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John W. Gill, 1922-2019
John Worden Gill, a fourth-generation Washingtonian, died peacefully on Jan. 24 of natural causes at the age of 96. He was the son of Juliet Howison Parris Gill and Theodore…
Raising a final toast to Rose, the Clyde’s customer who charmed and mystified
More than a hundred people gathered at the Clyde’s in Georgetown on Monday night to celebrate Rose Kearney, a longtime customer who died in July. There were crab cakes and…
“Someone Died Here”: A Haunted History Of Washington
“If you want to understand a place,” Colin Dickey writes in Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places, “Ignore the boastful monuments and landmarks, and go straight to the haunted…
The Nation’s Haunted Capital
Local legends include mournful presidents, mysterious bells, a malevolent cold spot and even a demon cat. Haunted historians, would-be paranormal investigators and Halloween enthusiasts at the George Washington University are…