Do you believe in paranormal activity?

Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:07 am

And what are your experiences in this area?

theebmonique · Post by **theebmonique** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:31 am

I will gather my thoughts on this...and report back. I voted yes.

Tracy...

Yooper · Post by **Yooper** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:37 am

I'm unsure. I have had no direct experience with paranormal activities but I'm not willing to discount the experiences of others.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:46 am

I had to vote no, at least until I see or feel one for myself. It's not that I think people are lying but am just skeptical by nature.

Fargo · Post by **Fargo** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:33 am

If you mean ghosts, yes I believe in them. I seen two different ghosts. I seen them in different houses and years apart, so I guess they were different ones.

The first one I seen in my old bedroom. It was an outline of a person with a light going around the outline making it brighter as it went around. You couldn't see any face, just an outline.

The second one was a bunch of little lights coming togeather to form a bigger light. It was going dim then light dim then light. The thing about that one was I seen it in a bedroom at my sister's house and I never told anyone about it. I figured no one would believe me if I told them and that they would probably make fun of me. Years later my mom starts telling me about this thing she seen in the same house. It sounded like the same thing I seen, so I asked her what room it was in. It was the same room. My mom also seen it in the same part of the room that I seen it in, by the closet.

Even before I seen it, I was never comfortable in that room, there was just something about it. I would go in there sometimes, but even during the day but it was uncomfortable. But it wasn't enought that I would say anything to anyone or even to myself. I thought that it was just me. It's the wallpaper I would say to myself. I don't care for the wallpaper.

It was my nephew's room, and although he was about 2 or 3 years old he said that he didn't like his room. So my sister let him stay in her room with her, and that room became a spare bedroom. That's how I ended up staying in it. I only stayed in it that night. I never stayed another night in that room.

My sister sold the house about a year later. My nephew is now an adult. I told him about his old room and asked him if he could remember anything about it, like why he didn't like the room but he said he doesn't remember anything about it.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 11:25 am

I believe, so I voted yes. While I have never seen or heard anything myself, and also tend to be pretty skeptical, I have heard experiences from what I consider credible sources. When I was younger we lived in a house that had been built in the middle of the 1800's. I do remember the lay out of the house, how it looked on the inside, and I remember being pretty happy there. We moved out when I was about seven. There was a staircase in the front entrance hall, it wound up on the left to the bedrooms upstairs. My mother states that when she was at home alone she would hear someone walking up or down those steps at different times. She also says she heard other strange noises. But nobody ever actually saw anything. I used to have terrible nightmares in that house, and refused to get up at night to go to the bathroom by myself. I was afraid of being in the dark, and the bathroom was all the way downstairs!

Fargo's experiences with the room reminded me of some that I had in this house. I have no idea why but the room that probably would have been considered the 'parlor' would echoe. It was right off from the front entrance. It could almost feel like standing in a cave. There was a kind of hollow feeling I can't describe. I do remember that. I could say something, and it would almost echoe back to me. I know that sounds absurd. Most people don't believe it. I wouldn't believe it either if I was told the story by someone else. I have no idea what could cause that. But it did happen. My step father's sister lived with us, and it was her bedroom. I don't know how she put up with it. That is one of my most vivid memories of the place. The attic was pretty spooky as well, but not so much. I used to play up there. There was a room that was locked that we never had the key for so we had no idea what was in there. I made up all kinds of little stories about what could be in there.

One of the nicest memories I have of the place is there was an airport really close to us, up on the Hill. The Ohio County Airport. I could see the beacon from the airport at night, and used to watch it from my bedroom window. It really reminded me of light house. I used to pretend that I was on a ship. When I was feeling afraid of the dark, concentrating on that beacon helped. This part has nothing to do with paranormal experiences. I went a little off the topic, but in writing about the house this all came back to me. I apologize.

Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:57 pm

I am with Melissa on this one....

I believe even though I have never had any direct experience in this area.

