35: HAUNTING | Room 428

Avery After Dark

Avery Ross

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime

4.8 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Room 428 holds a dark, dark secret. Some of the most chilling paranormal stories come from Wilson Hall at Ohio University. Years ago, the haunting got SO intense university officials permanently SEALED the room shut. Forever.

This is the only known case where an American University has closed off a room due to paranormal activity.

But why? What happened here? In one our spookiest episodes yet, Avery dives deep into the history of the school & the hauntings that surround it. You won't want to miss this...

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0:00.0	This is Avery After Dark and I am your host, Avery Ross.
0:19.2	I was going to take this week off, but I couldn't do it.
0:24.2	I just couldn't do it.
0:26.5	I wanted to get you all a little episode to help you through the week.
0:30.7	I know this episode is helping me get through mine.
0:34.0	Today, I have a very spooky episode for you all, and that is the story of the infamously haunted and sealed shut, Room 428.
0:45.0	This particular haunting is in Wilson Hall at Ohio University, and it's really one of those stories, the more you hear, the more you're like, whoa, let's get
0:56.5	right into it. Our story is set in Athens, Ohio at Ohio University, and it's a classic
1:02.8	all-American Midwestern town. The university is the ninth oldest public university in the United
1:09.0	States. So there's a lot of history there. And the
1:12.4	school is a popular choice for many. And on campus, you can tell. Dorms are filled to the brim with
1:18.6	students. School spirit is alive and well here. But deeper than that, Ohio University in itself
1:26.2	has been highly regarded as one of the most haunted campuses
1:29.9	in the world. And this ain't just coming from me. Ohio University was one of the places covered
1:36.1	in a Fox episode of the series Scariest Places on Earth. The university was established in
1:42.0	1804 and opened for students in 1809. And the number of paranormal
1:47.4	encounters and creepy stories that have come out of Ohio University, oh, it's pretty shocking. But there
1:53.7	is one particular dorm that has been the talk of the university for decades. And that is Wilson
2:00.6	Hall, the most famous haunted spot on campus.
2:03.6	From the outside, Wilson Hall looks to be just another stately college dorm.
2:08.6	Aged white columns support the red brick building and the streets surrounding it
2:13.6	are filled with university students bustling on the way to classes. But Wilson Hall's fourth floor
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