"Sophie" Strong Hall

UT Campus Knoxville, TN

FEB 17th 2007

The most famous haunting at UT is probably the ghost of Strong Hall. This women's residence hall is said to be haunted by the woman it was named after, Sophronia Strong. She was born in 1817, and married Dr. Joseph Strong. They lived in a house currently located where Strong Hall is, and "Sophie" died in 1867. In 1915, her son, Benjamin, willed the property to UT on the conditions that it be a women's residence hall and that a flower garden always be maintained outside. Today, the ghost of Sophronia is said to haunt the residence hall. She is known to students as "Sophie," and acts as a mother to them. She has no tolerance for disagreements, arguments, or "unladylike behavior." Her ghost appears as a white apparition. You are most likely to see it in a mirror on her birthday - February 17.

 

No EVPs were captured or any photos. We did experience major battery drain. We also experienced that the picture of  Sophie was 20 degrees hotter than the rest of the room. Seems she was up set that we were there. The only thing we have is video of orbs passing by the camera in the bottom of the old stairwell that has been blocked off for some time. It was the original stairwell for the building. The videos are quite large. I have them in two parts.  

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Strong Hall Part 1

Strong Hall Part 2

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