Wednesday, 24 December 2014
Tuesday, 23 December 2014
Is this a picture of the ghost of the “The Hanging Judge” George Jeffreys?
Has this ghost hunter caught Wales' most bloodthirsty ghoul on camera?
Iain Alderton took photos that appear to show the ghost of Welshman Judge Jeffreys, who was known as "The Hanging Judge"
Could this be the ghost of Wales’ bloodiest judge caught on camera?
A paranormal expert thinks so – after he took these snaps of what he claims is the spectre of Judge Jeffreys, the notorious aristocratic Welshman who hanged more than a thousand people in the 1600s.
Known as “The Hanging Judge”, Jeffreys – who was born in Wrexham – took charge of the Bloody Assizes in the 17th century.
The gruesome trials led to thousands of suspected treasoners being burned alive at the stake, hanged and beheaded.
Now ghost hunter Iain Alderton claims he has a picture that shows a ghoulish figure in an archaic powdered wig – and it is staring right at the camera.
The snaps were taken at the Ilchester Arms in London, which is understood to have been one of Judge Jeffreys’ favourite watering holes.
Mr Alderton, the founder of No Fear Paranormal investigators, said: “At the time I didn’t see anything. It wasn’t until I went through the photos later that what appeared to be Judge Jeffreys’ ghost was looking straight at me.
“First of all he seems to have his back to me, but then I took another photo and he’d turned to look straight at me through the camera.
“You can make out in the picture a powdered wig, like the sort of things they would wear during his era while he was a judge.
“We went to check out the place at night, because the owner had said they’d been hearing all kinds of strange noises in and around the pub.”
The owner had allowed Mr Alderton to investigate the pub for ghosts after she was tormented by eerie voices in her bedroom.
Mr Alderton, who specialises in Judge Jeffrey hauntings, said: “She was so disturbed by the noises that at one point she hid under her covers and then heard this male voice say in a sort of old-fashioned accent: ‘Oy, you’. She thought she was alone at the time.”
The ghost hunter investigates suspected haunted buildings free of charge, using a “spirit box” radio and electromagnetic pulse scanners to track down lost souls.
Mr Alderton crossed paths with Judge Jeffreys a second time at another one of the ghost’s favourite pubs – the White Hart Inn in Dorset – when he came across the infamous “hanging tree”.
“That was a bizarre experience,” he said.
“On the way to the inn, these strange white lights started flashing everywhere. Initially I thought it was just tiredness.
“But then they got brighter, and the other investigators and I were blinded by these flashing white lights. They were so bright I couldn’t see and I had to pull over. Next thing, there was a white figure stood in the field by the car.
“It ran across the field suddenly and disappeared. One of my co-investigators was so shocked she passed out.
“Then, on the way back, we drove past the hanging tree by chance. I slammed on the brakes as soon as I saw it, and took a few pictures.
“Those pictures came out covered in scratch marks and have weird white patches on them, as if smoke was coming out of the tree.”
Mr Alderton said his co-investigators were so traumatized by the encounter with Judge Jeffreys that he had to disband the group, and now works alone.
He hopes to travel to Wales and investigate a 17th century mansion near Wrexham, where Judge Jeffreys reportedly sentenced dozens of criminals to hang in the living room.
“As I do the investigations free of charge and in my spare time, I’m not sure when I will be able to go down there, but I’d be very interested in checking it out,” he said.
UKPE
The Ilchester Arms which was named after the Earl of Ilchester is located in the village of Abbotsbury. Some of the houses in the village date back to the 16th century but the records show that the village is much older that. The Inn itself used to be a coaching inn.
There are several recorded sightings of ghost at the
Ilchester Arms.
Patrons of the Inn have reported hearing “jangling of coins” around them but when they look in the direction of the noise there is nobody there. This coin rattling spirit has been given the name Charles the coin collector.
There is another ghost haunting the inn but this one is a female spirit and likes to hang around the ladies WC. There have been several reports of sighting of a mysterious lady spotted in the Ladies toilet, once spotted she just vanishes.
A ghost of a dog is often spotted at the window the pub.
But the most reported sighting of paranormal at the Inn is that of a Royalist soldier, the soldier has been spotted on many occasions and has been reported an old style uniform and a wide brimmed hat, from the descriptions given by witness the uniform appears to be that of a 17th century Royalist Solider from the English Civil War.
Article > Wales Online
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www.ukparanormalevents.com
Iain Alderton took photos that appear to show the ghost of Welshman Judge Jeffreys, who was known as "The Hanging Judge"
Could this be the ghost of Wales’ bloodiest judge caught on camera?
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| Picture taken by Iain Alderton, could this be the ghost of the Judge? |
A paranormal expert thinks so – after he took these snaps of what he claims is the spectre of Judge Jeffreys, the notorious aristocratic Welshman who hanged more than a thousand people in the 1600s.
Known as “The Hanging Judge”, Jeffreys – who was born in Wrexham – took charge of the Bloody Assizes in the 17th century.
The gruesome trials led to thousands of suspected treasoners being burned alive at the stake, hanged and beheaded.
Now ghost hunter Iain Alderton claims he has a picture that shows a ghoulish figure in an archaic powdered wig – and it is staring right at the camera.
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| "The Hanging Judge" Judge George Jefferys |
Mr Alderton, the founder of No Fear Paranormal investigators, said: “At the time I didn’t see anything. It wasn’t until I went through the photos later that what appeared to be Judge Jeffreys’ ghost was looking straight at me.
“First of all he seems to have his back to me, but then I took another photo and he’d turned to look straight at me through the camera.
“You can make out in the picture a powdered wig, like the sort of things they would wear during his era while he was a judge.
“We went to check out the place at night, because the owner had said they’d been hearing all kinds of strange noises in and around the pub.”
The owner had allowed Mr Alderton to investigate the pub for ghosts after she was tormented by eerie voices in her bedroom.
