When this mansion was cursed with tragedy for the family who built it, its history and fate would make it a nursing home. This place was never meant to house any patients, let alone 40+ patients who needed end of life care. In those years, this beautiful mansion brought fear to those who were sent here. Its Italianate features became s symbol of what waited inside. Today, the residents of Marietta, Ohio describe it in a much different way... Haunted. The fear is still there, but for a much different reason.The Anchorage Mansion and Nursing Home is said to be filled with spirits. The people who came to love this house have never left, and those who were sent here in their final days are said to still roam these halls. The spirits speak to visitors in many ways. Still to this day shadows are seen, phantom voices are heard, objects are thrown across the room in plain sight, and the ghosts of the Anchorage wait for their chance to speak. In 2011 we first came to The Anchorage, at the begi