TLDR
The oldest house still standing on its original foundation in Raleigh, built in 1785 — seven years before the city was laid out. Moses Mordecai married into the family in 1817 and gave the house its name.
The Full Story
Mary Willis Mordecai Turk (1858-1937) is the primary ghost, seen as a woman in gray 1800s dress floating down the stairwell. Creaking footsteps echo from upstairs when workers are alone. The mid-1800s piano sometimes plays itself with no one on the bench. Outside, investigators recorded a little girl humming late at night. Inside, they captured sounds of someone falling and a man shouting "Get up!" One investigator couldn't climb past a certain step due to overwhelming grief - baby son of Martha Mordecai died here after being scalded in a bath.
Visiting
Mordecai House is located at 1 Mimosa Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.