Mr Alderton, who specialises in Judge Jeffrey hauntings, said: “She was so disturbed by the noises that at one point she hid under her covers and then heard this male voice say in a sort of old-fashioned accent: ‘Oy, you’. She thought she was alone at the time.”
The ghost hunter investigates suspected haunted buildings free of charge, using a “spirit box” radio and electromagnetic pulse scanners to track down lost souls.
Mr Alderton crossed paths with Judge Jeffreys a second time at another one of the ghost’s favourite pubs – the White Hart Inn in Dorset – when he came across the infamous “hanging tree”.
“That was a bizarre experience,” he said.
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| Ilchester Arms Pub Abbotsbury |
“But then they got brighter, and the other investigators and I were blinded by these flashing white lights. They were so bright I couldn’t see and I had to pull over. Next thing, there was a white figure stood in the field by the car.
“It ran across the field suddenly and disappeared. One of my co-investigators was so shocked she passed out.
“Then, on the way back, we drove past the hanging tree by chance. I slammed on the brakes as soon as I saw it, and took a few pictures.
“Those pictures came out covered in scratch marks and have weird white patches on them, as if smoke was coming out of the tree.”
Mr Alderton said his co-investigators were so traumatized by the encounter with Judge Jeffreys that he had to disband the group, and now works alone.
He hopes to travel to Wales and investigate a 17th century mansion near Wrexham, where Judge Jeffreys reportedly sentenced dozens of criminals to hang in the living room.
“As I do the investigations free of charge and in my spare time, I’m not sure when I will be able to go down there, but I’d be very interested in checking it out,” he said.
UKPE
The Ilchester Arms which was named after the Earl of Ilchester is located in the village of Abbotsbury. Some of the houses in the village date back to the 16th century but the records show that the village is much older that. The Inn itself used to be a coaching inn.
Patrons of the Inn have reported hearing “jangling of coins” around them but when they look in the direction of the noise there is nobody there. This coin rattling spirit has been given the name Charles the coin collector.
There is another ghost haunting the inn but this one is a female spirit and likes to hang around the ladies WC. There have been several reports of sighting of a mysterious lady spotted in the Ladies toilet, once spotted she just vanishes.
A ghost of a dog is often spotted at the window the pub.
But the most reported sighting of paranormal at the Inn is that of a Royalist soldier, the soldier has been spotted on many occasions and has been reported an old style uniform and a wide brimmed hat, from the descriptions given by witness the uniform appears to be that of a 17th century Royalist Solider from the English Civil War.
Article > Wales Online
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www.ukparanormalevents.com
Monday, 22 December 2014
Was 'ghost' caught on camera at Jersey City cemetery's Santa event?
In this photo taken at the Historic Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery, what appear to be white, ghostly hands reach out and touch Santa as he and Mrs. Claus lay down a wreath on an old grave.
Cemetery director Eileen Markenstein snapped the photo during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony and holiday festivities last Saturday as Santa helped decorate the gravestone of the Losey brothers, both soldiers who served in the Civil War.
"If you look closely, you can see what looks like fingers on both sides of the white aura," said Markenstein in an email. "I can't explain it, but it sure makes me feel like the spirits are very happy!"
Do you think this is an angel, spirit or ghost caught on camera? Or is it a trick of the lens?
Cemetery director Eileen Markenstein snapped the photo during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony and holiday festivities last Saturday as Santa helped decorate the gravestone of the Losey brothers, both soldiers who served in the Civil War.
"If you look closely, you can see what looks like fingers on both sides of the white aura," said Markenstein in an email. "I can't explain it, but it sure makes me feel like the spirits are very happy!"
Do you think this is an angel, spirit or ghost caught on camera? Or is it a trick of the lens?
Thursday, 18 December 2014
There is something evil in the Guilford house.
There is something evil in the Guilford house
With workers and visitors alike reporting ghostly apparitions, mysterious dark figures, strange smells and hearing odd noises and voices, it is no wonder that the Yankee Pedlar Inn is one of the most notably haunted places in Torrington, Connecticut.
With workers and visitors alike reporting ghostly apparitions, mysterious dark figures, strange smells and hearing odd noises and voices, it is no wonder that the Yankee Pedlar Inn is one of the most notably haunted places in Torrington, Connecticut.
But there is one house in town that may give it a run for its money.
Just a few miles west of the Yankee Pedlar Inn is a 1512 square foot single family home that was built in 1900. Known here only as the Guilford house, the following account is from a male member of the family who lived there in the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s.
The year was 1976 and the George family, consisting of a man and woman in their 30's, and four kids, whose ages ranged from infant to 12, was at the house finishing up some last minute details with the previous owners.
"When we moved into the house, I was about ten years old. I remember the first day we were in the house. The previous owners were going over some final paperwork with my parents, while I ventured upstairs to see my new room," said Theodore.
From the house's living room, an excited Theodore quickly made his way up two sets of stairs, arriving at a hallway that led to the family bedrooms. Facing east, Theodore walked down the short hallway to the biggest room. Just kitty corner to the master bedroom, facing south, was a smaller room.
"I knew the big room wasn't going to be mine, nor the yellow room next to it. The colors seemed too girly. I figured that was going to be my sisters' room."
Directly across the hallway from the yellow room was a door with an old-time looking white knob on it. Theodore headed over to it and put his hand on the door handle.
"I jiggled the white knob a couple times to see if the door was locked when all of a sudden, I got the chills, along with a healthy dose of dread. I immediately released the knob and stood there unsure of what had just happened. Feeling a bit spooked, I hastily moved on down the hallway."
At the end, on Theodore's left, was a room more fitting for a boy.
The room's color were dark blue and blood red. There were two wooden desks built into the room's walls on the right and wooden bunk beds on the left. The top bunk was barely below the ceiling while the other bed started at the foot-end of the top bunk, resting on the floor.
