Spirits seen at Morton College in Cicero
October 31, 2018
Did you know that Morton College is haunted by a ghost?
According to https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/morton-college/, Emily is a spirit seen and heard in the campus of Morton College. She was murdered near the Laramie Bridge by the school before the school was built. Security at the school have seen Emily’s spirit wonder around the rooftops at night, and theatergoers have heard Emily in the theater, especially during violent plays that contain murder scenes.
“She’s never appeared to me, although there is many stories of her and supposed knocking that’s heard in between the walls,” Morton College student said.
Many students have heard the stories and myths on Emily, however many don’t believe in the stories.
“I heard about her at a party and my friends and I went to walk around there late at night but I didn’t see or hear anything suspicious on my part,” a Morton College Student said.
There are a couple of students that have experienced hearings and suspicious acts at the campus that don’t want to believe in Emily but the acts have them worried.
“When I am walking to class at times in the halls I hear like loud bangs in between the walls and it freaks me out because I remember about the stories of Emily and I speed walk to class or wherever I’m going.” Student, Jose Quiroz said.
There are many sides to this story and many experiences, however Emily would only know if she’s really haunting the school or not.
Jim Bouse • May 17, 2020 at 11:12 pm
I am a Morton College alumnus. I graduated from Morton East HS, class of1969, with Emily and her sister. It was shortly after graduation that Emily was murdered and her body was found on the property that is now the Morton College campus. Prior to this, the College held classes in the high school building. Emily’s family and friends never had closure, her murderer(s) were never found. A speculative theory was that her murder was gang related. Some day, maybe with Emily’s help, they will find her murderer.
Jazmine Jimenez • Jan 10, 2019 at 12:30 pm
this is a really good article because i believe in ghost/spirits and feel more people should be less skeptical about what more there is besides just human beings
jennifer soto • Jan 10, 2019 at 11:24 am
i feel like it might be true because stuff have happened around Morton college. Plus once my brother had told me that one of his friends keep seeing shadows around the halls, BUT it also might be fake cause people like to scare others and well we never know if its true or not.
bryan deleon • Jan 10, 2019 at 10:35 am
i find this article interesting because i have encountered with a host before. i was about 10 years when it both happened the first time i was sleeping over at my cousin’s house i woke up in the middle of the night and i went to the kitchen to drink some water thats when i saw a little girl with red hair sitting on a chair facing the wall when i was heading back to the room the chair and the little girl weren’t there anymore
Ayleen Garcia • Jan 10, 2019 at 10:31 am
I find this article interesting because i do believe in ghost/spirits. I crazy how sometimes you can see the shadows of it or like a ghost of it.But in my prospected i never seen on personality but i heard about some like in this school and some other places.Like i heard the congress hotel that rooms are hunted.But i found them very dun to read or to watch about it.
brayer2 • Jan 10, 2019 at 8:32 am
I find this article very interesting because i do believe in ghost. One of my friends had a creepy day in his house and i got goosebumps of what had happen to him. He was in his attic looking for a controller , by the time he was leaving he heard a voice say his name and he look back there was nobody so he just ran. I have never experience any spirits situation but i found ghost stories fun to read.
Kimberly Carrillo • Nov 14, 2018 at 7:18 pm
Ghosts cannot physically exist and most rumors aren’t true so probably not:*
Jaqueline Garcia • Nov 9, 2018 at 2:57 pm
I’ve heard of this story in Unity when my government teacher decided to read us scary stories during Halloween. I think it’s quite interesting to read of such paranormal activity.
Leslie A. • Nov 9, 2018 at 10:37 am
I have heard a few stories about Emily. I came across a book titled “When the Ghost Screams” by Leslie Rule. The book provides the readers with more information about Emily. According to the author Morton College was not yet finished when her ghost was spotted. Emily’s spirit was seen by a man working on the roof. The man called her name and she quickly disappeared. Other individuals have as well claimed to have seen Emily in the campus. In general, the stories are frightening.
Odwen • Nov 9, 2018 at 8:24 am
I sort of believe in this since I have also heard rumors before about a ghost haunting the area, one time I went to Morton college for a field trip and the tour guide told us that people have had encounter’s with the ghost by hearing foot steps or knocks in between the walls and that the theater was where most encounters had happened and was the most haunted part of the college grounds. personally I don’t believe in it since I haven’t encountered it myself.
