Yale Organ

The haunted organ of Yale University in New Haven Connecticut, located in Woolsey Hall. Woolsey Hall was built as a three building complex
for Yale's two hundred year anniversary in 1901 by architects Carere and Hastings. Shortly after these buildings, the universities organist, Harry
B. Jepson, got the Newberry family to donate a large sum of money for a state of the art organ. They agreed and it was built, and finished by
1903. By 1915, because of advances in technology, the organ was already outdates, so again Jepson asked the Newberry's for another
contribution so it could be updated and Woolsey Hall enlarged. They once again agreed, and was dedicated in about 1916. By 1926, the times
had changed, and organ again was outdated, and the Newberry's donated money to have it updated again, this time by the Skinner Organ
Company from Boston, and G. Donald Harrison.

In the 1940's Professor Harry Jepson was forced to retire against his will, and never set foot again into Woolsey Hall to play his organ. He died
in 1952, in his home that is only a couple blocks from Yale University. Then another organist by the name of Frank Bozyan, retired in the 1970's
against his will, and within six months after his retirement he died.

The Woolsey Hall was then used for rock concerts and was set up to be mechanically amplified. This supposedly is why the place became
haunted, a once classical building was now a place for youth. This is when workers in the hall started to become aware of its menacing and
melancholic sensations throughout the entire building, especially in the basement and the organ chambers. One man while working there, he
"became acutely aware of some sort of unpleasant sensation just lurking around the next corner or even standing behind him." He said the
presence became so regular and strong, he refused to be by himself, especially in the evenings. He was advised by one of the wife's of the
curators to bring a cross with him whenever he went into the organ chambers. She also claimed to have felt someone standing at the entrance
door to the basement, as if to keep strangers out.

This haunting is mostly known because of many occasions that organ has been heard playing, but no one is inside the hall. It has even started
to play with no one on it when someone is in that same room as it. It is not known if this is the ghost of a man who had to retire against his will
never to see his organ again, or if it is a ghost from an earlier time period.

Bibliography:

Holzer, H. (1995). Where the Ghosts Are: The Ultimate Guide to Haunted Houses. New York: Citadel Press.