"I crawled up on the top bunk and noticed an old matchbox jet fighter that had been left behind. I greedily snatched it up and ran down the stairs to tell my Dad about the loot I had just pillaged from the previous owners. I was so excited about finding that toy that I had forgotten all about my first creepy encounter in that house."
Soon, the George family had settled in, but at the same time, some unsettling chatter made its way to their front door.
"Numerous people who lived nearby would tell us stories about strange noises that would emanate from the house, as well as seeing lights go on and off. One particular neighbor, Mrs. Myerjack, whose bedroom window faced one of our attic's windows, said she would sometimes see a woman standing in our attic window. And all of this when no one was at the house.
Unfazed by the silly neighborhood stories, the George family went about its daily routine just like any other family.
"I remember my family was really happy in the beginning after we moved in. My Dad was always goofing around with us. My step-mother seemed very happy to me and my two sisters and brother all seemed to get along just fine. We were just a normal middle-class American family doing our thing."
But within a year or two, that changed. The family's lively attitude had diminished and some unexplained things began to happen.
"I noticed that there seemed to be more strife in the house. My Dad didn't seem to be as playful as he had been before. He seemed angry. My step-mom didn't seem happy either. The overall atmosphere had definitely changed."
Weird sounds started coming from the basement.
The door to the basement was accessed from the kitchen. Going down the narrow wooden stairs led to a large room with light blue painted rock walls and a slick gray cement floor.
"It was just a creepy place all on its own."
They figured the sounds coming from the basement were of natural origin.
"Our parents said it was probably just the heater or something. But sometimes, when just my older sister and I were home, we would hear scratching sounds coming from the basement. It sounded to me like someone taking a knife and stabbing the rock wall repetitively. I don't think that was the heater."
Tony, the younger brother of Theodore, told him that many times when he was trying to walk up the cellar stairs, he would feel something grab his leg, trying to keep him from moving.
"Needless to say, we didn't venture down there much but when we did, it was daytime. If it was nighttime, the light was on and someone was with you."
The stairway that led from the family room to the second floor had its share of phenomena too.
"My step-mother was at home alone one day in the family room watching TV when she heard someone walking down the stairs. She looked up and her heart stopped. Standing there in the doorway was a woman in white, just staring at her."
And she wasn't the only one to encounter something ghostly by the stairs.
"My father was watching TV one night when he too heard someone walk down the stairs. The door flung open and someone, or something, passed in front of the TV."
Strange things were also happening with the upstairs bathroom's west facing widow.
"My parents would keep finding the dang window open. Since my room was across the room, I was the most likely suspect. For years they blamed me for it and it wasn't until after they realized the house was haunted, that they finally believed it wasn't me."
But nothing in the house was more active and spine-chilling than the attic.
"My brother was up in the attic with his friend when they suddenly exited the attic in a screaming panic. When they finally calmed down, they explained that they had seen my sister's string puppet, I think it was in the form of a flamingo or Dodo bird, walking across the attic floor on its own."
And each night the attic would host a concert of footsteps for the audience in the bedrooms below.
"Every night as I laid there in bed, with my head just a foot or so from the ceiling, I would hear footsteps above. My sister did too. We were told it was just the house settling. But after awhile, I began to realize that the footsteps were not random noises but purposeful movements that would end up stopping right over my head. I was terrified."
And one morning, something physically attacked Theodore.
In the next article, Theodore talks about his attack, the dreams both brothers still have to this day, and a possible reason behind the haunting.
Article > The Examiner
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Engineer 'talks' to his dead teenage daughter".
'Hi Daddy, I love you' - Engineer 'talks' to his dead teenage daughter after developing paranormal detection devices
A grief-stricken electrical engineer believes he has found a way to communicate with his dead daughter eight years after her death.
Using his expertise to design and build a series of electromagnetic detection devices, Gary Galka claims to have even recorded his eldest daughter Melissa saying, 'Hi Daddy, I love you.'
Devastated by his girl's death in a car accident on her way home in 2004 at the age of 17, Gary and his family claim they started to experience unexplained phenomena at their Connecticut home days after the fatal accident, according to the Hartford Courant.
'She started doing things like ringing the doorbell, changing TV channels, turning lights on and off,' said Gary who runs D.A.S. Distribution Inc. in East Granby and lives with his wife Cindy and two other daughters, Jennifer and Heather.
'There were situations when my wife would start to make lunch with Heather and Jennifer and all of sudden they'd feel someone come into the room,' Gary told his local Patch.
'I've been lying in bed and felt someone come down on my side of the bed and felt a weight on my chest, like someone's head.
'It evolved into things like feeling a tap on the shoulder, someone calling out our names and it felt like someone was kissing our foreheads.'
Convinced these were after-death communications (ADC's), Gary set about creating specific devices so that he could talk with his eldest girl.
Using his knowledge of electromagnetic sensors systems, Gary created the Mel-Meter 8704, named after his daughter, the year she was born and the year that Gary believes she passed into the spirit realm.
Developing additional devices, such as a 'Spirit Box' , Gary has recorded his daughter saying, 'Hi Daddy, I love You.'
The Galka family insist that these experiences are real and that the instruments that electrical genius Gary has created prove it.
The entire family say that they have come into contact with Melissa, even seeing her appear inside their home.
'I've never seen Melissa,' said Gary.
'But my younger daughter Heather has seen her three times.'
Indeed, Gary's ghost detection equipment has found a niche market and the devices which are priced between $79 and $350 have become successful.
'Nobody catered to these people before,' said Gary of weekend ghost hobbyists and even television shows such as Ghost Adevntures on the Travel Channel and Ghost Hunters on Syfy.
'We have all different Mel Meters to do research.'
'I've created over 30 different products for paranomal research. No one was making products for these people.'
Adamant that he and his family are communicating with Melissa, the whole experience has been cathartic for the Galka's.
