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The Exorcism’s Very Own Haunted Prop : Regan’s Dummy Double

So we have all heard of the Exorcist movie, the original horror that scared the shizz out of everyone who dared to buy that cinema ticket. But there is a lot more that happened behind the scenes. So much, that is thought that the movie itself is cursed. But does anyone remember the dummy used in the film?? The scenes where the possessed girl would spin her head 180 degrees? Well, it has surfaced and something seems to have been following it all these years…

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The Latest Haunted Object !!!

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This is easily the world’s freakiest haunted object, even Robert the Doll can’t knock this creepy ass creation. But it has just come to light that it is haunted!

The Dummy used effectively as Regan’s body double during a few of her possession scenes comes with a few crazy features of its own, the most insane being that its head spins 180 degrees! Imagine walking in on that happening. 

The Moving Museum NYC now plays host to the cursed dummy, we have not heard anything from them yet. The Instagrammer Profenex had this to say  “I swear, lights would go out. Things would fall off the shelf, tools turned on automatically. Weird voices at night with no one there. Seriously weird stuff, no joke.” The Instagrammer played host to the dummy when he was hired to do some restoration work on her, but I’m guessing the attachment that comes with this doll went unmentioned. 

The Dummy is one to watch for sure, but this prop was one the least weird parts of the Exorcism phenomena that swept the world…

 

 

The Cursed Movie

Ever since Prorenfx took to Instagram to tell the world of the horror that still lingers around the Exorcist movie dummy. A lot of people forward about their experiences with the movie. The Regan Doll is a strong contender for the world’s most haunted object but there are stories circulating the movie itself!! The cast, the first screening, and even the location where it was all filmed! Was creating a movie of this calibre for the first time too risky and did it perhaps invite something evil into the world?? Let’s find out.

A rare behind the scenes photo, image via  No Film School

First of all, you have to remember that this insane ass film was all based on true events. William Blatty first wrote the novel in 1971 titled The Exorcist and it was all based on the real exorcism of a boy known as Roland Doe. Multiple Catholic Priests from the Georgetown University Hospital performed actual exorcisms on the young boy but had to stop every time as the young boy would somehow, free himself from the restraints every time, he would then proceed to rip out the bed springs from his mattress and slash at the priests. This happened a few times.

The boy Roland Doe was in fact, an invented persona and the boy was changed to a girl in the film in order to protect his identity. Roland went on to live a happy and normal life with absolutely no memory of this incident. He actually retired from NASA decades later.

William Blatty after he first wrote the novel, image via Den of Geek

Another of the strange incidents that surrounded this movie was when the entire set caught fire. The actual Director William Friedkin, blamed the incident on a large creature with wings and talons. The crew was unharmed and the cause of the fire was never discovered. But, Regan’s room remained the only room unharmed… WTF.

Whilst filming, the actress Ellen bursten, who played Regan’s mother, was injured during the possession when she is thrown to the floor. That scene was actually used in the movie and the scream following is real. The injury still affects her today.

There is a good chance that any movie that takes over a year to film has had some bad luck, The Exorcist had a few deaths instead… The actors Jack Macgowran and Vasiliki Maliaros both died post-production. There characters died in the movie aswell which only makes it stranger. Other actors including Linda Blair and Max Von Sydow’s lost family members on the first day of filming!

During filming the son of Jason miller who played father miller almost lost his son in a motorcycle accident.

Rare and Uncut Tapes from the Possession of Annelise Michelle 

Whilst filming one of the possession scenes, Linda was thrown out of bed and a piece of the rigging broke, injuring her back. After the film’s initial release Linda received countless death threats so the studio was forced to hire bodyguards to protect her 24/7. 

Before that, however, in 1987, the actress Mercedes McCambridge who played the voice of Pazuzu, was most affected by the film. Her son murdered his wife and son whilst he was on set, before taking his own life…

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All of these horrible things that happened around the movie will never be forgotten. Many still believe the film to be cursed and that playing it was an invitation for demonic possession. When it was released it was quickly banned from every middle eastern country apart from Lebanon, with the re-release also being banned in Lebanon. 

During the first showing of the Exorcism in Rome, the audience had to fight their way through thunder and heavy rain to get inside. Then just before the movie was about to start they all claimed to hear a demonic screech come from outside the cinema door. 

At a showing in America, a woman passed out and broke her jaw as she fell… Warner bros were sued countless times by the time the movie was eventually taken from cinemas… 

There was way too many strange occurrences surrounding this movie to ignore. Was it all just hysteria following the original horror, or did this daring picture truly invite something darker than anything else into the cinema with us…

 

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Romagnano al Monte : Italy’s Spookiest Ghost Town

The world is filled with ghost towns, from the Wild West to the Himalayas. These places were once prosperous and active sites with hundreds, perhaps thousands of people living within them. But what happens when the gold runs dry? Or natural disaster hits? Romagnano al Monte is one of the world’s highest ghost towns and one of the most silent…  

 

Disaster Strikes

The Abandoned town of Romagnano al Monte was not always dormant. For 20 years it has lay silent after a tragedy that those who live close by still remember. An earthquake hit the thriving village in 1980, claiming over 3000 lives at once and leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces. 

When the earthquake hit the survivors decided to relocate to another close by village rather than rebuild their homes. Another village was built 20km away and Romagnano al Monte was left abandoned, now it is just an eerily silent mix of ancient ruins with small traces of the people who were left behind.

