Ghost stories

Tucson Citizen

Fort Huachuca’s Carleton House is one of a row of officers’ quarters built in late 1800s, still occupied today by modern-day Army officers. Unlike the others, however, Carleton House comes equipped with its own resident ghost, dubbed β€œCharlotte.” Built in 1880 as the post hospital, the building served in that capacity until 1889. During that time, according to legend, a woman named Charlotte gave birth to a baby, which died shortly thereafter. Charlotte herself died a few days later, never knowing whether her child was properly buried. Her spirit, in the form of a blonde young woman dressed in a flowing white gown, is said to roam the house in search of her baby. Several residents of the house have reported seeing such a figure, have seen furniture moving by itself, heard noises and other unexplained phenomena, and one corner of the living room defied efforts to heat it.


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