2008 Woodie Awards
Urban legends haunt YSU
Russell Howell
Issue date: 10/31/06 Section: ae
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When we were kids, Halloween meant free candy. Each year, sticky children dressed as scary or cute as possible stop at every house with the porch lights on to get loaded on sugar. Halloween for college students may be a little bit different. Grave hunting, ghosts stories, scary movies and urban legends help satisfy our curious taste buds. On today's spooky holiday, Youngstown State University students sneak a creepy peak at some "urban legends" around campus.
When asked what their scariest moments are:
Angela DiLeo- "Someone robbed my house while I was there. He didn't think anyone was in the house. He walked in my room, prepared to take something. He had a gun but ran off."
Matt Chester- "My brother and I were driving back from West Virginia at about 2:30 in the morning and he fell asleep at the wheel, doing 85 mph, and hit a bridge. I was in the passenger side asleep and I woke up after the car crashed, scared."
Brent Styer- "At John Carroll in my dorm, my roommate and I were sleeping. Previously strange things had happened such as the bed shaking, lights going on and off and the doors shutting by themselves. I was [lying] down on my stomach and was awoken by someone [patting] my legs. I got up and looked and no one was there. My roommate was on the other side of the room dead asleep."
Kreepy Kilcawley House whistles with rumors
Youngstown State University has it's own urban legend, right on the sixth floor of Kilcawley House. Students have passed the story of a janitor who fell and broke his neck on the stairwell.
According to ohioexploration.com, people have reported mysterious occurrences in the YSU dormitory. Three years ago, Brandi Veigh was a sixth floor resident of Kilcawley House.
"At 3 a.m. I got up to go to the restroom and heard scratching. I heard the wind whistling but all the windows were closed," Veigh said.
Wick House flames with urban legends
When asked what their scariest moments are:
Angela DiLeo- "Someone robbed my house while I was there. He didn't think anyone was in the house. He walked in my room, prepared to take something. He had a gun but ran off."
Matt Chester- "My brother and I were driving back from West Virginia at about 2:30 in the morning and he fell asleep at the wheel, doing 85 mph, and hit a bridge. I was in the passenger side asleep and I woke up after the car crashed, scared."
Brent Styer- "At John Carroll in my dorm, my roommate and I were sleeping. Previously strange things had happened such as the bed shaking, lights going on and off and the doors shutting by themselves. I was [lying] down on my stomach and was awoken by someone [patting] my legs. I got up and looked and no one was there. My roommate was on the other side of the room dead asleep."
Kreepy Kilcawley House whistles with rumors
Youngstown State University has it's own urban legend, right on the sixth floor of Kilcawley House. Students have passed the story of a janitor who fell and broke his neck on the stairwell.
According to ohioexploration.com, people have reported mysterious occurrences in the YSU dormitory. Three years ago, Brandi Veigh was a sixth floor resident of Kilcawley House.
"At 3 a.m. I got up to go to the restroom and heard scratching. I heard the wind whistling but all the windows were closed," Veigh said.
Wick House flames with urban legends
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