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 The Ghost’s of the Ghost Town

Not much is known about this location as it was forbidden to enter for years, due to dangers around the falling structures. However, many people have been seen wandering around the streets.

This is a bit of a tourist hotspot today, surprise surprise. But, many tourists have reported being guided around the city by a mysterious old women speaking in thick Italian and gesturing for the people to follow. The local government do not acknowledge her existence, there are no licenced tour guides as of yet. Not only that she seems to vanish into thin air when some people have simply blinked or turned around. 

There are many others seen walking the streets of this abandoned haven, dressed in traditional clothing but they seem to pay no notice to the modern strangers. Is Romagnano al Monte haunted? Only you can decide, regardless of this, what an incredible place!!!

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Designed by the Dead : Iulia Hasdue

What happens when your child calls up from beyond the grave and describes how she would like a castle built? Well, you build it! That is exactly what this father did, with rooms designed simply for spiritual contact, corridors leading to nowhere, and even restricted sections rumoured to be home to something a lot more sinister. Romania’s most haunted location?

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Romanian Intellectual Bogdan Pétriceicu Hasdue’s daughter died at 18 in the year 1888. He was heart broken. 

Iulia Hasdue’s early death would change his life forever. After she passed he chose to spend the majority of his time, wealth and brainpower into remembering his beloved daughter until he eventually found spiritualism. After years of practice, he made contact. 

Iulia, his daughter, was named after his wife and born in November 1869. From birth she was special, Iulia was gifted in music and languages, by 11 she had graduated from St. Sava Gymnasium and the Music Academy of Bucharest with honours in both piano and voice. 

Portrait of Iulia. Image Via True Romania

By her early teens, Iulia had already become fluent in seven languages and continued her secondary education at the Sévigné College of Paris. her peers and professors considered her to be a child genius, she excelled in all of her academic subjects as well as drawing, piano, painting and singing. A collection of her poems was published shortly following her death. 

At 16, Iulia began studies in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at La Sorbonne in Paris where she was a dedicated pupil and pride of her pops life. Then a month before her 19th birthday Iulia died from a severe and sudden case of Tuberculosis. Her father grew mad, he proceeded to build a temple for her in the family vault in Bucharest. But a simple Monument was not enough…

Iulia’s Father ; Bogdan Hasdue. Image Via Wikipedia

Bogdan decided to build a grander temple to honour his daughter, which turned into a castle, located in the country town of Campina. Bogdan and his wife found the dormant land and decided it would be perfect, so they bought it immediately and began to build. Bogdan claimed that he was in direct contact with his daughter who told him the designs for every room. 

She would communicate through short bursts of speech, giving him the designs for the castle. He paid particular attention to the magical numbers 3 and 7. Magical because Iulia claimed so. There are three towers, three rooms underground and each staircase consists of exactly 7 steps. The castle also holds a giant stone door entrance, hung on a diamond bearing. On either side f the door are the stone thrones, and sitting on each throne are two female sphinxes and above the door is ” the eye of the world “. The eye of the world was a symbolic representation of Bogdan’s two Iulias, his wife and daughter. 

The eye of the world. Image Via Dolphin Wisdom

Of course, a castle such as this has rumours of a much darker past and purpose. It is described as the spookiest castle in the world as well as the most haunted. Is it possible than Bogdan contacted something else instead of Iulia? It could easily be that thing lurking the corridors that visitors are seeing, perhaps Iulia never even visited from above…

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The Haunting of Iulia Mansion

Whatever Bogdan did in his hours of solitude in this castle appears to have worked. A lot of people have seen a young girl in a white dress wandering through the castle at all hours and it is thought to be the intelligent spirit of Iulia herself. She is mainly seen wandering through the palace gardens, wearing a white dress and holding daisies. 

Many guests passing the castle at night have also reported hearing the sound of the piano coming from in the castle, even when at night it is empty. Others have even seen Iulia’s father Bogdan. He is seen frequently in corners of the building in deep conversation and talking with his daughter. It is nice to think that he was reunited with his daughter and all his plans actually worked in life.

 Inside Iulia Castle, Image Via Flickr

Heart-warming as it is, there is something else happening here… many guests or passers-by have claimed to see Bogdan in the window, look dishevelled and half rotten. He is said to stand and to look out the window with a malicious intent in his face then he howls like a wolf…

people have also been hurt in the castle, some report bite marks whilst other complain of a sudden sickness and have to leave. The darker side of the castle is almost unheard of, perhaps it would affect the steady stream of tourists paying the admission fee, however, it is here. 

Who knows what Bogdan tried to summon his daughter back from the dead, perhaps some kind of ritual he knew was wrong. Is there something else within Iulia Castle? Perhaps we will never know, but you can agree there is something just not sane about this castle of necromancy. 

 

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5 of the Strangest Skulls Ever Discovered

Human history on earth is beneath our feet. Everyday archaeologists are discovering amazing new things that are changing the way we are looking at the past. Some of the strange skulls dug up over the years are doing just that. From Peru to Venice here is our list of the world’s most mysterious skulls. 

