What Scares You?
Poltergeist: A ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects thrown around. In 1965, 11-year-old Maria Jose Ferreira found herself the playmate of a poltergeist.
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Imaginary Friends are a psychological and social phenomenon where a friendship takes place in the imagination rather in physical reality. To the person, usually a child, the friend is real, and they often get frustrated when others can’t see their friend. Often, as they grow older, children lose their imaginary friends, whether that friend leaves, or is simply forgotten over time, we may never know. For one little girl, she shared her imaginary friend with the world when she first wrote, “This is Lisa.”
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Imagine taking a late night drive. You come upon a tunnel in desperate need of repair; cracks are visible in the cement and graffiti is everywhere. Regardless, you choose to drive through, but your car suddenly dies. You try to restart it, but it won’t turn over. Glancing into your rearview mirror you see the shadow of a woman in your back seat. This is just one possibility of what could happen if you drive through the Sensabaugh Tunnel.
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If you’re anything like me, when you hear “Queen Mary,” you immediately think of the ship, transformed into a hotel, in Long Beach, California. Reportedly haunted, the hotel boasts more than 150 spirits. While not violent, the ghosts still make their presence known.
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Fought From April 12, 1861 – May 9. 1865, the American Civil War saw between 600,000 and 1,000,000 casualties. Among them were approximately 50,000 civilians, and 80,000 slaves. One battle, the Battle of Corinth, saw more than 23,000 casualties. It’s no wonder the Shiloh National Military Park, located in southern Tennessee, is haunted.
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There, on the wall, hung a well crafted painting of a young boy and girl, standing in front of a glass paneled door. It’s a lovely work of art, yet the more you look at it, the more you feel uneasy. Then, the painting appeared to come to life; the boy and girl would fight during the night, and eventually the boy would escape the painting and enter the room where it hung. The painting is titled, “The Hands Resist Him,” a work by artist Bill Stoneham.
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Haunted hotels and abandoned insane asylums are high value locations frequently sought after by ghost hunters and anyone looking for evidence of the paranormal. From the Millennium Biltmore Hotel to the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, thrill seekers are seldom let down. But what if there was a hotel that was once an insane asylum? That’s what you’ll find when you visit Buffalo, New York, and stay at the Hotel Henry, formerly the Buffalo State Asylum.
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Before it burned down, the Borley rectory was given the title of “Most Haunted House in England,” and while the house is gone, the land remains haunted.
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Sallie lay awake on the operating table as the doctor began to cut into her. The anesthesia had not yet taken effect, but the doctor was anxious, eager to remove her appendix before it burst. Her screams could be heard throughout the house until her body went limp and they suddenly stopped. Sallie was dead, and no one would have imagined what would happen next. The house is now known as the Sallie House.
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Everyone loves a good scary movie. Well, almost everyone. If you’re one of the former, then chances are you’ve seen The Conjuring, or at least heard of it. But did you know it’s based on a true story. Read on to learn about the history of the Perron family, and the Arnold estate, also known as The Conjuring House.
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