Forum 2.0 - BooAlert2024-03-28T23:02:18Zhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/feed/allInvestigating Abandoned House Part #1https://booalert.com/forum/topics/investigating-abandoned-house-part-12016-10-24T15:37:32.000Z2016-10-24T15:37:32.000ZParaGirls HauntedDiaryhttps://booalert.com/members/ParaGirlsHauntedDiary<div><p>** Use Headphones**</p><p>This house is due to be demolished very soon, so I took advantage of the situation and decided to go on a little investigation, I could hear 2 EVP's in this video which I labelled.</p><p>01:54 and 2:47</p><p>What do you think they are saying?</p><p>If you hear anymore please let me know.<br />Thanks for watching.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px3dqdOiHKY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px3dqdOiHKY</a></p></div>Moon River Breweryhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/moon-river-brewery2016-01-22T22:36:07.000Z2016-01-22T22:36:07.000ZGeorgehttps://booalert.com/members/George776<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779636,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="616" class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779636,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3206779636?profile=original" /></a>The Moon River Brewery brought its beloved beers to Savannah in 1999, but the building is one of the oldest in town, dating back to 1821. In its original incarnation, it was the City Hotel, a high-end hotel with a history of violence during the Civil War. Men were killed in the hotel during heated skirmishes, including a Yankee who was beaten to death by locals in 1860. Some bar patrons today say they've seen bottles mysteriously fly through the air and have witnessed guests being pushed, touched and even slapped by unseen forces. One resident apparition, Toby, is said to skulk around the billiards room looking for the next great bar brawl</p></div>Fort Mifflinhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/fort-mifflin-12016-01-22T22:33:20.000Z2016-01-22T22:33:20.000ZGeorgehttps://booalert.com/members/George776<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779591,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="250" class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779591,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3206779591?profile=original" /></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mifflin" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mifflin</a></p><p>Built in 1771, Fort Mifflin is the country's only Revolutionary War battlefield that is still intact. There are 14 restored buildings on the grounds on the Delaware River and reportedly plenty of spirits from the past. Among the ghosts said to haunt the fort is a screaming woman whose cries are so loud that the Philadelphia police have been called to investigate, only to find no one there. Other characters in the local ghost stories include a faceless man wandering around the fort, a tour guide dressed in revolutionary garb and numerous children and dogs</p><p><span>Fort Mifflin, originally called Fort Island Battery and also known as Mud Island Fort, was commissioned in 1771 and sits on Mud Island on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia International Airport</span></p><p></p></div>Villisca Axe Murder Househttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/villisca-axe-murder-house2016-01-22T22:19:50.000Z2016-01-22T22:19:50.000ZGeorgehttps://booalert.com/members/George776<div><p><span><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779654,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="250" class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779654,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3206779654?profile=original" /></a><a href="https://youtu.be/17myeft3CxM?list=PLJx3KzCM1rkfiVvU5dvo3tb5OlCrZ0tsY">https://youtu.be/17myeft3CxM?list=PLJx3KzCM1rkfiVvU5dvo3tb5OlCrZ0tsY</a></span></p><p><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_B._and_Sara_Moore_House" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_B._and_Sara_Moore_House</a>The Josiah B. and Sara Moore House is a house in Villisca, Iowa, United States. The house was the site of the 1912 brutal murder of eight people, including six children. A documentary has been made about the murder, which remains unsolved</span></p><p><span>The murders were so horrifying that its said that it took the sinking of the <a title="Titanic" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic">Titanic</a> off the front page of the newspaper which occurred about 2 months earlier</span></p><p>Prior to the renovation in 1994, at least three recorded paranormal happenings were claimed to have taken place in the house. Former tenants said that they had seen the figure of a shadowy man with an axe standing at the foot of their bed. Shoes filled with blood were found, and have since been reported to move into the middle of the room or fall over onto their side. As one report goes, a closet door opened and closed one evening, and, later that night, the tenants were seen and heard by neighbors around 3 a.m. running out of the house, screaming. In addition, there are reports that other tenants’ children woke up at night to the sound of children crying. Those tenants often returned home to find their clothing taken from their dresser and closet and strewn about the room. The father of the children was said to have been sharpening a knife in the kitchen when it suddenly turned around and forcefully stabbed him in the thumb. He later explained it felt as if someone had a grip on his wrist. The family departed the house that day and did not return.