Phobias
-Basically to be considered a phobia, the thing you fear must be big enough to interrupt every day life. Because if not, it's just a fear.
Here are some different types of phobias.
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Ablutophobia- fear of bathing, washing, cleaning
Achluophobia- fear of darkness
Acrophobia- fear of heights
Agoraphobia- fear of leaving a safe place
Agraphobia- fear of sexual contact
Agrizoophobia- fear of wild animals
Agryophobia- fear of crossing the road
Aichmophobia- fear of sharp, pointed objects
Ailurophobia- fear of cats
Androphobia- fear of men
Anthrophobia- fear of flowers
Aquaphobia- fear of water
Anthropophobia- fear of people or company of people
Arachnaphobia-fear of spiders
Astraphobia- fear of thunder, lightning
Autophobia- fear of being alone, isolated
Aviophobia- fear of flying
C
Chaetophobia- fear of hair
Chiroptophobia- fear of bats
Claustrophobia- fear of enclosed spacesd
Coulrophobia- fear of clowns
D
Dentophobia- fear of dentists
E
Emetophobia- fear of vomiting
Erotophobia- fear of sexual love or sexual abuse
Ebulliophobia- fear of bubbles
G
Gamophobia- fear of marriage or commitment
Gelotophobia- fear of being laughed at
Gephyrophobia- fear of bridges
Gymnophobia- fear of nudity
Gynophobia- fear of women
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Homophobia- fear of homosexuals aka homophobic
Hydrophobia- fear of water
Hylophobia- fear of trees, woods, forests
Hypnophobia- fear of sleep
Hemophobia- fear of blood
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Icthyophobia- fear of fish
M
Mysophobia- fear of dirt, germs, contamination
N
Necrophobia- fear of death
Nosocomephobia- fear of hospitals
Nosophobia- fear of contracting a disease
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Ocholophobia- fear of crowds
Ombrophobia- fear of rain
P
Parasitophobia- fear of parasites
S
Seismophobia- fear of earthquakes
Spectrophobia- fear of gohsts, phantoms
Stygiophobia- fear of Hell
T
Thermophobia- fear of heat
Thanatophobia- fear of death
Tokophobia- fear of childbirth, pregnancy
Animal Phobias
Apiphobia- fear of bees
Cynophobia- fear of dogs
Mottephobia- fear of butterflies
Ornithophobia- fear of birds
Prejudices and Discriminations
Anglophobia- fear of/dislike of England or English culture
Biphobia- fear of/dislike of bisexuals
Sinophobia- fear of/dislike of Chinese
Pedophobia- fear of/dislike of children
Nipponophobia- fear of/dislike of Japanese
Judeophobia- fear of/dislike of Jews
Different Phobias
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Abuse
This is something that needs to be more well known about, since it happens pretty often.
Sexual abuse- aka molestation, is the act of forcing someone to have unwanted sexual relations with another person. When the force is considered immediate, short time, it's called sexual assault. The attacker is called a sexual abuser or offender. But when the forcing is repeated over time, it's called sexual abuse and if the victim is under age of consent, it's called child sexual abuse.
Types of sexual abuse
Non-consensual: forced physical sexual behavior(rape, sexual assault)
Unwanted touching, either of a child or adult
Sexual kissing, fondlingm exposure of genitals, and voyeurism(spying), exhibitionism, and up to sexual assault
Exposing a child to pornography
Saying sexually explicit statements towards a child(molestation)
Also applies to sexual demands towards an adult
The use of a position to compel unwanted sexual activities without force(leads to rape/sexual assault)
Incest(family members forcing other family members to have sexual relations with them)
Certain forms of sexual harassment
Child sexual abuse
-Forcing someone under the age of consent to have sex
Effects of child sexual abuse can include:
- Guilt, self blame
- Flashbacks
- Nightmares
- Insomnia
- Fear of things associated with the abuse(smells, objects, places)
- Self esteem issues
- Sexual dyfunction
- Chronic pain
- Addiction
- Self injury
- Suicidal tendencies
- Somatic complaints
- Depression
- Post traumatic stress disorder
- Anxiety
- Other mental illnesses
- Re-victimiaztion in adult hood
-Sexual abuse by a family member is a form of incest
-Approximately 15-25% of women and 5-15% of men were sexually assaulted when they were children. Most are acquainted with their victims; approximately 30% are relatives of the child, most often fathers, uncles, or cousins; around 60% are other acquaintances such as friends of the family, babysitters, ir neighbors; strangers are the offenders in about 10% of the cases. Most child sex abuse is committed by men; women commit about 14% of the offenses against boys and 6% against girls. Readmore..
