THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The former Barlowe Street School has been linked to reports of unexplained footsteps, children's voices, and apparitions dating back to its years as a school. Paranormal investigators continue to visit the historic building.
The pre-1900 Old Barlowe Street School was more recently used for the St. Albans Haunted House Halloween Event from 1979 to 1989. But the Halloween event may have had some real haunts. Legend has it that in the 1920s, a school janitor died from a heart attack in the girls’ restroom and his spirit may still remain in the building. Witnesses have described an apparition that appeared in a south wing upstairs window, and that very window never stays closed, even when nailed shut. Cold spots, footsteps, eerie sensations and voices also have been described here.