 

The Paracas

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The Paracas Skulls were discovered in 1928 by Julio Tello. In total, the archaeologist found just over 300 of these elongated skulls in a massive and elaborate graveyard in the Pico province of Peru. The skulls caught the media’s attention again in 2014 when a geneticist carried out DNA testing, stating that the Paracas Skulls have DNA ” with mutations unknown to any human, primate, or known animal so far”.

However, secondary testing showed us that the skulls were about 2000 years old and were from the European and Middle Eastern areas. These results change the known history about how the Americas were originally populated. It is believed that the shape of the skull was part of an indigenous ritual, where the tribes would tie a rope around an infant’s head as well as strapped a wooden plank to the back of the head. This caused the head to grow up, instead of out. But why were they doing this !? Experts stated that ” They were trying to replicate the shape of the head of their gods”. Men from the sky with long skulls? That’s definitely got nothing to do with an alien species then. 

 

The Vampire of Venice

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During medieval times, the cure for suspected vampirism was to shove a large break into the cursed one’s mouth, thus breaking the jaw and leaving the vampire unable to bite again and then, of course, bury them alive. It is not clear exactly what this woman did to deserve her sentence. After extensive research, it is thought that this woman was between 61 and 71 and was most likely sentenced to death after being accused of witchcraft and the brick was just a safeguard. 

Commonly women of the 16th century did not live past 60, so if she was closer to the 70-year benchmark, then the men of that time must have concluded that she was a vampire, and like her predecessors had most obviously cheated death. Not sure if this deserved death by brick-to-face…

 

The Rhodope Skull

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The Skull of Rhodope, found in Bulgaria is amongst the strangest remains found to date. It weighs only 250 grammes and has six cavities, it would have had up to 6 eyes or another set of unknown organs. It also has no mouth. Unfortunately, this skull was quickly hidden from the public view, today it is unknown where it is located, but we have heard too many times how quickly these types of objects can disappear. Alien or mutation? Perhaps it is just an undiscovered species… Only time will tell unless this particular skull fades from living memory. 

 

The Horned Skulls of PA

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These creepy skulls were dug up from a burial mound in Pennslyvania in the late 1800’s. The excavators were actually following up on leads of this mound once belonging to Native American’s, but they found what look like demon’s skulls. It is a well-known fact that spiritual leaders or priests of this culture would wear horn’s on their head as a sign of wisdom. However, these horns are growing from the skull itself. Not to mention the skulls belonged to creatures that would have been 7ft tall. 

There have been trickles of evidence that have been found over time that support a theory that a race of giant humanoids ruled over the America’s as part of an ancient civilisation. The remains of these skulls were sent to Philadelphia Museum for further research, but prepare yourself for a surprise… They were stolen and never seen again…

 

The Starchild

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This skull was found near a mine in Chihuahua, Mexico during the 1930’s. It was fully examined by a paranormalist, Lloyd Pye who claimed that this was evidence of human and alien interbreeding. He thought that the mother was human and his father an alien. It was originally believed that this 1000-year-old skull simply belonged to a child with a condition called hydrocephalus. However, the DNA showed no evidenced of this affliction. It also showed many genetic differences between the

However, the DNA showed no evidenced of this affliction. It also showed many genetic differences between the Starchild and a regular human, enough to prove that this thing was not human at all. His cranial cavity for one was 30% bigger than that of a normal child, its bone was also much thinner but actually stronger than that found in a normal human skull, this was thanks to microscopic fibres found in the in its structure, a feature never before seen in human skulls. 

 

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A Thousand Years of Darkness : The Ancient Ram Inn

The Ancient Ram Inn has been named Britain’s most haunted house and in a country, with a darker history than most this is a hard thing to claim, I mean just look at the place! The Ancient Ram Inn has such terrifying ghost’s that those trying to spend a whole night have fled through a closed window… A dark and disturbing past of witchcraft, murder, torture, kidnap and satanic worship will do this do a previously cosy inn. But what exactly is going on here?

 

The Darkness Within The Ram

The Ancient Ram Inn is one of England’s oldest Inn’s and can be found in the village of Wotton-under-edge in Glocestshire. Built in 1145 this location boasts a dark and brutal history. It was firstly used as a keeping house for slaves and workers used by the St. Mary Church, until 1930 when it was privately bought and used as an inn. The building itself looks comfortable enough but it’s got a huge number of spectres who refuse to leave and they are not friendly…

The most notable spirit is that of the executed witch who took residency in the Ram before she was burned at the stake during the late 16th century. She hid out at the inn and was even burnt on site when she was finally captured! Her spirit is well known for physically harming all visitors by scratching or burning those who enter. She has been recorded but when she is heard she normally taunts those trying to investigate by laughing. She was recorded saying ” I’m special ” on an old episode of Ghost Adventures, but if you listen carefully you will hear the distinct southern English accent… It’s creepy af. ( Season 2, Episode 8 ). 

The Witches Room, Image Via : The Bohemian Blog

There are a lot of other ghosts in the Ram worth your attention including a Roman Centurion seen by a plumber working on site, and a young girl who was murdered here by one of the inn’s more sinister former residents. The little girl was supposedly the innkeep’s daughter and she was found hanging in the attic. 

The High Priestess is a particularly scary sight, a few people have reported to be awoken by the sound of a woman chanting to look at the bottom of their beds and see a woman in white religious robes, looking down on them, arms raised in the air and chanting in some strange language. If that’s not bad enough there is also a Succubus, which is a kind of demon with a strange hobby of pinning people the beds at night and attacking them. 

