I noticed that many of you liked hauntings the best, so that put my in mind to ask a question...

have any of you lived in a haunted structure? i have, a few times - with some strange experiences that can be backed up by multiple witnesses.

i will share more when i have time for a longer post...

Yeah, I went to Ridge Home Mental Asylum in Arvada Colorado, and I nearly pissed my pants. I also had another person exploring with me and he can back it up. Doors slammed with no reason and we heard lots of crashes and bangs, it was weird.

We're teh first family to live in my house, so I dont know why it would be haunted, but we have heard things like cabinates bang downstairs. Sometimes it sounds like chairs moving. My mom said that one night she woke up and saw a ghost just standing there in her room...

Not to sound like a superstitios nut, but we never heard any of these noises or anything until we used the Ouija board which was an interesting experience in itself, which I can post about later if you like.

Posted by Plytheman We're teh first family to live in my house, so I dont know why it would be haunted, but we have heard things like cabinates bang downstairs. Sometimes it sounds like chairs moving. My mom said that one night she woke up and saw a ghost just standing there in her room...

i don't think you need previous residents to have a haunting - i am of the opinion that ghost are most likely complete unrelated to dead humans. i think it is more likely that they are another form of life, one that operates on completely diffent physical prinicpals.

there are number of hypothesis (ie. quantum "many worlds" theory) that postulate that there could be any number of simultaniously existing worlds, seperated by forces as elemental is molecular vibration differentials.

i tend to lean towards the idea that a haunting is rooted in a point, event or individual that has somehow created a lynchpin between the two realities, a common point in which interaction is possible, to some limited degree.

more on this later...

The house my mother lives in is considered haunted by the family. The house has been owned by someone in my family since the time it was built, around 80 or 90 years ago. Many people died in the house, family members mostly, and as recently as 1996. My great grandfather was also a doctor, but I have no idea if anyone unrelated died in the house while under his care. We have heard voices, had doors close and open, and in '96 when my great grandmother was on her deathbed, we had quite a few sitings of a group of men dressed all in black walking in through our front door...My grandmother believed that they were men from the family, although my Great grandma saw one man she didn't recognize and asked that he leave the house.
My mother has lived in a few houses she thought were haunted, being a military brat, she moved to 7 or 8 different homes. The ones I remember her talking about being haunted include our house in Maryland, and one she lived in in Virginia. Our house in Maryland had been partially burned in the past (which I think was related to the "hauntings"), and there were also some Ouija board related incidents there. The house in Virgina had a dirt basement, and there were rumors (they later found out) that the man who previously lived there killed locals and buried them in the basement...

Posted by Irish The house my mother lives in is considered haunted by the family. The house has been owned by someone in my family since the time it was built, around 80 or 90 years ago. Many people died in the house, family members mostly, and as recently as 1996. My great grandfather was also a doctor, but I have no idea if anyone unrelated died in the house while under his care. We have heard voices, had doors close and open, and in '96 when my great grandmother was on her deathbed, we had quite a few sitings of a group of men dressed all in black walking in through our front door...My grandmother believed that they were men from the family, although my Great grandma saw one man she didn't recognize and asked that he leave the house. My mother has lived in a few houses she thought were haunted, being a military brat, she moved to 7 or 8 different homes. The ones I remember her talking about being haunted include our house in Maryland, and one she lived in in Virginia. Our house in Maryland had been partially burned in the past (which I think was related to the "hauntings"), and there were also some Ouija board related incidents there. The house in Virgina had a dirt basement, and there were rumors (they later found out) that the man who previously lived there killed locals and buried them in the basement...

wow ! but can those "ghosts" do you any harm ? or are they just electrons ?

-alvin-

Good question! I think some of them may have the capability, but I seriously doubt that they had any bad intentions....some even seemed a bit protective over my great grandmother.

Posted by Burzum there are number of hypothesis (ie. quantum "many worlds" theory) that postulate that there could be any number of simultaniously existing worlds, seperated by forces as elemental is molecular vibration differentials. i tend to lean towards the idea that a haunting is rooted in a point, event or individual that has somehow created a lynchpin between the two realities, a common point in which interaction is possible, to some limited degree.

That's basically my theory about supernatural events. I don't necessarily think ghosts are unrelated to dead humans because numerous hauntings related to the deceased have been recorded, but I don't think a ghost can only be that. I believe that the universe is a series of waves in which our universe, and any other universes, are at the bottom (trough for all you technical people) of the waves, and to get out, we need to travel at the speed of light. I also believe that all these tiny wormholes & blackholes physicists keep finding act as gateways between the universes. I know that it's a bit far fetched, but there's no evidence that says otherwise. I guess that's what staying up all night and contemplating our existence will do to you, lol.

