Abandoned mansion where dead owner still ‘watches over the house’ amid ghostly footsteps

Once the family residence of a local doctor, this mansion in Alabama has been frozen in time and holds a dark paranormal secret where the former owner ‘watches over the house’

A creepy mansion based in Alabama stands collecting dust after its owner, a renowned local doctor, passed away — but some believe his spirit still watches over the house.

Dr. David Elias Morgan, who was born in Wales in 1864, moved to Alabama after he travelled to the States in the hope for a better life.

According to Abandoned Southeast, the doctor began constructing the home in 1904, which is known today as the Morgan-Curtis house.

In his spare time, he would gather materials for the house and he soon moved his family into the property.

Dr Morgan and his wife, Minnie Alice McGehee, had four children together – John Pierpont, William Earl, Ruth Morgan, and Minnie Alice.

The family home boasted a grand entrance hall with imposing dark wood internal doors, 14 rooms and a two-storey porch which wraps around the house.

Now, this once-loved family mansion is a shell of its former self due to being abandoned for a number of years with crumbling floorboards and leafy foliage crawling up the exterior.

Dr Morgan outlived both of his sons as John was killed at the age of 32 when he was run over by a train, and William passed away after ingesting bad alcohol.

His two daughters carried on in their father’s medical footsteps by becoming a pharmacist and a chiropractor.

Sadly, Dr Morgan passed away in 1935 at the age of 70 and is now buried in the property’s cemetery alongside his family.

Following the doctor’s death, the house was passed down to his daughter Ruth and her husband Virgil C. Curtis Sr.

It was then passed down to their son, Judge V. Cecil Curtis Jr., and his wife Faye S. Curtis.

In 1983, the property was added to the National Register of Historic Places and faced some major changes where it was transformed into two apartments.

It was then sold to Dr. Morgan’s great-grandson, Steve Abbott, and was occupied by tenants until five years ago.

However, the doctor’s legacy lives on as it is rumoured that he now haunts the family home.

Stories that date back more than forty years suggests that a man dressed in all black has been seen on the property, with a woman in white also seen on the grounds.

When Dr Morgan’s great-grandson began renovating the property, he hired a painter who saw the same woman on the second-floor balcony.

After the sighting, the painter told Mr Abbott that he could no longer work on the property.

The owner then hired another painter, who saw a man in black down the hallway and heard phantom footsteps.

After this spooky occurrence, the second painter also quit.

Today, the home remains safe within the Morgan family but restoration work is needed to bring the home back to its former glory.