The Haunting of the National Capitol

Well-authenticated Ghosts Infests the National Capitol

The National Capitol at Washington D.C. is probably the most thoroughly haunted building in the world, believe it or not, 
even though the White House** vies for the title. Not less than eighteen, more or less, well-authenticated ghosts infests 
it, and some of them are more than ordinarily alarming character.

The building has had a violent history to its background. The National capitol was constructed by slave labor, experienced 
two major fires, together with several of its senators as well its visitors being shot that have left this edifice with many
 haunting spirits.

Many senators, office workers, visitors alike, even the police when strolling through the corridors, chambers and halls 
of the National Capitol have felt, at times, an ominous presence following them around. They see nothing, however. 
Yet there have been stories told of recurring blood stains on the floors, dancing statues, and at the dark of night, spirits of astute lawmakers, ghosts of nefarious assassins, and other ghostly apparitions that were spooking the building.

A good many of the haunting phenomena occurs and observed in various parts of the capitol building during the silence 
of the dark hours. In the daytime hours, when the building if full of visitors and noises of a busy hum are about, 
professional guides make a point of showing them how a whisper uttered when standing on a certain marble spot 
is distinctly audible at another point quite a distant away.

Work performed during the night hours requires more than nerve, as the National Capitol is alive with whispering 
echoes and other suggestions of the supernatural. There are rather unexplainable noises, and a weird and strange 
feeling overcomes one, distracting one from the pursuit of the required work. He or she finds oneself in a vague sense 
of alarm, though one cannot imagine the cause of it.