Living with these ghosts became a normal part of life. And then the photographs stopped. The entity known as Right remained quiet for almost two years until one day a friend came over. Unexplained Mysteries, John & Noel’s Ghost
Chicago nightclub attracts a daring and unusual crowd. Some believe that this energy is evidence of a haunting that has been experienced by everyone that works here. At the Excalibur the key to the mystery can be found in the building’s tragic past. 1871 the Great Chicago Fire: half of the city burns to the ground. Among the buildings destroyed was the Chicago Historical Society which stood on the site of the Excalibur. Unexplained Mysteries
When Caroline Brown moved into this two-storey house it seemed like the perfect place to raise her children. What she didn’t know is that the house had a tragic history: a husband, a father of five, shot his wife here, then took his own life leaving behind five children. ibid.
Some say Gettysburg is still haunted by those cut down in battle. Many of the ghostly sightings have been reported by Civil War re-enactors. Unsolved Mysteries, NBC from 1987
Down the street from the Williams, the Haneys’ lives were also unravelling. The Haneys decided to fight back in court: they sued the builder for not disclosing that their home was built over a cemetery. Unsolved Mysteries
One night a Chicago cab driver found himself on that very road. He was about to have an experience he would never forget. Just over a mile ahead was Resurrection Cemetery, the final resting place of more than 150,000 souls. The cabbie parked across from the cemetery’s front gate. The mysterious passenger had vanished. The cab driver had just met Chicago’s most famous ghost: Resurrection Mary ... Over the years Mary has been seen time and time again. Unsolved Mysteries
In Texas Hill country three ranchers took over a three thousand acre spread with plans to turn it into a hunting reserve ... From the very first night the men discovered they had some company. Almost every night there was something new. Unsolved Mysteries
Mike had heard stories the steamboat was haunted. He had always dismissed them. Until now. What happened next would change Mike Williams for ever. Two women came into his life: one was a co-worker on The Delta Queen. The other had also worked on the ship. The only difference was that for fifty years she had been dead. ibid.
Paranormal investigator Don Phillips has made a name for himself tracking ghosts. Unsolved Mysteries s5e2: My Paranormal Partner, TV news
The problem is the spirits of the dead are something that shouldn’t be trusted at all. ibid. Barry Fitzgerald
Leicester, Gaynor, August 2011: The most haunted residential case I’d ever had. ibid. Don
I’ve never witnessed anything like that before. ibid. scientist/sceptic Steve Mera; Don & spirit-voice Becky pass blind envelope test
Cannock Chase: A blast of energy … Prior to my union with Becky, none of this was possible. ibid. Don
I have really no idea what his limitations are. ibid. Mera
Lisheen with Barry Fitzgerald & Steve Mera: ‘A ruined manor house … He’s like seeing it from the past.’ ibid. Mera
This was a jinn and came with the artefacts from the house. ibid. Fitzgerald
Seattle, Washington: Keith had been experiencing poltergeist activity … ‘Keith’s house was certainly haunted and we secured a lot of recordings.’ ibid. Don
Keith’s house was built on a native American burial ground. ibid.
Direct voice phenomena right here, right in front of us both. It’s Becky. It took me to my knees. ibid. Mera
Once this symbiotic relationship has developed, it’s very very difficult to break. ibid. Fitzgerald
I do think we are now looking at a possession with Don. ibid.
Becky is a part of me; I am a part of her. ibid. Don
We recorded a number of sonic effects from bangs to booms to milder sounds. The most striking of these was associated with a sudden increase in the magnetic fields in the house. Dr William Roll, interview Unsolved Mysteries
They are born miles below the surface underneath the seemingly tranquil ocean floor. Strong underwater disturbances such as a volcanic eruption may generate a tsunami. Underwater earthquakes are the most common cause of a tidal wave. Unsolved Mysteries s2e4: Tsunami Spirits
On March 11 2011 a massive tsunami devastated the coast of the Tohoku region of Northeastern Japan. Nearly 20,000 lives were lost. In the months that followed, hundreds of strange encounters were reported. ibid.
