Haunted Hex

The Niche Market of Haunted Homes

2011-01-03T06:43:00.000-06:00

Many states have laws that require a home’s seller to disclose the nature of any paranormal activity that has occurred in a home and in most cases it can affect the price the seller can fetch. On the other hand, there are certain folks that are trying to market their home’s paranormal activity as a plus.

Unexplained activity intrigues Abilene store staff

2011-01-03T06:41:00.000-06:00

Dark shadows, cold spots and books flying off shelves are just a few of the unusual events which have occurred in the Case building located at 212 N. Broadway in downtown Abilene.

Colombian Funeral Home Conducts “Ghost Census”

2011-01-03T06:40:00.000-06:00

A funeral home in Medellin has received hundreds of calls about the paranormal. William Betancur, funeral home director, has been cataloging the mass of phone calls and emails that the funeral home receives.

Haunted flat exorcised

2011-01-03T06:37:00.000-06:00

Paranormal investigators say they have successfully exorcised a haunted Wigan flat after a terrifying all-night vigil.

Ghostly couple haunts the beach

2010-06-28T11:17:00.000-05:00

In October 2001, I was told a strange story by a woman from the community of Francois.

Paranormal team: Apparent ghosts at old schoolhouse

2010-06-28T11:16:00.000-05:00

They returned to the Readfield Historical Society expecting to hear a metaphysical teacher delivering a grammar lesson and the sound of a chalkboard being cleaned.

A Ghost in the House

2010-04-20T00:03:00.000-05:00

My house is weatherboard, on wooden stilts, and it vibrates as you walk through the house. Never ever have I had anything paranormal happen to me before this.

Relocating? How To Bring The Spirit Of Your Deceased Pet Along

2010-04-19T22:30:00.000-05:00

I know that many Ask Doc Paranormal readers are devoted pet lovers with animal companions who are just like family members. However, it is an unfortunate fact of life that dogs and cats have shorter life spans and enter the spirit world before us.

Medium called in to contact Carlisle's Botcherby shop 'ghost'

2010-03-04T08:59:00.000-06:00

With pic and video.

Ghostly anniversary

2010-03-01T01:33:00.000-06:00

For about 10 days in February 1970, a series of strange occurrences is said to have plagued 237 Church St, Apt. 1. Pictures flying off walls. Bookcases crashing to the floor without cause. A police officer sitting in a chair that was picked up six inches off the floor.

The Top Five haunted restaurants in Kansas City

2010-01-15T01:32:00.000-06:00

Spooks in my hometown.

Even Disney World has ghostly legends

2009-12-14T11:27:00.000-06:00

By its very nature, the Haunted Mansion at the Disney theme parks has become associated with some weird tales. More than one person who has entered its gates has wondered: Is the Haunted Mansion really haunted?

Interview with Jennifer Newell, Paranormal Experiencer & Sensitive

2009-12-14T09:29:00.000-06:00

Everything changed after a near death experience at the age of 13. Things started touching me to the extent of even lying next to me while I slept, things flying across the room, claustrophobia in an empty room and being scratched.

Times & Star | Features | How Michael | Our poltergeists and spectres and some ghostly goings-on

2009-12-14T09:10:00.000-06:00

Nowadays people don’t have any hang-ups about talking about ghosts, poltergeists and the like. It’s probably got something to do with watching supernatural films on the TV.

But years ago it was different. People were more coy about their otherworldly concerns.

Got ghosts? Paranormal society will find out

2009-12-14T09:08:00.000-06:00

The temperature dropped in the boiler room of the Gadsden Hotel in Douglas. Heel-toe, heel-toe, heel-toe. Footsteps echoed in the hollow concrete basement.

Local group hunts for ghosts

2009-12-14T09:04:00.000-06:00

Charity and Roger Hudson think there is a great possibility a ghost is dwelling at their home - but that doesn't bother them too much.

