9 Dec 05 - ghost news
There have been very few ghost-related news stories these past couple of weeks. However, some are worth your time. Frankly, at Hollow Hill, we're inspired by the apartment decor described in the EyeWeekly article (8 Dec, below).
9 Dec - Martin County tightens security as it plans restoration of Leach mansion - Sun-Sentinel.com, FL
The Leach mansion at Indian Riverside Park, atop a 4,000-year-old Indian dump hill known as a midden, has been the target of vandals since described as a possibly haunted house.
8 Dec - My Apartment: Mysterious Furnishings - EyeWeekly, Toronto, CAN
Bizarre decor of a haunted apartment includes eerie, haunted items, too.
8 Dec - Paranormal Researcher Meets His Spectral Subject Face-to-Face - Business Gazette, UK
Cumbria ghost researcher Laurie Kemp describes several regional ghosts.
7 Dec - Weeping or not, Mary is a magnet - Sacramento Bee, CA
Even 'ghost researcher' Lorraine Warren is quoted in this article about a 'weeping' Virgin Mary statue in Sacramento. Mrs. Warren insists, "Until you can disprove it, look at it as real."
6 Dec - Not a ghost of a chance this show is serious - Scotsman.com, UK
Ofcom, which monitors British television programming, declared "Most Haunted" an entertainment show, therefore it cannot be charged with duping its audience; it's not a documentary.
6 Dec - Former KGB Chief Reveals Supernatural Truth - MosNews.com, Moscow
Former KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov discusses KGB research of UFOs and other paranormal phenomena, says that it's "pure imagination."
5 Dec - 'Ghost fleet' to haunt park along Potomac - Baltimore Sun, MD
Since 1776, ships have been abandoned at Mallows Bay, a shallow bay near Nanjemoy. Today, over 200 ships are there, and some are rumored to be haunted. (article by Tom Pelton)
5 Dec - Prison site of film may be renovated - Cincinnati Post, OH
Preservation society will renovate Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield (site of Shawshank Redemption filming), and hopes that it's haunted.
2 Dec - Hunting B'more ghosts - Johns Hopkins News-letter, MD
Description of ghost hunting focuses on Baltimore Society for Paranormal Research, and makes reference to Poe's ghost.
1 Dec - Remembering 'The Ghost of the Stottsville Inn' - ParkesBurg Post Ledger, PA
Stottsville Inn, a restaurant and B&B along the Strasburg Road in Pomeroy, is home to Josephine Scott Chandler, a 19th century ghost who'd been murdered by her husband.
9 Dec - Martin County tightens security as it plans restoration of Leach mansion - Sun-Sentinel.com, FL
The Leach mansion at Indian Riverside Park, atop a 4,000-year-old Indian dump hill known as a midden, has been the target of vandals since described as a possibly haunted house.
8 Dec - My Apartment: Mysterious Furnishings - EyeWeekly, Toronto, CAN
Bizarre decor of a haunted apartment includes eerie, haunted items, too.
8 Dec - Paranormal Researcher Meets His Spectral Subject Face-to-Face - Business Gazette, UK
Cumbria ghost researcher Laurie Kemp describes several regional ghosts.
7 Dec - Weeping or not, Mary is a magnet - Sacramento Bee, CA
Even 'ghost researcher' Lorraine Warren is quoted in this article about a 'weeping' Virgin Mary statue in Sacramento. Mrs. Warren insists, "Until you can disprove it, look at it as real."
6 Dec - Not a ghost of a chance this show is serious - Scotsman.com, UK
Ofcom, which monitors British television programming, declared "Most Haunted" an entertainment show, therefore it cannot be charged with duping its audience; it's not a documentary.
6 Dec - Former KGB Chief Reveals Supernatural Truth - MosNews.com, Moscow
Former KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov discusses KGB research of UFOs and other paranormal phenomena, says that it's "pure imagination."
5 Dec - 'Ghost fleet' to haunt park along Potomac - Baltimore Sun, MD
Since 1776, ships have been abandoned at Mallows Bay, a shallow bay near Nanjemoy. Today, over 200 ships are there, and some are rumored to be haunted. (article by Tom Pelton)
5 Dec - Prison site of film may be renovated - Cincinnati Post, OH
Preservation society will renovate Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield (site of Shawshank Redemption filming), and hopes that it's haunted.
2 Dec - Hunting B'more ghosts - Johns Hopkins News-letter, MD
Description of ghost hunting focuses on Baltimore Society for Paranormal Research, and makes reference to Poe's ghost.
1 Dec - Remembering 'The Ghost of the Stottsville Inn' - ParkesBurg Post Ledger, PA
Stottsville Inn, a restaurant and B&B along the Strasburg Road in Pomeroy, is home to Josephine Scott Chandler, a 19th century ghost who'd been murdered by her husband.
