Gertrude Aldridge

Gertrude Aldridge is a specter that haunts Aldridge Mansion Museum. When she was alive, she murdered all of her father's servants in one night.

When she was alive, Gertrude was the eldest daughter to Sir Aldridge. On October 25, 1894, Sir Aldridge woke up and found no breakfast. He was angry at his servants, but then he found each and everyone of them were murdered by Gertrude. She had stabbed them to death overnight as they slept. To spare the family public humiliation, they locked her in the basement and feed her through a the door slot. Years later, the mansion was sold and her spirit resided in the basement. The new owner had her remains dug out but afterwards, he kept hearing strange sounds. He sealed the basement shut.

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Gertrude Aldridge is a specter that haunts Aldridge Mansion Museum. When she was alive, she murdered all of her father's servants in one night.

When she was alive, Gertrude was the eldest daughter to Sir Aldridge. On October 25, 1894, Sir Aldridge woke up and found no breakfast. He was angry at his servants, but then he found each and everyone of them were murdered by Gertrude. She had stabbed them to death overnight as they slept. To spare the family public humiliation, they locked her in the basement and feed her through a the door slot. Years later, the mansion was sold and her spirit resided in the basement. The new owner had her remains dug out but afterwards, he kept hearing strange sounds. He sealed the basement shut.

Rowan North learned of Gertrude and discovered the mansion was on one of New York's Ley Lines. He planted one of his Hyper-Ionization Devices inside the basement under a piece of period wooden furniture near the basement door. It energized the Ley Line and Gertrude. On a Tuesday, around closing time at 6 pm, a tour guide named Garrett placed a prop candle back in its usual spot but the basement door creaked. He slowly walked back to the door and the knob turned. The door shook and a woman's scream was heard. He rushed to the front door – and the doorknob suddenly heated up when he tries to grab it. He recoiled in pain and saw the knob was flaming red. Gertrude, not yet manifested, then pushed Garrett into a wall, breaking a frame and table. Garrett panicked and ran to the drawing room. He grabbed a chair and threw it at a window but it stopped in mid-air and hurled itself back at him. Garrett ran for the nearest open door in the main hall but realized he was in the basement. Green Ectoplasm flowed up through cracks in the floor and the door slammed shut. He tried to run to the stairs, but the steps collapsed as he took each step. He hung on as the stairwell collapsed to the ground then Gertrude arose as a blue mist from the floor. She flew towards Garrett and he screamed. He allegedly soiled himself.

After Garrett's encounter with Gertrude, Ed Mulgrave Jr., the mansion's historian, asked Erin Gilbert for help. Erin ended up accompanying Abby Yates and Holtzmann and investigating the events that had recently happened. After Erin stepped on some Ectoplasm, the basement door creaked open. Erin thought it was another one of Abby and Erin's pranks but they denied it. Gertrude flew out of the basement fully formed. Ultimately, Erin made direct contact with Gertrude and introduced herself. Erin detected a heavy ionization discharge coming off of her.  After a moment of trying to communicate with her, Gertrude suddenly transmogrified, dislocated her jaw, and projectile vomited Ectoplasm on Erin and then flew out through the wall and into the streets. Abby later referred to Gertrude's assault as a "full-torso transmogrification with corporeal aggression."

During the battle in Times Square, she returned and took Erin in the air and released her to a tall long legged Pilgrim ghost. Abby kicked over a Proton Grenade and saved her. Later in the battle, Gertrude and the Electrocuted Ghost returned to cause Erin more trouble. She pulled out her Proton Grenade Launcher and shot at them both, sending them flying backwards far into the sky. Gertrude returned to the Aldridge and continued haunting it.

Subject ID: 65971

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