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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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Legend’s of the Appalachian Trail

Mountains have always been a terrain that have inspired mystery and adventure for generations. In North America, the Appalachian Mountains are steeped in strange and inexplicable occurrences. The trail is one of the most popular in America, stretching just over 2,200 miles.There is a lot of incredible phenomena reported here from hauntings to mythical beasts, bizarre human looking figures, secret underground bases and even lost tribes. Whatever is going on up there is mysterious for sure, but is it of this earth?

 

The Appalachian Tunnel’s

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There are rumours of hidden tunnels and secret labs dotted throughout the world’s most haunted hiking trail. However, rumour came to life when the remains of a military base were rediscovered in the Blue Ridge Summit were rediscovered. It is a vast underground military bunker which was supposedly a sort of electronic nerve centre and command post. It is also known as “Raven Rock,” ” Site R” and the ” Underground Pentagon”. 

The Base is 650ft underground and spreads across just over 716 acres, with 5 different subterranean buildings. It is thought that all of the strange tunnel entrances found across the Mountain somehow link back to this, but it was also rumoured that a lot of the mountains strange creatures have in fact escaped from a secret lab, located in the heart of the base….

 

SpearFinger

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Spearfinger is essentially a forest witch derived from a Cherokee legend from around Tennessee/ North Carolina area. She is thought to be women with a razor sharp and extra long digit who roams the area at all times of the day. She is made of stone and her feet crash like thunder when she strides through her forest, birds are said to flee from her and thus so if you hear thunderous footsteps and see birds flying you know she is coming. She uses her extra long and sharp index finger to slice open her victim’s bellies and then eat their livers. Her face is permanently spattered with blood. 

This obviously sounds more like a made up story, originated in some kids bedroom or around a campfire but an old woman has been seen along the trail. She is said to look ragged and beaten with dirt on her face and broken twigs in her tatty hair. She stands and stares directly at you, then usually raises an extra long finger to point right at you. 

 

The Snarly Yow

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The Snarly Yow has for many years been causing mayhem and mishaps. Right back to the colonial times, it would appear and terrify horses. Once the rider had been thrown from the frantic horse, the Snarly Yow would then simply, disappear. This legend has carried through until the modern day and the Snarly Yow has been reported around the area. The Yow has been seen lunging in front of cars, causing the driver to swerve and crash thinking it was just a stray dog. As soon as the driver gets out the black dog will simply bare its fangs, growl, and then disappear into thin air. 

They Snarly Yow has been seen for many hundreds of years and it would seem it’s the only purpose is to scare those who cross it’s path. It looks to enjoy chasing down cars and frightening them or, it would simply stand in the path of passing hikers and refuse to move. In turn forcing them to find a different route. The Snarly Yow does look like a malevolent force at first glance, but it has never exactly hurt anyone… 

 

The SnallyGaster

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The Snallygaster is known to be the Appalachian’s most famous legendary beast, with even President Roosevelt sending a hunting party to capture the monster. It is said that the Snallygaster is an abomination that is mainly the cross between a reptile and a bird. It has an alligator-like head with a fang-filled beak, fleshing tearing talon’s, and a 25ft wingspan. It is even said to have poisonous breath and lighting fast speed. It would swoop down silently at unmatchable speed and then such its victims dry of blood. 

The Snallygaster originates from German settlers in the 1730’s, when they claimed to be terrorised by a flying monster. From then on sightings increased, and in the 1900’s the Gaster gained a great deal of coverage when several news stations printed stories of a string of accounts from the locals, reporting a terrifying winged reptile terrorising their local lands. The only thing thought to be able to keep the Snallygaster at bay was a 5 pointed star and still today, you will see some old barns and farmhouses sporting a metallic 5 pointed star on the front doors. 