'It has brought us so much comfort, love ones want to let you know that you are safe and that you are OK,' said Gary.
'That's really important to them. Through ADC's you begin to heal. We began to heal.
'All Melissa cared about was to help her parents in time to learn to live life again.
'If you can't do that, you're going to be in a deep, dark place for the rest of your life.'
Compelled by his tragic experience, Gary wants his products to be used to help other families going through the grieving process.
'I held her hand and told her to hold on. And that everything would be OK,' explained Gary about how he arrived on the scene of his daughters accident before she went into a coma and later died in hospital.
'I had my hand on her heart and I felt it stop.'
Raised a Catholic, Gary admits he believes in the afterlife and donates one-third of the profits from the sale of his paranormal detectors to bereavement groups.
Addressing anyone who is skeptical about his families experiences, Gary hopes that everyone can keep an open mind.
'I feel compelled to help other bereaved parents, to show these parents that they can live beyond the grief and the be comforted knowing their child is in a good place, to show them they can have hope.'
Article > The Daily Mail
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www.ukparanormalevents.com
A grief-stricken electrical engineer believes he has found a way to communicate with his dead daughter eight years after her death.
Using his expertise to design and build a series of electromagnetic detection devices, Gary Galka claims to have even recorded his eldest daughter Melissa saying, 'Hi Daddy, I love you.'
Devastated by his girl's death in a car accident on her way home in 2004 at the age of 17, Gary and his family claim they started to experience unexplained phenomena at their Connecticut home days after the fatal accident, according to the Hartford Courant.
'She started doing things like ringing the doorbell, changing TV channels, turning lights on and off,' said Gary who runs D.A.S. Distribution Inc. in East Granby and lives with his wife Cindy and two other daughters, Jennifer and Heather.
'There were situations when my wife would start to make lunch with Heather and Jennifer and all of sudden they'd feel someone come into the room,' Gary told his local Patch.
'I've been lying in bed and felt someone come down on my side of the bed and felt a weight on my chest, like someone's head.
Convinced these were after-death communications (ADC's), Gary set about creating specific devices so that he could talk with his eldest girl.
Using his knowledge of electromagnetic sensors systems, Gary created the Mel-Meter 8704, named after his daughter, the year she was born and the year that Gary believes she passed into the spirit realm.
Developing additional devices, such as a 'Spirit Box' , Gary has recorded his daughter saying, 'Hi Daddy, I love You.'
The Galka family insist that these experiences are real and that the instruments that electrical genius Gary has created prove it.
The entire family say that they have come into contact with Melissa, even seeing her appear inside their home.
'I've never seen Melissa,' said Gary.
'But my younger daughter Heather has seen her three times.'
Indeed, Gary's ghost detection equipment has found a niche market and the devices which are priced between $79 and $350 have become successful.
'Nobody catered to these people before,' said Gary of weekend ghost hobbyists and even television shows such as Ghost Adevntures on the Travel Channel and Ghost Hunters on Syfy.
'We have all different Mel Meters to do research.'
'I've created over 30 different products for paranomal research. No one was making products for these people.'
'It has brought us so much comfort, love ones want to let you know that you are safe and that you are OK,' said Gary.
'That's really important to them. Through ADC's you begin to heal. We began to heal.
'All Melissa cared about was to help her parents in time to learn to live life again.
'If you can't do that, you're going to be in a deep, dark place for the rest of your life.'
Compelled by his tragic experience, Gary wants his products to be used to help other families going through the grieving process.
'I held her hand and told her to hold on. And that everything would be OK,' explained Gary about how he arrived on the scene of his daughters accident before she went into a coma and later died in hospital.
'I had my hand on her heart and I felt it stop.'
Raised a Catholic, Gary admits he believes in the afterlife and donates one-third of the profits from the sale of his paranormal detectors to bereavement groups.
Addressing anyone who is skeptical about his families experiences, Gary hopes that everyone can keep an open mind.
'I feel compelled to help other bereaved parents, to show these parents that they can live beyond the grief and the be comforted knowing their child is in a good place, to show them they can have hope.'
Article > The Daily Mail
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www.ukparanormalevents.com
Friday, 12 December 2014
Illinois bar claim to have captured a picture of a Ghost Girl.
Customer captures ghost of young girl at bar that mobster Al Capone frequented.
A bartender of a restaurant that was once frequented by Al Capone shared a photo of a ghost that her customer took. In the image, a ghost of a young girl can be seen at the end of hallway near the bar. The photo was featured on an episode of David Scott's "Believe" yesterday.
Filmmaker and paranormal investigator David Scott and his paranormal research team IPRA traveled to Schiller Park, Illinois to explore The Great Escape restaurant and bar. The site of the restaurant was once a general store, post office, gas station, barber shop, pool hall, speakeasy, and a brothel. It was used by gangsters in the prohibition era. Mobster Al Capone was often seen in the bar in the 1920s.
Part of The Great Escape was built in 1889 and the original bar was hand carved by the Chicago Bar Company. In the early 1900s, a few silent movies were filmed on the property.
"The team is given a photograph by the evening bartender. A customer shared the photo with her after witnessing a shadow figure outside the women's bathroom. Upon reviewing the photo, he noticed an undeniable image of a young girl dressed in old fashioned clothing," Scott said.
During their investigation, with the help of owner Brian Great, Scott and his team uses a spirit box to try and communicate with the ghost of the young girl and other spirits that haunt the building. Great tries to reach out to a former patron of the bar that recently died.
To keep up with David Scott and IPRA, like them on Facebook to subscribe or head over to their YouTube channel to watch more "Believe" episodes.
Article > The Examiner
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A bartender of a restaurant that was once frequented by Al Capone shared a photo of a ghost that her customer took. In the image, a ghost of a young girl can be seen at the end of hallway near the bar. The photo was featured on an episode of David Scott's "Believe" yesterday.