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;"><font size="2">[<i><a title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i></font><font size="2">]</font></sup></p><p>The house was investigated by <i><a title="Ghost Adventures" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Adventures">Ghost Adventures</a></i>. During the episode, <a title="Electronic voice phenomenon" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon">electronic voice phenomena</a> (EVPs) were carried out. One EVP is believed to have picked up the voice of a man saying, "I killed six kids". The voice was described as if someone were swinging an axe as they said, "six kids". Another EVP revealed the names of Lena and Paul, two of the murdered kids. When asked who murdered the eight people, an EVP revealed the name, "Andy", who was one of the possible suspects. Reports show that Andy was found acting strangely, and even saying, "I'll cut their damn heads off", and making swinging motions with his arms, as if he were swinging an axe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;"><font size="2">[<i><a title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i></font><font size="2">]</font></sup></p><p>Multiple paranormal investigations were conducted at the house, resulting in many EVPs, videos, and photographs, leading the creators of Ghost Adventures to suggest that the house is haunted</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>Adams Grove Presbyterian Churchhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/adams-grove-presbyterian-church2016-01-14T00:48:40.000Z2016-01-14T00:48:40.000ZAndrewhttps://booalert.com/members/Andrew<div><ul><li><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779600,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779600,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="220" class="align-full" alt="3206779600?profile=original" /></a> and the adjacent cemetery in <a title="Dallas County, Alabama" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_County,_Alabama">Dallas County</a> are sites of multiple reported <a title="Paranormal" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal">paranormal</a> events and have been studied by several paranormal research groups.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-selmatj_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reportedly_haunted_locations_in_the_United_States#cite_note-selmatj-1">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-agh_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reportedly_haunted_locations_in_the_United_States#cite_note-agh-2">[2]</a></sup></li></ul><p>Anyone go here?? This is my next trip</p></div>Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylumhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum2016-01-13T01:58:00.000Z2016-01-13T01:58:00.000ZGeorgehttps://booalert.com/members/George776<div><p><a href="http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/top-10-most-haunted-places" target="_blank">http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/top-10-most-haunted-places</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum</a></p><p></p><p>The <b>Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum</b>, subsequently the <b>Weston State Hospital</b>, was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkbride_Plan" title="Kirkbride Plan">Kirkbride</a><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital" title="Psychiatric hospital">psychiatric hospital</a> that operated from 1864 until 1994 by the government of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, in the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston,_West_Virginia" title="Weston, West Virginia">Weston</a>. Built by architect Richard Andrews, it was constructed from 1858-1881. Originally designed to hold 250 people, it became overcrowded in the 1950s with 2,400 patients.</p><p>The hospital's main building is one of the largest hand-cut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonemasonry" title="Stonemasonry">stone masonry</a> buildings in the United States, and, is the second largest hand-cut sandstone building in the World, with the only bigger one being <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kremlin" title="The Kremlin">The Kremlin</a>. As <b>Weston Hospital Main Building</b>, it was designated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> in 1990.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-nhlsum-2">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-nrhpinv2-5">[5]</a></sup></p><p>Originally designed to house 250 patients in solitude, the hospital held 717 patients by 1880; 1,661 in 1938; over 1,800 in 1949; and, at its peak, 2,600 in the 1950s in overcrowded conditions. A 1938 report by a survey committee organized by a group of North American medical organizations found that the hospital housed "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy" title="Epilepsy">epileptics</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism" title="Alcoholism">alcoholics</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_addiction" title="Drug addiction">drug addicts</a> and non-educable mental defectives" among its population. A series of reports by <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charleston_Gazette" title="The Charleston Gazette">The Charleston Gazette</a></i> in 1949 found poor sanitation and insufficient furniture, lighting, and heating in much of the complex, while one wing, which had been rebuilt using <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration" title="Works Progress Administration">Works Progress Administration</a> funds following a 1935 fire started by a patient, was comparatively luxurious</p><p>This asylum was home to thousands of people with mental illness, starting in 1864. Hundreds of people died here before the facility closed in 1994. The spirits that are said to haunt the site today date back to the Civil War era, when the asylum's grounds served as a military post</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>In 2008, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost-hunting" title="Ghost-hunting">ghost-hunting</a> group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic_Paranormal_Society" title="The Atlantic Paranormal Society">TAPS</a> was called to the hospital to conduct a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal" title="Paranormal">paranormal</a> investigation at the request of Joe Jordan due to purported claims of paranormal activity on the grounds. The investigation is featured on Season 4, Episode 9 of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syfy" title="Syfy">Syfy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_TV" title="Reality TV">reality TV</a> series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Hunters" title="Ghost Hunters">Ghost Hunters</a></i>.