Is Ghostly Maid Still at Work in Goshen?

Elaine Rooker Jack
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
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Goshen, Kentucky (US):
It is said to happen only when the table has been set with Virginia Mahan's English china. Staff at the Creasey-Mahan House in Goshen come into the dining room to find the china cabinet door open. The cabinet has a tight latch and everyone remembers it being securely closed the night before.
When he gives tours, Glenn Yost, executive director of the Creasey-Mahan Nature Preserve, suggests that a friendly ghost opens the cabinet door.
The Mahan family employed a maid named Hattie, and Yost and others associated with the house believe her ghost opens the cabinet. "We think Hattie was the one who took care of the china while she worked here, and we think maybe she's disturbed that we're leaving it out," Yost said.
The china was displayed for about four weeks in preparation for Ghosts in Goshen, an event held Oct. 15 that included a tour of the Creasey-Mahan House and ghost stories by Yost and Thomas Freese, a Kentucky author and storyteller.
Sure enough, on two occasions while the china was displayed, employees at Creasey-Mahan found the cabinet open.
"I don't believe in ghosts," Yost said. "But something is happening here." Paul and Debbie Kovarovic, who live across the street from the Creasey-Mahan House, attended the event. "We've never been to the house, and my husband loves ghost stories. So we made a date of it," Debbie Kovarovic said.
Oct 26, 2005