Ghosts

History of the Perron family and the Harrisville Haunting (true story behind the movie The Conjuring)

// July 21st, 2013 // No Comments » // Violent Ghosts

During their decades-long careers, Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated over 4,000 hauntings, including the well-known Amityville Haunting where they were the first psychic investigators to step onto the scene. The 2013 film, The Conjuring, was based on their terrifying investigation of the Perron family and their haunted farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island. Known variously as […]

Guildford Ghost photograph remains one of the most convincing ghost pictures in history

// January 9th, 2013 // No Comments » // Other Ghosts

Guildford, located in the United Kingdom, is considered to be one of the most haunted places on earth. Visit the town center any night of the week and you’ll find several “ghost tours” where locals will take you on a walk about the city while pointing out the many haunted locations scattered throughout the town. […]

Female ghost caught on cafe security cameras in Scotland

// January 9th, 2013 // No Comments » // News, Other Ghosts

Dan Clifford was reviewing the security footage taken from the CCTVs in his local café when he noticed a ghostly female figure hovering over one of the tables before vanishing into thin air. The security cameras are set to turn on automatically when motion triggers them. The film segment in question was taken during the […]

The burning Wem Town Hall ghost – ghost of calm little girl appears amongst the flames

// January 8th, 2013 // No Comments » // Other Ghosts

Wem Town Hall, a building in the market-town of Wem in Shropshire, England, was destroyed by fire on November 19, 1995. During the fire, Tony O’Rahilly, a amateur photographer, took pictures of the burning building from across the road (police had stopped him and would not allow him to get any closer). To his surprise, […]

The Cokeville Miracle – the American tragedy that never happened

// January 2nd, 2013 // No Comments » // Friendly Ghosts

On May 16, 1986, when former town marshal David Gary Young and his wife Doris Young took 154 children and 13 teachers hostage at Cokeville Elementary school in Wyoming, and kept them at bay with a shopping-cart sized bomb attached to five hairpin-trigger blast caps, it should have ended in great tragedy – one of […]

EVP – Electronic Voice Phenomena

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Other Ghosts

Séances, Mediums, Ouija boards – is it possible to talk to the dead? Can the dead communicate with us? Many paranormal researchers believe it is possible using a method known as EVP or Electronic Voice Phenomena.

Athens Mental Hospital

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Violent Ghosts

The haunted Athens Mental Health Center, also known as The Ridge, is located on a hill across from the Hocking River in Ohio. It opened in January 9, 1874 on land purchased from a local farmer. In recent years, the State Hospital campus also known as ‘The Ridges”, has been absorbed into the Ohio University […]

The Bakersfield Lyons Haunting

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Violent Ghosts

After Mrs. Meg Lyons died suddenly in her Bakersfield, California house, it had remained untouched when Mrs. Frances Freeborn moved in during the month of November, 1981. Every piece of Mrs. Lyons’ furniture was just as she left it. Her clothes still filled the closets and dressers. Eager to make the house her own, Mrs. […]

The Bell Witch

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Violent Ghosts

The Bell Witch or Bell Witch Haunting is a poltergeist legend from Southern United States folklore, involving the Bell family of Adams, Tennessee. The legend is the basis of the films An American Haunting (2006) and The Bell Witch Haunting (2004), and may have influenced the production of The Blair Witch Project (1999).

The Berini Haunting in New England

// December 26th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Violent Ghosts

In one of the most terrifying cases of recent times, a New England family was surprised, disturbed and ultimately horrified by a series of apparitions that seemed to have one objective – to drive them from their home. The strange, horrifying events that took place in a New England home in the late 1970s and […]

The Brown Lady

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Violent Ghosts

Raynham Hall in England is a splendid home in Norfolk. Inhabited by Townshend family for over 300 years, the hall gives its name to the area, known as the Raynhams. It also gave us one of the most famous and well-regarded ghost photographs ever taken.

Enfield Poltergeist haunting – ghost terrifies mother and four children in their Enfield, England home

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Other Ghosts

The Enfield Poltergeist was a period of apparent poltergeist activity in Enfield, England between August 1977 and September 1978, with an added outburst of poltergeist activity in August 1980. During the span of three years, a terrifying entity haunted the Hodgson family – a mother and her four children. Paranormal investigators assisted the family and […]

The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel – real life exorcism goes wrong

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Violent Ghosts

Anneliese Michel (September 21, 1952 – July 1, 1976) was a German Catholic girl who was “possessed by demons” and subsequently underwent an exorcism. Following the last exorcism and after warning her mother that she could take no more, Anneliese died in her sleep.

Gef the Talking Mongoose – animal-like poltergeist haunts British family (1931)

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Friendly Ghosts

“I am a freak. I have hands and I have feet, and if you saw me you’d faint, you’d be petrified, mummified, turned into stone or a pillar of salt.” Thus said Gef when asked what he was. Hiding in the walls of quant farmhouse on the Isle of Man, Gef was indeed a unique […]

The Proctor Haunting (or the Haunting of Willington (Katy) Mill)

// December 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Violent Ghosts

It was the autumn of 1834 when the Proctors, a Quaker family, began to notice disturbances in their house near Tyneside in northern England. Every member of the family complained of hearing footsteps and whistling that could not be accounted for. The sound of a clock being wound could not be explained. Over a six-year […]