Churchill’s Ersatz Meeting with Lincoln’s Ghost
The question arises: Was Churchill, on one of his visits to the White House, spooked by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?
Frederick N. Rasmussen of the Baltimore Sun, an admirer of Sir Winston, told a story years ago, which has just floated back. Ever a fan of spooks, goblins, and Things That Go Bump in the Night, I was intrigued to receive a question on Churchill and the supernatural. Rasmussen wrote: Experts in the field of spectral phenomena claim that Maryland and Washington are rich in sightings…. A ghost story dating to the Civil War that has persisted through the years is that of repeated appearances of Abraham Lincoln, who has been seen standing in a window of the White House staring toward Virginia, as he had done often during the war.…