English author Virginia Woolf is considered a pioneer due to her use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. One of the most important modernist writers of the 20th century, she was also plagued throughout her life with mental illness which led to her institutionalization on several occasions. Though she was happily married, in…
In the early 1960s, there were no hotter Hollywood celebrities than sultry Elizabeth Taylor and hunky Richard Burton. When the two co-starred in the 1961 film, Cleopatra, sparks flew. Since they were both married to other people at the time, their affair caused quite the scandal and made headlines in all the gossip tabloids of the…
The Avon Haunted Bridge is a purportedly-haunted bridge near Avon, Indiana that runs across the White Lick Creek. It is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of an African-American bridge worker. Manifestations Screaming Pounding from within the bridge Blood dripping from the bridge Background The story goes that one of the workers during the bridge’s construction was a…
Judge James W. Robison built had a home built for him in 1853. The building was not only his home but also served as an office for a newspaper and a railroad over the years. Eventually, the ravages of time destroyed the home, leaving nothing. To preserve some of the history, it was rebuilt in…
Those of you who remember the ’90s will recognize this cemetery as the one featured in the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Like the book, the Savannah cemetery itself has a Southern Gothic atmosphere, with Spanish moss giving shade to time-worn Victorian monuments. There are many notable figures buried here, like singer Johnny Mercer…
This historical landmark has an unusual history: part aged juzgado (court and jail); part 200-year-old-plus home. Today it is a restaurant, where the jail cell is now a wine cellar and a private dining area, and another ghostly legend stalks. This legend has no name, just a headless monk sometimes carrying an ax, walking by…
Guglielmo Marconi, pictured, is largely credited with inventing the radio. However, Tesla beat Marconi to the punch — he just happened to run into some bad luck. Tesla had realized that Tesla coils had another purpose: They could transmit messages. But just when he was about to try it out in 1895, his lab burned…
Ghost Hunting Definitions Apparition- an image with distinct features that enables one to recognize it as a person or specific object. Typically associated with residual hauntings. Banshee- Death omen spirit of Ireland that manifests to herald an approaching death. Heard wailing or singing mournfully. Contrary to popular belief, banshees do not shriek. Battlefield Ghosts- places…
These lovely, rugged mountains that run southeast from Monterey all the way to San Luis Obispo are the home of the eerie “Dark Watchers.” The Watchers are black, humanlike phantoms who stand silhouetted against the sky on the Santa Lucias’ ridges and peaks. Nobody knows what they are, where they came from, or why they…