 

Dudleytown

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Dudleytown in Connecticut, also known as ” The Village of the Damned”. is one of the Appalachian’s most haunted and America’s most mysterious ghost towns. The town itself was founded around 1740 and according to legend, it was founded by the direct descendant of Edmund Dudley. Edmund Dudley was the former right-hand man of King Henry IV’s. Edmund must have made some really lumpy porridge because he was beheaded for treason. 

After the beheading the entire family was cursed, the curse followed them across the Atlantic to Dudleytown. The town lasted for around 60 years. The entire 60 years was met with a struggle for survival and was eventually abandoned in the 1800’s. A few building’s do remain but it is forbidden to enter… I’m sure the ghosts have nothing to do with that. 

 

The Burned Man

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There was a man, back in 2011 who was on a hiking trip, he made a fire and set up his camp and finally got snug in his tent. As he was drifting off there was a guy standing by the fire, he looked burnt. He looked like he was still burning… So the hiker ran towards his car, but in his fear and confusion, he ran onto a strange road. 

Just along the edge of the road, he found a recently burned house and a fire chief standing outside making notes on his clipboard. He told the fire chief he saw a man who as burning, thinking it was one of the victims. The chief told him that was impossible… All the victims died in the fire. That was not the only time the Burned Man has been seen…

 

The Lumberjack

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One of the more crucial legends comes from the Kentucky region of the Trail in Dec.26, 1945 when an old mine exploded. Some men found themselves trapped but then all claimed to see a door open in the darkness, the door slid open and from the side of the mountain came a strange figure who looked like a lumberjack. The room it came from was supposedly well lit. The strange man assured the miners they would be alright and then turned and went back into his secret room. The door then closed and sealed up, as if it was never there. 

This was the first time the Lumberjack was seen but not the last. Another mine disaster in Pennsylvania only left two survivors. The two men claimed to have been rescued and guided out of the mine by strangely dressed men who used a blue light. Apparently, whenever the figures touched the mine wall, it would flicker into life and shift into holographic images. Just as they could see the light, the strange figures turned and descended back into the darkness from where they came. Both survivors gave an identical account and insisted that it was not a hallucination. 

 

The Pierce Pond Ghost

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Along the Appalachian Trail, there are a few perfect fishing spots, one of these is known as Pierce Pond. After spending the day fishing, a guy on vacation set up camp on the edge of the water and was just lighting a fire to cook his catch of the day. As the sun began to set, the man saw a figure walking along the edge of the water. The strange entity began to walk towards him and then eventually faded into the darkness. Thinking nothing of it, the fisherman settled down and began to tuck into to his freshly caught fish. He set up camp again the next night in the same spot and again saw this same figure walking towards him. This time it got even closer and even stopped to look at him, and then inevitably disappeared into the night. 

The third night, the same thing happened. Only this time the figure came so close that the fisherman could just about make out some facial features. It paused even longer this time, staring directly at the fisherman. His expression was twisted and sinister… He faded into the night again. This was enough for the fisherman, deciding he did not want to see how close the entity would get on night 4, he packed up and headed home, never to return to Pierce Pond again.

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.”

7 Famous Serial Killers Who’s Ghosts Remain

Serial Killers throughout history have always had a strange allure. When one pops up on the news everybody watching will say how sick it is, yet they won’t change the channel ? These people who have done the unthinkable are pure evil and they have not got any nicer. So who’s still here ? Where do they haunt ? Let’s find out.

 

Ted Bundy

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Ted Bundy is, without a doubt, one of the most infamous serial killer in modern times. He confessed to killing over 30 women across 6 different states across the US. He spent his final days in Florida State Prison after being captured and sentenced to death for his crimes. He was finally killed by the electric chair in 1981. He died with a smile on his face…

In 2001 a guard was on duty in the room where the electric chair was held, tho it had been dormant for a long time. He claimed to see Ted Bundy sitting on the chair, looking directly at him and smiling… Following this incident, more guards came forward and claimed to have seen Bundy sitting there or standing in the room. Always looking directly at them. Every time they tried to approach the ghost, he simply vanished. To this day people still report seeing Bundy around the entire prison. 

