Mystery Location No. 25: November 13, 2016

This is Conrad Aiken’s childhood home. Conrad Aiken was a famous American poet. The elegant, red brick home is located at 228 East Oglethorpe Avenue in Savannah, Georgia and is currently listed for sale for $1,300,000.00. The home was built in 1842 and overlooks Colonial Park Cemetery in the Historic District. Colonial Park Cemetery is considered to be one of the most haunted locations in all of Savannah. Conrad’s father was a respected doctor and they say that from one day to the next, he suddenly turned unpredictably violent. In the early morning hours of February 27, 1901, the young boy, age 11, heard arguing between his parents, then heard his father count to three before shooting his wife and himself in the home. Conrad ran from his room and found the dead bodies. He eventually moved away, being sent to Massachusetts to live with an aunt, and as an adult, returned in the last 11 years of his life, and purchased the home next door to where his parents died. Conrad died in 1973, and the home was purchased by another doctor who believed it is haunted.