PWNOV by UK British Paranormal Association

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The Ouija Board And Its Hidden dangers The Potential Dangers Of This Popular Communication Method

Has Science Explained Near Death Experiences? Read Inside About The Amazing Near Death Experiences Of Celebrities And Others

Spontaneous Human Combustion The Mystery That Has Baffled Scientists For Hundreds Of Years

FEATURES : Harry Price—Father Of Modern investigation Or Hoaxer? TWOP—Jack Uppertons Gibbet, Can Experts Crack the CIA wall?, Phillip Soloman — Dr. Hans Holzner’s Greatest Living Medium, The Highgate Cemetery Vampire, Michelham Priory, Anne Boleyn, Languard Fort, The Mothman Prophecies, Reincarnation and lots more! All rights reserved to UKBPA Paranormal Watch Magazine 2009 ©

PLUS…. Spring Heeled Jack, What Are Shadow People? Junior Paranormal Watch

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The Editors’ Say… Most Haunted And The Thrillseekers... and authorities to keep up with who is operating in their area, but it is also a way to distinguish the genuine groups with good reputations, from the cowboy outfits that float about giving everyone a bad name. Further to this it is a way of ratifying to venues the reputation of a club or group prior to acceptance to investigate their venue, and also vice-a-versa, as we are hoping to get all paranormal venues Tam Kinnear-Swift, Editor of licensed also, so that it works both the Paranormal Watch ways. Welcome to the November edition A mutually beneficial network is the only way forward for me, I cant of the PARANORMAL see how paranormal investigations WATCH. can survive for much longer with Well, in the words of Arkwright of the kind of stories we are hearing “open all hours” fame “its been a before the government step in and funny old month” FORCE the issue of regulation. So, after The usual influx of HalIt would be far better in my mind to loween sightings, the start of the have a body who will govern invesnew most haunted series (a tigative groups and clubs themtouchy subject for most paranorselves, who understand how paramal investigators) having just normal groups work, than a bunch started, I feel this may bring about of pen-pushing burocrats who are a sharp rise in the number of only interested in stopping people thrillseekers and also the usual from having the complete freedom bad practices that go with them. to carry out what they enjoy doing. The more people read about these This is where the BPA come in. people, the more the idiots in the British press regard them as para- staffed ENTIRELY by paranormal investigators with extensive experinormal investigators. ence in the field, the BPA underThis in turn has the knock on efstand the issues that affect the fect of giving the genuine groups groups, from the legal points, to the bad names, because of the compotential problems that are caused. plete lack of regard and skills the The BPA was founded to encourage thrillseekers have (or don't have groups and clubs all around the in this case) country to come on board and by This, for me is why licensing is communicating with us their probESSENTIAL. lems, effectively govern themselves Not only is it a way for the Police through us.

The BPA are the voice of the groups and clubs in the ever increasing fields of burocracy. We take on board members suggestions and problems and work pro-actively to seek resolutions to those , in a manner that is pleasing to all parties “It would be concerned. far better in my mind to The Work The BPA does is on many levels, have a body firstly, the issues which who will govern investiaffect the groups, secgative ondly, we work with local governments and groups and officials to try and work clubs themselves, who out the safest most effective way of operating understand and thirdly, we support how paranormal the groups by giving them free access to any groups work, than a bunch resources they need of penwhich includes legal pushing buadvice, technical suprocrats who port as well as many are only inother services. terested in People will always critistopping peocize what they don't ple from havunderstand, hence the ing the comBPA has come under a plete freedom lot of flak from groups to carry out who hav not even bothwhat they ered to read further enjoy doing” than “Licence” but the BPA is commited to making the paranormal world more professional, cheaper, more importantly safer. Slainte! Tam Kinnear-Swift To contact us, or send in any stories or articles, you can email us at Tam@ukbpa.org

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Founders Words the site, we seem to be we can improved and cater for all making some head way . within the BPA , but also to start to take onboard the reason we are Even more so is the help here . from the website guys that have been working As its states on the main front on the site, I would like page, Every member that joins to thank Chris Murphy the site will be helping to raise the and also a new website stats and statistics which we can developer Pete then use to help you and others. Kerr from UK gaming zone , that has also ofHow will this work? fered his help when free . The more that apply for a FREE account or even memberThose guys have not ship or participation in our polls, only improved the new we can then use those stats and look to the site but also statistics to push for positive and working so hard with proactive outcomes for all ,so with helping us to achieve our your help and support all we ask is goals, it has been deto recommend us to others to join Brian Lambert, The UKBPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Founder scribed to me as one of the your community. And Chairman the hardest projects to take on, not with the de- I would like to thank the all people sign but the working parts behind that have emailed me regarding the scene. the new site , So if you are up for Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a very interesting month , making a real change then this is but also a very busy one for the I am pleased that people are comthe place to come and join BPA, with the new site up and runing forward not only to join the ning and new members and even BPA but also offering their supBrian Lambert old even members coming back to port , I am sure as the months go by

Strange Goings On At The Grenadier The Grenadier is a tiny pub situated on Wilton Row, Knightsbridge. It has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the most haunted pubs in London. On one of its walls are the newspaper reports of its haunted history. The Grenadier's low ceilings and candle lit ambience makes it feel as though your going back in time when you enter.

It is said that a young soldier was caught cheating at cards and suffered such a savage beating by his comrades that he died from the injuries inflicted up on him. It is not known in which year the incident took place but it is thought that the month was September, and this is when the pub's paranormal activity is at its highest.

During the Napoleonic wars the pubs upper floors were used as an officers mess for the nearby Grenadier Guards, whilst its cellar was used as a drinking and gambling den for common soldiers. The Duke of Wellington is recorded as drinking here, and the pewter bar is the oldest of it kind.

Several witness have reported seeing a silent sombre spirit slowly gliding across the room before vanishing. Objects are known to disappear or are mysteriously moved over night. Unseen hands rattle and move chairs and cold spots are reported by patrons and staff.

Footsteps are often heard pacing frantically around rooms, and yet when investigated, no one is found. Staff have reported hearing moaning noises emanating from the cellar. A Scotland yard detective having a drink was burnt by what he described as an invisible cigarette.

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Phillip Soloman — Dr Hans Holzners’ “Greatest Living Medium” This month I am interviewing a dear old friend of mine Philip Solomon, who is very well known for his work and along with his wealth of knowledge and understanding regardPhillip Soloman, Who ing the spiritual Dr. Hans Holzner de- & Psychic world. scribed as “the great- Philip Solomon est living medium” has been a medium all his life and He has demonstrates his gift of mediumship in theatres and large halls and has been a professional Spiritualist medium for “I looked up to thirty years. her and said Philip is the perhello and she sonal psychic said, "Can you medium to some see me Philip? I of the world's replied, "Of most famous course I can, Stars and has who are you?" been a guest on she smiled and many TV and said, "Well, you radio procould call me grammes worldyour wide. An unasgrandmama." suming man, he When I asked describes himmy mother self as just a very about this in ordinary man later years, she but with a spetold me that cial gift. was exactly how her own Philip, can grandmother you tell me had looked and about the first what she would time you nohave probably ticed you had called herself. ” this ability and is there a special time that has stayed with you

regarding this? “Good questions! The very first time I can remember using or being aware of my mediumistic gift, I was probably about two and I saw a lady in the corner of our front room who seemed to be sort of off the floor in a sitting position with what I remember as a shawl around her shoulders. I looked up to her and said hello and she said, "Can you see me Philip? I replied, "Of course I can, who are you?" she smiled and said, "Well, you could call me your grandmama." When I asked my mother about this in later years, she told me that was exactly how her own grandmother had looked and what she would have probably called herself. Also, when I went to school I was surprised to find other kids didn't see the people I could. But the experience of seeing the lady in the corner as a toddler has always stayed with me.” Philip your parents were famous mediums, did they encourage you on the way “Yes Mom, Elsie Saunders, (Solomon is my writer's name) was known by almost everyone in the Spiritualist Movement. She went to Darlaston church as a little girl with my grandmother, Mary, who knew the founders and was also a medium herself. Eventually mom became president of Darlaston Church, important in the SNU Movement in those early years and earned a

reputation of being a brilliant medium. She never did theatre tours or worked in the media but I think was every bit as good as the two Dorises, Doris Stokes and Doris Collins. To this day, 22 years after mom passed away, they still refer to her as 'the mother of the church'. My father, Howard Saunders, was the secretary of Darlaston at one time and also took development classes, teaching others to develop their gifts as well. Dad demonstrated at most of the West Midlands churches and also did some very big hall events as well. Dad passed to the higher life just over two weeks ago and there was a very nice tribute about him in Psychic News. With parents like mine, it is no wonder I'm a medium as well” I believe that Hans Holzer, One of the real giants and pioneers in the field of ghost investigation and paranormal research, Often called "the original Ghost Hunter," described you as the greatest medium of our time with the comment there can be no doubt about it, but I also understand you also have had the odd cup of tea with the Queen, what was that like? I was invited to a Royal Garden Party to take tea with the Queen in recognition of my many years of charity work. Continued Over

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Phillip Soloman — Dr Hans Holzners’ “Greatest Living Medium” Continued From Over This is something that not many people know I have always done, and for me this honour was one of the greatest days of my life. I am unquestionably a very strong supporter of our Royal Family. When he is not demonstrating his mediumship or giving clairvoyant demonstrations at home or abroad, he enjoys nothing more than complete change from these very professional presentations and demonstrations of all areas of his psychic abilities or other work as a main line media celebrity. Philip's other interests and hobbies are playing music, keyboard, guitar, and ukulele (George Formby style) of whom he is a massive fan. He likes to sing and has a range that can be described as wide ranging from the style of Elvis Presley and Billy Fury to just about anything from the British Old Time Music Hall. He particularly likes to wear his Fifties Teddy Boy gear or his Black Country cap and scarf when he is doing charity entertaining and singing. He is also considered a great authority on Black Country history and the unusual, spoken dialect of that region, which is situated in the

central English West Midlands and often visits homes for the elderly and disabled dressed in Traditional Black Country clothing and likes nothing more than to get everyone involved in a good old sing song and have a laugh and joke about 'The Good Old Days'. He also loves old British motorcycles and owns two classics of his own, a 1961 BSA A10 Super Rocket and a

Phillip In The Studio 1970 Triumph Bonneville which, unfortunately these days, are more polished than ridden. He also loves the theatre and travel. Philip is an out and out family man, married with two children. He loves animals of all kinds and is an unswerving supporter of deserving charities, particularly anything to do with the visually impaired, cancer and children in need of the world. Philip Solomon has his own radio show on Wolverhamp-

ton City Radio, WCR 101.8 FM, every Monday night 7-9pm. It is very much a Fifties and Sixties show with A List guests from the world of rock'n'roll but “When he is not often supported by demonstrating very famous people his mediumship from the paranor- or giving mal and clairvoyant demonstrations psychic fields. at home or Recent famous abroad, he guests interenjoys nothing viewed by Philip more than on his procomplete gramme have change from included Kelly these very Groucott (ELO), professional Rustie Lee (TV presentations Chef), Don Pow- and ell (Slade), Dave demonstrations Berry, Marty of all areas of Wilde, Uri Geller, his psychic Bill Wyman abilities or (Rolling Stones), other work as a Donnie Burns main line media (World champion celebrity.“ dancer), Barron Knights, Derek Acorah, Lesley Smith, Lee Everett (Kenny's widow), Sonny West (Elvis' friend and bodyguard), Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe (Living TV), Mickey Rooney (legendary film star), Noddy Holder, Russell Grant, Susan Jeffers, Geno Washington..... Tune into Philip ‘s radio show on http:// www.wcrfm.com Brian Lambert

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Glencoe — Valley Of Ghosts They were hacked to death in the black winter night, more than three dozen men, women and children put to the sword by guests who had shared their homes for two weeks. The survivors staggered out into the fresh fallen snow, most freezing to death in the crags surrounding the valley of Glencoe. Three hundred years and more have passed since the Campbell's murdered the MacDonald's in the remote highlands of Scotland. But the 1692 slaughter of clan MacDonald by clan Campbell still resonates in Glencoe. Nature and history combine to create a melancholy mood that draws visitors to the small villages and twisting trails of the sharply rising hills hugging the A82 highway.

Faced with the ultimatum, MacIain pondered his options. In the end, he decided to submit, but officials in Edinburgh with longstanding animosity to the clan ruled that he had missed the deadline. A secret order was sent out that the MacDonald's were to be destroyed "root and branch" by "fire and sword." A military unit made up of the MacDonald's' longtime clan rival, the Campbell's, marched south from Fort William to Glencoe in the bleak winter of February 1692. The troops asked for shelter from the fierce storms that swept across the valley. Though they

The efforts of the National Trust make it easier to imagine what it must have been like to live in Glencoe that winter of 1692.

who was the commander of the forces in Scotland. Lieutenant Francis Farquhar and Lt Gilbert Kennedy refused to carry out their orders in the massacre and broke their swords. They were imprisoned for insubordination but later exonerated and released. They both later gave evidence against their superior officers. There was much legal wrangling over the orders of the massacre, especially as the King had signed the orders. The senior officers were captured during fighting in France and escaped prosecution whilst John Dalrymple was deemed responsible for the orders. Since then the playing card the nine of diamonds has been known as the Curse of Scotland because his orders for the massacre were written on this card.

Today a chilling aura of indefinable restlessness hangs heavy William and Mary were over what is truly one newly on the throne of the of Britain’s most United Kingdom, the unThe Piper At The Annual Glencoe Memopoignant and hauntion of England, Scotland rial Service and Ireland formed in 1603. ing landscapes. Every The Protestant pair were nook, crevice and invited to become king and disliked the Campbell's, Highcranny seems imbued with the queen as part of a Parliament land codes of hospitality required terror and hopeless sorrow that plot in 1688 to peacefully overthat the MacDonald's share their washed across the valley on that throw James II, a Catholic. homes. long ago morning. Indeed, such Many in the Highlands supFor 12 days, the two clans uneas- is the stark and fearsome ported James II and helped in ily coexisted. Then in the midst beauty of the place, that it is an abortive uprising in 1689. of a heavy snowfall in the early William III and Mary II promhours of Feb. 13, 1692, the Camp- possible to agree wholeised a pardon to Highlands bell's struck. By sunrise, 38 Mac- heartedly with Charles Dickchiefs if they would now swear ens's sentiment that “anything Donald's lay dead, including an oath of fealty to the new MacIain. Many more Macso bleak and wild and mighty in monarchs. A deadline was set. Donald's escaped into the moun- its loneliness, it is impossible to Miss it and there would be repri- tains, though some - including sals. MacIain's wife - died of exposure. conceive”. Alasdair MacIain was the fearsome chieftain of the MacDonald's of Glencoe. A massive man with flowing white hair and beard, he had backed James II early in the succession struggle.

It is said that the orders for the attack were signed by King William and involved many people including John Dalrymple the Master of Stair and the Lord Advocate, Sir Thomas Livingstone,

It is said that the re-enactment of the murders are re-played each year on the anniversary. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Warwick Castle Padfoot brutal indignity and torture. An embittered Moll Bloxham announced a curse on A building that was so central the castle. Soon after the disappearance of Bloxham, to the local community and so important to England dur- a black, slavering dog with red eyes began stalking the ing more troubled times in castle grounds. Attempts to kill the beast were met in failure and hound continued to terrorise the community. The curse was finally broken when The castle the beast was was one of a lured from network of the highest fortifications tower into built to dethe River befend against low. Warwick Castle, Dark, Mysterious And Abound the Norman conquest. After With Spirits the Norman As well as the Conquest Warmore famous history, Warwick Castle is wick Castle was handed to stories attached to the cassaid to be home to spirits the first Earl of Warwicktle, Warwick has become an from throughout the ages. shire by William the Conaccessible and rich grounds queror. In an act that would One such story tells of Sir Fulke Greville, owner of War- for paranormal experimenmirror the treacherous legwick Castle, arguing with his tation. Over the last ten acy of the castle, the Earl of most trusted servant. The Warwickshire was seized in years accounts of ghost reservant turned upon his mashis own castle and imprisports have begun to be catater and stabbed him, inoned until the crown paid a logued. Séances and ghost stantly mortified at his achigh ransom. hunting evenings have been tions, the servant sliced his own throat leaving Sir Greregularly held, with many Warwick Castle passed to ville to die a lingering death psychics and mediums hearthe ownership of the due to infection, isolated in Beauchamp family and it ing similar messages from the South Tower. Moans of was during this period that characters of a similar era. the castle began to grow into agony are frequently heard The tower occupied by a around the grounds and a the dominating presence vision of the dying man is dying Fulke Greville has seen today. Warwick Castle said to emerge from his porpassed through the possesbeen shown to suffer extrait. sion of the social elite, wittreme temperature shifts in nessing many great figures particular. Though Warwick A slavering black dog was and moments of English said to haunt the grounds of Castle has embraced a Halhistory. There had been 20 loween aspect of its spiritual Warwick Castle after a Earls of Warwickshire by woman named Moll Bloxham community, it is a very the time the castle was was caught stealing from the haunted building with a passed over to the care of a Earl. The Earl was so outheritage consortium in the dark vein of history running raged that he ordered her to 1970's. The castle attracts through it. be publicly punished, at many thousands of tourists whose hands she suffered a year and is clearly an imTam Kinnear-Swift Warwick Castle stands in the City of Warwick overlooking the broad Avon River. Though there had been communities at Warwick for countless centuries, the castle began construction in the tenth century. The original architect was said to be Ethelfleda, the brilliant military daughter of Alfred the Great.

pressive building, regardless of its age.

“A slavering black dog was said to haunt the grounds of Warwick Castle after a woman named Moll Bloxham was caught stealing from the Earl.”

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The World Of Paranormal—Jack Uppertons Gibbet This month we are taking a inside look at Emma and her team from west Sussex called the World of paranormal, The World Of Paranormal was founded in 2007 by Emma, Claire and Ian they thought it was a good idea to bring likeminded people together and to be able to make new friends who are interested in the paranormal.

the past history of an English Highwayman by the name of JACK UPPERTON, who made his final stand against a mail delivery coach with his accomplice (believed to be his brother by some) and robbed the coach of its contents. The villain was quite quickly cap-

(Paranormal Investigator) who is the main force behind the Clapham Wood investigations in respect to disappearing dogs, UFO’s and other strange occurrences in the wood, Brought my attention to the site and after a few investigations of our own. We found that we had some pretty powerful results on camEmma—”I have been era and strange seeing and hearing spirit happenings to from a very early age. our electrical Claire and Ian have also equipment. had numerous experiThis then ence with spirit .we have prompted me investigated many locato find out tions across Sussex our what may have favourite one would have went on here to be jack upertons giband try and bet, we always seem to work out the get very good evidence circumstances from this location various Flowers left at the Gibbet post. This is a regu- leading up to EVPS and unexplainable lar thing - he is still remembered by someone this event. After pictures have been taken much internet there , We now have over 100 research and picking out bits, tured and taken to East Grinmembers between our face book checking some facts out from stead Assizes (a notorious group and our main courthouse where many felons East Grinstead assizes and site whereby our investigation were sentenced to the ultimate Horsham museums, grabbing team is growing . end. Which was to be a few pictures of the SkarDEATH... folkes centre (today known as “We have some great investigaCarfax), we build up a fairly Having been found guilty as tion coming up in the coming reasonable and accurate accharged Jack Upperton was months and looking forward to count of what probably haptransported then to the infasee what we find on the night , mous Horsham Gaol where he pened to this character Jack our first one is at Arundel was to be hanged by the neck, Upperton. cells on Saturday the 27th of and duly was. A gibbet was a particularly June, we keep you posted on horrid looking affair in which Uppertons Gibbet can be what our findings and then we found (not very easily I might a tight fitting cage would be are booked to visit London add) on the west entrance to constructed for the felon who tombs/bridge experience on the was due to be executed, Angering Park Estate just a 5th of December. Below is some sometimes before he was due few miles east of Arundel in a history of the man and the site place called Blakehurst. The for execution or afterwards. that we love to visit.” reason for the interest to the Often according to Tyburn site was I have to say is paraaccounts it was before. Jack Upperton's Gibbet normal. An accomplice of Continued Over mine Mr Charles Walker This is a fascinating chapter in

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The World Of Paranormal—Jack Uppertons Gibbet Continued From Over

hole was visible until fairly recently when a huntsman’s The condemned would have to horse broke a leg by stepping stand fast while the blacksmith into it and the estate had the simply measured him up. After the hole filled in. Hanging was complete the body This is the rough summary of was to be dipped in hot tar in order what Jack Uppertons Gibbet is to make the corpse last a long time about. We will be covering in so that the public had longer to take detail any points of informain what had happened at that partion that are relevant to this ticular point in history, then placed interesting chapter of the year into the cage and hung high from a 1771, the year when Jack met gallows shaped jig. his nemeses. Jacks body was reputed to have hung around for 2 years before the remains being dispersed into a woodland grave somewhere around. This was the wish of King George at the time for many felons to be dealt with in this way and was a grizzly tradition carried on from past centuries of crime and punishment. As mentioned above it was customary then to take the body to the place of the said crime after the local blacksmith had fabricated an iron cage to fit snugly around the corpse, and a substantial eye on top to hang the hardware up from, and hung on the side of the road to show all passers by what happens to people who rob on the Kings highways. So was it done and the body of Jack Upperton was transported back to the scene of the crime and suspended from a heavy wooden frame which was known to be the gibbet. Gibbet sites were common over the entire country and many are still remembered today. Sussex was not noted for its sites but its clear that they were around all the same. The gibbet post at this site remained in the ground until it rotted away and apparently was still just about visible till the 1920,s. The

SEPTEMBER 1770, JACKS NIGHTMARE BEGINS. One morning of an unknown date during September of 1770 The Postman set of for his routine job of Driving the stage postal wagon from the important town of Steyning and continuing through various points of pick up and I suppose drop off’s as well. Of course he would of had no idea that on this particular day he was going to be Shanghaied for his contents of the stage coach.

An Early Example Of The Gibbet

thought that Jack Upperton was not the main culprit of the robbery but his accomplice who some say was Jacks brother got clean away with this. It was not known how long it took to establish that Jack was the one who committed his crime as such but he was arrested and taken to Horsham Gaol to await trial at East Grinstead assizes. Jack was never to protest his innocence nor did he turn informer on his accomplice which was the main part of his downfall. King George III was at the throne at the time and was to carry on the tradition of the death penalty and gibbeting at the convenient spot of the scene of the crime as a reminder for people not to rob on the Kings highways. So Jack Upperton was in it up to his neck and his neck was the part that the law required of him to pay for his crimes according to the law.

About 2 miles down the road as the woodland section was ending and the Castle of Arundel would have been in sight as he was met by two figures blocking the Highway I would imagine with at least one flintlock pistol. A villainous character and his accomplice Jack Upperton. They then demanded the contents of the coach mainly the postal collection. I would have thought that Jack Upperton may of been the one who collected the sacks from the coach while the main villain was the gunman, but I don’t know that, its just a hunch but probably not far wrong. So the robbery was completed and of course the crime would have been reported to the powers to be at Arundel. The post delivery man Brian Lambert will now have no It was always

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Michelham Priory â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 800 Years Of History and Hauntings it is possible to imagine the life of the Augustinian Monks who have lived there since 1229.It is also the site of the pilot of Most Haunted, a series that started a legacy of paranormal programming. Over the years there have been many reported sightings of unexplained phenomena at Michelham Priory it has the reputation of being one of the most haunted buildings in East Sussex.