Its not my house but it is relevant. A while back I was performing with a group at the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney and it was pretty freaky. in every corridor (about 30 of them) there was a pair of small rooms, all i dentical and in every on there was one wooden chair, a tiny window and a massive mirror that you cant see till you walk right in and it scares you much so. the other weird thing is that every one of these rooms had solid core carved wood doors with big bulky knockers and hinges when everywhere else was all modern and classroom like. There was no "hauntings" but they didnt feel nice to be in, especially when they all seemedthe same, all 60 of them. And the most freaky thing about the whole conservatorium is the largest organ i have ever seen. you cant see it properly till you are in the back row of the building on the upper most terrace but it is crazy, it is about 3 - 4 stories tall and has been built with the impression of a crazy looking face into the pipes. Its one place im happy never to go back to.

I am definatley interested in the Ouija board story.


As for living in a haunted house, I was a baby I guess and my Dad and mom lived in a farm house in Central Illinois. THe temperature was around 90 outside at night (one of the hottest nights of the summer) and the house didnt have a/c or anything other than open windows and fans. Anyways, my dad woke up in the middle of the night freezing! The glass of wate ron the night stand had frozen and when he went down the hallway to check on me..it was as hot as it was outside..but yet my room was a perfect temperature. hmm..weird.

As for "ghost" stories..My Dad lost his Dad (my gpa) during his first year of driving a semi. One night it was snowign really hard and of course my Dad was nervous...but he looked over out the passenger window and see my grandpa (he drove a semi most his life as well) and he reached over and put his hand on my dads knee and said "your gonna do alright kid" and then watched the road again and when my dad looks back over, he was gone..but with no fea ror anything because he knew he was alright. He has also seen his mom (died 6months after my grandpa). There are other little sotries like that I have heard, but I like that the most.

When I was still a little fetus at this time, but my parents lived in this house with my little sister who was about 3 or 4 at the time. My dad worked nights, leaving my mom and sister at home alone. They only lived in this house for about 2-3 months before leaving. Most nights, my mother would sit at the top of the stairs outside my sisters bedroom with a pot of coffee, listening to voices and music coming from the livingroom. Everytime she got enought nerve to go check it out, she'd flick on the lights and the noises would stop. As soon as she'd turn off the light and go back upstairs, they would start again.

The entire time they lived in the house, my sister was constantly sick, with fevers all the time. My mother once walked into her bedroom because she heard noises and the bed was violently shaking with my sister on it, sick with a fever over a 100 deg. F.

That's all she's ever told me about it, pretty Fucked up though. Glad I was only in the belly and not alive......

Jake, thats a good story about your dad. I've heard of that happening to alot of people.

Frost, that sounds like something out of the fucking exorcist.... damn.

Posted by PoopDeck Pat Jake, thats a good story about your dad. I've heard of that happening to alot of people. Frost, that sounds like something out of the fucking exorcist.... damn.

You're telling me, I'm wondering how my mother reacted, she can be a bit of a spazz sometimes heh.... although apparently she had to like run over and grab my sister off the bed, while it was shaking up and down and shit.... crazy... they packed up their things and left after 3 months, it was enough for them.

my parents have told me things about some haunted houses we've lived in.

the first house was before i was born. my mom and dad were just married and living in a house together, and every morning at exactly 4:17am my mom would wake up and hear a weird whispering voice that sounded like a mean old man. This went on for a long time, and then I was born.. at 4:17am.

the second house was badly haunted, according to my mom. It was an old house in a field where the fairgrounds are. My mom would be terrorized by stuff every day when my dad left for work. He never experienced any of it until way later. It seemed to only happen when he was gone. Finally weird things started happening when he was around. The attic door would open and close. The toaster would make strange sounds almost like an AM radio. loud bands and things moving. footsteps. They sold the house but they had to get it properly insulated first. The workmen doing the insulating found a part of the wall in the attic that was bricked off, and behind it was old human remains.

Aside from those two incidents, I used to think some other places I've lived were haunted but those were probably just my imagination.

Recently two friends and I were exploring an old hospital here in the Twin Cities. On going into the section built in the 1800's there was a door that would keep opening by itself. At first just one of us that was taking photos over in that area saw it happen. He closed the door and tried to puch it with a finger and it would only open a little bit. The building was professionally sealed so there were no air currents, and the door was on level.
Later when the three of us passed it I closed the door on the way upstiars and when we came back it was stainding open again. When I closed the door I closed it all the way and it was latched. It was very strange to see it standing open when we came back downstairs. The two people I was with were witness.

