I can’t think about Saint Patrick’s Day without thinking about leprechauns and I can’t think about leprechauns without thinking of the Disney movie, “Darby O’Gill and the Little People.” Do you remember that movie? I think it was Sean Connery’s first film and he was a fine-looking, strapping young man. Like some other Disney movies,…
Category: Freaky Friday
Come On In
I’m always on the haunt (tee-hee, excuse the pun) for new ghost stories. Recently, I joined a Facebook group where people share their true paranormal experiences. It’s been fun to read some of the experiences and some even send a shiver down my spine. Such is the case with this story. Tosh Metzger was kind…
House Calls?
As I’ve researched ghosts and heard stories, one of the things I’ve learned is that some ghosts follow the patterns they established when they were alive. A jogger who has a heart attack on the park path and dies, might just show up on that same path in a month or so and keep jogging….
The Friendly Skies
I’m sitting upstairs in my office on Wednesday night scaring myself for your benefit. The house is quiet, the wind is howling, the night is dark – pitch, black, dark, and I am reading ghost stories to come up with something for Freaky Friday. I’m alone in the house. Well, alone as someone can be…
Ghostly Love
Ghost stories and Valentine’s Day? It’s surprising to realize how many ghost stories are actually stories of unrequited love, love gone wrong or star-crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet – I bet their ghosts spend a lot of time hitting themselves on their own foreheads and saying, “Duh! If I had only…” The Ghost and Mrs….
The Loo
Let me share a secret about the hygiene of many, many writers. When we’re on deadline or in the midst of a creative burst, we may forget about one of the basic processes in everyday cleanliness – namely, the shower. I’m slightly embarrassed to admit, but there have been days when I’ve looked up from my…
Haunted Hegewisch
Hegewisch (pronounced heg-wish) is a neighborhood on the South-East side of Chicago. Actually, you can’t go any further South or East without leaving the City! One of my friends, an avid fan of all-things-Chicago, shared this story with me. This story is from the folks at http://hegewisch.net/ – check out their site and the other…
Going Home
Years ago, when I had my own marketing company, I had a number of funeral homes as clients. I worked with them for years and learned a lot, not just about their business, but about the nature of death. One of the things I learned was that often people who are sickly and near death…
Hide and Seek
Let me tell you a story about what I saw in the forest that day. But first, I have to tell you why I was out there by myself, well away from the nearest hiking trail, mud-stained and perspiring, and playing a grown-up game of hide-and-seek. It all began with Sydney and Melbourne. They came…
Ghost Town
On my recent trip out west, I have to confess that, other than Tex in Cowboy Café in Sheridan, Wyoming, my trip was sadly lacking in paranormal experiences. Part of that could be that we stayed mostly with family in newer homes and part of it might have been the time of year. There’s something…