Happy Halloween! Haunted Houses, Vintage Ghost Costumes…

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Just in time for Halloween, we visited Boston to look at old grave markers in historic cemeteries.

You’ll find the gravestone carvings to be symbolic of the period’s changing spiritual beliefs…

Learn about Winged Cherubs, Soul Effigies, Death’s Heads

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To learn, we sometimes need to visit the past to examine research that’s preceded the work of modern ghost investigators.

We were thrilled to peruse an original study from London’s Society for Psychical Research on haunted houses. (It inspired our Best Ways to Prove Ghosts Are Real.)

Learn about the 1883 Report on Haunted Houses.

old-halloween-costumes-ghosts-102014zzHalloween Ghost Costume Photos
In what has become an October tradition, we collected some antique pics of ghostly garb. After all, some of this stuff is spookier than today’s store-bought stuff!

Check out some vintage photographs of Old Halloween Ghost Costumes.

AnG12014-Happy-HalloweenMore Halloween Treats!
(Some spooky pages found on Angels & Ghosts!)

‘Haunted Stuff’ Book Review
Stacey Graham’s new book…

The Enfield Poltergeist
Photos and story from an old case…is it real?

Society for Psychical Research
Newly created section about SPR from us…

Truck Stop Ghost Picture?
Odd anomaly raises photographer’s eyebrows…

Dudley Castle Grey Lady Ghost Photo
New ghost picture excites the United Kingdom.

- LC

Need to Know More About Haunted Objects

I recently reviewed the book, Haunted Stuff, by Stacey Graham.  And while it was a good read I must admit that it made me think more than provide me with answers.

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We need to know more about haunted items and objects!

Most of what I have seen or read out in the paranormal community (TV’s Haunted Collector included) concerning the haunting of inanimate objects has left me wanting.

It would appear that few have experimented with haunted items to see if more could be learned about them, especially, the nagging question of “why.”

Even if John Zaffis (aka “the haunted collector” and self-proclaimed “Godfather of the Paranormal”) is right that if we remove haunted objects the paranormal activity will sometimes end, I have yet to hear or read a theory as to why or how objects become imbued with a negative spirit energy. I guess I am suggesting that there needs to be more experimentation with “stuff” that exhibits ghostly behavior in order to learn more.

It is my hope that someone takes up this charge and writes me about their findings. If not, I’ll add it to my list of things to explore in the future.  - Louis