Clare (not her real name) grew up in a stone house that used to be an inn along an old stagecoach route. So the ghosts she lived with while growing up were just part of her family’s history. “My mother always talked about seeing the ghosts of a little boy with his governess or nanny,”…
Tag: paranormal
Orbs
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with the Lake Carroll Women’s Club and tell some ghost stories. I had a great time, they were a wonderful audience. Afterwards, one of the women came up to me and asked me what I thought about orbs. She mentioned a friend who has taken photos of…
Say Cheese
On Wednesday, July 12, a trucker named Saul Vazquez encountered a traffic accident on the highway heading the opposite direction from where he was headed. On his Facebook page he wrote, “I took this picture just few minutes ago from the cab of my truck. It was an accident between Campton and Stanton on the…
Oakdale Nature Preserves
Oakdale Nature Preserve is one of the most peaceful settings in the Freeport area. Once out amongst the trees and the birds, you really hate to leave. This is the story of someone who never did. Jim, the former supervisor at Oakdale, has had several experiences with this long time nature lover. “The first time…
Tales Around the Campfire
The sun has set, the moon is rising and the frogs have begun their starlight serenade. As the darkness rolls in, you move closer to the campfire, closer to that circle of light. You look over your shoulder, gazing into the woods that surround you. You jump when the fire pops and you laugh nervously…
The Corner of Your Eye
A few years ago, when I still had my office in our walk-up attic, I had a very interesting experience that led me to learn something new about ghosts. I often wake up in the middle of the night with an idea and go to my office and write. (The advantage of having your office…
Voices from Above
School was finally over! And, because of a mix-up in testing, the grammar school was released a day earlier than the middle school and high school. So the two little girls rejoiced that they could stay home and play while their older siblings still had to go to school. After a quick breakfast, they hurried…
Freaky Friday the 13th
It’s not the kind of thing you generally share outside the family. People tend to point and whisper behind your back. Because, how can you prove that you really do, indeed, have a ghost living in your house? When my son was about sixteen, he was part of a varsity choir group in our high…
Attic People
For my first Freaky Friday – I thought it would be fun to share one of my favorite ghost stories. I was telling ghost stories at a local event and I invited members of the audience to share stories too. A woman in her sixties stood up and explained that she had just returned from…
Frayed Edges – A Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery (Book 17) Just released!!!
A bullet shot rings out on the night of the Super Moon and a promising college student is killed. Was it an accident, or did her research into false claims by a bio-tech, agricultural company garner her too much attention? The wrong kind of attention. Mary and Bradley have to find out or Ruth McCredie…