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Growing out of coffins and decaying corpses, vines was a local superstition that marked a vampire grave of those who had died of consumption. This was the case of young Annie Dennett, who was thought to feed on her ailing father.
How did a Darthmount student from a prominent family in Woodstock, Vermont end up as a vampire? The story of Frederick Ransom shows that the belief in vampirism or the fear of the undead was not just for the simple and uneducated country folks.
When the whole Brown family succumbed to tuberculosis, the townsfolk in New England started to become suspicious. They believed that one of the dead, 19 year old Mercy Brown was behind it all as an undead in the middle of the vampire mass hysteria that seemed to plague the East Coast.
Many horrible things have been blamed on the Ouija Board over the years. One of the most famous cases was the murder often named The Ouija Board Murder in Buffalo were a woman in Buffalo was killed after the Ouija Board pointed her out in a mission for revenge.
It’s impossible talking about communicating with the dead without talking about The Fox Sisters and their impact they had on the Spiritualism movement as well the enduring popularity ghosts and the afterlife have on people, even when its well known fraudsters performing.
A collective memory of people summoning an entity called Zozo has taken over the Ouija Board sessions. The demon who goes by many names is said to be conjured from the human mind, but there are still those claiming that the demon Zozo is something real to fear.
Could the entire Ocean Beach in San Francisco be haunted? And could the haunting come from all the mysterious and tragic occurrences around Cliff House and the now ruins of the once grand Sutro Bath? Could the very foundations, even the caves underneath be cursed?
Here are some of the most haunted places you can come across at the University of Hawai’i a campus spread filled of ghosts lurking in the libraries, hiding in the dormitory rooms. This is a place where people come and go, but the ghosts remain and will never graduate.
Even on the sunny beaches and tropical resorts, ghosts still linger. Many of the hotels you’ll find in Hawaii, come with a haunted history. Here are some of the most haunted hotels from the state.
The holy Night Marchers of Hawaii are said to haunt the Kaupoa Beach in Moloka‘i as well as mischievous spirits said to roam around the abandoned resort by the water. The beach, often nicknamed The Place of Thieves holds secrets as well as spirits.
In Honolulu’s bustling downtown district lies Fort Street Mall, a pedestrian walkway lined with shops, eateries, and offices. Today it seems unlikely that this location was used for human sacrifices and that legends claim the victims are still haunting the place.
Said to haunt the sand and waters by Baker Beach in San Francisco, the ghost of a woman has appeared and people claim to have heard her song, almost calling them to her.
Beach goers to Coquina Beach on Anna Maria Island in Florida claim to have seen the ghost of a man wandering in the sand. Said to be one of the victims when a ship wrecked, he is said to be on the lookout for his ship mates.