Carrie(1976)
One of my favorite horror movies!
Carrie
-Based on the novel by Stephen King.
-The movie tells the story of Carrie White, a bullied, social outcast who discovers she has telekinetic powers which arise when she becomes angry or distressed. Her powers become seen by her classmates, teachers and abusively religious mother, which ends in death
-The movie stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie, Piper Laurie as her mother Margaret, Betty Buckley, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen as Chris Hargensen, William Katt, John Travolta, P.J. Soles and Priscilla Pointer.
-Was one of the most watched films during Halloween
Did You Know?
-The blood Sissy Spacek had dumped on her was only corn syrup and food coloring, even though she was fine with real blood being dumped on her
-Sue Snell and her mother are played by real life mother and daughter Amy Irving and Priscilla Pointer
-The fake blood on Sissy Spacek kept drying and adhering to her skin because of the hot lights, so they had to keep hosing her down to keep it from getting gluey
-Many of the girls were hesitant to appear nude in the movie, but when Brian De Palma showed them nude shots Sissy Spacek did, they became more confident
-In real life, Sissy Spacek was named homecoming queen at Quitman High School
Plot
-Carrie White(Sissy Spacek) is a friendless, severely shy teen girl abused by her fanatically Christian fundamentalist mother Margaret(Piper Laurie). The girls at Bates High School also harass Carrie, with Chris Hargensen(Nancy Allen), being the leader and the cruelest
-Carrie gets her first period in the shower after gym class and because she is innocent to the concept of the menstrual cycle, she gets hysterical, thinking she is bleeding to death. Popular girl Sue Snell notices Carrie's horror, leading to all the girls pelting Carrie with tampons and sanitary pads at her before Miss Collins comes in. As Carrie gets more distressed, a light bulb above her bursts. Miss Collins brings Carrie to Principal Morton's office, where he constantly gets Carrie's name wrong by calling her Cassie or Wright instead of White. When she finally has to correct him, the ashtray on his desk flies off. When Carrie is walking home, a neighborhood boy crashes his bike after taunting her
-Her mother Margaret is walking from door to door spreading the word of God, when she gets a call from Miss Collins about the locker room incident and tells Carrie about the "curse of blood" is punishment for sin. She locks Carrie in a closet and forces her to pray. In her room that night, a disheveled Carrie stares at her mirror until it explodes
-Suspecting she is telekinetic, Carrie is in the library one day looking at a book about telekinesis. Tommy confronts her in the library and asks her to the prom, with her fleeing, fearing another trick. After a talk from Miss Collins, Carrie accepts Tommy's invitation when he approaches her at home. When Carrie tells her mother she is going to the prom, her mother declares the prom an occasion of sin, refusing to let her go. However, Carrie causes the windows to break, revealing her telekinesis. Margaret is now convinced that this is Satan's power and hesitantly lets her go.
-Miss Collins berates all the girls responsible for harassing Carrie and subjects them to a week long boot-camp style detention until she can run them ragged. They are threatened with suspension and refusal of prom tickets. All the girls show remorse except Chris, who throws a fit with Miss Collins smacking her in the face and banning her from the prom. Chris tells her jailbird boyfriend Billy Nolan that she wants to get payback on Carrie and Miss Collins. They all go to a local farm to kill a pig. There Billy drains some of the blood into a bucket, which Chris has planned to put above the stage above the king and queen throne
-Chris makes a deal with her friend Norma Watson and Billy's friend Freddy to rig the election of prom king and queen so Tommy and Carrie win. As Carrie gets ready for the prom, her mother tells her that everyone will laugh at her. Carrie angrily tells her that she is going. Though she is at the prom, the people treat her as an actual human being only temporarily. Sue, who was unable to attend due to no date, sneaks in to see to it that everything is going okay for Carrie
-Carrie is shocked when her and Tommy are elected as the king and queen. As they approach the stage, Sue sees Chris hiding behind the stage holding the rope attached to a bucket filled with blood above the stage. Miss Collins sees Sue there, thinking she is there for problems and forces her out. As the crown is placed on Carrie's head, Chris pulls the rope and the blood is dumped on Carrie. As the crowd is shocked, Tommy is knocked out and Carrie sees the whole room laughing at her, when it's only implied that a few of Chris's friends are doing so in reality while everyone else is horrified. Carrie's telekinesis takes over, closing the gym doors and turning on a fire hose. Norma is knocked out by the fire hose along the floor, and Carrie kills Miss Collins with a falling rafter. Principal Morton and Mr. Fromm are electrocuted, which causes a fire in the gym. Leaving her classmates inside as it burns, Carrie walks home, covered in blood. Chris and Billy, who got out of the gym, catch up with her, intending to run her over, but Carrie uses her powers to flip the car over and explode, killing Chris and Billy
-At home, Carrie breaks down in her mother's arms after taking a bath to remove all the blood. Under the impression the Devil has taken over Carrie, Margaret brings the girl to her knees and stabs Carrie in the back. She falls down the stairs and is cornered in the kitchen by her mom, but sends kitchen knives flying at her mother, killing her with a stigmata pose all too reminiscent of Christ on the cross. Using her powers, Carrie causes the house to collapse upon her and her mother.
