Earlier this week, one of my friends, Camille Hack McDaris, asked me if my “house guests” get more active during this time of year. And then suggested that perhaps a Freaky Friday about this subject would be in order. So, here it is! First, personal experience. I have noticed a lot more “corner of my…
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Halloween and A Blue Moon
Because tomorrow is Halloween and, on top of that, we are going to have a full, blue moon, I thought we needed some good old-fashioned ghost stories today. Let me start by explaining that scary things have been happening in my house. I wake up in the morning and things that had been on tables…
House Hunting
When I’ve gone house-hunting, I generally look for a couple of things – closets and places to put “stuff”, a nice kitchen with lots of lights, and a place for the Christmas tree. Everything beyond that is kind of secondary. Of course, I haven’t been house-hunting for about thirty years, so maybe my expectations will…
Thin Places
A “thin place” is a place where the veil between this world and the next is thin. A place where you can feel the energy and the magic of the area. The Wild Geese website describes these places like this: “In Irish mythology, a “thin place” was a divider between the physical, tangible world and the…
Happy Halloween – Screams
Several people suggested the new Netflix series “The Haunting of Hill House” to me and I finally got up enough courage to watch it. Well, two episodes so far. One of the things I noticed, other than it being very well-done and scary, is that there are a lot of screaming ghosts in this show….
Ghost Stories
This month is a busy month for me. I get a number of requests to tell ghost stories at local libraries, museums, and even our local radio station. Of course, it makes sense with Halloween being the big holiday in October. But did you ever consider why ghost stories are so intriguing to most of…
Wesley’s Poltergeist
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of Facebook posts about Halloween and Christianity. The subtle theme of many of these posts are along the lines of “If You Celebrate Halloween, You Are Basically In League With Satan And Your Children Are All Going to Hell.” One of these posts referred to a website by Donny…
Halloween Short Story – Tales Around the Jack O’Lantern
This Halloween Short Story will be out by the end of the week. Here’s a brief description – this is a story that’s set when Mary is attending the Police Academy. She is with her family on Halloween night and they have a tradition of sharing ghost stories with each other once the trick-or-treaters are done…