The White House has purportedly been the site of many a spectral sighting, with numerous individuals claiming to have encountered the ghosts or presences of former presidents and first ladies.
Claims of ghostly presences are more common than you think, but it’s impossible to prove their existence. And what about extremely famous ghosts that pop up over centuries, and sometimes, in the same place?individualsOne of these spirits was none other than President Abraham Lincoln, whose family was well-acquainted with death and loss, and whose wife, Mary-Todd Lincoln, cultivated a relationship with spiritualism.
Through spiritualism, Mrs. Lincoln, like many Americans at the time, found solace in the belief that one could communicate with lost loved ones. Despite this, Mrs. Lincoln did take a step back from her practice after several months due to societal pressures. Some claimed that Lincoln even foresaw his own death in his dreams, even though he may not have known it. According toWard Hill Lamon—Abraham Lincoln’s former law partner, friend and sometime bodyguard—told a famous story about the 16th U.S. president’s premonition of his own death. According to the tale, just a few days before his assassination on April 14, 1865, Lincoln shared a recent dream with a small group that included his wife, Mary Todd, and Lamon.
Even though the séances and the dreams could have just been conjecture, many claim to have seen more than one Lincoln haunting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue after his