</li><li>On October 30, 2009, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_Channel" title="Travel Channel">Travel Channel</a> aired a special seven-hour live broadcast of the reality TV show <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Adventures" title="Ghost Adventures">Ghost Adventures</a></i> from the asylum. Through a <i>Ghost Adventures</i> section of the Travel Channel website, viewers were able to text message, monitor, and review evidence via webcams for the live special. There was plenty of activity, including pressure, voices, and something showing up on the heat seeking camera. The reception of the "lockdown" was met with critical success; however, viewers criticized guest Robert Bess for throwing an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMF_detector" title="EMF detector">EMF detector</a> out of his hand and claiming it was removed from his hand.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-14">[14]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> In their "Post-Mortem" special, which aired a week later, Zak Bagans and Nick Groff addressed the viewers' belief that the incident was not paranormal. Bess responded by claiming that the incident was authentic paranormal activity.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup></li><li>In 2011, the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was featured in a show called "Forgotten Planet" <sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> by 3net Studios for Discovery. The Asylum appears in S1EP4, titled "Salton Sea/Weston". <sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Allegheny_Lunatic_Asylum#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup></li><li>In 2014, the Transatlantic Paranormal Society [TAPS] team from Syfy's series 'Ghost Hunters' filmed their special 200th episode, returning to one of the teams favourite haunted locations. The episode welcomed back past team members (and fan favourites) Grant Wilson, Dustin Pari and Joe Chin, and included flash backs from their first investigation. The episode, 'Grant Is Back', is the third of the series tenth season<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779619,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779619,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="616" class="align-full" alt="3206779619?profile=original" /></a><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UcBsB5eOuJY?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></li></ul></div>Moundsville Penitentiaryhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/moundsville-penitentiary2016-01-13T01:42:52.000Z2016-01-13T01:42:52.000ZGeorgehttps://booalert.com/members/George776<div><p><a href="http://undefined" target="_blank"><img src="undefined" class="align-full" alt="undefined" /></a></p><p>Moundsville Penitentiary in West Virginia was one of America's most violent correctional facilities and the final stop for almost 1,000 criminals. A retired, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">gothic</a> style prison located in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moundsville,_West_Virginia" title="Moundsville, West Virginia">Moundsville, West Virginia</a>. It operated from 1876 to 1995. Penitentiary's design is similar to the facility at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliet_Prison" title="Joliet Prison">Joliet</a> with its castellated Gothic, stone structure, complete with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turret" title="Turret">turrets</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlement" title="Battlement">battlements</a></p><p></p><p>Northern Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet proved to be an attractive design. Its Gothic Revival architecture "exhibit[ed], as much as possible, great strength and convey[ed] to the mind a cheerless blank indicative of the misery which awaits the unhappy being who enters within its walls. The state used prison labor during the construction process, and work continued on this first phase until 1876.</p><p></p><p>The conditions at the prison worsened through the years, as the facility would be ranked on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice's</a> <i>Top Ten Most Violent Correctional Facilities</i> list.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#cite_note-TCGA-4">[4]</a></sup> One of the more infamous locations in the prison, with instances of gambling, fighting, and raping, was a recreation room known as "The Sugar Shack</p><p></p><p>In total, thirty-six homicides took place in the prison.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#cite_note-TCGA-4">[4]</a></sup> One of the more notable ones is the butchering of R.D. Wall, inmate number 44670. On October 8, 1929, after "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informant#Criminal_informants" title="Informant">snitching</a>" on his fellow inmates, he was attacked by three prisoners with dull <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_(weapon)" title="Shiv (weapon)">shivs</a> while heading to the boiler room</p><p></p><p>From 1899 to 1959, ninety-four men were executed. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging" title="Hanging">Hanging</a> was the method of execution until 1949 with eighty-five men meeting that fate. The public could attend hangings until June 19, 1931. On that date, Frank Hyer was executed for murdering his wife. However, when the trap door beneath him was opened and his full weight was put onto the noose, he was instantly decapitated. Following this event, attendance at hangings was by invitation only.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#cite_note-AfterLife-5">[5]</a></sup> The last man to face execution by hanging, Bud Peterson from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia" title="Logan County, West Virginia">Logan County</a>, lies in the prison's cemetery, as his family refused to claim his body.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#cite_note-TCGA-4">[4]</a></sup> Beginning in 1951, electrocution became the means of execution. Ironically, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sparky" title="Old Sparky">electric chair</a>, nicknamed "Old Sparky", used by the prison was originally built by an inmate there, Paul Glenn.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#cite_note-TCGA-4">[4]</a></sup> Nine men died in the chair until the state outlawed execution entirely in 1965.