Smudgeman · Post by **Smudgeman** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:18 pm

I voted Yes. While I have had a few experiences when I was much younger, and haven't had any since, I still believe!

When I was about 6 or 7, whenever I had a high fever, I would often have hallucinations along with the fever. Now I had some wild ones, but after my Grandfather died, I swear he came into my room and stood by my bed and said "I'm not dead you little devil" Needless to say I screamed and yelled and ran into my parents bedroom. I was too afraid to go back to my room. In this same house, my sister and I both heard something being dragged around in the basement. My room faced the basement door which also added to my paranoia. This dragging sound was heard on several different occasions.

But the wierdest experience I have ever had is when my Mother took my sisters and I to see the Exorcist. I think I was 12. We had moved to a larger house, and my sister always used to joke with me that my room was possessed. Well, after coming home from the movie which scared the living daylights out of me, I didn't want to sleep alone in my room. My parents insisted I did, and that night my curtains fell - curtain rod and all, and I once again screamed and yelled and ran from the room. Why in the hell would the curtains fall for no reason? Again, my sister said the room was possessed and I believed her.

Audrey · Post by **Audrey** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:38 pm

Sibling can be such devils to one another!

I once told my little brother that our darling mama had been kidnapped and that if we didn't pay all of our money they would not return her to us. He immediately forked over his (about $30) in savings and I took it and bought makeup.

Of course I didn't plan on him running up to mama when he saw her return (from the dentist) and throw himself into her arms sobbing out his distress at her ordeal...

I got into BIG trouble!

DWilly · Post by **DWilly** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:50 pm

My brother and I are opposites on this issue. I believe in God and a hereafter while he takes a more scientific approach. He's always telling me that energy cannot be destroyed and so after we're dead are bodies might decay but are energy lives on.

Anyway, I have never seen a ghost. The only strange thing that happened to me was years ago I was in my bedroom talking on the phone. The door opened and one of my brother's pesky friends popped his head in. He didn't even knock. He just stuck his head in to see what I was doing. Later that evening he was killed while out four wheeling with a friend. He was only 18 years old when he died. I didn't go to his funeral because I have a hard time going to funerals. While the others were at his funeral I was listening to the radio and Blood, Sweat and Tears came on. They were singing the song, "When I die." To this day I think that was Billy's way of saying goodbye to me.

stuartwsa · Post by **stuartwsa** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:26 pm

I voted yes too. I've fully reported my experiences, as well as those of some family members, so I won't bore you all by rehashing them.
But I'm always ready for new experiences, and will report them when and if they happen!

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:47 pm

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:39 am

Paranormal, or extra-normal- yes.
I don't necessarily believe in ghosts but am open to theories. One might be that there are other dimensions intersecting with ours.
When someone dies, and we think of their ghost, maybe they are just passing into another dimension where their body is no longer useful?
If not, then I do think it's possible there is energy residue: and maybe such a thing as a ghost.

A definition, I think, of paranormal, is something not explained by science. I think most things can be explained by science- if we have the right question or the correct theory, or if we evolve to the point where we can begin to understand these things.

My own experience was shared, audibly, whereas the other person also actually saw something. I never saw anything.

Constantine · Post by **Constantine** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:08 pm

No. I would like to, but I just can't.

RayS · Post by **RayS** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:30 pm

Ghosts, NO.
Imagination or hallucinations, YES.

Nadzieja · Post by **Nadzieja** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:49 pm

If you believe in God and his angels, you must also believe that there is evil and a devil. Can things happen, of course. What of all the miracles people claim that happen to them and their loved ones. An Indian wise woman by the name of Mary Summer Rain, explained that usually hauntings are spirits that don't realize they can pass over to the other side. They have either died tragically or so fast (accidents & so forth), they don't always realize it's time to go over. There are so many mysteries in the universe, I'm sure that we cannot explain everything even with science.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:23 am

That was beautiful, thank you.

