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The '''Chair of Death''' or '''Death Chair''' is a supposedly haunted chair that brings death to those who sit in it.
The '''Chair of Death''' or '''Death Chair''' is a supposedly haunted chair that brings death to those who sit in it.<ref>[http://www.paresearchers.com/Ghost_Research/Paranormal_Database/Philadelphia_County_Paranormal/philadelphia_county_paranormal.html Philadelphia County Paranormal Database]</ref>


== General information ==
== General information ==
The Chair of Death is a cursed two-hundred-year-old blue upholstered wing chair in the Blue Room of [[Baleroy Mansion]] in the [[Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Chestnut Hill]] section of [[Philadelphia]].<ref>[http://www.angelfire.com/zine/digest/bale.html Digest ezine - PHILADELPHIA, AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED CITY]</ref><ref>[http://www.delcoghosts.com/baleroy.html Baleroy Mansion - Chestnut Hill, PA]</ref> Some say the chair once belonged to [[Napoleon]]. The previous owner of the chair and the mansion was [[George Meade Easby]] until 2005. Those who have supposedly died because of the chair include Paul Kimmons, a former curator. According to Easby, a [[ghost]] known as [[Amanda]] or Amelia entices people to sit in the chair.<ref>{{cite book |last=Michaels |first=Susan |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=''Sightings'' |year=1996 |publisher=Simon & Schusters |location=page 51 in "America's Most Haunted" |isbn=0-684-82369-1 }}</ref>

The Chair of Death is a winged-back chair located in the study of the Baleroy Mansion in [[Philadelphia]]. Some say the chair once belonged to [[Napoleon]]. The previous owner of the chair and the mansion was [[George Gordon Meade Easby]] until 2005. Those who have supposedly died because of the chair include Paul Kimmons, a former curator. According to Easby, a [[ghost]] known as [[Amanda]] entices people to sit in the chair<sup>1</sup>.


== References ==
== References ==
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* {{cite book |last=Michaels |first=Susan |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=''Sightings'' |year=1996 |publisher=Simon & Schusters |location=page 51 in "America's Most Haunted" |isbn=0-684-82369-1 }}


== External links ==
[[Category:Parapsychology]]
*[[People (magazine)|People]], [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20104250,00.html Spirited Welcome], Halloween Treats October 31, 1994 Vol. 42 No. 18



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Revision as of 18:47, 28 July 2009

The Chair of Death or Death Chair is a supposedly haunted chair that brings death to those who sit in it.[1]

General information

The Chair of Death is a cursed two-hundred-year-old blue upholstered wing chair in the Blue Room of Baleroy Mansion in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia.[2][3] Some say the chair once belonged to Napoleon. The previous owner of the chair and the mansion was George Meade Easby until 2005. Those who have supposedly died because of the chair include Paul Kimmons, a former curator. According to Easby, a ghost known as Amanda or Amelia entices people to sit in the chair.[4]

References

  1. ^ Philadelphia County Paranormal Database
  2. ^ Digest ezine - PHILADELPHIA, AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED CITY
  3. ^ Baleroy Mansion - Chestnut Hill, PA
  4. ^ Michaels, Susan (1996). Sightings. page 51 in "America's Most Haunted": Simon & Schusters. ISBN 0-684-82369-1. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: location (link)