The late owner John Humphries claims that the Bishop’s Room is the Ram’s most haunted part of the Ram, with over nine different ghosts being spotted within. Those who have entered have seen a hooded monk walking around, an old man and his faithful pooch standing guard at the door and a woman hanging from the ceiling. Guests have strange mists forming in front of their eyes and heard the giggles and screams of children all around the location. 

The Bishop’s Room, Image Via : The Bohemian Blog

 

 

Found Within its Walls

There is a lot of speculation around this location, as to why it is so haunted. Over the years the Humphries family have found a lot of demonic artefacts and strange sites inside. Not long after moving in the family noticed the strange activity and it did not take them long to find a goat’s hoof lodged behind a brick in the chimney. Soon after they began to find other tributes to the devil, such as mummified animals, daggers that looked as if they had been used and jars full of strange objects and liquids. ” One looked like a human finger “. 

All of this is an easy cause for whatever is happening here was the pagan burial ground found by John. After digging it up he discovered children’s bones in the dozens and silver daggers. They believe this is directly linked to pagan rituals and child sacrifice. Enthusiasts have visited and even simply using their hands to sift through the earth, have found shards of bone. 

The Burial Pit, Image Via : The Bohemian Blog

Crazy right !? But that’s not all. It is a fact that the Ancient Ram Inn is built directly on top of two intersecting ley-lines coming straight from Stonehenge. Paranormal experts claim that these lines work like roads through the world and give off a type of energy that spirits can use to manipulate the world around us. Like the ability to move objects and show themselves etc… 

Leylines do exist and they do give off a strange type of energy that is scientific fact, but when we look around the world we see other iconic locations such as the Pyramids built on the same intersecting lines on the map. But that’s just a coincidence…. Isn’t it?

Tours are still available around the Ram, if you check out the facebook page: The Ancient Ram Inn, there are still reviews largely from paranormal groups as recent as November 2016 so it is worth a shot.

Whatever resides in the Ancient Ram Inn is not friendly and there is a lot of insane activity going on. Is this Britain’s most haunted house? Only one way you can find out. 

 

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Fisherman’s Stories : 5 Paranormal Tales From the Anglers Mouth

There is something appealing about sitting in a boat, in the middle of a misty lake, isolated from the outside world. Miles away from society and a place to think and be peaceful. It all sounds great but there have been some encounters from these lone fishermen. What do you do if you know you are alone but you turn around and see someone else in the boat with you ?… This is a small collection of the creepiest fisherman encounters. 

 

The Scream

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 My cousin and I were fishing late at night. We decided to go around 9:00 PM since that’s when it’s the best time for us to get a bite. We got to our spot and there was nothing but the two of us, the lake and your normal chirp-chirp or some other random animal sounds, which we were used to. About 30 minutes into our peaceful night of fishing, suddenly things went quiet – if you have ever gone to “our spot,” you know that just does not happen. We didn’t say anything and we kept on with our night, but suddenly there was a loud screaming sound coming from behind us. I turned to look at my cousin – by this time his face was pale and we asked out loud at the same time, “Did you hear that?” “Yes, I did. What was it?” “I don’t know, I’ve never heard that before.”

As much as we both tried to ignore it, we kept alert but then it passed and after about an hour or so we had forgotten about the incident. We didn’t catch much so we decided to pack up and call it a night. When we were headed back to our truck, we started hearing rustling leaves behind us. We turned around (thinking it was an animal) but nothing was there. We kept on and right as we were about to hop in our truck, a woman appeared right in front of us (a few feet away). She looked dirty and a little beat up with some blood stains on what seemed to be a nightgown of some sort.

We shouted, “Are you ok? Do you need help?”

She continues to stare at us. Then the shrieking scream we had heard before came out of her mouth. My cousin and I were petrified and got into the car and drove off, haven’t gone to “our spot” ever since. We have never told anyone what happened but I can still hear that scream from time to time.  – Eddie G

 

The Medium

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My two buddies from the war and I go about twice a year on a weekend long fishing trip. We catch up on our lives, rent a cabin, the usual. But this year happened to be that one of my buddies was sick so when I told my other friend about it, he told me that his cousin was in town and that he could fill in. So we took off to our spot.

Once we got there, it was late in the afternoon but we had enough time to set up our gear and head down to the boondocks. Among some of the things we take with us, there’s a weather/emergency radio in case of an emergency. We set it up on any FM frequency and chill out till we catch something.

Between us talking and getting to know more about my friend’s cousin, the radio started to make a crackling sound (which it had never done before). Then the radio mysteriously switched from FM to AM, which I thought was weird since it has a little button on the side that you need to press in order to change it. We called it a night but my friend’s cousin looked distracted; he kept looking at the lake and smiling and there was also a hint of fear in his eyes.

When we got to the cabin, we headed towards the kitchen because we heard a loud noise. All the dishes had been thrown to the floor and my radio was still making the same strange sound. My buddy’s cousin comes up to me and tells me:

“Don’t worry, it’s the spirit of the man who lives here. He just doesn’t like you guys coming here.”

I looked at him puzzled and my friend later explained to me that he’s a medium, I’m not much of a believer but now things have changed. 

