Entity register
Alleged entity · identity not verified
Joseph & Hyrum Smith
Sources attach this name to the 1 place below. The name itself is part of the folklore record.
A presence is reported in the room where the Smiths died. The file calls it Joseph & Hyrum Smith. Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois spent its working years housing the desperate; the reports suggest some of that desperation stayed. Sources including 'Carthage Jail' keep the claim in circulation. The named presence is what turns a haunting into a household.