Oakland City College - Cockrum Hall
Oakland City, Indiana, United States
Other · local-legend
The Story
Cockrum Hall's legend identifies its haunting with Colonel Cockrum's wife. In the Haunted Places account, unexplained orange light shines through windows and doors move inside without an apparent person operating them. The tragic tower story offered as an explanation remains part of the folklore. Supernatural claims are attributed accounts. Historical backstories have not been independently corroborated.
The Hauntings
Cockrum Hall's legend identifies its haunting with Colonel Cockrum's wife. In the Haunted Places account, unexplained orange light shines through windows and doors move inside without an apparent person operating them. The tragic tower story offered as an explanation remains part of the folklore. Supernatural claims are attributed accounts. Historical backstories have not been independently corroborated.
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