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Paranormal investigators scour Longview mansion for signs of the supernatural[/color]
By Brenda Blevins McCorkle / The Daily News The Daily News Online | Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2011
High atop a hill overlooking the Longview industrial area, the Rutherglen Mansion's stark white walls look ghostly outlined against wee hours blackness and a shroud of trees.
The setting is ripe for stories of specters and things that go bump in the night.
But is the local landmark haunted?
The long-held rumors of ghosts at the mansion brought members of PORT, the Paranormal and Occult Research Team, from Portland recently. They spent the night investigating the local restaurant and bed-and-breakfast, built in the early 1920s by J.D. Tennant, a town founder and the first general manager at Long-Bell Lumber Co.
Carol Ann Carnese, a Castle Rock native who is a relative newcomer to the occult team, alerted fellow ghost hunters to the site, now owned and operated by Reuben Grendahl of Longview.
Carnese got into exploring the spirit realm after experiencing it in her Portland home.
"I would read everything I could get my hands on. Tried to face it, find it, whatever I could do," she said. Until she found PORT, she hesitated to share her paranormal passion.
"I didn't even tell my parents," she said. "I didn't want to tell anybody because they were going to think I was crazy. But I've actually had a lot of positive response from people."
Finding a potentially haunted location on her home town was exciting, she said.
Carnese interviewed the staff members and discovered legends about the mansion, while others came from another ghost group that had investigated in the past.
"This is my baby," she said the day of the investigation. "I know it like the back of my hand."
Stories about the historic location include mysterious screams that echoed from the building and a couple murdered on their wedding night by a jealous ex-boyfriend.
Carnese also dug up explanations for some of the rumors.
In the late 70s, the mansion served as a school for troubled teenage girls, and Carnese heard that the director used to have the young women go outside and scream to release pent-up energy.
She discovered this information while interviewing the son of one of the mansion's former owners who still lives nearby.
Carnese was unable to find any account of murdered newlyweds, however. "I went as far back as I could," she said. "I think that was a story dreamed up by the girls to scare each other."
Other stories involve experiences of current staff members at the mansion.
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Paranormal investigators scour Longview mansion for signs of the supernatural[/color]
By Brenda Blevins McCorkle / The Daily News The Daily News Online | Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2011
High atop a hill overlooking the Longview industrial area, the Rutherglen Mansion's stark white walls look ghostly outlined against wee hours blackness and a shroud of trees.
The setting is ripe for stories of specters and things that go bump in the night.
But is the local landmark haunted?
The long-held rumors of ghosts at the mansion brought members of PORT, the Paranormal and Occult Research Team, from Portland recently. They spent the night investigating the local restaurant and bed-and-breakfast, built in the early 1920s by J.D. Tennant, a town founder and the first general manager at Long-Bell Lumber Co.
Carol Ann Carnese, a Castle Rock native who is a relative newcomer to the occult team, alerted fellow ghost hunters to the site, now owned and operated by Reuben Grendahl of Longview.
Carnese got into exploring the spirit realm after experiencing it in her Portland home.
"I would read everything I could get my hands on. Tried to face it, find it, whatever I could do," she said. Until she found PORT, she hesitated to share her paranormal passion.
"I didn't even tell my parents," she said. "I didn't want to tell anybody because they were going to think I was crazy. But I've actually had a lot of positive response from people."
Finding a potentially haunted location on her home town was exciting, she said.
Carnese interviewed the staff members and discovered legends about the mansion, while others came from another ghost group that had investigated in the past.
"This is my baby," she said the day of the investigation. "I know it like the back of my hand."
Stories about the historic location include mysterious screams that echoed from the building and a couple murdered on their wedding night by a jealous ex-boyfriend.
Carnese also dug up explanations for some of the rumors.
In the late 70s, the mansion served as a school for troubled teenage girls, and Carnese heard that the director used to have the young women go outside and scream to release pent-up energy.
She discovered this information while interviewing the son of one of the mansion's former owners who still lives nearby.
Carnese was unable to find any account of murdered newlyweds, however. "I went as far back as I could," she said. "I think that was a story dreamed up by the girls to scare each other."
Other stories involve experiences of current staff members at the mansion.
CONTINUE READING: tdn.com/lifestyles/article_32f71634-fd10-11e0-b7e3-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1bf9zuc00