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True ghost tales
Rockingham News ^ | 11 March 2005 | By Emily Quirk

Posted on 03/11/2005 11:17:54 PM PST by CurlyBill

True ghost tales

By Emily Quirk
equirk@seacoastonline.com


RAYMOND - Tim Louis never believed in ghosts before he bought the old Bean Tavern on Fremont Road more than 20 years ago. Now he says he’s a believer. In 1982, after his father-in-law died, Louis and his wife, Peg, were searching for his father-in-law’s will. Louis had just come home from work the day after Christmas with The Boston Globe and placed the newspaper on the kitchen table. He went upstairs looking for Peg and she was frantically looking for her father’s will, which Louis said must have been filed away in a safe place.

"Peg was tearing the house apart looking for the will and she went down the stairs to look downstairs. I was only 10 seconds behind her. When we walked into the kitchen the will was sitting on top of the newspaper," Louis said. "It was an eerie feeling. No one else was in the house but someone put them there."

Louis’ story is an example of the many "true ghost stories" in Raymond residents Kathleen Chamberlain and Barbara Edgar may be researching. Chamberlain and Edgar are looking for stories of Raymond’s most haunted places for a Channel 22 documentary set to air sometime around Halloween. They will be accepting local stories of paranormal activity until March 31.

Chamberlain said they hope to investigate and host interviews between April and June. Sometime this summer they also want to host an overnight investigation of one of the haunted locations with the paranormal investigation agency True Ghost.

"We are hoping to get stories from local citizens," Edgar said. "We’ve had a few people call and e-mail. It’s very interesting. Being in Raymond for 18 years we’ve heard rumors of paranormal activity and are hoping people will talk openly about it."

Chamberlain said some residents are hesitant to talk about their ghost sightings because they don’t want to scare or make the ghost hostile while others don’t want their home to be labeled as a "haunted house." She added that they’d like stories to be on the record but some could remain anonymous.

Although they haven’t started interviews yet, Chamberlain said they’ve talked with librarians at the Dudley-Tucker Library about strange happenings. Years ago before a new addition was put on the library, staff would hear noises in the evening when no one was in the library, such as numerous books falling off the shelves.

Another ghostly rumor is the presence of former fire chief Philip A. Fox, who served between 1934 and 1941 and 1948 to 1969, at the old fire station on Epping Street. Fire Chief Kevin Pratt said firefighters use to joke around saying the strange noises they’d hear at the station was Fox.

"Strange things would happen," Pratt said. "The doors would open by themselves and when the dispatcher was alone at night he’d hear footsteps upstairs, where Chief Fox had an apartment."

When the fire station was moved to Scribner Road in 1990, the disturbances stopped. Pratt said Fox was the town’s longest-serving fire chief and was "forced out" owing to his old age. He may have stuck around the station a lot longer than the town intended, Pratt added.

Louis believes there is a presence at his home. The old Bean Tavern, now a residential home, was built in 1750 as a tavern and was the town’s first meeting place. Citizens used to discuss town issues, vote and drink, he added.

In 1989 the Bean Tavern was voted the Seacoast’s most haunted house by radio station WERZ. At the time Louis heard about his home being a finalist for the contest on the radio as he was driving home from work. "I almost drove off the road," he said.

His wife, Peg Louis, had written a letter to the radio station about strange events occurring at the home. The Bean Tavern ended up winning the haunted house contest and the morning crew from WERZ spent a Halloween night at their home.

The night before crews set up the wires and the feed was working perfectly. When they went to broadcast the next morning, the feed wasn’t working. Louis said the broadcast was done via telephone. By 9 a.m. the feed started to work again when a picture on the living room wall fell off.

"The wire wasn’t broken, nothing. It looked as though someone took it off the wall," he said. "It was bizarre. I never believed in this stuff but now I tell ya, I am a true believer."

"Everyone has a story," Chamberlain said. "We’ve never done this before. We have no experience with documentaries or ghosts. It started on a dare and a dream. We want to have fun and tell a true story."

If you have a true ghost story or have experienced paranormal activity in your home contact Chamberlain and Edgar at 1truestory@comcast.net or visit www.1truestory.org. You may also mail your story to P.O. Box 458, Raymond, NH 03077.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; US: New Hampshire; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: callingartbell; ghost; ghosts; haunt; haunted; haunting; poltergeist
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1 posted on 03/11/2005 11:17:54 PM PST by CurlyBill
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To: Prime Choice; The Great RJ; Ciexyz; B4Ranch; johnny7; Monty22; Badeye; Sam's Army; Viking2002; ...

Ghost Ping!


2 posted on 03/11/2005 11:18:19 PM PST by CurlyBill (The difference between Madeline Albright and Helen Thomas is a mere 15 years.)
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To: Darnright; Mjaye; Alia; foolscap; tiamat; Blue Eyes; sonserae; Hollywoodghost; 7.62 x 51mm; ...