Filmmaker and paranormal investigator David Scott and his paranormal research team IPRA traveled to Schiller Park, Illinois to explore The Great Escape restaurant and bar. The site of the restaurant was once a general store, post office, gas station, barber shop, pool hall, speakeasy, and a brothel. It was used by gangsters in the prohibition era. Mobster Al Capone was often seen in the bar in the 1920s.
Part of The Great Escape was built in 1889 and the original bar was hand carved by the Chicago Bar Company. In the early 1900s, a few silent movies were filmed on the property.
"The team is given a photograph by the evening bartender. A customer shared the photo with her after witnessing a shadow figure outside the women's bathroom. Upon reviewing the photo, he noticed an undeniable image of a young girl dressed in old fashioned clothing," Scott said.
During their investigation, with the help of owner Brian Great, Scott and his team uses a spirit box to try and communicate with the ghost of the young girl and other spirits that haunt the building. Great tries to reach out to a former patron of the bar that recently died.
To keep up with David Scott and IPRA, like them on Facebook to subscribe or head over to their YouTube channel to watch more "Believe" episodes.
Article > The Examiner
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www.ukparanormalevents.com
Saturday, 6 December 2014
I'm A Celebrity: Jungle stars freaked out by murder ghost.
The spirit is that of a housewife who was murdered by cyanide poisoning and buried on the site.
Now Sandiya Stephens has risen from her grave and is targetting Mel and glamour girls Nadia Forde, 24, and Kendra Wilkinson, 29.
Members of the Aussie crew say they have seen an apparition of Sandiya appearing at night. They have tried to keep its sinister presence a secret from the celebs as well as presenters Ant and Dec.
But rumours of a ghost have begun to circulate among the cast and crew with nervous rapper Tinchy Stryder, 28, saying: "If it comes after me, I am getting out of here."
One of the backstage workers told the Daily Star last night: “Word of the ghost and the murder that happened here has spread.
“Every time a new worker joins they ask us: ‘Can you show me where the body was buried?’
“It’s made for a very spooky atmosphere. Some people have known about this for years.
“But they’ve kept quiet about it so as not to cause the celebs any upset. Now news has started to leak out. People are a lot more edgy when darkness descends.”
The camp is located in Dungay Creek, Murwillumbah, in New South Wales.
ITV has done a deal with a property owner to take over part of the land to film the reality show. But the rainforest site includes a horror spot. It is where Patrick Stephens murdered his wife Sandiya.
She came to Australia from Malaysia in 1980 to marry Stephens. But after six years together, he started cheating on her with a local woman and plotted to get rid of her.
Stephens poisoned Sandiya with cyanide in a flu capsule and buried her body in the backyard of his parents’ house and covered the grave with lime.
That property in Dungay Creek still exists and is used to make jungle props for trials and store equipment.
Show presenters Ant and Dec, both 39, pass it every day when they arrive for filming.
And as if that wasn't creepy enough, a killer is on the loose near the campsite – and locals fear that he could hide in the jungle.
According to The Sun, Aussie cops confirmed that a violent killer is on the loose after murdering a man in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, which is just five miles from the I'm A Celeb camp.
The fugitive allegedly stabbed his victim in the eye during a raid on his home.
The man, in his forties, was taken to hospital, but when he returned home, the unknown male allegedly came back and killed him.
A spokesperson for ITV said: "We have a security team on site. The safety and security of our celebrities and crew is of the utmost importance."
Article > The Daily Star by Peter Dyke
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Do Ouija boards really work? Mirror Online readers share chilling experiences
Do Ouija boards really work? Mirror Online readers share chilling experience.
As a Catholic priest warns people against using them this Christmas, we share our readers' experiences of using Ouija boards.
Since World War I it has been claimed that Ouija boards, also known as spirit boards, can be used to contact the dead.
And the paranormal investigation kit is apparently going to see a revival this Christmas due to the popularity of this year's film, Ouija, starring Olivia Cooke.
But many claim that we should stay away from the boards, and it was yesterday reported that an anonymous Catholic priest has warned that by using them, we risk the danger of unleashing evil spirits into the home.
Is there anything in these claims?
After we reported that a Ouija board spelled out a murderous threat to a woman this year, we asked our readers to tell us their experiences. Have a read of their claims and then tell us what you think at the bottom of this article.
'We never spoke about it again'
"I was about 15 at the time, me and about 5 of my friends decided we were going to do an ouija board. We sat in an empty classroom at dinner time, shut the door and started to begin to 'contact' the dead.
"It was 30 years ago but myself and four friends used one. We were very young, silly and totally unaware of the dangers. We poked fun at the board, one of my friends was swearing at it and the glass just exploded.
"We got another glass as we were stupid and carried on our mickey-taking. This glass, however, was to shoot across the room and shatter against a wall. My friend was rather ill after, went very pale and clammy and was violently sick we put the makeshift board in the bin and never spoke about it again
- Tracy Simpson
'It still to this day creeps me out'
"Me and my friend were playing with a Ouija board in August 2012. First of all my friend said: "What is your name?" and it spelled out J-e-s-s-i-c-a. Then he asked: "How old are you?" and it pointed to the number 8.
"My friend said: "How did you die?" and it spelled C-a-n-c-e-r, then I said: "I'm so sorry to hear that" and it spelled 'T-h-a-n-k Y-o-u' but after that we stopped. It still to this day creeps me out."
- Ciaran Thomas
'Little did we know it was going to be so frightful'
"At first we all thought each other was pushing it until the board spelled out a name that wasn't familiar at all. After all looking puzzled we asked: "Who are you?'" and it continued to move the glass across the board and spelled 'LRC', which was a block in the school.
"We went down and had a look to see what was meant by it and there was a plaque on the wall that said this man's name, which he spelled out. He had died and had a great deal to do with the school.