– Joe V

 

The Wreckers

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Back in the colonial days, there were people called ‘wreckers.’ They would stand on beaches with lanterns and trick ships into running aground and then loot the ship and kill anyone who survived on the beach. They’d then drag their bodies back to the water to make it look like a normal shipwreck.

Well, one night on East Beach in Rhode Island, I was fishing with my father and as we got down to the beach we saw some odd drag marks in the sand. After about a half hour of casting, we made our way back to the truck and as we hit the parking lot, our German Shepard started acting really weird.

We were loading up the truck with our gear when we saw a light coming out of the dunes. As we got a good look, we saw it was an old 17th or 18th-century lantern. We then saw two more lights and four people walked out wearing colonial clothes. At that point, we just threw everything in the truck, picked up our now growling dog, and blasted out of there.

As we pulled out, our lights went right over the people and we saw they were wearing ratty colonial style clothes. It really freaked us out. – Stripers Online

 

The German Soldier

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Only once when I was fishing did I have a ghostly experience, and that was when I was fishing at a lake in France. I’d been there for a couple of days, and my time was really nice and peaceful. There was an old château nearby riddled with bullet holes from the Second World War. Anyway, this lake is on a French Army training area so it was pretty secluded. During the late afternoons, I had the feeling of being watched from the woods at the far end of the lake. Each day, at the same time, the feeling would return, usually around dusk, and from different areas, as if whatever it was was getting closer.

I remember waking on the last night of my trip. Outside the bivy, it was very foggy and I could hardly see the dim glow of my bite alarms. I decided to make a brew, and as I flicked on the lighter the sparks silhouetted the face of a helmeted German soldier peering into my bivy from the darkness outside.

The next morning I packed up and went home but not before speaking to an old French Estate Warden who told me that the château had seen some fierce fighting when the Americans liberated that area of France. The Germans had fled into the woods only to be ambushed by a patrol in reserve. They were all killed and buried around the lake. I don’t think I’ll fish there again. – Stripers Online

 

Perfume

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My buddy and I were fishing at a certain fort in Jamestown, RI one night, soaking bait. At one point, my buddy decided to walk to the boat dock about 50 yards away. The whole walk there he said he sensed someone behind him and heard footsteps. He thought I was walking with him, but when he turned around he was alone. He said it creeped him out pretty bad and he never went back to that spot with me. Now flash forward to next summer. I decided to fish this spot by myself. I had completely forgotten about my friend’s experience. I got to the dock and unloaded everything and started to soak some bait. It was a clear, moonless night with no wind or breeze.

He said it creeped him out pretty bad and he never went back to that spot with me. Now flash forward to next summer. I decided to fish this spot by myself. I had completely forgotten about my friend’s experience. I got to the dock and unloaded everything and started to soak some bait. It was a clear, moonless night with no wind or breeze.

About a half hour into watching my rod, I started to smell perfume around me. I thought it was pretty weird since I was the only one there. The smell kept getting stronger and stronger, so I walked about 10 feet to my right and the smell disappeared. I walked back to my original spot, and the perfume smell was still there, stronger than ever. It was strong to the point that my nose started to burn. At that point, I said, “where the hell is this smell coming from?” Soon after I said that the smell disappeared. That’s when I packed up and left. I’ve never been back to that spot.

At that point, I said, “Where the hell is this smell coming from?” Soon after I said that, the smell disappeared. That’s when I packed up and left. I’ve never been back to that spot. – Stripers Online

 

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Serial Killer Central : The Cecil Hotel

Have you heard of the Cecil Hotel? Did you know the Cecil Hotel is one of the most haunted hotels in LA? It has played host to countless serial killers like Richard Ramirez aka. ” The Night Stalker ” and the Hillside Strangler. It was also the location where one of the infamous Elisa Lam tapes were recorded. It is home to death himself. In fact, it was the inspiration for American Horror Story season 5, they loved it so much they used this hotel to film the entire season. 

 

The Killers That Haunted the Hall’s of the Cecil Hotel

” Hotel with corpse in water tank has notorious past, ” was the headline for CNN following the disappearance of Elizabeth Lam. Another red ” Since its construction in 1927, it’s been the focus of suicides, murders, mystery disappearances, and serial killers,” an Australian news site said of the hotel. “Home to murderers, maniacs, and ghosts, some say the Cecil is anything but your average hotel, they say it’s cursed,” reported one blog. Another simply called it “Serial Killer Central.”

Richard Ramirez aka. The Nightstalker is perhaps one of the most famous serial killers in American history. He was the leader amongst the monsters. He rampaged from 1984 until 1984 when he was captured and convicted of 13 counts of murder, 5 counts of attempted murder, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He managed to elude capture by simply dumping his bloody clothes in the dumpster behind the Cecil Hotel and walking through the lobby up to his room. There were much worse things in the dumpster than bloody clothes, and a naked man walking through the lobby was a normal affair amongst the exclusive clientele at the Cecil.

Ramirez was first and foremost a satanist and believed he was doing the Devil’s work. It began for him when he slept on his father’s grave in the Concordia Cemetary, when he found numerous objects, such as a jar containing a pickled mouse and a human finger. He quickly learned what these satanic objects were and took a keen interest. Ramirez died after 23 years on death row at 53 of Lymphoma.