Man caught hunting ghosts at Barwon Park

2009-12-14T09:03:00.000-06:00

Ghost hunter Shane Owen thought he was on the brink of a supernatural experience during an overnight sit-out at Barwon Park mansion early this year.

Things went bump in the night at Ardachie

2009-12-14T08:50:00.000-06:00

Peter McEwan may have earned an international reputation in academia and the arts world, but his connection to the Loch Ness area is both rather more earthy and otherworldly.

Paranormal investigators celebrate one year of success

2009-12-14T08:47:00.000-06:00

A little over a year ago, the Hoosier State Paranormal group began investigating ghost sightings around Putnam County. So far, the group made up of mostly local residents has explored homes and buildings believed to be haunted.

Horror Film Professionals Investigate The Paranormal

2009-12-14T08:46:00.000-06:00

There is yet another potential paranormal reality television series in the works.

Scotts Valley couple ready to investigate the paranormal

2009-11-15T20:45:00.000-06:00

Something strange in your neighborhood? Now there's a team you can call.

Is the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel Haunted?

2009-10-30T00:13:00.000-05:00

Deep in the bowels of downtown Brooklyn, an abandoned tunnel forged in blood, steel and stone lies shrouded in mystery.

Mystery surrounds sighting of 'plane in flames' in skies above Brean

2009-10-30T00:12:00.000-05:00

Ghost plane?

Starkweather Hall surrounded by haunted history

2009-10-29T17:36:00.000-05:00

Halloween is an exciting time for students here at Eastern Michigan University.

Haunted legend lives at old Belmont mill

2009-10-29T17:35:00.000-05:00

Eight men and women have been facing their fears this week at The Haunted Mill.

Hauntings and myths in Flagstaff

2009-10-29T15:26:00.000-05:00

Since becoming a permanent settlement back in 1876, Flagstaff has evolved into a town rich with history and paranormal activity.

Haunted Apartment in Chico?

2009-10-29T15:25:00.000-05:00

Every year around Halloween, tales of hauntings and ghosts seem to pop up all around.

Haunted Las Cruces

2009-10-29T15:23:00.000-05:00

New Mexico has a rich history but some characters will not stay in history books, but like to make their presence known by haunting local places.

Ghosts a spooky reality for millions

2009-10-29T14:29:00.000-05:00

Sometimes that bump in the night, faint whispering voice or a liquidy shadow moving in the distance is actually a ghost haunting your home.

Something eerie lives here

2009-10-29T14:28:00.000-05:00

Children’s voices giggle and adult voices warn visitors to leave. Doors rattle. Coats levitate and chairs fly. Pennies fall from the ceiling.

Those are some of the weird phenomena that Chris and Christina Dawson have noticed since they moved into an 1899 farmhouse on the west edge of Sheridan.

Ghost-busting is in his blood

2009-10-23T23:08:00.000-05:00

Ghost-busting is in his blood | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

Tales of San Francisco Ghosts and Hauntings

2009-10-21T00:58:00.000-05:00

There’s nothing quite as much fun as telling stories of hauntings and ghosts, especially around Halloween. Here are some local legends and tales of San Francisco’s ghosts and hauntings.

Ghost stories surround death of Belle Starr

2009-10-20T00:56:00.000-05:00

In February 1889, Belle Starr was shot and killed as she rode toward her home at Younger’s Bend on the Canadian River. That same year a story began circulating about folks in the area seeing a ghost in the exact likeness of the Bandit Queen. The ghost reportedly would wander through the hills around Younger’s Bend on moonlit nights.

Make room for a ghost

2009-10-14T21:19:00.000-05:00

For more than 120 years, it has stood like a heavenly vision along the white sandy beach just a few miles from downtown San Diego. But for almost as long, both the famous and the not so famous who have stayed there tell tales of a tragedy which continues to haunt this beautiful resort.

‘Ghostlahoma’ authors chronicle state’s accounts of the paranormal

2009-10-12T23:29:00.000-05:00

Television is overwrought with shows about ghost hunters whose teams storm haunted structures with thermal cameras, motion detectors, night vision and many more tools.

