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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Spooky mood...let's talk ghost stories, movies, experiences!

I'm in a spooky mood...

Translation: Let's talk about hauntings and our personal experiences, tours or places we've visited that are touted as haunted and any recommended books (fiction or not) and movies with a ghost premise.

I'll go first...the house I grew up in had some strange occurrences that my family still talks about when we get together. We've heard a man and woman arguing repeatedly in an upstairs bedroom, a heavy bureau mirror taken down from the wall and placed on the bed, numerous evenings when light switches were heard going on and off and the spontaneous flight of a ball from the corner of the room. I was a toddler at the time and the one that got hit with it so my mother who was the only one home at the time scooped me up and made a spontaneous decision to spend the day out! I don't know maybe I was a disruptive child or the 'ghost' <grin> wanted to play ball. Who knows? We certainly don't.

We lived there for 18years (approximately) and have wonderful memories of our childhood home. When we reminisce about the house's oddities it's with a light attitude as we were never truly frightened there. Maybe it was our imagination...my mothers, sisters, brother, cousin, aunt and uncle's (I don't think I forgot anyone who experienced the house's uniqueness).

Have any of you had a strange experience in a place you were living or visiting? Do you have a haunted tour you would recommend? Personally, I would love to go to New Orleans and tour some of the mansions, restaurants, B&B's and cemeteries believed to house restless spirits. Okay I'll be honest I would just love to go there and walk the French Quarter, drink a Cafe Au Lait at Cafe du Monde, visit some plantations and soak in the city's fascinating history.

Sorry for the long post. I like to keep them short since we're all so busy. If you have some books or movies you recommend I would appreciate reading them!

Here's a few off the top of my  head...(there are so many more that I didn't list)

Movies: Stir of Echoes, What Lies Beneath

Books: Ghost Story (Peter Struab)






10 comments:

  1. Gettysburg is proclaimed, and has been proven to be the most haunted city in America. They think all the historical reenactments keep the spirits stirred up.:-)

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  2. Yes that would be a fun place to check out too!

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  3. St. Augustine is considered the most haunted city in the world. I did the ghost tour there a few years back and it was the best I ever did! My hubby "sees dead people" sometimes, so life can be a ghost story! But it's fun!

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    1. Now that's interesting! I had an Aunt who could tell when someone was going to move on.

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  4. I tend to get creeped out by haunted places, despite the fact I write paranormal romances and like spooky stories. I live near Gettysburg and have been there countless times though I've never done the ghost tour. Jenna, the mirror on the bed would have totally freaked me out!

    I'd love to visit the French Quarter too and soak in the rich history of centuries past.

    As for movies, I remember coming across a very old black-and-white called The Visitor that I thought was exceptional. I think most 'spooky' movies today rely too much on shock value. I'd rather let my imagination run wild.

    Wonderful post!

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    1. Yeah we have some fun stories to share now. The mirror thing happened this year in my house too. It wasn't a large mirror this time but it was taken from one room to another. I'll have to check out The Visitor. Thanks for visiting Mae Clair!

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  5. I've never done any ghost tours, but have been totally fascinated by their stories:)

    Thanks for sharing a little of your youth & home, Jenna...I also love to learn about fellow Muse sistas.

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  6. Thanks Kay Dee. I would love to make it to New Orleans for a writer conference and attend some ghost tours w/ fellow paranormal writers and readers!

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  7. I Jenna, first time visitor and follower and great to meet you! I can honestly say I've been in two haunted houses, one of which there was a presence I could clearly discern and it was trying very hard to run me out of the house. It worked too.

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  8. I have never experienced anything about ghosts, spirits. I love to read the stories of ghosts. I am very much interested in reading about the people’s who have experienced it.

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