-Later on, Sue, being the only survivor of the prom, dreams of visiting the plot where the White bungalow stood and as she places flowers down on the ground, she sees a sign that says "CARRIE WHITE BURNS IN HELL!" Then a bloody hand reaches out, grabbing Sue's wrist. This wakes her up, screaming in her mother's arms.
Cast
- Sissy Spacek as Carrie White
- Amy Irving as Sue Snell
- Piper Laurie as Margaret White
- Betty Buckley as Miss Collins
- William Katt as Tommy Ross
- Nancy Allen as Chris Hargensen
- John Travolta as Billy Nolan
- P. J. Soles as Norma Watson
- Priscilla Pointer as Mrs. Snell
- Sydney Lassick as Mr. Fromm
- Stefan Gierasch as Mr. Morton
- Michael Talbott as Freddy
- Doug Cox as The Beak
- Harry Gold as George Dawson
- Edie McClurg as Helen Shyres
Haunted UK
http://theshadowlands.net/places/UK.htm
Out of all the places in Europe, England seems to hold the #1 spot for most haunted places!
England
Berkshire
-Prospect Park: sightings of the Headless Horseman and also a young woman pushing a pram(Victorian England term for a baby carriage). She walks behind a tree and disappears
-Littlecote House: William Darrell, once the owner of the house, haunts this manor. Legend has it that he murdered a newborn by his mistress in the house and the room in which it happened is haunted. The ghost of a woman carrying a baby in her arms has been seen, and also the sounds of a baby crying have been heard. Other female looking ghosts have been seen in the Long Gallery, the Chinese Bedroom and the Gardens.
Chesterfield
-Chesterfield Pommegranite Theatre: objects moving by themselves, possibly an old lady responsible. People say this old lady has gray hair, styled like Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a gray dress, mourning the loss of her husband.
Chillingham/Northumberland
-Chillingham Castle: Very famous for torture and killing. This place was the first line of defense against the Scottish. Reports of seeing a boy in blue. Many Scots were captured and killed by John Sage, who was famous on the battlefield, but after he lost his leg, he was given the role of torturer.
Devon
-Powderham Castle: Around 12 midnight, if you stand outside the church yard gates, a blue-gray mist appears and if you look close enough, you'll see a 4-5' high figure that walks from the tree outside the gate, across the road, and in to another tree. If you listen very carefully, you can hear chimes from across the water. You must be very still and quiet.
Avebury
-The Red Lion Pub: Said to be haunted by a young woman named Florrie. Legend has it her husband found out she was guilty of adultery. There was a well inside the pub and her husband threw her down into it. She now haunts the club in search of revenge. People say they feel someone running fingers through their hair, and hear strange noises.
Bexley
-Kent, Hall Place: 700 years ago, Hall Place was the home of Sir Thomas Atte-Hall. He was killed by a deer in the courtyard and his wife, Lady Constance, apparently upset, threw herself off the tower. Her ghost still haunts the place, and has been seen by a schoolteacher on a school outing within the last 6 months. There are also reports of something called the Black Prince being seen around. The history with him is that he is connected with the story of a maidservant, and both of these figures are seen running through the buildings from time to time. These buildings are in the hands of Bexley Council and are open to visitors anytime.
Bedfordshire
-RAF Chicksands/The Priory: The Priory used to house both nuns and monks. Legend has it that a forbidden love affair developed between a nun and monk. A ghostly female figure has been seen walking the grounds of The Priory. There is a tunnel that runs form The Priory to the local town that has been sealed for safety reasons. It's also been said that the tunnel was sealed off because there are violent attacks on people by an unseen entity.