Maximum height of the tsunami: 131 feet; Confirmed dead: 15,854; Still missing 2,533. ibid.
‘In June 2011 and I started hearing rumours of ghosts. By October there were dozens of them. So I started documenting people who had supernatural experiences.’ ibid. journalist
‘When he [taxi driver] looked back the passenger was gone. There were several taxi drivers who had similar experiences. In all these cases, the meters would continue to log their travels giving us evidence of these ghostly phenomena.’ ibid. lecturer
Yesterday, upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there.
He wasn’t there again today.
I wish, I wish he’d stay away. Hughes Mearns, Antigonish
A person who had no-one would be well advised to cobble together some passable ghost. Breathe it into being and coax it along with words of love. Offer it each phantom crumb and shield it from harm with your body. As for me my only hope is for eternal nothingness and I hope it with all my heart. Cormac McCarthy, The Road
I saw a ghost once, about 20 years ago. It took the form of someone coming out of a sleeping body and sitting at the foot of the bed. Peter Ackroyd
I lack the World, for I move like a Ghost through it. Peter Ackroyd, Hawksmoor
Anno 1670: nor far from Cirencester was an apparition. Being demanded whether a good spirit or a bad, returned no answer but disappeared with a curious perfume and most melodious twang. Mr W Lilly believes it was a fairy. John Aubrey, Miscellanies, 1696
You meaner beauties of the night,
That poorly satisfies our eyes,
More by your number, than your light;
You common people of the skies,
What are you when the moon shall rise? Henry Wotton, Elizabeth of Bohemia, 1624
The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights
While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped
Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin,
And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing
Hopes of high talk with the departed dead. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hymn to Intellectual Beauty
The wind started to blow, and I saw it – there’s something happened unusual. So I got the disc camera out and I took five or six shots, and on five of the prints white shapes came out. Jack Hazzard, interview Unexplained Mysteries
Now you’re going to ask me if I believe in ghosts. Yes I believe in ’em because I’ve seen one. I saw the white lady. Peggy Ballard Maupin & Avenal Bedford Virginia, interview Unexplained Mysteries
Temptations are manifold in this world, Regina. Henrik Ibsen, Ghosts, Engstrand
Your father is not a man of strong character, Miss Engstrand. ibid. Manders
I mean people in such independent and influential positions that one cannot help attaching some weight to their opinions. ibid.
Oh that that great, free, glorious life out there should be defiled in such a way! ibid. Oswald
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life. ibid. Manders to Mrs Alving
You have been all your life under the dominion of a pestilent spirit of self-will. ibid.
I am timid and faint-hearted because of the ghosts that hang about me, and I can never quite shake off. ibid.
Ghosts! When I heard Regina and Oswald in there, it was as though ghosts rose up before me. But I almost think we are all of us ghosts, Pastor Manders. It is not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that ‘walks’ in us. It is all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us all the same, and we cannot shake them off. Whenever I take up a newspaper, I seem to see ghosts gliding between the lines. There must be ghosts all the country over, as thick as the sands of the sea And then we are, one and all, so pitifully afraid of the light. ibid. Mrs Alving
Mother, my mind is broken down – ruined – I shall never be able to work again. ibid. Oswald to Mrs Alving
A living death! Mother, can you imagine anything so horrible? ibid.
The Joy of Life? Can there be salvation in that? ibid. Mrs Alving
Here people are brought up to believe that work is a curse and a punishment for sin, and that life is something miserable, something it would be best to have done with, sooner or later. ibid. Oswald
Ghosts seem harder to please than we are; it is as though they haunted for haunting’s sake – much as we relive, brood, and smoulder over our pasts. Elizabeth Bowen, The Second Ghost Book preface
The Woodstock Opera House in Illinois is thought to be haunted by the ghost of Elvira, an actress said to have committed suicide in the theater. Elvira apparently likes seat number 113, and witnesses swear they have seen the seat lower mysteriously. A few even claim to have caught a glimpse of her long, pale hair. Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! 2006