Folks are very curious about the strange happenings at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. The mansion was originally the home of George Vanderbilt II, who was an art collector and the son of railroad tycoon William Henry Vanderbilt. The mansion is now a major tourist attraction, partly because it is the largest single residence in the country with secret passages, but also because of several tragedies that have occurred at the Biltmore Estate.
The Biltmore House sits on the estate and is a 250-room Châteauesque-style mansion built during the Gilded Age, and in addition to several tragedies that have happened at the residence, folks also think it may be haunted. So, what happened?
What tragedies happened at the Biltmore Estate?
A near tragedy almost occurred when George and his wife, Edith Vanderbilt, had purchased tickets on the Titanic, according to The Smokies, which sank in 1912. They canceled just before they were to depart, but just two years later, George died unexpectedly at the age of 51 following an appendectomy.
In1922, a guard at the Biltmore Forest Development Company named Walter Brooks was investigating a suspicious car near the estate. He had a confrontation with five boys in front of the gates, and he shot two of them to death, per The Asheville Times. He was tried and convicted of the crimes…