Ghost Stories

WARNING: the Sheriff's Office of Essex County do NOT tolerate trespassers. They regularly conduct plainclothes surveillance operations at the hospital. If you trespass, you will get arrested and prosecuted. DON'T DO IT!! It seems like yesterday season five of Ghost Hunters premiered. Now we have reached the mid-season finale. The chosen location is Essex County Mental Hospital. Essex County Mental Hospital once went by the name of Overbrook. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the city of Newark, New Jersey purchased land and built many buildings to house mental patients and facilities. The hospital contained a power house, theater and laundromat. Unfortunately, in the winter of 1917, the hospital reported a boiler failure. Twenty people died, some from freezing to death. Thirty-two others suffered from frostbite. Matters grew worse thanks to the Great Depression. Many institutions, including Overbrook, became overcrowded with the hungry, homeless, and destitute. World War

T or F: Scientists believe the Avebury Stone Circle was the site of fertility rituals.

I currently have three submissions for Ghost Stories Carnival May edition. You still have 8 days to get yours in. Pick your best post between April 12th and May 3 and submit it. No registration required.

This post was initially going to be about a ghost town, but my search led me to this juicy find. I was looking for information on a Dead Man's Hole in Oklahoma. I came to find there's one in about every state including California. We've all heard about Bigfoot, Yowie and Nessie, but there was a monster that pre-dated all of them. Dead Man's Hole is located near Oak Grove, California and was a stop of the Butterfield stage line. When the line was established, it ran right by a sparkling water hole. The stage often stopped there to refresh men and horses before continuing their trip. It was on one of these stops in 1858 that a legend was born. The driver got out for a drink. He leaned over the water just to meet face to face with a dead man, the first known victim of the hole. Several reports circulated San Diego of the disappearance of men but were dismissed. A French sheepherder was found dead at the hole in 1870. Six years later, a stage passenger claimed to have s

Duke William of Normandy sent William Molyneux to take charge of Sefton. In 1575, the original house was built in Liverpool, England. Croxteth Hall gradually extended over the years in three different styles until it was finally completed in 1902. The Earls of Sefton remained in the home for over 400 yrs. With the surrounding farmland, they hunted for sport. Gambled away much of the fortune, forcing them to sell parts of the property. Eustache Ude, chef to King Louis XVII, fled the French Revolution and found employment at the hall. In 1952, another Molyneux family chef Raymond Lempereurs saved the hall and most of its invaluable contents from a destructive fire. His heroic actions led to him being featured in a documentary about Liverpool's French connection entitled "Croxteth Hall - the French Connection". The last Earl died in 1972. With no heir, he bequeathed Croxteth hall to the Liverpool City Council. Several spirits are believed to be haunting the area. Ho

What are some old school ghost hunting techniques?

Evidence collected by Bi State Paranormal at Jumpin Jimmy's Bar in Bella Villa (Lemay), Missouri. May have gone a little overboard on the intro, but any thoughts?

In its 50,000 year history, Wookey Hole Caves has seen it share of inhabitants such as the Neanderthal man and Romans. At a constant temperature of 11 °C or 52 °F, the caves are a prime location for maturing Cheddar cheese. In 1935, Chamber 7 was the location of the first successful cave diving expedition in Britain performed by Graham Balcombe, Penelope Powell, and their cave diving group. However, Wookey Hole Caves is most known for a certain witch. Stories surrounding this legend vary. A woman wronged by life in some way decides to take her frustration out on the females of the village. In one version, the villagers banded together and requested the services of a monk from Glastonbury. In another, the witch curses the romance of a couple. When it fails, the man becomes a monk and seeks revenge on the witch. Either way, the monk enters the cave. He blesses the water and begins splashing it among parts of the cave. Supposedly, some of the holy water was splashed on the witch, t

I'm sure some of you are wondering what has become of the beloved Seven Sisters Inn. Did a buyer step up and save it or did it go to auction? Drum roll please...........auction. Unfortunately, all the candlelight vigils and petitions weren't enough to save the beloved inn from its fate. On April 7th, Seven Sisters Inn was sold to the highest bidder. The inn's new owner is Fernandina Beach-based First Coast Community Bank who bought the landmark for $100,000. They vowed to place Seven Sisters Inn back on the market and expressed interest in seeking owners that would keep one or both of the properties an inn. The battle isn't over yet. There's still hope. UPDATE 2013 - The Seven Sisters Inn was saved is currently still open for guests.