That’s not how Tonya Hacker and Tammy Wilson do it.

“If my team members show up with, like, tool belts, I’m like, ‘You need to go put real clothes on. We’re not superheroes,’” said Hacker.

The scary man and the old lady

2009-10-08T23:26:00.000-05:00

Activity in the house is actually how the Robertses came to be involved in SJPS. Up until a few years ago, they were as skeptical as the next person about the paranormal. But when the couple’s son, Tanner, was born four years ago and they began some remodeling, strange things began to happen, raising many questions. Doors moved by themselves. Untouched toys would all turn on at once. And on one occasion, when Tanner was a baby and Tisha was holding him in the kitchen, a baby bottle flew out of the dish strainer by itself and hit her.

Interview with Shannon 'Ms. Macabre' McCabe

2009-10-08T01:52:00.000-05:00

Shannon McCabe is the owner of HPI (Haunted and Paranormal Investigations International) here in Sacramento. She has been a paranormal investigator for 14 years.

Ruthin's ghosts and legends

2009-10-08T01:51:00.000-05:00

Storyteller Ruth Moore-Williams uses facts, legends and fiction to give an insight into Ruthin's historic and grisly past.

Ghost hunt at historic Sunrise Theatre

2009-10-08T01:45:00.001-05:00

A team of paranormal investigators dimmed the lights at the Sunrise Theatre on Saturday night to see if any lingering spirits refuse to let the curtain fall on their stay at the 86-year-old downtown institution.

The Ghost of Gooch’s Grill

2009-10-08T01:45:00.000-05:00

At the risk of sounding cliché, spirits, in more than one sense of the word, are on tap at Gooch’s Grill.

Haunted home offered on eBay

2009-10-08T01:35:00.000-05:00

For sale, just in time for Halloween, one haunted house. Inquire within if you dare.

Have you had an encounter with a ghost?

2009-10-08T01:33:00.000-05:00

If you've seen a ghost, Irma Slage wants to hear from you.

Cleveland: Haunted home getting national exposure

2009-10-08T01:32:00.000-05:00

A production team from Animal Planet is in the home of Tom and Deborah Weaver to chronicle the ongoing paranormal incidents that started three years ago. The Weavers and their dogs, Trouble and Georgia, have been visited by spirits on an almost daily basis.

Exorcising A Ghostly Bartender

2009-10-08T01:21:00.000-05:00

The late actor Oliver Reed haunts a pub and refills customers glasses. My kind of ghost!

The Ghostly Legend of El Tejano

2009-10-08T01:19:00.001-05:00

Cerro del Gato (aka Cat Mountain) hovers over the desert on Tucson’s far west side. It is said that this southernmost peak of the Tucson Mountains holds surprising ghostly secrets and conceals a hidden treasure.

This spectred isle... the spookiest spots in Britain unearthed

2009-10-08T01:19:00.000-05:00

The findings come from the work of paranormal researcher Lionel Fanthorpe, 74, from Cardiff.

He has analysed sightings from across the country over the past 25 years to come up with a list of Britain's spookiest places.

Ghostly goings-on, aliens and dealing with the ‘other side’ among the tales of the unexplained around Wales

2009-10-08T01:18:00.000-05:00

Wales' reputation as a hotspot for ghosts, big cat sightings and all things supernatural has been cemented today according to the study of the paranormal in the UK over the past 25 years.

Young woman who leapt to her death over lover's betrayal 'haunts Ludlow Castle'

2009-10-08T01:17:00.000-05:00

A young woman who leapt to her death from a tower after she was betrayed by her lover is said to haunt visitors to Ludlow Castle.

Spirits examined in detailed ghost stories

2009-10-08T01:09:00.000-05:00

In "The Nearly Departed: Minnesota Ghost Stories and Legends," Michael Norman rounds up lots of Minnesota ghost stories told as true, many of which will be unfamiliar even to devotees of regional hauntings.

