And of course, you remember what happened to our heroine, right
Posted on 10/26/2006 4:29:07 AM PDT by CurlyBill
Here is the annual haunted thread. Post your true ghost stories here... This has been somewhat popular ovedr the last three years given the feedback I've received. We just need to keep bumping the thread and keep it active.
The part about the your aunts dog reminded me of our cats. They freak me out all the time. One night I was playing with our then kitten, Hello Kitty, when she stopped and looked up at the spot where the wall meets the ceiling. Then, she started running back and forth meowing and looking at that same spot. I got up and looked for bug or something but nothing was there. This went on for at least 5 minutes. I was very happy when my husband got home!
After a few years we got another cat, a little all black cat named Lucky. She will stare at the same spot that the other cat looked at and also follow something with her eyes. It's sort of like when you play with a flashlight with your cat or dog and thier whole head follows the spot it makes on the wall.
She also stands on the back of the couch, stares at the ceiling and meows like mad at nothing. One time she did it at the top of the bed while I was laying in it. That freaked me out. Then she tried to hit it with her paw. I turned around and she had found a spider. :-)
LOL - a spider! =)
Creepy about the spot on the wall though...*shiver*
Boo!
My husband owns a machine shop, and for a while he employed a young Laotian man who claimed to be sensitive to spirits, and was convinced that the shop is haunted. He eventually quit because he was not comfortable working there.
Soon after he left, I was alone in my husband's office, when suddenly my husband's chair started bouncing up and down, as if someone had just risen from it.
Last week, my husband was in his office talking to an employee. There is a wall-mounted air conditioning unit behind and above his chair. At the time, it was turned off. He heard a click, and the air conditioning came on. The dial had moved from off to on.
I don't believe in ghosts, but I also don't like being in the shop alone.
My brother owns a pre Civil War home and for the first several years after they owned it, they had a ghost. He has a son, Philip, was only a baby at the time that they moved in and his toys would disappear for several days and then the would come home from work and they would be out in the driveway. Doors would close, chairs would rock and things like that. My brother said that they all had seen her, but after a few years, she left and he hasn't seen her since.
My daddy used to yell that to me all the time. Luckily, I stopped when I got to the point that I just needed glasses.
OMG! I remember seeing that little doll as a kid in that movie and it scared the bejesus out of me.
And of course, you remember what happened to our heroine, right
Yes, of course. She fired her dentist.
Oops. Sorry for having given away the ending without a spoiler warning. :-)
I remember specifically when the doll cut itself through the suitcase and got tossed in the oven.
THAT's scary!
That would be this book from Mark Sceurman & Mark Moranskip's Weird U.S. series.
The author of the Weird Illinois book, Troy Taylor, happens to be a personal friend of mine. Troy's website, Ghosts of the Prairie, is one that ghostlore and ghost hunting enthusiasts might enjoy; it contains many great stories.
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of a attending a presentation by Linda S. Godfrey, one of the authors of the Weird Wisconsin book in the same series. Had a chance to briefly chat with her afterwards; really nice, sweet lady. I purchased an autographed copy of the book from her that evening. She is also the author of another book in the series, Weird Michigan. I have yet to get a copy of this book, but am looking forward to ordering it soon.
Get out! I go to Ghosts of the Prairie all the time! Freepers know everybody. I have "Haunted Illinois" by Troy Taylor, too. It's another great one. There are many, many books about hauntings in Illinois and most of them all have the same stories (Resurrection Mary, Bachelor's Grove, Haunted Totem Pole, etc.), but his books always give better different stories. I'm never been disappointed with one of his books and actually have read them several times.
I've wanted to go to Alton for some for the Halloween events and was going to this year, but my sister in-law was due to give birth right the 31st, so we weren't able to plan to go. :-( MAYBE (a big maybe) I will be able to convince my husband to go to the Weird Winter even in Decatur.
Wanna see her in a bikini?
Oh boy. Did I kill this thread? :-)
Small world!
I became acquainted with Troy about 8 years ago through some coincidental circumstances. At the time, my brother was working as a candlelight "ghostwalk" storyteller in Gettysburg PA, and Troy happened to be on one of my brother's tours. Troy later included a few of my brother's personal ghost stories (submitted by me :-)) in his book Spirits of the Civil War. We've remained casual friends over the years, though I think it's been about a year since I last talked to him. He's a very unique guy who's fun to talk to.
Since that time, I have read & enjoyed a number of Troy's books, visited his store in Alton IL, and my husband & I have enjoyed a couple of his tours. Several years ago, we went on one of his Alton afternoon/dinner/evening tours - first a Mississippi River ride up to Grafton and back in the riverboat Anastasia, followed by dinner at a little restaurant in Elsah IL, a visit to some cave along the river, then a nighttime driving ghost tour of Alton. Great stories and great fun!
December before last, my husband & I went on one of Troy's Chicago tours along Archer Ave. Obviously, Resurrection Mary figured pretty heavily into this tour, but there were lots of other great stories too. There was just 3 other people and us on the tour, so we stopped off for a drink at Chet's Melody Lounge. I thought that the creepiest part of the tour was some little graveyard (no, it wasn't Bachelor's Grove; unfortunately I can't remember the name), and Rico D's (across from the Willowbrook Ballroom in Willow Springs). It was closed at the time, so we didn't go inside, but there was an eerie glowing light in one of the rear upper floor windows, which combined with the stories Troy was telling on the bus, really creeped me out. It was quite late by the time the tour concluded - we definitely got out money's worth - so the last stop of the night was for a cup of coffee at some coffee house. Once inside, we discovered it was a local grungy teenage hangout. It was just filled with them, practically up the rafters, and those of us on the tour were all old enough to be their parents. We later kidded Troy that the scariest part of the tour was the other patrons at this coffee house :-)
Troy has a marvelous sense of humor, which he interjects throughout his tours and in his writing. Though the stories may be creepy, the tours are also very entertaining. Troy doesn't take himself too seriously. History is as big a thing to him as the ghost stories, and he fills his tours with a great deal of very interesting historical background. He is also very conscientious about rational explanations. For example, if he thinks a story is bunk, he's pretty honest about that. I've never been along for any of his investigations, but my understanding is that he does his best to rule out any rational explanations on those as well. If he tells you he saw or experienced something he couldn't explain, he truly means it.
Haven't been to any of Troy's events, so I can't speak for those... I believe that Linda S. Godfrey is also on the schedule for the Weird Winter Event in Decatur. Let me know if you and your husband go to it - I won't be able to be there and I'd love to hear about it!
Great holloween picture here.
http://www.tekzoned.com/whatswrong/index.html
Not to mention the bags of candy.
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