 

John Wayne Gacy

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The friendly image clowns used to give off vanished in 1978. It was all down to one man, John Wayne Gacy. In Illinois, between 1972 – 1978 the ” Killer Clown” was roaming the streets. He dressed up as a friendly faced clown and lured children to come with him, preferably young boys. He went on to rape and murder 33 young men… He was captured and but to death on may 10th, 1994. The majority of his victim’s bodies were found in the crawlspace under his house. Eight of the bodies were never found. 

His former home at 8213 W. Summerdale Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, is insanely haunted. It is also the exact location where the Killer Clown lived and killed his victims. The house itself has changed hands numerous times after the residents have not been able to stay very long. They reported hearing the screams of little boys in the night and seeing a large man dressed as a clown wandering through the house. A few EVP sessions have actually picked up on the former killer himself. An exorcism was performed on the house and the grave of Gacy himself, but nothing can ease the violent haunting occurring every day in this property. 

 

H.H.Holmes

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H.H Holmes was the king of his very own murder castle. The murder castle itself was a hotel, but he constructed it in such a way that it would trap his guests/victims in parts of there room. Or if they tried to run they would be confused and get lost. The building was filled with stairways that led to nowhere, doors that opened onto brick walls, doors that could only open from the outside and even a giant safe that would suffocate his victims to death. He had rooms soundproofed and alarmed to track the movements of all his guests and he would often watch them from behind mirrors. The main part of the building was the basement, with over twenty laundry chutes connecting to the basement from different parts of the building so he could dispose of the corpses quickly and effectively. Once in the basement, he would conduct mad experiments on the corpses. 

The building was a stain on the city of Chicago, so they demolished it. However, the basement was left and a post office built on top. A lot of the old chutes and tunnels still exist down there and the sense of dread never leave you. There have been reports of a man dressed in victorian attire and a bowler hat walking around the basement, he fits the description of H. H Holmes perfectly. Not to mention the violent attacks occurring down here that have led to over 15 staff members at the American post office to leave. 

 

Ronald Defeo Jr
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I am sure everyone has heard of the Amityville Horror. Ronald DeFeo Jr was the original star and everything took place on a cold November night in 1974. Six people were found shot to death and Robert was accused of the crime immediately, all the evidence pointed towards him. It was his own family he shot to death in cold blood. The original testimony from the trial stated that the voices inside his head told him to kill his parents and siblings. This trail became incredibly famous, but it was nothing compared to the haunting that followed. 

The house where the murders took place attracted unparalleled media attention because of the amount of paranormal activity it produced. The Lutz family that moved into the house, following the murders, left them fearing for their lives. The evil that encapsulated Ronald DeFeo is still alive in that home. All you need to do is google haunted Amityville house and you will see for yourself. 

 

Jack the Ripper

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In Whitehall, England, Jack the Ripper made his mark. He only killed five prostitutes in 1888. Which, perhaps, is not much compared to the other killers mentioned, yet his name will remain in history forever more. He was never caught and to this day nobody truly knows who he was… He sent notes to the newspapers and alerted them each time he killed. There are even theories out there that jack was a woman! Despite all of this, the man was evil. It still lingers today. 

There are a few places that claim to be haunted by Mr Ripper but it can never quite be confirmed. One of these locations is Hanbury street in Whitehall and it is one of the most haunted places in London. Not only is Jack the Ripper seen here but also Annie Chapman, one of his victims. 

 

Jeffry Dahmer

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Jeffery Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal. He was a serial killer but this guy had extra evil attached to him, I mean eating your victims takes it to a whole new level. Between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer killed 17 men.  He didn’t just kill them however, he raped, tortured and then dismembered the bodies. It was not long after he entered a Wisconsin prison that he was beaten to death. 

Dahmer was originally from Bath, Ohio in the US. His childhood home is majorly haunted, it’s also the spot where he committed his first murder. He has been seen within the home, along with a couple of other spirits but he is very much active. This house is rented out to ghost busters for $10,000 dollars a month as it is one of the best locations in the world to pick up EVP.

