In 1839 Jean Baptiste Le Pretre bought this 1836 Greek Revival house and added
the cast-iron galleries. Sometime in the 19th century, a Turk, supposedly the brother
of a sultan, rented the Le Pretre house. His entourage included many servants and many
beautiful young girls, all thought to have been stolen from the sultan. Lavish parties
were thrown. One night, screams came from inside the house. The next morning, neighbors
entered and found the tenant's body lying in a pool of blood surrounded by the bodies of
the young girls. The murders remain unsolved. Local ghost experts say you can hear exotic
music and screams on the right night.