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Posted today on the Shadows list by Emily:
Historical house might have spirits, but not haunted (http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-a1nor.ghosts10.7oct07,0,4954518.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines)
October 7, 2006
Afterlife may be imitating art at Norwalk's Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum.
More than 30 years after the landmark appeared in the vampire movies "House of Dark Shadows" and "Night of Dark Shadows," paranormal investigators reported finding spirits last month at the historic mansion. ...
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Ever notice how ghost hunters are like termite inspectors? They always manage to find exactly what they're looking for. [hall2_wink]
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I must raise my hand as a semi-retired (unwillingly due to location) ghost hunter. And I can say that our group never ever always found what we were looking for. There were lots of nights that we sat in the cold pitch black and caught nothing at all.
Orbs drive me absolutely CRAZY! There are TOO many things they could be, dust, moisture, crap on the lens.... Out of all the nights we went out (usually two of my sisters, my 9 year old neice, some friends and I) there was only 1 night where we caught something totally unexplainable. We were in a HUGE old cemetery in Newburyport, Mass. We were in the back of the cemetery by some trees at the bottom of a little hill on a dirt road, near a huge old crypt. There were 13+ of us that night. Out of nowhere suddenly issues this blood chilling scream, it went on for a good 30 seconds or more. It was completely audible to EVERYONE present as half the group scattered back to the cars. My sisters, neice and I and one other person stood at the bottom of that hill after the screaming was over and listened but there was not another sound.
I have never heard anything like it before or since. We had been to that graveyard several times before, but not to that section. A return trip the next day lead us down a little dirt path into the woods where a series of old forgotten shipwreck victims graves lay.
Here is the audio clip: http://www.hollowmoon.net/pics/scream.wav 5.37 megs
I swear that this audio clip is real, it was not fabricated in any way. We had this clip on tape recorder and more than one camera equipped with night vision. Since moving to Maine we haven't done any investigations, though we have been invited by friends of my Father to spend the night in a huge old Captain's house turned B&B where they routinely hear someone fall down the back servants steps that lead to the kitchen, an old woman has been spotted, something sat on the bed of the husband while he was taking a nap, and something kicked the family dog so hard it cracked it's ribs and absolutely refused to go into the house after that incident, retreating to the adjoining carriage house. We might take them up on their offer this winter, I'll let you know if we catch anything [hall_grin]
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The link didn't work, Arashi! And I'm "dying" to hear it! [female_skull]
Gerard
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The link didn't work, Arashi! And I'm "dying" to hear it!
Me too! :(
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Oooo, how cool (both Midnite and arashi)! [hall2_shocked] I'm so hooked on those ghost hunting shows these days my sister thinks I've actually gone over to the dark side. I enjoy seeing the places they go in England but, overall I'm not much for "Most Haunted" (mainly because I think Derek Acorah is a phony baloney). But I love "Ghost Hunters" with the TAPS guys and, even though it's a bit goofy, I enjoy watching "Dead Famous" once in awhile.
...and something kicked the family dog so hard it cracked it's ribs and absolutely refused to go into the house after that incident, retreating to the adjoining carriage house.
Any spirit that would attack a dog needs to have its ectoplasmic bum kicked followed by a severe exorcism!!!
We might take them up on their offer this winter, I'll let you know if we catch anything [hall_grin]
I'd be very interested to hear what you find! Good luck and be careful (I just finished a book about the career of Ed and Lorraine Warren so, I'm a bit spooked at the moment [hall2_shocked] )
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The link should work now, sorry! I had an extra letter in there. The screaming sounds like it was in the background somewhere on the audio clip, but in real life it was EXTREMELY loud and VERY close.
Ah Ghost Shows! I love Most Haunted, but I agree with you about Derek. I'm not sure what to make of him, early on (I have the boxset of Season 1) he's eerily accurate, but in the later episodes everything becomes devil worshippers and such. David Wells, another medium they bring on, is, I think, spot on all the time. I'm always impressed with his work.
Ghost Hunters is a good show as well, I really like their scientific approach to things. I catch Dead Famous when I can, though I'm not too sure about their medium as well.
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The link should work now, sorry! I had an extra letter in there. The screaming sounds like it was in the background somewhere on the audio clip, but in real life it was EXTREMELY loud and VERY close.
