On February 4, 1908, Condie Cunningham and her friends were in their dorm room on a typical night at what’s now the University of Montevallo.
They decided to make some hot cocoa on a smuggled Bunsen burner. Somehow the burner got knocked over and caught Condie’s nightgown on fire.
She ran from the room and down the hallway, terrified. Her actions only intensified the flames. Her friends eventually extinguished the flames, but Condie was severely burned and passed away a few days later.
Condie’s frightened face somehow got etched into her dorm’s door. Even after the university replaced the original door, her image would reappear every time. The door was ultimately removed and placed in storage. Some claim the door still feels hot to the touch.
Condie’s old dorm room remains doorless and empty.
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