Case file · Haunting
The Ridges, Athens
The former Athens Lunatic Asylum (1874–1993). After patient Margaret Schilling died in an unused ward in 1978, the outline of her body remained as a stain on the floor, which feeds ghost stories.
1979 CE · 39.32, -82.11 · status: claim
The account
The asylum is now part of Ohio University. Its graveyards hold nearly 2,000 patients, many marked only by numbers.
The sceptical view
The stain is explained by decomposition fluids reacting with the floor and sunlight; the haunting is campus lore.