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#cite_note-TCGA-4">[4]</a></sup> The original chair is on display in the facility and is a part of the official tour</p><p></p><p>Paranormal groups and enthusiast travel guides consider Moundsville Prison to be one of the most <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reportedly_haunted_locations" title="List of reportedly haunted locations">haunted</a> prisons in the United States, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_story" title="Ghost story">ghost stories</a> originating as early as the 1930s. Legends include the prison occupying the site of a Native American burial ground. Reports include former guards seeing phantom inmates and a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_people" title="Shadow people">shadow man</a>" wandering the premises, as well as unexplained noises, voices, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_spot" title="Cold spot">cold spots</a>.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#cite_note-haunted-18">[18]</a></sup></p><p></p><p>Many <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost" title="Ghost">ghost</a>-themed or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> television shows have visited the prison:</p><p></p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Family" title="ABC Family">ABC Family</a>’s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scariest_Places_on_Earth" title="Scariest Places on Earth">Scariest Places on Earth</a></i> originally aired on October 29, 2002.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26E_(TV_channel)" title="A&E (TV channel)">A&E</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_State" title="Paranormal State">Paranormal State</a></i> originally aired on January 12, 2010.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Channel" title="Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Lab" title="Ghost Lab">Ghost Lab</a></i> originally aired on November 20, 2010.</li><li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_(TV_series)" title="Fear (TV series)">Fear</a></i> allowed six college students to experience the so-called "haunted prison" for themselves in the 2000 pilot episode.</li><li>Syfy's <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files_(TV_series)" title="The Dresden Files (TV series)">The Dresden Files</a></i> (Exterior images)<sup>[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syfy" title="Syfy">Syfy</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Hunters" title="Ghost Hunters">Ghost Hunters</a></i> episode 303, originally aired on October 25, 2006.</li><li>Syfy's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranded_(TV_series)" title="Stranded (TV series)">Stranded</a>, a paranormal reality show, featured the prison in the first season's third episode on March 13, 2013.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup></li><li>Syfy's <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warehouse_13" title="Warehouse 13">Warehouse 13</a></i> (Exterior images)<sup>[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_Channel" title="Travel Channel">Travel Channel</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Adventures" title="Ghost Adventures">Ghost Adventures</a></i> originally aired on October 31, 2008.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_America" title="Destination America">Destination America</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Asylum" title="Ghost Asylum">Ghost Asylum</a>, which originally aired on May 17, 2015</li></ul><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/top-10-most-haunted-places">http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/top-10-most-haunted-places</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#/media/File:West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary.jpg">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#/media/File:West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary.jpg</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#/media/File:West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary.jpg" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary#/media/File:West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary.jpg</a><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779446,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779446,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="616" class="align-full" alt="3206779446?profile=original" /></a><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/69o4xyGtcCg?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779503,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">top-haunted-places-moundsville_rend_tccom_616_462.jpg</a></p></div>Missing Cross (Gone for a Week) Poltergeistshttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/missing-cross-gone-for-a-week-poltergeists2015-12-20T23:40:16.000Z2015-12-20T23:40:16.000ZKeithhttps://booalert.com/members/Keith450<div><p><span><strong class="bbc"><span><span>Missing Cross (Gone for a Week)</span></span></strong><br /><br /><span><span>2014 Spring*</span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span><span><span>The events of this day will always be remembered because it was the weekend Captain America the Winter Soldier came out. April 2014 - I believe the 1st weekend of.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span><span><span>A month prior to this movie premier my cousin from Dallas came to visit. Elementary school teacher Dallas sub-urb. Devout Christian. She was in the know of our paranormal events and decided to bring with her a wooden-metallic cross. Written on the cross itself were the verses Joshua 1:9, Phil 4:13, Psalm 28:7 and Matt 19:26 summation "Strength."</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>Cross was prayed over and immediately hung in our bedroom at the time - the 3rd most active place of the house BUT being the place were we slept and layed our head. A cross positioned high upon the wall seemed accurate.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>A week or so before the Capt America movie came out the cross went missing. (Keep in mind I'm only referring Capt America because the same weekend it came out is </span></span><strong class="bbc">also the same day I was going to see it.</strong><span><span>) So a week before the cross went missing. And missing objects in our home is not new. Things get taken all the time. Sometimes they return. Sometimes they don't.. The items that do return never get returned in the place they were taken. This cross would be no exception.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>We noticed it missing the morning we woke up . Other religious objects had been taken before and with the house being severely active and etc friends, family and clergy all advised us to display our belief system openly as a means of riding the home of negative spirits. I'm a Christian. I wouldn't call myself a devout Christian but a believer non-the-less.