THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Horace Williams House at UNC Chapel Hill is associated with reports of ghostly apparitions and unexplained activity. Visitors have described shadow figures, phantom footsteps, and mysterious noises inside the historic home.
The 1840s Horace Williams House was the home of University of North Carolina’s Philosophy Department chairman and taught future renowned author Thomas Wolfe. Williams is said to haunt his former home, moving objects around, rocking a rocking chair and flushing toilets.