Lady in Red (ghost)
A Lady in Red or Red Lady is a type of female
United States
Northeast
Accounts of a Lady in Red have been told by actors and guests at the Ghostlight Theatre in Amherst, New York.[1]
On Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the Weckesser building is reportedly haunted by a Lady in Red that according to one witness appears real until vanishing.[2]
South
A Lady in Red has been reported haunting Wrexham Hall in
The Red Lady of Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama was a former student that mainly wore red. Her ghost is said to linger in the corridors and further inspired an annual run by students called The Red Lady Run.
A Lady in Red at the Gladstone Inn has been the subject of multiple reports and oral histories in Black Mountain, North Carolina and whose story is included on their local walking tour.[4]
In Charleston, South Carolina, near Dock Street Theatre, a Lady in Red is said to be the ghost of Nettie Dickerson, a prostitute who frequented the Planter's Hotel (now the historic French Quarter building). According to legend, she worked as a clerk in the nearby St. Philip's Episcopal Church, while visiting the hotel at night. At the age of 25 she was standing in her red dress on the balcony of the hotel during a storm when she was struck by lightning and killed.[5]
The Rawls Hotel in Enterprise, Alabama is purportedly haunted by a Lady in Red that was shoved from the balcony to her death.[6]
Midwest
Visitors of the National House Inn bed and breakfast in Marshall, Michigan have reported seeing a Lady in Red on the front staircase.[7]
In Chicago's Drake Hotel, a jealous woman wearing a blood-red dress took her life after jumping from the 10th floor (or the roof, as accounts vary). Guests claim to see her in her last steps from the Gold Coast Room, the Palm Court, and on the 10th floor.[8]
A Lady in Red is said to haunt Illinois Wesleyan University's Kemp Hall. The mansion was once owned by the prosperous DeMange family, whose matriarch died only after a year in the house. Her reflection is reportedly seen on certain evenings in a full length mirror off the top steps of the second floor where she is preparing herself for a grand ball.[9][10]
In Madison, Indiana, the Civil War era Lanier Mansion references on their walking tour a Lady in Red disturbing the grounds.[11]
West
The fifth floor of the Mizpah Hotel in Nevada is known for a Lady in Red known as "Rose" (her prostitute name) who died at the hands of a jealous lover. According to one source, Rose's real name, was Evelyn May Johnston, though there are no records to confirm that a woman by this name existed at that time, nor that a murder similar to the "Red Lady" crime ever took place in the hotel.[12][13][14][15] Reportedly in the suite named for her, she is known to whisper in men's ears and leave pearls from her broken necklace on guest pillows.[16]
Blake Street Vault in
The Lady in Red is said to frequent the Spirit Room of the Connor Hotel in Jerome, Arizona.[19]
In
The Texas State Capitol in Austin has its own Lady in Red sighting and is rumored to be the ghost of a woman that was having an affair with a man that worked on the third floor.[21]
California
Truckee, California features a Lady in Red on their ghost walk.[22]
In Palm Springs, a Lady in Red is said to frequent the spot of her death outside of Korakia Pensione, a Moroccan styled Inn once known as Dar Marroc an exclusive stopover for the likes of Winston Churchill, Rudolph Valentino and Errol Flynn.[23]
At the Mendocino Hotel, a Lady in Red is said to haunt the establishment having died in a car accident on her honeymoon.[24][25]
The winding McEwan Road to Burlington Hotel in Port Costa lays claim to a Lady in Red that allegedly worked on the premises when it was a bordello in the 1800s.[26]
Northwest
The Moran Mansion in
Canada
In Vancouver, there is said to be the spirit of a woman named Jennie Pearl Cox, a socialite who died in a car accident in 1944 by the doors of the
The FirstOntario Concert Hall, informally known as Hamilton Place, in Hamilton, Ontario is said to be haunted by a Lady in Red that also weeps red tears. She has been reported by both staff and theatre-goers.[32]
United Kingdom and Ireland
A Red Lady is said to walk around the Church of St Nicholas in Pluckley, England since the 12th century.[35]
Leap Castle is claimed to be haunted by a Red Lady who is holding a dagger. It is reported she committed suicide after being captured and raped.[citation needed]
On the historic site of Greenbank House in
Asia
In
In Thailand, there is a story of a Lady in Red that is believed to be a spirit who drowned in the Bang Pakong River. Witnesses claim to see her while driving their cars across the bridge of the Bang Pakong River at night.[40]
In popular culture
Korean drama series The Ghost Detective is named for a Lady in Red that accompanies the main character in solving crimes.[41]
In Kat Shepherd's children's book, a Lady in Red haunts a theater in The Twilight Curse.[42]
In the film Crimson Peak, there are Red Lady ghosts but their red color comes from being buried in red clay vats.
See also
- Apparitional experience
- Baobhan sith
- Bloody Mary (folklore)
- Clíodhna
- Hulder
- Kuldevta
- La Llorona
- Leanan sídhe
- List of ghosts
- Madam Koi Koi
- Moura Encantada
- Onryō
- Pontianak (folklore)
- Resurrection Mary
- Samodiva
- Niles Canyon ghost
- Sayona
- Shadow people
- Weiße Frauen
- Witte Wieven
- Xana
- Yūrei
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