Michelham Priory, as seen from the other side of the moat on which it sits In the Sussex countryside behind a medieval moat and gatehouse, stands the dominating Michelham Priory. People had been living at the site since Saxon times. Built by Augustine monks and commissioned by Gilbert L'Aigle the Priory was a place of peace and worship, completed in 1229AD. The monks harnessed the river that flows past the Priory by building a mill and traded using the busy waterways. The church of the holy trinity stood over the Priory, and the monks prospered. By the fifteenth century England had begun to change, and attitudes towards the monks lead to the construction of the defensive moat and gatehouse that bears the eagle of the crest of L'Aigle. The Priory became a fortress as the monks sought to defend their self-sufficient and peaceful existence. In 1529, tired of the power and influence of the church over the crown, King Henry VIII initiated the dissolution of the churches and Michelham Priory was marked for attack. The Augustine Monks could not defend against the Kings men and the Priory was taken and the church of the holy trinity destroyed, it is not known how many were killed during the at-

tack. The Priory was now property of the crown many buildings were desecrated for building materials, including the remains of the church. The Priory was left silent and empty for decades until a local man bought the property and converted some of the buildings into a house. Fate seemed to conspire against the owner and he sold the property again. This time the property was bought by the future Earl of Dorset, and it remained in his family for the next 300 years. Perhaps it was the history of the building, but few people called the Priory home and the earl let out his property to farmers who built new buildings and utilised the mill and river trade. After the decline of the river network, the Priory again stood empty and went through a series of owners before it was bought for the last time in the 1950's and was donated the Sussex archaeological society. Michelham Priory is set on a medieval moated island where

One of the most documented ghosts is that of the grey lady who has been seen on many occasions on the bridge and by the gate house. She has also been seen near the moat staring helplessly into the water, she is believed to be another former member of the Sackville family whose child drowned in the moat many years ago. It is also alleged that she is also said to peer mournfully into the faces of sleeping guests and then drift away through the walls Other reports include a black hooded monk like figure in the undercroft, a young boy in the old kitchens, while a maid is seen in the hall area and on the stairs, and a mysterious lady in Tudor clothing who walks the corridors. There are also tales of poltergeist activity, windows are said to open by themselves and objects mysteriously move on their own, people have also claimed to hear doors banging in deserted parts of the building. Many visitors to the priory have sensed the feeling of being watched or while others report sharp temperature variations and a feeling of unease. Tam Kinnear swift

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Anne Boleyn : Roaming Spirit? Continued From Over

had been scheduled for 18

he ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn is quite a unique phenomenon in the world of the paranormal. Unlike most ghost who haunt a certain locality, Queen Anne Boleyn's ghost is said to haunt a number of different locations through out the UK. Her spirit seems to have left a permanent imprint on the fabric of her surroundings, which is perhaps down to the impact she made in life and her traumatic death as to why her ghost still persists more than 500 years after her execution. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of King Henry VIII, with their marriage changing the course of English History. King Henry was already married to Catherine of Aragon and could not obtain a divorce from the Roman Catholic Church. In order to obtain his divorce he therefore created a reformed version of the Church, putting himself at the head - a direct challenge of authority to the Pope.

Ann Boleyn, What Is The Phenomena That Causes Her To Haunt More Than One Location? May 1536 but actually took place the following day as there had been a delay while a skilled executioner was brought in from France. Queen Anne Boleyn is one of the most enduring ghosts at

ling Hall dressed all in white, seated in a ghostly carriage that is drawn by headless horses, spurred on by a headless coachman. Anne too is headless, holding her severed head securely in her lap. On arrival at Blickling Hall the coach and driver vanish leaving the headless Anne to glide alone into Blickling Hall where she roams the corridors and rooms until daybreak. The magnificent Blickling Hall was built during the reign of King James I, by the Holbert Family, on the ruins of the old Boleyn family property. Blickling Hall in Norfolk has recently topped a National Trust poll as the Trust's Most Haunted Building. Blickling Hall was in the possession of the Boleyn family between 1499 and 1507. There is a statue and portrait of Anne Boleyn in the Hall, the statue is inscribed "Anna Bolena born here 1507".

Her brother, Lord Having obtained his diRochford, also appears vorce and married Anne, on the same night, he the King's most important too is headless although desire was for Anne to he doesn't enjoy the conceive a male heir. His comfort of a carriage, previous queen had only for he is dragged across given him a female heir, the surrounding counPrincess Mary. On 7th tryside by four headless September 1533 Anne Bohorses. leyn gave birth to a girl, Elizabeth (who was later Sir Thomas Boleyn, who to become Queen Elizastated his belief of beth I). After her birth, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Scene Of Many Anne's guilt at her trial the relationship between Hauntings, Including Ann Boleyn the King and Anne Boleyn has not found peace in deteriorated, and he began death. Every year, for a thouto court a new queen in Jane the Tower of London. Queen sand years to do as penance, Seymour. Anne is buried under the tradition says he is obliged to chapel's altar, with her ghost drive his spectral coach and However, Anne became pregnant being spotted there on many horses over twelve bridges occasions. Anne Boleyn has again, and there was a brief recalso often been seen standing that lie between Wroxham onciliation, but the child was at the window in the Dean's stillborn. Henry determined to and Blickling. Cloister at Windsor Castle. get rid of Anne Boleyn and came up with a charge of treason, arresting and confining her to the Anne Boleyn's ghost also apTam Kinnearâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Swift Tower of London. Her execution pears in the grounds of Blick-

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TAPS : Are Military Bases Haunted? Military bases appear to be a popular haunt for wandering spirits, with several attracting the attention of ghost hunters seeking evidence of paranormal activity. The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) in January checked out reports of unexplained phenomena—mysterious footsteps, voices and apparitions—in three buildings at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for the Sci Fi Channel show Ghost Hunters. Some base personnel have reported seeing the ghost of a blond-haired boy in building 219; others claim to have spotted the apparition of an elderly woman in building 70. During the episode, TAPS cofounders Grant Wilson and Jason Hawes spend time in building 70, where they claim to hear footsteps one night in the empty office space after urging any spirits there to present themselves. Derek Kaufman, a public affairs specialist with the 88th Air Base Wing, says that the base was happy to have TAPS check out the reports. He notes that he works in building 70, but so far has not had any ghostly encounters of his own. Ghost sightings at WrightPatterson are nothing new. Hospital employees working in building 219—a three-story brick building—in the 1990s reported seeing ghosts (one they named “Harvey,” after a doctor who had worked at the hospital in the 1930s and took his own life there) roam the halls daily, according to an October 1996 article in Wright-Patterson AFB’s

Skywrighter magazine. Other ghosts include the boy, who appears to be between the ages of eight and 10, as well as older men. Those claiming to have seen the apparitions say they are somewhat transparent but clear enough to distinguish their sex and age. Most of the sightings, according to the article, were on the third floor (where the operating room had been) and in the basement (which at one time housed the morgue). Colorado Paranormal Investigation (CPI), a Denver-based team of ghost hunters, late last year investigated ghost sightings on F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming using electromagnetic field indicators, digital cameras and tape recorders. CPI investigator Karl Holden requested a visit to the base after reading (in the Fort D. A. Russell edition of the Warren Sentinel) about base personnel sensing the presence of a ghost. CPI’s investigation turned up recordings of what they described as “paranormal heavy breathing, whispering and sobbing” in the base’s Civil Air Patrol building, according to a report by the base’s public affairs department. The investigators also reported that their camera batteries drained uncharacteristically quickly (which they at-

tributed to spirits drawing energy from the environment) in that building. CPI’s investigation of the base’s 90th Security Forces Group’s Bldg. 34 and Security Forces Investigations building turned up little evidence of the supernatural, although investigators report hearing a book slam against the floor and another flying off a shelf while in the base library. (Alas, neither incident was captured on tape.) Although not strictly a paranormal encounter, Reuters last week reported on recently revealed information that two U.S. fighter pilots were scrambled at the Royal Air Force base at Manston, Kent in the U.K. in May 1957 with orders to shoot down an unidentified flying object. No shots were fired, but the mission was kept under wraps until information about it was recently handed over to the National Archives in London, which has tracked numerous reports of UFO encounters over the years. The pilots said that their radar detected a large object in the sky—like a “flying aircraft carrier”—that at times sat motionless and then took off at a speed they estimated to be more than 7,600 miles per hour, Reuters reports. The documents, however, contain no official explanation for the incident.

Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Who Or What Are Shadow People? As long as there have been stories of paranormal hauntings and ghostly phenomena, there have been sightings of "Shadow People". Shadow People (also known as shadow men, shadow folk, or shadow beings) are defined by their featureless, shadow-like appearances.

reported by most eye witnesses of shadow people; they are said to usually disappear before they can be seen clearly, and are seen "in the corner of one's eye. These beings are said to often appear in mirrors. The dark countenance and

According to folklore, they appear as dark forms in the peripheries of people's vision and prefer to watch people unseen, disintegrating or moving between walls, when noticed. Sightings of Shadow People are often associated with feelings of dread, intense fear or panic and instances of paralysis have been ascribed to the experience by some witnesses. They are nearly always a manly shape, large and with a broad silhouette and perhaps the strangest thing about them, is that they are usually seen wearing a hat of some sort. In some instances there are red eyes that seem to pierce right through you. Reports of Shadow People sightings differ in a number of ways from normal ghost sightings. Shadow People are often reported as having no discernible features such as mouths, noses, or eyes. They are rarely ever reported as trying to communicate with the living. Witnesses also do not report the same feelings of being in the presence of something that 'was once human'. Shadow Beings are also said to move extremely fast and travel through solid matter. Some individuals have described being menaced, chased, or in some rare instances, attacked by shadow people. There have also been reports of shadow people appearing in front of witnesses and lingering for several seconds before disappearing. Direct visual contact is rarely

A Witnesses Drawing Of A Shadow Person malevolent feelings that are often reported in association with these creatures has led some researchers to speculate that they may be demonic in nature. If they are demons, we have to wonder what their purpose or intent is in letting themselves be seen in this manner. Is it merely to frighten? It is tempting to say that Shadow People are evil, especially given the bad vibes they seem to give off. However, there is not much documentation to say that a bad experience usually follows a sighting of Shadow People. If fact, most visitations usually result in the apparition fading away, or disappearing when noticed. They never seem to talk or approach the witness, instead standing menacingly in doorways and corners. There are many proposed explanations of these phenom-

ena. One of the more creative theories is that shadow beings are manifest thought forms, meaning that they are collections of negative psychic energy from areas where traumatic events have taken place and evil people frequent. The negative psychic energy begins to manifest and takes on form and motive, thriving on fear and negative emotions for sustenance. Shadow beings have also been described as forms of ghosts, demons, inter-dimensional beings. The most popular explanation seems to be that they are some sort of otherdimensional beings whose dimension of origin occasionally overlaps with ours, which is said to explain their ethereal appearance and fleeting nature. This is an interesting theory, as it suggests that not only do these entities exist, but they are frequently visitors in our lives. Why do they hang around us so much? Are we being studied? Could this be why there are so many reports of 'feelings of evil' coming from these creatures? What makes the phenomena of the Shadow People interesting in the world of the supernatural is the consistency in the sightings. No matter whether it's an old person or a child, or anyone in between, what they see is always the same. People on opposite ends of the world report seeing these entities on a daily basis and their recollections are strikingly similar. Whatever these Shadow People are they are definitely a regular occurrence in a lot of people's lives. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Ouija Board And Its Hidden Dangers

The Ouija Board. Beware Of The Dangers...

The Ouija board has

“The Ouija board can and often does work, and indeed many communication s received can be from “the other side”. Unfortunately however many of these contacts are with beings residing in the very lowest levels of the Astral planes whose intentions are often much less than honourable. ”

long been a popular method of attempting to contact “the other side”, and is probably the only product sold on a large scale for this particular purpose. The name “Ouija” is derived from the French and German words for “yes”; “oiu” and “ja”. The Ouija consists of a flat board upon which is printed the letters of the alphabet, some numbers, punctuation marks and with the words “yes” and “no”.. The participants proceed by placing their fingers lightly on a pointer, which then supposedly without the conscious effects of the participants moves to spell out a series of messages. Many users of the Ouija board often regard this activity quite simply as a

novelty for parties and other such gatherings, very often without fully realising the very real potential dangers of which there are many. The Ouija board can and often does work, and indeed many communications received can be from “the other side”. Unfortunately however many of these contacts are with beings residing in the very lowest levels of the Astral planes whose intentions are often much less than honourable. As discussed previously, humans and other beings living in the lowest Astral worlds do so because of the dark, negative and sometimes very evil lives they previously led while on Earth, and accordingly now exist at these correspondingly low Energy levels of vibration. The danger with this is that the lower in the Astral plane the being exists, the easier it is for them to make contact with the physical world through the Ouija board, due in part to the inner relative densities and lower relative vibrations of the Ether. The lower in the Astral worlds the being, the lower is their Energy vibration, usually indicating a correspondingly

low level of trust. Always remember that these low Astral worlds are a perfect reflection of the character of these beings existing there. The more inner the being relative to the physical world, the more evolved and therefore trustworthy the being is, but at the same time the more difficult it is to contact people living in the physical world. This simple guideline should always be kept in Mind in these situations. The beings of the lower Astral worlds will frequently revel in claiming to be Angels, Archangels, famous people or even God, while others will have no hesitation at all in claiming to be deceased people known to the Ouija board sitters. On other occasions these lower Astral beings might simply use obscenities, cursing and generally extremely bad language. Why do these lower Astral beings behave in this way? Aside from the fact this is very often the character of these beings, and hence the reason they inhabit the lower Astral worlds in the first place,

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The Ouija Board And Its Hidden Dangers Cont. Continued From Over their despair is often pushed to the extreme simply because they can no longer physically experience the things they once enjoyed and very often abused so much while still physically alive such as indulgence in crime, violence, excessive drinking, excessive drugs use and excessive sex devoid of genuine love, respect or passion. If they had any sort of reasonable capacity for love, loving thoughts or other positive attributes, they would not be in the situation they are in. If they even had the capacity to ask for help to relieve them of their misery, such help would be provided by more highly evolved inner beings if appropriate. Mediums who have contacted beings at these low Astral levels often report extremely hostile, abusive and sinister voices. These are the voices of the very same beings often contacted through the use of Ouija boards. Unfortunately, because the users of the Ouija board are usually hoping for and therefore anticipating genuine contacts with innerlevel Spirits, they will almost always be taken in by the deception of these lower Astral beings. Sometimes this is all quite harmless, and although the Ouija board users are mis-

led, there is usually no permanent harm done. There is a very real danger however of some lower Astral beings having much darker and more sinister motives. Such dangers include a lower Astral being for example posing as a deceased relative. Once the lower Astral being has been able to convince the Ouija board sitters they are indeed a deceased relative, they will often be very manipulative, proceeding to request or even demand certain things to be done for them, mostly with view to increasing it’s own strength of presence within the material world. Such requests are often carried out by the Ouija board sitters without question, not wanting to risk upsetting or offending what they genuinely believe to be a deceased relative, friend or inner Spiritual being. Lower Astral beings do not like dwelling in their dark worlds, and will very often seize any opportunity to take control of a physical body in the material world. This could in turn very easily lead to a full possession resulting in all sorts of potentially nasty problems, including but not limited to very severe psychological problems. The personality of the possessed person might change dramatically and for the worse. The only solution to such a state of possession, is to exorcise the being from

the possessed person. This might all seem rather dra“The Ouija matic after what started board should out as an innocent party always be game, but it most certainly regarded as a can and does happen, and accordingly all Ouija board potentially very dangerous users should know the instrument and dangers beyond any doubt preferably before using a Ouija avoided board, even as a party novaltogether. elty. Those insisting on ignoring The Ouija board should these dangers always be regarded as a should at the potentially very dangerous very least be instrument and preferably aware of the avoided altogether. Those type of being insisting on ignoring these likely to made dangers should at the very contact with, least be aware of the type and what their of being likely to made real motives contact with, and what often are.” their real motives often are. Any being claiming for example to be a deceased relative should be thoroughly tested by asking questions to which only such a relative would know the answers. The same principle also applies to all beings purporting to be Angels, Archangels or famous people. Such beings will in reality know very little about Angels, Archangels or the famous people they purport to be, and can therefore be easily caught out. Again, it is very important indeed to remember this sort of behavior is a reason why these beings are dwelling in the lowest part of the Astral worlds in the first place; Continued Over

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The Ouija Board And Its Hidden Dangers Cont. Continued From Over they simply cannot and should not be trusted under any circumstances unless fully tested by an expert who understand “The invader focuses these dangers. on the victims character weaknesses, Stoker Hunt, a perif one is vain, appeals son who carried out to vanity are made. ‘I research into the need your help’ the effects arising from seducer will say, ‘and the use the Ouija only you can help me’. board, summarized a The entity is malicious common pattern of and does not hesitate communication that to lie, misrepresent can often develop itself (usually as a when people make deceased loved one) contact with entities and flatter. It’s better within the low levels for the invader of of the Astral worlds; course if the victim is he said: alone, isolated and ill. If needs be the invader “The invader focuses will terrify its victim, on the victims charmaterialising in acter weaknesses, if ghastly form, one is vain, appeals inducing grotesque to vanity are made. ‘I visions, inciting need your help’ the poltergeist activity, seducer will say, ‘and causing objects to only you can help appear out of the blue, me’. The entity is delivering false or malicious and does tragic news, levitating not hesitate to lie, objects, perhaps misrepresent itself levitating the victim. (usually as a deAll these things and ceased loved one) more might be done, not as ends among and flatter. It’s better themselves, but as a for the invader of means to an eventual course if the victim is complete possession”. alone, isolated and ill. If needs be the invader will terrify its victim, materialising in ghastly form, inducing grotesque visions, inciting poltergeist

activity, causing objects to appear out of the blue, delivering false or tragic news, levitating objects, perhaps levitating the victim. All these things and more might be done, not as ends among themselves, but as a means to an eventual complete possession”.

research in psychic phenomena for a possible explanation of these strange occurrences”.

These are only a very few of the possible outcomes of the use of the Ouija board. It should be made clear however not all contacts by means of the Ouija board are malevolent, and there have It should be clear by also been many positive, now the Ouija board is a long term communicapotentially very danger- tions where it has been possible to contact well ous instrument indeed, especially for those who meaning and friendly inner level Astral beings. do not understand its One particularly notefullest implications. Dr. worthy case was that of Carl Wickland, an Pearl Curran who used a American psychiatrist, Ouija board with her wrote his classic work on neighbour on July 12, mental illness “Thirty 1912. After a year of exYears Among the Dead” perimenting she began in 1924, within which he to receive messages from warns: Patience Worth, a Spirit “The serious problem of entity alienation and mental who claimed she was derangement attending born in 1649 in Dorsetignorant psychic experi- shire, England. Between ments was first bought 1912 and 1919 she dicto my attention by cases tated five million words of several persons whose through the board, inseemingly harmless accluding epigrams, potivities with automatic ems, full-length novels, writing and the Ouija allegories and short stoboard resulted in such ries. Her collective wild insanity that comworks filled twenty nine mitment to asylums was bound volumes, and necessitated. Many 4375 single spaced other disastrous results pages. These works inwhich followed the use cluded five full length of the supposedly innonovels, the most succent Ouija board came cessful being “ to my notice, and my observations led me into Continued Over

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The Ouija Board And Its Hidden Dangers Cont. Continued From Over A Sorry Tale”, a 300,000 word story of the earthly life of Jesus which was reviewed by the New York Times on July 8, 1917, commenting: This long and intricate tale of Jewish and Roman life during the time of Christ is constructed with the precision and accuracy of a master hand. It is a wonderful, a beautiful and noble book”. Patience Worth won many more accolades and awards over the years for a wide variety of literary work. Another famous Spiritual entity who first appeared by means of the Ouija board called himself “Seth”, who first made an appearance when Jane Roberts and her husband first began using a Ouija board in 1963. The entity eventually introduced itself as Frank Withers who died in 1942 after his most recent physical life as an English teacher. He preferred to be called “Seth” and stated his mission as helping people to understand themselves and reality better. Through Jane Roberts, Seth dictated several best-selling books dealing with the nature of reality, reincarnation, Astral travel, dreams and the nature of God. Seth also provided step-by-step teachings on meditation techniques and extrasensory perception. He was

also able to diagnose illnesses, correctly describe the contents of buildings and rooms many miles away, and materialised as an apparition in well-lit settings.

