Ghost Hunting: The Ada Witch
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WHAT ARE WE DISCOVERING THIS MONTH?
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The Ada Ghost doesn’t ring as well as The Ada Witch
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She is called the Ada Witch, but this ghost is no witch. There is no witchcraft or magic associated with her tale. No, this ghostly story is a love triangle that ends in tragedy.
It starts in the 1800s (as many of these do. What is up with that century?) An unnamed woman is said to be having an affair. At night, while her husband slept, she would slip out and head to the marshes near what is now Honeycreek Avenue for a tryst with her lover. Eventually, her husband discovered her absence in their bed and became suspicious, and one night, followed her. He caught the lovers red-handed and flew into a rage. He murdered the wife and her lover. During the fight with the lover, the husband was fatally wounded and later died. The woman is said to be buried in Finlay Cemetery. However, the two men’s graves are never mentioned.
A WOMAN IN WHITE
Since then, people have reported seeing a woman in white in Finlay Cemetery. Eventually, she earned the moniker Ada Witch. Her description varies with some claiming to see a beautiful apparition and others a disfigured being with slashes across her skin—the wounds inflicted on her by her jealous husband when he killed her.
Orbs have also been spotted. Invisible hands touch visitors. The sounds of footsteps and screaming have been heard along with fighting and a woman weeping. These incidents aren’t limited to the cemetery. Encounters have happened along Honeycreek Avenue and Seidman Park.
In 2003, a group of paranormal investigators attempted to uncover who the Ada Witch really was. However, the grave they pointed was actually of a woman named Sarah McMillan. Records indicated she died of Typhoid Fever in 1870, thus ruling her out. This mistaken revelation led to Sarah’s grave being vandalized. After the community rallied around the incident, a local tombstone business donated a new headstone to restore Sarah’s resting place.
DIGGING FOR THE TRUTH
The search for the real identity and story of the Ada Witch continued, but a lack of evidence led some to believe her story was just an urban legend. Others continued on in hopes of uncovering a clue to the would provide definitive proof of her tale. Whatever the truth, her story is one that will forever haunt us.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Is the Ada Witch an urban legend or a tragic love story of a woman whose ghost now haunts this earthly realm?
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It was the 1800s, everyone is dead. Let the dead rest.
Boy, there are a LOT of restless spirits out and about.