PHASM

Pleasant Hall, Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Other · local-legend

The Story

A self-described Pleasant Hall employee posted an account of a door opening in an empty room, movement heard in an unoccupied office and fleeting shadow-like shapes near a doorway. The writer knew the building’s older ghost reputation but explicitly acknowledged that ordinary explanations could account for the experiences. Firsthand community report; author identity unverified. Conflicting violent-origin legends and a supposed name are not adopted.

The Hauntings

A self-described Pleasant Hall employee posted an account of a door opening in an empty room, movement heard in an unoccupied office and fleeting shadow-like shapes near a doorway. The writer knew the building’s older ghost reputation but explicitly acknowledged that ordinary explanations could account for the experiences. Firsthand community report; author identity unverified. Conflicting violent-origin legends and a supposed name are not adopted.

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