“The most sensible solution therefore is to resist any such temptations completely, leaving the Ouija board and similar instruments such as a tumbler with playing cards and automatic writing very well alone for your own safety and for the safety of those around you”

There have been many other such successful uses of the Ouija board that proved to be of great value to the people concerned, and in some cases, such as Seth, to humanity as a whole. This should not be taken as reason in and of itself to justify the inherent risks involved of using the Ouija board. James Merrill, a Pulitzer winner describes his Ouija board experiences when he wrote “The Changing Light at Sandover” in 1982. His frightening experiences including visions, bodily transformation, the feeling of powerful presences as

well as more memorable and joyous ones are recorded in the poem. After thirty years however he no longer recommends people use the Ouija board because “one can never tell how susceptible a given person will be”. On balance, the use of a Ouija board should be strongly discouraged. Due to the nature of the way this instrument functions it is much more likely to attract malevolent low-level Astral entities than well-meaning or even helpful inner-level beings. Those who do attract lower level beings ultimately stand a very high chance indeed of suffering possession and/or serious mental illness, both of which would be nearly impossible to overcome by modern medical means. The only solution to such a serious situation involving inter-dimensional forces would be an exorcism carried out by a highly experienced practitioner of which there are very few living today. The most sensible solution therefore is to resist any such temptations completely, leaving the Ouija board and similar instruments such as a tumbler with playing cards and automatic writing very well alone for your own safety and for the safety of those around you Brian Lambert

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Harry Price — Father Of Modern Investigation, Or Hoaxer? If there was a single person to come out of the "golden age" of Spiritualism, and the investigations that surrounded the movement, with the most influence on the field of paranormal investigation as we know it today, that person was Harry Price. Although disliked and distrusted by many, there is no denying that he was one of the most influential figures in the formative years of ghost research. He was a highly charismatic personality whose energy and enthusiasm for the paranormal made him the first “celebrity ghost hunter”. Price was instrumental in bringing ghost research to the general public, realizing that only by making the research entertaining could he attract the attention of the masses. Because of this, after his death in 1948, jealous “colleagues” would attack not only Price’s research, but also the man himself, staining his reputation for years to come. Price was regarded as an embarrassment during his time and lingering effects from this still linger today. Despite more recent work supporting his claims and methods, many British researchers still regard Price as something of an enigma. Because of his flamboyant manner and continuous self-promotion, Price made a number of enemies within the psychical research field. Much of the resentment revolved around that fact that Price had no real scientific training but was still so skilful at what he did. Price was a deft magician and an expert at detecting fraud, so he was not taken in by many of the fraudulent mediums that plagued paranormal research of

the time. His success was a slap in the face to what many considered the “established” psychical researchers. Regardless, his work is considered groundbreaking for many today and his investigations at the house known as Borley Rectory became some of the first documented attempts to track down the ghosts of a single haunted location. I have never made it a secret that I have a great admiration for Harry Price and his work and continue to defy those who disregard him to show another investigator who has so shaped the methods that we continue to use today. If you are not familiar with his work, you should be and this section will reveal just how influential he remains. It was during the golden age of Spiritualism that Price first emerged as an investigator of psychical activity. During this era, researchers were working in a volatile climate that was charged with accusations of fraud against many of the mediums -- as well as some of the investigators. Price began to make a name for himself in the waning days of the Spiritualist movement ---- and began to make many enemies as well. THE BEGINNINGS OF A GHOST HUNTER Harry Price was born in London in 1881, the son of a grocer and travelling salesman. His interest in the paranormal began in 1889 when he saw his first performance by a stage magician. From that point on, he became an amateur conjurer and began collecting what would become an

immense library of books on magic. His first psychical investigation took place when he was only 15 and still in school. He and a young friend obtained permission to spend the night in an old manor house that was rumoured to be haunted. They experienced disembodied footsteps in the house and attempted to photograph the ghost, which failed when Price loaded far too much flash powder into his camera. The incident made for an amusing anecdote that Price often re-told later in life. However, it did guarantee his future interest in ghosts and strange phenomenon. After graduating from school, Price worked at a number of jobs, including as a journalist. Then, in 1908, he met and married a wealthy heiress named Constance Mary Knight. He then settled down to become what all of us wishes we could be, an independently wealthy ghost hunter. By the time that Price joined the Society for Psychical Research in 1920, he had already begun his career as Britain’s most famous ghost investigator. He had spent many hours at alleged haunted houses and in the investigation of Spiritualist mediums. He was also an expert magician and soon made a name for himself within the SPR for using his magic skills to debunk fraudulent psychics, then in keeping with what was the main thrust of the current SPR investigations. Continued Over

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Harry Price — Father Of Modern Investigation, Or Hoaxer? Cont. One of Price’s first efforts exposed the work of spirit photographer William Hope (described in detail earlier in the book), who was making a fortune taking portraits of people that always seemed to include the sitter’s dead relatives. Price was sent to investigate and soon published his findings. He claimed that Hope used pre-exposed plates in his camera, which he learned by secretly switching the plates the photographer was using with plates of his own.

afternoons to come to the sittings. The first séance brought some surprises, namely that Stella, who had never considered herself a medium, had a spirit control who came through to the sitters. The spirit guide, “Palma”, communicated by rapping and would follow requests made to it, like moving a heavy oak table in various directions around the room.

woman’s abilities. One of them was the “telekinetoscope”, a clever device that used a telegraph key that when depressed would cause a red light to turn on. A glass dome then covered the key so that only psychic powers could operate it. During the séances, the red light occasionally turned on.

During the sittings, always conducted in front of witnesses, Stella managed to produce all sorts of strange, physical phenomIt was only ena. During one séchance that led ance, for example, Price into anshe managed to leviother aspect of tate a table so high his career. One that the sitters had afternoon, while to rise out of their taking the train chairs to keep their from London to hands upon it. Sudhis country home denly, three of the near Pulborough, table legs broke Price met a Harry Price, The Original Ghosthunter away and the table young woman itself folded and colnamed Stella lapsed. Needless to say, this At the same séance, therCranshaw. The two happened to mometers recorded rapid tem- ended the sitting. strike up a conversation about perature drops. These swift psychic anomalies, during which The first series of séances ran changes would become a staStella, who was a hospital nurse, for 11 sittings and was finally told the investigator that she had ple of Stella’s séances. stopped by Stella, who was been experiencing strange phePrice brought a number of exhausted by the weekly trinomena for years. She said that devices into the séance room als. She often grew very tired rapping noises, cold chills and in an effort to study the phe- during the séances, her pulse nomena scientifically. One of household objects inexplicably the regular sitters built a spe- would race and the sudden taking flight had been bothering cial double table with the in- drops in temperature caused her for some time. Price, excited ner portion of it being a wire her to shake uncontrollably. at the prospect of a new test sub- cage where items that were to She saw a doctor about her ject, told her that he was a psybe manipulated could be exhaustion and he recomchic investigator and asked if she placed. The first time that it mended that she rest. Her would submit to being tested as a was used, several musical instruments were placed inside exhaustion and her frequent medium. Stella agreed and a seand a rattle was somehow absences from work caused ries of séances were scheduled at thrown out of the closed cage. her to lose her job at the hosthe London Spiritualist Alliance. pital where she was emStella was given a modest payPrice, being an amateur inven- ployed. ment for her time since she was tor, designed new equipment Continued Over required to take off work in the of his own to test the young

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Harry Price — Father Of Modern Investigation, Or Hoaxer? Cont. Continued From Over Price also suffered because of the séances with Stella. He had a background in conjuring and had only recently entered into psychical research. His fellow magicians criticized him for taking Stella’s phenomena seriously. In addition, he was criticized from the other side of his research as well. The SPR was uncomfortable with Price’s affiliation with the London Spiritualist Alliance, feeling that it was too closely aligned with the Spiritualist community, even though an SPR officer had attended Stella’s sittings. They convinced Price that any further séances should be held at the SPR headquarters.

of her sittings were conducted with Harry Price. What became of her later in life is unknown but she is believed to have lived into her 60’s, spending the remainder of her The 1926 sittings were held at life in London. Price’s National Laboratory for Psychical Research, which In the end, Stella’s career as a was then newly established at medium turned out to be short -lived but the careful research earned her great respect in psychical circles. Harry Price’s handling of the investigation earned him prestige and respectability, as well.

Price again after an absence of three years. In her letter, she apologized and stated that she had “badly misjudged” him in 1923.

After the end of the sessions with Stella, Price began searching for further mediums to investigate. He travelled to Munich for a series of sittings with Willi Schneider at the laboratory of Baron Albert von Schreck-Notzing, a flamboyant investigator. Price was so impressed with what he saw during the séances, that he It was with some difficulty Stella Cranshaw, Who that Price was able to con- Harry referred To As Stella invited Willi to his own laboratories in 1929. He was also vince Stella to continue the C impressed with the publicityexperiments. She had seeking methods of von found a secretarial job with the London Spiritualist AlliSchreck-Notzing too and dea manufacturing company ance. Stella’s phenomena was cided to emulate him in his and was reluctant to jeopsimilar to what it had been, own career. ardize her new employalthough weaker than it been ment. Finally, she agreed Soon, Price began testing ada few years before. She ofto two more séances in late fered 14 séances before bring- ditional mediums and set 1923. After this, she immeabout trying to measure some ing things to an end in Audiately ended her associaaspects of the séances in a scigust. She returned to work tion with him. Their relaentific manner. He managed with Price again in 1927, so tionship, which had been to record strange temperature that he could study the warm, now turned chilly, drops and other phenomena anomalous temperature for reasons that are not that finally convinced him of drops and participated in a altogether clear. Stella pubseries of 9 final sittings with the reality of the paranormal. licly pleaded fatigue but From this point on, he devoted him in 1928, shortly before different reasons are sugmore of his time to pursuing she was married. gested in a letter that she genuine phenomena rather Stella married Leslie Deacon wrote to him in 1926. By than debunking mediums, in August 1928 and she this time, whatever had which did not sit well with the occurred was forgotten and brought her short career as a SPR. medium to an end. She never Stella began working with worked professionally and all Continued Over

“Stella’s phenomena was similar to what it had been, although weaker than it been a few years before. She offered 14 séances before bringing things to an end in August. She returned to work with Price again in 1927, so that he could study the anomalous temperature drops and participated in a series of 9 final sittings with him in 1928, shortly before she was married.”

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Harry Price — Father Of Modern Investigation, Or Hoaxer? Cont. testing claimed that itself seemed to make his “stigmata” appeared on the research suspect in many of The relationship between girl’s body under conditions their eyes. He was simply, in Price and the society had that precluded the words of always been strained so the possibility one of the Price formed the National of the girl promembers of Laboratory for Psychical ducing them the society’s Research in 1923. It would by natural governing take three additional years means. It was council, “not for the laboratory to get up also stated that a gentleand running and would be she was able to man.” He located in the London Spirimove objects was also tualist Alliance. This was the with her mind, looked down final straw for the SPR and although no upon for the in 1927, they returned cause could be fact that he Price’s donation of a masdiscovered for was not as sive book collection. To her abilities well edumake matters worse, after outside of the cated as Price’s death, it would be Eleonora Zugan, Some fact that she other memOf The Marks Can Be three members of the SPR had been sebers and Seen On Her Cheek who would attempt to disverely abused had no forcredit him. as a young child. Eleonora’s mal scientific training. He Most of the members of the abilities ceased abruptly at remained a member of the SPR treated Price with the age of 14 when she enorganization until his death something verging on contered puberty. in 1948 but he was not altempt. In those days, the ways a welcomed one. In 1929, Rudi Schneider, main officers of the society whose abilities were said to In 1926, Price came across were made up of the British surpass those of his brother, the case of a Romanian upper class and most were travelled to England to be peasant girl named Eleonrelated to one another by tested by Price. The investiora Zugan, who was apparmarriage. Price was most gator was still adding new ently experiencing violent definitely not of their class scientific technology to his poltergeist phenomena, inand breeding, as his father array of gadgets and one cluding flying objects, slapwas salesman for a paper device wired the hands and ping, biting and pinching. manufacturer, and this in feet of Rudi, and everyone The girl had been rescued else seated around the séfrom an insane ance table, to a display asylum by a psyboard. A light would signal chic investigator if anyone moved enough to that Price had break the electrical circuit. met in Vienna. Price returned to Despite these controls, Rudi London, with was said to have produced the girl, and bean array of effects, including gan a series of ectoplasmic masses, raplaboratory tests ping's and table levitations. that were only Lord Charles Hope, a leadpartially sucing SPR investigator, was Price, During The First Ever Radio cessful. astounded, as was Price Broadcast Of A Paranormal himself. Testimony and Investigation reports from the Continued From Over

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Harry Price — Father Of Modern Investigation, Or Hoaxer? Cont. And then, even as Hope was preparing his report, Price rocked the paranormal community with the announcement that Rudi was a fraud. As evidence, he produced a photograph that was taken during a séance and which showed Rudi reaching for a table. The grainy image managed to destroy Rudi’s reputation and embarrass the investigators who had declared him to be genuine, including Price With Sneider During His Harry Price. Those Testing who claimed that Price was simply a publicityContinued From Over seeking fraud were hardpressed to explain why he At the end of the sessions, would have damaged his own Price declared that the “But not all of phenomena produced by reputation in this way. Price’s cases (or Rudi was “absolutely genuBy the time of Rudi Schneipublicity-seeking ine” and “not the slightest der’s downfall, the appearantics, as some would call them) suspicious action was witance of credible new mediwere as success- nessed by any controller or ums had all but ceased. Soon, ful. One trip took sitter. Price had turned his attenhim to Germany tion from investigating mediwhere he went to In the spring of 1932, Price ums and psychics to investitest spell that began testing Rudi again. would convert a In these sessions, he gating haunted houses and mountain goat bizarre phenomena. planned to photograph into a man. NeedBut not all of Price’s cases (or less to say, the Rudi’s manifestations as spell failed and further evidence of his psypublicity-seeking antics, as Price was the chic abilities. Although some would call them) were subject of much Price obtained some faas successful. One trip took ridicule.” vourable results, the sithim to Germany where he tings were not as successful went to test a spell that would as before for Rudi’s talents convert a mountain goat into seemed to have dimina man. Needless to say, the ished. In the fall, Lord spell failed and Price was the Charles Hope conducted subject of much ridicule. more tests of the young Another of Price’s strangest man and while he too no(although possibly genuine) ticed a decline in his abilicases was that of Gef, the ties, still maintained that Talking Mongoose of his powers were genuine.

Cashen’s Gap, and yes, if you are not familiar with the case, you did read that right -- a talking animal! The case began in 1931 with a disembodied voice claiming to be that of a mongoose, a weasel -like creature. It began at an isolated place on the Isle of Man and according to the Irving family, who lived at Cashen’s Gap, this creature ate rabbits, spoke in various languages, imitated other animals and even recited nursery rhymes. Price personally investigated the case in the company of R.S. Lambert, then editor of a popular radio show called The Listener, but the animal refused to manifest until after they had left. The case may have been related to poltergeist phenomena, as Voirey Irving, the 13year old daughter in the family, was closely associated with the manifestations of the talking mongoose. Price failed to detect any evidence of fraud. Lambert, who investigated other supernatural cases with Price, almost lost his job over the Cashen’s Gap affair. The publicity around the case caught the attention of his employers at the BBC and one of his supervisors concluded that Lambert’s interest in the supernatural reflected poorly on the broadcaster’s competence. Lambert sued him for defamation of character and kept his job. Continued Over

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Harry Price — Father Of Modern Investigation, Or Hoaxer? Cont. Continued From Over The Cashen’s Gap case was also investigated by Nandor Fodor, a pioneer in the field of poltergeist phenomenon related to human subjects, who interviewed a number of witnesses to the phenomena, many of them hostile to the haunting, but couldn’t shake any of the testimony to say that it was not real. Fodor did not accept the explanation of a poltergeist and half-seriously suggested that it might have actually been a mongoose that learned to talk. Many years later, after the affair had died down, a strange and unidentified animal was killed in the area. Some suggested that it might have been Gef.

mented both his findings and methods and established a blueprint for paranormal investigations. Many of Price’s accounts from Borley would be first-hand, as he claimed to see and hear much of the reported phenomena like hearing bells ring, rapping noises and seeing objects that has been moved from one place to another. In addition, he also collected accounts from scores of witnesses and previous tenants of the house, even talking to neighbours and local people who had their own experiences with the rectory.

Price even leased the house for an extended one-year investigation that was supposed to run around the clock. He ran an During this period, Price also advertisement looking for open made some serious contribu-minded researchers to literally tions, although they were not as “camp out” at the rectory and record any phenomena that widely publicized. In 1933, he persuaded the University of Lon- took place in their presence. After choosing more than 40 don to open a library and set up people, he then printed the first a University Council for Psychi- -ever handbook on how to concal Investigation. The library still duct a paranormal investigaexists today at the university and tion. A copy was given to each investigator and it explained consists mainly of Price’s enorwhat to do when investigating mous occult collection. the house, along with what The year 1929 marked a turning equipment they would need. point in Price’s career, although the case would not be made pub- Price turned the Borley investilic for several years yet. In was in gations into two books entitled The Most Haunted House that year that he became inin England (1940) and The End volved in a case which would of Borley Rectory (1946). Both take over his life and for which books became very popular and he would become most famous. The case involved a deteriorating entrenched Price solidly as the organizer of well-run paranorEssex house called Borley Rectory. It would be during Price’s mal investigations. investigations of Borley Rectory that he would become the best known and most accomplished of the early ghost hunters, setting the standard for those who would follow. He carefully docu-

Despite what his detractors would claim, the books would set the standard for future investigations and would mark the first time that detailed accounts of paranormal research

had been exposed to the general public. While his critics saw this only as further grand-standing, future investigators were able to use the books when researching their own cases. Regardless of what some may think of his methods and research, Harry Price must be remembered today as a pioneer in paranormal research. He is the one person who so many of modern researchers (even unknowingly) emulate today with their investigations. Price managed to give ghost research a place in the public eye and opened it up to those who don’t fit into the categories of professional scientists, hard-headed sceptics, nor fall into the realm of gullible “true believer”. If for no other reason that this, we owe him a debt of gratitude. Price died from a heart attack at his home in Pullborough on March 29, 1948. He was only 67 years old but his tremendous labours and volumes of research remain today. He is still regarded as highly controversial but he is not without appreciation. One of those who spoke best of Price, Sir Albion Richardson, Recorder of Nottingham, stated that: “Borley Rectory stands by itself in the literature of psychical manifestation. The large numbers of the public who are interested in these things are under a debt of gratitude to Mr. Harry Price, for without his untiring energy and skilled experience as an investigator, the story of Borley Rectory would have remained unrevealed. The manifestations are proved by the evidence, to the point of moral certainty.” Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Mysteries — Spontaneous Human Combustion Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is one of the spookiest phenomena we know of. It seems utterly bizarre, almost unbelievable, yet it does appear to exist. What is it? Spontaneous human combustion occurs when a person simply bursts into flames for no obvious reason and is then entirely, or almost entirely, incinerated : reduced to ashes. The phenomenon has been known about for quite some time. In fact, Charles Dickens wrote about it in the 19th century. He even had the character Krook die from it in his novel Bleak House. When he was criticised for encouraging superstitious nonsense, he replied “Charles Dickens that he had rewrote about it in searched the subject the 19th century. and was convinced it He even had the really existed. character Krook Characteristics of die from it in his Spontaneous Hunovel Bleak man Combustion House. When he was criticised for What distinguishes encouraging the victims of SHC superstitious from those of a nornonsense, he mal fire? First of all, replied that he there is the extent of had researched destruction to the the subject and body. Our biology was convinced it actually makes the really existed.” human body very resilient and it is extremely difficult to reduce it to ashes. Survivors of static flash fires/events Two examples of people surviving static

flash events are given in a book on SHC In addition, Jack Angel claims to have survived an SHC-like event. In September 1985, a young woman named Debbie Clark was walking home when she noticed an occasional flash of blue light: It was me. I was lighting up the driveway every couple of steps. As we got into the garden I thought it was funny at that point. I was walking around in circles saying: 'look

at this, mum, look!' She started screaming and my brother came to the door and started screaming and shouting 'Have you never heard of spontaneous human combustion Debbie's mother, Dianne Clark . I screamed at her to get her shoes off and it [the flashes] kept going so I hassled her through and got her into the bath. I thought that the bath is wired to earth. It was a blue light you know what they call electric blue. She thought it was fun, she was laughing In winter 1980, Cheshire, England resident Susan Motteshead was standing in her kitchen, wearing flameresistant pajamas, when she was suddenly engulfed in a

short-lived fire that seemed to have ignited the fluff on her clothing but burned out before it could set anything properly alight, I was in the kitchen and my daughter just screamed out that my back was on fire. As I looked down it sort of whooshed all over me. It was like yellow and blue flames all over me. I was not burned at all. Not even my hair was burned. The daughter, Joanne Motteshead, confirms this account and adds that the fire brigade arrived and tried (unsuccessfully) to set fire to Susan's pajamas. The two subjects (Debbie Clark and Susan Motteshead), speaking independently and with no knowledge of each other, give similar histories. I was not wearing any nylon clothing [at the time of the flashes]. I used to suffer a lot with static electricity so I tended not to wear anything nylon. I used to crackle with static when taking off my clothes and if I touched any metal thing it used to hurt me. I used to have a lot of trouble with electrical things. Cremation ovens are specially designed to achieve the temperatures of up to thousands of degrees centigrade which are required to incinerate bone. A normal house fire is incapable of doing this. Yet in SHC cases, the victims is almost vaporised. Continued Over

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Mysteries — Spontaneous Human Combustion Cont. Continued From Over In the 1951 case of Mary Reeser, for example, only her foot remained, together with a shrunken skull and some teeth. The second very strange thing about SHC is that, in most of them, the fire seems to damage only or primarily the victim, not the surrounding environment. Referring to the Reeser case again, her remains were found in her living room, containing a highly flammable carpet and furniture. Yet the fire did not spread. Explanations for Spontaneous Human Combustion Charles Dickens portrayed SHC as a consequence of a person’s unpleasant nature : vile, noisome vapours circulated in the body of a meanspirited person, he believed, creating a flammable mixture. A modern variant of this explanation, shorn of the moral component, is that digestive gases are what create the fiery potential.

The religiously inclined tend to believe that SHC victims are suffering from the judgement of God. Certainly, the phenomenon does bear a striking resemblance to traditional depictions of angry gods throwing down thunderbolts at mortals who have displeased them. More recently, an explanation called the “wick effect” has been put

forward. According to this theory, the fat on the human body acts like a candle, while the person’s clothes act like the wick. Some would-be debunkers of paranormal phenomena have seized on this term “wick effect” triumphantly. Unfortunately, the explanation fails to account for what started the fire in the first place. Witnesses to Spontaneous Human Combustion In searching for explanations of SHC, it’s clear that two things would be very useful : eyewitnesses or survivors! There have indeed been eye-witnesses to cases of SHC. In 1982, the Saffin family of London claimed their 62 year-old relative Jean suddenly burst into flames right in front of their eyes. Of course, sceptics usually claim that the victims of SHC are actually the victims of murder, and fire has simply been used to cover up the evidence. Under this interpretation, then, the supposed eyewitnesses are actually the murderers so their testimony is not to be trusted. An inquest into Jean Saffin’s death recorded an open verdict. SHC featured in a French murder trial as far back as the 18th century. In that case, a man was accused of killing his wife and trying to burn her body. He insisted that she had just burst into flames in front of

Survivors of Spontaneous Human Combustion There have also been survivors of what appear to be cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion. In 1991, for example, Winifred Gowthorpe, who lived in Yorkshire, reported that strange burn marks had mysteriously appeared on his arms and hands. No source of the burning was apparent, and the clothes he had worn were completely undamaged.

“Charles Dickens portrayed SHC as a consequence of a person’s unpleasant nature : vile, noisome vapours circulated in the body of a meanspirited person, he believed, creating a flammable mixture. A modern variant of this explanation, shorn of the In 1985, Australian moral component, is man Frank Clewer that digestive managed to build gases are what up 40,000 volts of electricity in his ny- create the fiery potential.” lon and woollen clothes as he went for a job interview. After a few minutes’ conversation, he had managed to burn a hole in the carpet. A sound of crackling electricity was heard all around him. Thinking that some engineering problem must have occurred in the building’s infrastructure, all staff were evacuated. Only later did they realise the true cause of the problem. Brian Lambert

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MarVeena Meek : The Warriors Wheel compete. Being a show-me girl, I always like to see some thing work before I really give it much merit or thought. If I hadn’t started coming up with issues in my training I might not have tried it, but things started coming up in my program that I had a hard time over coming. One of my good friends who was also in the medicine path suggested that I learn the wheel and put MarVeena Meek — The it in to action. You can use this Paranormal Watch’s New same wheel in a lot of your Psychic Writer own day-to-day life situations. That is why I am sharing it The definition of a warrior is here. This is also a good way an awakened human, fighting for me to empty my cup symfor peace, harmony, and indi- bolically. The cup cannot be vidual, autonomous freedom to filled again until it is emptied. bring the Gold Horse to vicBy sharing what tory. has worked for you, you are emptying your cup. The uniThe Goal of the enlightened verse responds by giving you warrior is to use their tools to more to learn. fight ignorance, slavery, bigotry, to bring about a world of My first issue was having a individual freedom and auton- hard time judging my space omy. Wheels are ways of learn- and distance. When you are ing bodies of information in preparing an attack, it is cruthe medicine path. cial that you be able to know

WTA’s to push your edge on all levels. A WTA is a (warrior task assignment). My interest in martial arts was originally a WTA from the man that I apprenticed to. He challenged me to study a martial art to help me gain a better sense of self in the physical body. So I did, starting in 1999. The WTA suggested to find ways to push your personal edge or personal comfort zone. What I did to push my edge was to sign up and take black belt classes that were training for State Competitions and Nationals. I was the only colored belt in the class; every one else was already a Black belt. So every class I took was over my head, really hard but when you train over your head for a project you really gain from a higher level. When I was actually with some one my own belt level I was more than ready to compete with them. They were easy compared to what I trained with every day. It also helped me that I was one of two women in the class, so the intensity of training was really high. That then became my natural level. I thought every woman across the country was training for Nationals the same way I was. Turns out that was not so. My natural level was hands down more intense than any one I competed with. Which was great for me.

where you are and what is your opponents kicking distance as well. The idea is to get into their space and score your point with out them seeing it coming. It is like you are on the edge, creep on in thenboom you are in and you score. I was having challenges knowing how close I could get and when I was at my distance to score. Space and Distance is a South I had the opportunity to put West issue. The counter to the wheel into use when I stud- that issue is to do personal ied martial arts and began to Continued Over ceremony and give your self

In the Sweet Medicine Sundance Path they are a lot of wheels. Our mind learns easily in circles so things are over layed that way to help us integrate the teachings and compare them to other wheels for multiple over lays of information. When I began to train in martial arts I learned about The Warrior Wheel.