Posted by Plytheman We're teh first family to live in my house, so I dont know why it would be haunted, but we have heard things like cabinates bang downstairs. Sometimes it sounds like chairs moving. My mom said that one night she woke up and saw a ghost just standing there in her room... Not to sound like a superstitios nut, but we never heard any of these noises or anything until we used the Ouija board which was an interesting experience in itself, which I can post about later if you like.

A couple of reasons for your house to be haunted.
1) Someone may have died in the house during or very shortly after its construction.
2) A friend of mine told me that the structure itself does not necessarily have to be involved in hauntings. The ground itself where the death occurred would be considered hallowed ground and the energy just passes on to the next structure that gets built on it.

Considering what happened to me while working at the WPH and other staff members, I wouldn't be surprised if I hear about the new houses being haunted before their time.

Final note, please be very careful with the Ouija board. Better yet, don't screw with it! The same friend refuses to be anywhere near those as he claims they're too damned dangerous. You just don't know what you're dealing with and it can cause you a lifetime of considerable grief! I will have nothing to do with them myself as I was near one once before and got very bad vibes from it. I know this sounds nuts but I feel very strongly about this!

Posted by rainman8889 Final note, please be very careful with the Ouija board. Better yet, don't screw with it! The same friend refuses to be anywhere near those as he claims they're too damned dangerous. You just don't know what you're dealing with and it can cause you a lifetime of considerable grief! I will have nothing to do with them myself as I was near one once before and got very bad vibes from it. I know this sounds nuts but I feel very strongly about this!

If you know what you're doing these are fine. They're just a tool to divine, just like a pendulum, divining rods, etc. If you do it in a group, with the proper protection, and you know what you're doing, have some experience, then you generally won't have any issues.

I've used Ouija boards many times, and never once have I had an issue.

Posted by Frost If you know what you're doing these are fine. They're just a tool to divine, just like a pendulum, divining rods, etc. If you do it in a group, with the proper protection, and you know what you're doing, have some experience, then you generally won't have any issues. I've used Ouija boards many times, and never once have I had an issue.

OH you're all bloody nuts. That's just what you get for poking around in abandoned mental hospitals and such. pfft. Now seriously, how do you "devine" things from an Ouija board? How do you "misuse" one? We bought my cousin one for her birthday, and it currently lives under her bed with two tons of other crap that she doesn't use. How do you use these then?

As for ghosts, they probably exist, much else, I do not know.


Edit, spelling chex.

A few more musings on hauntings and such. My theory is that some ghosts are like wasps, leave them alone, and they'll leave you along.

I don't know much about ghosts. I'm not sure whether to beleive what I hear. I won't go looking for them.

Why do ghosts haunt homes, properties, etc?

If they haunt your house, they might be pissed about your lifestyle, living habits:
"DEAR GOD! They tore up that lovely shag carpeting and threw out the pimento green fridge! I'll rattle a few cabinets to get them out. "

There may have been some kind of death on the property. If the death was especially nasty, or out of the norm, the ghost may just want you to show some respect for the dead.

I personally subscribe to the theory of friendly ghosts. If the same family has lived in a house for many generations, your great grandparents might want to stop in and say hello. Likewise, dead family members may be a little irritated if the home is sold out of the family, hence hauntings occur.

And so, I pose a few questions to the beleivers out there.

Why do ghosts haunt homes, properties, etc?

What does a ghost have to gain from banging your cabinets and screwing with your electronics, etc?

Can a ghost hurt you?

Are there ways to rid your home of unwanted ghosts and spirits?

What are some circumstances which cause hauntings?


Any answers out there?

Posted by Reb00t And so, I pose a few questions to the beleivers out there. Why do ghosts haunt homes, properties, etc?

Many reasons. Nasty death, unfinished business, died before their time, did not want to die, needs some kind of help or simply lost their way to the next world.

Posted by Reb00t What does a ghost have to gain from banging your cabinets and screwing with your electronics, etc?

Simply put, to get your attention. This probably is the only way that ghost would know how to do it.

Posted by Reb00t Can a ghost hurt you?

Usually not but if the ghost is a particularly malevolent spirit, you can experience much grief!

Posted by Reb00t Are there ways to rid your home of unwanted ghosts and spirits?

The only way I know would be to call a priest. Although, try talking to them. Maybe that's all the ghost wants, someone to acknowledge that s/he was once a living person before s/he moves on to the next world.

Posted by Reb00t What are some circumstances which cause hauntings?

As mentioned above, untimely or violent death or maybe the ghost was someone who felt it is their duty to protect the property or whomever may be upon the property. (ie a parent, nurse, guard etc)

Posted by Reb00t Any answers out there?

I don't know everything about this but these are answers that I believe to be true. I hope this is some help to you Reb00t.