{"id":1585,"slug":"candler-hall-athens-georgia","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Candler is the dormed — the '1901' that's the building's year, the 'male' that's the residents' kind. The 'Herty Field' is the ground — the 'first football' that's the field's claim, the '1892' that's the game's year. The 'governor' is the named — the 'Allen Candler' that's the namesake's rank, the 'Beaux-Arts' that's the style's dress.","The 'dorm ended' is the shifted — the '1952' that's the housing's close, the 'institute' that's the building's next role. The 'renovated' is the kept — the '2003' that's the fix's year, the 'scored stucco' that's the facade's trick. Candler is the schooled — the 'SPIA' that's the tenant's name, the 'public affairs' that's the building's work.","The file keeps Candler: the dormed hall, the football field, the governor's name, and the schooled present.","Candler Hall is the archive's Georgia file — the dorm that became a school."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Candler Hall is the archive's Georgia file — the dormitory that outgrew its beds.","A hall keeps its field — the file's suggestion being that Candler's hold is the layered: the 'dorm' that's the first life, the 'Herty' that's the sports' ground, and the 'SPIA' that's the building's second act."]}],"name":"Candler Hall","aliases":[],"type":"UNIVERSITY_BUILDING","type_label":"University Building","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"Former dormitory associated with a student-spirit tradition.","full_desc":"A university building in Athens, Georgia, Candler Hall is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Former dormitory associated with a student-spirit tradition. The name the accounts keep returning to is Willie Lloyd. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 legend, every one filed as account rather than fact. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.","address":null,"city":"Athens","county":null,"state":"Georgia","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":33.949597,"lon":-83.370088,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery or enrichment; earliest report and independent corroboration remain under research. Confidence measures source provenance, not supernatural reality.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":45.6,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.8,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":800,"type":"FOOTSTEPS","description":"UGA alumni link footsteps, doors and apparitions to Willie Lloyd, reportedly killed accidentally in 1905. Candler Hall's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. Heard rather than seen: the report that keeps the file open.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Willie Lloyd","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.75,"conflict_notes":"Death details are published institutional narrative; archival verification remains outstanding.","source":{"name":"Haunted UGA: Spooky stories from around campus","url":"https://alumni.uga.edu/2023/10/31/haunted-uga-spooky-stories-from-around-campus/","publisher":"University of Georgia Alumni","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"UGA alumni link footsteps, doors and apparitions to Willie Lloyd, reportedly killed accidentally in 1905. Candler Hall's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. 'Haunted UGA: Spooky stories from around campus' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Haunted UGA: Spooky stories from around campus'. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Haunted UGA: Spooky stories from around campus","url":"https://alumni.uga.edu/2023/10/31/haunted-uga-spooky-stories-from-around-campus/","publisher":"University of Georgia Alumni","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}}],"entities":[{"name":"Willie Lloyd","claimed_identity":"Willie Lloyd","verified":null,"summary":"UGA alumni link footsteps, doors and apparitions to Willie Lloyd, reportedly killed accidentally in 1905. Candler Hall in Athens, Georgia carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The file keeps Willie Lloyd on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive. The file stays open on it.","behavior":"UGA alumni link footsteps, doors and apparitions to Willie Lloyd, reportedly killed accidentally in 1905.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Haunted UGA: Spooky stories from around campus","url":"https://alumni.uga.edu/2023/10/31/haunted-uga-spooky-stories-from-around-campus/","publisher":"University of Georgia Alumni","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Haunted UGA: Spooky stories from around campus","url":"https://alumni.uga.edu/2023/10/31/haunted-uga-spooky-stories-from-around-campus/","publisher":"University of Georgia Alumni","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}