Not to be irreverent- but I was just thinking about this lately-
I think the paranormal might explain how my glasses can be spotless one minute and without my moving or touching anything, they get smudges!

It's unexplained!

I was beginning to fantasize that something was whizzing by me so fast I couldn't see it and it was smudging my crystal clean lenses!
It's a mystery to me!

william · Post by **william** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:53 am

Kat,

Whatever happened to Lisa Williams? I don't see her listed on TV lately.

I miss her

RayS · Post by **RayS** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:03 pm

Nadzieja @ Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:49 pm wrote:If you believe in God and his angels, you must also believe that there is evil and a devil. Can things happen, of course. What of all the miracles people claim that happen to them and their loved ones. An Indian wise woman by the name of Mary Summer Rain, explained that usually hauntings are spirits that don't realize they can pass over to the other side. They have either died tragically or so fast (accidents & so forth), they don't always realize it's time to go over. There are so many mysteries in the universe, I'm sure that we cannot explain everything even with science.

Yes, and I truly believe that some of those who oppose Brown's solution are motivated by the Devil. But I can't prove it.

Just as the murderer of Marilyn Sheppard was an intruder ('The Wrong Man' by James Neff), so too the Bordens. Because it makes more sense that way.

RayS · Post by **RayS** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:04 pm

Kat @ Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:23 am wrote:That was beautiful, thank you.

Not to be irreverent- but I was just thinking about this lately-
I think the paranormal might explain how my glasses can be spotless one minute and without my moving or touching anything, they get smudges!

It's unexplained!

I was beginning to fantasize that something was whizzing by me so fast I couldn't see it and it was smudging my crystal clean lenses!
It's a mystery to me!

Maybe its caused by a lack of recall as to what was being done previously. Or tiny creatures in the air that you can't see, like microbes.

Nadzieja · Post by **Nadzieja** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:07 pm

RayS @ Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:03 pm wrote:
Nadzieja @ Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:49 pm wrote:If you believe in God and his angels, you must also believe that there is evil and a devil. Can things happen, of course. What of all the miracles people claim that happen to them and their loved ones. An Indian wise woman by the name of Mary Summer Rain, explained that usually hauntings are spirits that don't realize they can pass over to the other side. They have either died tragically or so fast (accidents & so forth), they don't always realize it's time to go over. There are so many mysteries in the universe, I'm sure that we cannot explain everything even with science.
Yes, and I truly believe that some of those who oppose Brown's solution are motivated by the Devil. But I can't prove it.

Just as the murderer of Marilyn Sheppard was an intruder ('The Wrong Man' by James Neff), so too the Bordens. Because it makes more sense that way.

The name Marilyn Sheppard sounds so familiar. Was that the case where this was the wife of a doctor? She was found murdered and the husband was tried for the crime. The husband is no longer alive. Also there was a son? Because if it's the story I'm thinking about the son (now grown) had the body of his father exhumed to try to prove his innocence. I don't think I ever heard a report about the findings.

Constantine · Post by **Constantine** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:12 pm

There is a thorough account of the case on crimelibrary.com.

Here is the link to the Sheppard case:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_m ... dex_1.html

Nadzieja · Post by **Nadzieja** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:15 pm

Constantine @ Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:12 pm wrote:There is a thorough account of the case on crimelibrary.com.

Here is the link to the Sheppard case:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_m ... dex_1.html

I can't thank you enought for sending me that link. I can't wait to read it. Much appreciated.

Constantine · Post by **Constantine** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:35 pm

You're very welcome.

They also discuss another case about some New England spinster whose name escapes me.

RayS · Post by **RayS** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:34 pm

I've read "The Wrong Man" by James Neff and would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about this famous case. US Supreme Court decision circa 1964, Sheppard vs. Ohio.

This ruined Dr. Sam Sheppard's career and life. By picking the wrong man the real killer was able to kill 2 or 3 other women.

