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THE WEDDING DRESS

I strolled down to where the crew had set up their cameras and saw Stan getting his make-up done. I couldn't believe that I had agreed to travel all the way to, Altoona, PA ,  from New York, to cover a story on a supposedly 'haunted' house. The very famous “Baker Mansion” was being covered by “Network Newz” channel as a Halloween special. The mansion is supposedly haunted by Elias Baker the owner of the Baker mansion and his daughter Anna Baker. The story behind this place revolves around an affair that “Anna” had with a steelworker that worked at her father's Alleghany furnace.  Anna, who wanted to marry this ruggedly handsome labourer, bought herself a beautiful wedding dress, that stands to this day, displayed in a glass case in this mansion. They say she died a bitter spinster as she never got to wear that dress. The dress too is haunted, as it is seen moving and twirling, as if Anna were wearing it and admiring herself in the mirror, a proud bride-to-