Birmingham
-Boggy Woods: Frequently, a tall figure in black has been seen standing on a small bridge of a lake there, and when it disappears, leaves blow with out any wind
-Brightstone Road: around 3am screaming can be heard. some of the locals say they see a pale white boy crying, and they say he appeared to be between the ages of 15-18. They say they thought that his name was Peter and he disappeared mysteriously and was never found
-Dudley Castle: 4 ghosts here.
1. The Gray Lady. Thought to be of Dorothy Beaumont, who died of natural causes, thought to be of childbirth. She's said to walk the castle steps because her husband did not come to her funeral.
2.The Medieval Lady. During a medieval evening in 1983, there was a fancy dress competition there at the castle. In the crowd, the judges spotted an elderly woman wearing sackcloth clothing, she wore a sackcloth shift, a gray shawl, cloth on her feet. They thought she looked authentic, so she won first place.
3. The Black Monk. Now and then a monk in black habits appears. He has been seen 3 times by staff and seen alot by visitors.
4. Lady Jane. Was a resident of the castle but was beheaded. She now walks the castle grounds and makes herself known to staff and visitors.
-Graveyard in Arnos Court: a young lady dressed all in black walks around crying over the husband she lost in WWI. She sits and talks to people who she thinks needs guidance. Another female ghost has been spotted here too, she is usually screaming. She does not let anyone near her. She is thought to be the daughter of a family who had buried her. When she did not wake from a coma, doctors started exhuming the body and when she woke up to find herself in a coffin, she died of shock.
-University of Bristol: The Headless Horseman has been seen on his black horse patrolling the streets along Tyndall Avenue. Many students say they see him most late at night when leaving the Art and Social Sciences building.
Derby
-The Ostrich Pub: haunted by a man named Jarmen. He was an innkeeper who opened the bar in the Middle Ages. He was not a nice man, he had devised a machine that would tip the rich nobles while they were sleeping through a trapdoor into a pot of boiling oil. The spirits of the nobles are still there, haunting the place today. The haunted room is the pantry, where he would keep the bodies before stealing their money. In the master bedroom, strange presences are felt.
Dorset
-Bettiscombe Manor: In the back room of this manor there is a human skull! On the very few occasions that it has been removed from the house, it's said the house fills with a loud, screechy, terrible Banshee-like yelling that will not stop until it's returned. And also when outbreaks of war are near, the skull is said to sweat blood!!!!
-Borley Rectory: considered most haunted house in all of Great Britain(England). It's an old rectory built up on a destroyed monastery. It's very creepy, and the small village nearby ended up burning down. There was a story about a nun and a monk planning to run away and get married. They were both captured, the monk was beheaded and the nun was put into the wall of the rectory. Her remains were found when the rectory burned down in 1939. Many people say they see/hear the nun and monk on the carriage on the Nun's Walk. Very eerie!!!
Kent
-Recolver Castle: mostly in ruins, they founf the body of a Roman child while excavating. After the body was found, people say they hear crying.
-Reculver Towers: Dating back to the Romans, this is a very dark and gloomy place. There is lots and lots of activity here. Onl 2 words describe this place: VERY HAUNTED! This has to be one of the most FRIGHTENING places in all of Kent
-Heathrow Airport: ghost of a man named Dick Turpin has been haunting the area of Heathrow since the 1700s when he was hanged. He is most often found near the runways, riding a brown horse and wearing British Colonial style clothing.
-Royal University of Hathaway: in a private room on the 4th floor Dormitory building, there is a spirit of a young man. He's said to be very sad, and there are multiple ways he haunts the place. 1.) One person stayed there for a week and was awakened in the middle of the night by his antics. The first encounter was at the sink in the room. The water was splashing and running with no one there. 2.) There was someone sitting on the edge of the bed, crying. 3.) This was the last for the room. The ghost was sitting on the edge of the bed, making a visible imprint on the bed. The ghost got up and walked to the window looking out over the courtyard. He was quite visible at this point, so he opened the window, gave a great audible sigh, leaped out the window.
-St. James's Park: there is a report of a headless monk that walks in front of people and disappears. There is a river in the park with a bridge over it, that's where it happens most often.
-Terror Tower: many people were tortured and killed here. Many sightings of ghosts here.
