Ghost Stories

Myspace has gotten a lot of bad press thanks to pedophiles, gangs, etc. This urban legend ranks pretty low on the list. A story began circulating late last year about a girl who died in a sewer. The story included a warning. If you didn't repost this story on Myspace, the ghost of this girl would kill you. Of course, this one is not true. What supposedly happened was a girl named either Carmen or Jessica was pushed down a sewer by five girls in her school. The purpose was to embarrass the girl, but instead, she broke her neck on the ladder and her side on the concrete bottom. The five girls told police that she fell and they believed them. If you didn't pass on the story, the ghost of the girl would come through the sewer, toilet, shower or whatever and get you or if you were sleeping, you would wake up in the sewer. Then, she would kill you by breaking your neck and peel skin off your face. Snopes did a search and found no record of any teen girl dying in such a manner anywher

Do you own a Quija board? If so, what kind of experiences have you had while using it?

A new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History is set to open this weekend. It's called the Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids and the exhibition traces the possible origins of some of the world’s most famous “imaginary” beasts and also their lesser-known counterparts. It deftly combines nature and myth, paleontology and anthropology, and models of mythical creatures with real fossils. Once upon a time, Christopher Columbus reported seeing three mermaids while sailing near Haiti in 1493. However, when he approached them, he wrote this in his journal "not as pretty as they are depicted for somehow in the face they look like men". Many scientists believe Columbus saw a manatee. In the new exhibit, visitors can digitally superimpose the picture of a mermaid atop that of a manatee and see how Columbus and countless other sailors might have been fooled. When first entering, you are greeted by a 17-foot-long green dragon, a creature that legend says Sai

Of all the equipment used to investigate ghosts, this one is a new one for me. I was surfing blogs one day and came across this one blog called Cutie Gadgets. Featured on the site at the time was a gadget called the Baketan Ghost Detector or Ghost Radar. This device was developed by a company in Japan. Apparently, it's very popular there. How it works is when you are in a supposedly haunted place, you press the button. If it blinks three times and stops then there are no ghosts present. However, if it blinks red and makes a noise then there is a ghost somewhere near you. I'm not sure if this thing actually works. The blog stated that it was tested at a haunted place in Japan and that it indeed does work. It looks like a fashion accessory to me. Considering, it comes in a small size and can decorate your mobile phone, I guess I'm not too far off. After doing a Google search, I found an article on Associated Content, listing eight reasons why you shouldn't buy this produ

Stacey Jones, founder of Central New York Ghost Hunters , sent an open letter to I'm assuming Stephen Wagner from the paranormal section of About.com. She brought up an interesting question about gathering EVPs. I thought I would post it here to get your thoughts. Do you think that paranormal investigators should follow a protocol when gathering EVP evidence (any evidence for that matter) and, if so, what do you think this protocol should contain?

James Dean was like the Colin Farrel of his day. He was an up-and-coming actor whose life was cut short. Dean bought a silver 1955 Porsche Spyder in 1955. His friends Alec Guiness and George Barris both felt the purchase was not a good idea and tried to talk him into getting rid of it. However, Dean was attracted to the car and didn't care. On September 30, 1955, he planned to race his Spyder in a sports car race in Salinas, California. Dean was intending to trailer the car until the meeting point in Salinas, but at the last minute, decided to drive it in order to further familiarize himself with the car. At 3:30PM, he was ticketed for speeding as well as the driver of his new Ford. He left the Ford behind and later made his way onto Highway 466. A 1950 Ford Tudor driven by Donald Turnupseed was heading in the opposite direction. Turnupseed attempted to take the fork on California State Route 41 crossing into his lane without seeing Dean. The two cars collided almost head on. Turnu

Well it's official. CW's Supernatural will be back for a third season. I watched part one of the season finale last week and unless there is some miracle taking place on tonights, I'm not sure how they'll explain Sam dying on the next season. Maybe another deal will be made with the demon. Who knows. Medium will also be back for a fourth season. Ghost Hunters return on June 6th with six new episodes. Their next investigation will be of some kind of Irish Ruins (couldn't find out anymore than that). It will also be back for a fourth season. It seems we won't be going through paranormal TV withdrawals anytime soon. EDIT: I forgot to mention. There is the Verizon Wireless Supernatural 6 on Route 66 Road Trip TXT2WIN contest in progress right now. The winner and five of their friends will visit the nations spookiest and oddest landmarks along Route 66 along with a fully loaded V CAST phone. You can also win 1 out of 50 Supernatural box sets. You can visit the websit

A mysterious gravity dip in the Hudson Bay, Canada area has been a weighty topic for scientists for years. Now satellite data reveal a thick ice sheet that once cloaked the region partially resolves this so-called gravitational anomaly. Reported in the May 11 issue of the journal Science, the new results provide a crude map of the ice sheet's structure as it was during the last ice age. The melted ice left behind an imprint from which the Earth is still rebounding, and that imprint contributes to the weird gravity. Past studies have searched endlessly for the missing gravity, but according to one explanation, convection within the Earth's mantle tows the continental plate downward. The problem with this theory is that such a process occurs on the order of a million years or so and wouldn't show up in the GRACE measurements as they detect only geologically "quick" gravity changes on the order of years. Another theory blames the anomalous gravity on glacial reboundi

If you shared your paranormal experience with a reporter from a local newspaper and they presented the information in a negative way or left out certain important pieces of information, would you sue the newspaper? Why?