I haven't read "A Mockery of Justice". Yet.

Paul Holmes 1961 book had the story about Dr. Paul Leland Kirk, a noted criminolagist. He said the blood spatter cleared Dr. Sam, the murderer was a left-handed man who used a foot-long blunt instrument, etc. Kirk had it on the nose!!! He also identified a bloodstain from a "third person" in the murder room, but they could only check on blood type.

SteveS. · Post by **SteveS.** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:31 am

I lived in a very haunted house on Brayton Point in Somerset, Ma. for 5 years. The activity involved included hearing running and jumping footsteps upstairs, black shadows moving along walls, objects dissappearing only to reappear somewhere else. All these events were witnesed many times by myself and my friends. I voted a big YES to this question.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:51 am

william @ Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:53 am wrote:Kat,

Whatever happened to Lisa Williams? I don't see her listed on TV lately.

I miss her

I was wondering the exact same thing, William! It was such a good time slot too- nothing on opposite her.
I hope she returns.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:57 am

Ooops sorry Steve, didn't see you there.
Sounds scary.

SallyG · Post by **SallyG** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:49 am

I have to say yes. I've experienced a lot of weird things in my lifetime. Now some, I could probably find a logical explanation if I took the time to really investigate it. Others....no. I believe there are lots of things that happen that we just can't explain. The world is not always simple as we would like to think it is.

SteveS. · Post by **SteveS.** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:16 pm

Hi back at ya Kat

It didn't start out scary but sure landed up that way near the end of my stay there when glass objects started unexplainably breaking in the house.

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:57 pm

Some of that sounds like Poltergeist activity.
(You know that big movie was mis-named.)

Our Stuart has a consignment store and takes in antiques and he has had ghost-busting visitors to his place. There are stories about his shop.

stuartwsa · Post by **stuartwsa** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:12 pm

I had one visit from a "ghost photographer" recently, and she took some photos and showed me a few orbs that appeared in her shots. She is supposed to come back with a group of other folks, but she hasn't yet. I'll certainly report what happens when they do come in.
A friend told me that Lisa Williams' show had been moved to around midnight on either Saturday or Sunday. But I have not been able to find it listed then on the schedule.

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:01 pm

From what I just read, the new season of Lisa Williams show will air this summer. Here is a link to the article:

http://www.tv.com/tracking/viewer.html? ... es;title;0

stuartwsa · Post by **stuartwsa** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:45 pm

Gee, I wish they'd rerun the first season's episodes! My picture tube "went" on my TV in December, and I was only able to hear a few episodes. She went to a famous mansion in Hollywood where a murder/suicide had taken place in 1930. It was a fascinating story, and she supplied alot of information--but it was terribly frustrating not to be able to see any of it!

Kat · Post by **Kat** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 4:31 am

Well, I'm glad we are all on the look-out for Lisa!
Thanks!

Yes please Stuart, keep us apprised of your spook chaser!

SteveS. · Post by **SteveS.** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:57 pm

yes Stuart please keep us posted. I am very interested.

1bigsteve · Post by **1bigsteve** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:01 am

Yes, I believe in paranormal activity, I just don't want to be in the same county when it happens. It is something to stay away from.

-1bigsteve (o:

stuartwsa · Post by **stuartwsa** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:11 am

I had a visit from the ghost photographer today. She came in to take some readings of the levels of electricity around the wiring and plugs, etc. to make sure that there wasn't any "leakage" of energy (please forgive my lack of technical knowledge here) that would throw off the folks taking pictures and energy readings. She found a couple of ceiling fixtured that did that, but not much to speak of. She did, however, show me how some antique objects definitely have higher energy levels than others. a painting dated 1929 really lit up her meter.
In the back of my store is an old cavelike room entirely made out of brick. I call it "the tunnel" and try to stay away from it, because it tends to creep me out. (In reality, it was used for the delivery of ice from the street a hundred years ago, when the space was an ice cream parlor.) Her son took some photos in there.
When I go home I had an email from her. In the photos they picked up both a man and a woman, and an orb with a cat's face in it. Here is one of the photos of the man she sent me.
I'll let you know what happens when she brings in the video camera and the EVP!

nishmat · Post by **nishmat** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:05 pm

unsure, but i don't think the Borden House is haunted...still I do believe that really bad and horrible actions performed in a certain place may leave some traces of an uneXplaind *bad* atmosphere around.