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MarVeena Meek : The Warriors Wheel Cont. Continued From Over To counter my problem gauging space and distance I gave my self the job of training with better and higher ranked martial artist than I was. I also did personal ceremonies to stay connected with spirit. Some times I would just light some incense and sit under a tree out side and pray. In the SW, the symbolical idea to be gained here is my willingness to engage with the unknown. I was afraid of the unknown in a match, would I get kicked really hard, maybe I would lose, how would I feel about that? Do I have the stamina to go three rounds? I had all these little unanswered questions to my self. This was causing me to loose my abilities to judge. As I began to train and really push my personal edge by training above my belt rank, I gained solid strength and understanding about my abilities and limits. This gave me confidence. I did my personal ceremonies to gain a sense of inner strength; this gave me that calm and understanding of (it is a good day to die). When you are really ready to bring it on, that energy and power is so awesome. It really helps support your play. It seemed that I was getting better at gauging my space and distance with in a few weeks of implementing the new approach. What I think is weird is that as soon as that challenge cleared up I began

to have a problem with my timing. Timing is crucial in a martial artist, it is important for all of us and we may not realize it. For a martial artist who is competing it is an important factor. My timing was off; I was missing opportunities and starting to attack to late. So on the wheel I looked it up and discovered the cure was to keep and plot the naturals. What is that? It is the moon phases, cycles, the tides, where are the planets now. What is going on in the heavens? So I bought my self an almanac and begin to read it every morning, where is the moon, what are the times for sun rise and sun set, are any planets in retrograde? I began to get up in the morning to go watch the sunrise; I made sure I watched the sun go down at night. I kept track of when the moon would rise and would watch that. By getting in harmony with the heavens and nature I was in better harmony with my self and all that is. This allowed me to see better and know when to move, when to wait. You can also affect one place of the wheel by working across the wheel. So when I was trying to build my strength and power I not only did the exercise in the west but the east also. In the east it says to pursue knowledge, so I studied the great martial artists especially Bruce Lee, who I think is a Master

energy who incarnated. I also studied other spiritual teaching from other schools in the Eight Great Powers. This helped me have a good attitude and approach to my training, and to develop my power and sense of self, and connectedness to all that is. I used all of this for martial arts, you could use this same wheel to rejuvenate a business, re- build your own physical body, there are a lot of ways of using this teaching to empower your own life. I took my martial arts to two state competitions and won two gold medals, then to Nationals and won two more golf medals sparring, then to earn my first-degree black belt and my second degree down the road.

If you need a little blue print for success this would be it! When we learn to live with in sacred law, we can step into our power and shinning in a beauty way. Here is the warrior wheel starting in the North: In the North: Intent and Coordination In the North East: Relaxation and Focus In the East: Self Development & Speed In the South East: Attitude & Approach In the South: Balance & Control In the South West: Space & Distance In the West: Power and Strength In the North West: Pattern and Timing MarVeena Meek

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The Highgate Cemetery Vampire Highgate Cemetery was constructed in 1839 and it was a very fashionable burial place for Victorians. By the 1960's Highgate Cemetery had fallen into neglect and decay. Stories started circulating that the cemetery was haunted and newspapers started reporting England's first Vampire in over a hundred years. In 1963 two 16 year old convent girls were walking home at night after having visited friends in Highgate Village. Their return journey took them down Swain's Lane past the cemetery.

are visible either side until consumed in darkness. Some who actually witnessed the spectral figure wrote to their local newspaper to share their experience. Discoveries were made of animal carcasses drained of blood. Very soon it was being described as a vampire.

but could offer no explanation to the incident. More mysterious still was the fact that where the vampire vanished, the road was lined by 12ft walls. Another interesting case is that of the man who was hypnotised by something in the cemetery.

He had gone into the cemetery In 1971 several years after the one evening to look around, many publicised vampire and as the light began to rapidly fade he decided to leave, but became hopelessly lost. Not being a superstitious person he walked calmly around looking for the gate when suddenly he became aware of something behind him.

They could not believe their eyes Swinging around as they passed Highgate Cemetery, Is It Round Here A he became the graveyard's Vampire Lurks? north gate at the "hypnotised with top of the lane, fear" at the tall for in front of them, bodies sightings, a young girl claims dark figure of the vampire conappeared to be emerging she was actually attacked by fronted him. from their tombs. the vampire in the lane outSo great was the intensity of his side the cemetery. Another incident, some fear that he stood motionless weeks later, involved a couShe was returning home in for several minutes after the ple who were also walking the early hours of the morn- vampire vanished. down Swains lane. The ing when she was suddenly lady recorded glimpsing He later recalled that it was althrown to the ground with something hideous hovertremendous force by a "tall most as if he had been paraing behind the gate's iron black figure with a deathly lysed with fear by some force. railings. white face. Thirty years later, David FarHer fiancĂŠ also saw it, and At that moment a car stopped rant is a leading expert on the both stood frozen staring at to help her and the vampire Highgate Vampire, and tends to it for what seemed like sev"vanished" in the glare of the discount the vampire label as eral minutes. Its face bore headlamps. an expression of absolute an unfortunate consequence of horror. the popularity of hammer horShe was taken to the police ror amongst the public at that station in a state of shock, Soon others sighted the time. luckily only suffering abrasame phantom as it hovsions to her arms and legs. ered along the path behind The police immediately made the gate where gravestones a thorough search of the area, Continued Over

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The Highgate Cemetery Vampire Cont. while a He maintains black-clad with absolute figure is certainty that again being the Highgate reported at Vampire was Highgate neither a hoax Cemetery. nor a vampire, There have but nevertheless again been it was somerecent rething very real. ports of a In David Far'tall black rant best selling figure' seen in Swain's book on the Lane outsubject, Beyond side the the Highgate cemetery, Vampire, David and only The Western End Of Highgate Cemetery claims that ley this February a lady lines may be an driving her important factor car up the Lane one night Flask and Ye Olds Gatethat has been left completely saw a tall dark figure about house pubs (both ancient out of the Highgate equa7 feet tall with luminous pubs only yards from Hightion. eyes that suddenly disapgate Cemetery) traverses a peared through the cemeThese lines, he says, can tery wall. large block of council flats actually transmit psychic known as Hillcrest energy A man out walking his dog (themselves built upon the along their had also seen the vampire site of an ancient nunnery) near the old Roman Settlecourse and and passes through an old ment in Highgate Woods enable the Roman Settlement a quarter the same month, which vampire to abruptly disappeared withof a mile or so away in Highmaterialise out trace. “Swain's Lane outside gate Woods which is marked when the the cemetery also has by an old beech tree. right condiSwain's Lane outside the its own weird happenFor without exception, all tions precemetery also has its own ings. Some time in 1974 the locations on the Highvail. weird happenings. a dog walker on regate ley line, were reportturning to his car in One such edly haunted by a 'tall black Some time in 1974 a dog figure' which, even when it Swains lane, found ley line, he walker on returning to his was not actually seen, it there was a freshly dug points out, car in Swains lane, found caused dramatic drops in up corpse in his car. apparently there was a freshly dug up temperature, clocks to siBizarrely, the doors begins in corpse in his car. multaneously stop, objects were still locked. At the the middle to fly from shelves or mysteBizarrely, the doors were riously shatter, and which time there were all of Highgate still locked. also had a dramatic effect sorts of strange rituals Cemetery upon animals in it's immebeing carried out in the at a large At the time there were all diate vicinity. cemetery late at circle of sorts of strange rituals being night.” tombs carried out in the cemetery Today, all of these locations called the late at night. are still affected by continuCircle of ing spates of psychic activTam Kinnear-Swift ity; the latest having seemLebanon, ingly come to life again in crosses the Flask public house, through the

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Legends — Spring Heeled Jack In a Liverpool backstreet in the autumn of 1904 a baying mob of over one hundred people rounded a corner to be confronted with one of the most terrifying paranormal figures in England's history.

The girl reported that the figure had looked like a man but had bird claw hands and burning, glowing eyes. The creature leered over her and groped at her body before hearing the shouts of approaching witnesses and

The figure was instantly recognisable as it became illuminated by torchlight, as the townspeople chased it leapt from roof to roof through the centre of Liverpool. From beneath the folds of its black cloaks were skeletal claws where hands should be, the eyes of the creature flared burning red from beneath a broad outlandish hat. Its grinning mouth stood open and blue flames licked outwards.

don was starting to believe that the devil himself was walking the streets. One night in 1838 a young woman named Jane Alsop answered a furious rapping at her door, it was a police officer asking her to bring a candle, for they had captured Spring heeled Jack. Miss Alsop of course wanted to see the famous demonic creature so she fetched a candle and hurried outside. Outside stood the policeman who reached for the candle, only as he raised his hands young Jane was able to see beneath the candlelight that they were not hands, but claws. Before she could react the creature was on to her, raking at her face with its claws.

“Her screams were heard inside and Jane's sister ran out into the night, scaring Spring Heeled Jack away. Though badly shocked by their ordeal the Alsop sisters were able to give a more detailed account of the creature's appearance than any previous witness. ”

A Paper Of The Day Depicting The dead-end alleyway Spring Heeled Jack Her screams were heard in which the creature inside and Jane's sister ran stood was surrounded turning to leap over another out into the night, scaring by 30 ft walls on all sides. impossibly high wall to make Spring Heeled Jack away. Such a demonic vision inits escape. Though badly shocked by stantly stopped and sitheir ordeal the Alsop sisters lenced the crowd who then The next year another girl stood and watched as the were able to give a more creature flung its body sky- was attacked in the same detailed account of the creawards with unnatural force churchyard and witnesses ture's appearance than any began to report an escalating and leapt the 30 foot wall number of sightings around previous witness. These new in one clean spring. The the area. The beast was even details made many Londondumbstruck mob had enseen scaling the church tower ers believe that Spring countered an apparition with unerring precision and that terrified the cities of Heeled Jack was not sent speed. England for more than from the pit, but descended sixty years; Spring Heeled from the heavens above. One witness sent a letter to Jack. The first documented sighting was by a young girl on her way home one evening in 1837 in Clapham, London. Her name was Polly Adams. Miss Adams claimed that a dark figure had launched over a high wall as she cut through Clapham churchyard.

the Mayor of London who had it published in the press. This prompted many more witnesses to come forward. It seemed that the creature had been around for some time and witnesses were not prepared to put themselves forward for ridicule at the hands of a disbelieving public. Lon-

The Alsop sisters again described the creature as many had before it but both girls stated that their attacker had not been wearing a hat, but a helmet of some kind. They also described a white shining suit beneath the black cloak. Continued Over

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Legends â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Spring Heeled Jack Cont. Continued From Over

One Of The First Depictions Of Spring Heeled Jack The terrified girls also claimed that Spring Heeled Jack did not leap as any person would leap, rather he levitated and then shot rapidly in a straight line, and there seemed to be no physical effort. Rather than Jack being Spring Heeled his behaviour suggested that he was propelled into the air by something more powerful and advanced, perhaps rocket heeled Jack would have been more appropriate. As word spread throughout the Victorian London the people began to speculate that it was electrical sparks that flew from the grimace of Spring-Heeled Jack. Jack next attacked a young woman on Green Dragon Alley in Lime house, the girl was temporarily blinded by a bolt of blue light hurled by a tall dark figure with glowing red eyes. Spring Heeled Jack was spotted throughout London over the next

few decades, regularly reported to be seen surveying the city from church spires, bridge tops and even the Tower of London.

had been spotted. The search parties began to converge and a desperate figure of Spring Heeled Jack was herded toward an ambush.

The Mayor was under immense pressure to rid the streets of this predatory spectre that had an unsavoury attraction to young girls. Gangs and police patrols scoured the city for Jack and sightings became fewer and more fleeting.

Chased through the streets Jack came upon a large party of armed guards who instantly sent volleys of rifle fire at the demonic figure. It seemed as though any living creature would have died under such a barrage of fire but Jack leapt nimbly over the group and disappeared into the night.

During the 1870's Jack was driven through the streets by a public patrol of irate vigilante Londoners but at the moment they believed they had cornered Jack he leapt over a huge hedge leaving his pursuers marvelling. The same decade saw reports from all over England. Spring Heeled Jack had been travelling and was up to his old tricks in cities hundreds of miles away from London. A decade later and Jack was back in London, the creature attacked two sentry guards wrapping its icy talons around the guard's necks and attempting to strangle them. The veracity and intensity of Spring Heeled Jacks attacks were escalating wildly and an appropriate response was required. The opportunity arose on a winter's night sometime in 1884 in South London. Jack had been spotted by a small group of people leaping from the pavement to the roof tops and back again as he wandered down the street. The police were contacted and instigated a sweep through the area where Jack

That was all that was heard from Spring Heeled Jack and the public began to believe that the creature was truly dead, that the bullets had been true and the beast had curled up and died of its injuries in whatever pit it slept. A mysterious masked creature whose appearance resembles Spring Heeled Jack has been spotted in East Delhi, India, 2001. Witnesses have reported what looks like a black shadow, with a monkey-like face, flaming red eyes, and sharp metal claws, attacking people at night, jumping four stories high and disappearing into thin air. The craze got to a point where vigilante groups armed with sticks patrolled the streets at night on the lookout for the creature and police announced a 50,000 rupee ($1,067) reward for information leading to its capture. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Somerset Devil Goat Cyril Barry had just come out of the army he had fought for his country in Italy, North Africa and Holland during World War 2. He had spent the evening with some of his colleges at the legion Club in Street (Somerset), and admitted to having several drinks, but swears he was not drunk. He set to walk home alone, as his house was only 15 minutes away, at 11.30pm, when he left the club.

ahead. He decided he could do with a cigarette before he retired for the evening and as his wife wouldn't let him smoke in the house, he had better have one now. He decided to use the ambient light from the window to roll a cigarette.

the room and the thing appeared to be alone. After seeing this, he then ran all the way home, scared out of his wits and he then re-told his wife what he had seen.

The next day he retraced his walk home and found the house where he had seen the goat headed person. He lit the cigarette and turned and The house where he had seen the glanced through the window that thing was empty it looked to have he had his back to. The sight bebeen empty for some time the table Most people had retired for the night, fore him made the hairs on the he had seen in the centre of the in 1948, with no television most peo- back of this neck stand to attenroom was covered with a dust sheet ple went to bed early. With no street tion. Sat at a large table in a large and the crimson paint looked lighting and very few house lights on, crimson room was a person with a chipped and faded. the walk home was almost in pitch goats head, the head had two blackness. Cloudy weather also obhorns each about 10 inches in Cyril avoided passing this house scured the night sky as it had been length. from then on and took an alternaraining so there was very little tive route home for several months moonlight to navigate with. The goats head was white it also until the house was eventually had a hairy beard, the thing did bought and occupied in a feathered Halfway home, he saw lights in the not seem aware of Cyril outside. ground floor window of a house up He could not see anyone else in Tam Kinnear-Swift

The South Shields Poltergeist The South Shields poltergeist case occurred over several months in a terraced house in South Shields. It started in December 2005 with anomalous movements of furniture and objects. The victims were a young couple, Marc and Marianne, and their three-year old son Robert, there full identities have not been revealed for fear of ridicule and press attention. The haunting started with the couple arriving home, one December evening to find two chairs stacked on top of each other on top of the table. Over the following months the events intensified with objects disappearing and reappearing in different rooms in the house. A chest of drawers was moved from the bedroom out onto the

landing and doors would slam shut in the early hours. Marc and Marianne were getting ready for bed they undressed themselves and quickly slipped under the duvet. Although the heating had been on for many hours, it was unusually cold in their normally snug bedroom. Marianne turned off the lights, seconds later, Marianne was hit on the head by their son's toy dog, she sat bolt upright in bed in shock, and turned the lights back on. Moments later another stuffed dog hit her on the head. She hardly saw it move. It seemed to have appeared on the edge of vision a fraction of a second before hitting her. Soon the air was thick with flying toys. All seemed to appear in mid flight, apparently from nowhere, and were hurled with great force at the petrified couple. Marc and Marianne

hugged the duvet closer to try and protect themselves from the flying toys. An invisible hand grabbed the far corner of the duvet and pulled in the opposite direction, soon they were involved in a tug of war with the poltergeist. As quickly as it had started, the tugging stopped only to be replaced by something even worse. Marc started screaming and across his back long scratches started to appear, in only a few moments thirteen large scratches had appeared on Marc's back. Marc later described the painful sensation as being scratched by a large heavy claw. The scratches had mysteriously disappeared by the next morning.

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Ghosts Of The White House The White House has long had a reputation for being haunted, and according to legend, by the ghosts of dead former Presidents, First Ladies and a former British soldier. Many recent presidents have described feeling the presence of their predecessors. White House chief usher Gary Walters disclosed that "The presidents that I have worked for have all indicated a feeling of the previous occupants of the White House and have all talked about drawing strength from the fact that the previous presidents have lived here".

Dolley Madison's spectre has been seen. She planted the original Rose Garden. It's been said that, when Mrs. Wilson decided to remove the garden, Dolley appeared to the workmen dismantling it and upbraided them. They fled and the Rose Garden remains. James Madison was President during the War of 1812 when the British troops stormed the mansion. As they closed in, Dolley Madison requested a carriage to take her to safety but she wouldn't leave until the portrait of George Washington could be taken with her.

The most famous ghost at the White House is that of former President Abraham Lincoln. His ghost was repeatedly sighted at the White House for over 150 years. However, there are at least 10 other ghosts that haunt the home of the US Presidency. Perhaps the scariest revelation about the hauntings of the White House was described by George W Bush from an incident in 1992, when his father was still Abraham Lincoln, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president and he was visiting the ghost is frequently seen and White House. George W Bush heard at the white house found the White House a creepy place. After exercising in a White House gym one evening, Bush There is a story of a former has told a friend he froze in his British soldier who died on the steps while approaching the Lin- White House grounds in 1814 coln Bedroom. Bush insists that when the White House was he saw ghosts coming out of the burned by the Royal Marines. wall of the bedroom, according Some people have seen the to a friend of his. British soldier standing with a torch in his hand in the grounds of the White House. Abigail Adams is another haunter. John Adams was the first President to live in the White One source states that, accordHouse. It was drafty and damp, ing to her biography, Lillian with the exception of the East Rogers Parks was getting the Room where his wife hung the Lincoln Room in order after it wash. Her phantom has been had been painted. She repeatsighted, scurrying to the East edly heard foot steps going Room, arms full of laundry. toward the door. She couldn't see anyone. Finally, she went

out and found another employee. She asked him why he was stomping in the corridor. He replied he just started work that day and had not been on the second floor. Then, he added she must have heard Lincoln's ghost. The 7th President at the White House, Andrew Jackson is another ghost who has been heard on occasions. Known as "Old Hickory", Mary Todd Lincoln and others have heard him swearing and stomping about in his boots in the Rose Room, which he used as his bedroom, and in the halls. David Burns donated the land the White House was built on. A White House valet heard a voice calling him and said it was Mr. Burns. A guard at the Presidential Mansion heard a voice declare it was Mr. Burns. He thought it was Secretary of State, James Byrnes, and looked for him. He later found out that Byrnes was not in the building that day. Several staff members have had eerie experiences in the White House. White House chief usher Gary Walters described one ghostly experience that he shared with three police officers. "I was standing at the state floor of the White House with 3 police officers. The police officers and I felt a cool rush of air pass between us and then two doors that stand open closed by themselves. I have never seen these doors move before without somebody specifically closing them by hand. It was quite remarkable." Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The CIA Encrypted Wall — Can The Experts Crack The Code? Almost 20 years after its younger than his 63 years. Loomdedication, the text has yet ing behind him is his latest work to be fully deciphered. in progress, a 28-foot-high recreation of the world's first partiA bleary-eyed global com- cle accelerator, surrounded by munity of self-styled crypt- some of the original hardware analysts—along with some from the Manhattan Project. The atomic gear fits nicely with the of the agency's own staffers—has seen three of thrust of Sanborn's oeuvre, which centres on what he calls invisible its four sections solved, forces. revealing evocative prose that only makes the puzzle The CIA’s Wall Of Inscription, Langley more confusing. Still unWith Kryptos, Sanborn has made Mill, Virginia tracked are the 97 characters his strongest statement about of the fourth part (known as what we don't see and can't know. The most celebrated inscription at K4 in Kryptos-speak). And the "He designed a piece that would the Central Intelligence Agency's longer the deadlock continues, the resonate with this workforce in headquarters in Langley, Virginia, crazier people get. particular," says Toni Hiley, who used to be the biblical phrase chiscurates the employees-only CIA elled into marble in the main lobby: Whether or not our top spooks in- museum. "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you Sanborn's ambitious work free." But in recent years, anincludes the 9-foot 11-inchother text has been the subject high main sculpture—an Sof intense scrutiny inside the shaped wave of copper Company and out: 865 characwith cut-out letters, anters of seeming gibberish, chored by an 11-foot colpunched out of half-inch-thick umn of petrified wood— copper in a courtyard. and huge pieces of granite abutting a low fountain. It's part of a sculpture called Krypton, created by DC artist And although most of the James Sanborn. installation resides in a The Encrypted Information Which has space near the CIA cafeteria, Everyone Baffled He got the commission in 1988, where analysts and spies can when the CIA was constructing a enjoy it when they eat outside, new building behind its original tended it, the persistent opaqueKryptos extends beyond the headquarters. The agency wanted an ness of Kryptos subversively emcourtyard to the other side of the outdoor installation for the area be- bodies the nature of the CIA itself— new building. T tween the two buildings, so a solici- and serves as a reminder of why tation went out for a piece of public secrecy and subterfuge so fascinate here, copper plates near the enart that the general public would us. trance bear snippets of Morse never see. code, and a naturally magnetized "The whole thing is about the lodestone sits by a compass rose Sanborn named his proposal after power of secrecy," Sanborn tells me etched in granite. the Greek word for hidden. The work when I visit his studio, a barnlike is a meditation on the nature of sestructure on Jimmy Island in Brian Lambert crecy and the elusiveness of truth, its Chesapeake Bay (population: 2). He message written entirely in code. is 6'7", bearded, and looks a bit

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Junior Paranormal Watch — Story Corner Who's brave enough to stay with me?" The rest of the crowd declined, and they walked back to the house and carried on with the party.

