Category: Ghosts
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Devizes: 5 Haunted Places to Visit
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Devizes is a spooky place with lots of ghosts – even its local Iceland is haunted, says EMMA HEARD from Weird Wiltshire Slap bang, in the middle of the weird county of Wiltshire, sits the beautiful and historic market town of Devizes. It is literally crawling with stories of ghosts…
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The Headless Ghost of King Charles I
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On a cold January morning in 1649, King Charles I was executed outside Whitehall Palace, sparking a ghost story that still haunts England today The Execution of King Charles I in 1649 It was a freezing morning on 30 January 1649. A silent crowd gathered outside Whitehall Palace. All eyes…
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The Spirit World: What is it like? (Part II)
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American clergyman Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) is said to have communicated through the mediumship of Marcella De Cou Hicks (1888-1942), author of the book titled Eternal Verities, providing some indications as to what the afterworld is like. Much of what Beecher (below) had to communicate was recorded in the January 10,…
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The Spirit World: What is it like?
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More than a few “spirits” communicating with “earthlings” have said that their world is beyond human language and comprehension. And yet, efforts have been made to give some indication as to what that world is like. One such effort was said to have been made by the famous American clergyman…
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Mirror, Mirror On the Wall- Strange Tales of Mysterious Haunted and Cursed Mirrors
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Mirrors have had legends, lore, superstition and myths tied to them for pretty much as long as they have been around. The ancient Romans believed that they reflected a person’s soul and could bring great strife if they were misused, and indeed many other cultures have various negative, supernatural qualities…
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Locals Believe a Pub in the English Countryside Is Haunted. We Tagged Along With Ghost Hunters to Uncover the Truth.
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A ghost in scorched rags. Mysterious whispers. Appliances switching on by themselves. Strange sightings at the Sparkford Inn are the stuff of local legend—can ghost hunters prove the place is haunted? Flickers of light dance within the fireplace of the Sparkford Inn’s dining room, the warmth overshadowed by rumours of ghosts…
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What’s the scientific explanation for ‘ghost encounters’?
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People all over the world believe they’ve seen or heard a ghost, but there’s no scientific evidence for spirits, hauntings or the paranormal. So what’s behind these “encounters”? Chances are, you know someone with a killer ghost story. You might even believe you’ve encountered a ghost yourself. However, considering there’s no…
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Ghosts may ‘die’ after lifespan of 100 years, researcher claims
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Can a ghost die ? Image Credit: Pixabay / darksouls1 Brian Sterling-Vete maintains that intelligent paranormal entities may actually have a limited lifespan. Do ghosts live forever ? While it seems strange to suggest that something thought of as the disembodied spirit of a dead person can itself ‘die’ after a…
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Real Poltergeist Stories – 4 Scary Real Life Poltergeist Cases
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Poltergeists are some of the most disruptive spirits you’ll ever come across. In fact, a poltergeist is the German term for “noisy ghost”, which is quite an apt translation. There are numerous poltergeist stories in folklore and film and they’re well known as being some of the noisiest, most violent…
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Poltergeists: 3 Most Famous Cases
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Furniture move about by themselves. Walls shake from noisy, unexplained banging. Water drips from a ceiling. Hairbrushes vanish for days, only to reappear in their place on the dresser. These are some of the standard signs and symptoms of a poltergeist haunting. From the German for “noisy ghost,” a poltergeist…
