Ghost Stories: The Wrap Up and Other News

Welcome to the day after Halloween. Yesterday was a blast, and we hope that you found all of our blog posts useful and entertaining as we did when we wrote them up.
I’d like to give many thanks to the friends I have out there on the internet who were kind enough to post banners on [...]

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Ghost Stories: Spirit Photography

What exactly is spirit photography?
According to some, it is a spirit that appears only in a photograph.  Over the years many different spirits have been captured on film, but whether they are real or not is a completely different question.
The first record of spirit photography was with William H. Mumler in the 1860’s.  He took [...]

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Ghost Stories: Evil Angels

This following blog post is a story that Tim and I wrote a good while back. It’s still in the pre-edited sloppy copy draft. The inspiration for the characters in this story are based loosely off the exploits of Elizabeth Bathory.
I give a warning now that the nature of this story dances on the mature [...]

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Ghost Stories: Curse of the Mummies

We switch from the familiar settings of North America and Europe to the exotic locale of Egypt for today’s 31 Days of Ghosts.
For decades we have been told of the Curse of the Mummies, a supposed curse that affects anyone who enters the tomb of an ancient Pharoh of Egypt.  The curse has been used [...]

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Ghost Stories: Catacombs of Paris

Paris. The city of romance, adventure and food. At least on the surface, but did you know that under Paris is a large mass grave?
The Catacombs of Paris are a famous underground grave site known as Oussary. Due to an act of vandalism in September of this year, Paris officials closed the gates to the [...]

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Ghost Stories: The Wilde Hunt

While it may not be a ghost story per say, it is something of haunting legend.  The Wilde Hunt has it’s place in historical folklore, from the Nordic tribes, the Prussian tribes, Celts, and even First Nation people in North America.  A modern day aspect of the Wilde Hunt is depicted in the song, famously sung [...]

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Ghost Stories: The Flying Dutchman

Sailors all over the world know the legend of the Flying Dutchman. For them it’s a sign of impending doom. For many of us land lubbers, the story of the Flying Dutchman is something we only hear about through movies or books.
The legends behind the Flying Dutchman are based on facts.  It’s said that it [...]

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31 Days of Ghosts: 50 Berkeley Square

For fifty years now the location of 50 Berkeley Square has been owned by Maggs Brothers Antiquarian Booksellers. The walls are lined with many books, some from famous authors, others long forgotten.
It’s the legends and stories that go along with 50 Berkeley Square that make one of the most infamously haunted houses today. As with [...]

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Monster Mash

I just learned this today, and it’s a perfect time to talk about it, seeing how close we are to Halloween.
On this day in 1962, the novelty song Monster Mash reached number one on the American Billboard 100 list.  The Monster Mash, performed by Bobby “Boris” Pickett, was released as a single in October of [...]

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Ghost Stories: Stepp Cemetery; Zodi’s A Brave Little Toaster

Several days ago I blogged about a local haunt. Stepp Cemetery. It just so happened that a friend of mine knew of it as well and she wanted to take me Saturday. I was willing to go, but then chickened out at the last minute because I didn’t want to be around people should I [...]

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