THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Merion Hall at Bryn Mawr College is associated with campus ghost stories and reports of unexplained activity. Students have described mysterious footsteps, unusual sounds, and other strange occurrences attributed to an unidentified presence within the historic residence hall.
Bryn Mawr College’s Merion Hall is rumored to be haunted by Lillian Vickers, who died in 1901. Lillian, according to campus legend, was happy and popular before she died, distraught over the fact that she had leprosy. In some versions, she jumped out a window of the third floor to her death, after accidentally setting herself on fire while trying to treat herself with kerosene. In others, she committed suicide. Now, Lillian’s ghost is said to hang out in the chimney. She opens and closes doors and tinkers with computers, and some students have left offerings of candy for her.