Haunted Lineage note: The haunting is attributed to Constantine Rafinesque, an eccentric botany professor in 1819, not the university’s founder. The original myth about a founder’s curse appears to be inaccurate. The tomb in Old Morrison is part of the legend, but its connection to Rafinesque is questionable.

Rafinesque died in Philadelphia in 1840 and was buried in an unmarked grave at Ronaldson’s Cemetery, which is now a playground. In 1924, remains were exhumed and brought to Transylvania University. However, historians now believe those remains are likely those of Mary Passimore, not Rafinesque, as the cemetery plot contained multiple bodies.


Imported from The Shadowlands Database