Downtown LA was a prominent area until the 1970’s when the business crowd moved towards the airport and crack was introduced.  The area became so dark and dangerous that no one who had their sanity would enter. “By 1990, the LAPD won’t go into [these places]. It was like, ‘If we’re called we’ll go in. But we’re not patrolling.’” says Richard Schave. Drug dealers worked openly inside. The bodies of overdosed residents could linger in the hall for days. “No one wanted to be the person who called the cops,” Schave says.

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There were many killers that followed Ramirez, inspired by him. One was an Australian journalist called Jack Unterweger who also stayed in the Cecil Hotel. He had a fetish for strangling prostitutes with their own bras, he was convicted of the murder of 11 women and eventually killed himself with his own signature knot. 

Serial killer links were not the only abnormalities occurring in this cesspit. There were countless rapes, murders and suicides. One man jumped and landed on a pedestrian, killing him too. There are even rumours that the Black Dhalia stayed here. All of this, in short, gives credibility to the strange things that link the past of the Cecil Hotel with the recent murder of Eliza Lam.

 

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The Disappearance of Eliza Lam at the Cecil Hotel

On February 1, 2013, Elisa Lam disappeared while staying at the Cecil Hotel. In an attempt to locate her the Police Department of Los Angeles released the footage above to try and locate her, but it was far from normal. 

In the video, you can see Elisa entering the elevator and frantically pressing all the buttons, as if she was trying to escape from something. She peeks out and leaves the elevator a few times. then began to rock back and forth looking deeply disturbed. Then it would appear that someone or something found her… She rocks back and forth again and begins to make frantic hand gestures as if begging or trying to reason. Then she disappears.

Two weeks had passed. The Cecil Hotel filed a complaint about low water pressure in the rooms and brown water coming from the tap. So an Employee called Santiago Lopez went up to check it out. He opened the top and found the naked body of Elisa Lam floating face down in the water. 

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The Employee told the police that you can’t get up onto the roof without setting off an alarm through the fire door. Even if she did manage to get through without setting off the alarm. She would have had to climb up to the tank, move the huge lid, get into the tank, undress, and then move the lid despite the fact the tank was only 3/4 full and too tall for her to reach.

The autopsy later revealed that there was no evidence of assault, sexual or physical, no drugs were found in her system besides ibuprofen. How could a woman drown in water that she could stand in? 

This brought up a lot of theory including murderers, ghosts, suicide and even the ghost of Richard Ramirez himself who is thought to still haunt the halls of the Cecil Hotel today. Is it possible that the amount of evil that this building has held including the satanic rituals of the Nightstalker have brought something else into the building? Something inhuman?

 

 

Is The Cecil Hotel Haunted?

There is not a whole lot of information on the Cecil hotel being haunted. The entirety of google is filled with the stories of Ramirez and Elizabeth Lam. The two of them being such icons in the weirder part of the web. However, there are a few stories and even a kick ass photo.

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One man who stayed in the hotel did say that from the moment he entered there was something just not right. He stayed in room 106 which was not too far from the Nightstalkers domain. Here it is…

” I checked into the hotel after watching American horror story and kinda liking it. I’ve always been a bit of a lone wolf and thought it would be cool. The staff were friendly enough but there was something just not right. The vintage furniture really creeped me out. As I was walking up the stairs through the lobby a cold blast of air hit me in the face and sent shivers up my body, just a breeze I thought. All the way up to my room I felt uncomfortable and unwelcome. Just uneasy. The room itself was nice enough, pretty basic. It wasn’t until I turned the lights off that it really began.”

“I closed my eyes, to be honest quite disappointed until that cold blast of air hit me again. Then I saw a man standing at the end of my bed, he was smiling and throwing a knife up and down in his hand looking right at me.. I fucking ran, that was it for me. I don’t even really remember how I got out of the building but I left all my things and got a cab home in my pj’s.”

“It wasn’t until I got home and did my research until I saw a picture of Richard Ramirez. It was him, I couldn’t believe it!!! I called up the hotel and turns out I was not the first. I highly recommend this hotel to any enthusiasts or anyone who does not believe it was an experience I will never forget.”

The Mackenzie Poltergeist in Greyfriar’s Kirkyard

Poltergeists are notoriously vicious and damn frightening. More than often they are nameless and fill homes with malevolence. But this is not the case in Edinburgh’s most haunted kirkyard or the case with the infamous Mackenzie Poltergeist who roams the grounds and tunnels at night. Don’t get too close to the Bloody Mackenzie’s tomb, or his black-hearted spirit may just strangle you.

 

Sir George Mackenzie

The Mackenzie Poltergeist is thought to be the ghost of a man who lived in the 17th century Scotland and was nothing less than pure evil. Sir George Mackenzie was a well-respected individual, he was the perfect definition of a proper gentleman as well as a gifted writer and lawyer. He was educated at the King’s College, University of Aberdeen, the University of St Andrews, and the University of Bourges in France. He was a respected member of the Scottish Parliment and the Privy Council of Scotland. 

In 1677, Mackenzie became Lord Advocate and served Charles II of England. His primary responsibility was to punish those who rejected the Church of England or those who were disloyal to the King. Many of the men and women who did refuse where members of Scotland’s Presbyterian Covenanters. Scotland was originally meant to remain a Presbyterian country, which was outlined in the National Covenant of 1638. But King Charles II refused. 