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>So the cross is gone. Its missing. Girlfriend and myself at this stage gave up the notion of even looking for it after all it was gift from my cousin, a spiritual gift at that, a gift from the heart, no one else lived with us and objects get taken all the time, and items we eagerly search for never come back.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>Now its Saturday morning (movie day) and the cross has been gone for a few days and like most typical Saturdays in my house its laundry day. By 11am I'm doing my laundry because in a few hours I'm going to leave and go meet one of my bed friends for drinks and movies. The guys, us geeks if you will are descending into Bellevue WA to watch the Capt American Winter Soldier movie GF doesn't get into stuff like that but I do. us guys do.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>I began my first load of laundry - colored clothing. GF, Tina is to and fro around the house doing her own thing. While my clothes is washing I decide to go into my office and watch TV, work on my PC , post in forums like this in search for answers to our Poltergeist problem.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>About an hour later I notice something peculiar. My 1st load of clothing is still washing. Now I know there are long wash cycles but this was weird my brain knows how long it takes for my clothes to wash. So I'm in my office and I glance towards the wash room hoping to here the beep beep beep, the noise the washing makes it's done. Clothes don't wash for an hour, esp my clothes, esp a light load of clothing. So I glance at the wash room and sort of look at the time on my PC toolbar and raise an eye brow and after that I mentally shrug it off and keep working. A few minutes later I hear this knocking sound, banging, knocking. You know the sound the washing machine or dryer makes when you have shoes or a big object in it. So I hear this noise and its clearly coming from the washing machine - and once again I glance up from my PC and turn to face the washing machine or wash room I should say. Now in my mind I'm thinking - that sound wasn't there before? All I put in the washing machine was clothing. Coins, chap stick, keys, etc wouldn't make that noise. And even if it did those sounds would have been heard almost immediately. At this point the cycle had run near to over an hour. So why the loud noises now? Now normally I would get up. Walk to the washing machine and open and see what the commotion is about. But something prevented that idea from crossing my mind in that I was either pre-occupied on my PC or pre-occupied watching TV. It was very uncharacteristic of me to not stop what I was doing and investigate. Looking back and reliving the moment, It felt weird for me to not get up and investigate the noise esp with the previous events happening in this house. I acknowledged the noise and length of time it was taking for that load to complete and stayed in my office.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>A few minutes later the washing machine finally beeps informing me that the load is complete. Few minutes after the beep I get up and go to the washing machine to remove my clothes from washing machine to the dryer. As I'm pulling out clothes and tossing them into the dryer (few inches away) I immediately grab something solid. Not clothing. Not shoes. Not anything except a metallic-wooden cross. I didn't know what it was until I pulled it out of the washing machine.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>There in my hand, wet and etc. Was the missing cross my cousin gave me. Two key points I want to make before I submit this story to you (which is 100% true). Some will say "well maybe the cross was already in there to begin with." Not so. As I mentioned above the bang, knocking noise, the noise we all are familiar with-those who have done laundry-where large objects i.e. shoe, etc are in the machine. The noise would have been heard early on, esp during the spin cycle. The knocking noises I heard began 15 minutes before the washing was complete. When my machine is done it beeps. And also the washing machine was empty when I filled it with my clothing. Some might say well maybe you put the cross in the machine when you loaded it up with clothes. Nope. It was a colored clothing(Machine Wash COLD/WARM). I sorted my clothing carefully meaning items go into the machine almost one by one. A cross this size is not going to be grabbed by mistake.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>Someone will also say well maybe your GF put the cross in the machine. My GF was not even near the washing machine. I never left my office. The washroom sits right outside my office. And she wouldn't stop my wash load regardless. I do my laundry and she does hers.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>I had to get those particulars out the way because I know how some people like to gravitate to the obvious. And that understandable but allow me to paint the picture near perfect as possible because it even hasn't began to get weird yet. In my hand is the cross my cousin gave me. Its wet and broken (see pic below). I then call my girlfriend and when she comes to the hallway we both examine the cross top to bottom. It had been taken the week before. About 4-5 days prior.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>Like I said before this would not be the 1st, 2nd , or 3rd time something like this has happened in my house. Now you see the reason why we're displaying the religious objects is because of the stuff happening before, during, and after this cross went missing. Interesting enough after I glued this cross back together and placed it back in its original spot. It would be taken a few more times. Never re-appeared in the washing machine again though.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>The other tricks the Poltergeists did or would do with this same cross I will share later on. This is a forum for sharing Ghost encounters or Paranormal experiences. So I'm sharing.