Lucinda's Ghost
In 1981, a friend was house sitting for a doctor and his wife who were vacationing in Europe. Their two young girls did not go with them and stayed at home with my friend. We were both performing in a dinner theatre show, so she had to leave them alone each evening. She gave them strict instructions not to answer the door or let anyone in.
After the show this one night, she called the house to see if the kids were OK, and received no answer. We quickly left for the house since they should have answered. I was very uneasy about this the whole time with my vivid imagination conjuring up images of blood and gore.
We arrived at the house and she asked me to come in with her (which I was not too keen on). The house was the main part of a former Southern plantation that had been divided up into a small subdivision. In fact, the main entrance to the house was in the rear. As you step through the double doors, you see a large double wide staircase going up to the second floor. This staircase is about 8-10 feet wide and 15-20 feet high. I accompanied my friend to the top of the staircase and then said I would wait there as she continued on to the girls' bedroom.
As I stood there with my back to the stairs, I felt a hand touch my shoulder! The touch was very light and withdrew almost as quickly as I felt it. I turned around and saw nothing. There was no one on the stairs behind me, and no one could have moved away that quickly. About this time, my friend returned, obviously relieved because the girls had simply gone to bed and did not hear the phone. She did notice, however, that I looked very strange and asked if I was OK. I said, "yeah, now let's leave."
Afterwards I told her what had happened and she passed it along to the owners. Their reply was, "Oh, that was Lucinda." The history of Lucinda is that she was engaged to the owner of the plantation in the mid 1800's. He broke off the engagement and married someone else. Supposedly, Lucinda broke into the house and hung herself in one of the large rooms which is now the piano room. Since then she has haunted the house and appears to be little more than playful.
The owners told how they have woken up at night with the bed covers not only off the bed, but folded and stacked neatly in a corner!. Lucinda also enjoys rearranging the location of items in the kitchen. She apparently has her preference of where things should be, and continually moves them around. Also, the four large French doors in the piano room will not stay shut. They can be closed and latched, but if you leave the room and return, you will find them all open.
Their comments on my incident was that Lucinda was aware of a stranger in *her* house and physically touched me to determine my intentions. Anyway, I never went back there. Too spooky.