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Anecdotal reports in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. keeps 4 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

4 dossiers0 counties covered75% open to visitorsFord’s Theatre — deepest file

Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58 Hawaii55 Virginia34 Michigan31 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24

Other Washington, D.C. shelves:documented legends9 local folklore4 disputed files3

Ford’s Theatre

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Site of the Lincoln assassination, April 14, 1865.

2 claims · 1 legend→

St. Elizabeths Hospital

Washington, Washington, D.C.

The federal asylum where Ezra Pound was held—and where the East Campus still stands.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Petersen House

Washington, Washington, D.C.

The house where Abraham Lincoln died.

The Exorcist Steps

Washington, Washington, D.C.

Georgetown’s 75-step staircase where the film’s finale was shot.

Full Washington, D.C. record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive