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I'd like to continue things, as I like talking about this sort of thing. So this thread as to talk about ghosts, haunted houses, and other spooky crap.

Obviously, yes the battles at Gettysburg and Vicksburg were a mere part of their histories.... however, thousands of people died from being shot, stabbed, blunted or blown up. All very traumatic ways to die... I'm surprised there's only a small number of ghosts that resulted from that, is what I meant. Though I suppose one could argue that those exposed to death while fighting a war learned quickly to make peace with the fact that they very well might die from being shot, stabbed, blunted, or blown up, and so were substantially less likely to haunt the place after..... and as bloody as both engagements were, few non-combatants(civilians) died as a direct result of them.

Most of the folks I know who believe in ghosts would say that a ghost is a spirit with unfinished business.  You could say that of anyone who is killed in a war, of course, but at the same time it would take an amazingly strong will to hold your spirit in this world after separation from the body.

For myself, I have to be honest.  I don't believe in ghosts.  Or, more accurately, I don't believe ghosts are the spirits of people who have died and refuse to depart this world.  I believe they are manifestations of spiritual activity, what I would call demons, working to deceive.  So when I do run into a ghost or a credible story of a ghost I get very on guard and wary.  :-)

I've heard many stories. Quite a few seem to be very benign spirits who don't seem to do anything, or eve help. I once heard of one who actually gives massages in the shower....

lol wut?

I'm seriously not kidding. I don't remember where or when, but I heard it. :D

LOL

I think the best "ghost" story I ever heard was more of a very long joke.  It was called "How To Starch A Spook" and it was in an anthology called "Red Skelton's Favorite Ghost Stories".

Its kind of a forerunner to "Ghostbusters".  :-)  A couple of college kids use a mixture of starch and water in sprayers to capture spirits by "stiffening" them and holding them in corporeal form.  They store the spooks and then re-sell them to people who want a 'fashionable" ghost for their home.  Its a pretty fun story, and not your typical "ghost"  story.  :-)   Doesn't have the cool proton beam guns, though....

Plenty of supernatural stories from my family and my hometown.  I'll have to spend time writing them down this weekend.  Start it off with the earliest for me.  My house had at least three spirits in it.  From all of our glimpses it was an old woman, man and a little girl.  When I was about 4 my mother told me to go outside and play with Arlene (my sister).  I told her I wanted to play with the other Arlene.  Well she passed it off as a 4 year olds ramblings.  A few nights later she heard me laughing from my room.  When she peeked in she saw me leaning over the end of the bed laughing and from the light of my night light she saw a silhouette of what appeared to be a little girl with long pigtails, much like my sister had.  Mom quickly looked into my sisters room (right next to mine) and saw she was still sound asleep.  As soon as she looked back into my room she no longer saw the silhouette and I began crying.  Apparently the little girl had done something to scare me.  Funny enough as long as I lived at home my mom said she would hear me laughing in my sleep, which as I got older went from cute to creepy according to her.

The first house we bought in 2006 was built in 1250 (approximatively) ... and sometimes, we spoke with her ... there was something good in this house ;)

 

I like old houses. My dream would be an old Victorian style manor from the 1800's. I don't know how I'd feel about a haunted one, though I suppose most houses that old have SOMETHING in it....

Hi All,

If you guys and gals like haunted places you might like to check out San Diego's downtown "Gaslight Quarter" and the famous Davis-Horten House.

A very nice blogger I know, wrote an article about the house and the area and there are Civil-War era soldiers, spies, hospital patients all in it's history (and maybe hauntings!).
You can read a bit more about the house and district by clicking here:
https://jamiebethlaird.com/2017/10/05/autumn-aquarius-davis-horton-house/ (https://jamiebethlaird.com/2017/10/05/autumn-aquarius-davis-horton-house/)

A really good one is the Winchester house in San Jose built by the heiress to the famous rifle company.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/527411/14-haunting-facts-about-winchester-mystery-house

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/01/30/winchester-house-helen-mirren-true-story/1076785001/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Padm4JItZPw

Good call. I can barely remember it but I went there when I was very young. I grew up about 40 minutes away from it.