Miguel Gonzalez • Nov 7, 2018 at 6:31 pm
The article is very interesting. This is a hard topic to do this, but it would be nice to see some actual factual evidence supporting the haunting. Whether it be pictures, recordings. Most of the things seen here are people’s opinions and interrogations, but nothing fully assuring the haunting is true. At the end, the article is very well built, and catches the reader’s attention with something spooky and suspenseful, specially for a Halloween day.
Roberto Ariza • Nov 7, 2018 at 11:10 am
Damn, must be nice to experience a ghost at Morton College. Hb Morton East?
Miguel Garcia • Nov 7, 2018 at 11:09 am
What if their aliens making you think that their ghost so you don’t Morton college aliens out here trying to help humanity by providing better education
Arturo Flores • Nov 7, 2018 at 11:08 am
i personally think that this is fake news because i don’t really believe in ghosts and the article is click bait
Sheila Sanchez • Nov 7, 2018 at 10:03 am
I think this is real, but I still need more evidence to completely believe its true.
Cristian Perez • Nov 5, 2018 at 12:13 pm
I don’t know if this is real or not but it is actually pretty interesting and creepy at the same time. I would love if there was some kind of evidence to prove that she was real. Some people may have heard strange noises in the halls but who knows if it was her or not probably someone just pranking people.
Natalie Gallardo • Nov 5, 2018 at 11:24 am
this was really hard to believe for the fact that it was so short and it didn’t have enough fact or very many witnesses to confirm the suspicions. The fact that also she wasn’t even killed on campus also makes it hard to believe because why would she haunt a place she has nothing to do with. I wouldn’t believe it only because there isn’t much information.
Kayla A Castaneda • Nov 5, 2018 at 11:05 am
This isn’t that much a surprise, even though ghosts are supposedly old and from ancient times, I believe more modern spirits are among us. How true are these accounts, I’m a little conflicted because I feel that this might be a school tradition. It hasn’t been officially recorded but is the explanation for weird occurrences, a school joke that blames all bad things on ‘Emily’,
Aileen • Nov 4, 2018 at 9:44 pm
In my opinion I think this is not true. Something about reading this makes me think this is a prank. Although hearing that some Morton College students speak about what they have seen or hear unsettles me.
Hamza • Nov 2, 2018 at 9:20 am
This article is actually pretty intriguing, but it is highly unbelievable without some actual evidence. From what I heard, it seems that most people believe that this is just a prank caused by a student, or even multiple, and I have to agree with that reason as well.
gio • Nov 1, 2018 at 10:30 pm
This interests me as paranormal activity is always seen as people pulling a a prank, but if this so called ghost exist it spark more interests for seeing what else exists
Luz E Rocha • Nov 1, 2018 at 8:36 pm
I have heard stories of ghost at Morton but not this one. In my opinion i believe Emily isn’t real but a Myth that got into every ones head. The small coincidental things that has happen could just be exaggerated by their fear.
Julian Yanez • Nov 1, 2018 at 12:03 pm
I don’t think this is very true but it is still creepy, I just wish they had video evidence of it. I personally believe in ghosts but I have trouble believing this story. It may just be a prank that someone is playing for the fun of it. Although I don’t believe this story, I found the article really interesting. I still hope I never encounter ghost.
Nancy Gutierrez • Nov 1, 2018 at 11:24 am
i can personally see it both way yet the school is not that old but yet i still believe in super natural occurrences Emily could in fact be real and may be showing her presets through the halls or through noises and may still be lingering around but yet again it could just be something else and there is a possibility of people lying through out the years and now when the subject gets brought up i have mix feeling about this but reading other people thoughts on this in im the middle and this could be a possibility.
Esmeralda Sanchez • Nov 1, 2018 at 8:32 am
I wouldn’t believe this story, I would have to say that I need more evidence. I personally thought it was semi interesting but I feel like this is not real because it does not have enough evidence.
Jocelyn T • Nov 1, 2018 at 7:16 am
I don’t think she is real. I think that this is just students making this up to scare each other. Most of the time if a school is hunted its because it happen inside the school and not really around it.
Robert Olvera • Nov 1, 2018 at 6:39 am
This is actually an interesting story. Even though I’ve never heard of anything like this happening, i still think that this is just like a rumor/prank that has just been spread around and the gullible believe it.
Angela Sustaita • Oct 31, 2018 at 11:16 pm
I think this is fake because there’s random noises all the time by things that fall or other people playing around. Especially since it’s SPOOKY time.
