Wheaton College

Peacock Pond, located on Lower Campus, is rumored to bring love to young couples who walk around its edges. Historically, if a couple walks around the pond three times in a row and the man does not kiss the girl he's with by the end of the walk, she has the moral right to push him into the water.

In the courtyard of Metcalf and Kilham Halls, the statue of Hebe, the legendary daughter of Zeus and Hara, can be seen. Before the 1980s, students used to gather on the steps of the library after graduation, and then charge across campus to be the first to touch the statue. It was believed that the first one to touch the statue would be the first to get married.

Eve was a student at Wheaton when the campus was all girls. This didn't stop her boyfriend from visiting covertly, and people tended to stay away from them since he was known to have a bad temper. Her room was located on the top floor of Everette Hall, and when they got into an argument no one came to investigate since it was a common occurrence. This fight, however, escalated to deadly heights. Eve fled from her room, and as she was running down the hallway away from her boyfriend, she slipped and fell down a flight of stairs. She broke her neck and earned a spot amongst Wheaton's most commonly spotted ghosts.

One of Wheaton's first presidents, Samuel Cole, was known to be very kind and gentle. It is rumored that his ghost can be spotted late at night in the Cole Memorial Chapel, and has been known to dim lights, play with the sound system, and cause other eerie phenomenons. It is creepy enough to keep all but the bravest students from entering the Chapel late at night.

Mary Brown was once the head librarian of Wheaton College, and she took her job very seriously. She worked there for the majority of her life, and she truly loved her job. When she fell ill and was told that she would have to leave her position, it pained her horribly and she made the decision to take her life by means of a gas oven. It is then believed that she returned to her beloved library in the form of a ghost. Mary Brown's ghost has been seen and documented by a variety of library staff and Public Safety officers. One report stated that when a Public Safety officer was doing rounds, he noticed the shape of a person in the elevator. When he walked nearer to investigate, the doors closed and the elevator moved to another floor, but the mysterious person was never found. Even more curious, according to library staff, Mary's favorite book appropriately titled, Between Life and Death, is found in the mornings open on the floor.

When Wheaton was all girls, it was much more difficult to carry on a relationship, especially in the pre-1900s. One such troubled girl was Susan, who longed to see her boyfriend, who was named Michael. He had managed to sneak into her bedroom many nights before, but the headmaster seemed curious about Susan's late-night adventures, so they decided to go to the roof of the Mary Lyon building instead. At the time, this was the only building on campus, and contained both the classrooms and dormitories. It was an incredibly cold night, so Susan decided to return to her room to get a warmer blanket for the two of them. But Susan was caught by the headmaster, who viciously bolted the door leading to the roof, leaving Michael stranded. Susan pleaded with the headmaster to let him come back inside, but she would not relent, calmly telling Susan that Michael would get whatever punishment he deserved—this ended up being death by freezing in the night without his lover.