I would not go and have a sleep in that house. It's *bad* for your karma,, beware

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:27 pm

nishmat @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:05 pm wrote: I would not go and have a sleep in that house. It's *bad* for your karma,, beware

I would tend to agree with you. Just the thought of letting myself be unconscious in that house makes me feel way too vulnerable. I am planning on visiting it the third week in June, but I won't stay the night.

nishmat · Post by **nishmat** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:38 pm

Hello, Angel

I hope you will have a pleasant visit at the house. I'm a bit afraid of those places, but I would not call myself superstisous or anything like that. However, I don't think it's good to epose oneself to such places. Can't really explain why...I may be a bit sensitive.

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:52 pm

I don't get that feeling about Lizzie's house, but I could never go to the Villisca house in Iowa. The whole thing really creeps me out.

nishmat · Post by **nishmat** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:58 pm

I guess people react different to different things. I don't know about the Villisca house in Iowa. What happened there?

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:09 pm

There's a big site about the Villisca murders online. Look it up and you will find a lot of info. It's fascinating, but very weird.

nishmat · Post by **nishmat** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:00 pm

ok, i'll google it...

Constantine · Post by **Constantine** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:17 pm

I can't believe you 'fraidy cats!

See my account of my overnight stay (in the murder room, yet!) on page 6 of "Headed to Lizzie's" (at present on page 2 of "Fall River and Its Environs").

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 8:41 am

Constantine @ Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:17 pm wrote:I can't believe you 'fraidy cats!

See my account of my overnight stay (in the murder room, yet!) on page 6 of "Headed to Lizzie's" (at present on page 2 of "Fall River and Its Environs).

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:54 am

Going to bed last night I turned on the radio to Coast-To-Coast-AM a show usually about mysteries, UFO's, etc. Surprise, surprise - the first words I heard were 92 Second Street in Fall River.

A fellow by the name of Christopher Moon was the guest and he had been to the house attempting to make contact with any unearthly inhabitants. Apparently he's some sort of paranormal investigator who goes around, like TAPS, doing these kind of things.

Only about the first 2-3 minutes were about the Bordens. He did play one recording he made (barely audible) of a "voice" he heard. He thinks it was Bridget. It went as follows:

Q. Who am I speaking to?
A. Help, leave now.

After that the show went on to other "haunted" places. I found a web site for this fellow at:

http://www.gpcollegeentertainment.com/C ... 20Moon.pdf

The site mentions a future visit to the Lizzie Borden house so the site needs to be updated. Maybe Shelly or Lee-ann can shed more light on the visit.

You never know when this case is going to turn up.

nishmat · Post by **nishmat** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:34 am

From unsolved mysteries lizzie borden ghost house:

part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtgwm6zO2EI

part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW72Wxj7 ... ed&search=

watch it.

Lee-ann · Post by **Lee-ann** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 5:52 pm

Chris will be coming back to the house on March 16th & 17th for another Ghost Hunter University. You can check out his website at www.HauntedTimes.com
The GHU is alot of fun. For those who watch shows like Ghost Hunters and have always wondered what it was like to participate in an investigation, it's a chance to learn how to use paranormal investigative equipment without having to purchace it. Guests will also conduct an investigation of the house then examine the evidence.
I still have room available for both nights. The evening event is $99 per person. Overnight is $150 per person. Dinner will be provided for all and breakfast will be served by Dave.
Please email or call me at 508-675-7333 if you have any questions.

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