Ghosts seen around Laredo

2009-10-08T01:07:00.000-05:00

They’re tales of mysterious and unexplainable events haunting Laredo and now a local museum is putting them on display.

Haunting Alton: One mansion’s history, treasures and tales of the supernatural

2009-10-08T01:02:00.000-05:00

Believing in ghosts and haunted houses is perhaps a stretch for some people, but how about an entire haunted town? If you’re a skeptic, perhaps you can suspend your disbelief as you read this story of the supernatural.

Cold Spots: The Allen House

2009-10-08T01:00:00.000-05:00

Behind a black iron gate sits a house that seems to be something out of a dream. White pillars, red domed roof, surrounded by trees, the home is an ideal setting for a fairy-tale existence, a happy home where nothing could ever go wrong.

How haunted has Halloween been?

2009-10-08T00:45:00.000-05:00

The Celts believed the night before their new year allowed the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead to become undefined. This allowed the ghosts of the dead to return to earth to cause trouble and damage to crops.

Things that go bump in Muskoka

2009-10-08T00:44:00.000-05:00

When the topic of Muskoka’s ghosts and ghouls comes up, the same four locations invariably form the focus of the conversation: the Bala Bay Inn, Gravenhurst Opera House, Inn at the Falls and the Severn River Inn.

Irresistible flavour of ‘haunted’ hotel

2009-10-08T00:42:00.001-05:00

Ever the sceptic, the chance to stay in reputedly one of the country’s most haunted hotels filled me with great expectation and excitement at the prospect of unravelling the ghostly goings-on at The Mermaid Inn.

Ten Haunted Crime Scenes Across the Country

2009-10-08T00:42:00.000-05:00

Oftentimes, these crimes, and the places where they took place, become fodder for local legends and targets for paranormal investigators, suspecting that the victims or criminals may still be tied to the physical locations.

Spooky Lighthouses, From Oregon to Florida

2009-10-08T00:40:00.000-05:00

No such thing as ghosts, right? But a lonely lighthouse can look a little spooky on a foggy coastline above the pounding waves. The October issue of Coastal Living magazine describes six lighthouses with haunted legends.

See also: Haunted lighthouse in Maryland?

Phantom Folklore: Gaither's Plantation

2009-10-08T00:39:00.000-05:00

The original inhabitants of Gaither’s Plantation may be long in their graves, but if dozens of visitors are to be believed, the dead still walk the halls of this 159-year-old plantation home.

The Indian graveyard ghost mystery

2009-10-08T00:38:00.000-05:00

Is the countryside on Burlington's undeveloped far south side haunted by the ghosts of long-dead Native Americans?

Are you sitting uncomfortably, in an old house, by candlelight? Then I'll begin...

2009-10-08T00:36:00.000-05:00

A review of Ghoul Britannia: Notes from a Haunted Isle by Andrew Martin.

America's Most Haunted Cities, A Closer Look

2009-10-08T00:33:00.000-05:00

If you're one of those Halloween enthusiasts that takes it to the hilt, perhaps you're planning a trip of a haunted nature to support your ghosts-and-ghouls obsession.

Is spook house really haunted?

2009-10-08T00:31:00.000-05:00

Some strange things have been happening at an old house in downtown Kinde, and all of the Thumb is invited to tour the hair-raising home.

Investigating the unexplained

2009-10-08T00:30:00.000-05:00

Chad Lewis has traveled far and wide in search of the unexplained. He's hunted vampires in Transylvania, foraged the jungles of Costa Rica for El Chupacabra, chased UFOs in New Mexico and investigated strange occurrences throughout Illinois.

Paranormal Group Stakes Out Alleged Red Rocks 'Ghosts'

2009-08-13T01:57:00.000-05:00

One of Denver's best-known landmarks has a well-earned reputation for great concerts. But Red Rocks may also soon be known as a haven for ghosts.