OMG! That's pretty damn scary!! Are you sure it wasn't someone playing w/you all, like someone who saw you in the cemetary and they decided to have a litle fun? Ghost or real, it's pretty bone chilling and I woulda been one of the folks dashing for the car!
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I catch Dead Famous when I can, though I'm not too sure about their medium as well.
The thing about Chris Flemming and Derek both (IMO) is that they tend to jump in way too fast. I'm sure it could just appear this way at times due to editing. Not knowing anything about it from personal experience, it would seem that they would need to collect their thoughts a little. Derek also drives me nuts with his tendency to somehow find a spirit named John in nearly every haunted house in the UK. I know it's a common name but pahleez! I think he needs to get his spirit guide Sam a baby name book for Christmas.
Funny this topic came up - I've had the old mansions (and surrounding grounds) on my mind all day. Probably because I just started reading "The Salem Branch" yesterday afternoon. It was a perfect day for it too...leaves starting to change and very mid-October windy and gloomy outside. [hall2_shocked]
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Pardon this being so OT but...
I happened to notice that arashi's posts are exactly 666 and this is Friday the 13th. Not that I'm superstitious but...
ARASHI PLEASE POST AGAIN BEFORE THE DAY IS OUT
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I happened to notice that arashi's posts are exactly 666 and this is Friday the 13th.
Whoa!
I just started reading "The Salem Branch" yesterday afternoon. It was a perfect day for it too...leaves starting to change and very mid-October windy and gloomy outside. [hall2_shocked]
Yes, PERFECT, because you'll be reading a lot about swirling leaves. [hall2_tongue]
I have no doubt that a summer home of my sister's is haunted. She sleeps in the 1st floor bedroom, my kids won't stay overnight because the most vivid reports have come from young people, and the family pets refuse to go upstairs. We know it was built by Cecil B. DeMille to host parties during filming, and about subsequent owners, but have no idea how to proceed in learning more about the ghost or ghosts. If anyone has suggestions, I'd love to hear from you in PM or email!
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Oh there is at least one spirit there at the Mansion. I tend to be a skeptical person but a direct encounter with said spirit left no doubt in my mind as to what it was.
Nancy
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Afterlife may be imitating art at Norwalk's Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum.
More than 30 years after the landmark appeared in the vampire movies "House of Dark Shadows" and "Night of Dark Shadows," paranormal investigators reported finding spirits last month at the historic mansion. ...
I don't trust any reporter who thinks Night of Dark Shadows was shot at Lockwood-Mathews! [hall2_grin] [hall2_wink]
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I don't trust any reporter who thinks Night of Dark Shadows was shot at Lockwood-Mathews!
I thought that was erroneous too! I can tell you that for sure Seaview is haunted. That place gets downright CREEPY at night! The hair on the back of your neck will rise up and NO ONE would go anywhere in the house alone after dark, not even the guys! [hall2_shocked]
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She sleeps in the 1st floor bedroom, my kids won't stay overnight because the most vivid reports have come from young people, and the family pets refuse to go upstairs.
This goes right along with some things I read in the book about Ed and Lorraine Warren (The Demonologist). Lorraine was referred to as a "light trance clairvoyant/medium" and she stated that children and animals are naturally clairvoyant (children mostly up to about 12 according to her).
We know it was built by Cecil B. DeMille to host parties during filming, and about subsequent owners, but have no idea how to proceed in learning more about the ghost or ghosts. If anyone has suggestions, I'd love to hear from you in PM or email!
The Warrens had some suggestions in the book depending on the kind of problems/occurrences. They included getting in touch with clergy (in cases of darker malevolent spirits) or a reputable parapsychology group. I suppose you might find something through a university. Ed Warren recently passed away and Lorraine is fairly up there in years so, she may be out of the business of tracking down spirits. They were kind of pioneers in the field as I understand it and involved in several high profile cases throughout the last 30+ years. Some don't care for their approach but, I thought they had kind of an unusual bent on the whole process.
Oh there is at least one spirit there at the Mansion. I tend to be a skeptical person but a direct encounter with said spirit left no doubt in my mind as to what it was.
Nancy, if you don't mind my asking - who, what, and when?
