THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Alfred University is associated with several campus ghost stories involving its historic buildings and grounds. Students and staff have reported apparitions, unexplained footsteps, voices, and other mysterious activity attributed to unidentified spirits.
Alfred University is rumored to be haunted by several ghosts. Among them are a Civil War soldier who walks the hallways of The Brick, which was once used as a Civil War infirmary. Other ghosts rumored to linger here are a little boy who appears on the second floor of Herrick Library and a woman’s apparition, seen in the CDC.