One legend has it that on one All Hallows Eve that a priest was walking by on a country road when on the hill he saw the bonfires burning. He saw people dancing around the fire in costumes with shafts and torches in their hands. With the moon as a backdrop to the fires theContinue reading “31 Days of Spookiness: Legend of the Witches”
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31 Days of Spookiness: A Welsh Legend
According to Welsh legends, children born on Halloween will have special powers to ward off evil spirits and the ‘gift of second sight.’
31 Days of Spookiness: Ghostly Interactions
31 Days of Spookiness: People have tried to (or claimed to) communicate with spirits for ages; in Victorian England, for example, it was fashionable for upper-crust ladies to hold séances in their parlors after tea and crumpets with friends. Ghost clubs dedicated to searching for ghostly evidence formed at prestigious universities, including Cambridge and Oxford,Continue reading “31 Days of Spookiness: Ghostly Interactions”
31 Days of Spookiness: A few facts about The Exorcist
Friedkin William, the director of The Exorcist, went to great lengths to keep his cast off balance and on edge so that the intensity would translate onto the screen. He was known to have crew members sneak up behind actors and fire air guns to scare them. When Linda Blair and Ellyn Burstyn had toContinue reading “31 Days of Spookiness: A few facts about The Exorcist”
31 Days of Spookiness: The Menger Hotel
We are staying at this hotel again this weekend for our anniversary. I am hoping to see a ghost! You can definitely feel the presence of history in the hotel, especially in the bar since it’s original to the hotel. In San Antonio – The Menger Hotel – Haunted by 38 known ghosts, including TeddyContinue reading “31 Days of Spookiness: The Menger Hotel”
31 Days of Spookiness: The Stanley Hotel
If you where staying at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado and turned to channel 42 of your guest-room television, you would be watching one of my all-time favorite movies: The Shining. Doesn’t matter what time of day or night, or year for that matter, it is always on. That’s not supernatural, of course-Continue reading “31 Days of Spookiness: The Stanley Hotel”
31 Days of Spookiness: Vampires and Zombies
31 Days of Spookiness: Vampires & Zombies are based in truth. During the plague of the Black Death, people were dying so frequently that doctors did not have the time to invest in announcing death. They would often then bury the still alive. On several occasions these people would try to escape their shallow graves.Continue reading “31 Days of Spookiness: Vampires and Zombies”
31 Days of Spookiness: Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh Castle is reputed to be one of the most haunted spots in Scotland. And Edinburgh itself has been called the most haunted city in all of Europe. On various occasions, visitors to the castle have reported a phantom piper, a headless drummer, the spirits of French prisoners from the Seven Years War, colonial prisonersContinue reading “31 Days of Spookiness: Edinburgh Castle”
31 Days of Spookiness: The Mysterious Mary Celeste
In 1872, a ship called the Mary Celeste was discovered floating in the ocean with no signs of its crew or passengers.
31 Days of Spookiness: Abigail Adams
31 Days of Spookiness: The ghost of Abigail Adams has reportedly been seen hurrying toward the East Room of the White House, which is where she used to hang her laundry.
Raelyn Pracht 