It was known as the "Spook House." That it was tenanted by evil spirits, visible, audible and active, no one in all that region doubted any more than he doubted what he was told of Sundays by the traveling preacher. Its owner's opinion of the matter was unknown; he and his family had disappeared one night and no trace of them had ever been found.
- Ambrose Bierce
We have been watching old Paranormal Witness episodes and one delt with a pretty chilling tale which resulted in the first televised exorcism (1971). I had never heard of this haunting before so the second the episode was over, we searched to see if we could find the footage. Thankfully it was on YouTube.
“When we got the pictures back, there was a woman in the picture standing next to me,” Ms. Martin said. “We looked at it and thought, ‘Oh … it must be a double exposure, because the woman in the photographs looked like George’s mom. We were so busy—we worked from dawn until dusk—and were so exhausted with the renovations on the house, we didn’t have time to look into it any further.”
We learned to coexist. I didn't react when it moved my belongings. When it hid my keys or wallet. I remained calm when I found the cord across the stairs. And when the ceiling fan came down. I pretended not to hear its unholy howls from the closets. The scratching behind the walls.
I've posted this in the past, but it's a pretty spooky piece of evidence. My brother and I often say to each other "God, I wish this stuff would happen to you, at your house, late tonight. It's the only way I'd truly believe in ghosts." Swap out 'ghosts' with 'aliens' and you get the picture. "I hope they abduct you tonight. It's the only way to know for sure."
See how harmless it all is? It's fun. And funny. Chairs move on their own. People too, if you sit in that circle on the kitchen floor.
In the early 1990s we started to keep notes about the ghost happenings. [He begins reading the notes.] This happened to me on the 7th of September, 2006, 1:26 a.m. I'm a very light sleeper, and it was a musical chime like you'd have on a jewelry box. It played for ten seconds straight. Saturday, November 10, 2001: It sounded like somebody took a chair and dragged it across the kitchen floor. We all heard it, but when we got into the kitchen the chairs were all where they belonged. This is one of our daughter Angie's notes from August of 1993. She used to work as a dentist technician and her lab coat had been ironed while she slept. This is the second time she said it had happened. On June 12, 1991, there was a very strong scent of perfume. I don't have a sense of smell so I wouldn't know. Louise said to me, "It's unbelievable how strong it is.
Text by Corrine May Botz, from her book Haunted Houses.
A TV movie that was pretty creepy back in 1991 and still holds up (for the most part).
Yesterday, I watched this bonus feature on our dvd of the wonderful film The Entity. Man, I forgot how creepy it was. Fascinating and weird. And AWFUL.
Found it on youtube... Click below for some chills.
We've really been enjoying this miniseries. Absolutely loving the characters. Great production value too.
And now for something completely different.
Click the image for this year's video slide show of my Haunt which took place over the last couple of months.
Below the image you'll see the button which will take you to my 2010 gallery page. My recommendation is to view the video first and then to view the pics.
Or click here for the youtube video
Did you watch the video?