 

Richard Ramirez

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Also known as the ” Night Stalker “. Ramirez ran a group of serial killers out of the Cecil Hotel in LA. He killed a lot of people from 1984 – 1985, although the exact number was never certain, he was convicted of 13 counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, 11 sexual assaults, and 14 burglaries. He was sentenced to death and his only response to that was ” Hail Satan”, with a sadistic smile. Ramirez was a satanist and a pretty messed up individual. His fascination began in the Concordia Cemetary where he would sleep on his father’s grave until he began to find strange objects dotted around the graveyard. He realised these were objects of satanic worship and took it up himself. Everywhere he killed, he did a satanic ritual before and it has left a stain on every location. 

The Cecil Hotel where Ramirez still lurks is one of the most haunted locations in the world. During its time of operation, the police would not even enter… It was so full of insanity and dark deeds. Each room has its own violent past and there is over 600 of them !!!Of course, this hotel is famous for being the base of operation for Ramirez but its many other ghosts attract paranormal enthusiasts year after year. 

 

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. 

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The Most Haunted Location’s on Air BnB

Air BnB has released its most haunted locations up for grabs and some of them are straight out of a horror movie. Would you dare stay in some of the world’s most haunted homes ?

 

 

The Haunted Chamber Apartment, York, UK

Also known as the Madness Chamber and is part of a medieval building with a haunted pub downstairs to match ! First built in 1180, it was the first Norman house to be built in York. The walls are still held up with ship beams from an ancient battleship that sailed over 800 years ago. The family that now owns the building comes from a long line of Yorkshireman, a lot of this particular line were executed and their heads placed upon the battlements.

This apartment has been rated 5/5 countless times on trip advisor and scare rating. The room looks directly at the local minster church and is eerily silent in the night, apart from the resident ghost walking around. The ghost/ghosts in this building are well known for thoroughly entertaining the residents. As well as pulling the blankets of you in the dead of night.

 

The Haunted Bedroom at Talliston, Essex Uk

The land this building lays upon was originally a Viking settlement ! It was not until 1545 when the 1st Earl Marshal built a tower house on site. Today the Talliston is a Victorian Gothic Manor with the gardens running almost to the cliff’s edge. However, the bedroom in question is a different tale altogether. The bedchamber was originally built for the Macpherson’s first child.

 The young boy named Jack always complained of strange noises in the night until he died with no reasonable explanation. Then the true hauntings started. He is seen around the building and heard crying but he is most active in his old room. The room itself was sealed and surrounded by various holy symbols. They vowed to never set foot in there again until it opened to the public.

 

The Bethnal Green Infirmary, Bethnal Green, UK


What was once the Bethnal Green Infirmary has now been renovated into flats and is now available to all you aspiring ghost hunters ! The flat itself was a former wing in a Victorian hospital and as you can imagine the ghosts live up to their reputation.

Bethnal Green is notably one of the most haunted places in the Uk at the moment. The underground in particular but what was once the local infirmary is now haunted AF. In this particular room, an old women can be heard moaning, cold spots are experienced throughout the room. Not to mention a few guests have woken up to an old woman watching them sleep from the base of their gothic 4 poster… NICE !!!

 

Bodmin Jail, Cornwall, Uk


Bodmin Jail is one of the most haunted places in the Uk, full stop. Fair enough it is not listed on Air BnB, YET. But there are some plans in motion which I shall be writing about soon enough. The whole building as an entire in insanely haunted but the basement, in particular, is home to things particularly nasty and someone has just bought the whole place, with plans to turn it into a hotel !

Bodmin Jail is notorious for holding some of the most evil people in history. The things in there are well known to scratch, bite, follow you home and mentally torture you. Demons are one thing Bodmin Jail can boast about is it brutal hauntings. Look at this spot and watch it grow.

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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