-Tower of London: When you walk through the chambers, you can feel cold spots, many ghosts have been seen here, including 2 children that were found uner the stairs.
Lyme Regis
-The Angel Pub: objects appear/disappear, sudden, intense cold has been felt. Doors open/close. The ghost here is the daughter of a former publican. She is said to haunt only the upper parts of the club which are private, this is generally just a very creepy place.
Rainsworth Mine: haunted by an old employee who was killed when a rock fell on him, crushed his spine and he died 4 hours later from internal bleeding.
Newstead
-Newstead Abbey: Several ghosts haunt this mansion, one is called the White Lady and the other is called The Black Widow. Many people have seen the White Lady, and when they try to communicate with her, she disappears. Now, if the Black Widow is seen, RUN! She's said to put a curse on someone to ruin their life.
-Pengersick Castle: very good candidate for most haunted place in Britain. Strong female presence in the bedroom. Objects move by themselves and sudden, intense drop in temperature.
Rochdale
-About 8 years ago, 2 brothers went to a nightclub and took Ecstasy tablets. Both climbed on to the roof of the building and started dancing, but they both lost their balance and fell off the building and fell to their death. From 12:00 midnight to 3am their ghosts have been seen dancing on the roof of the now abandoned club. These brothers have been seen 5 times so far.
Sheffield
-Stockbridge Bypass: yet again another nomination for most haunted place in all of Britain. This is the most dangerous road in history. People say they see ghosts of little girls who suddenly appear on the road, causing them to crash. One night, there was a security van parked there to investigate strange noises, and the driver reported hearing someone banging on the roof. When one of the guards got out to check, the other one looked through the back window to see a monk looking through the window, punching the car. They called the police and they were told the same thing, that they saw the same thing.
-RAF Woodbridge: haunted by someone called East End Charlie. Charlie was a German WWII pilot, who was flying his badly damaged plane back to what he thought was Germany. Instead, he crash landed at the east end of the runway at RAF Woodbridge.
-Alot of dark magic has been practiced here and the spirits of the tortured victims who were sacrifices still roam around. Thousands of people, including children were tortured and murdered here. Sounds of knocking, screaming, voices, children crying and chandeliers swinging can be detected here.
Leeds
-Thomas Danby College: Was once an old convent built by Thomas Danby and then converted into a boys school and then college as it is today. Sister Mary McEvoy was a once a woman of noble Scottish blood, who was sent to the nunnery by her mother when she found out Mary was pregnant. Mary gave birth in secret, never seeing her child as it was taken away and buried beneath the East Wing. In room 321, there have been reports of hearing crying, and the ghost of a woman has been seen there 15 times.
Braemar
-Braemar Castle: over 200 years ago, a newly married couple moved into the castle to spend their wedding night. In those days, it was respectable for women to stay virgins until their wedding night and many were pretty much stupid to what was expected of them when it came to sex. The story goes that the young woman woke up after her wedding night to find her husband gone. Unable to find him, she assumes that she was not a good person in bed. With shame and confusion driving her, she threw herself out the tower window. There had been a mistake, as her husband was in fact gone hunting at the crack of dawn and had not wanted to wake her up. The ghost of the woman is said to return to the room where she died whenever newlyweds stay at the castle.
-Greyfriar's Churchyard/Cemetery: There was a dog named Greyfriar's Bobby who faithfully stoof guard on the grave of his master. In late 1998, a grave in the cemetery was accidentally disturbed, a number of paranormal activities have been happening. Because of the hgh number of intense ghostly activity, this area has been called The Black Mausouleum; cold spots are felt, a sweet, nauseating smell, unseen watchers, people being grabbed, knocked unconscious, people coming out of the mausoleum with cuts and bruises after feeling something touching them. The ghost is thought to be of George Mackenzie, the persecuter of The Covanenters, who died and was entombed in 1691.
-Haunted by 'green ladies'. Entities of pure green. There are countless tales of death, misery, chaos, etc. Because of this, the castle has an eerie aura. One of these tails tells the story of a monstrous beats who accomodated one of the rooms, who was said to live for more than 100 years.
Leap
-Leap Castle: aka The Bloody Chapel. Up to 20 spirits haunt this 14th century castle. A warrior supposedly slaughtered his brother over the altar, a priest who runs past the doorway.
