Urban Legend of Pemberton Park :: Urban Legends Ghost Stories

Salisbury’s Pemberton Park in the Dark Since I come from the Eastern Shore of this state, I was surprised to hear a ghost story I was previously unaware of. The story takes place in a park in Salisbury. The person who told me the story is a 19-year-old sophomore at the University, and we spoke about it one evening after dinner. He believes it to be true, because one of his friend’s siblings has apparently experienced the ghost firsthand. I tape-recorded his narrative: In Pemberton Park, about 30 years ago†¦exactly 30 years ago in a few weeks, actually, a young student got his heart broken. His girlfriend had loved him, or so it seemed, but†¦she found another guy. And the girl he had loved so much told him that their love was now dead. So he decided that he would be dead also. He walked to Pemberton Park and took a stroll along the lake, far away from everyone else, especially the girl who had hurt him. He was happy there, alone. But he dragged a heavy rope behind him anyway. He found a perfect tree above the bridge on the river. That night he hung himself out of hurt and hatred. But just as he jumped, he realized that he didn’t hate it there. He awoke the next day and saw a strange sight—his own body! He soon realized that he had died of sadness in a place of happiness, and he was destined to remain there the rest of his life, alone. But then something happened—Pemberton Park became popular. Especially among couples. Lovers would walk holding hands and the young man would sit silently, jealous and mad that they were invading his space. It happened more and more, but he did nothing. Nothing†¦nothing†¦until one night, almost twenty-five years ago, when his old girlfriend came to Pemberton Park with her new lover. When he saw her, he was filled with rage. He could not take it any more. Night fell, and his old girlfriend kissed her new boyfriend. It was her last kiss. After a huge manhunt, the police found her body, with her boyfriend’s, hanging over the river by the bridge. That’s why you aren’t supposed to wander deep into Pemberton Park this time of the year†¦and especially not with someone you love.