According to legend, the former Pratt Hall dorm at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama, is haunted by the Red Lady of Huntingdon College (actually, two). Kathryn Tucker Windham, Huntingdon's alumnus, shared her story in the book "13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey."
According to Windham and historian Daniel Barefoot, Huntingdon College is said to have been haunted by two ghosts. The 'First' Lady was only seen once. She was described as a young woman walking silently through the hallways of a women's dormitory late at night while doused in a red glow and carrying a scarlet parasol. Apparently, she was never seen again.
According to Windham, the "Second" Lady was a former student named Martha. She had reluctantly traveled from New York to Huntingdon because her father's mother had gone there when it was still in Tuskegee, and his will stipulated that she must attend his mother's alma mater. The legend goes that Martha came clothed in red, carrying various red-colored accessories, red draperies for her windows, and a red bedspread. Martha always dropped when her classmates nudged her to explain why she seemed to be fixated on the color red. Martha struggled to make friends with the students since she was shy and from out of state. She seemed different from them, and they misunderstood her timidity for contempt when they found out she was wealthy.
When Martha got abandoned by her only friend in college, she allegedly developed the habit of wandering into rooms where the other girls were gathered. Reportedly, her presence chilled the girls, and they came up with lame excuses for leaving her alone. She would then feel cut off from everyone and return to her bedroom, where she would wrap herself in her red bedspread and hide from the world. Martha's former roommate decided to check up on Martha one evening after she hadn't shown up for lectures or meals all day. She claimed to have seen red flashes coming from the room's transom as she got closer to Martha's room. According to the story, Martha was found deceased in her room, wrapped in her red robe and covered in her red bedspread, having scored her wrists.
While this happened a while ago, Huntingdon College students claim that on the anniversary of Martha's demise, the Red Lady resurfaces to haunt the hallways of Pratt Hall, and red light flashes from the transom of her room. On the fourth floor, where Martha resided, students have supposedly claimed to have seen Martha's spirit, which they said passed through locked doors and walls.
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