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I don't trust any reporter who thinks Night of Dark Shadows was shot at Lockwood-Mathews! [hall2_grin] [hall2_wink]
Or that NoDS was a vampire movie. [hall2_rolleyes]
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Or that NoDS was a vampire movie. [hall2_rolleyes]
Sheesh....even I would have gotten THAT part right.... [hall2_rolleyes]
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I don't trust any reporter who thinks Night of Dark Shadows was shot at Lockwood-Mathews! [hall2_grin] [hall2_wink]
Or that NoDS was a vampire movie. [hall2_rolleyes]
LOL! Can you say...research? (Obviously this writer was not familiar with "And God Created Google" - one of the lesser known films from Hammer Studios) [hall2_grin]
And, maybe I didn't get exactly what was meant by the title but, wouldn't the sighting/detection (alleged or whatever) of any kind of spirit point to the idea that this house just might be considered haunted?
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A few years back when we were at the mansion I spoke to a caretaker there who seemed like a very normal woman. She said she did not see any ghost in the house but did have some unusual experiences after closing on several occasions. She believed something was going on there but said it was just her feeling and nothing concrete.
Now as far as that most haunted show. I saw a youtube video recently that kind of proves the guy is a hoex. He was in a basement "channeling" a spirit named Mary. They were all into it and acting so worried about him. Then the segment ends but the video kept rolling and he started cracking up with the other cast people. They were all laughing because he kept saying" Mary loves Dick" over and over. I guess they did not realize the camera was still on. I like the Ghost Hunters show.
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I don't trust any reporter who thinks Night of Dark Shadows was shot at Lockwood-Mathews! [hall2_grin] [hall2_wink]
Or that NoDS was a vampire movie. [hall2_rolleyes]
The really funny thing about that was that the Belgian title was 'CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES'! Must have been some head-scratching at those theatres!
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I loved collecting and reading all the books by or about the Warrens - really creepy stuff! Ed Warren's passing is sad, and I know he had been in bad health for quite a few years, even the past decade, but he, and his wife, continued to work nevertheless.
Gerard
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When up there preparing for the Frid Christmas/charity benefit in December 2001, I got to the mansion early to start setting up. I was in one part of the mansion by myself trying to sort out tangle extension chords and I distinctly felt someone poke me in the back. I turned around and no one was there.
Nobody anywhere near me.
I just thought I imagined it or maybe I hit myself in the back with one of the cords while untangling it and didn't realize it.
However, I was poked harder the second and third time and then I realized there wasn't any reasonable explanation to be found. I mentioned the incident to a volunteer at the Mansion who informed me with a wave of her hand that it was "nothing" just the mansion ghost and the favorite thing was to poke people in the back. I overheard another one of the volunteers I had brought up for the show remark to a mutual friend something kept hitting her in the back as if to get her attention but when she turned around no one was there.
Very weird.
Nancy
Nancy, if you don't mind my asking - who, what, and when?
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Oh No! I just jumped on here at 12:04 and saw the 666 notice! I can say I made it through the day with nothing unholy happening to me, so Whew!
The thing about Chris Flemming and Derek both (IMO) is that they tend to jump in way too fast. I'm sure it could just appear this way at times due to editing. Not knowing anything about it from personal experience, it would seem that they would need to collect their thoughts a little. Derek also drives me nuts with his tendency to somehow find a spirit named John in nearly every haunted house in the UK. I know it's a common name but pahleez! I think he needs to get his spirit guide Sam a baby name book for Christmas.
::laughing out loud:: I so agree with you on that one!
OMG! That's pretty damn scary!! Are you sure it wasn't someone playing w/you all, like someone who saw you in the cemetary and they decided to have a litle fun? Ghost or real, it's pretty bone chilling and I woulda been one of the folks dashing for the car!
I'm 99.9% sure that there was no one else around, it was around 2:30 in the morning and just beyond the trees was a small street with a street light and there was no movement at all. We left the cemetery on that street and there was no one around. I can't rule it out, but I am confident it wasn't someone playing a joke.
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The thing about Chris Flemming and Derek both (IMO) is that they tend to jump in way too fast. I'm sure it could just appear this way at times due to editing. Not knowing anything about it from personal experience, it would seem that they would need to collect their thoughts a little. Derek also drives me nuts with his tendency to somehow find a spirit named John in nearly every haunted house in the UK. I know it's a common name but pahleez! I think he needs to get his spirit guide Sam a baby name book for Christmas.
