12/29/13

Reader Submission: The Dark Lady

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“I had sleeping problems at night. When I closed my eyes I used to see a dark lady watching me from the corner of my room. At first, I thought it was a dream, but when she talked to me I realized she was real.

According to the woman, she was over 900 hundred years old and had refused to go to the spiritual side and instead stayed in this world. I asked her why she was watching me and kept scaring me, and she said I was her husband over 850 years ago! She told me I was a Satan-worshiping man and I had taught her the true magic.

That lady came to me every night and would not let me sleep. She said she was waiting for me to go to the spiritual side. I went to doctors and did everything to get rid of these bad things. I tried to believe all these things were not real. Nothing worked, and then something bad happened.

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12/20/13

Top 10 Ghost Posts of 2013

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Here are the 10 posts that got the most views on Ghosts and Ghouls this year (not counting photos). See any you love or hate? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!

10. Ghosts on a Plane: 5 Tales of Haunted Aircraft
Five true tales of haunted aircraft from popular aviation forums. 

9. 4 Creepy Haunted Doll Sites
Four websites offering everything from a haunted doll shop to a live web stream featuring allegedly possessed playthings. 

8. The Most Beautiful Suicide: Does Evelyn McHale Haunt the Empire State Building?
The tragic tale of Evelyn McHale and reports of a possibly related haunting at the Empire State Building.

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12/20/13

Ghost Photo: Canterbury Cathedral Ghost?

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A reader writes:

“I was recently looking over some photos I had taken back in 2011 of Canterbury Cathedral and surrounding precincts and was disappointed at how dark they were, so I decided to apply the ‘autofix’ function of Windows Photo Gallery to see if they would lighten up anymore. 

I was then quite surprised at what I saw in one photograph in particular. I’ve attached the original unaltered photograph, the ‘autofixed’ version, and a zoom into the area of interest

Apparently, there is a ‘legend’ of a bricked-up nun that haunts the area in the vicinity of the cloisters, but a ghostly monk has also been seen flitting around there – do you think it looks male or female? I can’t decide!”

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Original photo

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Autofix photo

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Zoomed photo

Have a ghost photo to share? Send it to ghostsghoul@gmail.com!

12/17/13

20 Paranormal Books Coming in 2014

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Looking for a creepy read? Here are 20 paranormal books hitting shelves next year. We’ve got demonologists, Bigfoot, UFOs, and more!

National Geographic Ultimate Guide to Supernatural Places: Close Encounters, Haunted Houses, and Other Spooky Hot Spots Around the World by Sarah Bartlett (Sep 2, 2014)

American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America by Linda S. Godfrey (Aug 28, 2014) – “From pre-Columbian legends to modern-day eyewitness accounts, this comprehensive guide covers the history, sightings and lore surrounding the most mysterious monsters in America—including Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil, and more.”

Ghost Hunter: The Groundbreaking Classic of Paranormal Investigation (Tarcher Supernatural Library) by Hans Holzer (Aug 28, 2014) – “For devoted ghost-hunting aficionados curious about the practice’s history, there is no better place to start than the first book Hans Holzer wrote, Ghost Hunter.This is the 1963 book that launched his publishing career and gained him international fame.”

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