Okay, just by reading the title of this Freaky Friday, you know that this is not going to be one of those light-hearted blogs. According to their website, The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (aka the Weston State Hospital) served as a sanctuary for the mentally ill beginning in the mid-1880s. It is the largest hand-cut stone…
Yūrei Banashi – Japanese Ghost Stories
Last week, as I was flipping through the Internet looking for information on all of the storms and flooding we’ve been having, I stumbled upon a YouTube video taken of a tsunami crashing up onto the shores of Japan. The video was taken from a tall, industrial building, not far from the shore and the…
Our Best Friends
One of my freakiest up-close-and-personal encounters with an apparition was when I was working through the night in my attic office. It was about four in the morning and my beloved Riley, a Golden Retriever/Bernese Mountain Dog mix, looked up from the couch he was resting on, glanced over to the attic stairs and wagged…
Nurses – Part 2
As most of you know, I spent some quality time at a hospital in Fort Worth earlier this week welcoming a new grandson to our family. There is no nursery, so the newborn “rooms-in” with the mom. So, I got to “room-in” with mom and baby, and “dance” with little Noah while his mom got…
Angels Among Us
This week I was reading about the Latter-Day Saints hand-cart exodus to the Salt Lake Valley. Two handcart companies got a late start, the Willey and Martin Companies. They had hardship after hardship, from running out of food to being stranded on the plains of Wyoming in an early-season blizzard, waiting for help to arrive….
The Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect (the theory, not the movie) is the idea that change can be caused by a seemingly inconsequential action. For example, the flutter of a butterfly’s wings moves the air enough to eventually lead to the formation of a tornado. I’m going to move this theory from mathematics or atmospheric conditions to application…
Boleskine House
In the past, we chatted about house hunting and making sure that you don’t purchase a house with extra, paranormal residents. Or, depending on what you want, finding a house with extra, paranormal residents. Just in case you’re one of the latter house hunters, here’s a potential ideal house for you that had recently been…
Ezvid Wiki Includes Mary O’Reilly in Top Ten!
I’m so excited to announce that The Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery Series was chosen by wiki as part of their Top Ten Captivating Paranormal Mystery Series. Ezvid Wiki was the world’s first video wiki and is now among the top 3,000 websites in the United States. Their YouTube channel has over 425,000 subscribers. Please check…
House Hunting
A couple of weeks ago, I was reading through the posts on a Dead Files Facebook page and someone asked, “what happens to the houses that people sell when Amy says the families have to move out and can no longer live there?” I responded, “I think Zillow needs to add a category in their…
Write What You Know
Many authors have heard the advice “Write What You Know.” But how many authors who write horror or paranormal stories can actually apply that mantra to their lives? Probably more than you think. The amazing author and my good friend, Stephen King, (okay, he would be my good friend if we ever had the chance…