Anyone that has watched the movie of Amityville Horror knows the story behind the house. One man lost his mind and killed all the members of his family one by one. It isn’t these events that gained fame for the house, but the events that happened a year later when a family moved in.
The Lutzes knew the history of the home, but they still moved in anyway. This was their mistake. From the moment, they moved into the house strange things began to happen. It is those events that became the subject of a movie. A movie that was remade in recent years. Have you heard the story of the home? Do you believe?
It would be oh so easy to just call Ghost Busters when you have a ghost problem. Now you can call Ghost Hunters, but that doesn’t solve the problem really. The staff at a Royal Hospital in Derby have called in a priest to help them solve their problems. That is definitely one way to handle it.
Some of the members on the staff have seen a black cloaked figure wandering the halls. Those that have yet to see the spirit have been told about it by their bosses in an email. To say the staff is spooked is putting it mildly. They are hoping that the priest will be able to help them get rid of their ghostly problem.
There has been some buzz around the Freeborn County Courthouse. Some say the building is haunted, and now there will be an investigation into these clumbs. The Austin, Minnesota officials made a deal to allow a group to come in and hunt for ghosts in the courthouse. The documentary will follow the investigation.
The activity is said to stem from a suicide that occurred in the building back in the 1930s. The exact date of the suicide was July 5th, 1938. A man was found hanging from the rafters of the clock tower by a custodian.
The series, Dead Reckoning, is currently being shopped around to several networks. This will be yet another ghost show if it is picked up. One network that is expressing interest in the series is The Learning Channel.
Barack Obama is heading into DC, and since he can’t move into the White House just yet, he has moved in just across the street. Barack and the family has moved into the Hay-Adams Hotel. The hotel is said to be the home of several ghosts including Clover Adams.
She is a descendant of President John Adams that killed herself on the property in the 1800s. The hotel was built in 1928, and is named for both Adams and John Hay who also owned a house on that property. Staff has the following to say about things they have seen in the hotel. Apparently, Clover is a fan of the fourth floor in particular.
Examples of staff experiences include unexplained opening and closing of locked doors of unoccupied rooms; clock radios mysteriously turning off and on; the sounds of a woman crying softly in a room or a stairwell; or a voice of a woman asking a housekeeper, ‘What do you want?’
This is another one of those places that is said to be haunted. Oliver House is located in my very home state of Arizona. Located in Bisbee, Arizona, near Tuscon, the house is the site of a mass murder. Twenty-seven people have said to have died in the house.
An old woman is said to be seen in one of the bedrooms. She is said to move the rocking chair and rock in front of the window. Other reported activities in the house include the sound of footsteps and doors opening and closing on themselves. The house is now a bed and breakfast.
Another well known haunted location is The Stanley Hotel. This hotel rests high in the mountains outside of Denver, and it is said to be the inspiration for Stephen King’s The Shining. This novel has been made into two movies. The first of which starred Jack Nicholson, and it is one of his best performances.
King received the inspiration for his book after spending just one night in Room 217, one of the more haunted rooms of the hotel. It was once the location of an explosion back in the 1920’s where a maid almost lost her life. She was spared by the collapse of the floor which sent her down to the floor below. It is said that she still haunts the room, and she will do her regular maid duties when the room’s guests are out.
Another haunted room is 401. There is a spirit of a man that didn’t seem too fond of having people in his room when the investigators did their walk through. The team from Most Haunted spent the night at the hotel, and they had a number of experiences. One man had an experience in room 217 while he was doing psychic sketching. The door next to his chair opened ride. This one hotel has always fascinated me.
Ghost Hunters has been there more once, and it was interesting to see Most Haunted visit the location. I’m not the biggest fan of this series. It is a bit more on the campy said than Ghost Hunters in, but they did work well on the site, and they did so with guests staying in the hotel. I’m sure this won’t be the last time I talk about this haunted location.
Around the country and around the world, there are many locations that are said to be haunted by spirits. Some are seen. Some are heard. Some are only felt. The sighting of spirits, and the need to find out more about these strange phenonmenon has only grown, especially in the last ten years or so. I will look at some of those places on this blog, and there are many.
One of the most haunted places in the US has to be The Queen Mary. The ship is currently docked in Long Beach, and there have been a number of sightings on board the ship. Between 1936 to 1967, the ship was used both as a cruise ship and as battle ship during World War II. During wartime, it was known as The Grey Ghost.
The sightings on the ship include a man that died in the lower bowels of the ship in Shaft Alley, children splashing and playing around the pool with the appearance of wet footsteps around the now dry pool, and a ghost reported in Room 340 that has forced the staff on board to close down the room to visitors and residents.
The area around the front desk in what is now the hotel part of the ship also has reported sightings. One of a woman in white, and another of a couple walking through the hallway. The ship now sits in Long Beach as a hotel with visitors constantly. Many come to just to catch a glimpse of the spirits on board. There are a number of videos on Youtube of people searching for ghosts. This is one below. If you can’t see it below, go here .
