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The Pemberton Hall Ghost

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The Legend of Pemberton Hall

Michael Kleen

A thorough investigation of the history of Pemberton Hall Ghost, citing multiple sources. Traces the history of the real Mary Hawkins and discusses the birth of the legend in 1976 and the growth of the story through 2014.
Coles County Poor Farm (Ashmore Estates)

Historic Illinois
Discovering the haunts of Ashmore Estates (from 'Hotspots')

Hotspots
Pemberton's haunted attic no longer open

Daily Eastern News
Ghost of Mary Hawkins (from 'Haunted Illinois')

Haunted Illinois
The Presence of Pemberton Hall (from 'Ghost Stories of Illinois')

Jo-Anne Christensen
A Ghost's Story

Daily Eastern News
Pemberton Hall's ghost - urban legend?

Daily Eastern News
A Matron's Story (Dept. of Journalism student paper)

Kelli Quinn
Hunter of Midwest Hauntings

Times-Courier
What was that noise?

Times-Courier
Eastern has entry in ghoulish new book; Excerpt describes Pem ghost

Daily Eastern News
The Music Room (from 'Haunted America')

Haunted America
A legend exhumed

Daily Eastern News - The Verge
Eastern Folklore

Old Mainline (EIU)
I ain't afraid of no ghost

Decatur Herald & Review
They believe…was Mary dorm's late night visitor?

Decatur Herald & Review
Ghosts in Pem: True or Not

Karen Knupp
Myth of Pem ghost based on live coed

Karen Knupp
New book is trip through America's haunted houses

Times-Courier
Remember Mary? Here's the story behind EIU's Pem Hall ghosts

Times-Courier
Excerpt from The Warbler, 1919

Eastern Illinois University
Mary E. Hawkins obituary

Charleston Daily Courier