Are There Ghosts Haunting The White House?
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Oct. 31) — Tales of White House ghosts have been around for almost as long as the White House itself. The ghost of a British soldier from the War of 1812 is said to walk the grounds at night. Another ghoulish tale has a long-deceased White House usher still turning off lights in the building while a former White House doorman is reported to still be on the job. The spirit of Abigail Adams, the wife of America’s second president John Adams, has been spotted hanging laundry in the East Wing of the White House. And for all the people who have stayed in the Lincoln Bedroom of late, there is one who would not. Britain’s Winston Churchill refused to sleep there after sighting President Abraham Lincoln’s ghost lurking about. White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry says he is a believer. “There are, from time to time, reports that the White House is haunted … from time to time, mysterious appearances of figures from history,” McCurry said. “I believe.” McCurry coul
