I too am disappointed to say we've had no ghosts haunting our old fire station, 
but. . . .  in the age-old firefighter/museum tradition of "never let the 
truth get in the way of a good story" we do have a fun and rather persistent 
rumor that was started by a firefighter/board member.

When we first began renovations of the old firehouse in late 1980s, a this 
fellow was working at the building on a Saturday afternoon with his young 
daughters.  Back then, it was a kinda spooky place (as old buildings under 
renovation are apt to be) and so naturally the daughters asked about ghosts. 
Without missing a beat their dad said, "Oh sure, the ghost of the daughter of 
old Fire Chief Schoberlein haunt the top of the hose drying towner." 
...(wide-eyed gasps on the part of his daughters!)... He continued, "If you 
listen carefully, when the wind blows right, you can hear her play the piano -- 
she loved playing the piano for her dad -- and does it here to keep the spirit 
of her father entertained." ....(and of course at the time we had a cracked 
window at the top of this tower which did indeed "sing" a little when the wind 
blew in the right direction)

Well, here it almost twenty years years later.... that guy has now retired as a 
firefighter, he's still on my board (and STILL making up stories ugh!). His 
daughters have now grown, married, and now have daughters of their own, 
and.... last year I overheard one of them telling their daughter the story 
about the "ghost of Chief Schoberlein's daughter" 

- David - 
David Lewis Curator (and chief ghost-buster)
Aurora Regional Fire Museum
www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org

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