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All houses are haunted; all persons are haunted; throngs of spirits follow us everywhere, we are never alone. Every county has they own haunted places some more known than others. I will take you on an adventure though Wisconsin’s past and present gulls and goblins that will sure give you a new look on Wisconsin. The haunted places in Wisconsin are worth learning about.

Many legends of hauntings in Mankato, Minnesota have been told time after time. Though many people tell these stories, it is unknown to whether or not they are true. In this research paper, I will discuss several different legends that have been told throughout time in Mankato. The legends I will further examine are: the legend of Sibley Park, the Memorial Library on campus, the Carnegie Art Center, and the Witch’s Grave. Being that I am from Mankato, Minnesota, I thought it would be very interesting to research more about these legends and the experiences had in these places. Though I, myself, have not experienced anything completely unusual in these places, many people in the town have another experience. Memorates, or accounts of first hand

On the 30th of June, 1986 the Snedeker family moved into their new home in Southington, Connecticut. Soon after they moved in, strange and frightening things started happening. Even though a 2009 movie based on the events that took place was produced, most of the occurrences in the movie were purely fictional and changed by hollywood. Because of this, many people wonder what really happened on 208 Meriden Avenue, how much of it was real? Throughout the following paragraphs we will discuss and analyze what really happened during the haunting in connecticut.

Many Elizabethan bedsides were haunted from “the terrors of the night”. Back then their ghosts were nothing like the pasty blobs we call ghosts now. Theirs were quite gruesome. Ghostly visitations were claimed to have been very unpleasant. Not only this, but they claimed it cast them into a state of spiritual confusion.

Every haunted house usually has a sad or treacherous past. Lemp Mansion is no exception. Declared as one of the nine most haunted places in America, the Lemp Mansion in St. Louis has its own history of suicides and untimely deaths. The members of the family had wealth and power yet it seemed almost like a curse was on the family, causing misery and grief over the years.

The Ohio State Reformatory opened in 1886 and closed in 1990 and has been haunted by thought to be civil war soldiers because it is “ Located on land once used as a training camp for Civil War soldiers”(Nix). This could be the closest to proving ghost exist scientist have ever been. This ghostly spot has had multiple troubled souls as its main goal was “ to rehabilitate young male offenders and give them a chance to learn a trade.”(Nix). Prisoners were not treated well and some died it would be a tragic death if you died here and the

At some point, Don’s vision for St. Albans became mine. After Don left I knew that I would need to lead the effort to take the sanatorium from disrepair back into wholeness. The beauty and Spirit of this historic landmark now draws paranormal investigators from all over America and beyond, to walk the hallways with the intent of encountering its remaining residents.

The introduction starts with explaining that there are usually always the same telltale signs of a haunted house. Quite often when someone speaks of a hauntings they mention cold spots, doors unexplainably locking, mysterious footsteps, and strange yet recognizable noises and/or odors. The explanation for this is typically a ghost, which modern researchers define as an image of a person, animal, or thing that appears regularly but unexplainably in a particular place. Surprisingly, in public polls

In Andersonville, GA, there was a 16.6 acre prison. The prison housed the Union soldiers captured by the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Reports from a man who entered the camp said the men whom were held as prisoners looked as if they were skeletons. People would ask questions such as, “Can this be hell?,” or “God protect us!” The prison was a rectangular style prison. In the center, approximately three or four acres, stood a swamp. The swamp was used as a “sink” for the prisoners. Around the edge of the swamp was excrements of the prisoners¬- the stench was suffocating. There was an area of the prison known as the “Dead Line,” a no man-zone. The prison was undersupplied with food, not only for the prisoners, but also for

In my couple I have heard many things about Macomb and the resident that live here. But what really caught my attention was the ghost tales I heard. With Macomb being s little as it is. With that being the town is unfamiliar to what I’m used to. I’m from the third biggest city in the nation (Chicago). With coming to Macomb I had a feel that the town was haunted. I have always had a thrill of knowing about ghost and their history. So with knowing that the university I was attending was haunted, it was amazing to know. According to residence in Macomb and the university, there are about 4-5 ghost haunted the campus. It’s rumored that multiple dormitory such as Tanner Hall, Bayliss Hall, Simpkins Hall, and Washington Hall. In Tanner Hall rumor

The Winchester house is one of the oddest and one of most haunted houses in the world. It is located in northern California. It cost over $20,000,000 to make. The owner, Mrs. Winchester, was rich because her family made the Winchester repeating rifle known as “The gun that won the west”. The house has 160 rooms and there are spirits in each room. The builders had to keep remaking rooms that if Mrs. Winchester kept them all she would have 600 rooms. So when they were done with the house, which took over 30 years to make, there were stairs that led to the ceiling and doors that led to walls.

Ghosts - in any form - are far more prominent in Kingston's life than in ours. Perhaps this is because there are fantastic elements to the stories she tells, but it is difficult for we readers to separate fantasy and reality and we confuse the two. In some cases - such as with Brave Orchid's "Sitting Ghost", it never really becomes clear.

Ghosts, as with any other misunderstood group or people, have been preyed upon by others without understanding. The lack of knowledge about ghosts and haunting activity has led people astray as to what they really are. What Hollywood and television portrays is very inaccurate and cannot be relied upon as truthful. They show these spirits of the dead as being evil in nature, filled with malice and harmful intent. But that this is not the case. The field of paranormal activity is amazing. It has caught the imagination of people from every walk of life. It has always interested me and has influenced me to pick this as the topic for my research. Through this research I wish to uncover the truth about the existence of ghosts.

Then there's the White House in the United States. Considered to be perhaps the most haunted house in America, there has been several reported phenomenons, many of them believed to be sightings of past presidents of the United States. Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln, believed strongly in the occult and often held seances in order to communicate with her sons. She had told friends she had heard former president Andrew Jackson stomping and swearing through the halls of the presidential residence. Jackson's bedchamber, also know as the Rose Room, is said to be one of the most haunted rooms in the White House. But he isn't the only president said to be wandering the halls of the

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