We lived in a semi haunted house once, my old Anakin lightsaber turned on by itself once when no one was even near it :P I have lots of other stories though but too many to tell about. But recently down the road of where my mom and step dad lives at is a serious haunted house x.x Right when I touched the porch I didn't feel right at all so I probably hit their boundaries or something then the main front door was even worse, almost fainted a couple times looking into the place. The mansion looked amazing though for sure. Saw an old man plain as day in period dark brown overalls up in the barn and a little girl playing peekaboo with all of us also plain as day, no lies either for I never lie about this kind of stuff. More to come when I think of other old stories =] Also visited the Mansfield Reformatory last year, had lots of crazy stuff happen x.x Heard a voice during the day and kinda went back in time and felt someone being abused and stuff, that was weird. Next big place I want to go to is the Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Thanks.  Do you plan on revisiting it again? Remembered anything strange while you were there? I know it was long ago

I might go back sometime. No particular plans to do so. I seem to recall doors and stairs that went nowhere.

I’ve heard of that too. I’ve read that there are stairs that go into the ceiling or doors that open to a 2 story drop. Apparently, the story was that some ghost told the heiress to keep building the house to keep all the spirits at bay

I've seen a few things about the Winchester house..... It's definitely a strange structure. My house was built in like the 60's, and my parents bought it after the original owners moved out, so not a ton of weird history there.

Here's some stuff from my area:
http://traveltips.usatoday.com/haunted-houses-bushkill-pennsylvania-102490.html

I actually live near the "Hotel of Horror," mentioned in that article, or as it's known by the locals, "The Lake House." It's an old hotel that's been around since the late 1700's, though it's been renovated a few times. Local legend says that it's haunted, and knowing some of the history(I'm a history buff, you all know that), I wouldn't be surprised if the legends are true. They even filmed a cheesy Corey Feldman movie there.

Here, read this.
https://hotelofhorror.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/history-of-the-lake-house-hotel/

I don't believe in ghosts. I believe in purgatory. WTF r u talking to. The Rite and The Conjuring is on Netflix(which I get for free for cellular acct.)

Don't forget The Vatican Tapes even though its a bit older but still, cool movie =] Weird stuff still keeps going on with us though x.x I'll get a mini 3 AM challenge going on at my moms place soon :P Oh and the Insidious movies as well <3

Didn't the demon look like darth maul on Sesame Street? I hadn't seen it before and haven't seen the sequels. But OMG LOLOLOLOL

I had a horribly creepy dream the other day...
I was lying in bed, I was awoken from sleep and still drowsy. I heard light creaking sounds like two of them. Then what sounded like footsteps across the floor, with the floor creaking. When I looked that way I heard something drop or knock against something in the opposite direction. Nothing was visible on either side.

I kept looking around, then saw a figure standing/behind the bed in an impossible place... there simply isn't enough space for a person to stand or fit there. It looked like an adolescent kid in size and a faintly opaque odd color. But at the same time I saw it and my brain started freaking out and the thought "oh s***" had enough time to cross my mind... a hand the same color/look reached up through the bed like out of water inches from me. It instantly bent down clamped onto my wrist!

The moment it gripped me and I felt it, I sat up wide awake in bed... startled and looking around everywhere. Still able to feel that place it'd been gripped on my arm. I saw nothing, heard nothing. And I keep telling myself it was a nightmare, that I must have dreamed waking up the first time and really did the second time; or at least that's what I've got to do or probably not sleep at all.

Mmh Force vision! Use it to fuel your power!
It reminds me of night terrors and sleep paralysis.

There's a youtube name CJ Faison. About a year ago he bought a haunted farm, the Honeycutt. He brought his friend, Sonny Deeds. One of the ghosts apparently burned a handprint onto his side. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqJ15UMNhVo&list=PLp8y3sp97E_urD-TaTykB8BuLTT-ja4GG&index=1# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqJ15UMNhVo&list=PLp8y3sp97E_urD-TaTykB8BuLTT-ja4GG&index=1#)

Hand at exactly 20 minutes.