‘Alfalfa Bill’ lives on in spirit, some say

 
By Andrew Knittle
Published: October 9, 2008

When former Gov. Frank Keating moved into the Governor’s Mansion in 1995, a member of the staff told him the place was haunted by William "Alfalfa Bill” Murray, one of the state’s founders and one of its most colorful political figures.

Keating said he shrugged off the warning that Murray’s spirit haunted the third step of the main staircase until his wife slipped and fell on the cursed ...


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