Cincinnati’s Blegen Guest
It could very well be the most upbeat place in the country. Cincinnati has enjoyed a very high quality of life, due to the civic-mindedness of its citizens, and the enormously livable city they’ve worked so hard to create. Part of the charm comes from a sense of the classical midwestern town that they seem to cultivate, and even enhance. But even without any kind of gloss or recommendation from the locals, it is a pretty nice place to visit. It’s a town that’s small enough that there are plenty of neighborhoods where the residents know each other by name, but large enough to find an excellent luxury hotel. Cincinnati is perfectly charming, and it has a very charming history, too.
It also has its share of myths and legends, and in all of this, one would reasonably that there are a couple of good ghost stories. Some of these are spooky enough to put even more chill into the Halloween celebrations, but there’s one that’s simply elegant. Among the usual tales of strange presences in areas where there have been unfortunate incidents, there is a certain ghost who seems to be around only to continue his work as a classics professor .
At the University of Cincinnati, in the rare book room of the Blegen Library, the rumor has it that an unnamed classics professor has been haunting the place since the 1960s. He’s not been particularly active in frightening the students or the staff, although they say that late at night, it can get a little unnerving, because it feels like someone reading over your shoulder. The most charming detail is that he’s still a snappy dresser in the afterlife, sporting a tweed jacket and sometimes a tweed cap . The idea that someone so devoted to the life of the mind that they would continue their devotion even after life, is a level of dedication that rings true for the Cincinnati character. Time enough at last!
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