-Olivands Hill: easily the highest point in town, the top of the hill was an old famr house with 5 old oak trees nearby. Local criminals were taken here to be hung. The most famous hanging was that of a young woman. She was heavily pregnant at the time and rather than face the shame of pregnancy before marriage, she hung herself. She haunts the grounds and the house itself. She is said to be wearing an old gray dress, weeping.
Roscre
-Black Death Hospital: lies in a paddock on Roscre Island. It is very well known by locals so sk for the right place. The place was a children's hospital for kids suffering from the Black Death. 10 years ago, people were excavating to put in new sewer pipes and suddenly bones and skeletons of 50+ kids fell into the pit. At night, avoid this place, the spirits of the kids will lure you to your death so you can join them. Readmore..
Ghosts from Down Under
Australia
New South Wales
-Maitland Jail: many hauntings, lights seen, voices heard, cold spots felt. Considered to be the most haunted place in all of Australia
Sydney
-Penrith/Orchard Hills: this was once an old Mafia house years ago. In the top tower of the house they would take people who betrayed them and shoot them. At night, the tower light comes on, and a white figure can be seen coming across the front lawn.
Queensland
-Brisbane/Boogo Road Gaol: this prison is famous for what it called The Black Hole(a series of solitary confinement cells). Home to many tortured souls. Frequent events are held here, like horror movie nights, etc
Victoria
-Old Melbourne Jail: very famous prisoner died here. Australian outlaw Ned Kelly was hung to death here. It's said that his spirit is frequently seen here, within the walls of this Colonial-era prison where he died.
Haunted Middle East
Afghanistan
Tajikistan Border
-Hindu Kush Mountains: this place is haunted by feminine looking spirits with floating hair, pale eyes looking like white orbs, glacier white skin said to haunt the region where the sun rises so high you can't even see your own shadow or at twilight. Treat them with respect because they are known to be quite hostile and violent, that explains why you never see any farmers or nomads there during the day
-Kabul University: some of the abandoned dorms and abandoned classrooms were said to be used by the Taliban to torture and kill people who dared defy them. While some people were helping to rebuild Kabul University, they said they smelled rotting flesh, fecal matter and other human wastes. Others say they saw the spirits of the victims, heard crying and screaming in pain when no one was there.
Haunted Wyoming
Wyoming
Powell/Cody
-Heart Mountain Relocation Center: During WWII, this place was used as a detention center for the Japanese. During the day it's boring here except for a friendly, if curious spirit that follows you around. At night, totally different. Noises and footsteps galore! Feelings of someone/something watchnig watching you, according to Native American lore, they are called The Shadow People. They are not malicious, they mainly observe people.
Haunted Tennessee and Other States
Tennessee
Briceville
-Train Trussel Bridge/lower end of Briceville: the KKK(seriously, again?) used to be active in this area as they hung a black man named Drummond off this bridge. Legend has it that at night, he walks from one end of the bridge to the other, when he disappears, you can hear the rope swinging
Shiloh
-Shiloh Battlefield: many injured and wounded soldiers went here to relieve their thirst in the heat of the day. On certain days when the suns hits it just right, it looks blood red. The ghost of a woman appears to women and children who are lost, them becoming saddened or frightened on the battlefield. She soothes those who are afraid, but disappears if someone else needs her help.
Utah
Wasatch
-Chinese Tunnels: in the late 1800s to early 1900s, this town was booming with Chinese immigrant workers who used to work in the tunnels. When they died, they were buried in the walls. It's always ice cold due to the ice in the middle of the tunnel, you can hear whispers, voices and crying, and ghostly trains can be heard
Washington Terrace
-The Whole Area: during WWII, this place was a POW camp for Italian POWs. They were given considerable freedom during the war and some of them even moved into the town with their families. Nowadays, there are many unexplained noises, voices, things moving around, bad feelings.
Washington
Olalla/Port Orchard
-Starvation Heights: a woman named Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard ran a sanitarium here in the early 1900s. She was under the assumption that any disease could be cured with starvation. So she would "starve" her patients to death and bury them on the grounds, planting a tree over each body and when the time came for when there was no more room for bodies, she threw them off a cliff on the back of the property. She killed the patients because of one reason and one reason only- greed. She had wills written up that gave her unlimited access to her patients money and valuables. Haunted by the spirits of the victims, strange noises, voices.
Seattle
-Andrew's Rainbow House: a young man named Andrew who was gay decided it was the right time to tell his father he was gay. His father went nuts and killed his son. The next morning the house was painted in rainbow colors on the front and back in an array of rainbow colors and swirls, which these colors represent gay pride. The roof is also colored tile and a big gray letter A is in the center.
