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The Marshall House
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It's 1995 and the Marshall House is undergoing a renovation. As the workmen are digging around under the floor of the hotel they discover a grisly sight. The Marshall House opened in 1851 in Savannah located in what was then a premier shopping district in this Georgia town. In 1864 when General Sherman arrived in Savannah the hotel was occupied and used by the Union and served as a Union hospital for wounded soldiers. It would be used again as a hospital during the yellow fever epidemics during the 19th century. As the workmen were replacing those damaged floorboards what they found would send shivers down their spines. They found human remains and the bones led experts to deduce they were amputated limbs - limbs from Union soldiers. This was further confirmed when the location of these bones had once been the hospital's surgery room.
After the renovation strange incidents were reported
"When they were first renovating the hotel and opening it in 1999, three rooms had foul smells and bad vibes so overpowering the staff and workers could not stay in them long enough to get anything done...rooms 214, 314 & 414...414 being the worst and I think it's still very active today. They tried every deodorizer they could get a hold of and nothing worked. Finally they had prayer/blessing in those rooms and the smell and vibes relented only with 414 still having a persisting odor and vibes. Staff is said to play gospel music in that room when they are cleaning it because that is the only thing that keeps the vibes and odor at bay." {1}
In addition to the "smells" there have been reports of documented paranormal energy among the halls and rooms. Guests report seeing figures of amputee soldiers wandering throughout the hotel as if lost. The saddest is the guests reporting the soldier wandering through the halls without his arm asking: "Has anyone seen my arm?" {2}
People who have toured the old operating room have reported seeing doctors treading recently wounded soldiers. Some have claimed to have felt a "presence holding onto their wrist, as a nurse would do to feel for someone's pulse". {1}
There is another account from a guest seeing a "shadowy man dressed like a civil war soldier; with him was a small boy, who shouted at her, 'get out of my room'!" {1} She did. Would you???
Sources
1. https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/marshall-house-hotel/
2. https://www.savannah.com/civil-war-savannah-the-ghosts-of-history/
{*} Wikipedia - Creative Commons May 2007/Daniel Mayer
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