Zanin is founder of Historic Strolls, which has been giving character-led tours of Washington for 11 years. This Saturday, Zanin and other actors will hold a Civil War tour at 11 a.m., leaving from 10th and E streets NW. They also conduct haunted walks throughout October. Go to http://historicstrolls.com/. Do people come to you with ghost stories?
People call me and tell me that they work in Washington and have a ghost story, but not to give their name because it will destroy their credibility. One man worked at the Treasury Annex and the way he described this ghost it sounded like Frederick Douglass. So he asked what he looks like and I happened to have a picture of him in my purse, because I’m weird, and he said it was him. The Treasury Annex sits on top of the Freedman’s Bureau, which was failing in the 1870s, like many banks. The man told me he looked very concerned, he was probably looking over accounts.
