The Perfect Setting For A Ghost Story

Life, as we all know is saturated with misfortune. Most of us are able to go through these and learn from and exempt ourselves. Yet, this isn’t always the case. People are faced with bone riveting experiences that often take a long time to get over, if they ever do get over it. These episodes brew in our brain popping up at the most random points often bringing our tone down. Although these experiences may scare us and fill us with ruefulness and penitence, we can’t continue to live in the past and let these regrets habituate us. Self forgiveness is a remedy to healing and to moving on in life, no matter how hard it is.

Imagine, if you will, a brisk night wind coming fast across a lake carrying a pungent smell, something you can’t quite identify, but is nonetheless familiar enough to send a shiver up your spine. As it hits the trees, they creak out a somber call in the still night air. Or was that groan something more…human? You notice, for the first time, the absence of tires humming on pavement and you wonder if it’s that late, or maybe just a slow night. The soft tapping of your shoes on the sidewalk is the only accompaniment your slow breathing has as you move towards the warmth of your home, holding thoughts of a warm bed in the palm of your hand to keep the chill away. You don’t notice at first, perhaps because the reality of what you’re hearing is

Located on the grounds of Roanoke College’s campus is the reportedly haunted house known as Monterey. This house was built in 1853 by the Huff family, over time passed through many different owners, and in 2002 was officially bought by Roanoke College. Throughout the history of the house several of the occupants are known to have died within the premises of the property, thus contributing to it’s reputation of being haunted. In our investigation of the Monterey house we spent two nights in the house gathering various types of data to aid us in our attempt to discover what theory of haunting is consistent with the experiences within the house.

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone says, haunted houses? Scary? Ghosts? Studies show that people hear and see things that aren’t there when they are scared or frightened. Leading them to report “paranormal” activity. Haunted houses make people do that. But, in order to successfully understand the Amityville haunting, one must know the murderer of the family, the other family who purchased the home, and how the haunting of the house started.

It was summer time and I was finally home from college in Maine, My family’s house is in Upstate New York and I’m an only child so my parents didn’t need a huge house, Though the house was small it was very old Build and built famous Architect in Buffalo, New York. It was a wonderful house with French doors with a full basement and big rooms for all of us. We all enjoyed our times there the happy, sad, funny, and wonderful experiences, it wasn’t a place I would call “Haunted” Sure it had those creeks in the middle of the night and those weird cracks and groans from the age of the house. As far as I knew it was all Normal, But I was wrong...

When the family who purchased this home first moved in, they thought all their dreams had come true. The log home in a beautiful location seemed to be everything they wanted. Soon, however, they started seeing mysterious lights and hearing chains dragging and other noises. They spent a fortune trying to discover what was wrong with their precious home, only to have a medium confirm their suspicions that it was, in fact, haunted.

Plagued by icy cold winds, voices that spoke in empty rooms, the family in their desperation sought the help from Paranormal Investigators to rid the entities in their home.

There’s something about the South’s bizarre history, obscure happenings, and inexplicable circumstances that have captivated people year after year. I've compiled some of the South’s oldest hauntings and local legends that I could find in folklore and research. These may be real ghost stories, and they might just be scary legends of the South. There are plenty of famous Southern legends; however, I could not cover them all, as each one entails such extensive research, thus to guarantee the reader a complete informative reading. Indulge in Mississippi’s haunted history. Learn about times long past, and the hauntings that still linger to this day. From old plantations, angry slaves, and Indians….. To Civil war soldiers, cemeteries, and asylums.

“‘And this is where the ghost’s usually seen,’ the guide said. ‘So I hope nobody’s of a nervous disposition’” (Rankin ¶1). The Very Last Drop by Ian Rankin starts off seeming as though it was going to evolve into a typical ghost story that many people believed to be true but when the police man visit’s the brewery he finds out the truth. He uses logic and deduction to figure out that the resident “ghost” was just a front for an accidental murder that had happened sixty years earlier. This story demonstrates that there is often a very logical and reasonable explanation for things that happen. This teaches the reader that the supernatural should not be the first conclusion for even everyday occurrences like creaky floor boards and doors slamming shut. The last thing you want to do when going to sleep at night is convince yourself the creaking in your house is ghosts instead of the wind. Having a reasonable normal explanation for seemingly creepy happenings puts many people’s anxieties at

Ghost stories are thrilling and suspenseful tales chocked full of fright and elements of the supernatural that science has trouble explaining. Though some stories contain frightening events that cause nightmares, others rely on their eeriness and the fantastical aspect of the belief of the afterlife and beyond. In this particular novella, no jump scares or moments of horrific nature are conveyed in the text. Instead it is packed with an air of unknown that is still left intact as the pages of the story come to a close. Speculation surrounding the actuality of the assumed ghosts is left to the minds of the reader and is formed on the compelling evidence that is presented throughout the story and it’s plot. In Henry James’s Turn of the Screw,

The day was gloomy and a bit chilly−a perfect day for a funeral if that was possible−as she sat on the folding chair staring at the bronze casket a few feet from her. Ruth recalled while growing up her grandfather always treated her special and they shared many good times. A tear rolled down her cheek, but she wanted to smile knowing shortly her grandfather would be laid to rest beside the love of his life, her grandmother. Since his heart attack she had visited him daily at the Mountaineer Nursing Home. He told her stories about the ghost on Putney Mountain, the loud screams in the day and the lights at night. Sometimes he talked about the secrets of Howardsville and promised one day he would divulge them to her. However, he passed away before

Five friends go on a roadtrip to find the most extreme haunted houses in America, all while hoping to uncover and document something more sinister than your average haunt. While the group come across a few creepy things along the way, their trip turns up very little outside of sporadic rumors about a traveling haunt that is considered the craziest of them all. As they increase their search for this mysterious haunt, things start to take a dangerous turn when a group of very disturbed people begin to mess with them, putting the friends in a situation far more intense than they had ever anticipated.

Talking of haunting, what are you thinking about? Something like the movie paranormal activity? Or maybe something like The Amityville horror?? Movie or not, one thing is true, if someone mentions something about “ghosts” it definitely captures your attention. Some people say that ghosts can be divided into two categories, good and bad, just like normal human beings. But are they like us? I mean categorising them is a sane thing? I don’t know. Usually it’s believed that people who have died with some unfulfilled wishes, stay back that is to say their soul stays back with the bindations of mother nature. True or not, I am no one to judge, because i am going to present you enough madness that will question your own sanity.

Are creating ghosts that are frighteningly eerie Can't they optically discern I'm just a girl that is in need of safety? Slumber discerned my pleading and decided to leave But when it came to visit, fright is what it endeavored to achieve It's replaying in my head scenes of pain and grief

“In the year of 1989, there was a street named Elm, in the state of Wyoming. Few chose to live on that street, and they all knew about the haunted house, up on the hill, on the west side of town, coming off of Elm. Once, I spent the week with some friends and, Halloween came upon us, while I stayed with them.” I was telling my first-grade brother and his friends stories to scare them out of their wits. Besides, no one wants little kids tagging along with you to go trick or treating, when you could go with your friends to Haunted Houses, and not ones set up by the town hall. “We were just about to pass the house, not thinking anything of it, when we heard a moan coming from Old Man Reaper’s house.” Their eyes grew wide with fear. Mr. G.