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The Haunted Oval Ballroom of Heritage Square in Fayetteville, North Carolina

The historic Oval Ballroom of Heritage Square in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is the only remaining Oval Ballroom. It was once attached to a Gillespie Street residence known as the Halliday Williams House and allegedly haunted by Ann Simpson. Simpson stood trial, accused of poisoning her husband, Alexander C. Simpson, with arsenic. Simpson was acquitted of…

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