Image via Wikipedia In Balasore, India, 18 school girls were taken ill after morning prayers. The girls are now refusing to return to Hidigaon Panchayat High School claiming that it is haunted. The Times of India has the story and they report that the incident began with one student – known as Mansai to the […]
Norwich ghost caught on camera?
The Norwich Evening News has published a photograph taken by Andrew Kitt. Could this be the Cinema City Ghost?
Cinema City Ghost / Norwich Evening News
Cinema City Ghost / Norwich Evening News
The photographer admits he felt chills down his spine has he processed the pictures he took at Norwich’s Cinema City complex.
He told press, “It’s not a hoax. Nothing has been done to that image,” and “The hairs on the back of my neck went up when I first saw it. I’m keeping an open mind. I’m not saying it’s a ghost or anything, but it is certainly strange.”
Superstitious grandfather burns baby to expel evil ghosts
The Chongqing Business Daily is reporting an unpleasant story of a Chinese man applying burning cotton to his granddaughter’s body in order to exercise her of evil ghosts.
The girl had been turning gradually yellow after she was born on July the 5th. The condition, however, was typical neonatal jaundice and not uncommon.
The ritual involved inserting burning cotton threads into the girl’s nose and laying them over her stomach. She was admitted to hospital and released on the 21st.
Hartlepool ghost attacks teenager and throws him out on to the street
A family in Hartlepool rushed to St Paul’s Church after their 13 year old son was found huddled outside their locked front door.
Daniel Wilkins claims that he was alone in the house, listening to music when he was pulled upright, dragged across the living room before being thrown out onto the street.
The teenage said the ordeal lasted for five minutes during which time the entity – which wasn’t seen but who’s heavy breathing made it sound male – first tried to get the boy into the kitchen.
Beverley Wilkins found her son outside the locked front door after returning from collecting her 5 year old son from school. They tried to re-enter the house but where chased out by constant banging and knocking.
The ghost of the Duchess of Lauderdale photographed at Ham House?
In June of 2009 Elaine Della Camera and boyfriend Colin Iles visited the historic building and heard a growl while they were touring the lower floor. Although she could see nothing out of the ordinary at the time, Elaine turned around and took a picture.
The picture shows a ghostly shape. Iles believes his girlfriend has captured evidence that the ghosts of the Duchess of Lauderdale and her dog are roaming the mansion.
Photograph of Kent’s Cavern Ghost
A tourist visiting the most ancient inhabited site in the United Kingdom may have captured the image of a ghost on camera. Simon Howard’s photograph at Kent’s Cavern in Torquay, Devon, shows what looks to be a face formed from an eerie mist up against the side of cave paintings. Archaeologists have been working in […]
The haunted Ship Inn and other ghosts of Acaster Malbis
Acaster Malbis is a village less than ten miles away from the historic city of York. It is thought that the village’s name may come from a Roman settlement. The word ‘castra’ means ‘camp’ in Latin and perhaps Malbis relates to the land-owning Malbis family who lived there.
The Ship Inn
The new owners of The Shop Inn by the River Ouse have reported a number of ghostly incidents. It is thought that the pub is haunted by Bob the Stoker, a regular of the inn until his death. The fire in the pub has been reported as lighting itself – despite having four pints of water poured on it. The nickname “Bob the Stocker” was give to Bob, who died 50 years ago, because he would sit and constantly stoke the same fire.
The new pub manager, Alan Deans, told local press that a lamp has also been known to fly off its shelf in the bar.
The Ship Inn’s owner, Carol Temple, has also admitted to press that she has had her own ghostly encounter, “I had bent down to get something out of a cupboard and I felt a cold shiver, so I stood up and turned around and I saw a grey figure coming past me – it was only about a foot away from me.
Stratford Ghostfest
Ghost hunters Fright Nights will bring the four day Ghost Festival to Stratford-upon-Avon and feature ghost walks, investigations, paranormal workshops, psychic fairs and séances.
The commercial organisation will sell tickets to these events from between £9 and £29 pounds.
One of the United Kingdom’s most haunted sites – the Falstaff’s Experience – will feature in the event. Fright Nights has organised celebrity medium and exorcist, Ian Lawman, will be sent to the Falstaff’s Experience to try and contact John Davies and other spirits. Most Haunted viewers may remember John Davis as one of the most violent spirits the TV show encountered.
Stiwt Theatre – a haunted theatre?
SoulSearchers NW investigated the Stiwt theatre in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wrexham, and reportedly discovered a large number of haunting spirits.
Soulsearchers NW employ a number of mediums as well as hi-tech equipment such as infra-red cameras and ‘K2’ metres designed to detect traces of electrical energy.
“We arrived at 8pm and even before our cameras began filming, our mediums, Eileen and Lizzy, picked up a man called Edwards.” said spokesman Steven Pryce.
“He is connected to the theatre and has previously been seen there by staff.
“We know a Mr D. Edwards was involved with the construction and first management committee of the institute in 1926.
The ghost of Ronald Reagan
Nancy Reagan, ex-president Ronald Reagan’s widow, has revealed to Vanity Fair that she often talks to his ghost.
“At night-time, if I wake up, I think Ronnie’s there and I start to talk to him. It’s not important what I say – but the fact is, I do think he’s there. And I see him,” she told the magazine.
Reagan was speaking from her home in Bel Air, Los Angeles, where the 40th president of the United States of America died in 2004. He was 93 and had battled against Alzheimers.
