Any well-known ghosts in your area?

[elperromagico]

Here in Arkansas, we have the Gurdon Light, which is allegedly the ghost of a railroad worker who was murdered. Any famous ghosts in your state?

[101 Proof]

1. In Duluth...

here in MN, I hear of people apparently seeing the crew who died in the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. :shrug:

[scarlet_owl]

2. Welcome 101 Proof!

Glad you're here!

[scarlet_owl]

3. We have the Blue Man here in Champaign.

I don't know the story behind it, but apparently he haunts near the woods I volunteer in.

[101 Proof]

4. Blue Man?

Was he a member of the "Blue Man Group?" jk.

[scarlet_owl]

8. No. People ask that all the time.

I think the story is that he was found hanging somewhere. Recently, a guy my husband worked with hanged himself in the park that is very near our woods. It's not related, but a chilling story. I often relate that it is one of my worst fears that I would be leading a group of children through the woods and finding someone hanging. That would scar 'em for life.

[101 Proof]

9. I'd be scared of that too.

I don't blame you one bit.

[scottcsmith]

5. There are no friggin' ghosts!

etc.

[elperromagico]

6. Okay then, GHOST LEGENDS

Happy now?

[WillParkinson]

26. And you have proof of this...

I'm sure.

[Braden]

34. you've obviously never seen one.

the three beings that occasionally stroll around the first floor of my mother's house are figments of at least 12 peoples imaginations I guess.

They are not famous ghosts, sorry to wander off topic but they do appear pretty regularly, the last sighting was two weeks ago. My youngest sister was hosting a study group for Nursing Exams and one of her group members a thirty five year old woman, saw a man walk through the kitchen and someone else caught a glimpse of him. When they described him to me I was stunned because he was the same man I had seen many times. We had previously never spoken about it, but he was identical to the man I had seen.

You don't have to believe but there is no way you can change my mind.

[ornotna]

7. Here in Florida

We have
I have seen it, I wasn't impressed.

[elperromagico]

10. Such hills seem to be pretty common.

Much like the ghost lights, they can generally be debunked, and are usually natural phenomena.

[101 Proof]

11. Looks like

it's one of those dang ol' tourist traps.

[ornotna]

12. In Florida?

Surely you jest.

[101 Proof]

13. I admire the sarcasm.

:)

[elperromagico]

14. So 101 Proof, do you think you'll hit 100 posts

before you retire for the evening?

[101 Proof]

15. It'd be nice.

I don't need to go to bed for another 3 or 4 hours yet. It's 1:45 am here and I'm not tired one bit. Thank God for winter break!

[elperromagico]

16. How old are you?

I'm approximately 21.91666666666666666666666666666667 years of age.

[101 Proof]

17. I am

21.7 years old.

[elperromagico]

19. Ha! I'm older!

When I run for President in 2032, you can be my running mate. But you need to be a Senator from New York by that point. Can you handle that?

[101 Proof]

20. Nah...

New York is an evil state! They have the Yankees. :grr:

[elperromagico]

21. You have to be a senator from some state.

I'll be a governor. So, you have to be a senator. It helps if the state you're senator from has a lot of electoral votes.

[101 Proof]

22. eh...

I'd love to stay in MN. If I were to become Senator, though, I'd love to continue the work of Paul Wellstone. He surely was the biggest influence of my political (and life in general) beliefs. It's too bad he's not around anymore. I miss him a lot. :cry:

[elperromagico]

23. MN's fine.

I was thinking about moving to CA anyway. Hmm... running for governor of California... the office will need an injection of dignity after Arnold's done groping it.

[ronnykmarshall]

41. I like the goofy sign

[greyl]

18. Employment. nt

[JohnKleeb]

24. nothing people will tell you about

But there was this one night, me, my brother, and a friend went for a walk on the town, we passed by the cemetery which is across from my high school, and I swear I saw something like in a cloak in the graveyard that night, I am not sure, but I swear I saw something. I am not sure really.

[RossMcLochNess]

25. Here in Pennsylvania...

We've got the Gettysburg battlefields. Walk around them at night. The whole place kinda spooks you out when you consider the sheer number of men who died on the same ground you're walking on. I didn't see or hear anything but its still a pretty neat experience at night of you're into this sort of thing.

[WillParkinson]

27. I work at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee...

The Pfister Hotel
424 E Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI [phone]
"Charles Pfister, founder of The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, still visits to ensure that his guests are well taken care of at his century-old "Grand Hotel of the West." A "visitor" has been spotted surveying the lobby from the grand staircase, strolling the minstrel's gallery above the ballroom, and passing through the ninth floor storage area. He is always described in roughly the same terms: "older," "portly," "smiling," and "well-dressed." Upon seeing a portrait of Charles Pfister, witnesses swore that it was the man they had seen."

