The Most Haunted House In Savannah

The most haunted house in Savannah, Georgia isJudging from the crypt's tabby construction, it
the Hampton Lillibridge residence. It is the scenedated back to early colonial times.  Workers
of several tragic deaths and the source of truereported that the crypt was empty and so they
scary stories about real ghosts.  Exorcism hashad simply sealed it up and reburied it.  Williams
failed to cleanse the house.now suspects this to be the source of the
The Hampton Lillibridge Househaunting and regrets not having investigated more
Too Creepy For Occupancythoroughly at the time.
The most haunted house in Savannah, accordingThe Others
to old-timers, is the Hampton Lillibridge House atThere is an abundance of macabre events
507 East Saint Julian Street on Washingtonassociated with the Hampton Lillibridge house. 
Square. The home was originally built by RhodeTools and equipment of men working on the
Islander, Hampton Lillibridge in 1796.restoration mysteriously disappeared or were
When Hampton Lillibridge died, his widow remarriedrelocated.  Mocking laughter and footsteps were
and disposed of the property.  The home passedreported on several occasions.
from owner to owner, and eventually became aJim Williams himself reported numerous
boarding house. A sailor hung himself in one of theabnormalities during his tenure in the hosue.  For
third story guest rooms during that period.example, he once followed a shadowy figure to
A Fateful Movethe end of an upper story hall, where it
No one would live in the house for a number ofmysteriously disappeared through a door. 
years after that until it was finally purchased byWilliams tried to open the door himself, but it was
intrepid antique dealer Jim Williams in 1963.  Thelocked tight.
house was rapidly deteriorating. Williams alsoOn December 7, 1963 the distraught Williams at
purchased the house next door, with the intent tolast conducted an exorcism of the haunted house
restore both.  However, a laborer was crushedunder the auspices of an Episcopal bishop. 
to death during the move of the second house,Unfortunately, the cleansing was ineffective as
another victim of the curse attached to thethe paranormal activity resumed within a week.
structure.There are no willing buyers because of the many
Workers involved in the 1963 relocation,true scary stories associated with the most
conceivably stumbled on the source of thehaunted house in Savannah.  Neighbors report
paranormal activity associated with Savannah'sshadowy figures in the windows and eerie music
most haunted house.  To their horror, workmenand laughter as if some paranormal party is
uncovered an ancient crypt as they wereunderway at one of Savannah's most haunted
preparing the foundation to move.places.