THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Randolph College has accumulated generations of campus ghost stories centered on several historic buildings. Students have reported apparitions, mysterious footsteps, unexplained voices, and shadow figures throughout the campus.
Randolph College, founded in 1891 as Randolph-Macon’s Woman’s College, is said to be haunted. One haunted spot is Mary’s Garden, named after Mary Stokes. Student legend says if you stray from the path and cross the garden, you will never graduate or never marry. Another story tells of a student who was murdered while wearing purple clogs. Her ghost is said to have been heard walking in her clogs all around the dorm where she lived. Also, the apparition of an old woman has been reported to appear in the West Dating Parlor.