Inside creepy abandoned home of doctor with ghostly figures and graves in yard
Creepy images of an abandoned family home of a doctor that kept ghostly figures have been revealed.
An urban explorer has taken haunting pictures of the former home of Dr. David Elias Morgan, which show a creepy porch swing in the garden, a perfectly preserved kitchen and a bundle in the middle of a room.
What's even more spooky is that the family are also buried on the property - including Dr Morgan and his wife Minnie - as their headstones sit overgrown in the back yard.
Leland Kent, an urban explorer, who is known online by his alias Abandoned Southeast, captured the photos of the derelict home in Alabama.
The sunroom wraps around the abandoned house (mediadrumimages/LelandKent)Dr Morgan, who was born in Wales in 1864, moved to Alabama after he travelled to the States in the hope for a better life.
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According to Abandoned Southeast, the doctor began constructing the home in 1904, after purchasing the materials of a partially burned house.
The doctor used these materials to construct what is known today as the Morgan-Curtis house.
In 1914 he decided to convert the second floor of his residence into a sanatorium for the treatment of out-of-town patients.
The lazy boy looks to remain in the same position as it did before the doctor passed away (mediadrumimages/LelandKent)He saw just four patients at a time upstairs. As a doctor, he treated all sorts of ailments from the common cold to delivering babies.
The eerie pictures of the home are show how Dr Morgan would take almost anything as payment for the services rendered.
In fact, one patient paid him in paintings, several of which are seen still hanging on the wall upstairs.
Meanwhile, another picture shows an abandoned lazy boy in the living room of the creepy house, with the fireplace boarded up.
Dr Morgan as young man (mediadrumimages/LelandKent)
Dr Morgan pictured outside the home in Alabama (mediadrumimages/LelandKent)Another snap taken by the urban explorer shows a solitary rocking chair positioned to look over into the garden through the large panel glass windows.
And on the theme of chairs, a sofa-looking chair can be seen left out on the balcony, overlooking the overgrown garden that resembles a jungle.
Dr. Morgan and his wife had four children together; John Pierpont, William Earl, Ruth Morgan, and Minnie Alice, but sadly neither of the sons survived into old age.
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In 1934, John P. was killed at the age of 32 when he was run over by a train. William Earl died from ingesting some bad alcohol.
The porch swing Dr Morgan sat on (mediadrumimages/LelandKent)The following year, on January 15, 1935, Dr. David Elias Morgan passed away at the age of 70.
The doctor and his family along with various members of the Morgan and Curtis families are buried in the Morgan Cemetery on the property.
While one picture shows a singular grave, there are roughly two dozen tombs in the cemetery.
However, the doctor's legacy lives on as it is rumoured that he now haunts the family home.
Stories that date back more than forty years suggests that a man dressed in all black has been seen on the property, with a woman in white also seen on the grounds.
Dr Morgans wife Minnies headstone, as several other family members are also buried in the cemetery (mediadrumimages/LelandKent)When Dr Morgan's great-grandson began renovating the property, he hired a painter who saw a spectral woman in what might have been white nurse's clothes on the second-floor balcony.
And 1999, a house painter is said to have photographed this unearthly woman on the second-floor balcony.
Speaking about the creepy home on his blog, Leland said: "In 1983, the property was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The upstairs was converted into two apartments and remained occupied until about five years ago.
The viewing platform overlooking the overgrown garden (mediadrumimages/LelandKent)"In 2000, the Morgan-Curtis House was sold to Dr. Morgan's great-grandson, Steve Abbott. Today, the Morgan-Curtis House and 11 acres remain in the family and are cared for by Dr. Morgan's great-great-grandson and his siblings.
"For most of its existence, the house was always maintained. Once vacant, Steve Abbott decided to take on the task of restoring the property.
"Depending on who you ask, Dr. Morgan may still keep an eye on his house."
The urban explorer explained that rumours and stories about the ghostly doctor still wondering around the halls are rife today.
The family is continuing to restore the property (mediadrumimages/LelandKent)He said: "Stories dating back more than forty years from various family, friends, and neighbours detail accounts of a woman in white or a man dressed in black seen on the grounds.
"Once a neighbour saw a woman in what resembled a white nurse's outfit or an old gown standing in the driveway. In 1999, a house painter photographed the same woman standing on the second-floor balcony.
"When Steve Abbott began renovating the old family home, he hired several painters to work downstairs. One day he came by to check on them, and they asked him about someone walking around upstairs and thought it was him."
Leland continued: "When Steve told them that he just got there, they refused to enter the house and quit. A second painter was hired and working upstairs when he saw a man in a black outfit walk down the hallway.
"He turned to speak to whoever he saw, and the man vanished. After this occurrence, the second painter also quit. The family is continuing to work to restore the property."
Today, the home remains within the Morgan family, but a lot of restoration work is needed to bring the property back to its former glory.
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