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But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out for fear. —Matthew 14:26 I have always liked Halloween as a joke that’s hard to get. The joke, as I see it, is that death is something to smile about, even laugh about. G.K. Chesterton saw things similarly and wrote winkingly in his poem “The Skeleton”: Death was but the good King’s jest, It was hid so carefully. And that jest certainly is carefully hidden, especially to those in this “muddy vesture of decay,” as Shakespeare called our...

To this day, brides leave flowers on her grave on the day of their wedding to avoid a cursed marriageThe morning of October 11, 1641 was cold, wet and misty in Chagford. But despite the depressing weather, a young lady by the name of Mary Whiddon was in a joyous mood: today was her wedding day. Looking resplendent in her white wedding dress, there were gasps of approval as she climbed down from her carriage outside and entered the Church of St Michael the Archangel. Read more: 89 stand-out memories from the Preston area of Paignton After a brief...

If you think you have seen a ghost, you may have been suffering the effects of exposure to mould, according to a group of scientists. Researchers claim that older buildings where hauntings are usually reported, often have poor air quality from pollutants like toxic mould, which can affect our brains. Exposure to the mould can cause mood swings, irrational anger and cognitive impairment. ‘Experiences reported in many hauntings are similar to mental or neurological symptoms reported by individuals exposed to toxic moulds,’ said Professor Shane Rogers of Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. ‘Psychoactive effects of some fungi are well-known,...

Human communication with the dead, or necromancy, is never encouraged in the Bible and is always condemned (1 Samuel 15:23, 28:6ff). Such a practice was punishable by death (1 Samuel 28:9) in theocratic Israel. Despite these grave warnings, many temple Mormons look forward with great anticipation to possibly being visited by spirits of the dead. In fact, there are a number of recorded sightings of alleged dead spirits who have visited Mormons in LDS temples. Prior to the dedication of the San Diego temple in 1993, local Mormon families were given a packet titled Family Temple Preparation Material. Included in...

Let’s hear your ghost stories... 13...One night in the MTC I got up to use the bathroom...right before I got into bed, I felt a very strange feeling...the distinct perception of some kind of evil presence... Past midnight, we all awoke to loud banging on the door. The fire department was herding everyone out of our building. The power had gone out, so the gas-powered generators had kicked in. The room housing the generators was normally well-ventilated, but...the vents were shut, so exhaust fumes were filling our dorm. As the missionaries...sat around the cafeteria at 1am...one...asked, “Did anyone else feel...

Want to buy a haunted house? Oh, no, not the attic. Anywhere but the attic. But the visitors insisted on going in. The house's owner reluctantly opened the attic door and stepped aside as her two visitors trod into the gloomy room. "All I know is we walked into the attic with her, and it's cavernous, and we were just looking hard, and, I don't know, this feeling came over me -- this warm feeling," Craig Schaible says. "I looked at my wife and she felt it, too." Craig and Yvonne Schaible were thinking of buying this 111-year-old Victorian house...

Anyone interested in the Bell Witch of Tennessee, might be interested in seeing this film. It opens May 5th. Not sure how accurate it is, it is after all a Hollywierd production. There was a team of locals in Nashville that did a home made version of the story, they did an excellent job of presenting the story of the Bell Witch. Let's hope this one turns out to be as good.

GHOSTS, SPIRITS AND POLTERGEISTS haunt the narrow streets, crypts and alleyways of Chester in such numbers, according to new research, that paranormal experts are giving it the spine chilling title of ‘England’s most haunted city’. The ancient walled city of Chester, in north-west Britain, was founded by the Romans some 2,000 years ago as one of the three main legionary fortresses controlling the province of Britannia. When the Romans left, the fortress was fought over by successive waves of Vikings, Danes and Welshmen. Even today, Chester is a compact and picturesque place, full of Roman remains and black-and-white medieval houses...

(1) A cemetery Chestnut Grove Cemetery - Ashtabula, Ohio The mass grave in Chestnut Grove Cemetery that holds the unrecognizable victims of the train disaster is marked by a stark granite obelisk, and Collins' more ornate gothic crypt is nearby. Both, when photographed, manifest a burned appearance once the film is developed and printed. Reports of wraiths near here are many. Ghostly families in warm winter clothes wander together, often carrying carpetbags and baskets. Screams are heard late at night, many visitors say a charred odor pervades the grounds, and near Collins' crypt a man can be seen weeping bitterly,...

Good day for ghost stories. Tomorrow is the equinox.My hobby is shooting pictures at graveyards. Sometimes, weird “stuff” shows up.Ghosts? I dunno... just things I can't explain.Well, tell me your stories... FReepers are a good source to get data for my book.My ex had a great one... I'll post it later.

Happy Halloween! Please tell us any scary, creepy, spooky encounters you have had with paranormal phenomena. Let's see which freeper has the freakiest story to tell on this Halloween night.