Ashley A.. • Oct 31, 2018 at 10:11 pm
I disagree on this article about Emily doesn’t seem real to me. There is no evidence on this and I never heard about this. There also no such thing as the Morton College being haunted because then no student will be attending. Some people hear it and some people don’t which means its all in our head and we let it take over our mind which cause use to see things even when its not true.
Abby J • Oct 31, 2018 at 9:52 pm
I didn’t know about the story or that people think Morton college is haunted. Personally I wouldn’t know but I would like to know the security’s opinion and stories on this. The security that works the night shift could have many good stories to share, especially as an addition to the article.
Yanixel Padilla • Oct 31, 2018 at 8:10 pm
I have indeed heard a couple of stories about Morton College having spirits. Although I haven’t heard of this one, it wouldn’t be new to hear that there are spirits. It would be cool to see this topic more investigated because it brings it to my attention and I think its very interesting. I haven’t heard a lot of stories about spirits in Cicero and to hear about one that is close to me is intriguing.
Alhezee • Oct 31, 2018 at 8:01 pm
I dont think that “Emily” is real because the students that were interviewed had never actually seen “Emily” they just heard noises and that doesnt prove that Emily is real.
alhezee000 • Oct 31, 2018 at 7:55 pm
I dont think this is real because the students that were interviewed have never actually seen “Emily” and there isnt sufficient evidence to prove the sightings.
[email protected] • Oct 31, 2018 at 6:24 pm
This makes me question whether its true or just a rumor started or a prank. I will have to stay that I mostly believe in this because of so many witnesses seeing or hearing things one of them being my truthful cousin who worked there before. She was a security guard there. One day she had to stay late there and she was one of the only people left in the building when she heard scratching, loud bangs, and saw doors slamming. She never really believed in ghosts or any paranormal stuff until weirder and creepier things began to happen like this. it wasn’t until after this that she learned about Emily’s tale. This overall is freaky.
[email protected] • Oct 31, 2018 at 6:21 pm
This makes me question whether its true or just a rumor started or a prank.I will have to stay that I mostly believe in this because of so many witnesses seeing or hearing things one of them being my truthful cousin who worked there before. She was a security guard there. One day she had to stay late there and she was one of the only people left in the building when she heard scratching, loud bangs, and saw doors slamming. She never really believed in ghosts or any paranormal stuff until weirder and creepier things began to happen like this. it wasn’t until after this that she learned about Emily’s tale.
Annarosa Alvarado • Oct 31, 2018 at 5:24 pm
I don’t believe this. For one she hasn’t appeared to anyone in the school. The random knocking could mean the building is settling. I think they used Emily’s death to my a hoax, saying that she haunts the school.
mauricio • Oct 31, 2018 at 3:09 pm
i think that the school should contact ghost buster to see whats going on. They should also use a ouija board at the school. I also want to know how did the girl die?
Ivan Soto • Oct 31, 2018 at 2:51 pm
Nah but for real students should bring a Oujia Board and use it to see if there are actual spirits.
Ivan Soto • Oct 31, 2018 at 2:49 pm
OH my GOODNESS. This is literally so scary omg lol. Now I will run to my classes. I can not get caught lacking by the ghosts ???.
M.E • Oct 31, 2018 at 2:47 pm
“There are a couple of students that have experienced hearings…”
“that” should be replaced with “who”
Judge • Oct 31, 2018 at 2:37 pm
Mrs. Landy, health teacher at West, told me many stories about Emily in the women’s locker room.
Jose Cahue • Oct 31, 2018 at 1:19 pm
Student, Jose Quiroz said.
Should be given a title or last name. Like Sophmore Jose Quiroz said. Question #2
Jose Cahue • Oct 31, 2018 at 1:18 pm
Student, Jose Quiroz said.
Should be given a title or last name. Like Sophmore Jose Quiroz said.
Alejandro Gutierrez • Oct 31, 2018 at 12:59 pm
I believe this is fake because I personally don’t believe in Ghost and supernatural occurences. “Emily” could most likely be someone playing a prank and messing around with people so she could get a couple laughs. however many people believe in ghost and things like that.
Adrian Nava • Oct 31, 2018 at 12:54 pm
Never heard of this but good story
bertha de oca • Oct 31, 2018 at 12:50 pm
i dont think this is very true its probably just for attention