Sensitive topic for some of y'all: Suicide, mental illness
Alright folks, here we are. A new chapter for the blog. The first legend I wanted to go over was the one about the Barlowe Manor. Down in Ramsey, there's an old, old mansion. It's gated off, has tons of property, 3 floors, a basement, the whole deal. It was built in 1924 or '25 by Richard Barlowe, a businessman from Idaho who invested in the Sanders Mine project in the mid 1910's. I've been by it a few times, went poking around the gate when I was younger with my friends. Nothing to see from the outside. The legend goes that in 1929, Richard died suddenly and left his wife Veronica with the whole damn house. Once this happened, she was rattling around this big house by herself, and she supposedly turned to devil worship. She claimed that she heard voices and saw visions. Maybe from Satan, maybe the ghost of her husband, or (more likely) mental illness. People thought she was possessed so she withdrew even more. In my opinion, she was just a sad widow that was forced out of the community and vilified. Anyway, she supposedly did this 'worshiping' in her basement. It was a rumor spread by her few guests, one of which was rumored to be Oliver Deercot. He was a myth too and I got told that he was Veronica Barlowe's only friend in this time. It sorta exacerbates the idea that she was crazy and making stuff up. But she killed herself in the early 30's and the house remained abandoned for a few years. Then around 1935 or so, some kids broke in to the abandoned manor and went missing. They just wanted to explore and mess around like teenagers do. Some volunteers went after them and this is where the legend began. Some of them claimed to hear the voice too, and felt/heard a heartbeat coming from within the Manor. They went into the basement and saw a giant demon themselves coming out of a massive cave. They also claimed to see the ghosts of the Barlowe's but obviously ghosts aren't real so it's up to y'all to actually decide how much to belive. Anyway, all of 'em ran for their lives, spread the story. The place was surrounded by cops the day after and the rumor is that cops still go up there sometimes to check on it. Other rumors said that white vans drive up there for some purpose. But those kids in 1935 never got found and a bunch more have gone missing there since. I don't put it past the Hosted to cover it up or use it for some horrible purpose. The claims of what's there are all over the damn place. Demons, ghosts of the Barlowe's, Wendigo's, vampires, the cult, murderers, and a few others I'm probably forgetting. Whatever is actually there is probably some twisted skinwalker thing but that's for y'all to figure out. I'm just here to tell what I remember. I know my storytelling abilities could use some work but I'm just telling it the way I remember from being a kid. If you got feedback then tell me! Hope y'all liked this little piece of Walker Creek history, maybe it'll help. Let me know what you think. - Trevor
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