"The next day we decided to go back and do another round on the board. The glass started to move and we were all excited as to what lay ahead. Little did we know it was going to be so frightful.
"It spelled 'die' and then all of a sudden the glass went flying, the blinds were going crazy, things were going across the room. Everybody was so scared! We all ran out the classroom and decided we would never do another board again. Luckily nothing has happened to any of us and we are all six years older."
- Emma
A warning from beyond the grave
"I hadn't spoken to my dad for three years, then one night in November 1996, my mum and I did the Ouija board and my dead nan came through and told me to call my dad as he was sick.
"I called him the next day and asked how he was, he said he'd been having some breathing problems, but he was only 53 so wasn't too worried.
"We stayed in contact until he passed away two months later from a massive heart attack. I feel if my nan hadn't told me to call him, I wouldn't have got to spend my dad's last two months talking to him."
- Jackey
Nothing happened
"I did a Ouija board with my older half sister just after my mum had passed, when I was 11.
"I've always had a fascination with the afterlife so I was excited but nothing happened. The glass shook a little bit but there was no concrete message, which was disappointing. I would definitely do one again though!"
- Dorothy
'They're safe if you know what you're doing'
"I use them all the time, as I own my own ghost hunting group. They are perfectly safe to use, if you know what you're doing. I have been using them for four years now and nothing has happened to me or my guests.
"The woman in the story didn't do protection or closing down. This is what is wrong with the stigma surrounding these boards, it's the inexperience of people using them, not the board itself."
- Deena Romahn
As a Catholic priest warns people against using them this Christmas, we share our readers' experiences of using Ouija boards.
Since World War I it has been claimed that Ouija boards, also known as spirit boards, can be used to contact the dead.
And the paranormal investigation kit is apparently going to see a revival this Christmas due to the popularity of this year's film, Ouija, starring Olivia Cooke.
But many claim that we should stay away from the boards, and it was yesterday reported that an anonymous Catholic priest has warned that by using them, we risk the danger of unleashing evil spirits into the home.
Is there anything in these claims?
After we reported that a Ouija board spelled out a murderous threat to a woman this year, we asked our readers to tell us their experiences. Have a read of their claims and then tell us what you think at the bottom of this article.
'We never spoke about it again'
"I was about 15 at the time, me and about 5 of my friends decided we were going to do an ouija board. We sat in an empty classroom at dinner time, shut the door and started to begin to 'contact' the dead.
"It was 30 years ago but myself and four friends used one. We were very young, silly and totally unaware of the dangers. We poked fun at the board, one of my friends was swearing at it and the glass just exploded.
"We got another glass as we were stupid and carried on our mickey-taking. This glass, however, was to shoot across the room and shatter against a wall. My friend was rather ill after, went very pale and clammy and was violently sick we put the makeshift board in the bin and never spoke about it again
- Tracy Simpson
'It still to this day creeps me out'
"Me and my friend were playing with a Ouija board in August 2012. First of all my friend said: "What is your name?" and it spelled out J-e-s-s-i-c-a. Then he asked: "How old are you?" and it pointed to the number 8.
"My friend said: "How did you die?" and it spelled C-a-n-c-e-r, then I said: "I'm so sorry to hear that" and it spelled 'T-h-a-n-k Y-o-u' but after that we stopped. It still to this day creeps me out."
- Ciaran Thomas
'Little did we know it was going to be so frightful'
"At first we all thought each other was pushing it until the board spelled out a name that wasn't familiar at all. After all looking puzzled we asked: "Who are you?'" and it continued to move the glass across the board and spelled 'LRC', which was a block in the school.
"We went down and had a look to see what was meant by it and there was a plaque on the wall that said this man's name, which he spelled out. He had died and had a great deal to do with the school.
"The next day we decided to go back and do another round on the board. The glass started to move and we were all excited as to what lay ahead. Little did we know it was going to be so frightful.
"It spelled 'die' and then all of a sudden the glass went flying, the blinds were going crazy, things were going across the room. Everybody was so scared! We all ran out the classroom and decided we would never do another board again. Luckily nothing has happened to any of us and we are all six years older."
- Emma
A warning from beyond the grave
"I hadn't spoken to my dad for three years, then one night in November 1996, my mum and I did the Ouija board and my dead nan came through and told me to call my dad as he was sick.
"I called him the next day and asked how he was, he said he'd been having some breathing problems, but he was only 53 so wasn't too worried.
"We stayed in contact until he passed away two months later from a massive heart attack. I feel if my nan hadn't told me to call him, I wouldn't have got to spend my dad's last two months talking to him."
- Jackey
Nothing happened
"I did a Ouija board with my older half sister just after my mum had passed, when I was 11.
"I've always had a fascination with the afterlife so I was excited but nothing happened. The glass shook a little bit but there was no concrete message, which was disappointing. I would definitely do one again though!"
- Dorothy
'They're safe if you know what you're doing'
"I use them all the time, as I own my own ghost hunting group. They are perfectly safe to use, if you know what you're doing. I have been using them for four years now and nothing has happened to me or my guests.
"The woman in the story didn't do protection or closing down. This is what is wrong with the stigma surrounding these boards, it's the inexperience of people using them, not the board itself."
- Deena Romahn
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Did an angel save girl from dying in hospital?
Did an angel save girl from dying in hospital?
Disabled teen recovered after glowing image appeared on monitor.
A 14-year-old girl with a history of serious health issues lay dying of pneumonia in a hospital room. But as her mother waited for the girl to take her last breath, an image of bright light appeared on a security monitor. Within an hour, the dying girl began a recovery that doctors are at a loss to explain.
But Colleen Banton, the girl's mother, has an explanation. “This was an image of an angel,” she told NBC News in a story reported Tuesday on TODAY. She credited the apparition with saving the life of her daughter Chelsea.
No hope
The incident happened in Charlotte, N.C., in September. Chelsea had been born five weeks prematurely with developmental disabilities and had battled serious health problems all her life. She is particularly susceptible to the types of pneumonia infections that had taken her to death’s door.
