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WITWER-MOTT
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Built in
1884 by Captain Marcus Mott, this house has been in the
Witwer
family for the last forty years. Neal Witwer, born in the
house in
1947, blames a ghost in the attic for destroying his first
marriage.
It all started when a new tenant moved in. The man strongly
resembled
the captain's son, who was rumored to have murdered his
father.
For whatever reason, the boarder's arrival coincided with
the emergence
of a ghost. Every night at 3:00 A.M., loud voices and
banging
sounds came from the attic. Then, the ghost of a bearded
man started
to appear to Witwer's wife and call out to her in the
middle
of the night. For two weeks, regular seances were held to
try to
placate what was assumed to be Mott's spirit. Instead, another
presence
emerged, a female ghost who focused her attention on the
new boarder.
Before long, neither the boarder nor Witwer's wife
could stand
to live in the house. Neal Witwer's wife divorced him,
and his
tenant moved away. Strangely, the ghosts moved on as well.
LOCATION
The
Witwer Photographic Studios occupy the premises in front of the
old house.
Witwer-Mott House, Trenzont Street, Galveston, TX 77550.
