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Hey!
I have a very odd question. How do you go searching for ghosts? There's a few supposedly haunted places in my area, but they're all either buisnesses, or they're places where I would have to have a tour guide, and that's no fun.
I know it sounds really corny, but I really want to see something, ya know? I just think it would help me to *know* that there's more to life than the physical world...lol, I don't know if I'm making any sense.
So, I guess what I'm trying to ask is- Where do I go looking?
I have a very odd question. How do you go searching for ghosts? There's a few supposedly haunted places in my area, but they're all either buisnesses, or they're places where I would have to have a tour guide, and that's no fun.
I know it sounds really corny, but I really want to see something, ya know? I just think it would help me to *know* that there's more to life than the physical world...lol, I don't know if I'm making any sense.
So, I guess what I'm trying to ask is- Where do I go looking?
If you want to go ghost hunting a cemetary is a good place to start.Day or night only if they don't lock the gates at dusk then you could get arrested.lol The real small cemetaries usualy don't have gates.I hope this helped.I am sorry for steping on your post but something really strange happened this morning.My son woke me at five to ask me something when he left the room I hear emergence four times.Frank is real sick so I got out of bed to check on him.He can't stand the air-conditioner right now so he was sleeping down stairs.When I got down stairs I found all four kittens out of their cage(for their protection only)I rounded them up and put them back.Frank was fine if the kittens wasn't the emergence I don't know what was. Bonnie
Hey~
I've thought about going to cemeteries, but I can't think of any around here that wouldn't have hours. Plus, i'm 17...so I'm sure if people saw me and some other teens going to a cemetery at night, they'd get suspicious and call the cops or somethin :-\
BTW- that story was creepy![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
I've thought about going to cemeteries, but I can't think of any around here that wouldn't have hours. Plus, i'm 17...so I'm sure if people saw me and some other teens going to a cemetery at night, they'd get suspicious and call the cops or somethin :-\
BTW- that story was creepy
Vespertine, I think that your right about the cemetery situation. It probably wouldn't be a good thing for you and your friends to go at night. Aside from ordinary safety reasons of running around at night, cemeteries (especially old ones) are prone to vandalism and your right about the fact that folks may be suspicious and call the police. You might just want to take your camera there during the day. My advice would be just to take pictures of where ever you like and take lots of them, if you see a place that you find fascinating then take pics-remember to ask permission if your going to be on private property . Ghosties show up in the oddest and sometimes most mundane places. In the pics I've had ghosties show up, I wasn't trying to take ghost pics- they just showed up on their own. ![[Nope!]](graemlins/no.gif)
Rumors of hauntings may not have a whole lot to do with one showing up in your pictures. Remember that tours can be fun too and that tour guides rarely get in the way of your camera. So heck, if you like the places that are offering tours then what do you have to loose? =)
[ July 04, 2003, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Renee ]
Rumors of hauntings may not have a whole lot to do with one showing up in your pictures. Remember that tours can be fun too and that tour guides rarely get in the way of your camera. So heck, if you like the places that are offering tours then what do you have to loose? =)[ July 04, 2003, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Renee ]
Cemeteries are good places.. you do not have to hunt at night..However, a chained and locked gate is a good hint that you're trespassing if you attempt to enter. Use common sense when selecting a place to visit, especially at night.
Older schools and theaters are also prime locations for encountering ghosts. Most colleges have at least one ghost on campus.
Sometimes, hotels attract the ghosts of their former guests, such as Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift, who haunt the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Some bed-and-breakfast lodgings feature hauntings, such as Lizzie Borden's house in Fall River, Massachusetts, where the famous murders took place.
Many websites list local ghosts.
You can learn even more by visiting your public library. There should be an entire section of ghost books, including one of my favorite books, Haunted Places - The National Directory, by Dennis William Hauck.
The library's reference desk can be helpful. Ask for files about local ghosts. They'll often have newspaper and magazine clippings, and notes about regional hauntings.
If none of these suggestions help, ask at the local newspaper office. Most newspapers publish stories related to local ghosts, at Halloween. Ask for back issues that you can browse through.
If all else fails, or perhaps you'd like to use this as a starting point: Most junior high (middle school) and high school students know the local ghost legends. Their tales may be highly exagerrated, but they're often reliable in their foundations.
