Glassboro Ghost, "Elizabeth"

One of the most famous ghost stories of southern New Jersey is that of The Glassboro Ghost (a.k.a., The Glassboro Girl.

The story has appeared in numerous books and articles, and is told (and retold) with many variations. The traditional version runs as follows:

In the late 19th Century a little girl named Elizabeth died after falling down a flight of stairs in her home on Main Street, in Glassboro, NJ. She is believed to have been AbOUT eight years old at the time.

Her fall is attributed to various causes as well. Two of the oldest being that she had been wrestling with some other children at the top of the stairs and been accidentally pushed; and that she had been intentionally pushed by her uncle. Later versions replace the uncle with a grandfather.

Her manifestations include the following incidents (allegedly experienced by various tenants of the house): the sound of someone falling down the steps is heard late at night, a little girl is seen from the street looking out of the windows, a little girl is heard singing and playing in the yard when no one is there, hands are felt pressing sleeping tenants' FACES into their pillows and/or a child is felt kneeling on their backs.

A tombstone said to belong to the Glassboro Ghost exists. It is located in a small cemetery situated along the Delsea Drive just before the Collegetown shopping center. The name Elizabeth is barely visible on the worn tombstone.