Is there such thing as haunted places?

Question

i need information on this because this is for a research paper.

Answer 1

It's not something you can prove or disprove.

Answer 2

Here is something you may find of interest, even though it does not exactly answer your question.

When I was a baby my parents took on a large and old Victorian house which was in a pretty poor state of repair, but they needed the bedroom space for us five kids. Four were all born within six years of each other, and I came along nine years later as the tiddler of the family.

Apparently, when I was no more than two or three, I used to mention to everybody a lady in a long dress. I used to ask why she was standing behing the televison, etc. and worry people. I don't remember this, but I'm told I used to spook people out a little with my very frank questions about the lady in the long dress. Perhaps I did it to gain attention in a large family - but why mention such an odd thing? Wouldn't a tantrum serve my purpose better? Or if I was going to make up stories, wouldn't I have repeated ideas I had been exposed to at some point, such as fairies, giants and Goldilocks?

For the better part of my childhood my bedroom was a small box room and very often the bed would rock. I never questioned this. I was a kid and assumed it was standard. Not until my sister returned from working in Europe when I was about thirteen did I think conciously about it. My sister was then in her twenties and required some privacy, so she was given the box room for a few days whilst she stayed with us. She mentioned to me over breakfast that the bed had seemed to rock in the night. WOW I thought. Like I said, I had never even thought about it - like the way you don't think about or quesiton different supermarkets or agriculture when you're a kid. You just take these things for granted and and normal until you're given lessons in history and economics.

So, being older and having learned all about the laws of pysics at school, I decided to check this rocking out when I had my room back. I didn't believe in ghosts, and reasoned it was probably myself making the movement with my foot.

I got into the bed and tensed every muscle I could from my jaw right down to my toes, being careful to remain awake and thoroughly rigid. The bed rocked. Only gently, but a definate, measurable movement.

There was no machinery in the adjacent room or the room downstairs. I never had a pet in the room. I cannot understand the phenomenon. I was never frightened by it. After the 'experiment' I just put it down to a curious occurance and got on with life.

I have never experienced any other peculiar or inexplicable phenomena in any other place.

I still don't believe in ghosts. I think they belong in the realm of zombies, warewolves and vampires - but there is a grain of truth at the bottom of these fantastical beings (comas, extreme hirsutism, etc) and I wonder if the 'sightings' of a toddler and the inexplicable movement of an inanimate object experienced by a teenager were more than co-incidence, and something we simply have yet to explain in scientific terms.

Answer 3

The Most Haunted Scariest Places On Earth! The never ending search for the most haunted places on earth or the top ten scariest places on earth continues. What is the reason for such an internet web search? People looking for thrills and chills to conquer the boredom of everyday life. Or the search to test ones own limits and level of fears that they might bring. Or, are these places so haunted and scary because we deem them so? Everywhere you look you can find a Top Ten List of Scary places, from the The World's Most Haunted Houses, to List of allegedly haunted locations. Fox Television's Scariest Places on Earth has opened up many peoples eyes to real haunted paranormal horrors they never thought existed. http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/haunted/scariest/

Answer 4

Yes, there are haunted places. I heard that the White House was haunted; they could actually hear one of the former first ladies sing in the garden.


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. Bolivar, Tennessee: A former owner's ghost is seen rocking on the front porch of the quaint, old Parran house.
. Honolulu, Hawaii: The spirit of a young girl dressed in white makes appearances near a fountain at Iolani Palace.
. Wilmington, North Carolina: Confederate general William Whiting's ghost haunts the ruins of Fort Fisher.
. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Patrons and employees of the Guthrie Theater have seen the ghost of a former usher who took his own life while working there.
. West Palm Beach, Florida: Employees at a Burger King on U.S. Highway 1 report that they have chased the ghost that haunts this fast—food joint.
. New Orleans, Louisiana: Visitors to the Beauregard— Keyes house say that on some nights at 2:00 A.M. the ballroom turns into a ghostly Civil War battleground.
. Washington, D.C.: The White House is said to be home to several ghosts, including that of Abraham Lincoln.

Answer 5

I haven't personally _seen_ a ghost, but I've seen something that I couldn't explain otherwise.

I was somewhere that other people have seen weird things too. A lot of people already believed that it was haunted, but I wasn't sure either way. I went in there with two other people, there was no one else there. One of the people tried to introduce himself to the ghost and talk to her (we think of the ghost as female because people have heard a female singing when there was no one there). There were several things hanging from a pole, and we saw one of them turn counter-clockwise and then the next one move clockwise, without any of them swaying at all. (There was no wind or air conditioner.)

Since that day, I've believed that particular place is haunted. (However, there are logical explanations that don't involve ghosts for some other strange things that people see/hear.)

Answer 6

It depends on how you define haunted. If it's the rattling chains and jumping bones (skeletal...for those of you with dirty minds...LOL!) then I'd say no.

However, I absolutely do believe in the spirit world, and believe that certain locations can become attractive to spirits, who then attach their essences to those spots. I'm a journalism grad student and last fall was involved in a freelance TV special investigating hauntings, and it was chilling to experience some of the manifestations of the spirit world. I never really believed in hauntings until we were shooting this special and I experienced it firsthand.

The ethereal light, the ghastly apparitions, the instant drop in temperature when a spirit is present...it's real. Not scary in the sense that it feels as if there's any harm about to happen, but a real sense of "other-worldliness" is the best way to describe it.

Just my personal experiences, but I'm being totally factual and truthful.

Answer 7

Yes there is. The Stanley Hotel in Colorado that Stephen King used in one of his horror novels. Another is Mary Kings Close in Scotland, The Cimmaron Hotel in Cimmaron, New Mexico, The Queen Mary. There are a lot of haunted places throughout the united states.

Here are some of my favorite websites on hauntings:

http://www.ghosthaunts.com/hauntedplaces.html
http://www.hauntedhouses.com/
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/shelly/43/haunted.html

Answer 8

I used to not believe that places or people get haunted. But, I was jsut thinking about a place I used to work at today. And, it had a fairly big warehouse. I and a few other of my coworkers, would hear high heel steps. The steps would be heard in the aisle in front of me, then in the back aisle, and then in the aisle I was in. It was very creepy.

Answer 9

It depends on who you are. Ghosts and spirits are what you make them to be. If you choose not to belive it- you won't see it, you'll call the howling the wind and the whispers mice. if you want to believe it- you will see it; the light is a torch and the lightning a sign. It all depends on what you want to percieve. How they came into extinction I don't know- but like i said, maybe someone long ago missed their mother so much they imagined her singing, and thus the history of ghosts happened. After a particular death people will remain in fear, due to the shock of death. For your report it is best to explain it as most things are explained- it all depends on the humans particular perspective.

Answer 10

I've never seen it for myself. I'm sure there are places where strange things happen, and maybe some more than others but as far as "haunted" no I don't think so.

Answer 11

if you believe..and also it's much more prevelant in 3rd world countries...
My tutor told me extensively of a story of a woman who died of a broken heart -- in childbirth. This is a very strong spirit and keeps the house occupied. It is also a very dangerous spirit. I don't recall the details but when i said,
I'm not afraid, I'd like to buy this house" the story stopped and I think I got my invite to his villiage revoked.
This is in NOrthern Thailand; Uttardit province, Fak Tha district...