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'Weird things' at the Guilford Sheriff's Office could be Otto, the ghost

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RUNOVER Otto Zenke, designer, in 1980

Otto Zenke on March 20, 1980.

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Otto Zenke

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is located in the former home and showroom of Otto Zeneke Inc., a well-known designer. Since the sheriff’s department moved in 20 years ago, law enforcement employees have consistently reported strange happenings. The common theory is that Zeneke, who died in 1984 at the age of 79, haunts the building.

(Lynn Hey/News & Record)

Col. Randy Powers stands in Otto Zenke’s former master bedroom that Powers once used as an office. “I’ve had employees that said they’ve had furniture move, and things have fallen,” said Powers on Wednesday

, Aug. 5, 2015,

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Col. Randy Powers stands in Otto Zenke’s former master bedroom that Powers once used as an office. "I’ve had employees that said they’ve had furniture move, and things have fallen," said Col. Randy Powers.on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C. (Lynn Hey/News & Record)

The Guilford County Sheriff’s office is located in the former home and showroom of Otto Zeneke Inc. Decorative plaster still is on display in an office Wednesday in Greensboro.

Beverly Stewart, secretary for the Guilford County Sheriff executive office, tidies her desk before leaving for the day, being very particular that everything is in its proper place on Wednesday

, Aug. 5, 2015,

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The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is located in the former home and showroom of Otto Zeneke Inc., where it sits in the shadow of the new county jail and across the street from the Governmental Plaza.

The common theory is that Zeneke (1904-1984) haunts the building. (Lynn Hey/News & Record)

Beverly Stewart, secretary for the Guilford County Sheriff executive office tidies her desk before leaving for the day, being very particular that everything is in it’s proper place on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C. Stewart says she has returned the next morning to find items have been moved around and the adding machine paper has been unrolled. She used to think that someone was playing a joke on her. The Guilford County Sheriff office in located in the former home and showroom of Otto Zeneke, Inc. a well know designer. The common theory is that Zeneke (1904-1984) haunts the building. (Lynn Hey/News & Record)

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GREENSBORO — Deep in the halls of the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office, in the wee hours when no one’s around, things go bump in the night.

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RUNOVER Otto Zenke, designer, in 1980

Otto Zenke on March 20, 1980.

Otto Zenke

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is located in the former home and showroom of Otto Zeneke Inc., a well-known designer. Since the sheriff’s department moved in 20 years ago, law enforcement employees have consistently reported strange happenings. The common theory is that Zeneke, who died in 1984 at the age of 79, haunts the building.

(Lynn Hey/News & Record)

Col. Randy Powers stands in Otto Zenke’s former master bedroom that Powers once used as an office. “I’ve had employees that said they’ve had furniture move, and things have fallen,” said Powers on Wednesday

, Aug. 5, 2015,

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Col. Randy Powers stands in Otto Zenke’s former master bedroom that Powers once used as an office. "I’ve had employees that said they’ve had furniture move, and things have fallen," said Col. Randy Powers.on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C. (Lynn Hey/News & Record)

The Guilford County Sheriff’s office is located in the former home and showroom of Otto Zeneke Inc. Decorative plaster still is on display in an office Wednesday in Greensboro.

Beverly Stewart, secretary for the Guilford County Sheriff executive office, tidies her desk before leaving for the day, being very particular that everything is in its proper place on Wednesday

, Aug. 5, 2015,

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The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is located in the former home and showroom of Otto Zeneke Inc., where it sits in the shadow of the new county jail and across the street from the Governmental Plaza.

The common theory is that Zeneke (1904-1984) haunts the building. (Lynn Hey/News & Record)

Beverly Stewart, secretary for the Guilford County Sheriff executive office tidies her desk before leaving for the day, being very particular that everything is in it’s proper place on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, in Greensboro, N.C. Stewart says she has returned the next morning to find items have been moved around and the adding machine paper has been unrolled. She used to think that someone was playing a joke on her. The Guilford County Sheriff office in located in the former home and showroom of Otto Zeneke, Inc. a well know designer. The common theory is that Zeneke (1904-1984) haunts the building. (Lynn Hey/News & Record)

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