Sallie House
Located in Atchinson Kansas
Built between the years of 1867 and 1871 at 508 N. 2nd Street by M. C. Finney.
At a young age, Sallie now refered to as the "Heartland Ghost" was diagnosed with a severe case of appendicitis requiring immediate surgery. Because of the young childs fear of the surgical tools, Sallie had to be restrained and was administered ether. In the physicians haste to complete the operation, he did not allow the anethetic time to take its full effect. During the intitial incision, Sallie awoke and began to fight against the pain. Before she died on the table it is reported that she expressed her contempt and loathing for the physician and that her spirit remains in the house to this day.
In 1993, a young couple that rented the house reported seeing Sallie almost from the time they moved in. Being mischevios and playing pranks on the new rentors, she would turn pictures upside down, turn electrical appliances on and off and move items such as toys around the house. However, shortly after, these harmless pranks turned malevolent. The husband would frequently suffer attacks from an unseen force and small fires would mysteriously start throughout the house.
While filming at the residence, the crew of the TV show "Sightings" captured on film red welts appearing on the mans stomach and blood beginning to flow from the wound. These attacks would occur quite often and extreme tempuratue drops were noted just prior to the attacks.
A psychic was brought in and he informed the couple that there were actually two spirits reisiding within the house. Sallie, which had been responsible for the childish pranks and a woman in her 30's, an evil spirit that was very fond of the husband.
The evil spirit of this woman had supposedly been trying to cause problems between the husband and wife to separate them emotionally thinking she could then have more io his time for herself. When these attemps became unsuccesul, she resulted to attacking the husband.
After an encounter where the hushand was pushed by an unseen force in an attemp to make him fall over the stair railing and down the steps, the couple decided it was time to move out of the house.
This location has been featured on "Unexplained Mysteries", "Sightings", and a TV movie called "Haunted Heartland".
Other phenomena captured in this house include but are not limited to, the feeling of anxiety, EVP's capturing both a small girl and boy talking and singing, a man and a womans voice, sounds of coins hitting the wooden floors, footsteps, growls, whispers and unknown voice interaction with conversations during investigations. Orbs appearing in photo's taken of the stairway, electronic equipment failure and people being touched. |