I read somewhere or other that this show, Most Haunted, is indeed a fake. They feed the information to Derek before they begin shooting and he times it right and acts dramatically in time with what should be happening when they go in each room. I used to watch this show a lot but when I found this out I stopped. I watch Ghost Hunters now. Season Premiere was on Wed. and they went to Tombstone, AZ. That was exciting!
Anyway, I'm glad that a link to that article was posted. I went and read it and I'm not at all surprised that the house has spirits present. Certain ways of thinking teach you that spirits are around you all the time, so if that is true, every house has spirits present because you are there!
And I too, have had my own ghostly experiences. Some friends of mine and I went down to a state park about a 40 minute drive from where I live. This park served as a Condfederacy Prison camp (if memory serves) where the Yanks would keep Confed. solidiers. (You'll like this Buzz!!!) Well one winter they had thousands of these soldiers there and it was bitterly cold as this park is right on the water, and many of the soldiers died. I believe it happened in Jan-Feb of 18-whatever. 60-something. lol. Well me and my friends went down there with our handy dandy digital cameras and went to the grounds around the lighthouse, as this place is on the most souther tip of MD (Point Lookout State Park if you want to look it up) and took picture, but we didn't really catch anything. We thought there were some shadows in the windows of the lighthouse, but it was subject to opinion.
There is a Civil War Monument up the road a ways, about 5 minutes from the lighthouse, so I wanted to go there because I had heard that you could capture TONS of orbs and ghostly things on camera and on tape. We pulled up and my friend Laura rolled down her car window and snapped a picture, SCREAMED, and then sped off, kicking up dirt onto my car. I followed hurridly after her, and when she finally stopped we all gathered 'round and asked what the hell had happened. She showed us a picture on her digital camera that made it look like it was snowing. It was the middle of July. I don't think so. We looked closer and saw that there were HUNDREDS of orbs in this picture, some even inches away from our faces. It literally looked like a blizzard was going on, and were it not for the date on the picture no one would've known the difference. We went back to the monument and when Laura turned her camera back on to look at the pic again, it was gone. She said she thought she had deleted it maybe by mistake, but I don't know. We have other pictures almost as good as that original one.
And here lately, sometimes before I go to sleep I hear voices. I'm not sure if I'm just crazy or what, but I swear to the big dude up top that about a week ago I was almost asleep and I heard voices. Not just one voice, like my Mom or something, but VOICES. Plural. Like there was a flipping party in my room. Three people live in my house, and the other two were asleep. I opened my eyes and looked around and I didn't see anything, so I laid back down, and I didn't hear it again. Freaky deaky.
BTW, I absolutely LOVE the new smilies!!!!!!!!! [female_skull] That is so freakin awesome! [candle_in_skull_2]
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Oh No! I just jumped on here at 12:04 and saw the 666 notice! I can say I made it through the day with nothing unholy happening to me, so Whew!
What a relief!
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And I too, have had my own ghostly experiences. Some friends of mine and I went down to a state park about a 40 minute drive from where I live. This park served as a Condfederacy Prison camp (if memory serves) where the Yanks would keep Confed. solidiers. (You'll like this Buzz!!!) Well one winter they had thousands of these soldiers there and it was bitterly cold as this park is right on the water, and many of the soldiers died. I believe it happened in Jan-Feb of 18-whatever. 60-something. lol. Well me and my friends went down there with our handy dandy digital cameras and went to the grounds around the lighthouse, as this place is on the most souther tip of MD (Point Lookout State Park if you want to look it up) and took picture, but we didn't really catch anything. We thought there were some shadows in the windows of the lighthouse, but it was subject to opinion.
Indeed I *was* intrigued Brandon! I'm not only a CW buff, but a ghost buff too! I've got several books on not only ordinary hauntings, but one that specifically covers Gettysburg Battlefield! And I've heard of Lookout Point, that one was a notorious Union prison if I recall my history correctly. I used to LOVE when Unsolved Mysteries would do their Halloween special. And I used to love Haunted History, though I think it's gone from the airwaves, and Fear on MTV which is also gone but they would send 7 kids to a haunted place to track paranormal activity. Scared the s*&% outta me.