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span><span><span><a href="http://s299.photobucket.com/user/macqdor/media/Stafford%20Way/IMG_20140524_151512188.jpg.html">http://s299.photobucket.com/user/macqdor/media/Stafford%20Way/IMG_20140524_151512188.jpg.html</a></span></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span><span><span><a href="http://s299.photobucket.com/user/macqdor/media/Stafford%20Way/IMG_20140630_180411213.jpg.html">http://s299.photobucket.com/user/macqdor/media/Stafford%20Way/IMG_20140630_180411213.jpg.html</a></span></span></span></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779604,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">living_kitchen-floor2.JPG</a></p></div>Hotel with a hospital history.https://booalert.com/forum/topics/hotel-with-a-hospital-history2015-09-14T20:16:15.000Z2015-09-14T20:16:15.000ZDavidhttps://booalert.com/members/David563<div><p>Hi,</p><p>I have recently uploaded a video of the one and only experience of what I can only call paranormal.</p><p>This happened a few years ago and I have never had any other type of experience like it. The hotel room I stayed in had allsorts of orbs flying around that I could only see on the screen of my iphone.</p><p>This happened around 4AM every morning but one particular morning it scared me to the point of changing rooms. I'm not easily scare and was a sceptic but after years of looking at paranormal channels and blogs I'm beginning to wish I had the chance to do I all over again with test equipment to capture better results.</p><p>Please check out the video and let me know what you think.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://booalert.com/video/14-september-2015">http://booalert.com/video/14-september-2015</a></p><p>Kind Regards</p><p>Dave</p></div>Anyone want to buy a castle?https://booalert.com/forum/topics/anyone-want-to-buy-a-castle2015-01-13T06:08:29.000Z2015-01-13T06:08:29.000ZTobyhttps://booalert.com/members/Toby<div><p><a href="https://homes.yahoo.com/news/castle-wire-haunted-14th-century-155144406.html">https://homes.yahoo.com/news/castle-wire-haunted-14th-century-155144406.html</a></p><p>I imagine that many castles would be haunted.</p></div>320 xnig.?https://booalert.com/forum/topics/320-xnig-12015-01-03T01:23:30.000Z2015-01-03T01:23:30.000ZMidgethttps://booalert.com/members/Midget<div>So I was looking around and it said 320 FOUND xnig. What does that mean</div>320 xnig.?https://booalert.com/forum/topics/320-xnig2015-01-03T01:23:29.000Z2015-01-03T01:23:29.000ZMidgethttps://booalert.com/members/Midget<div>So I was looking around and it said 320 FOUND xnig. What does that mean</div>Ward off Witcheshttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/ward-off-witches2014-11-07T09:51:14.000Z2014-11-07T09:51:14.000ZCarolhttps://booalert.com/members/Carol<div>Why would people think. squiggly lines would ward off evil?<a href="http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/witch-marks-carved-into-17th-century-estate-141106.htm?AID=11732244&PID=6151680&SID=ev04gye39it3&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.discovery.com%2Fhistory%2Farchaeology%2Fwitch-marks-carved-into-17th-century-estate-141106.htm&ecid=AFF-7975437&pa=affcj&PCID=2470763">http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/witch-marks-carved-into-17th-century-estate-141106.htm?AID=11732244&PID=6151680&SID=ev04gye39it3&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.discovery.com%2Fhistory%2Farchaeology%2Fwitch-marks-carved-into-17th-century-estate-141106.htm&ecid=AFF-7975437&pa=affcj&PCID=2470763</a></div>Is this the new trend?https://booalert.com/forum/topics/is-this-the-new-trend2014-10-30T15:09:49.000Z2014-10-30T15:09:49.000ZJackie Antonhttps://booalert.com/members/JackieAnton<div><p><a href="https://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces/haunted-homes-for-sale----including-site-of-notorious--controversial-execution-194621951.html">https://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces/haunted-homes-for-sale----including-site-of-notorious--controversial-execution-194621951.html</a></p></div>WOW! They see them too!https://booalert.com/forum/topics/wow-they-see-them-too2014-10-28T09:58:06.000Z2014-10-28T09:58:06.000ZJohn Bakerhttps://booalert.com/members/JohnBaker<div><p></p><p><span style="font-size:13px;"><a href="https://celebrity.yahoo.com/photos/celebrities-who-have-seen-a-ghost-1412959055-slideshow/">https://celebrity.yahoo.com/photos/celebrities-who-have-seen-a-ghost-1412959055-slideshow/</a></span></p></div>Connecticut Ghost Town up for salehttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/connecticut-ghost-town-up-for-sale2014-10-19T14:53:45.000Z2014-10-19T14:53:45.000ZMartha Phttps://booalert.com/members/MarthaP<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779315,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="640" class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779315,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3206779315?profile=original" /></a><a href="http://http//www.newser.com/story/197424/ghost-town-up-for-auction.html" target="_blank">http://http://www.newser.com/story/197424/ghost-town-up-for-auction.html</a></p><p>Bidders who aren't scared off by million-dollar purchases can take possession of an American ghost town in Connecticut. Johnsonville was a robust mill community in the 19th century, but it is now abandoned and up for sale at <a href="http://www.auction.com/Connecticut/commercial-auction-asset/193019417-7801-Village-Of-Johnsonville-MOODUS-CT-06469-B141" target="_blank">auction.com</a>. Bids start at $800,000, and the top one will get a 62-acre site that includes a large family home, a general store, a chapel, a wooden dam, and a covered bridge. A millionaire named Ray Schmitt bought the site in the 1960s and "began restoring it to its former grandeur," explains a <a href="http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/trick-treat-auctioncom-rm-bradley-sell-connecticut-ghost-town-just-time-halloween-1958316.htm" target="_blank">press release</a> about the sale. He set about moving quaint New England structures into the village in the apparent hope of creating a tourist attraction on the former mill site, reports the <a href="http://www.courant.com/community/east-haddam/hc-east-haddam-johnsonville-for-sale-20141012-story.html" target="_blank"><em>Hartford Courant</em></a>. It never quite took off, however.