History & local legend
Hunt Hall at Bucknell University has a long-running tradition of a female presence on its third floor. In an account collected by student writers Molly Farrell and Amanda Relick, residents had nicknamed their ghost Angela after lights and appliances began behaving unexpectedly. One woman said her hair dryer switched on while she studied; another heard loud music from a computer she was not using.
The detail that made the story especially memorable was a delivery. A man arrived with a dry-cleaned dress, and the label bore the name Angela—the name the residents had already chosen.
An older version preserved by Bucknell’s Women’s Resource Center appeared in the July–August 1983 Bucknell World. It described a woman in a raincoat who periodically appeared on the third floor asking for help. The wardrobe and circumstances changed between tellings, while the floor remained the common setting.
Sources
- Molly Farrell and Amanda Relick, Her Campus at Bucknell, collection of resident reports including the dry-cleaning delivery
- Bucknell University Women’s Resource Center, Hunt Hall Ghost Story, including the July/August 1983 Bucknell World account
- Bucknell University, history of the residence hall opened in February 1928
- OpenStreetMap, named campus residence footprint
