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The Tiny Steps: A Ghost Story From The Tiny Staircase Series
This house was built by Madame Tingley. In this house, there is a staircase. And on that staircase are the tiny steps. This is the story of that staircase, of the woman who built it, and of one security guard who spent the night in that house alone--and lived to tell about it.
Madame Tingley was the enigmatic woman who used to live here a hundred years ago. She built the house for the spirits, they say. She was obsessed with the spirit world--she planned on haunting her own house after she died. What is the truth behind these legends? Is it true what people say--that strange things happen in here at night?
In this first installment in "The Tiny Staircase" series, read the true account of one security guard who had one of the strangest nights of his life in this house. Read about the mysterious Madame Tingley, the woman who built this house that now stands on a private California college.
This is the tale of the tiny steps.
Madame Tingley was the enigmatic woman who used to live here a hundred years ago. She built the house for the spirits, they say. She was obsessed with the spirit world--she planned on haunting her own house after she died. What is the truth behind these legends? Is it true what people say--that strange things happen in here at night?
In this first installment in "The Tiny Staircase" series, read the true account of one security guard who had one of the strangest nights of his life in this house. Read about the mysterious Madame Tingley, the woman who built this house that now stands on a private California college.
This is the tale of the tiny steps.
33 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 3, 2015
About the author
David J. Schmidt
13 books7 followersDavid J. Schmidt is a freelance writer and self-described “Huguenot” living in San Diego, CA.
He was conceived in a fireworks factory at some point between 1970 and 1985. After a gestation period of unknown duration, Schmidt was born to the world of Man, only to be swiftly adopted into the world of Beast some days later. The pack of wolves that raised Schmidt during his formative years was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour by U.S. President George W. Bush, shortly after he delivered his fated “Mission Accomplished” speech.
Schmidt has received various recognitions for his charitable contributions toward the preservation of Peyronie’s Disease. In 2004, he was granted knighthood by the Basque Republic, becoming Sir David J. Schmidt for the following three years. The title was stripped from him by the United Nations Council on Fallacious Royal Families in 2007.
Schmidt lives with his beloved ex-wife of 14 years, his two cats, and his indentured servant.
You can read more of the drivel he writes on his blog:
www.donguero.blogspot.com
He was conceived in a fireworks factory at some point between 1970 and 1985. After a gestation period of unknown duration, Schmidt was born to the world of Man, only to be swiftly adopted into the world of Beast some days later. The pack of wolves that raised Schmidt during his formative years was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour by U.S. President George W. Bush, shortly after he delivered his fated “Mission Accomplished” speech.
Schmidt has received various recognitions for his charitable contributions toward the preservation of Peyronie’s Disease. In 2004, he was granted knighthood by the Basque Republic, becoming Sir David J. Schmidt for the following three years. The title was stripped from him by the United Nations Council on Fallacious Royal Families in 2007.
Schmidt lives with his beloved ex-wife of 14 years, his two cats, and his indentured servant.
You can read more of the drivel he writes on his blog:
www.donguero.blogspot.com
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November 26, 2015
This story was of great interest to me as I not only attended Point Loma Nazarene University as a student, but I also taught there as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages.
As freshman, I worked on the yearbook staff and experienced some spooky stuff happening one night when we were working late on a deadline for the sports section. Our office was upstairs in Cabrillo Hall...which I found out later was supposedly haunted. The building had been the home of Madame Tingley, the leader of a Theosophist colony on the peninsula of Point Loma, not far from downtown San Diego, in the early 1900's. Cabrillo Hall and the administration building, Mieras Hall, were both original to the Theosophist society.
Thus, this ghost story, expertly revealed detail by detail by David Schmidt, a far more recent student of PLNU, was gripping, especially as it was interspersed with the history of Madame Tingley and the Theosophists. Mr. Schmidt separates fact from fiction as he slowly rolls out the story of the experiences of a campus security guard he interviewed after Cabrillo Hall was moved as part of the refurbishing of the campus for PLNU's centennial in 2002. (The university had started as Pasadena College in 1902 and moved to its present location, the former Cal Western campus, in 1972/3.) Cabrillo Hall had been a music building when I was a student; after its move across campus in the wake of building a new student commons and music building with a performance hall, it became a building of classrooms on the main floor and staff offices on the second floor. The basement, which had been used for storage when I was a student, has been converted to studios for art students.
I won't retell the bizarre experiences of the unnamed security guard, but this short story would be a perfect story to read aloud at a spooky mountain camp out, a beach bonfire, a Halloween get-together, or a freshman prank. ;) The perfect mixture of superb story-telling and historical background, The Tiny Steps deserves a place in the lore of PLNU...and will also be enjoyed by those who have no connection to the campus at all.
As freshman, I worked on the yearbook staff and experienced some spooky stuff happening one night when we were working late on a deadline for the sports section. Our office was upstairs in Cabrillo Hall...which I found out later was supposedly haunted. The building had been the home of Madame Tingley, the leader of a Theosophist colony on the peninsula of Point Loma, not far from downtown San Diego, in the early 1900's. Cabrillo Hall and the administration building, Mieras Hall, were both original to the Theosophist society.
Thus, this ghost story, expertly revealed detail by detail by David Schmidt, a far more recent student of PLNU, was gripping, especially as it was interspersed with the history of Madame Tingley and the Theosophists. Mr. Schmidt separates fact from fiction as he slowly rolls out the story of the experiences of a campus security guard he interviewed after Cabrillo Hall was moved as part of the refurbishing of the campus for PLNU's centennial in 2002. (The university had started as Pasadena College in 1902 and moved to its present location, the former Cal Western campus, in 1972/3.) Cabrillo Hall had been a music building when I was a student; after its move across campus in the wake of building a new student commons and music building with a performance hall, it became a building of classrooms on the main floor and staff offices on the second floor. The basement, which had been used for storage when I was a student, has been converted to studios for art students.
I won't retell the bizarre experiences of the unnamed security guard, but this short story would be a perfect story to read aloud at a spooky mountain camp out, a beach bonfire, a Halloween get-together, or a freshman prank. ;) The perfect mixture of superb story-telling and historical background, The Tiny Steps deserves a place in the lore of PLNU...and will also be enjoyed by those who have no connection to the campus at all.
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