</p><p class="storyParagraph" style="margin-bottom:5px;">Schmitt died in 1998 and various development plans have fizzled over the years, leading to the current auction. The village, located within East Haddam, has eight structures in all. As with any self-respecting ghost town, rumors of hauntings abound—with some saying the spirit of Schmitt himself remained (to see his dream through) and others claiming the spirits of mill workers haunt one home, reports the <a href="http://www.ctpost.com/realestate/article/How-much-would-you-pay-for-a-Connecticut-ghost-5827070.php" target="_blank"><em>Connecticut Post</em></a>. Who definitely has been there: Hollywood. The press release notes the buildings have featured in films like <em>Freedom</em> (which starred Cuba Gooding, Jr.); the location was also used in Billy Joel's "River of Dreams" video. Bidding gets underway on Oct. 28, just in time for Halloween. (Click to read about a home sale that <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/197239/home-buyers-pay-extra-120k-for-familys-cat.html">included a $122,000 cat</a>.)</p></div>Home of Ancient Cult Found in Israelhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/home-of-ancient-cult-found-in-israel2014-10-19T14:41:05.000Z2014-10-19T14:41:05.000ZMartha Phttps://booalert.com/members/MarthaP<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779229,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" class="align-left" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779229,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="3206779229?profile=original" /></a><a href="http://http//www.newser.com/story/197256/home-of-ancient-cult-found-in-israel.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_topnews" target="_blank">http://http://www.newser.com/story/197256/home-of-ancient-cult-found-in-israel.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_</a></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;margin:1em 0in;line-height:19.8pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;">Archeologists in Israel have discovered a 3,300-year-old complex where an ancient cult likely gathered, <a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/10/14/Massive-clubhouse-of-ancient-cult-found-in-Israel/9231413314705/" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">UPI</font></a> reports. The complex, at a site known as Tel Burna, is made up of rooms surrounding a giant courtyard measuring 52 feet by 52 feet. It's not certain who the cult worshiped, but based on the "letters of Ugarit" (a site located in what is now Syria), experts figure it was probably the Canaanite storm god known as Baal. Canaanites, the <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/canaanite-storm-god-3300-year-old-cult-complex-discovered-tel-burna-israel-1470167" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';"><font color="#003399">International Business Times</font></span></em></a> explains, were people living in the region between approximately the early Bronze Age and the beginning of the Common Era. The complex yielded an array of items including pieces of face masks, person-sized ceramic jars, and animal bones that may indicate animal sacrifices took place there.</span></p><p style="background:#FFFFFF;margin:1em 0in 3.75pt;line-height:19.8pt;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:9.5pt;">As for the masks, they "may suggest ceremonial processions that arrived or left from the complex," a researcher tells <a href="http://www.livescience.com/48262-ancient-cult-complex-discovered.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">LiveScience</font></a>. In addition, archaeologists found three connected cups whose use they're unsure of, though they note "joint vessels similar in concept ... have been considered as cultic objects." Other items found include figurines that appear to show half-human, half-animal beings, as well as an artifact called a scarab, which bears an Egyptian hieroglyph. The <a href="http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/788/20141015/the-home-that-cults-built-storm-god-temple-found-in-israel-archaeology.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Science Times</font></a> reports that the discoveries show possible religious links between ancient civilizations; though it describes the site as "relatively secluded," both the cups and two large jars, for instance, appear to have originated in Cyprus. (In other archeological news out of Israel, a <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/192889/this-tiny-copper-awl-is-rewriting-history.html"><font color="#003399">copper awl has prompted</font></a> a rethinking of ancient history.)</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></div>It's Back.......https://booalert.com/forum/topics/it-s-back2014-10-09T06:11:46.000Z2014-10-09T06:11:46.000ZJohn Bakerhttps://booalert.com/members/JohnBaker<div><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/movies/its-official-ghostbusters-reboot-has-a-screenwriter-99513788572.html">https://www.yahoo.com/movies/its-official-ghostbusters-reboot-has-a-screenwriter-99513788572.html</a></p><p>Who ya gonna call.......</p><p></p></div>Ghosts Have Been Around For A Long Time!https://booalert.com/forum/topics/ghost-have-been-around-for-a-long-time2014-10-08T06:06:49.000Z2014-10-08T06:06:49.000ZAshleyhttps://booalert.com/members/Ashley<div><p>And you thought, you had problems! </p><p><a href="http://listverse.com/2014/08/21/10-unsolved-mysteries-from-ancient-times/">http://listverse.com/2014/08/21/10-unsolved-mysteries-from-ancient-times/</a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779302,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779302,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="632" class="align-full" alt="3206779302?profile=original" /></a></p></div>Another Hauntinghttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/another-haunting2014-09-09T02:52:23.000Z2014-09-09T02:52:23.000ZJannahttps://booalert.com/members/Janna<div><p>Was she trying to get out of her rent contract, or was her house really spooked?</p><p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/1458270/utah-haunted-house-family-flees-former-josh-and-susan-powell-home/">http://www.inquisitr.com/1458270/utah-haunted-house-family-flees-former-josh-and-susan-powell-home/</a></p></div>Real Ghosts Caught on Filmhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/real-ghosts-caught-on-film2014-08-28T10:32:54.000Z2014-08-28T10:32:54.000Zjoe searshttps://booalert.com/members/joesears<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779324,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779324,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a></p><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779324,original{{/staticFileLink}}"></a><a href="http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/new-quantum-camera-capable-of-snapping-photos-of-ghosts" target="_blank">http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/new-quantum-camera-capable-of-snapping-photos-of-ghosts</a><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779324,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="644" class="align-left" alt="3206779324?profile=original" /></p></div>Noises at Nighthttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/noises-at-night2014-08-28T04:40:06.000Z2014-08-28T04:40:06.000ZPaul Ludinhttps://booalert.com/members/PaulLudin<div><p>I heard a male's loud yawn last night. It was emanating from my room. No one is in my house. It was the strangest encounter yet!