One night, during a holiday, I was walking on the 8th floor and I heard what sounded like furniture being moved on the 7th floor. I went into the balcony overlooking the Imperial Ballroom but saw nothing. I called the night manager and asked him if anyone from Banquets was there working and said no. It always struck me as odd.

[LWolf]

28. Plenty.

I can't seem to shake off the ghosts from my past.

[Loonman]

29. The Boston Radisson

Site of the Coconut Grove fire.

http://dawghouse.topcities.com/massachusetts.html





http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/XJ&sdn=boston&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radisson.com%2Fbostonma

[spinbaby]

30. The Green Man in Pittsburgh

He's supposed to be in some tunnel in South Park. I think the story goes that he was electrocuted and now forever glows in the tunnel.

[noonwitch]

31. There are lots of ghost stories in Michigan

1. The Bowers Harbor Inn in Traverse City, MI is allegedly haunted. There is supposedly a mirror in which you can sometimes see a woman dressed in 19th century clothing, but when you turn around, she's not there. Also, dishes go flying, doors close on their own and other weird reports of poltergeist activity are reported there.
2. The Butler Cemetary in Westland or Inkster. It's on Henry Ruff RD just south of Michigan AVE. I've been there and all I noticed was that it was a very old cemetary and lots of the tombs had masonic symbols on them.
3. The Red Dwarf. People see him right before something bad happens either to them or to the city of Detroit. The last reported siting was in 1976 right before a devastating ice storm, but he was seen frequently during the French and Indian war and during the War of 1812. He was also seen before a major fire and in the summer before the riots in the 60s.

There are other good ones. These came from a book called "Michigan Haunts and Hauntings" by Gundella the Good Witch.

[davsand]

32. You may have them in your area and not realize it!

http://www.geocities.com/rynnfrink/hauntedplaces.html

Lots of interesting stuff here broken out by state... Spooky reading to you all!

Laura

[jimbo fett]

33. The Bell Witch of Tennessee

This is an old legend. In fact, there's a great book written many decades ago about the Bell Witch. One version of the story even involves President Andrew Jackson performing an exorcism on the Bell Witch.

[flamingyouth]

35. Silent films? Ghosts? I love your subjects!

This too is right up my alley. There are several haunted theaters in Seattle, most notably the Harvard Exit, which is still owned by the Century Club (an early 20th century women's organization). The remaining members still meet in the elegant rooms on the main floor, while the movies are played upstairs. Apparently, theater employees have seen a wraith in a gray dress in a 1910s-style. She seems to be "friendly."

Up in the University District, the Neptune Theater has also long been thought to be haunted. Before they renovated (and, IMO RUINED) it, the organ loft used to get very chilly and smell strange late at night, for no apparent reason. It freaked people out.

Also, there are spirits allegedly haunting places in Pioneer Square, the Pike Place Market and the Chinatown-International District, but who knows?

Now Chicago has some great ghost stories, which I've been reading about lately. Resurrection Mary is one of the best-known (Google that). And next time I go back there, a friend and I are going to trek down to Bachelor's Grove cemetery, long thought to be one of the most haunted sites in North America. verrrrryyy scaarrrrryyy.

[elperromagico]

42. Yes, I've read about Resurrection Mary,

with the bent bars and the cold body and the snow white skin and all of these things (as the Guv of CA might say).

[flamingyouth]

47. Look up Bachelor's Grove as well

Pretty spooky stuff.

There's a great book out there called Graveyards of Chicago, which I used as a guidebook while traveling back there. Very interesting, and they have chapters on Mary, and on Bachelor's Grove as well.

[Bozola]

36. I spent a couple of nights in the "Haunted Hotel" in Baker, OR..

No ghosts, but plenty of spirits. Rémy Martin still makes me break out in chills and nausea to this very day.

Actually, I had an expirience in the Saar(Germany) that scared the shit out of me; waking up to an invisible hand over my mouth, but THAT is all I'm going to say about THAT!

[NightTrain]

37. There's a place in Litchfield County, Connecticut...

...called Dudleytown that's supposed to be a hotbed of supernatural activity. Never been there myself, though, so I can't really comment on it.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

38. yeah, Dudleytown is pretty well renowned for being somewhere to avoid.

[Loonman]

39. Moreso cursed with "negative energy"

People visiting Dudleytown would experience deep feelings of dread.