Told that there was no hope for Chelsea, Colleen Banton had just instructed doctors to take her daughter off life support and allow nature to take its course when the apparition was seen.
It would be another two months before Chelsea finally left the hospital to return home, where she is about to celebrate her 15th birthday as well as Christmas. Her mother is convinced that Chelsea was saved by divine intervention.
“It’s a blessing,” she told NBC News. “It’s a miracle.”
Banton took a picture of the television monitor on which the image appeared. Some who look at it would describe it as a flare of reflected light. Others — including nurses who were on duty as well as Banton — say the three vertical shafts of light are indisputably an angel.
‘They walk amongst us’
Banton is hardly alone in her belief in angels.
“I think angels really do exist,” the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook told TODAY’s Ann Curry after watching the report on the Bantons’ experience. “They protect us. They walk amongst us.”
Cook was joined by Rabbi Irwin Kula, who looked at angels as more of a metaphor for the unexplained wonders that life brings.
“Albert Einstein said there are two ways to look at the world: as if everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle,” he said.
Angels do not play a large role in the Jewish faith, but they have a prominent place in Christianity, which teaches that an angel told Mary that she was to be the mother of Jesus.
Cook said she believes that angels are messengers from God. “They bring the message of hope,” she told Curry.
According to some polls, 75 percent of all Americans believe in angels. That level of belief varies with geography and political affiliation, with more Republicans than Democrats and more Southerners than Northeasterners believing in the existence of the heavenly messengers.
The high level of belief is unique in the developed world. In Canada, Great Britain and Australia, the same polls say, belief in angels does not exceed 40 percent.
Being open to wonder Kula said whether you believe in angels or not, there is a deeper message in Banton’s story.
“The real question is: Can we be open to wonder?” the rabbi told Curry. “Even at the very last moment, the very darkest moment, can we actually be open to the new possibilities that are always there?”
Angels, Kula said, “can be anything.” In that sense, he said, one could say that someone who just shows up when you most need a hand can be seen as a very real angel.
“You’re having a bad day, and a child comes up to you and smiles and right away you feel better. Is that an angel or is that a child smiling?” Kula said.
Cook had to wipe away a tear of joy after watching Banton’s story. It is particularly appropriate, she said, coming at the Christmas season during a year in which many people are experiencing economic hardship.
“People are looking for a miracle right now,” Cook said.
Some, like Colleen Banton, feel they’ve found one.
Article > Today by Mike Celizic
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Disabled teen recovered after glowing image appeared on monitor.
A 14-year-old girl with a history of serious health issues lay dying of pneumonia in a hospital room. But as her mother waited for the girl to take her last breath, an image of bright light appeared on a security monitor. Within an hour, the dying girl began a recovery that doctors are at a loss to explain.
But Colleen Banton, the girl's mother, has an explanation. “This was an image of an angel,” she told NBC News in a story reported Tuesday on TODAY. She credited the apparition with saving the life of her daughter Chelsea.
No hope
The incident happened in Charlotte, N.C., in September. Chelsea had been born five weeks prematurely with developmental disabilities and had battled serious health problems all her life. She is particularly susceptible to the types of pneumonia infections that had taken her to death’s door.
Told that there was no hope for Chelsea, Colleen Banton had just instructed doctors to take her daughter off life support and allow nature to take its course when the apparition was seen.
It would be another two months before Chelsea finally left the hospital to return home, where she is about to celebrate her 15th birthday as well as Christmas. Her mother is convinced that Chelsea was saved by divine intervention.
“It’s a blessing,” she told NBC News. “It’s a miracle.”
Banton took a picture of the television monitor on which the image appeared. Some who look at it would describe it as a flare of reflected light. Others — including nurses who were on duty as well as Banton — say the three vertical shafts of light are indisputably an angel.
‘They walk amongst us’
Banton is hardly alone in her belief in angels.
“I think angels really do exist,” the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook told TODAY’s Ann Curry after watching the report on the Bantons’ experience. “They protect us. They walk amongst us.”
Cook was joined by Rabbi Irwin Kula, who looked at angels as more of a metaphor for the unexplained wonders that life brings.
“Albert Einstein said there are two ways to look at the world: as if everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle,” he said.
Angels do not play a large role in the Jewish faith, but they have a prominent place in Christianity, which teaches that an angel told Mary that she was to be the mother of Jesus.
Cook said she believes that angels are messengers from God. “They bring the message of hope,” she told Curry.
The high level of belief is unique in the developed world. In Canada, Great Britain and Australia, the same polls say, belief in angels does not exceed 40 percent.
Being open to wonder Kula said whether you believe in angels or not, there is a deeper message in Banton’s story.
“The real question is: Can we be open to wonder?” the rabbi told Curry. “Even at the very last moment, the very darkest moment, can we actually be open to the new possibilities that are always there?”
Angels, Kula said, “can be anything.” In that sense, he said, one could say that someone who just shows up when you most need a hand can be seen as a very real angel.
“You’re having a bad day, and a child comes up to you and smiles and right away you feel better. Is that an angel or is that a child smiling?” Kula said.
Cook had to wipe away a tear of joy after watching Banton’s story. It is particularly appropriate, she said, coming at the Christmas season during a year in which many people are experiencing economic hardship.
“People are looking for a miracle right now,” Cook said.
Some, like Colleen Banton, feel they’ve found one.
Article > Today by Mike Celizic
© UK Paranoemal Events
www.ukparanormalevents.com
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Boston Borough Council call in paranormal investigators.
Boston Borough Council call in paranormal investigators.
Paranormal investigators have concluded Boston Borough Council’s offices are haunted by the ghost of a former lawyer called Jeremy.
The council released details in November of a number of spooky goings-on at its Municipal Buildings in West Street.