</p></div>Oregon's Haunted Places.https://booalert.com/forum/topics/oregon-s-haunted-places2014-07-31T18:59:15.000Z2014-07-31T18:59:15.000ZSiena Jacksonhttps://booalert.com/members/SienaJackson<div>I live in Oregon & love ghostly stuff, unusual stories, Legends & folklore. I love the book "Oregon's Ghosts & Monsters" by Mike Helm. My favorite are the light house ones & " Bandage man" altho they are very scary. Anyone else from Oregon?</div>Looking for A Ghost!https://booalert.com/forum/topics/looking-for-a-ghost2014-07-25T16:21:38.000Z2014-07-25T16:21:38.000ZAshleyhttps://booalert.com/members/Ashley<div><p>After reading Clyde's post about bringing the boo app with me to Luxor, got me thinking. What a fantastic idea! Thanks Clyde. I have downloaded the app after watching the bell witch cave video and will bring it with me on all my trips - especially Luxor! I will make videos and show you all the results of my amateur ghost hunting. </p></div>Dream Interpretationhttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/dream-interpretation2014-07-07T11:20:01.000Z2014-07-07T11:20:01.000ZJackie Antonhttps://booalert.com/members/JackieAnton<div><p>I had a dream about eating with a King. I don't know what country he was from, but is anyone good at interpretations?</p></div>Alcatraz Ghosthttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/alcatraz-ghost2014-06-19T06:06:37.000Z2014-06-19T06:06:37.000ZJohn Bakerhttps://booalert.com/members/JohnBaker<div><p>Another ghostly story from Alcatraz. I have no doubts whatsoever that the place is haunted.<a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779198,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="750" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3206779198,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="3206779198?profile=original" /></a></p></div>Paranormal or my mind playing tricks on me?https://booalert.com/forum/topics/paranormal-or-my-mind-playing-tricks-on-me2014-06-17T02:34:43.000Z2014-06-17T02:34:43.000ZTobyhttps://booalert.com/members/Toby<div><p>Can we blame every bump in the night paranormal activity? </p></div>A Dual Ghostly Experience!https://booalert.com/forum/topics/a-dual-ghostly-experience2014-06-15T13:05:02.000Z2014-06-15T13:05:02.000ZJodi Sykeshttps://booalert.com/members/JodiSykes<div><p><span class="font-size-3">I wanted to share my latest experience with you. My best friend of 32 years and I are both Mediums and have had lots of spiritual encounters over the years, but this one, by far was the most awesome!</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">It was her last week of school (she works as a school secretary) and I told her that I was going to go to her house and cook dinner for us. On my way, I stopped at the store to buy a few things, including lemons.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">When I got to her house, I started my preparations and put dinner in the oven. Her kitchen has windows and a counter that runs the whole length of the kitchen. As I stood at her sink washing some dishes, I felt the energy change in the room. Then I started slicing up some lemons and I heard and felt several heavy footsteps come up beside me and stop. I knew it was a man because Spirit gave me confirmation. I stopped what I was doing and asked aloud, "Who are you?" I didn't feel as if it was anyone that I once knew on the physical plane, and then the energy was gone.<br /></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">Forty-five minutes later, my friend came home, plopped her purse down on the table and said, "Jodi, you are not going to believe what happened to me a half hour before I left work." She proceeds to tell me that she was sitting at her desk, felt male energy stand beside her and all of a sudden, words and phrases started coming to her so she began taking notes, and ended up writing a poem. This spirit told her that he "loves standing in her kitchen and looking out the windows as she washes the dishes...the smell of lemons...peaceful house and kitchen!!!" I looked at my grocery store receipt to see what time I had approximately experienced my "visit" and it was right around the same time! </span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">So, we did a quick prayer for protection, grabbed a pen and notepad and called on this man...he was a writer from the early 1900's and all we got out of him was his first name and where he lived. I had lots of visions of his front porch, with him being a part of a writer's "community" and it was awesome. As soon as we did a closing prayer, we ate dinner and talked about it. My friend doesn't have a computer at home, so when I returned home, I started Googling the place where he said he lived and was able to look at images of houses that were similar to what I saw and, unfortunately, without a last name, I couldn't find him.</span></p><p><span class="font-size-3">This was, by far the coolest shared experience we've had. I was wondering if any of you have had similar experiences with someone. Please share!</span></p></div>I've been here before....https://booalert.com/forum/topics/i-ve-been-here-before2014-05-25T13:57:39.000Z2014-05-25T13:57:39.000ZAshleyhttps://booalert.com/members/Ashley<div><p>Have you ever been somewhere for the first time, yet you feel you've been there before? </p></div>The Dancing Planthttps://booalert.com/forum/topics/the-dancing-plant2014-05-12T13:43:23.000Z2014-05-12T13:43:23.000Zjoe searshttps://booalert.com/members/joesears<div><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313288/Dancing-plant-Video-shows-bizarre-shrub-violently-swaying-day-NO-WIND.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313288/Dancing-plant-Video-shows-bizarre-shrub-violently-swaying-day-NO-WIND.html</a></p></div>