Rising as a three-story monument to Victorian opulence at 301 South Magnolia Street, this 1878 mansion is anchored by the stagnant energy of a 1956 double-fatality. On that morning, Andrew Lawrence Bowers Jr. and Mary Camelia Bowers were found dead in an upstairs bedroom. Officially handled as a murder-suicide, the local whispers have never really stopped, with many believing the house holds onto the trauma of that day. People who go inside often describe a sudden, suffocating weight in the air that gets stronger the further you walk into the house, far beyond just the “creepy” feeling of an old building.

The most famous report is the Woman in White, often seen standing perfectly still in the upper-story windows looking down at the street. Most believe this is Mary Camelia appearing at the spot where she died. Visitors have also reported the sound of a piano playing old Victorian songs in the empty parlor, usually accompanied by the sudden, heavy scent of gardenias when no flowers are present. Modern investigators have picked up EVPs of children’s laughter and the sound of heavy furniture being dragged across the floorboards in the third-floor attic. The house is full of “cold spots” that seem to move through the rooms, and there is a persistent, unsettling feeling of being watched from the top of the grand staircase.