The Marfa lights or the Marfa Mystery Lights are unexplained lights (known as "ghost lights") usually seen near U.S. Route 67 on Mitchell Flat east of Marfa, Texas. The first confirmed report of the Marfa Lights dates to a 1957 magazine article. Earlier oral reports of the Marfa Lights have been attributed to Robert Reed Ellison in 1883. Mr. Ellison told his family about what he saw, but there have been no written accounts of the Marfa Lights before the 1950s. Skeptics believe they are fake designed to attract tourists. Others say they are nothing but car lights or a mirage. I think that carlights may explain some reports but not all. I believe they are a natural occurrence. The above video clip from YouTube was filmed 1.5 miles outside the Marfa, TX city limits. You'll hear train and car sounds but they are behind the camera not in front. Decide for yourself what you think they are.

A New Book and Documentary Places the Shroud of Turin Back into the First Century AD Author to tour in Sydney, Australia 26th May - 4th June "sure to ignite a firestorm of controversy " The new book and DVD, The Ark, The Shroud and Mary by best selling author Philip Gardiner places the Shroud back into the first century AD and explains how it was made. Using cutting edge science and the latest information on quantum physics, Gardiner explains how the individual whose image the Shroud represents was in an extreme state of euphoria brought on by intense beating and near death experience, which caused neutrons to escape atoms and hence causing neutron radiation burns on the linen. With the added implication of anointing fluid the radiation was magnified and affected the carbon dating of the 1980's. But, that was not all. Gardiner wanted to know who the man was and, as he explains in the book, he ran into some remarkable new evidence in a secret meeting in Portugal with an

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We grow up thinking that the only way a soul leaves a body is when it dies. That may not be entirely true. The term "Walk-in" was coined by American journalist and Christian psychic Ruth Montgomery. However, the walk-in experience has existed long before in ancient Hinduism. During a walk-in experience, two individual souls agree to switch places. The first soul has gone as far as it can in its development and is ready to move on. The soul that has taken its place will serve in a different capacity than before. Normally, permission has been granted in order for this to take place. The other soul continues on its journey, either to be together with a loved one or be sent to another place to continue learning. They will at this point in time not be back here. Another way to call the experience is soul transference. For a soul to come into these bodies, the soul which is already there has to want to leave. For many people, that is a wise decision. The body may be maimed in a hor

Do you know what a "walk-in" is? If so, explain.

I remember the Cinco de Mayo celebrations at my high school every year. They were so much fun. We made decorations, brought food from home and most importantly got out of class. Even though we were able to celebrate this day, we weren't told much about it. The most common myth about Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day. Not true. On May 5th, 1862, the Mexican army with only 4,000 soldiers defeated the better equipped French army of 8,000 at the Battle of Puebla. Under orders of Emperor Napoleon III, the French government sent along diplomats and armed soldiers under the pretext of collecting debts from Mexico. Keep in mind, Mexico was only beginning to recover from the Mexican Civil War of 1858. However, under the leadership of Archduke Maximillan of Austria, the force landed in Vera Cruz and made its way towards the Mexican capital – Mexico City. Benito Juarez, President of Mexico, was taken by surprise but quickly assembled his troops under the command of General Ignacio Zar

In March, I reported about E! Online's Save One Show campaign. The results were posted a few weeks ago and the winner is.....Gilmore Girls (too bad they announced today the show had been canceled). This year they decided instead of trying to save one show they were going to save two. Veronica Mars came in a close second and therefore earned that second spot. Out of seventeen shows, Supernatural came in 4th place with 413,014 votes. Medium came in twelfth place but six more scripts were ordered. It's still uncertain on whether or not Supernatural will be back for a third season. After seeing the previews for the season finale, they may have to come up with something pretty creative if it does return. I guess we will find out what the network is going to do in a couple of weeks.

The true identity of Jack the Ripper has eluded everyone for over a century. Is it possible that someone has finally solved the mystery? A South African historian claims he may have cracked the case. Charles van Onselen, an acclaimed biographer who specializes in South Africa's criminal history, spent nearly three decades researching his book "The Fox and The Flies: The World of Joseph Silver". The book has made much of Silver being Jack the Ripper, the notorious Victorian serial killer who murdered at least five East London prostitutes in 1888, using the 25th chapter to make his case. What evidence does van Onselen have that Joseph Silver was Jack the Ripper? First, Silver was in Whitechapel at the time of the Ripper murders for the birth of his daughter. As pimp and brothel keeper, Silver would have been familiar with the prostitutes working in the area. Jack the Ripper was known to write brazen letters to the papers. Silver was litigious, wrote bold letters to newspape

This is a clip of three EVPs recorded at the Villisca House by the Paranormal Research & Investigative Studies Midwest group during a May 2005 investigation. They were all recorded in the second floor children's bedroom: the first two in May and the third in September. Two of the EVPs seem quite innocent. Just kid(s) talking but I have to say the second one was a bit disturbing. Click here for the story about what happened in this house.

Urban Legend - After repeatedly complaining about the smell in their room, a couple staying in a hotel discovers the body of a murdered girl under their bed. Can you imagine checking into a hotel while vacationing or after a long drive and discovering that foul smell present in your room is actually a decomposing body under the bed? It's unsure exactly which true account this legend derived from but more than likely it's true. This is a situation that happens more often than we would like to admit. As time passes, details are always fudged. Most often the "Bawdy under the Bed" legend is usually set in Las Vegas with a man in the hotel room with questionable company. I guess that makes for a more scandalous story than a Beaver Clever type family finding a dead body in a small town motel. Allow me to venture into the actual tales of these gruesome discoveries. In July 1996, a woman's body was found under a mattress in the Colorado Boulevard Travelodge in Pasadena, C