The King then sent George Mackenzie to do his dirty work. On June 22, 1679, Mackenzie captured approximately 1,200 men at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge, all those unfaithful to the king were taken to makeshift prisons in the Greyfriar’s Kirkyard and 400 of them were incinerated. It would later be known as the Covenanter’s Prison.

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During the winter the prisoners were captured they were subject to brutal treatment. They were starved, exposed to the cruel Scottish winters and tortured. Some of the prisoners were deported whilst others were executed and buried in Greyfriar’s Kirkyard. This reign of terror was organised and carried out by Mackenzie and he so rightfully earned the title the Blood Mackenzie in later years. 

The Bloody Mackenzie was responsible for the deaths of 18,000 people during his eight-year regime. This period would later be called ” The Killing Time “. 

On May 8th, 1691, the Bloody Mackenzie died at Westminster and was buried in a tomb at Greyfriar’s Kirkyard. His tomb is known as the Black Mausoleum and 300 years later the legend of the Mackenzie Poltergeist was born. 

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The Mackenzie Poltergeist

The legend was first told after a homeless man broke into the Mackenzie Tomb as he was looking for shelter somewhere in the graveyard during September of 1998. He tried to open up a coffin, but instead, he fell through a hole in the floor into a burial pit. He awoke amongst a pile of bones from the plague victims of Edinburgh’s past. Horrified he climbed out and ran as fast as he could out of the tomb and graveyard. 

Soon after that, two people were visiting the Kirkyard when they felt an eerie presence in the room, a kind of threatening feeling. The first claimed that an icy cold air pushed her out of the room just as she crossed the threshold, whilst the other didn’t have any experiences. She just woke up outside with large finger shaped bruises around her neck, as if she had been strangled. 

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It has been 20 years since the Mackenzie Poltergeist hit the media and nearly 500 of the visitors have been attacked since then. Mostly they end up with bruises, burns, lacerations or gouge marks. Whilst others faint or become violently sick. Not forgetting all the odd sounds that pour from the tomb despite the fact it’s locked.

A man called Collin Grant did try and exercise the tomb in 2000. He reported that he felt the presence of hundred’s of tortured souls and a definite evil presence. He died of a heart attacks two weeks following his visit. 

Via : The Daily Beast

Olde English Folklore : The Hand of Glory

According to legend, the dried and pickled hand of a hanged man possesses supernatural powers. These hands are said to possess the power to manipulate the movement of a room or house full of people… But what is it !?

The Magic Behind The Hand

Im sure all you Harry Potter fans out there will be going nuts over Mr Malfoys Hand of Glory. This cursed item, in particular, is surrounded by mystery, black magic and death. It has a much darker purpose than most objects of a similar nature.

The hand made it’s first appearance during the 1600’s, it was mentioned in the grimoires similar to Petit Albert and the Compendium Maleficarum, It was also published in some manuals for witch hunting. The creation of this sinister object varies, as do its magical uses. They all involve a rather obvious hand but sometimes it is the severed hand of an executed criminal or a dead child’s hand, but the latter not so often.

(The Last Hand of Glory on Display)

 

The exact instructions are : Take the right or left hand of a felon who is hanging from a gibbet beside a highway; wrap it in part of a funeral pall and so wrapped squeeze it well. Then put it into an earthenware vessel with zimat, nitre, salt, and long peppers, the whole well powdered. Leave it in this vessel for a fortnight, then take it out and expose it to full sunlight during the dog days until it becomes quite dry. If the sun is not strong enough, put it in an oven with fern and vervain. Next make a kind of candle from the fat of a gibbeted felon, virgin wax, sesame, and phone and use the Hand of Glory as a candlestick to hold this candle when lighted …

None of this sounds too difficult and this item could come in handy to any local thieves! The most common suggestion of the hands uses where the use of the dead man’s fat to fuel the flame, in doing so the user would be able to paralyse anyone in a house or building, anyone but the user.
Other theories vary. Including the candle having the power to open any lock, the flame burning brighter in the presence of treasure, or only provides light to the wielder ( Potterheads ).
This does all sound incredibly useful ! But I can guarantee that your local store does not sell Zimbat or Ponie. Although the word ‘ Ponie ‘ is thought to mean horse poop ! So you have a little bit of a head start there.

 

Now there are ways to protect yourself from the creepy ass reach of a Hand of Glory. You can render it ineffective by running the threshold of all the windows and doors of your home with a mixture of screech owl blood, fat of a white hen and the gall of a black cat.

In these modern times, researchers do now think that the idea of a Hand of Glory is a kind of ” lost in translation ” moment. The theory first arrived when the word ” Mandragora “, or the mandrake root ( Potterheads ) was mistranslated from the french word main de gloie. However, this did not stop the Hands of Glory appearing time and time again throughout English Folklore and in actual homes !

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One story involving the Hand of Glory comes out of the Spital Inn in North Stainmore 1797, where a burglar was found in the dead of night and in possession of one of these rather useless severed hands. There is also an actual Hand of Glory in England’s Whitby Museum. The magic relic was found sealed up in the walls of an old cottage in Castleton in 1935. It is apparently the last genuine Hand of Glory in existence.