Before going to any site, verify the facts. For this, you need to check the library, or perhaps town records. Make certain the identity of the "ghost" is accurate. Maybe the person lived, maybe he's fiction.
Be certain that the public is permitted at the site you intend to visit. Battlegrounds and cemeteries are generally open to the public during daylight hours, at least. Haunted theaters and hotels sometimes offer private tours, for a small fee.
At the other extreme, private homes are usually off-limits, and they may call the police if you loiter around their property. Don't go there.
Plan your visit for an actual, ghostly encounter.
Most ghosts appear at dusk, or after dark. The hour immediately before and after dusk and dawn can be the best times to visit. Some ghost hunters insist that better hours are 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. However, some ghosts manifest happily during daytime hours. It will depend upon your schedule, and when people have seen the ghost in the past.
You can improve your success by choosing a date when hauntings are more likely to occur.
For example, religious holidays--particularly Pagan festivals--are very good, too. Paranormal activity increases when there are sunspots, or a weather front moves through, or around the time of an earthquake. The full moon can be very good, but the dark of the moon (between the last quarter and the new moon) can be better. Anniversaries related to the ghost's life (and death) improve your chances of encountering a ghost, too.
Do not visit any haunted site by yourself. Ghost hunters have more to fear from the living, than the dead.
Older schools and theaters are also prime locations for encountering ghosts. Most colleges have at least one ghost on campus.
Sometimes, hotels attract the ghosts of their former guests, such as Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift, who haunt the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Some bed-and-breakfast lodgings feature hauntings, such as Lizzie Borden's house in Fall River, Massachusetts, where the famous murders took place.
Many websites list local ghosts.
You can learn even more by visiting your public library. There should be an entire section of ghost books, including one of my favorite books, Haunted Places - The National Directory, by Dennis William Hauck.
The library's reference desk can be helpful. Ask for files about local ghosts. They'll often have newspaper and magazine clippings, and notes about regional hauntings.
If none of these suggestions help, ask at the local newspaper office. Most newspapers publish stories related to local ghosts, at Halloween. Ask for back issues that you can browse through.
If all else fails, or perhaps you'd like to use this as a starting point: Most junior high (middle school) and high school students know the local ghost legends. Their tales may be highly exagerrated, but they're often reliable in their foundations.
Before going to any site, verify the facts. For this, you need to check the library, or perhaps town records. Make certain the identity of the "ghost" is accurate. Maybe the person lived, maybe he's fiction.
Be certain that the public is permitted at the site you intend to visit. Battlegrounds and cemeteries are generally open to the public during daylight hours, at least. Haunted theaters and hotels sometimes offer private tours, for a small fee.
At the other extreme, private homes are usually off-limits, and they may call the police if you loiter around their property. Don't go there.
Plan your visit for an actual, ghostly encounter.
Most ghosts appear at dusk, or after dark. The hour immediately before and after dusk and dawn can be the best times to visit. Some ghost hunters insist that better hours are 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. However, some ghosts manifest happily during daytime hours. It will depend upon your schedule, and when people have seen the ghost in the past.
You can improve your success by choosing a date when hauntings are more likely to occur.
For example, religious holidays--particularly Pagan festivals--are very good, too. Paranormal activity increases when there are sunspots, or a weather front moves through, or around the time of an earthquake. The full moon can be very good, but the dark of the moon (between the last quarter and the new moon) can be better. Anniversaries related to the ghost's life (and death) improve your chances of encountering a ghost, too.
Do not visit any haunted site by yourself. Ghost hunters have more to fear from the living, than the dead.
Voxtones!! What a great accumulation of ideas for places to go ghost hunting in a person's own area, and also including some very sound advice about ghost hunter conduct, as well. We would like very much to include this post in the ghost hunter section of our website, if you would give us permission to use it (with full credit/copyright to you, of course!). You sure listed a ton of good ideas, and some of them I am going to try myself! =) Thanks for this!
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Excellent ideas! Very informative.
Please remember to always put safety first!
Many many public places are haunted. train stations, courthouses, museums, old parks...
If you have the gift of descerning spirits it is alot easier, otherwise you need to make an alliance with someone who is! Just a thought.
Please remember to always put safety first!
Many many public places are haunted. train stations, courthouses, museums, old parks...
If you have the gift of descerning spirits it is alot easier, otherwise you need to make an alliance with someone who is! Just a thought.