The area is now off limits to hikers and tourists because kids practicing or attempting to practice dark magic or Satan worship vandalized, left trash around and caused a general nuisance.

[NightTrain]

46. My friend Cheryl, a/k/a the "Cranky Yankee," has a webpage called...

...the England Anomaly. For those who find the occult fascinating, it should make for a very interesting visit!

http://www.geocities.com/ne_anomaly/newenglandanomaly.htm

[Loonman]

51. Cool!

Thanks.

[ronnykmarshall]

40. There's one hanging around my house.

Using my computer!



Scaring my husband.



Wearing my Yankees cap and stealing my flag.



Using my iron before he goes out.

[elperromagico]

43. LOL

Hey, at least your ghost is net savvy.

I think that ghost posts over at Free Republic.

[LanternWaste]

44. The Ghosts of Screaming Bridge

In the late sixties (I think) a small bridge in the bottom lands near where I grew up was the alleged site of a car full of high schoolers who accidently drove off the bridge to their deaths.

Conventional tradition has it that on some nights, you can hear them laughing and partying like it had never happened (although the sceptic may say the sound is of another group of more... contemporary teenagers laughing and partying).

I was a Sr. in high school the first time I went there (and the fact that I had just started smoking pot and was quite a few years off from quitting the stuff....) my pals convinced me that I heard *something* (besides the Allman Bros. playing on the stereo and the gurgling of the bong).

From what I understand, the area was bulldozed over and a new housing subdivision sits where the bridge was, so maybe Craig T. Nelson will get a house there and...
(Cue Spooky Music)

[elperromagico]

45. And JoBeth Williams will get dragged up the walls

wearing only a t-shirt and panties. :D

[HEyHEY]

48. The NDP n/t

[Screaming Lord Byron]

49. (raises hand threateningly) Why I oughtta! Why I oughtta! etc etc.

;-)
I'll have you know we manage 6.7% in your riding in 2000. 6.7%!.
(Still, the bloody CA made 70%)

[HEyHEY]

54. If we're taling REAL gohsts though

I would say there must be lots, I'm five minutes from the famous "Frank Slide" which buried an entire town.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

55. Yeah, that is a very eerie place, even at noon.

I'd be pretty freaked out after dark, I tell ya.
We've got a few ghosts in Calgary, but they're pretty benign.

[beyurslf]

50. We have thearosa's bridge in Sedgwick county.

Legend is that an Indian woman was being chased and had a baby with her. She threw the baby over the bridge rather than have it taken capture by the men chasing her. If you yell "thearosa" over the bridge, you are supposed to hear a baby crying.

Didn't work when we did it. Of course, they tore the bridge down when I was in middle school and rebuilt it. Everyone I know who went before the bridge was rebuilt said it worked. Who knows.

[Zuni]

52. I live in Annapolis MD

and there are a lot of haunted places here. the building I work in, which i am in right now, is haunted. I know people who have seen a ghost of an old woman here---these are sane, reputable people. the laywer I work for has also heard voices when here alone at night.

Annapolis is over 300 years old. There are a number of sites here that are reputede to be haunted. My parents have a neighbor that thinks his house may be haunted. There is a summer theater downtown that is also reputed to be haunted. Several signers of the Dec. of Independence lived here, and one of their houses---I cannot remember which one (It is at the corner of East and Prince Georges Streets, about two blocks from the Naval Academy) but it is reputed to be the most haunted house in Annapolis.

I myself had a very scary time at a cemetery near crofton MD, when I heard ghostly voices and a scream once.(Crofton is the home of the infamous snakehead fish)

In Bowie, about 20 minutes from Annapolis (one of the DC sniper victims was shot there) there have been reported sightings of a beast known as the Bowie Goat man.

[KadeCarrion]

53. The building I work in is the 2nd oldest in my town

And, through its many incarnations, has been home to at least three murders and one non-homicidal death. And due to a co-worker's ignorance I have a feeling we are now home to most of the ghosts in the downtown area. One of them actually cornered me in the bathroom the other week.

A note to all ghosts - never mess with a retail employee during the Christmas rush. We will flatten your ghostly ass in no time flat.

[mvd]

56. Not many right near by

Ursinus College has a couple stories. It is haunted by a ghost who's believed to be of a guy who was a pledge (he taps on a window at Reimert Hall,) and the ghost of a female student named Terri (died in her senior year) at Hobson Hall. The ghost of a young boy is supposedly also in Hobson, but he doesn't show himself. These ghosts are harmless, unlike one from across the street that was exorcised. Skippack also has a few ghosts - one in the Road House Grille. Was there and didn't see or hear anything unusual.