The Deadly Orono Triangle: Stop #2

A short walk from Estabrooke Hall, Colvin Hall is said to be haunted by the former house mother and professor, Caroline Colvin. It is believed that Caroline declared that she would watch over the hall for all eternity and would return if men were allowed to reside within its walls.

According to legends, she has been haunting the young men of the dorm since the mid-1980s. She makes sure that they are behaving themselves, even going so far as to call them out by name. Caroline’s watchful eyes look over misbehaving men and she is rumored to yell their names aloud. If you hear your name echo through Colvin, get out! Students have reported hearing tap...tap...tapping following them within the halls and tripping them in the North Stairwell. If you are by a mirror, beware of a blue flash. She may be near.

Emily Burnham, BDN Staff. “She Was a Pioneer for Female Academics -- and Her Ghost May Still Haunt Umaine.” WGME, WGME, 26 Mar. 2019, https://wgme.com/news/local/she-was-a-pioneer-for-female-academics-and-her-ghost-may-still-haunt-umaine. 

Tucker, Elizabeth. “One Ghost or Two?” Haunted Halls Ghostlore of American College Campuses, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MI, 2007, pp. 140–144.