A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to speak to a group of young adults about ghosts. I told quite a few stories, shared my own experiences, and then opened it up for questions. A young man raised his hand and asked me what made me believe in ghosts. He said that he’d never…
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Someone to Watch Over Me
When my daughter, Sarah, was home from college during the fall, she had an interesting experience in our house. It was mid-morning, she was comfortably dressed, eating breakfast and watching HGTV in our living room. She heard a delivery truck pull up, heard someone walk up the steps and then, after they placed the parcel…
Haunted Malls
So, this post was actually supposed to run last Friday – but, I totally forgot to post it. (I think it had something to do with weekday holidays always messing up my days of the week.) Anyway, I apologize for skipping a week – but perhaps you felt more comfortable shopping last week without knowing…
Mermaids
Last week we talked about ghost ships above the water, so it’s only appropriate to talk about mysterious and scary creatures under the water – mermaids. When you think of mermaids, if you think of cute little sea-shell adorned Disney princesses, you’re swimming in the wrong sea. Mermaids, the ones we’re going to talk about,…
The Haunted Great Lakes
Last week was 45th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. “Superior, they said, never gives up her dead, When the gales of November come early.” But these following tales (including one about the Edmund Fitzgerald) might contradict the famous lyrics – those dead are haunting the Great Lakes. The Cottage Life website wrote an…
Bar Ghosts
A ghost walks into a bar… Wait, stop, that can’t happen, I need to change that! A ghost walks through a bar. And that happens more often than you’d think. Ghosts and bars are like pickup trucks and country music, there is just something about that combination. So, without further ado, let’s go bar-hopping for some…
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….
Sleepy Hollow
When you hear the words “Sleepy Hollow,” you probably conjure up the image of a headless horseman pursuing a tall, gangly schoolteacher through a dense forest and across a wooden bridge. Or, if you are younger, you might be inclined to see a good-looking, Tom Mison traipsing around modern-day Sleepy Hollow trying to banish the…
Dad Ghosts
I’m all for equal opportunity, two weeks ago my blog was about Mom ghosts, so this week I’m going to write about Dad ghosts. Let’s just jump into the first story from a site called Your Ghost Stories: My father passed away on May 19th, 2005, about two weeks before I graduated from high school….
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…