Just outside of Rochester, NY is Charlotte Beach. This is awesome for us residents, because if you've ever gone to Rochester in the winter, you know how cold it can be. Somewhere along Charlotte Beach, far back and to the east, is a grassy knoll which is separated from the rest of the beach. In that grassy knoll are the remnants of a "castle" that once stood proudly, but is now partially in ruin. This is where the so-called "White Lady" lived.
The White Lady, whose name was Eelissa (said Elisa), was a woman who lived all alone in the large castle with her one and only daughter. She had had 2 sons, but they had somehow gotten out of the picture when the daughter was very young. She loved her daughter very, very much, and she raised her to be suspicious of men, because her husband had beaten her, and then mysteriously disappeared. It is assumed that Eelissa had murdered her husband because she had filed an abuse report against him, and the town of Rochester did nothing about it. They lived in bliss until one day, when the daughter was 15, she brought home a boyfriend. She had had boyfriends, but this was the first one she trusted enough to bring home to her mother. However, the second her mother laid eyes on the young man, she didn't trust him and she got into a huge arguement with the daughter and boyfriend. The daughter grabbed the boyfriend by the hand and stormed out of the house
To this day, teens and young adults go to the White Lady's Castle in search of the ghost of Eelissa, the daughter, or the boyfriend. Many have claimed to see a female, dressed completely in white, floating above the ground, toes only grazing the grass. Others have claimed to see the face of the daughter in a window of the house, a tear rolling down her cheek. And yet others have claimed to see the fire of that fatefull night, licking the night sky as it blazed from the barn. One more curious fact about this place, the end of the house which is away from the barn is the section which is falling down today. This is odd, because you would assume the nearer end would have some damage from fire, but it is still perfectly preserved.
So, if you are ever in Rochester, NY, feel free to have yourself a visit to the White Lady's Castle. You never know when she might come and visit.
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