Ghosts - New London, NH

We've added more NH pages. Many of these stories are from our own research. Others come from current and former Colby-Sawyer College students.

More ghosts of Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH - a dorm-by-dorm list of ghosts.

Ghosts of New London, NH - The New London Inn, the Playhouse, and the WNTK radio site all have lingering ghost stories... and fun ghosts.

Ghosts of Old Center Cemetery, Andover, NH - One of the creepiest cemeteries we've ever seen, even in broad daylight. It's about half an hour's drive from Colby-Sawyer College, and set in a beautiful New England town.

Deceptive camera straps

For a long time, we thought that we could recognize a camera strap in a 'ghost picture' because it's an obvious loop, and usually on the right side of the camera.

Our experiments this week showed us that a camera strap can appear to be a single line that fades away. It can look like a floating irregular shape. It can even appear as a strange shape that's walking through a solid object.

Here are our reports:

Ghost vortex picture... or camera strap?

Strange shapes and camera straps

False and real 'ghost pictures'

This week, we've conducted several tests to create 'fake' ghost photos. Some of the pictures were startling, while others confirmed what we'd already asserted.

False ghost pictures - Hair tests - These look a lot like some 'vortex' pictures.

This is confirmed by even more photos, at More fake ghost pictures with hair.

False ghost orbs - Dirt and dust - This test confirmed that dust and dirt aren't such significant factors in 'ghost orb' photos.

False ghost orbs - Sprinkler experiments - This is an unlikely source of false orbs, but we had to check it out, just in case. We learned that lights are more of a factor than water.

False ghost orbs - Flour experiment - We'd hoped for more interesting results. Instead, we learned that it can be very difficult to fake orbs with particulate.

Buying or selling a haunted house

Recently, we talked with the owner and neighbors of a local house that's had a 'haunted' reputation. We're not sure how long its possible ghosts have been the subject of speculation, but this prompted us to look into laws regarding the purchase and sale of haunted property.

Buying or selling a haunted house - Opinions, advice, and resources.

The haunting of John Alford Tyng (NH & MA)

We've added four new articles. They're a series about the ghosts of Tyng Mansion and related sites. This story was reported in the Nashua Telegraph on October 31, 2002, when Holly Bedard interviewed Fiona Broome for the annual Halloween issue. We've added a few details and made some changes in the story to reflect our continued research.

The Haunting of John Alford Tyng [part 1]
Judith Thompson's vengeful ghost [part 2]
Tyng Mansion Ghosts, Tyngsboro, MA [part 3]
John Alford Tyng's cursed grave [part 4]

11 Apr - Two more NH webpages

Continuing to document our extensive research in NH, we've added two more pages about coastal New Hampshire:

Ghosts of the Isles of Shoals, NH - From Victorian times, people have been ghost hunting at the Isles of Shoals. This webpage provides a list of the most popular ghosts on the nine islands off the NH coast.

Ghosts of NH's Seacoast - As we add more articles, the Seacoast needs its own webpage. On this page, we describe many ghosts in Portsmouth, Rye, Hampton, and vicinity. We also link to additional articles we've written about this region.

8 Apr - Sev'l new articles

We've had a busy week of research and writing. Here are some of our newest articles:

Earning a living as a ghost hunter - Ways to support your hobby, at least part-time.

Getting permission to ghost hunt - Always get the okay to investigate empty homes & buildings.

A TX house that looks haunted, but isn't - We were astonished when this struck a nerve with some people.

How to start ghost hunting - Basics for new ghost researchers.

The ghost of 'Goody' Cole, Hampton, NH - Highlights the life, witch trials, death, and hauntings of a famous NH ghost, in a two-part article.

And, for very basic ghost hunting how-to, see Eibhlin's new website at the Google Pages beta: Ghosts and Ghost Hunting.

Dover, NH - Richard 'Salt Eye' Storr

We've added our research into one of Dover, NH's most interesting--and under-publicized--ghosts. See our report, 'Salt Eye' Storr - Dover, NH's earliest ghost?

The story has some great history, with Puritans, Colonial politics, an attack by vengeful Abenakis, and Richard 'Salt Eye' Storr, who may have been a pirate. (We left that part of the tale out, because we can't confirm it yet.)

We've heard reports about his ghost around the historical marker at Central Ave & Washington St, and also along the waterfront just in back of the downtown area. If you can confirm either with a first-person story, let us know.