In horror of Halloween: Who here believes in Ghost/Live or have lived in a haunted house?

[HeiressofBickworth]

6. I'm not a believer

but when I lived in Australia, the house I lived in was reputed to have a ghost. My family owned a restaurant/motel/residence in Berrima, NSW. We were told that it was haunted by a guy named Jim. My mother bought the place from Jim's widow. He was the guy who shot himself to death in the house in the 1960's and the ghost story originated after his death. We did have fun with Jim, however. Whenever something odd happened in the house (it was built in the 1830's and had many creaks and groans), we would say it was Jim. One time, in the dining room of the restaurant, a glass, sitting on a table right in front of the fireplace, spontaneously broke, shocking all of the customers. Instead of trying to explain the effects of cold glass and hot air, I just said it must be the ghost, Jim. They all nodded that it must be so -- and the myth continued. Many years later, I read a travel info website about the place that said the ghost was one of the convicts that built the house in the 1830's. I'm sure they embellished the fable for marketing purposes.