Talk:Gore Orphanage

Supposed Facts

Being from Ohio and having an interest in local hauntings, I've been reading things online for years about this location. While I am certainly not foolish enough to believe everything I read, this article contradicts much of what I have found. Mostly I am confused as to why Swift's Mansion is mentioned in such detail when the article later descends into saying that the two sites supposedly have nothing to do with each other. There *was* an orphanage in the area (I already removed the notion that there wasn't), and the road on which it sat is called Gore Orphanage Road. I am going to attempt to find the Chris Woodyard book that discusses this location to refresh my memory before changing anything, though. AffirmationChick 05:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Is there any progress on this research, as this article really needs support for its content—I am concentrating on the tone and will update the tag accordingly.Soulparadox (talk) 18:03, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

This page seems to have been rewritten today. It looks beautiful! Sgerbic (talk) 04:26, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

The Band

I dont think the band should be listed with the information on the page, I want to removed this and I thing it's better if the person creates another page called Gore Orpanage (The Band), as the band has nothing to do with the haunted place or resident of Swift Mansion. 2BARQUACK.COM (talk) 20:11, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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Fire aspect?

This section of the article was removed. The problem is that there is no evidence of it ever happening. I think whoever wrote the listed reference to a fire was a ghost story book author that intentionally conflated a fire at the previous orphanage in Indiana owned by the same people.

"Fire aspect[edit] There is credible evidence that a fire burned down the Light of Hope Orphanage and that children died there. [3][4] The printing building of the Light of Hope Orphanage burned down during the morning of November 22, 1910.[9] There were human casualties, and this was the only fire to have occurred at the Light of Hope Orphanage.[3]"

There is no evidence that any fire in the whole Swift Hollow/Gore Orphange area ever involved children or "human casualties." The old mansion down in Swift Hollow burned down in 1923 long after the orphanage was closed.

Here is an excerpt from one of many local historians webpages that address the matter.

"Generations of youngsters have flocked to the site claiming to hear the voices of orphan children they believe died when a fire burned the orphanage to the ground in the early part of the 19th century. This tale, however fascinating, is untrue. While there was an orphanage in Swift's Hollow on Gore Orphanage Road near Birmingham, Ohio it was not called the Gore Orphanage, it never burned, and no one lost their life in the facility from fire or any other cause."

http://www.vermilionohio.org/vermviews/goreorphanage.html

Virtually none of the local historians either in print, online, or in talks at the local historical societies make the claim that children died in a fire. Debunking this fallacy is quite often the main point of their research. The last place the fallacy needs to be perpetuated is Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyle kursk (talk • contribs) 22:04, 14 March 2021 (UTC)