Larry Freeman’s Bathroom

Sept. 1990 – Apt. #505, (which had been newly renovated)

He had gotten out of the shower-bathtub, leaving the curtain open, that hangs around the bathtub.

While he was brushing his teeth, he heard the water running in the shower, and when he turned around, the curtain was wide open also.

This happened 3 more times in succession, in between each incident, Larry turned off the faucet tightly and closed the curtain.

He ran to the manager after 4th time.

Second Incident in Larry’s Apartment

Sean Byrnes, the manager, also has a 5th floor apartment. As he was walking past Larry’s apt.#505, he heard Jazz music playing & thought Larry was home.

He met Larry, however, in the lobby as Larry was coming home from work., and told him of the music.

It turned out that the music wasn’t coming from Larry’s mis-set clock radio, but from the flip-on radio by his washing machine, which is always set to a classic rock ‘n roll station, as it was in the morning when Larry was listening to it.

The knob on the radio had been turned all the way over to the jazz station & had been flipped on. No one else has a key to apt. #505, but Larry and Sean.

Third Incident in Larry’s Apartment

A few months later

When sleeping, Larry always closed the sliding oak door, (gravity-tilted to keep it shut), that was between his bedroom & living room.

One night, around 11:30, he heard the door slide open, and no one was there. The apartment had no signs of break-in, and the outer door was still locked.

It is theorized that the ghost in Larry’s #505 Apt. could have been, according to Mrs. Barber, (a long-time resident), a Betsy Ward, who was a lady who died in bed from a heart attack.

1987 Sighting; Spirit of Fred

Reid Shaylor, (young waiter,who lived on the third floor), while visiting his friend, Kathy, (who worked at Lobby desk), at her fourth floor apartment, had a visit from Mrs. Lightner, who lived across the hall from Kathy.

She asked to borrow a cup of sugar. Since Kathy didn’t have any, Reid got a cup from his apt. and went to Mrs. Lightner’s door.

He heard her talking to someone, while he knocked on the door. Reid then pushed the door open and saw a man, standing right beside her, who was wearing a 1930 double-breasted suit.

The man was very gray & was in an outline form, but could be seen clearly. He then disappeared.

Kathy, who was standing behind Reid, saw him too. “That’s my dead husband, Fred”, said Mrs. Lightner.

Reid’s Spectral Admirer

For about a month after this sighting, Reid would come home from work and find cassettes & record albums, that had already been put away, laid out on his bed, like someone was trying to decide what to listen to.

Also, during the night, it was extremely cold in his apt.

Every morning, Reid locked his closet chifforobe. Every afternoon when he came home, it would be unlocked.

Every Sunday morning, in the Catholic tradition, Reid would light candles. When he came back from church, the candles would be blown out.

It is theorized that Fred Lightner, (the dead husband), took a liking to Reid because he got his wife the cup of sugar, and thus came to visit him in his apt. on the third floor.