Last Halloween a group of teenagers got together for a Halloween party. By the middle of the night there was a house full of people, singing, dancing and drinking. Just before midnight one guy shut off the music, stood up on the table and said, "Do you people want to have some REAL fun?" Everybody all shouted, "YES!!"

One hour later, at 1.00pm, they stopped the party again and walked back down to the cemetery. When they arrived the Goth girl wasn't there. They all thought she was either playing games or had gone home. They started to walk back to the party when they heard the sound of twigs crackling in the leaves behind them. They all turned around to

"OK", he said, "We'll all go to the old cemetery, just down the street from here. We'll stick a knife in someone's grave and we'll all sit there for about thirty minutes, and wait to see what happens." Most people said there was no way they were going to do that. Then one Goth girl stood up and spoke. She wore all black and said she wasn't scared." Everyone decided, they had to see this, so everyone got up and walked to the cemetery. The Goth girl took out a six inch hunting knife and slammed it into a grave.... but this wasn't just any grave. She put the knife into the grave of a mass murderer, who had killed five people. Then the Goth girl said, "Better yet, I'll stay here for an hour.

look but there was nothing there. They continued to walk on at a slightly quicker pace now. When they came to the cemetery's gate, they saw something running extremely fast pass the gate in front of them. They were all very scared now and gathered in a big circle. There, next to the cemetery's gate, was the Goth girl, stabbed, with her torso ripped open by her very own six inch knife. Everyone started screaming and ran off in every direction.

cerned parents had called the police to say that their kids didn't come home last night. After numerous calls the police went up to the house where the party was held to see what happened. Apart from a trashed house, there was no sign of anybody. After asking a few of the neighbours, they were told that most of the kids had been seen walking into the cemetery around midnight.

“OK, he said, "We'll all go to the old cemetery, just down the street from here. We'll stick a knife When the police arrived at the cemetery in someone's it was deserted. One grave and we'll all sit there for officer then saw a about thirty minnote attached to the cemetery gate. It said, utes, and wait to see what hap"They should never pens.” have entered my territory. All I wanted was peace and quiet. I'm already dead...but now they share my pain. Happy Halloween! " The police looked everywhere, but found nothing. Finally, after a more detailed search, they found them. Well kind of. They started to discover body parts hidden all over the cemetery. First they found hearts, then legs, then heads. All of the kids had been cut into pieces. The only body left intact was the Goth girl, the only one who had been brave enough to plunge a knife into the grave on Halloween. Bethany Lambert

The next morning a few con-

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Junior Paranormal Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Types Of Hauntings The Six Types Of Haunting Residual Haunting Residual haunting activity can occur when something traumatic/stressful occurs, such as a murder or a rape. Negative energy is literally blasted into the atmosphere, causing the atmosphere to imprint or record the events. Like a recording tape, it will play the events over and over again. The entities involved in this residual haunting activity are unaware of their surroundings. This is not an intelligent haunting, there is no interaction between you and the entity. Residual haunting activity can also be caused by positive energy blasted into the atmosphere. Many times you have heard ghost stories, where people can hear the sounds of a party. They hear music, singing, dancing, laughter and when they enter the room where they hear the party, there is no one there. Residual haunting activity can be the spectres of living beings. Case example: Woman who faces domestic violence from her husband

they see in their apartment. They discover that their spectres are still living, but are now divorced. Their spectres were the previous renters who were always quarrelling in that apartment. Residual haunting activity can be caused by agitated nervousness, such as a new politician that is nervous about talking in front of a crowd of people. The speech by this politician is played back over and over again as a residual haunting effect. Poltergeist Activity Poltergeist activity is usually caused by an adolescent teenage girl going through puberty stages. During this stage of development, a young girl can harbour an extreme amount of inner energy. This energy can be projected with the mind, which can cause tapping sounds, the movement of objects, lights flickering off and on. Poltergeist activity usually originates from a human being. Case Example: Walter B. Gibson, The Shadow

Walter B. Gibson, writer of the pulp series The Shadow The husband and wife move thought about his character out of the apartment and the The Shadow so much, that new renters see residual his projected thoughts would haunting activity in which actually create a hologram the previous owners are inimage of The Shadow, that volved in a domestic dispute, they appear to be spec- would lurk in his apartment. tres. When he had guests over, his guests were frightened by a The new renters are able to man dressed all in black, identify the faces of the with fedora hat and red scarf spectres. When they go to a covering his face. neighbourhood barbecue, they see a neighbourhood They were describing the get-together photograph fictional character The and identify a man and woman as being the spectres Shadow. The Shadow was

Walter B. Gibson's poltergeist, an entity projected from his mind. With this case example, not all polThe Enfield Poltergeist, a good tergeist acexample of poltergeist activity tivity is created from adolescent teenage girls. Demons Demons are entities that never had a mortal human form. Origins: Extraterrestrial. Why? If you believe that God and his angels are from the 'heavens', that would make them extraterrestrial. If Satan and 1/3 of the angels rebelled against God's Kingdom, then Satan and 1/3 of the angels that became demons are also extraterrestrial. That is why they never had mortal human form. Einstein said that E = MC2. Energy can be converted into matter and matter into energy. Demons are pure energy entities. They are described in three different ways. 1. As angelic, a being of beauty that will manipulate the person to commit something that is sinful or out of the ordinary. 2. Horrific, evil looking. Some people claim, they have seen demons that are incredibly hideous to look at. I believe demons do this for a scare effect, they know what we fear and this is not their true appearance. 3. Black mist, black fog, black shadow, black smoke. Continued Over

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Junior Paranormal Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Types Of Hauntings Cont. Continued From Over Most demonic hauntings, the occupants claim to be followed by black mist or black fog. Demons can travel from San Francisco to Hong Kong in a blink of an eye. The demons main purpose is to cause chaos and havoc upon mankind. Demons are deceivers and they manipulate our society towards social upheaval. Demons seek out our destruction. Demon cases are extremely rare. To handle demonic cases, it is essential that a blessing of the purest kind is conducted on the person or home. Consult your clergyman, priest or Demonologist.

it a ghost. If this ghost is able to interact with us, is aware of us, can touch us, can communicate with us, then this is an intelligent/interactive haunting Shadow Creatures/People

Dopplegangers

Intelligent/Visitation Back to Einstein's theory. As matter beings, we are all energy beings on the quantum level. We are made up of atoms and neutrons. As matter/energy beings we have intelligence. While we live, we have an energy aura that surrounds our living bodies. This aura is created by the millions of electrical currents that are created through our bodies. Our brains creates brain waves, a form of pure energy that is transmitting our thoughts, what we see, what we feel, etc. When our mortal form dies, the aura that constantly surrounds our bodies, leaves our bodies. We lose 6 ounces on the instance of death. What is this 6 ounces? Perhaps it is energy leaving our body. Our soul. This energy, the aura, or you may even call it your soul, is carrying the information of what we used to be. If it can do this, then why couldn't it also carry our intelligence? If it can carry our former intelligence of our previous life, then it should be able to interact with us intelligently. When we see this aura, we call

on a small scale railroad track. They have been seen to hop or what appears to be a strange dance. They are known to stare at the floor. Two common types of Shadow People are the 'hat man', that looks like he or she is wearing a 1930s fedora hat and the 'hooded figure', which looks like the shadow person has a hood over their head. The hood and hat stand out as clothing, but otherwise, they are not wearing any clothing at all. There are also reports of shadow animals, such as a shadow in the form of a cat, with no discernible mouth, nose or eyes.

An Artists Impression Of A Shadow Person This is a type of haunting activity that has no real explanation. They are different from ghosts. They are usually shapeless dark masses. Mostly seen with your peripheral vision. They are known to do things that are different from ghosts. They can move between walls, they have no human features, they wear no clothes (except for the hat man/hooded figure shadow creatures). People who encounter them, have a feeling of dread. Clairvoyants that encounter Shadow People, say they do not feel they are human and consider them nonhuman.Shadow People have no discernible mouth, noses or facial expressions. Some are seen as child sized dark humanoids. Some people say they seem to be made up of dark smoke or dark steam. At times when they move, they appear to be moving on an invisible track from one place to another, such as a toy train

Extremely rare. Case example: German ghost hunting investigative team is called upon a doppelganger haunting activity to investigate. The woman victim was standing on a street corner and with her peripheral vision saw the image of herself on a bus. The image of herself was staring back at her. One week later she again faced her doppelganger in a crowded mall, it stared at her and seemed to disappear amongst the mass of people. It wore the same clothes that she wore. One week later, she was diagnosed with cancer. Doppelganger haunting activity is considered the evil twin, the harbinger of misfortune, the omen of death. In most cases, the victim of this haunting activity is in danger with her immediate surroundings, her family or in some cases the victim themselves are in grave danger of illness or death. Beth Read

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Haunted Pubs — The Ram Inn he Ram Inn a former pub in Wotton-under-Edge, is reputedly one of the most haunted houses in Britain. The former Inn dates back to the 12th century, built on an ancient pagan burial site. The Ram Inn stands on a ley line running between Ley farm and Hetty Peglar's Tump, a stone age burial mound, could this be the reason for the paranormal activity at the Inn.

would be kept awake by tapping and banging on the window. Possessions would disappear and later be found in other rooms of the Inn. The paranormal activity came to a stop when a cross was placed on the wall.

used to be. John has witnessed the apparition of an old Inn keeper on many occasions and his daughters have frequently encountered the spirit of a lady by the name of Elizabeth, who is believed to have been murdered in the inn and buried beneath the bar.

“A large drape that was used to separate the room during Next to the kitchen is a forthe winter mer stable, the owner John months was uses this as a main living John has furnished The Ram torn apart. Inn with genuine antiques area. In this living area John John believes and period furniture in a has seen dancing lights by style befitting its age and the door. A teenager who the malevolent attended a paranormal tour history. He once bought a The Inn s first recorded use spirit which painting of Rev. John at the property was thrown was housing, for masons haunts this Wesley to hang on the stairto the floor in this room in who worked on the concase, but as soon as he got it room is an Infront of several witnesses. A struction of the nearby St cubus, he dethrough the front door he large drape that was used to Marys Church. The Property describes it as all scribes it as a 7 then fell into the hell breaking hands of the Church ft tall dark loose, with a and housed the local shadow.” large increase in Bishop hence the faparanormal activmous 'Bishops Room' ity. His daughters where at least nine dogs refused to different entities go up the stairs have been seen. The once the picture Original property is had been hung. believed to have been Door's that had up to three times the been secured and size of the building locked slammed that stands today. shut at night and there were In the Bar area of the knocks on all the Ram Inn there are windows of the the remains of a tunThe Ram inn, Wotton-Under-Edge As It Is Inn. John found nel system, it is believed to link the Inn Today. It Can Clearly Be Seen That This puddles of water in several of the with St Marys Church Pub Has a Lot Of History Inn s rooms and and Lacock Abbey. some visitors The tunnels may have separate the room during the complained of strange been used by Highwayman winter months was torn smells. to escape the local judiciary. apart. John believes the maWottons last two highwaylevolent spirit which haunts men are known to have freDuring 1997 John allowed a this room is an Incubus, he quented the Inn. The propparanormal group from describes it as a 7 ft tall dark erty became an Inn during Swindon to excavate near shadow. An Incubus is a the late 19th century, before spirit or demon that prays on the stairwell in search of a John Humphries the prerumoured cellar. The atwomen, its presence caused sent owner bought it in by witchcraft or black magic tempt was unsuccessful, but 1968, the inn is now a prirituals. vate residence. the next evening John heard a babies screams and cries In the former bar room John's bedroom a converted coming from the area of the ghosts have been seen, cold loft is located directly above excavation. spots felt, clawing sounds, the kitchen, this room until like that of a large dog have recently was the focus of Continued Over been heard where the door poltergeist activity, John

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Haunted Pubs — The Ram Inn Cont. Continued From Over Press as saying it was "the most evil place I The Bishops room is con- have ever had the missidered to be the main fortune to visit". focus of the haunting, with several different In the Kitchen three inghosts being sighted in dependent diviners/ this room. The ghost of a dowsers have reported a cavalier often appears in well being previously the corner of the room, located in the centre of before walking through the room. All three also the wall. The ghost of a felt the presence of two young lady has been seen bodies and a malevolent hanging from the ceiling. The ghost of a shepherd and his dog have been reported by visitors.

glowing white mist has been captured on camera, bright dancing lights have also been seen and caught on camera. In the Weavers Attic the ghost of a highwayman resides his spirit is often sensed by mediums rather than being seen, the presence of a previous land lady has also been felt in this room. There is anecdotal evidence of devil worship having taken place at the premises and the ritual sacrifice of children. In the Men's Kitchen area a grave was excavated and the remains of a woman and child were found.

Tow monks and two nuns have been sensed by mediums in the room. In the double bed an Incubus and a succubus have appeared depending on the gender of the sleeper. A succubus is a female demon that carries out Along with there sexual attacks bodies knives were on males feeding on a persons One Of The Many Odd Im- found, the Bristol Museum who studied life force, like ages Captured By Investiga- the bodies and artethe Incubus tors At The Ram Inn facts believed that their presence is they had been killed thought to come in ritual sacrifice. A man “There is anecdotal from witchcraft or force in the well. This and his son who visited evidence of devil black magic rituals. room is known to espethe Ram ran from this worship having cially effect woman, with taken place at the When the chimney in visitors often reporting room screaming, after premises and the the room was opened cold spot and the feeling they had calmed down they reported seeing the ritual sacrifice of up black magic and of dizziness. ghostly apparition of a children. In the Men's satanic artefacts were woman rise up out of the Kitchen area a grave found. Two men who In the Witches room the floor. was excavated and spent the night in the spirit of a woman and a the remains of a room were so disblack cat have been seen The Ram Inn, at Potters woman and child turbed that they had and felt in this room. were found.” to go to a vicar to be Pond, Wotton-underParanormal investigaexorcised. tors have caught a large Edge is in private ownamount of orbs in this ership but brave souls The former Bishop of room on camera and can stay overnight by Gloucester the Rt Rev video. arrangement with the John Yates, is reowner John Humphries. ported to have tried In the Beaufort room a Tel: 01453 842598 and failed to exorcise large black cat is often it and was quoted in seen and mysterious Tam Kinnear-Swift the Western Daily

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Synchronicity, Re-Incarnation, Or Something More? According to reincarnation beliefs, history tends to repeat itself until those who have participated in it learn their lessons and change for the better. This means that an individual may face identical situations from one life to the next until they are able to conquer whatever "cause and effect" chain-reaction they have caused from a previous life. As an example, a person who "lives by the sword" in one life and dies without having made amends for his mistakes, will in the next life be faced with identical situations which must be overcome. Ultimately, such a person will have to face themselves and have inflicted upon them everything they have inflicted upon others. Divine justice in many religions shows that those who "live by the sword" will "die by the sword", if not in their present life, but likely in a future life. Reincarnation theory states that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The lives of President Kennedy and President Abraham Lincoln had so many parallels that it cannot be dismissed as pure coincidence. To many, these parallels are evidence of history repeating itself and evidence of reincarnation. These parallels may be circumstantial evidence that President Kennedy was the reincarnation of President Lincoln. Decide for yourself.

Both were elected to Congress in the 46th year in the 19th and 20th centuries. Both were elected President in the 60th year. Both had the legality of their elections contested. Both were directly involved with black civil rights. Both lost a son while serving as President. Both were assassinated while serving as President. Lincoln's staffer, whose name was

were shot with another member of their entourage being injured, but not fatally. Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Ford Lincoln. Both assassins were born in the 39th year. Both were Southerners favouring extremist views. Both are known by their first, middle and last names. After assassinating Lincoln, John William Booth ran from the theatre and was captured in a warehouse. After assassinating Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald ran from the warehouse and was captured in a theatre. Both were themselves assassinated before their trials. Both Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successors were Southern Democrats. Both successors had the last name of Johnson.

Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theatre where he was assassinated. Kennedy's secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas where he was assassinated. Abraham Lincoln was fond of Monroe, Maryland. A place he had visited a week before he was shot. Kennedy was fond of Marilyn Monroe. Both were shot on a Friday. Both were shot in the head from behind. Both were shot in the presence of their wives. Both were shot while sitting with another couple. Both

Both successors were VicePresidents. Both successors were born in the 8th year of the century. Both successors were former senators. Both Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caskets were carried in death on the same caisson. It appears that history does indeed repeat itself. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Cannock Chase ‘Werewolf’ On April 26, 2007, the local Stafford Post newspaper ran the following story: "A rash of sightings of a 'werewolf' type creature prowling around the outskirts of Stafford, have prompted a respected Midlands paranormal group to investigate. West Midlands Ghost Club says they have been contacted by a number of shocked residents who saw what they claimed to be a `hairy wolf-type creature' walking on its hind legs around the German War Cemetery, just off Camp Road, in between Stafford and Cannock. Several of the witnesses claim the creature sprang up on its hind legs and ran into the nearby bushes when it was spotted." The newspaper continued: "Nick Duffy, of West Midlands Ghost

Club, said the stories of werewolf sightings in Chase area were something that he had encountered before. He said: 'the first person to contact us was a postman, who told us he had seen what he thought was a werewolf on the German War Cemetery site. He said he was over there on a motorbike and saw what he believed was a large dog. When he got closer, the creature got on his hind legs and ran away." The creature was also apparently spotted by a scout leader walking over the forest land earlier in April. The man, who the Post stated did not want to be named, said he saw what he initially believed was a large dog prowling

by the bushes. It was only when he got into his car to drive away that he realized something strange about the animal. He said: "It just looked like a huge dog. But when I slammed the door of my car it reared up on its back legs and ran into the trees. It must have been about six to seven feet tall. I know it sounds absolutely mad, but I know what I saw."

In recent years there have been a high number of pet disappearances especially in the area around the German War Cemetery, and it's certainly the case that the area has been the site of animal mutilations over the past decade. Tam Kinnear-Swift

The Blanford UFO On the 6th of July 1989 Paul and Debbie Clare were driving home to Glastonbury after visiting friends in Southampton.

cal object approximately 1 mile away and at an altitude of 700 feet. As the road straightened out he had a clearer view of the object.

Paul was driving, Debbie was a sleep in the passenger seat, and they had just passed through the town of Blanford Forum. The time was approximately 9.45 pm, the sun had disappeared over the horizon and only remnants of light remained.

At first he thought it possibly could have been a helium balloon but it seemed too big. Paul managed to keep track of the object through the trees.

The car lights were dipped, not dark enough for full beam. It was a Sunday, the road was quiet and they had made good progress after leaving the busy streets of Southampton. As Paul cornered to the left he noticed an object above the tree line, a small spheri-

Fortunately, not far up the road the hedge on the left had been recently cut and he had a better view of the object. He also realized that the object had come closer to the road (either that or the road had come closer to the object). He now had a much better view of it. The ufo was grey and metallic in colour with no lights and hard to spot against the darkening sky.

The ufo was maintaining a parallel course to the road moving at a similar speed to the car.

“Both watched the object as it maintained its Paul realized that what he flight path close to was seeing was a UFO and the road, after 4-5 at this point and woke minutes the object Debbie. change course Both watched the object crossing over the as it maintained its flight road 400 meters in path close to the road, front of them. after 4-5 minutes the obWhere it slowed to ject change course crossmaintain a flight ing over the road 400 mepath parallel once ters in front of them. more to the car it Where it slowed to main- did this for tain a flight path parallel approximately 1 once more to the car it minute before did this for approximately disappearing at a 1 minute before disaphigh speed to the pearing at a high speed to south.” the south.

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Black Creatures This story has been related to me by a person who wishes to remain anonymous. They take up the story in their own words.

had almost always been the bathroom mirror, which was right next to my friends bedroom. They had been attacked several times.

When I was about 8 or 9, I was at a friends house, we were living on the Isle of White at the time. My friend lived in a big house just set back from the beach.

What I had seen was one of these creatures, one of the most violent from what they said. His mother had called my mother in a panic, they had never appeared to anyone but family members, until now.

We were playing with his star wars figures, and I noticed what I thought was a black cat. I asked my friend when his parents had gotten him a cat. He stated, "We don't have one." He seemed little agitated at my question, so I went into the hall and there it was again, right by the stairs leading down to the living room. I said, "Well, what is this then?". When he came into the hallway, it dashed down the stairs. He naturally didn't see it, and looked even more upset. His mother was sitting down in the living room, and I called down to her to see if she had seen the cat. She was extremely upset, and told us to go back into my friends room, and stop playing around the stairs. It had been arranged that I was to spend the night, but my parents showed up about a half an hour later, and took me home. I never really knew why. I figured I had upset his mother somehow, and she was just mad at me, or punishing him for playing by the stairs. Several years later, when I was about 17, an event at home got my mother and I onto a discussion about the supernatural and ghosts, and she proceeded to tell me the story that to this day still scares me. Evidently, their house had been "possessed or haunted". They had seen black creatures, of varying sizes, and they had been terrorizing the family. The origin

I learned that later that week, the local vicar and several vicars from the mainland, had gone to their house to try an exorcism. They were violently attacked, and one member of the group had become possessed momentarily. They apparently had no further problems from then on, but every time I go by that house, I get this sinking feeling. Like it's watching as you go by. What brought me and my mother into this discussion was odd as well. I have had several times when I was at home, alone, up in my room, and hear the kitchen cabinets open and close. Sounds of glasses, and the fridge opening. I would assume someone was home and go down to see who was there. No one was home. Nothing had been disturbed. Anyway, I was in my last months of 6th form, and came home. Our house is two stories with a basement. We would enter the house from the back door, because the garage is next to the back edge of the house. When you walk into the back door, you came into a landing, on staircase hall. The hall went up, into the kitchen area to the left, and went down into the basement to the right. You couldn't see directly into the next room of the basement, the stairs ended above the sub-pump,

and the room was off to the left from the bottom. When I came into the back door, I looked to my right as I came in, because someone looked around the corner, casually, as if to see who was home, and then went back into the basement. The basement lights were on. I went up into the kitchen, and my mother was sitting at the table working on a cake. I asked her who was in the basement, because I thought it was her. She said no one. I said, "well, someone just looked at me from down their, and the lights are all on." We went and looked, and they were off. We went down, and no one was there. I told her about the other things that had been happening in the house, and she seemed kind of sceptical. F or some reason, she may have thought it was their creatures, I don't know. But she told me all about the creatures at my friends house. I was so upset about whatever it was that looked at me from the basement, that I don't really know how the conversation got there, it just drifted in that direction. But there have been other events that have made me believe in ghosts, demons, or whatever they are. There is something there. It may be a natural extension of our after existence. It may be evil, or the devil. I don't know. I have found that if I leave them alone, and just take them with a bit of humour, and a grain of salt sometimes, that I have on the hole been left alone, I haven't had an experience in about 4 years. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Rasnov Citadel, Transylvania Known as the "Fortress of Fear", Rasnov Citadel is a 13th century Romanian fortress built on a rocky hilltop in the Carpathian mountains.

are noises such as footsteps and voices and many entities have been The well was built by seen including one of a two Turkish prisoners who were promised their nasty man and a young woman. freedom if they did the siege.

Rasnov Citadel was built in 1215, yet the first mention of it was not until 1331. Rasnov has been the subject of local legends for years, the most notorious of which tells the tale of two captured soldiers who died in the well with a myriad of paranormal claims made over the years.