Where in MD do you live, I'm in the DC Metro area as well. ;)
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After listening to the mysterious sound a few times, I thought it sounded familiar (I live in a Conn. suburban area that borders on woods.) After going through dozens of nocturnal animal sound wavs. listed on Google, this one comes the closest:
http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/animal/SOUND/RedFoxYell.wav
Not exact, but IMO, rather close, and there are probably foxes in that area, especially if the cemetery borders on woodland.
A few years ago, a fox tried to attack the rabbit hutches next door--- the combination of the fox's howls and the rabbits' shrieks were similarly unearthly. (Fortunately, the rabbits were physically safe in their cages, but the owners subsequently built a shed and put the hutches indoors.)
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After listening to the mysterious sound a few times, I thought it sounded familiar (I live in a Conn. suburban area that borders on woods.) After going through dozens of nocturnal animal sound wavs. listed on Google, this one comes the closest:
Not exact, but IMO, rather close, and there are probably foxes in that area, especially if the cemetery borders on woodland. A few years ago, a fox tried to attack the rabbit hutches next door--- the combination of the fox's howls and the rabbits' shrieks were similarly unearthly. (Fortunately, the rabbits were physically safe in their cages, but the owners subsequently built a shed and put the hutches indoors.)
Wow, that may have solved the mystery. If so, I'm actually disappointed it may NOT have been a shrieking ghost! [hall2_cry]
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Indeed I *was* intrigued Brandon! I'm not only a CW buff, but a ghost buff too! I've got several books on not only ordinary hauntings, but one that specifically covers Gettysburg Battlefield! And I've heard of Lookout Point, that one was a notorious Union prison if I recall my history correctly. I used to LOVE when Unsolved Mysteries would do their Halloween special. And I used to love Haunted History, though I think it's gone from the airwaves, and Fear on MTV which is also gone but they would send 7 kids to a haunted place to track paranormal activity. Scared the s*&% outta me.
Where in MD do you live, I'm in the DC Metro area as well. ;)
I live in St. Mary's County (the one farthest down there lol boon-docks fo' sho.) It's about a 30-45 minute drive to DC from where I'm at.
Speaking of Pt. Lookout Park, hopefully I'll be able to get people together to go with me down there in Feb. because a local ghost hunter friend of mine said that because many people died during that time that the activity is REALLY in action during this time. There are even several reports of gray-ghostly apparitions of men in their CW uniforms walking around in the woods, down the road, or across the road etc etc. That would flip me out! I guess I should pack an extra pair of undies!! lol [skull_winks]
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Fascinating stuff, Brandon. I am a civil war buff and made the trip to Gettysburg on the recommendation of my friend the late Dean Wilson (who was also a big DS fan) and a collector. Dean was a ghost hunter for several years, belonging to a ghost hunting organization in his native Indiana. It's not a surprise that DS fans would also develop an interest in the paranormal.
I collect books of ghost stories from all over the world. Currently, I am writing a novel of a "ghostly" nature that I hope to have published in 2008. I should consider dedicating it to DS! [hall2_rolleyes]
Nancy
And I too, have had my own ghostly experiences. Some friends of mine and I went down to a state park about a 40 minute drive from where I live. This park served as a Condfederacy Prison camp (if memory serves) where the Yanks would keep Confed. solidiers. (You'll like this Buzz!!!) Well one winter they had thousands of these soldiers there and it was bitterly cold as this park is right on the water, and many of the soldiers died. I believe it happened in Jan-Feb of 18-whatever. 60-something. lol. Well me and my friends went down there with our handy dandy digital cameras and went to the grounds around the lighthouse, as this place is on the most souther tip of MD (Point Lookout State Park if you want to look it up) and took picture, but we didn't really catch anything. We thought there were some shadows in the windows of the lighthouse, but it was subject to opinion.
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After listening to the mysterious sound a few times, I thought it sounded familiar (I live in a Conn. suburban area that borders on woods.) After going through dozens of nocturnal animal sound wavs. listed on Google, this one comes the closest: ...
Not exact, but IMO, rather close, and there are probably foxes in that area, especially if the cemetery borders on woodland.
A few years ago, a fox tried to attack the rabbit hutches next door--- the combination of the fox's howls and the rabbits' shrieks were similarly unearthly. (Fortunately, the rabbits were physically safe in their cages, but the owners subsequently built a shed and put the hutches indoors.)
Thanks fore the link! It does sound quite similar and I can't rule out that that may be what it was. I'll see if I can't locate the original tape recording and get a better sample, then we can rule on it.