These included a shadowy figure appearing behind a member of staff and then disappearing, disk drawers on computers opening on their own – even when computers have been switched off and a glass flying off the top of a fridge and smashing to the floor.
A number of paranormal groups contacted the council offering to investigate strange events including Boston-based “Paranormal 3”.
They are now analysing their findings, which they claim, point to a friendly haunting by someone who may have worked in the office when that part of the building was the police station.
Breathing and sounds of movement were detected on a recorder left in the unoccupied office next door and devices measuring electro-magnetic waves and static electricity were both set off.
The static electricity device, only activated when a significant presence discharging static electricity passes within close proximity, sounded its alarm twice when it had been left alone in a nearby file room.
The team of four said they were made aware of the presence of a person who worked in a responsible legal position in the building when the council shared space with both the police and fire brigade.
Jeremiah, known to his friends as Jeremy, may have been a lawyer and had a large desk in the office now occupied by the environmental operations team at the council.
His office may have extended into the next door building control office where the recording of someone moving about was made. A stud wall now separates the two.
The investigators said Jeremiah indicated a connection with the Freemasons – and his presence in the real world is accidental and not menacing.
On the day when paranormal investigators arrived, staff complained of a breeze whirring like a fan above their heads, chilling the office despite the heating being on at full blast.
The office is in the oldest part of the 110-year-old Municipal Buildings and close to where the police cells were once positioned. The investigators said another “residual” presence was detected in the file room – that of a slightly built young man.
Tina Woodcock, founder member of Paranormal 3, said: “I have been busy reviewing more of the footage and have discovered the disembodied voice of a man saying what sounds like “Come back” and a male groan.
“The name Jerry, spoken by a male voice, is also heard to come through the white noise on a device that scans radio frequencies.”
Boston Borough Council spokesman Andrew Malkin said he invited the group into investigate as they were the first to show interest.
He said: “They were one of a number of groups to contact us after the unexplained occurrences. I let them in as they asked first.”
Staff member Kayleigh Wagg was confronted by a shadowy figure when making a coffee. She was alone at the time.
She said: “I sometimes get a creepy feeling and there are cold spots in the office. I turned from the fridge after making a coffee and in front of me was this dark figure.
“I screamed and it just disappeared. The office is often really cold even though we have good heating. I don’t like to be here on my own now and if I am I keep the door open with a chair. I never believed in ghosts, but I’m not so sure now.”
Colleague Emma Butler said her computer disk drawer had popped open, even when the machine had been switched off. And she said a glass, which had been placed well away from the edge of the fridge, had smashed to the ground.
Becky Shinn, an environmental crime officers, added: “Something is definitely happening. One day the beam supporting one of the strip lights began to creak and we could see it. There was nothing to cause this and after a while it just stopped.”
Article > Lincolnshire Echo by Boston Target
UK Paranormal Events
www.ukparanormalevents.com
Paranormal investigators have concluded Boston Borough Council’s offices are haunted by the ghost of a former lawyer called Jeremy.
The council released details in November of a number of spooky goings-on at its Municipal Buildings in West Street.
These included a shadowy figure appearing behind a member of staff and then disappearing, disk drawers on computers opening on their own – even when computers have been switched off and a glass flying off the top of a fridge and smashing to the floor.
A number of paranormal groups contacted the council offering to investigate strange events including Boston-based “Paranormal 3”.
They are now analysing their findings, which they claim, point to a friendly haunting by someone who may have worked in the office when that part of the building was the police station.
Breathing and sounds of movement were detected on a recorder left in the unoccupied office next door and devices measuring electro-magnetic waves and static electricity were both set off.
The static electricity device, only activated when a significant presence discharging static electricity passes within close proximity, sounded its alarm twice when it had been left alone in a nearby file room.
The team of four said they were made aware of the presence of a person who worked in a responsible legal position in the building when the council shared space with both the police and fire brigade.
Jeremiah, known to his friends as Jeremy, may have been a lawyer and had a large desk in the office now occupied by the environmental operations team at the council.
His office may have extended into the next door building control office where the recording of someone moving about was made. A stud wall now separates the two.
The investigators said Jeremiah indicated a connection with the Freemasons – and his presence in the real world is accidental and not menacing.
On the day when paranormal investigators arrived, staff complained of a breeze whirring like a fan above their heads, chilling the office despite the heating being on at full blast.
The office is in the oldest part of the 110-year-old Municipal Buildings and close to where the police cells were once positioned. The investigators said another “residual” presence was detected in the file room – that of a slightly built young man.
Tina Woodcock, founder member of Paranormal 3, said: “I have been busy reviewing more of the footage and have discovered the disembodied voice of a man saying what sounds like “Come back” and a male groan.
“The name Jerry, spoken by a male voice, is also heard to come through the white noise on a device that scans radio frequencies.”
Boston Borough Council spokesman Andrew Malkin said he invited the group into investigate as they were the first to show interest.
He said: “They were one of a number of groups to contact us after the unexplained occurrences. I let them in as they asked first.”
Staff member Kayleigh Wagg was confronted by a shadowy figure when making a coffee. She was alone at the time.
She said: “I sometimes get a creepy feeling and there are cold spots in the office. I turned from the fridge after making a coffee and in front of me was this dark figure.
“I screamed and it just disappeared. The office is often really cold even though we have good heating. I don’t like to be here on my own now and if I am I keep the door open with a chair. I never believed in ghosts, but I’m not so sure now.”
Colleague Emma Butler said her computer disk drawer had popped open, even when the machine had been switched off. And she said a glass, which had been placed well away from the edge of the fridge, had smashed to the ground.
Becky Shinn, an environmental crime officers, added: “Something is definitely happening. One day the beam supporting one of the strip lights began to creak and we could see it. There was nothing to cause this and after a while it just stopped.”
Article > Lincolnshire Echo by Boston Target
UK Paranormal Events
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