The citadel At Rasnov, Scene Of Some Extraordinary Activity

Rasnov Citadel fortress differs from the norm in that it was built to defend the local commoners from sieges, and because of this it had a school, chapel, houses and other comâ&#x20AC;&#x153;The recent mon buildings. discoveries of human Rasnov Citadel bones in both is the largest the infamous peasant fortifiwell and in cation ever built the castle's in Eastern basement Europe. have given way to yet There was only more sinister one successful tales, siege at the citamaking the del by Gabriel Citadel Bathory in 1612 Rasnov one when the people of the world's surrendered most after their secret haunted water supply hotspots.â&#x20AC;? was found.

The recent discoveries of human bones in both the infamous well and in the Work started in 1623 castle's basement have and took 17 years to complete, due to the po- given way to yet more sinister tales, making sitioning of the well meant digging through the Citadel Rasnov one 146 metres of solid rock. of the world's most It remained in use until haunted hotspots. 1850 when the wheel Rasnov Citadel has rebroke. cently undergone some The fortress was last restoration and renovaused as a refuge in 1848 tions and is now a tourduring the revolution. ist attraction. task.

Reports of paranormal activity include sightings of dark moving shadows, unexplainable sounds and cold spots.

Paranormal investigations have recently been conducted here by the teams of Ghost Hunters A well was built International and Most inside the for- Haunted. tress after the water supply no longer remained a seOther ghostly activity cret so there was no need that has been reported to leave to fetch it during a

Today, travelers to the site can visit a museum holding hundreds of year old weaponry, tools, books and clothing. One of its most known artifacts is a skeleton buried below a glass floor.

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Languard Fort, Suffolk and 1720, the fort was upgraded in 1730 and 1733 when the barracks were enlarged and heavier guns were installed in the main battery. During 1744 work started to enlarge the fort into a pentagonal fort, along with 5 basTracey Monger, The Paranormal tions. During Watch’s Historian 1780’s the whole of Landguard point Landguard Fort is situated at was made into a camp and Landguard point at the foot of construction of north rethe river Orwell in Felixstowe, doubt and south redoubt adSuffolk and was designed to jacent to the fort. On the guard the entrance to Haroriginal site, Rainbow rewich. doubt was built. Work was stopped in 1782During 1870 The first recorded fortificathe fort was modified to tion is dated at 1540 with a match artillery advancement blockhouse and earthworks. and a curved battery reDuring 1667 Landguard was placed the southwest and decaying and work was orwest curtains and bastions. dered to strengthen the fort, The barracks were re-built to restoring the earthwork ramresemble a keep. A new pant, a false bray at the foot casemated battery at the rivof the rampant and around erfront was rebuilt with a the fort, enlarging the basbombproof nose. Several tions. bastions were enclosed and The last opposed invasion of other modifications were England was during 1667, made to make the fort defen1500 Dutchmen forced a sible. landing on Felixstowe but During 1870 mining was set were driven back by 54 canup to control and lay minenons, 100 Artillerymen and a fields to protect Harwich. garrison of 400 musketeers, During 1888 the left battery the 1st English marines (Duke and the right battery were of York & Albany’s maritime constructed and armed with regiment) who later became BL guns, improvements conthe Royal Marines. tinued into the 20th century. During 1701 the fort was no During the second world war longer defensible. A new fort the site was used for was constructed to the south ‘operation outward’ for the of the old fort to a triangular launch of balloons that could battery defence during 1717

attack Germany by damaging power lines, the balloons were free flying hydrogen and carried trailing steel wires or incendiary devices, thousands of balloons were released during 1942 and 1944. During 1950 the left battery was converted into an Anti-aircraft operations room. The artillery was disbanded in 1956 but remained in military hands until 1960 and became redundant, restoration began in the 1990’s and during 1997/8 the fort was put into English Heritages hands Paranormal history of the Fort is very interesting; the image of a sailor is seen looking out of a top window, which is seen from the road. Lights are seen and people feel like they are being pushed on the top floor. A ghostly horse and carriage is seen entering the fort, which then just disappears, but using a drawbridge that is not there. During the Second World War a Musketeer was seen marching along a rampart by soldiers. A Victorian Artilleryman is seen by the shop and poltergeist activity has been reported in the shop. The cries and whispering in a foreign language of a woman is heard and are thought to be of a Portuguese lady called Maria. Maria was accused of stealing a silk handkerchief, her husband left the fort to try to help her and protested her innocent, but on his return 4 days later he was accused of desertion and was executed in the dry moat. Continued Over

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Languard Fort, Suffolk Cont. Continued From Over' unknown footsteps and voices. A solider is seen in the I have personally atbathroom but there are tended the fort and conflicting stories to whom the solider is and why he is there. A solider in the magazine room, unconfirmed information suggests he hung himself.

opened and closed was heard. On the ground floor/Tunnels white lights and black shadows were seen by eyesight, touching on the head were felt and at the same time a white flickering light was seen in the same area of the head and smoky shapes were seen.

The darkened room, In one area, Languard Fort, Seen From The Air just back residual from the energy of courtyard is thought to be someone being bullied, a found it to be an interhaunted by a solider, coldness in the bones esting place, it is maswhich was put in the sive and you cannot in- was felt, lots of moving room from his vestigate the whole fort energy was seen by eyetour of duty as he sight and it felt like there in one night. had arrived back “On the top floor, the KII was 3-4 spirits in that I attended with Npeg with a tropical (EMF meter) was having one area and noises who were kindly asked disease, which unexplainable readings of were heard. manifested at the by United Paranormal more than 20mG, a woman Investigations and also On the outside of the fort. and male were sensed in fort an aggressive male attending were Aspire one area. Unexplainable He was confined was sensed, unexplainand WTFWT, it was a voices, footsteps and noises to the room and able footsteps and a great night with 4 were heard and a feeling of his confinement groan was heard, a male groups working tosick and a door being was kept secret, child was sensed, footgether. The following opened and closed was his cries are experiences of the night steps in a different area heard. On the ground heard and it is were heard. are condensed down. floor/Tunnels white lights thought he only and black shadows were wants his mother On the top floor, the KII All in all this was an inseen by eyesight, touching to know he had (EMF meter) was having teresting night and I on the head were felt and at not dessert her. unexplainable readings wonder what the rest of the fort holds that we of more than 20mG, a the same time a white Other reported never got to investigate, woman and male were flickering light was seen in activity includes sensed in one area. Un- I will make a return visit the same area of the head blurred lights, explainable voices, foot- next year and find out. and smoky shapes were like lightening steps and noises were seen.” Tracey Monger bolts, scraping heard and a feeling of noises at the sick and a door being doors, sounds,

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Has Science Proved Near Death Experiences? In 1991, Atlanta, Ga. resident Pam Reynolds had a neardeath experience (NDE). Reynolds underwent surgery for a brain aneurysm, and the procedure required doctors to drain all the blood from her brain. Reynolds was kept literally braindead by the surgical team for a full 45 minutes. Despite being clinically dead, when Reynolds was resuscitated, she described some amazing things. She recounted experiences she had while dead -- like interacting with deceased relatives. Even more amazing is that Reynolds was able to describe aspects of the surgical procedure, down to the bone saw that was used to remove part of her skull [source: Parker]. It is estimated that as many as 18 percent of people who have been resuscitated after cardiac arrest have reported a near-death experience. As many as 18 percent of people brought back from death after a heart attack said they'd had a NDE [source: Time]. While many religious adherents might not be surprised by these accounts, the idea that human consciousness and the body exist distinctly from each other flies in the face of science. A brain-dead person should not be able to form new memories -- he shouldn't have

any consciousness at all, really. So how can anything but a metaphysical explanation cover NDEs A study from the University of Kentucky has quickly gained ground among scientists as possibly the best explanation

for NDEs. Researchers there theorize that the mysterious phenomenon is really an instance of the sleep disorder rapid eye movement (REM) intrusion. In this disorder, a person's mind can wake up before his body, and hallucinations and the feeling of being physically detached from his body can occur. The Kentucky researchers believe that NDEs are actually REM intrusions triggered in the brain by traumatic events like cardiac arrest. If this is true, then this means the experiences of some people following near-death are confusion from suddenly and unexpectedly entering a dream-like state.

This theory helps explain what has always been a tantalizing aspect of the mystery of NDEs: how people can experience sights and sounds after confirmed brain death. The area where REM intrusion is triggered is found in the brain stem -- the region that controls the most basic functions of the body -and it can operate virtually independent from the higher brain. So even after the higher regions of the brain are dead, the brain stem can conceivably continue to function, and REM intrusion could still occur .This sounds like a good explanation for NDEs . The past three months have been a sorrowful time since the death of the famous entertainer, Michael Jackson. Sadly, there will be no account of his personal experience immediately prior to his death. However, there are accounts of several Hollywood stars who had experienced near death and lived to tell their stories. These Hollywood near death experiences are included in the book “Death’s Door” by Jean Ritchie. Continued Over

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Has Science Proved Near Death Experiences? Continued From Over In her interview with Larry King, Elizabeth Taylor told of her NDE while undergoing surgery. As the medical staff in the operating room had pronounced her dead she felt herself going through a tunnel and saw a bright light. She also intimated that she saw her former husband, Michael Todd, Todd told Elizabeth Taylor that it was not her time to die and that she would have to come back to finish her work. Sharon Stone had a serious brain injury which caused her NDE. Stone told Katie Co uric about her experience wherein she felt herself being pulled into a vortex of strong, white light where she had seen some of her friends who had previously died. She said that very quickly she returned back into her body. Gary Busey had a NDE when he was in a motorcycle accident that cracked his skull. Busey said that he saw angels in the form of large balls of light that encompassed unconditional love and warmth. Prior to that time, Busey had been dubbed the bad boy of Hollywood. However, after his NDE, he has dedicated his life to Christian ways. Larry Hagman, made famous by his work in “Dallas” and “I

Dream of Jeannie”, experienced his NDE after his liver transplant. He described his experience as a warm feeling of love and bliss throughout his being. William Peter-

sen of “CSI” fame, relayed his NDE in an interview with Playboy Magazine. Petersen cut his finger and lost so much blood that he passed out. The doctors said he had no vital signs and pronounced his dead. While in this state, he saw himself on an escalator going through a bright light. He heard a

strong voice say to him that it was not his time and he needs to get off this escalator. Eric Estrada of “Chips” told of a serious motorcycle acci-

dent which placed him in his NDE. He was in a long corridor or tunnel with bright lights and he felt nothing but peaceful love. As this was happening, he heard a strong voice tell him that he had to go back and finish his life because although he had achieved fame, he needed

“The past three months have been a sorrowful time since the death of the famous entertainer, Michael Jackson. Sadly, there will be no account of his personal experience immediately prior to his death.”

to work on achieving peace in his life. These stories of famous people that have experienced near death bring to light how people in the spotlight can have the same experiences as everyday people. It is enlightening to know that NDE has changed their lives and, in some cases, made them better persons. Their stories help to make the belief that there may be an afterlife possible.

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The Mothman Prophecies The Mothman is perhaps one of the strangest creatures to ever grace the annals of weirdness in America. A mysterious and unsolved case, "Mothman" is the name given to a creature sighted in the Charleston and Point Pleasant areas of West Virginia between November 1966, and December 1967.

over one year. The sightings climaxed and ended with the collapse of the Silver Bridge,

They stopped the car, and were startled to discover that the lights were actually the glowing red eyes of a large animal, "shaped like a man, but bigger, maybe six and a half or seven feet tall, with big wings folded against its back," according to Roger Scarberry. Terrified, they drove toward Route 62, where the creature supposedly chased them at speeds exceeding 100 miles per A Photo That Is Said To Be Of The Mothman hour. Perched On Top Of A Bridge

Most observers describe the Mothman as a winged mansized creature with large reflective red eyes and large moth-like wings. The creature often appeared to have no head, with its eyes set into its chest. A number of hypotheses have been presented to explain eyewitness accounts, ranging from misidentification and coincidence, to paranormal phenomena and conspiracy theories. The strange events connected to the Mothman began on November 12, 1966 near Clendenin, West Virginia. Five men were in the local cemetery that day, preparing a grave for a burial, when something that looked like a "brown human being" lifted off from some nearby trees and flew over their heads. The men were terrified. It did not appear to be a bird, but more like a man with wings. A few days later, more sightings would take place, electrifying the entire region. Sightings of the Mothman started to escalate, with the Mothman plaguing the residents of the area for just

plunging 46 vehicles in to the Ohio river. It was proposed that sightings of The Mothman were a sign and warning of the impending doom that was going to befall Point Pleasant in less than 12 months. The Mothman has also been sighted just before other major world disasters; the Chernobyl explosion, the Tsunami in India, Afghanistan and Iraq, and in New York on September the 11th. On November 15, 1966, two young married couples from Point Pleasant, West Virginia, named David and Linda Scarberry, and Steve and Mary Mallette, were travelling late at night in the Scarberry's car. They were passing the West Virginia Ordnance Works, an abandoned World War II TNT factory, about seven miles north from Point Pleasant, in the 2,500 acre McClintic Wildlife Station, when they noticed two red lights in the shadows by an old generator plant near the factory gate.

“They drove to the Mason County courthouse to alert Deputy Millard Halstead, who later said, "I've known these kids all their lives. They'd never been in any trouble and they were really scared that night. I took them seriously." He then followed Roger Scarberry's car back to Whilst driving away, the the secret exScarberrys claimed to have U.S. Federal noticed a dead dog on the bomb and side of the road, and in fact missile made such accurate note of its location that they claimed factory, but found no to have gone back the very trace of the next day and looked for it. strange creature.” They drove to the Mason County courthouse to alert Deputy Millard Halstead, who later said, "I've known these kids all their lives. They'd never been in any trouble and they were really scared that night. I took them seriously." He then followed Roger Scarberry's car back to the secret ex-U.S. Federal bomb and missile factory, but found no trace of the strange creature. According to the book Alien Animals, by Janet and Colin Bord, a poltergeist attack on the Scarberry home occurred later that night, during which the creature was seen Continued Overtimes.

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The Mothman Prophecies Cont. The harrowing experience of the two couples was not the only unusual occurrence that night in Point Pleasant. About 10:30pm contractor Newell Partridge was sitting at home in front of the television. Suddenly, the picture on the screen disappeared. It was replaced by a "herringbone pattern" and a "loud whining noise." He could now hear the familiar sounds of his dog Bandit howling on the porch.

The Statue Of The Mothman In Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

“On a chilly, fall night in November 1966, two young couples drove into the TNT area north of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, when they realized they were not alone. Driving down the exit road, they saw the supposed creature standing on a nearby ridge. It spread its wings and flew alongside the vehicle up to the city limits”

Bandit was a big muscular German Shephard who was always on guard, alerting Partridge of any unusual happenings around the house. He was a country dog, and used to defending himself and his family. Partridge quickly made his way to the porch to see what his loyal dog Bandit was making such a fuss about. The dog headed to the family barn, located about one hundred and fifty yards away from the house. Partridge aimed his flashlight in the direction of the barn, and was shocked to see "two circle-like eyes" glowing red in the darkness of the night. "I shined the flash light in that direction, and it picked up two red circles, or eyes, which looked like bicycle reflectors. I certainly know what animal eyes look like... these were much larger" described Partridge after the events. "It's a good length of a football field

to that hay barn, still those eyes showed up huge for that distance."

the land.

Not surprisingly, sceptics scoffed at these Something wasn't right, theories, stating instead and Partridge ran back that Mothman was probably just some norinside the house to get mal bird; probably a his shotgun, to defend sandhill crane. The sanhimself from whatever dhill crane has reddish or whoever was trespassing on his property. patches on its head that He spent the night with could possibly be mistaken for large red eyes. the gun at his side. However other large birds have been found in When morning broke, the area as well. he went to find Bandit, worried that he was In July 1967, several hurt, or worse, dead. boys found a large vulThere was no sign of Bandit, but Partridge did ture near New Haven. find a worrisome clue to And at Gallipolis Ferry, a farmer shot an Arctic his whereabouts. He found tracks in a circular snow owl; it was two feet pattern, telling him that tall with a five-foot Bandit had gone round wingspan. Many local people were not interand round probably barking at something in ested in logical explanations - they were afraid the air! and, by the one year anniversary of the first reBandit was never seen again. Could the body of port, over one hundred the dog seen on the out- incidents linked to Mothman had been reskirts of town by the Scarberry's been that of ported. Bandit? The news of this strange event quickly A plaque on the Mothspread from police head- man statue in Point quarters to the local Pleasant provides a vernews media. sion of the original legend: "On a chilly, fall By the next day, more night in November 1966, reports of this strange two young couples drove creature were reported into the TNT area north to the police. In one reof Point Pleasant, West port, the Mothman had Virginia, when they realswooped down over anized they were not alone. other moving car, frightDriving down the exit ening the passengers. road, they saw the supThere were many theo- posed creature standing ries of what the Mothon a nearby ridge. It man was, the demonic result of a magic ritual, a spread its wings and flew alongside the vehibiochemically altered bird, or perhaps the em- cle up to the city limits." bodiment of a 200-yearTam Kinnear-Swift old Shawnee curse on

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Reincarnationâ&#x20AC;Ś Fact Or Fiction? The concept of reincarnation that our souls may experience many lifetimes over centuries, maybe even thousands of years - has been present in virtually every culture since ancient times. The Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and Aztecs all believed in the "transmigration of souls" from one body to another after death. In The Human Brain, Professor John Pfeiffer notes, "Your body does not contain a single one of the molecules that it contained seven years ago." Every seven years one's old body is completely rejuvenated. The self, however, our real identity, remains unchanged. Our bodies grow from infancy, to youth, to middle age, and then to old age, yet the person within the body, the "I," always remains the same.

recalled a former life as an Irish women named Bridey Murphy, who lived in Cork Belfast between 1798 and 1864. Investigation of the case revealed that while growing up she had lived next door to an Irish women named Bridey Murphy from whom she had borrowed nearly all the elements of the story, this is called crypto amnesia. Crypto amnesia are false memories created by the person, everyday you absorbs massive amounts of information from books, conversations, movies, television, etc. over the course of a lifetime, these memories become stored as unconscious memories and can resurface and be consolidated into a seemingly believable past-life memory.

Some children are born with a seemingly natural skill like Ludvig van Beethoven who could play the piano at 3 years of age other children who are geniuses perhaps they have just carried over their intelligence from a previous life.

Michael C. Pollack, Ph.D. had been suffering from chronic back pain for many years it had recently been getting even more painful his doctor advised him to see a college a psychologist .

Evidence for reincarnation has been well documented with evidence coming from countries all over the world, accounts can now be verified using historical references and records. The most credible evidence comes from children, accounts from adults are usually obtained by hypnosis these accounts can sometimes be very accurate but these accounts can be flawed. In the case of The search for Bridey Murphy this was a book published in 1956 it detailed the hypnosis of a Colorado house wife Virginia Tighe. Under hypnosis she

Michael underwent a series of past life therapy sessions: "I discovered that I had lived at least three prior lifetimes in which I had been killed by being knifed or speared in the low back. After processing and healing the past life experiences my back began to heal." Research conducted by Nicola Dexter, a past life therapist, has discovered illness-past life correlations in her patients, including: a bulimia sufferer who swallowed salt water in a previous life; a fear of indoor heights caused by carving the ceiling of a church and being

killed by falling to the floor; a persistent problem in the shoulder and the arm area having been caused by participating in a tug of war which injured the same arm; a fear of razors and shaving was found to have its root cause in another lifetime where the client had chopped off someone's fingers with a sword and then as retribution had their whole hand cut off. In one case a baby girl, Eighteen-month-old Elsbeth, had never spoken a complete sentence. But one evening, as her mother was bathing her, Elsbeth spoke up and gave her mother a shock. "I'm going to take my vows," she told her mother. Taken aback, she questioned the baby girl about her strange statement. "I'm not Elsbeth now," the child replied. "I'm Rose, but I'm going to be Sister Teresa Gregory." She later described her nun's habit in detail as well as her daily chores at the convent. In another case five year old Tommy, lost a button from his trousers. When his mother didn't sew it back on right away, Tommy found her needle and thread and did the job himself. "He sewed that button on so expertly that I couldn't believe it," his mother said. "I had never taught him to sew and he had never even seen me do it." When she asked how he knew how to do that, Tommy relied, "Well, we used to do it on my ship all of the time." He then related details of his previous life as a sailor. Continued Over oldest Ghost of Norwich

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Reincarnationâ&#x20AC;Ś Fact Or Fiction? Cont. In America, a 6-year-old boy's clams are being hailed by some as evidence for reincarnation. Friends of a 21-year-old navy pilot shot down during World War II are convinced that James Leininger has knowledge that points to the possibility that he was the pilot in a previous life. James' parents, Andrea and Bruce Leininger, say they were reluctant to believe in such a thing. Both parents are highly educated and 'modern living', they say they are "probably the people least likely to have a scenario like this pop up in their lives." However, the mass of evidence building up over time has convinced them that reincarnation is the best explanation. They say that James played exclusively with planes from the earliest point, but when he was 2 years old he began experiencing regular nightmares involving them. "I'd wake him up and he'd be screaming," Andrea told ABC News. When asked what the nightmare was about, James would reply, "airplane crash, on fire, little man can't get out." The Leininger's couldn't fathom the young boy's interest in planes, as he hadn't watched war documentaries and so didn't really have a source for his passion. And yet, in one video of James when 3-years-old, he goes over a plane as if he's doing a pre-flight check. Another time, James corrected his mother when she pointed at what appeared to be a bomb on a toy plane, telling her that it was in fact a drop tank. "I'd never heard of a drop tank," she said. "I didn't know what a drop tank was."

see counsellor and therapist Carol Bowman, who believes that the dead sometimes can be reborn.

aircraft fire. "I would say he was hit head on, right in the middle of the engine," he said.

Bowman said James was at a point in life where reincarnation memories are most easily recalled. "They haven't had the cultural conditioning, the layering over the experience in this life so the memories can percolate up more easily," she said.

The Leininger's felt so strongly about James' evidence that they wrote a letter to Huston's sister, Anne Barron, explaining the situation.

James revealed to his father the name of the boat he took off from - the Natoma. Additionally, he also mentioned the name of someone he flew with, a "Jack Larson." Bruce decided to look into these apparently verifiable details, and discovered both the Natoma and Jack Larson did exist. The Natoma Bay was a small aircraft carrier in the Pacific. And Jack Larson was still alive, living in Arkansas. Bruce decided that more detailed investigation was required, to try and substantiate his son's story further. He said James told him he had been shot down at Iwo Jima, sustaining a direct hit on the engine. James was also signing his crayon drawings "James 3." Sure enough, upon further investigation Bruce found that the only pilot from the Natoma's squadron killed at Iwo Jima was a James M. Huston. Jr. Ralph Clarbour, a rear gunner on the plane flying right beside James M. Huston Jr. during the Iwo Jima raid, corroborated one detail of the story.

Barron believes that James has offered enough evidence to prove he was James M. Huston in a previous life. "The child was so convincing in coming up with all the things that there is no way on the world he could know," she said. Bruce agrees, saying he now finally believes his son had a past life in which he was James M. Huston Jr. "He came back because he wasn't finished with something," he said. However, sceptical groups are not as convinced. Professor Paul Kurtz of the State University of New York at Buffalo, who heads CSICOP an organization dedicated to rebutting claims of the paranormal says he thinks the parents are "self-deceived". "They're fascinated by the mysterious and they built up a fairy tale," he said. However, James' parents say that the long process of confirmation is evidence that this is not the case. "He appears to have experienced something that I don't think is unique, but the way it's been revealed is quite astounding".