Ghost Ping!


3 posted on 03/11/2005 11:18:49 PM PST by CurlyBill (The difference between Madeline Albright and Helen Thomas is a mere 15 years.)
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To: CurlyBill

First!


4 posted on 03/11/2005 11:25:24 PM PST by KoRn (~Halliburton Told Me......)
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To: CurlyBill
Chamberlain and Edgar are looking for stories of Raymond’s most haunted places for a Channel 22 documentary set to air sometime around Halloween. They will be accepting local stories of paranormal activity until March 31.

It's too bad I don't live anywhere near there. I could make up some far better ghost stories that would chill the livers out of all the TV watchers. I wouldn't need proof, and could be promoting tourism to my site for the extremely gullible.

5 posted on 03/11/2005 11:30:34 PM PST by xJones
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To: CurlyBill

Ever notice how ghosts appear at tourist attractions and other places where people spend money? or never places like Wienerschnitzel or K-Mart?


6 posted on 03/12/2005 12:10:53 AM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: CurlyBill

I have a friend who claims he is haunted every Halloween by his ex-wife as she flys over on a broom. Does that one count?


7 posted on 03/12/2005 12:17:23 AM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: CurlyBill

thanks for the ping


8 posted on 03/12/2005 12:18:33 AM PST by fabian
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To: CurlyBill

Morning and good to see you Bill.Been missing the threads I have had more off time with computer than On time since Jan 1..plus some travel thrown in... and currently I am now the one "off" with a sever URI. See a few naysayers have already shown up. Funny how yu don't believer UNTIL you believe, if that makes sense.


9 posted on 03/12/2005 4:01:56 AM PST by DollyCali (It's time to start thinking G-R-E-E-N .... in more ways than one !)
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To: CurlyBill

Pinger


10 posted on 03/12/2005 4:04:07 AM PST by SealSeven
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To: A CA Guy

LMAO


11 posted on 03/12/2005 5:37:14 AM PST by HarleyLady27 (Prayers ease the heavy burdens of the living....)
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To: xJones
I wouldn't need proof, and could be promoting tourism to my site for the extremely gullible.

And don't forget, the gullible willingly pay above market prices for stuff that supports their fantasies -- and the extremely gullible pay well above market. Sound like a business plan.

12 posted on 03/12/2005 5:47:40 AM PST by laredo44 (Liberty is not the problem)
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To: CurlyBill

13 posted on 03/12/2005 5:55:21 AM PST by Solamente
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To: CurlyBill

Thanks for the ping, Curly....keep 'em coming!


14 posted on 03/12/2005 6:20:37 AM PST by DC native
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To: Names Ash Housewares
Ever notice how ghosts appear at tourist attractions and other places where people spend money? or never places like Wienerschnitzel or K-Mart?

I spent some time in Tombstone, AZ back in 1982. I didn’t hear even one ghost story. I did watch a TV show a year or two ago (Discovery/History Channel?) detailing the Ghosts of Tombstone. It was said that “everyone in town knew of the ghosts”. The credits listed the Tombstone visitor’s center – something that I don’t believe existed in 1982.
15 posted on 03/12/2005 6:29:44 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Names Ash Housewares
Ever notice how ghosts appear at tourist attractions and other places where people spend money? or never places like Wienerschnitzel or K-Mart?

Never had any tourists at our hangar at Nellis.

16 posted on 03/12/2005 7:10:27 AM PST by Tennessee_Bob (Come on you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever?)
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To: CurlyBill
This scary ghost picture really freaked me out. I couldn't see it at first, it took a while to notice, but once I did... it's just scary.

Link to scary picture

17 posted on 03/12/2005 7:20:13 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: Tennessee_Bob

ping for later...rto


18 posted on 03/12/2005 7:21:45 AM PST by visitor (...and the dems wonder why they lost and will continue to lose, good riddance)
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To: Bon mots; xJones; Names Ash Housewares; Admin Moderator
You know, a person can get awfully sick and tired of seeing jackasses come into threads where people talk about life after death, ghosts, UFOs and so forth for the sole purpose of insulting those who either simply believe or believe due to personal experiences.

If you don't agree with these people, then don't waste valuable time and bandwidth by going into these threads.

It's not rocket science.

And, yes, I consider posts like yours to be insulting and abusive, regardless of whether it is direct or indirect. That's why I pinged the mod.

For the record, I believe in ghosts because I lived in a haunted house. For six years.

And I challenge you guys to come to the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, LA for a weekend. Let's see how well you'd fare.

19 posted on 03/12/2005 9:30:01 AM PST by Houmatt (No proof of UFOs? ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!)
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To: CurlyBill

Thanks curly, I always enjoy these thread! Keep em' coming!


20 posted on 03/12/2005 9:40:41 AM PST by sneakers
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