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I live in St. Mary's County. Speaking of Pt. Lookout Park, hopefully I'll be able to get people together to go with me down there in Feb. because a local ghost hunter friend of mine said that because many people died during that time that the activity is REALLY in action during this time. There are even several reports of gray-ghostly apparitions of men in their CW uniforms walking around in the woods, down the road, or across the road etc etc. That would flip me out! I guess I should pack an extra pair of undies!! lol
Okay, I've heard of St. Mary's, you guys are the ones always getting snow days, LOL! ;) Hey, keep me posted about that trip to Point Lookout, maybe I can talk Selby D. Pearson, who also lives in MD, into going as he's into this stuff as well. [hall2_wink]
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Okay, I've heard of St. Mary's, you guys are the ones always getting snow days, LOL! ;) Hey, keep me posted about that trip to Point Lookout, maybe I can talk Selby D. Pearson, who also lives in MD, into going as he's into this stuff as well. [hall2_wink]
You've got us right! It seems that even a centimeter of snow cripples all the idiots down here. Well most of them anyway! I personally don't see what all the fuss is about, but I sure did enjoy all those snow days while I was in school! lol! I'll definitely keep you posted on the trip, if it happens.
Fascinating stuff, Brandon. I am a civil war buff and made the trip to Gettysburg on the recommendation of my friend the late Dean Wilson (who was also a big DS fan) and a collector. Dean was a ghost hunter for several years, belonging to a ghost hunting organization in his native Indiana. It's not a surprise that DS fans would also develop an interest in the paranormal.
I collect books of ghost stories from all over the world. Currently, I am writing a novel of a "ghostly" nature that I hope to have published in 2008. I should consider dedicating it to DS! [hall2_rolleyes]
Great! Do let us know when this book is completed so that we can respectively give you our money! lol! I'd be happy to read it.
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Hopefully Brandon there will be good reviews and you'll run to the bookstore to buy it!
Nancy
Great! Do let us know when this book is completed so that we can respectively give you our money! lol! I'd be happy to read it.
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I overheard another one of the volunteers I had brought up for the show remark to a mutual friend something kept hitting her in the back as if to get her attention but when she turned around no one was there.
Very weird.
[hall2_shocked] that was a spooky little story. Thanks for posting it! Someone at work today just told me about a new film opening at the IMAX here in Indianapolis based on reported activity at Central State Hospital. It was an old mental institution that shut down several years ago but, part of it still operates as a medical museum and, though the main building was torn down, apparently there are several buildings and miles of underground tunnels remaining. I wonder if your friend Dean ever explored that old place when he was with his ghost group. I don't think I'd have the nerve to actually go out and walk around in the dark. But, I definitely enjoy reading about it.
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I grew up a few miles from what was, at one time, the largest psychiatric hospital in the world: Pilgrim State Hospital. The hideous architecture alone was enough to drive someone crazy. Ever since all but a few of the buildings were shut down, people have reported ghostly apparitions on the grounds.
I don't buy it. The poor souls who lived there became ghosts long before they died....and I refuse to believe any of them hung about one instant longer than they had to.
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I don't buy it. The poor souls who lived there became ghosts long before they died....and I refuse to believe any of them hung about one instant longer than they had to.
That's one of the reasons that - even though I enjoy ghost stories - I really have to question the idea of lost souls aimlessly wandering the planet. I admit, it's partly religious upbringing and my belief system. But, aside from that, what about stories you hear of near death experiences? I've read several and though they differ somewhat, the people never report actually having a choice about how or if they "go toward the light". From what I've gathered they are just kind of sucked into it somehow (usually described as zooming down a tunnel). They certainly didn't seem to need a living person to come around and point the way. Whatever happens I can tell you this; when my time comes I'm not going to be hanging around the old cemetery or some empty house. If there's any choice in the matter I will take it as a sign that it's time to move on.