Man Seeks Ghost

2009-08-13T01:56:00.000-05:00

“Everybody’s got a ghost story,” Rockcliffe Montez assures me, smiling.

'Caught on film' – image of airfield ghost

2009-08-13T01:51:00.000-05:00

With pic of...something.

Old west ghosts in Tombstone Cemetery

2009-08-13T01:48:00.000-05:00

The Tombstone Cemetery has been the resting place of former residents of the “town too tough to die” since 1884.

The tools of the trade: A ghost hunter's checklist

2009-08-13T01:46:00.000-05:00

Must haves for the haunt hunter.

Supernaturally Southern Kentucky Ghost Hunter Calls Lakewood Home

2009-08-13T01:44:00.000-05:00

In the tradition of American ghost hunting an apparent tie exists between the civil war and the nation’s most notorious hauntings.

Ghost legends lure visitors to park

2009-08-13T01:43:00.000-05:00

Beaver Creek State Park was filled with more than the usual patrons Wednesday as the curious onlookers tried to catch any unusual sights and sounds on the anniversary of Gretchen Gill's death.

Downtown spirits aren't alive, but they are well

2009-08-13T01:42:00.000-05:00

Haunted Albany.

A SPOOKY NIGHT AT STEVENSTON BEACH

2009-08-13T01:41:00.000-05:00

Charlene Wieringa is the latest Three Towns resident to have one of her pictures occupied by a 'ghostly' figure.

See also: A SPOOKY REACTION

Famous Haunted Lighthouses of Michigan

2009-08-04T22:05:00.000-05:00

What is it about lighthouses and ghosts?

High Line Curse Plays Out

2009-06-21T22:52:00.000-05:00

Does a ghost haunt New York's High Line?

Dovercourt: Family to stay in 'ghost house' (From Harwich and Manningtree Standard)

2009-06-10T19:18:00.000-05:00

A Dovercourt family have vowed not to move out of their house despite ghostly goings-on.

Infamous house site of ghost tours

2009-06-06T09:18:00.000-05:00

“When I heard the footsteps in the room above my bedroom, I knew something was not right. We kept the door to that room locked and there was no way that someone would have been in that room. When I heard the footsteps coming down the stairs, I grabbed my daughter, my Bible and my keys and we left the house.”

Hospital ghosts

2009-06-06T09:11:00.000-05:00

The golden aura of the spectral boy and dog shone through the wall, and suddenly the two paranormal performers emerged from that wall.

Fentress County's barefoot ghost boy

2009-06-02T12:23:00.000-05:00

Legend has it that one Fentress County family lost a husband and father during the Civil War Siege of Petersburg, and the family was notified that the soldier's body would be returned to Tennessee via train.

Stones River is Murfreesboro's haunted battlefield

2009-05-26T12:08:00.000-05:00

The site of a bloody Civil War battle from December 31, 1862-January 2, 1863, the 350-acre Stones River National Battlefield park was established in 1927.

Ghost hunters say LaFayette’s Marsh House is haunted

2009-05-21T12:42:00.000-05:00

Ghost hunters returned to the Marsh House in LaFayette last week to reveal information on the latest investigation on the historic residence, and have concluded the house is indeed haunted.

Ghosts of the Santa Rita Hotel

2009-05-21T12:32:00.000-05:00

Is demolition stirring up Tucson's old haunts?

Belcourt Castle: Newport's most haunted mansion

2009-05-21T12:31:00.000-05:00

The eccentries go on and on, but what really captivated me were the ghost stories.

Tracking Down Frank Sinatra's Ghost at the Cal-Neva

2009-05-21T12:29:00.001-05:00

It was eleven years ago the former owner of the Cal-Neva died. During a séance last year, organizers said all heck broke loose with banging doors and rising tables.

Paranormal team's called in by the Mayor of Newtown

2009-05-21T12:29:00.000-05:00

Mayor Sue Lawson called in Newtown Paranormal after sensing an other-wordly presence.