West Virginia
Mason County
-TNT Area: the reason for the name is because during WWII, the US used this area as a factory to make bombs and explosives. There are over 100 little igloos in this area where the bombs were made and stored, and the famous Mothman has been sighted here, and if he makes an appearance, something bad will happen, some kind of catastrophe will occur.
-Marrtown: this area is a small farming community settled by Scottish immigrants in the late 1800s. They came from an area of Scotland that heavily believes in supernatural creatures(elves, fairies, witches, ghosts, and The Banshee). The Banshee is an Irish/Scottish death fairy who attaches heself to Irish/Scottish families. She is sometimes seen riding a white horse and hangs around waterways washnig the clothes of her dead. She is dressed in a death shroud, tattered robes, and her eyes are said to be blood red from crying for her dead Scottish. Many still believe she lives around here, riding her horse and bringing death to anyone of Irish/Scottish blood. It would be especially wise to avoid Marrtown on cold, lonely moonless nights because she could just be out looking for blood.
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| This horrid looking creature is known as the Banshee. She brings death to all who have Irish/Scottish roots and ancestors. |
-Former Munitions Dump: the Mothman has been seen here. This place is within vicinity of a TNT dump along the Ohio River that the federal govt. once maintained. It's said to be a man with large wings, have horns and a tail, big vicious teeth, bright, glowing red eyes. If it is seen several times in succession, it usually precedes some kind of natural disaster.
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| This is what the Mothman is said to look like |
Saint Nazianz
-Society of Divine Savior Seminary: paranormal hotbed of pedophilia, closeted homosexual love triangles, suicide, fraud, incest, and exorcisms. There was a mystic Catholic cult here in the 19th century and it was led by Father Oschwald. He is kept in a crypt on the grounds. He is known to wander the place on a white horse. Don't go to this place because it is infested with all kinds of pests, like bunches of active bee hives, hornets nests, wasps nests, basically every type of vicious bee known to man! Readmore..
Haunted Oklahoma and Other States
Oklahoma
Broken Arrow
-The Devil House: about 3 miles down a gravel road is a concrete house supposedly once owned by members of the KKK(OK, WTF? why do they keep showing up?) There have been numerous reports about bonfires being lit and disappearing, freezing cold temperatures, even in the middle of summer
-Nazi POW Camp: just north of the Arkansas River is a military installation that's been closed for years. Supposedly it once held Nazi POWs from WWII. If you go there late at night, you get a lot of bad feelings and strange things are heard.
Coalgate
-The Mines: this place was a boomtown in the time of the miners. Foreigners could come here and maybe strike it rich. But when the mines gave way. they became strip pits, some so deep they became immeasureable. For this reason, East coast mobs were attracted to it, and found this to be an excellent location to "dispose" of "unwanted" mobsters. Remains found can be linked back to east coast mob activity and several cars with New York, New Jersey, Illinois plates have been dredged out of these watery graves along with bodies!
Tahlequa
-Gift Shop: an Indian police man watches over the store. One day, when the manager was in the store, an Indian police officer, about 30 years old, was watching 2 women stealing bracelets. As they were leaving, he told the woman at the counter about it. Legend has it that he was a cop way back and was killed in the store when it was being robbed.
Adair Village
-Camp Adair: this was once a hospital that treated injured/ill German and Italian POWs during WWII. Before the end of the war, a good number of the German and Italian POWs died. Sounds include squeaking bedsprings and footsteps, feelings of being menacingly watched by unseen eyes from within the building.
-Pendleton Underground: there is an underground area in the red light district of town where many businesses operated during the 1900s. They were all linked by tunnels that ran under the city. Many have been filled in for safety reasons, but some remain open for tours. There is one area that the tour goes through that was once used as a living quarters for Chinese immigrants. In the far left corner, there is a ghost that is often seen/felt there.
Butler County
-The Black Cross: in the late 1800s, a massive flu epidemic swept the area of Butler/Kitanning. Hundreds of immigrant workers contracted the virus and died. Instead of being buried in indivual graves, they were all buried in one mass grave and a big black cross stands on top of their grave. At night, you can hear eerie howling, and a strong wind and mist are seen and felt here.
