What Scares You?
In Native American folklore there is the Acheri. A vengeful spirit, said to dwell on mountain sides and hill tops, waiting for night, so that she may travel into the valleys and spread disease among the children of a tribe.
The Acheri is a Chippewa legend. She was a young girl who died in a very unpleasant manner, from an unknown disease. Her spirit rose and became a plague upon the living.
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What was originally designed to be a care center for tuberculosis patients, became one of the most haunted places in America. Welcome to Waverly Hills Sanatorium.
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The New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City sits between 7th and 8th Avenue, just off Times Square, and is the star of haunted Broadway. This 11-story building was designed by architects Henry Hertz and Hugh Tallant, and was instantly dubbed “House Beautiful.” The building opened in 1903, and originally contained two theaters, offices, several lounges and a lobby. It also features a spectacular ghost. Olive Thomas, a model and actress in the 1910’s enjoys a bit of mischief and fun, and is known to be, by far, the most active ghost on Broadway.
Late summer, 1817, in Adams, Tennessee. Farmer John Bell was out tending his fields. He saw what appeared to be a dog with the head of a rabbit among his crops, so he shoots at it. The animal disappeared, leaving him wondering whether he hit it or not.
At about the same time as the animal disappeared, something moved into his family home where John lived with his wife, Lucy, and their six children, Betsy, Richard, John Jr., Drewry, Benjamin, and Jesse. There were scratching sounds, rapping against the walls and doors. Then blankets were pulled from beds while they were being slept in. Before long, John Bell’s family was being kicked, scratched, and having their hair pulled.
John’s daughter, Betsy, found herself the primary target. She was slapped, pinched, bruised and her hair mangled. Once, she even vomited pins and needles. Her family, thinking if she weren’t in the home, she would stop being tormented. Unfortunately, the disturbances followed her wherever she went.
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You’re at a friends house, having a little fun. Then someone pulls out a Ouja board and asks if you want to play. You say, “Yeah, sure,” thinking it’s all fun and games. You and your friends sit on the floor, making a circle around the board; two fingers on the planchette. You get started, and as you sit there, trying not to laugh at how absurd this is, the planchette begins to move. But you’re not doing it, so someone else is. You look around the circle at everyone. “Who’s doing that,” you ask, and everyone remains quiet. The planchette begins moving faster and faster, around in a figure-8, before stopping abruptly. Your heart is racing, and you’re telling yourself this is all just a game, it’s not real, but it’s not over yet. The planchette starts moving again, this time stopping on the letters Z-O-Z-O. ZOZO, what’s that?
Myrtles Plantation is currently a Bed and Breakfast located in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Build in 1796 by General David Bradford “Whiskey Dave,” when he fled the United States to avoid arrest and imprisonment for his role in the Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion. At that time, this part of Louisiana was a Spanish Colony, and Bradford obtained a land grant of 650 acres to begin a new life.
In 1799, Bradford was pardoned by President John Adams, and he promptly moved his wife Elizabeth and their five children into the plantation with him. He died in 1808, and Elizabeth continued to run the plantation until 1817, when she handed management over to Judge Clarke Woodruff, one of Bradford’s former law students, and the husband of his daughter, Sara Mathilda.
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It’s just another day – or so you thought. Working on your day’s chores, you take to the barn, looking for fishing sinkers. But it’s so warm, you climb up to the loft for a break to snack on a delicious pear. It’s easy to lose track of time in such a place, and what does it matter after all? You’re 32, still living with your father and his wife, and have no prospects of your own. When you do finally emerge, life, as you knew it, will have forever changed. Poor Lizzie Borden.
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Few hotels are as well known for their paranormal activity, as the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Cited as the inspiration for Stephen King’s “The Shining,” there seems to be some truth to these ghost stories we all hear about.
The first, and most frequently experienced, is the haunting of room 217.
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Just 100 miles west of Tokyo, and northwest of Mount Fuji, is a sprawling forest so thick with foliage, that it’s known as the Sea of Trees. Aokigahara forest, also known as Suicide forest covers approximately 13.5 square miles. The forest floor is mostly made up of volcanic rock, lava laid down by the last major eruption of Mount Fuji in 864 AD. Many parts of the forest are very thick, the trees tightly packed together, and winds do not whip through. Wildlife is sparse, and the porous lava absorbs sound, creating a feeling of isolation. A visitor has described the silence as “chasms of emptiness,” adding, “I cannot emphasize enough the absence of sound. My breath sounded like a roar.”
The still silence has led people to consider it haunted, and there are plenty who would not dare enter the forest. But where did it all begin?
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