Paranormal investigators look for ghosts at Heritage Farm

2009-05-21T12:28:00.000-05:00

Inside a dimly lit, second-story bedroom in the old Heritage Farmhouse and museum on Laurel Road, Debbie Andres places an audio recording device on the table in front of her and clears her throat.

Ghost hunters inspect 180-year-old NM hotel site

2009-05-11T16:08:00.000-05:00

The former owner of a 180-year-old adobe building hears the door of a potbellied stove opening and wood being stacked inside, but no one is there.

OMG! Could the American Idol Mansion Be Haunted?

2009-05-04T11:32:00.000-05:00

It seems that American Idol contestant, Allison Iraheta, has come into close contact with the spirit of a prior tenant of the LA mansion.

Close encounters

2009-05-04T11:31:00.000-05:00

Dr Ciaran O’Keefe is a rarity – a parapsychologist who goes ghost-hunting on TV. He tells Steve Pratt about his haunting experiences and reveals some of the tricks of the spirit world

Rams Head a favorite haunt for ghost group

2009-05-04T11:14:00.000-05:00

Rams Head Tavern has procedures for hustling people out the door who try to linger past the 2 a.m. closing time. It's the ones who seem to want to hang around for centuries that make some on the staff come unglued.

Website ordered to pay $125,000 over ‘haunted’ mill claim

2009-04-20T02:52:00.000-05:00

Staley Mill’s owner, who claimed false tales about the historic property being haunted turned her life into a nightmare, has received a judgment for more than $125,000 against a Columbus website operator.

Via Museum of Hoaxes.

‘Nun’s ghost tells owner how to renovate house’

2009-04-09T11:46:00.000-05:00

Ghost busters have failed to drive out the souls who drift in and out of an 1820s Settler house in Bathurst. The house was bought on a whim by Johannesburg businesswoman Marilyn Michau in December 2005 – she had not even set foot inside the boarded up St John’s Church rectory at the time she decided to purchase the building.

Spooky prospects in Narre Warren

2009-04-02T22:59:00.000-05:00

Twenty years ago this week, residents in Prospect Hill Road, Narre Warren, reported “weird incidents” in their new homes.

Life in one of Britain's most haunted houses

2009-04-02T08:22:00.000-05:00

"We heard a voice booming out on the landing, saying ’I am with you’. We couldn’t take it any more — we had to evacuate the house."

The lost boy of the old Bisbee cemetery

2009-04-02T07:36:00.000-05:00

The old cemetery was closed in 1912 and the removal of the residents was completed in 1914. The city was sure all of the burials were moved—but because of incomplete records and decaying tombstones, one can only speculate a few gravesites were left behind.

Photo spooks experts in hunt for ghost of Tantallon Castle

2009-04-02T07:21:00.000-05:00

New evidence which appears to back up claims that a ghost is stalking a Lothians castle has been uncovered.

With pics.

Ghost hunters intrigued by the paranormal in Salisbury

2009-04-02T06:41:00.000-05:00

Rodney Whittaker couldn't wait to develop the film on his disposable camera.

Spooked out at a Shropshire castle

2009-04-02T06:25:00.000-05:00

At Whittington Castle, near Oswestry, it’s approaching midnight: Time to talk to dead people.

Cold Spots: Glensheen Mansion

2009-04-02T02:18:00.000-05:00

The newspaper headlines read like a tale from a dime-store detective novel. An heiress murdered, a fortune to blame, and all set in an enormous mansion overlooking a lake.

Orangeville Town Hall a spooky place?

2009-03-20T10:28:00.000-05:00

"The place is definitely active," concluded researcher Carrie Pierce. "I would say this has been one of my best investigations. I felt there were a couple of people who walked out of it who were a lot less skeptical than they were when they walked in."

Group wants ghost house saved

2009-03-20T09:24:00.000-05:00

Florida ghost hunters are rallying to save the Seven Sisters Inn, the historic - and reportedly haunted - bed and breakfast that faces foreclosure if it is not sold by April 7.