Tam Kinnear-Swift When James' nightmares got worse, and increased in frequency, his parents took him to

Clarbour revealed that he saw Huston's plane struck by anti-

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The Bermuda Tri-Angle ances, each leaving no trace whatever, that have taken place in the past few years in a watery triangle bounded roughly by Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico".

The Bermuda triangle lies between the Cities of Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Fort Lauderdale. People, ships and aircraft have been mysteriously disappearing off the face of the earth whilst travelling inside this triangle. It is also known as the Devil's Triangle, Limbo of the Lost, Hoodoo Sea and the Twilight Zone. In this area numerous planes and ships have vanished without a trace, often in good weather or near a landing site or port. Just before disappearing, crews have often made radio contact indicating that nothing was wrong. In some rare instances, ships have been found, but with their crew or passengers missing. The myth of the mysterious triangle was first begun in an Associated Press dispatch of September 16, 1950. Reporter E.V. W. Jones wrote of "mysterious disappearances" of ships and planes between the Florida coast and Bermuda. Two years after this article appeared Fate magazine ran an article by George X. Sand about a "series of strange marine disappear-

However strange phenomena have been reported since Christopher Columbus's voyage to America. In 1492, shortly before making land in the West Indies, Columbus recorded in his ship's log that he and his crew had observed a large ball of fire fall into the sea and that the ship's compass was behaving erratically. On October 11, the eve of their historic landfall, Columbus and another man saw a light over the water which vanished abruptly. Within hours land was sighted. While these incidents have been cited as the first known indications that the Bermuda Triangle is fraught with bizarre happenings, Columbus himself was not apparently disturbed by what he had seen. The ball of fire may have been a meteor, a fire on the shore, a torch in an Indian's boat or even an hallucination. Other phenomena witnessed in the area include bright lights or balls of fire; sudden explosive red flares in the sky; and UFO sightings which are above tha national average. Airplane crew members report sudden power failures, instrument failures, and their inability to maintain altitude. In the lore of fishermen, the Bermuda Triangle is inhabited by mon-

sters that kidnap ships. One theory is that unusual weather conditions are responsible, other theories propose that phenomena are caused by alignments of the planets, time warps that trap ships and planes, forces emanating from the unknown ruins of Atlantis, or cosmic tractor beams sent from UFOs to kidnap ships and people. Dr. Michael Preisinger a German historian and scuba diver has recorded the exact location and value of deviations in magnetic fields off the Bahamas coast. Scientists to whom he has shown the figures do not dismiss the possibility that they are caused by microwormholes. His researches have also led him to wonder whether the American AUTEC naval base on Andros Island is not-perhaps on account of these same wormholes-an "Underwater Area 51 of the Caribbean." Sceptics claim misleading information and sensationalist reporting have created a false mystery, adding that most disappearances can be attributed to bad weather, abandonment, or explainable accidents. They say that incidents that occur in the Triangle are automatically considered mysteries because of the legends. Analysis also suggests that the number of disappearances is about the expected average for the 250, 000 square miles (647, 000 sq. km) of empty ocean that form the Triangle. Continued Over

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The Bermuda Tri-Angle Cont. Continued From Over On December 5th, 1945, five Avenger torpedo bombers lifted into the air from the Navel Air Station at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 2:10 in the afternoon. It was a routine practice mission and the flight was composed of all students except for the Commander, a Lt. Charles Taylor. The mission called for Taylor and his group of 13 men to fly due east 56 miles to Hens and Chicken Shoals to conduct practice bombing runs. When they had completed that objective, the flight plan called for them to fly an additional 67 miles east, then turn north for 73 miles and finally straight back to base, a distance of 120 miles. This course would take them on a triangular path over the sea. About an hour and a half after the flight had left, a Lt. Robert Cox picked up a radio transmission from Taylor. Taylor indicated that his compasses were not working, but he believed himself to be somewhere over the Florida Keys (the Keys are a long chain of islands south of the Florida mainland). Cox urged him to fly north, toward Miami, if Taylor was sure the flight was over the Keys. Planes today have a number of ways that they can check their current position including listening to a set of GPS (Global Positioning Satellites) in orbit around the Earth. It is almost impossible for a pilot to get lost if he has the right equipment and uses it properly. In 1945, though, planes flying over water had to depend

on knowing their starting point, how long and fast they had flown, and in what direction. If a pilot made a mistake with any of these figures, he was lost. Over the ocean there were no landmarks to set him right. Apparently Taylor had become confused at some point in the flight. He was an experienced pilot, but hadn't spent a lot of time flying east toward the Bahamas which was where he was going on that day. For some reason Taylor apparently thought the flight had started out in the wrong direction and had headed south toward the Florida Keys, instead of east. This thought was to colour his decisions throughout the rest of the flight with deadly results. The more Taylor took his flight north to try to get out of the Keys, the further out to sea the Avengers actually travelled. As time went on, snatches of transmissions were picked up on the mainland indicating the other Flight 19 pilots were trying to get Taylor to change course. "If we would just fly west," one student told another, "we would get home." He was right. By 4:45 P.M. it was obvious to the people on the ground that Taylor was hopelessly lost. He was urged to turn control of the flight over to one of his students, but apparently he didn't. As it grew dark, communications deteriorated. From the few words that did get through it was apparent Taylor was still flying north and east, the wrong directions.

At 5:50 P.M. the ComGulf Sea Frontier Evaluation Center managed get a fix on Flight 19's weakening signals. It was apparently east of Flight 19 Mysteriously New Disappeared Over The Smyrna Bermuda Tri-Angle Beach, Florida. By then communications were so poor that this information could not be passed to the lost planes. At 6:20 a Dumbo Flying Boat was dispatched to try and find Flight 19 and guide it back. Within the hour two more planes, Martin Mariners, joined the search. Hope was rapidly fading for Flight 19 by then. The weather was getting rough and the Avengers were very low on fuel. The two Martin Mariners were supposed to rendezvous at the search zone. The second one, designated Training 49, never showed up. The last transmission from Flight 19 was heard at 7:04 P.M. Planes searched the area through the night and the next day. There was no sign of the Avengers. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Grey Man Of Ben McDhui The highland mountain ranges in Scotland are rough, beautiful, and magnificent places that attract many international visitors, but their slopes have a darker side that has terrified many people throughout the years. With a height of 1309 metres (4296 feet), Ben McDhui is the highest peak in the Cairngorms and the second highest peak in Scotland, but it is claimed that the mountain is haunted.

in the loose rock behind me coming down from the natural cairn on the high plateau. Every few steps I took, I heard a crunch, and then another crunch as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own." Dismissing this as an aural hallucination, he continued, but so did the mysterious steps.

mountain close to the summit when they saw a 'giant figure' approaching them from the direction of the cairn. For a moment it disappeared from sight as it moved into a dip, but the men did not wait to see it reappear, and ran as fast as they could to get off the mountain. This chilling account, coupled with the unquestionable reliability of professor Collie's story, attracted great media attention.

Many mountaineers are certain that the regions of the Cairngorms and Skye harbour a malign humanoid entity known locally as Moreover, other 'Fear Liath mountaineers Mor' (meaning big grey man) began to confess â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many that is grey in that they too had mountaineers are colour, big, and experienced simicertain that the fearsome in lar sensations of regions of the appearance. Cairngorms and The legends tell uncontrollable Skye harbour a of these beings fear and panic malign humanoid stalking anyone Ben McDhui, Scene Of Some Odd Occur- with no rational entity known who trespassed reason while on rences locally as 'Fear into their terriBen McDhui and Liath tory. Mor' (meaning had come away with the vivid Gradually he became more big grey man) impression that a malevolent, and more apprehensive, until Actual sightings of that is grey in paranormal presence existed he was seized with terror and the Big Grey Man colour, big, and fled blindly down the mounhave been rare, but here, which sought to frighten fearsome in tain for five miles until he "eye-witness" deaway anyone venturing upon appearance. The reached Rothiemurchus Forscriptions of his aplegends tell of this lonely, desolate peak. pearance describe est. these beings him as being around In a possibly related event the stalking anyone ten feet tall, covered author of "The Thirty Nine Although he was unable to who trespassed in hair, with very catch any real sight of it, Collie Steps", John Buchan was into their long arms and legs. was left with a sinister impres- walking in 1910 through a territory.â&#x20AC;? sion of being stalked by a huge wood of pine trees on the Alps in Bavaria with a local forBen Macho's sinister and menacing creature. ester. Suddenly both men occupant first came to widewere overcome at the same spread notice when eminent He vowed never to return to instant by a feeling of panic. climber Professor Norman Collie Ben MacDhui alone, and reNeither man spoke but they made an announcement to the mained convinced that there ran together down to the valmembers of the Annual General was "something very queer Meeting of the Cairngorm Club about the top of Ben McDhui". ley below where they collapsed from exertion. during their 1925 gathering. He reported that in 1891 he had been descending from this mountain's summit through heavy mist when suddenly: "I began to hear the sound of noises

Following his disclosure, he received a letter from Dr A.M.Kellas detailing his own strange experience on that mountain. Dr Kellas and his brother Henry were on the

One story related to the author of 'The Big Grey Man of Continued Over

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The Grey Man Of Ben McDhui Cont. Ben McDhui', a man called Richard Frere. He told of a friend of his who decided to spend a night camping on the top of the mountain in 1940. In his tent near the cairn he began to suffer a feeling of morbidity and a sense of unreality but finally fell asleep. He woke up with moonlight shining through a gap into his tent and suddenly realized that he could see something brownish between himself and the moon. Horrified, he froze, and waited for the thing to move away. When it did, he looked out into the brilliant moonlight and saw a large brown creature 'swaggering' away down the mountain side. He said the creature had 'an air of insolent strength' about it. Incredibly, he estimated the height of the thing to be twenty feet, and described it as having an erect posture, broad shoulders and a tapering waist. Wendy Wood, author of 'The Secret of Spey' approached the pass of Lairig Ghru in winter whereupon she heard a voice. She described the voice as being of 'gigantic resonance' and reminiscent of Gaelic. After a brief and brave scouting out of the local area to see if she could find the person she had heard speaking, she realized that she was indeed alone. When she hurried away, she could hear footsteps following her as if immediately behind. At first she thought the footfalls to be echoes of her own, but then noticed that they did not coincide or correspond to her own footsteps. In 1965, footprints were discovered measuring 14 inches and with a massive stride that covered around 5 feet, just as Norman Collie had estimated prior to his panic-filled descent down the mountainside

In the early 1990's a group of three men walked along a forestry plantation track in the countryside close to Aberdeen when one saw ahead a 'dark human-shaped' figure run from the left of the track to the right about 200 yards ahead. He felt a 'sense of terror and foreboding'. His friends had not seen the creature but when they looked ahead they saw a face looking at them from between the branches, a face which was 'human... but not human'. One man threw a stone at it and it disappeared into the trees.

Some have reported being drawn as if hypnotically to the edge of dangerous ledges while others are believed to have been chased to their deaths, in their desperation to escape, over the edge of the cliff known as Lurcher's Crag. There have even been reports that ghostly music and laughter could be heard wafting across the shadowy slopes and many accounts of heavy footsteps like those heard by Collie have been documented.

A few weeks after this encounter the trio were driving towards Torphins near Aberdeen when their car was pursued by the very same type of creature. They reported this dark, tall being running alongside their car as they drove at close to 45 mph. Eventually it gave up the chase and simply stood in the middle of the road and peered after the car.

Reports are not wholly confined to Ben McDhui either. One day during the early 1920s, experienced mountaineer Tom Crowley was coming down alone from Braeraich in Glen Eanaich, close to Ben McDhui, when he was horrified to see a huge grey mist shrouded figure with pointed ears, long legs and finger-like talons on its feet. He did not stay for a closer look.

A female friend of one of the men later told him that while she had been staying in a cottage in the countryside near there, she had seen a 'dark, hairy figure' standing just inside the tree line nearby watching the building on two occasions. After a while, it moved off into the undergrowth.

It may also be linked to other mountainous regions of the world. Another noteworthy possibility is that in view of the vast variety of unexplained phenomena reported from Ben McDhui over the years, could this mountain be a "window" area; an interface between different dimensions or alternate worlds? If so, there is a good chance that such a significant portal would have a guardian, to deter would-be intruders or trespassers. Is it just coincidence that this is the precise effect so successfully demonstrated by Ben Macho's sinister Big Grey Man?

The sightings of strange creatures are not the only things people have experienced while on the mountain or in the area. Other people have reported being in the area and suddenly overwhelmed by either a feeling of utter panic or a downward turning of their thoughts which made them incredibly depressed, or both.

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The Blays Lane Devil sound just moved closer to This story is fact and took place in a little village called me. Englefield Green in Surrey at a place called Blays Lane. Feeling very threatened for obvious reasons, I began to Although I have tried to find shout for my husband and knowing there was no way I out how it got its name could possibly out run this (Blays Lane), I have as yet, entity on account of my conbeen unable to find any indition and also because I was formation. frozen to the spot in fear, I continued to shout and by I was heavily pregnant with my son at the time, and my husband and I were walking home after visiting my mother. We took a short cut down a place that is renowned for strange events and many eerie sightings.

me. Suddenly this huge black shape darted to the left of the lane through and I mean THROUGH! The barbed wire fence still not uttering or making any sound whatsoever. We watched as it carried on through the field and all the other Barbed wire fences, wondering the whole time how this could be possible, how could anybody literally run

“Suddenly a very tall, very black figure appeared in front of me. whatever it was, it did not make a sound just moved closer to me. Feeling very threatened for obvious reasons, I began to shout for my husband”

We thought nothing of it as we took this Was This What Was Seen On Blays Lane? route home on many occasions, although when the this time scream for my hus- THROUGH Barbed wire name of Blays Lane is menband! fences without injuring tioned the locals of which we themselves or being tangled are included; roll their eyes There was no escape route for up in them? and whisper about what an me as to the left of me lay a evil place it is and that nolarge field surrounded by a one should venture down There was no blood or clothtall barbed wire fence which there etc. had other barbed wire fences ing caught as you would set at intervals the whole ex- imagine there to be. Only It was a warm summer evepanse of the field. I would say two very terrified puzzled ning and the sun was setting, about four or five in total. To people. We are aware of one I was thinking what a lovely the right of me was a 6ft wall other story that involved a walk this was and that maybe which I knew even if I were the lane had got a bad rap sighting of what friends of not pregnant, I would never when my husband was be able to climb. I carried on ours described as a dark caught short and had to pop shape with glowing red eyes shouting and screaming for into the bushes in a hurry. my hubby, beginning to back which was dismissed as too away from this terrible entity much cider down the very I carried on walking knowing all the while this huge black my hubby would catch up in figure began moving forward same lane. Suffice to say we a sec taking in all the beauti- soundlessly. From behind me no longer dismiss the legend ful scenery. Suddenly a very I heard my husbands pound- of The Blays Lane Devil. tall, very black figure aping feet and his roars of fury peared in front of me. what- thankfully getting closer to Tam Kinnear-Swift ever it was, it did not make a

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The Legend Of The Flying Dutchman King George V, recorded that the for hours to get out of the storm Flying Dutchman, according to lookout man and the officer of and at one stage it looked like folklore, is a ghost ship that will the watch had seen the Flying they never Dutchman and he used these would rest, and make is doomed words to describe the ship: it. to sail the Then oceans "A strange red light as of a phanthey forever. tom ship all aglow, in the midst heard There of which light the mast, spars a sick- and sails of a brig 200 yards dishave been ening numerous tant stood out in strong relief." crunch sightings - the of The Soon after on the same trip, the ship Flying had hit lookout who had spotted The Dutchtreach- Flying Dutchman accidentally man, and erous it is usufell from a mast and died. rocks ally spotand ted from a Fortunately for the British Royal began distance, Family, the young midshipman to somesurvived the curse. The Picture That Is Said To Be Of The times seen sink. to be glowFlying Dutchman ing with As the In 2008, Maans Smit reported ghostly light. ship plunged downwards, Capseeing a clipper of the coast of tain Van der Decken It is said that if she is hailed by anknew that other ship, her crew will often try to send messages to land or to peo- death was approachple long since dead. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is ing. reckoned by seafarers to be a sign of impending doom. He was not ready to die and The legend of The Flying Dutchscreamed man is said to have started in 1641 out a curse: when a Dutch ship sank off the "I WILL coast of the Cape of Good Hope: round this Cape even if The Flying Dutchman was returnI have to ing home to Holland after a trip to keep sailing the Far East. As the ship apuntil The Second Photo Of The Alleged Ghost proached the tip of Africa, Captain doomsday!" Van der Decken thought that he Ship should make a suggestion to his Milnerton Beach, just to the Many people have claimed to employers, the Dutch East India have seen The Flying Dutchman, north of Cape Town. He goes on Company, to start a settlement at the Cape on the tip of Africa to pro- including the crew of a German to say that the Clipper was movsubmarine boat during World vide a welcome respite to ships at ing quickly, but with its sails War II, many holiday makers and sea. furled, but guesses it was a moeven a King of the United Kingtorized replica. dom. He was so deep in thought that he failed to notice the dark clouds looming and only when he heard the lookout scream out in terror, did he realise that they had sailed straight into a fierce storm. The captain and his crew battled

On 11 July 1881, the Royal Navy ship, the Bacchante was rounding the tip of Africa, when they were confronted with the sight of The Flying Dutchman. The midshipman, a prince who later became

The Pictures he took of the Clipper, can be seen on this page. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Moving coffins Of Barbados The Chase Vault is a burial vault in the cemetery of the Christ Church in Oistins, Barbados. It is best known for a series of unexplained incidents in the early 19th century involving the coffins within the vault. Each time when the vault was opened to bury a family member, all coffins but one had changed position. When this had happened several times without explanation over a number of years, the vault was eventually abandoned. The vault, located about seven miles from Bridgetown, was a large structure built for the Chase family and their close friends. The vault was built roughly half above and half below the ground, which allowed for some degree of protection from the elements. The first placed inside the vault was Mrs. Thomasina Goddard, in a simple wooden coffin built in July 1807. Two year old Mary Ann Chase was placed in the vault the very next year. The older sister of Mary Ann, Dorcas Chase, was put into the vault on July 6, 1812. Some claim that Dorcas starved herself after she was forced into depression by her father. A few weeks later her father, Thomas Chase, died and was to be placed into the vault. Legend says that Thomas was one of the most hated men in Barbados. When the Chase Vault was open for the burial of Thomas Chase, the eight pallbearers who carried Chase's coffin down into the vault were the first to notice that the two lead coffins already in the tomb were not where they had been left a month earlier. Mary Ann's coffin was lying upside-down in the opposite corner from where it had been

placed. The workers returned the coffins to their side-byside positions and left that of Thomas Chase next to them. The smaller coffin of Mary Ann was placed on top of one of the larger ones. After the crypt was resealed with its heavy marble door, a curious murmuring started amongst the Bajans. The mourners soon resolved to place the blame on the slaves who had assisted in the burials. The alleged cruelty of Thomas Chase toward his servants offered an easy revenge motive. The case apparently having been solved, the crypt remained undisturbed for four more years. On September 25, 1816, the vault was opened for the burial of eleven year old Charles Brewster Ames. As with the previous time the vault was opened, each of the coffins were misplaced and thrown about, including the two hundred forty pound coffin of Thomas. The vault was put back in order and resealed. Fifty two days later, Samuel Brewster was to be buried inside the Chase Vault. This time, a large group of witnesses crowded around the vault, looking for the mystery to continue. The slab of stone, which covered the door, was carefully examined. No defects were found, and the vault was opened. The vault was once again found in disarray. Mrs. Goddard's coffin, the only wooden one placed in the vault, was badly damaged, and was later wrapped in wire to keep it together. Several investigators, including the Reverend Thomas Oderson, examined the vault.

Nothing could be found that would indicate a cause for the strange happenings, so the vault was once again cleaned and sealed. On July 17, 1819 the vault was once again opened, and once again the vault was found to be in disorder. The only coffin untouched was the wooden, and fragile, one of Mrs. Goddard's. This time, the governor of the island, Lord Combermere ordered his own professional investigation. The entire vault was looked over, and nothing strange could be found. The coffins were restacked with Mrs. Goddard's wooden coffin being stacked against a wall, as it was so frail. Sand was placed on the floor to catch the footprints of the perpetrators. The vault was then re-closed, and personal seals of the governor were placed on concrete. Everyone of the island awaited the next reopening. The next opening of the vault was not for a burial, but for the governors curiosity. On April 18, 1820 the governor and several friends travelled to the vault and found his seal unbroken. When the vault was opened, however, it was found that the coffins were in disarray; some even flipped upside down! The sand revealed no footprints. After this incident, the vault was abandoned, and the coffins were buried elsewhere. The vault still exists today at Christ Church Parish Church, and is still vacant. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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The Brown Lady Of Raynham Hall ghost, known as "the Brown Lady", descending a staircase at England's historic Raynham Hall She is known as The Brown Lady due to reports of the spirit being seen wearing a brown brocade dress.

The Photograph Taken At Raynham Hall Probably the most famous ghost picture of all time was taken by photographers Captain Provand and Indre Shira while shooting for Country Life magazine in 1936. The photograph appears to show a

In life, she was believed to be Dorothy Walpole, the second wife of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend, who died in 1729. She officially died of smallpox, but rumours have it that she was

pushed down the stairs by her husband after learning of an affair. Provand and Shira were working on a commission for the magazine Country Life, taking pictures of the interior of the hall. They were about to finish their series of photographs when Shira said he could see a figure descending the staircase and told Provand to take a picture. Although he was unable to see anything unusual at the time, when Provand exposed the plate, the developed photograph showed a strange, luminous shape on the staircase Tam Kinnear-Swift

The Phantom Airman Photo Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had been accidentally killed by an airplane propeller two days earlier. His funeral had taken place on the day this photograph was taken, and members of the squadron easily recognized the face as Jackson's.

The Image Of The Phantom Airman, Said To Be That Of Freddie Jackson, Killed 2 days Earlier Taken in 1919, this picture is a group portrait of Sir Victor Goddard's RAF squadron who had served in World War I aboard the HMS Daedalus.

It has been suggested that Jackson, unaware of his death, decided to show up for the group photo.

“At the back of the airman positioned on the top row, fourth from the left, can be seen the face of another man”

At the back of the airman positioned on the top row, fourth from the left, can be seen the Tam Kinnear-Swift face of another man. It is said to be the face of

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Soldiers Stories â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The English Civil War The English civil war, although referred to as a singular war, but was actually in three main stages, or mini conflicts, and ravished great Britain between 1645, and 1651. There were several battles during the conflict, some major, and lots of other minor skirmishes. However it's the battles such as the ones at Edge Hill and Marsden Moor that I want to look at more closely. The reason being that these battles have been reportedly continuing even after the last man had long since passed away.