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If "figures" are seen at that Pilgrim State hospital, it's probably "amateur suburban archaelogists" or more precisely, bored teens in search of a good time, inspired by the likes of websites such as these:
http://www.opacity.us/site23_pilgrim_state_hospital.htm
http://b.f11.org/photo/Pilgrim/
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If "figures" are seen at that Pilgrim State hospital, it's probably "amateur suburban archaelogists" or more precisely, bored teens in search of a good time, inspired by the likes of websites such as these:
I'm *pretty* sure they sent those kids from MTV's "Fear" here to look for ghosts. It looks eerily familiar! Great photos, thanks for posting that link. [hall_wink]
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[Ghost00] I finds ghosts quite fascinating and I've had too many experiences that are not fully explainable otherwise. Some things I'd like to add is that Newport RI is one of the best ghost towns I've ever been to. Not far from Seaview Terrace is BelcourtCastle (http://www.belcourtcastle.com/) They have evening ghost tours. Although, there's a certain hype, I can say the most certain presence I encountered was not part of the narrated tour but on the steps to the upstairs gallery. [ghosty]
[bonny_hand] For all of you up in the District/Northern VA area, I highly suggest the Woodlawn Plantation haunted tours coming up next week, (http://www.woodlawn1805.org/calendar04.htm) When Diane and I were dating, we took that tour. I was looking in one of the rooms and saw a woman in 18th century garb looking at the canopy bed as if she had great concern, then the door closed and the door next to it opened. When we didn't go into the room I was peeking into, I asked the guide why, and she swore to me no one was in there and that room wasn't part of the evenings tour. In the next room, one of the other guests was so overwhelmed by a presence, she fainted. I think that house really loaded. If anyone goes, please let us know what you experience. [ghost]
[female_skull] The other most haunted place I've been to, was here in Richmond on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus. When I was going to college in the late '70s, the student media, that is radio, newspapers, etc, was in an old 19th beautiful brownstone with a castle turret on the end. There was a "female" spirit that always manifested late at night, most especially to lone males. No one ever gotten the confirmed. but there were rumors of a muder-suicide, with a wife of the original owner finding her husband there with his lover, and killing both of them, then hanging herself in the stairwell. [wow] The University now uses the building for offices, and is really not keen on amateur ghost hunters any more than the local Goths or frat boys hanging out there. My one really bizarre addendum, is that one day when I was last there, I noticed something unusual about the fireplace.I looked into it, and the iron firewall was decorated with relief sculptures of witchcraft scenes. The firewall appeared to have been contemporary of when the house was built, 1870s, and not a later addition. [Witch_Potion_Animated]
I always remember what our guide on the Ghost Tour of London said, which was that spirits are most common for situations when people have died under stressful or sudden circumstances. I tend to find this as pretty consistent.
Michael [candle_in_skull]
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For all of you up in the District/Northern VA area, I highly suggest the Woodlawn Plantation haunted tours coming up next week. If anyone goes, please let us know what you experience.
I'll see if I can check that out and will report what I find out! [hall_wink]
The other most haunted place I've been to, was here in Richmond on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus. When I was going to college in the late '70s. There was a "female" spirit that always manifested late at night, most especially to lone males. No one ever gotten the confirmed. but there were rumors of a muder-suicide, with a wife of the original owner finding her husband there with his lover, and killing both of them, then hanging herself in the stairwell.
Wow, you went to VCU? I went there for a year, fun school, everyone scheduled their classes around Happy Hour, LOL! Wish I'd known there were haunted sections when I was there, I would have checked them out. [hall2_grin]
There was a "female" spirit that always manifested late at night, most especially to lone males. No one ever gotten the confirmed. but there were rumors of a muder-suicide, with a wife of the original owner finding her husband there with his lover, and killing both of them, then hanging herself in the stairwell.
This story is similar to one of the stories we were told by Salve Regina students when we visited Seaview in '97 & '98 about the third floor tower room. One story was a priest committed suicide there, another was someone was murdered in there. [hall2_cool]
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There was a "female" spirit that always manifested late at night, most especially to lone males. No one ever gotten the confirmed. but there were rumors of a muder-suicide, with a wife of the original owner finding her husband there with his lover, and killing both of them, then hanging herself in the stairwell.
This story is similar to one of the stories we were told by Salve Regina students when we visited Seaview in '97 & '98 about the third floor tower room. One story was a priest committed suicide there, another was someone was murdered in there.
Now that the tower room has been transformed from storage room to dorm room, I wonder if any of the students have encountered anything strange. I can't say I found anything odd about the room when Midnite, John_in_SC and I checked it out in '01 soon after it had been transformed. I did find the room a bit odd before it was remodled - but that probably has more to do with how unfinished it looked...