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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Weld Hall's reputation as the center of Harvard's occult has been revived by the sighting of a ghost in one of its rooms...

Author: By Mark R. Hoffenberg, | Title: 'I Saw a Ghost in My Common Room' | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

...were sitting in a circle around a little red candle left over from Hurricane Gloria. The windows were open, there was a full moon and we were feeling deeply relaxed," said Audris S. Wong '89 a resident of Weld North. "My eyes were transfixed at the space between my two roommates, when I saw an old woman with a dark cloak and grayish hair...

Author: By Mark R. Hoffenberg, | Title: 'I Saw a Ghost in My Common Room' | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

Others are not sure. One resident of Weld North said, "There are no such things as ghosts. I'd say they were probably intoxicated...

Author: By Mark R. Hoffenberg, | Title: 'I Saw a Ghost in My Common Room' | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

According to legend, Weld has long been plagued by the super-natural. "The story goes that when Weld was rebuilt after burning down in the 1960's, a spirit was bricked in between the walls," said Margaret John, a Weld proctor. "Students often hear mysterious knocking on the walls...

Author: By Mark R. Hoffenberg, | Title: 'I Saw a Ghost in My Common Room' | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

Although Associate Dean of Freshman Burris Young declined to comment on Weld's ghostly residents, he said, "There is no doubt that there are ghosts everywhere...

Author: By Mark R. Hoffenberg, | Title: 'I Saw a Ghost in My Common Room' | 11/9/1985 | See Source »

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