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The North Carolina Executive Mansion, commonly called the Governor's Mansion, was built in the late nineteenth century on Blount Street in downtown Raleigh. The first inhabitant of the mansion was Governor Daniel G. Fowle. He only lived there for 3 months due to his death in April 1891. Before his death he did order the construction of a be to accommodate himself and one of his children who had a tendency of climbing into bed with him at night to sleep. The bed stayed in the mansion for over three-quarters of a century, until Gov. Bob Scott, who was elected in 1968, had it moved to storage because he wanted a more comfortable bed. Shortly after buying a new bed, Governor Scott and his wife were reading in bed when around 10 o'clock they heard a strange knocking coming from the wall behind them. Scott and his wife thought little of it, but it kept happening night after night at the same time. Governor Scott assumed that it was just pipes running, but when he asked for the maintenance staff to see if something could be done, were no pipes running behind that section of the wall. The governor and wife were confuzed until Governor Fowle's elderly daughter paid a courtesy call to Governor Scott, like she did with all the new Governors when they took office. And, according to Governor Scott, part of the social call involved her demanding …show more content…
When learning that Governor Fowle’s bed was in her room she said ‘Of course Mom puts the dead guy’s bed in my room.’ on Facebook. So far, none of the Coopers or their guests have seen or heard anything unusual, except for their pet sitter who swears to have heard strange sounds at night, including what sounded like a voice saying “hello” or “Helen.” For reference, Helen was the name of one of Fowle’s daughters who lived with him in the