Today the Hand of Glory has been used in a few movies like Hellboy and Harry Potter. There are even a few songs about the hand. It will remain in English Folklore and hopefully, the last remaining hand stays in good condition for hundreds of years. An awesome example of the madness of the 1600’s. http://www.the-line-up.com/hand-of-glory/

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Haunted Location : Beechworth Asylum

The Beechworth Lunatic Asylum holds the title of world’s most haunted Asylum and that is something to boast about ! Abandoned asylums are by far the creepiest of any stereotyped locations, a creepy ass empty building full of former mental patients… But this location has something a little more than the walking dead. There is said to be something dark here, attracted by all the pain and suffering. With over 9,000 recorded deaths it is not hard to believe. 

The Mad Within

600 men and 600 women would be held at one time in the second oldest asylum in the world, over the span of 128 years, 9,000 patients died within the cursed walls. The building closed its doors for good in 1995 after failed attempts of a hotel, conference center and even a university. All of these businesses tried to face the problems after spending a presumably large sum in the shell of the old asylum but they where all driven out by those who still resided within.

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In one of the rooms, you will find the signature of J.Kelly, one of more famous ghosts of Beechworth. He was sentenced to 15 years after burning down his sister-in-laws house. When he entered he was thought quite sane but he left a broken man and died in hospital in 1903. He is seen in his old room, striding and banging. In the same room a manical laughter is heard and objects are seen flying across the room before smashing on the wall. Anger ? Or is this pleasure from the fear he inspires.

A Jewish Patient is seen here, she was thrown from the terrace over a pack of cigarettes.Check out the orb captured

The Reaction Hall is one of the most haunted rooms within the building. It was an area where patients would come together and sing or play music even preform from time to time. Two ghosts are seen here constantly. A young girl and an old man. The young girl is heard wailing and scratching at the walls and the old man is seen staring down at passers-by from the window.
The old Matron Sharpe is an active spirit around the dormitories. She is seen walking around the room and rushing up towards people who try and enter.
Tommy Kennedy was murdered in the kitchens when he was working with another patient. People report a tugging sensation or being poked in the ribs. The sound of pots and pans are heard clanging and smashing despite the fact there is no equipment left ! The screams of Tommy are heard, agonising and prolonged.


beechworth2Little girl saw around the asylum.

 

The sounds of children giggling and light footsteps are heard all over the building. The building had a huge childrens ward, ofcourse until very recently children were deemed insane when they where acting anything but ” Normal ” and they where treated brutally. Whipped, slapped or kicked. All it took was i slap around the head and an awkward fall and a child would be dead. In alot of old orphanges or aslyums the childrens deaths where often covered up and bodies hidden by evil old women who fed from the suffering of innocent children. In the past resident children were punished for talking to imaginary friends here. We know now that children’s imaginary friends are not always imaginary…

There are alot more intelligently active ghosts here but alot go unnamed. A certain presence or presences here are thought to be alot more than just former patients. All the death, pain and suffering felt here would have easily attracted something darker than the spirit of a little girl. People have enetered the building and been hit with a sudden sickness others have been scratched and bitten. A large black shadow is seen in every part of the bulding, stalking the corridoors, followed by a stench of human feses and with glowing red eyes. The feeling of terror some are said to experience without explanation can only be summed up to something demonic within. Is it possible certain groups have broken in an preformed dark rituals ? It would not be the first time insane asylums have been used for this…
( Paralax on haunted asylums )

 

Convicted and Condemed

All it took to be convicted to Beechworth Asylum was a request from a pissed off relative and a signature from a doctor who was not even required to examine you in person, and the majority of patients left in body bags…

By far the most haunted part of the building and most terrifying is the Grevillia wing. It was infamous wing that all patients feared, insane or not. With medication not being introduced until the 1950’s. So if you were called mad the only way to cure you were shackles or straight jackets in a tiny white room with padded walls. Often patients would spend weeks, even months on end in this room. Or electro-shock therapy, you would be strapped down and connected to electric wires, the shock felt throughout the body would have caused ligaments to snap and bones to break. The end result if often permanent brain damage that would normally kill so many brain cells and you would be a vegtable.

beechworth2The image actually was taken inside Beechworth Asylum…

 

The Greville wing is by far the most haunted and easily the main part of the building to experience some intense paranormal activity.
All of this is, let’s be honest, shit scary but that is nothing compared to the dark history ignored down in the cellars and more.

 

Rituals & Necromancy in Beechworth

In some mourges or prisons or aslyumns there is rumour of evil practises being preformed of the corpses of the dead. Removing dead bodies or preparing the coprses for burial or indeed the burial itself were all roles that involved the dead were underpayed jobs and relativley easy work to get. So as you can imagine it attracted some of the stranger members of society. As for the doctors, that profession was diffiucult to get into, incredibly difficult. It would have taken a lot of hard work and dedication so it would have been efficent to certain sociopaths with fasination of human anatomy. So what happens then ?

A doctor begins by testing the bodies reactions or perhaps a person’s mental response to certain treatment and they are fascinated by it, then they begin to reach out further and experiment on the dead bodies, then when that was no longer enough to fulfill there self-proclaimed purpose they turned towards the rumours of necromancy and satanic rituals.

There was whispers of this type of activity taking place in the bowls of Beechworth Asylum and why not ! Acts of this kind always attract those darker things and i understand this sounds a tad wacky but go to places supposedly haunted by demonic creatures and then place judgement. It is not hard to believe that these kinds of acts took place at this location and even less hard to believe that something inhuman is still lurking the abandoned halls of the worlds most haunted asylum.

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