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The Order of Gimghoul is a secret society headquartered at the Gimghoul Castle in Chapel Hill, NC 35°54′43″N, 79°02′10″W. The Order was founded in 1889 by Robert Worth Bingham, Shepard Bryan, William W. Davies, Edward Wray Martin, and Andrew Henry Patterson, who were students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The society is open to "notable" male students (rising juniors and higher), and faculty members by invitation.

The society centers itself around the legend of Peter Dromgoole, a student who mysteriously disappeared from the UNC campus in 1833. The founders originally called themselves the Order of Dromgoole, but later changed it to the Order of Gimghoul, "in accord with midnight and graves and weirdness", according to University archives. [1]

Tradition has it that the Order held to the "Dromgoole legend and the ideals of Arthurian knighthood and chivalry". From all accounts, the Order is social in nature, and has no clandestine agenda. Membership and information about the Order is strictly confidential.

Contents 1 Hippol Castle 2 Other North Carolina collegiate secret societies 3 See also 4 External links

The meeting place of the Order, Hippol Castle (aka Gimghoul Castle), was built in 1924 at a cost of nearly $50,000. Hippol Castle is located in mystical Glandon Forest, which is rumored to be inhabited by Knights and miscreants. Thirteen hundred tons of rough stone were used in its construction, and indeed it has the appearance of an ancient Scottish castle; so much so that it is listed in the International Registry of Castles. According to real estate records, the property is owned by a non-profit corporation incorporated in North Carolina entitled The Order of the Gimghoul.

It is unknown if Hippol Castle has any residents other than the caretaker, however, regular meetings are held at the castle, which is located at the end of Gimghoul Road. The road is located not far from UNC-Chapel Hill's main cemetery on campus near Carmichael Auditorium.

In North Carolina, the Order of Gimghoul and the Gorgon's Head Lodge at the University of North Carolina, and the Society of the Seven at East Carolina University, are the only collegiate secret societies whose existence is well documented.

• List of collegiate secret societies

• The Legend of The Gimghoul Castle

• Order of Gimghoul Records, 1832-1997

• The Legend of Gimghoul

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