The battle lasted only three hours, and with darkness falling the fighting ceased. Essex's army was in bad shape, so the Earl decided to pull his men back to Warwick, leaving the road to London open to the royalist army. Charles didn't take the opportunity to make his way to London, even though the

killing each other, soldiers on horseback, the whole bloody battle, replayed before their eyes. After three hours when the fighting finally died away, they made haste to the nearest town, and woke the man of authority and told him the story; he agreed to accompany the men to the same spot the next night. During the day though, news spread of the event, and by the time nightfall arrived, a crowd had gathered. They were not to be disappointed, and sure enough, the battle was to materialise again, in all its gory might, leaving the locals afraid they had enraged god, and he was bringing justice to them.

I want to now take a moment to look at the details of the battles, and tell the stories behind The Alleged Ghost Of A Civil War Soldier them, because all Captured At Naseby good ghost stories have a past of some road was open, and because News reached King Charles, sort, that should always be and he sent two men of of this, no one could really looked at first. claim victory from the battle. standing to witness the Parliamentary troops under events. These two men had By the time Charles reached the Earl of Essex were tasked actually fought at, and surReading, Essex's army had to prevent Royal Troops unvived the battle. The image regrouped and had taken der the Earl of Forth from was again to manifest itself reaching London, where they and the men were satisfied London, with fresh soldiers; were marching towards, so with what they had seen, and they were ready to defend it. the Parliamentarians rode out recognised events, and the to intercept the Earl of Forth's The Christmas of 1642 was a ghostly soldiers who were frightening one for several army, and the two sides met replaying them. shepherds who were making near edge hill, just outside their way home past the batBanbury. Over the years the manifestatlefield at around midnight. tions drew weaker and evenfirst came the sound of The two armies were fairly tually died out, however, its drums, then the clanking of large, and contained roughly still reported to this day that weaponry and armour, fol14,500 men a piece. Prince lowed by the murmurs and the sounds of the battle can Rupert, and Lord Wilmot, moans of the wounded and commanded the royal cavalry, still be heard from time to dying. The shepherds were and managed to push back time, just to remind people frozen solid with fear and the Parliamentarians on the of the events that took place were just about gaining the flanks, but the Royalists were there, and those who died. courage to move when the taking casualties further to images of the fighting began the centre of the front line. Continued Over to appear around them, men

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Soldiers Stories — The English Civil War Cont. Continued From Over .By the 2nd July 1644 the civil war was going wrong for the royalist troops in the north of the country and they were forced to fall back to the fortified city of York, which was then besieged by Thomas Fairfax and the Parliamentarians, who had combined forces with the Scots. “In another version, the roaming woman is the ghost of a young girl killed on her way to the prom. She is said to wander near the Poland Spring Inn, waiting for a ride in her eternal quest to make it to the dance. Like the slain Mrs. Knight, the ghost of the prom girl is said to vanish before the ride is over.”

Prince Rupert lead a relief force out to the besieged men, consisting of 7000 cavalry, and as many foot soldiers. Fairfax pulled away from York in order to cut off the reinforcements, but Rupert outflanked the parliamentarians and managed to reach the city. Rupert was never one to miss a fight though, and ordered his men out from York to surprise Fairfax. He led his men against a superior numbered force, with the sides meeting on Marsden Moor

By the time to two armies met each other on the moor it was dusk and Rupert was convinced the enemy wouldn't attack until morning, so he left the field in search of his dinner. Lord Newcastle, who was also in attendance, simply retired to his coach for a quiet smoke. The Parliamentary army didn't wait until morning, and attacked as darkness fell, the battlefield lit by a

harvest moon, casting eerie shadows over the fight, which continued on for several hours. Prince Rupert returned to command the cavalry, but they were defeated after several hours of fierce fighting, but the infantry won the battle, saving the fight for the Royalists. York was lost to the king and the royalists had lost up to 3000 men, and their artillery train. Parliament had regained the north. To this day people driving along roads adjacent to the battlefield have reported seeing apparitions of soldiers hiding and cowering in ditches, and hedgerows, hiding from the battle in a desperate bid to survive. Soldiers on horseback have been seen riding on the moor, and then disappearing from sight. Soldiers have also been seen hobbling along the side of the road, helping others who were wounded. n both cases described above, events that occurred at the time have been recreated for modern day (or people not long after in the Edge Hill case) witnesses. This would appear to be what's known as a stone tape style haunting. A stone tape haunting is said to occur when such events as a battle, a murder, or an event of high

emotion is alleged to imprint feelings and motions into the very fabric of the land, and these events are then recorded to be replayed later when the condition of the atmosphere, or the land is right. If a certain person is able to pick up on these emotions, it may be played specifically to them, someone like a psychic medium perhaps. In most cases such as these, the apparitions are unresponsive, and will just replay what happened to them at the time the recording was taken. They can not even really be called real ghosts as they are not really spirits, but just images that eventually, and in most cases will fade away over time. The amount of time it takes for them to fade away may depend on a number of conditions such as the scale of the event (in both cases above, large scale battles), or the type of ground, underlying rock or fabric the recording is made into. No one really knows what causes these events, and considerably more research needs to be carried out before anyone can say for certain, but one thing that's for sure about paranormal investigations is, one question answered, creates a whole load more to work out. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Ghost Towns — Tombstone Like so many other places in the Old West of America with violent histories, Tombstone is one of the most famous ghost towns of America, and is also one of the most haunted locations in Arizona.

“When White went to disarm the gunman, a shot was accidentally fired, hitting White in the groin. Having thought that he would make a full recovery, two days later he died. Today, he is said to haunt the street in front of the shooting site, which was an empty lot where the Bird Cage Theatre was built a year later.”

The streets of Tombstone themselves are said to be the pathways of many lingering spirits, destined to replay events from many a tragic death that has occurred in Tombstone.

two days later he died. Today, he is said to haunt the street in front of the shooting site, which was an empty lot where the Bird Cage Theatre was built a year later.

The spirit is never seen to make it across the street, causing many people to believe that this may actually be the ghost of Virgil Earp himself.

Another cowboy, that of a man moving along in a long black coat, has also been seen on

However, lawlessness alone was not the only cause of numerous deaths during Tombstone's heyday's.

Tombstone twice suffered terrible fires, the first in June 1881 and a second in May 1882. During these two infernos, which both wiped The spirit of out signifilong dead Marcant areas shal Fred of the busiWhite, who was accidentally This Odd Photo Was Taken In Boothill Cemetery, ness district, more shot by Cowboy Tombstone than 40 faction leader, men lost their lives in the Curly Bill Brocius on numerous occasions. Crossing crowded saloons and brothels October 28, 1880 the road, the apparition is ofhaunts the area. that burned to the ground. ten seen near the site where White, the first marVirgil Earp was ambushed and shal of Tombstone, These long-dead, and apparhad gained the respect shot in the arm, crippling him ently still suffering men are for life. of the Clanton Gang, also said to make themselves and in fact, had arknown, appearing complete rested other "Cowboy" Talking about the above with dramatic burns. members on a number photo, "Terry Clanton said : The picture was shot in black of occasions, rarely Other people have reported & white, because my friend having any problems the smell of smoke and burnwanted an old western style when doing so. ing materials when there is no picture of himself dressed up explainable reason. in my 1880 period clothes. I Early in the morning of October 28th, Curly know there was no other perIt appears as if something son in this photograph when I Bill and several of his remained behind from that shot it, especially some guy cohorts were making holding a knife!". day. It's said that several peosport by shooting up the town. ple have seen the figure of If you look carefully at the thin someone who resembled Billy person wearing a black hat in When White went to Clampett walk across the corthe background, he looks as if disarm the gunman, a ral. Others have seen spirits he is holding a knife. The pershot was accidentally that they associate with the son appears to have no legs or fired, hitting White in Earp brothers. as if it is coming out of a the groin. Having grave. thought that he would Continued Over make a full recovery,

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Ghost Towns — Tombstone Cont. Although neither of them died in Tombstone, it would appear that this was case of a "residual haunting", an image apparently caught in time to repeat itself on occasion.

come looking for ghosts in Tombstone.

offending woman's heart.

“One legend tells that she is a fretful mother whose child died from the yellow fever outA woman with a break in the The former saloon head resembling 1880's, and that of a goblin is is now a museum, devastated by occasionally seen and staff memthis, she took swallowing gasobers there have line in Emerald her own life reported seeing Gulch at the stroke later. apparitions, while of midnight. many people both Another version of the inside The locals say this Allen Street, Tombstone Circa 1882 ghost could be the story claims and out have heard soul of a person who that she was a the ghostly echoes lived and died in brothel of music and laughter. has been spotted very freTombstone a long time ago. madam who quently residing in an The spirit of a lady with a was hanged empty dwelling in TombA woman wearing a long switchblade in her head stone. and continues white dress has also been has been occasionally seen to stalk to seen on the streets of Tombburying a body by a large This is definitely a menacrock in Landin Park before streets in stone. search of her dawn. One legend tells that executioners.” she is a fretful Residents of mother whose child Tombstone and died from the yellow tourists alike fever outbreak in the have seen a for1880's, and devasmer brothel tated by this, she madam, took her own life later. reportedly hanged in her Another version of nightgown, and a the story claims that man dressed in western gear Allen Street, Tombstone, As It Is Toshe was a brothel leaning against a madam who was post. hanged and continues ing ghost that you wouldn't to stalk to streets in search of want to encounter. The ghost of a guy having her executioners. lost half his head is ruThe spirit of a lady appearing Also in Tombstone is the moured to have been seen to have words cut into her leg Birdcage Theatre, a bulleton a small number of inridden Old-Western saloon can repeatedly be spotted that has stood in place since stances on the top of Ajax striding through a Tomb1881. The legend states that Hill, smoking a cigar. stone vicinity burial ground. a jealous woman murdered another who was flirting Tam Kinnear-Swift It has been thought that this with her husband by using a ghost takes pleasure in terristiletto heel to cut out the fying foolish people who

A female ghost with maggots crawling out of her ears

So far, with at least 26 deaths in the building, there is no surprise that there are 31 different reported spirits that haunt the Birdcage.

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The Versailles Palace Time Slide On the 10th August, 1901, two English women experienced what they could only describe as a time slip, during a visit to the Palace of Versailles, Paris. The controversy over exactly what these women saw there on that day would linger on for decades.

appeared to be gardeners, as one was holding a spade and a wheelbarrow was nearby. The women asked the men the way to the Petit Trianon and were directed down a path directly in front of them.

The two women were Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain, both academics, principal and viceprincipal respectively of St. Hugh's College, Oxford. They were on vacation in France and decided to spend a day at Versailles.

Shortly, after making another wrong turn, they came upon a gazebo-like structure. The dark mood hung even heavier over them here. Everything was very still. A man was standing by the gazebo. He had a dark complexion and his

During the afternoon, after touring the palace, they set off for a walk around its spacious grounds. In particular, they wanted to visit another house on the property known as the Petit Trianon. The Petit Trianon is almost a mile from the palace, and the two women were unfamiliar with its location. Although they used a map, they soon became lost. As they wandered, they passed a deserted farmhouse and noticed an old plough lying by the side of the road. Immediately, Miss Moberly began to feel strange, as if a dark depression was coming over her. There was no reason for her change in mood, as the walk was enjoyable enough, even if they had become lost. Something wasn't right. What's more, her companion, Miss Jourdain, also sensed "a depression and a loneliness" about her surroundings. Further up the road, they came across two men dressed in long green coats with small three-cornered hats. They

cate that they should head right and cross a bridge. Later, though, Miss Moberly recalled that he had said something about looking for the house. They crossed the bridge and arrived at what they assumed to be the Petit Trianon.

hey arrived at the rear of the building, where Miss Moberly saw a woman seated on a chair beneath the balustrade of the rear terrace. She wore a light summer dress, and a shady white hat, perched on a good deal of fair hair that fluffed around her forehead. She thought she was a tourist, but that her dress was oldfashioned and rather unusual. Again, they experienced The Palace Of Versailles a sensation of intense gloom. face appeared to be pitted, as if with small pox. However, this couldn't be right as it was Suddenly a footman came 1901. Upon seeing him, Miss rushing out of the nearby Jourdain's depression building, slamming the door changed to fear. She was cerbehind himself. The footman tain that the man was very evil, so they continued on their told them that the entrance to way quickly. the Petit Trianon was on the other side of the building, and Just then someone came rush- so they walked around the ing up behind them and house. They toured the house warned them that they were and afterward had tea at a going the wrong way. He local hotel before returning to spoke quickly in French and Paris gestured to the women, but they had trouble understandContinued Over ing him. He seemed to indi-

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The Versailles Palace Time Slide Cont. Three months later, back in England, Miss Moberly happened to mention the sketching woman to Miss Jourdain. Miss Jourdain declared that she had not seen such a woman. They were intrigued by this element of mystery. How could one of them have seen a figure and not the other? When they further compared recollections they both remembered feeling that something strange had occurred in the garden, so they decided to each write down a separate account of what they had seen and compare notes. It turned out that there were a number of figures whom Moberly had seen, and Jourdain had not, but on other details they agreed. Investigating further, Jourdain discovered that the day on which they had visited the palace was the anniversary of the sacking of Versailles in 1792 during the French Revolution. Versailles was once the residence of French kings, and one of them, Louis XVI, had given the Petit Trianon to his wife, Marie Antoinette, as her own private getaway at Versailles. But Marie was known for her extravagant taste and arrogance during a time when France suffered from an economic crisis. A poor harvest in 1788, along with a government heavily in debt to foreign nations, resulted in a large increase in the price of bread. That angered the ordinary citizens of France, who demanded a change in the French government, beginning the French Revolution. They learned that at the height of the French Revolu-

tion, on October 5, 1789 Marie Antoinette had been sitting at the Petit Trianon when she first learned that a mob from Paris was marching towards the palace gates. Both she and Louis XVI were captured at Versailles by a mob of angry citizens. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette had witnessed the massacre of their Swiss Guards and had been imprisoned in the Hall of the Assembly. Finally, they were beheaded in January 1793. The two began to wonder if they had somehow seen the ghost of Marie Antoinette, or rather, if they had somehow slipped back in time. As if to confirm their suspicion, Moberly came across a picture of Marie Antoinette drawn by the artist Wertmuller. To her astonishment it depicted the same sketching woman she had seen near the Petit Trianon. Even the clothes were the same. What struck the women about their research was one date: August 10. Not only was this the date in 1792 that Marie and Louis XVI had been imprisoned, but it was also the day--109 years later--that Miss Moberly and Miss Jourdain had visited Versailles. Was this merely a coincidence, or did it suggest that their experience was real? This helped convince the women that they had travelled back in time. Secondly, Miss Moberly and Miss Jourdain concluded

that they had seen not the present Petit Trianon, but the Trianon as it appeared over a hundred years earlier. Intrigued by the growing mystery, Jourdain returned to Versailles in January 1902 and discovered that she was unable to retrace their earlier steps. The grounds seemed mysteriously altered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How could one of them have Jourdain and Moseen a figure berly decided that and not the Marie Antoinette's other? When memory of this terthey further rifying moment must have somehow compared recollections they lingered and perboth rememsisted through the bered feeling years, and it was that something into this memory that they had inad- strange had ocvertently stumbled. curred in the garden, so they decided to each This explained the write down a sensation of dark separate acdepression they had count of what felt at the time. they had seen and compare When Miss Journotes.â&#x20AC;? dain asked acquaintances if they had heard any stories about ghosts at the Petit Trianon, a French friend told her that on a certain day in August Marie Antoinette could be seen sitting outside the Petit Trianon, wearing a light hat and a pink dress. Her friend continued to say that the entire place is haunted with the people who used to be there with her. Tam Kinnear-Swift

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Lord Combermereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Last Photo Sybell Corbet took this photo of the magnificent Combermere Abbey Library in 1891. Located in Cheshire, England the abbey was founded by Benedictine monks in 1133 and later became the Seat of Sir George Cotton KT, Vice Chamberlain to the household of Prince Edward, son of Henry VII.

the Society for Psychical Research (December 1895), was not satisfied.

Working on the theory that a manservant may have come in and seated himself in the chair, he took a test photograph and got a picIs THIS the Last Photo Of Lord Combermere? ture that was almost a duIt is thought by some that dur- plicate of the Combermere ing that time a servant might photograph. have come into the room and Sir Stephen Cotton, a descensat briefly in the chair, creatdant, took the name "Lord The matter seemed ended, ing the transparent image. Combermere" and after distinbut, as he told in his book On guished military serthe Threshold of the vice ended up being Unseen in 1918, the Governor of Barbados. He died in some time later he 1891 after being hit received a letter by a horse drawn from Lord Combercarriage. mere's daughter-inlaw about the photoSybell Corbet set up graph. her camera with its shutter open for one She said "The face hour in the manor's was always too inlibrary while the endistinct to be quite tire staff were out at Lord Combermere's convincing to me, funeral, some four though some of his Combermere Abbey miles away. children had no doubt at all of the When the plate was developed, This idea was refuted by mem- identity. the startling image of what looks bers of the household, all testito be a man's head and upper fying that they were all attend- I may add, none of the mentorso sitting in the chair was imservants in the house closely ing Lord Combermere's fumediately noticed. Many of the neral. resembled the figure and staff said that the image looked were all young men who were very much like the late lord, and Sir William Barrett, who inthe apparition happened to be all attending the funeral." vestigated the case and resitting in Combermere's favorite Tam Kinnear-Swift ported on it in the Journal of chair in the library.

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The Ostrich Inn Bath. Travellers and Merchants would often stop off at the Inn to get ready for there appearance at the courts of Windsor Castle. Many of these guests would often be carrying large amounts of money.

The foundations of The Ostrich Inn were laid in 1106, when Henry I was on the throne by Milo Crispen. The Ostrich Inn claims the title of the fourth oldest Inn in England. It stands opposite the 17 mile stone from London. It was originally named The Hospice but over the centuries it has been corrupted to it's current name, The Ostrich Inn. As with most historic buildings, The Ostrich has seen it's fair share of murders and they say that over 60 were committed here. Most famous of all were those committed in the 13th century by the landlord of the time, Mr Jarman, who with his wife made a very profitable sideline by murdering their guests. There were many highwaymen operating in this area including the infamous Dick Turpin and Claude Duval. It is alleged that a toll house keeper was shot in the face by a highwayman (alleged to have been Dick Turpin) just a short distance from the Ostrich inn. Dick Turpin was known to have stayed at the Ostrich Inn, it is recorded that he had to jump out his room's window to escape capture from the local authorities. The village of Colnbrook and was once an important stopover, on the main stagecoach route that ran from London to

Inside there is a good deal of 17th-century panelling and a staircase of the same date. In a room on the first floor are the remains of an arrangement whereby a flap could be let down from the window to enable passengers to enter the room directly from the top of a coach. Dick Turpin Jarman the Landlord would once stayed at the ostrich select lone travellers and ply and had to jump out his them with large amounts of room s window to escape strong ale, then offer them capture from the local auhis best room. Once the land- thorities. lord was sure the patron was Many members of staff over asleep he would undo two the years have had experibolts on the ceiling in the ences with the ghosts which tend to locate themselves in room beneath. the restaurant in the upstairs This caused the bed to tilt of the Inn next to where the downwards at a 45 degree original murders took place. angle the inspecting guest Mark Bourne was a selfwould then slide down the confessed cynic before he bed into a vat of boiling fat. started working at the OsJarman would then steal the trich Inn in Colnbrook. The victims belongings and sell manager has often been his horse to local gypsies. known to scoff at tales of the paranormal but all that The victims remains were thrown in to the nearby river. changed when he started his job at the 900-year-old High The landlord was said to Street pub. "Strange noises, have profited immensely ghostly figures and objects from his activities and had moving by themselves are all escaped suspicion for several in a days work if you re emyears. The Inn is said to be ployed at the Ostrich Inn". haunted by the ghost of his final victim, Thomas Cole. A women in Victorian dress Thomas Cole's horse esbeen seen, and other shadow caped, leading to Mr Jarfigures have been seen in the man's discovery and execuupstairs corridors. Noises tion. Jarman was charged have been heard and staff with fifteen murders, alhave opened locked rooms to though he told the jailer's find lights and electrical that he had killed close to equipment switched on. sixty people. There have been reports of feelings of despair and cold The Ostrich Inn itself is built spots in the downstairs ladies of timber and plaster with a toilet. This used to be the tiled roof and has a project- pantry, and the spot were Jarman would have stored ing upper story with gables at the bodies of the victims he either end, and a gateway in murdered. the middle to the yard behind, the doors to which still Tam Kinnear-Swift remain.

“The landlord was said to have profited immensely from his activities and had escaped suspicion for several years. The Inn is said to be haunted by the ghost of his final victim, Thomas Cole. Thomas Cole's horse escaped, leading to Mr Jarman's discovery and execution”

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St. Paul’s Cathedral Ghost St. Paul's Cathedral is a magnificent symbol of the resurrection of the City of St. Paul's Cathedral, Built By Sir London Christopher Wren after it was ravaged by the Great Fire of London in 1666. The Cathedral that stands today is the fifth church built on the site to be dedicated to London's patron, Saint Paul. The first Church of St. Paul's was wooden, founded by King Ethelbert of Kent in the 6th century. Three more churches were built at the site and suffered various fates, includ“When the chapel ing the destruction by the was being Vikings in the 7th century and being struck by lightrenovated the part ening during the rein of of the wall where Queen Elizabeth I. "Whistler's" Ghost always The Kitchener Chapel is a disappeared into, memorial chapel to Lord was excavated to Kitchener, who was a reveal a hidden somewhat ruthless army general in the late 1800's. door behind the Its walls are adorned with wall. It opened onto an assortment of Battle a narrow, winding Colours and on its floor staircase that leads reclines a white marble up to a secret room effigy of General Kitchener (1850-1916). There have within the inner been numerous report that fabric of the main as you stand gazing upon body of St Paul's his memorial, if a sudden Cathedral.” chill passes over you, this is often the first sign that the Cathedral's resident ghost, "Whistler", is about to put in an appearance. Next, you will hear the low, barely audible sound of mournful whistling. Looking into the chapel

you may see the ghost of an old clergyman who has flowing locks of grey hair and is dressed in oldfashioned robes. His doleful, though tuneless whistling will grow steadily louder as he glides across the chapel and melts slowly away into the wall to the right of the gates. Everyone who has seen him has attested to the fact that he always follows the same time worn path and that he always vanishes into the same section of the wall. During the renovation work to St Paul's Cathedral following the First World War, the chapel

known of its existence or purpose, with of course the exception of the ghost. Further evidence of "Whistler's" ghost was provided in April 2008 when the ghost appeared to be caught on film. After returning from a trip to London, Russian tourist Olga Chkalova could not believe her eyes when she downloaded her holiday photos. After attending a morning service at St. Paul's Cathedral she had taken some photos inside the Cathedral. In one of the photos was a ghostly image. She is convinced the

Olga Chkalove’s Photo In St. Paul's Cathedral then known as the All Souls Chapel, was rededicated to General Kitchener. When the chapel was being renovated the part of the wall where "Whistler's" Ghost always disappeared into, was excavated to reveal a hidden door behind the wall. It opened onto a narrow, winding staircase that leads up to a secret room within the inner fabric of the main body of St Paul's Cathedral. Nobody had

blurry figure in the middle of the picture is the ghost of a 16th Century priest walking through St Paul's Cathedral. When interviewed, Olga was certain that she had captured the image of "whistler's" Ghost, "Of course it's a ghost. There was no one in front of me when I took the picture." Tam Kinnear-Swift

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