{"id":1423,"slug":"shackelford-hall-troy-university-troy-alabama","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Two dormitories on the Troy University campus share a file of reported activity: Pace Hall, built in 1947, and Shackelford Hall, built in 1930. The guide records poltergeist-type incidents in both.","Shackelford's resident story has a name: 'Sally Shack.' Campus tradition identifies her as a student who, devastated by her fiancé's death in a war, hanged herself in the building. The file flags that biography as unverified — the name survives, the person beneath it is not confirmed."]},{"heading":"The reported incidents","paragraphs":["The anchor incident is modest and specific: two female residents reportedly entered their room to find two pens levitating, and vacated the room the following day.","A second cluster of reports dates to the 1990s in Pace Hall, where students' Ouija session was reportedly followed by a paper clip tapping their window from outside and objects moving in the room — unsettling enough that the university is said to have had the room cleansed. All of it is filed as legend: dormitory folklore with names attached, none of it verified."]}],"name":"Shackelford Hall — Troy University","aliases":[],"type":"COLLEGE_DORMITORY","type_label":"College Dormitory","cats":["HAUNTED_PLACE"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"College dormitory in Troy; research record.","full_desc":"A college dormitory in Troy, Alabama, Shackelford Hall — Troy University is filed here for what the record attaches to it. College dormitory in Troy; research record. The name the accounts keep returning to is Sally Shack. 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":"Troy","county":"Pike County","state":"Alabama","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":31.80196,"lon":-85.96713,"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 pass. Precise location, historical chronology and current visitor conditions require independent enrichment. Confidence concerns provenance only.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":40.6,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":663,"type":"OBJECTS_MOVING","description":"The guide recounts floating pens attributed to Sally Shack. The site in Troy, Alabama gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The report is preserved in sources like 'Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part VI'. The pattern of small anomalies is itself the claim — none dramatic alone, persistent together.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Sally Shack","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.5,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part VI","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/alabama-hauntings-county-by-county-part-vi/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The guide recounts floating pens attributed to Sally Shack. Shackelford Hall — Troy University in Troy, Alabama carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. 'Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part VI' carries the account. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part VI","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/alabama-hauntings-county-by-county-part-vi/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"Sally Shack","claimed_identity":"Sally Shack","verified":null,"summary":"The guide recounts floating pens attributed to Sally Shack. Shackelford Hall — Troy University's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. The lore keeps its witness. The report keeps its place in the record.","behavior":"The guide recounts floating pens attributed to Sally Shack.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part VI","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/alabama-hauntings-county-by-county-part-vi/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4}}],"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":"Alabama Hauntings — County by County Part VI","url":"https://www.southernspiritguide.org/alabama-hauntings-county-by-county-part-vi/","publisher":"Southern Spirit Guide","type":"BLOG","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}