Carbon County
-Carbon County Prison/Jim Thorpe: this place was last used in 1995. The most famous ghost story here is that of Jim Thorpe. His ghostly handprint is still on the wall in the cell he occupied. He was wrongly accused of being a member of the Molly MacGuires. The Molly MacGuires were a group of disgruntled miners from the 1870s who used violence to bring about a change in the corrupt mining industry. Several men were arrested, charged and hung to death for association with the group. A man convicted of association with the group ran his hand along the dirty floor and put his hand on the wall to make an impression to proclaim his innocence. The print can still be seen today, and no matter how hard someone tries to wash it away, it will return almost immediately.
-Hogback Road: this area was yet again used by the race hating group the KKK(seriously, again?). There is a bridge, people were killed under this bridge, in the woods, you can see a white figure, be careful, it may be one of the KKK members to chase you off.
Gaffney
-Chain Gang Road: you can hear voices of girls moaning and screaming
South Dakota
Deadwood
-Mount Moriah Cemetery: famous people like Wild Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, Potato Creek Johnny, Seth Bullock are buried here. Mysterious presences are always detected here, including feelings of being menacingly watched.
-Sioux San Hospital: this place was a boarding school for Native American children and years later a TB clinic. On the 3rd floor, you can hear children crying and children's voices. There are also graves of children nearby who want to go home to their families. Readmore..
Haunted New York and Other States
New York
Baldwinsville
-Whiskey Hollow: 5 mile road with no houses or street lights. Just forest. Back then, devil worshippers and the KKK wouls worship and kill children as sacrifices there. At night, if you drive down that way, you can see spirits of children walking and a bloody blanket. Very eerie feelings of being watched
-Chelsea Hotel: hallways are haunted and constant feelings of someone watching you or behind you. Int eh past, the hotel has been a refuge for drug dealers, drug addicts, pimps/prostitutes, who were murdered or hurt. Feelings of pain and sadness, and also a young woman who had recently married in the early 1900s, who found out her husband died in the Titanic sinking hung herself here.
-Plum Point Condos: this used to be an all boys Christian school. One of the nuns molested the boys, killed him, and put him in the wall to cover it up. It's believed to be haunted because strange things happen, machinery would break down, someone's hand would be cut off from machinery, etc.
New York City
-Dakota Apartments: former Beatle John Lennon has been seen outside the apartment building where he ws killed. His spirit hangs around and has said to be a gentle spirit
-Wolfe's Pond Park: if you enter the park through a path next to Prince's Bay train station and follow the paths, you'll come to a small 20 ft. cliff. If you stand on the banks of the pond on a spot where an upside down car is in the water, you can see a phantom car falling off the cliff and sinking into the water. Back in the 1970s, a car with 2 teens in it mistakenly drove off the side and overturned. They were not found for 2 weeks. You get cold feelings, in addition to witnessing a phantom car overturning. Also in the 1970s, children were abducted, raped and murdered in the woods. People say they hear screams and crying, they see the children walking the path looking for their parents or killer.
Midland
-Potter's Field: legend has it that the Knights of the White Chameleons chased a black kid through the field because he supposedly raped a daughter of one of the members. He was beaten to within an inch of his life and buried alive. If you go to field the day it happened, March 8, you can hear muffled screams from beneath the ground.
North Dakota
Jamestown
-Kroeze Hall: if you go to room D15 late at night, you can hear the rhythmic sounds of a click. There was a college student who lived in that dorm who had OCD and a Rubik's Cube. Went to the state hospital for attacking a fellow student for stealing his cube. He killed himself, but still haunts the room, looking for his toy of joy.
Ohio
Amelia
-Dead Man's Curve: a Chevy Impala full of teens was killed by an oncoming Dodge Roadrunner speeding at 100+ mph. The road is now haunted by a faceless hitchiker who will jump out in front of cars to be "hit" and then jump up and race after the car. A driverless Impala, a ghostly green Roadrunner have been seen here as well as a black hearse who follows people menacingly. Psychics say this area is VERY EVIL!
Cincinnati
-Buffalo Ridge: many hauntings here. One is of a car doing gang initiations, where you can hear a car with the stereo too loud and see it speeding up/down the hills, a woman in a wedding dress
-King's Island: a little blonde girl is said to haunt the Water Works, a senior who is referred to as Tower Johnny, who was thought to be a drunk high school student who illegally climbed the Eiffel Tower and either fell to his death or was sheared in half by the elevator cables.
-Chateau La Rouch aka Loveland Castle: built by Sir Harry Andrews. The dungeon has cold spots, electrical malfunctions, hearing things like voices, feelings of not being alone.