Should owners of alleged haunted locations receive restitution or portion of the profits for any book/movie made about their property?

The deadline has been set for the very first edition of the Ghost Stories Carnival. A blog carnival is compiled list of links much like this month's Ghostly Thirteen. Here are the rules: Your submissions must be paranormal related. There may be themed editions in the future but as of now anything paranormal goes. Each edition will be published the first Tuesday of the month. Deadlines are set for 11:00 pm Central time the night before. You must submit your URL before the deadline. If it is submitted after, it will not be included. Check the left sidebar for information on upcoming editions. Keep it clean and respectful. You can express yourself without tons of swear words. There's also no need for attacking personal opinions. We are talking about the paranormal. Everyone may not agree with you on the subject and that's okay. Play nice. Categories are: article, essay, fiction, picture, review, video clip, poem. If the posted photos aren't yours, give credit to their own

Season 5 of Ghost Hunters is off to a good start. However, TAPS has suffered a loss. No one died but they did lose the right to the domain name Taps.com. They currently operate under www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com. It's no surprise they were looking for something shorter and better. Unfortunately, someone beat them to it. A resident of France registered the name without the ghostly organization in mind and an arbitration panel agreed. I guess the Ghost Hunters will have to stick with the same ole web address. For more information, check out the Domain Name Wire article . In other legal news, owners of a supposedly "haunted" mill filed a lawsuit against the writers of "Weird Ohio" and the website www.forgottenohio.com for the nightmare their family has been put through. They claim both contained false tales of mass murder and hauntings. Thanks to ghost hunters and the curious they have had to hire off-duty deputies and an estate dog. The judge ruled in M

Has the image on the famous shroud been identified? Unfortunately, that has yet to be explained. However, a piece of its missing history has been recovered. The Shroud disappeared in the sack of Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade. It didn't resurface until about a hundred years later. What happened to the Shroud during those missing years? Dr. Barbara Frale, a researcher in the Vatican Secret Archives, studied a trial document of a Knights Templar member Arnaut Sabbatier. This young Frenchman entered the secret society in 1287. He testified as part of his initiation he was taken to a secret place known only to the brothers of the Temple. There he was shown a long linen cloth with the impression of a man. Then was instructed to kiss its feet three times to show his devotion. The Knights Templar were accused of worshipping idols, specifically that of a "bearded figure". The "bearded figure" is now believed to be that of the Shroud. They rescued it to

Do you think animals can be psychic?

In the upcoming weeks, I will be accepting submissions for Ghost Stories very first blog carnival. This will be a once a month event in which I'll be hosting. All articles, essays, fiction, and poetry must fall in the paranormal/horror category. This means you don't have to have a paranormal themed blog but your submission must fit the theme of mine. There is no payment involved other than exposure. I will be posting more information on this next week. What is a Blog Carnival? A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. There are many kinds of blogs, and they contain articles on many kinds of topics. Blog Carnivals typically collect together links pointing to blog articles on a particular topic. -- Blog Carnival website

Ghostly Thirteen was inspired by the Thursday Thirteen meme. You list thirteen paranormal-related things for example your top 13 posts (if you have a paranormal blog), mythical creatures, gods, haunted houses, etc... My Theme - Ghost Stories articles displayed on the Herald News site/Chicago Sun-Times via BlogBurst. 1. McPike Mansion 2. Stonehenge Mystery Continues 3. Seven Sisters Inn 4. The Flintstones Long Lost Home 5. Zombie Road 6. Curse of the Hope Diamond 7. Oak Alley Plantation 8. Rest In Peace 9. Shadow People 10. A Haunting in Connecticut 11. Ghost on the Set 12. Thripz By: Robert Farley 13. Trapper Nelson