday night, the Class Gift Campaign of the Office of Annual Giving hosted the annual reading of “Quiet Hours,”
Sarah Kikel, Evan McKenna, Erin Fennessy and Jim Moster | Monday, October 14, 2019
The tale of Notre Dame’s first All-American football player George Gipp is one of the University’s most storied legends. The story goes that Gipp contracted a strep throat infection and pneumonia after falling asleep outside of Washington Hall. He died Dec. 14, 1920. Following the death of the Gipper, many students claim to have experienced
Colleen Fischer | Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Riedinger House at Saint Mary’s was full of mystery while stories from “Quiet Hours: Revealing the Mysteries” were shared over hot apple cider and doughnuts. “Quiet Hours” is a collection of ghost stories written by three Saint Mary’s alumnae. The event was sponsored by the Saint Mary’s Class Gift Campaign. Senior Maura Newell, co-chair for
Nicole Caratas | Friday, October 30, 2015
Thirteen years after the publication of “Quiet Hours,” a collection of ghost stories taking place in various locations across Saint Mary’s campus, the Student Activities Board (SAB) held a tour Thursday for students to hear the book’s different stories in the buildings where they were reported to have occurred. SAB member Sinead Hickey said “Quiet Hours” was
Chelsey Fattal | Thursday, October 30, 2014
Throughout the week, Saint Mary’s has celebrated Halloween, beginning on Tuesday, with “Ghost stories at Reidinger” sponsored by the Class Gift Campaign. “Halloween has become a major event at many colleges, even Saint Mary’s is a popular place during Halloween because of the many stories in [Shelly Houser’s book] ‘Quiet Hours.’” College archivist John Kovach said. Kovach used