Warning: Don't Mess With Ouija Boards!

You see them in horror movies. You see them in stores on the same shelf as Monopoly and other board games. You may even see one in your own home. In fact, the first time I saw a Ouija board was in my home. I didn't think anything about Ouija boards being demonic or dangerous when I was a kid. My cousin and I were experimenting with it one day, and when she asked if the guys from her favorite rock group were devil worshipers, the planchette slowly made its way to "yes". And that was it - nothing really creepy. I guess I was just lucky because many other people have suffered horrible consequences of playing with Ouija boards. I will tell their horror stories in this post, starting with a few vids.



This next vid is kind of corny with the guy playing computer music, but it tells a tragic story.



Jim Eaton, the paranormal expert at Ghoststudy.com, sums up Ouija boards in a nutshell in this article.  He covers all the bases in an in-depth Q&A format and describes how Ouija board users can end up being demon possessed.  He also describes the different stages of possession in all their gory details.  I must warn you: the final stage of possession is extremely creepy and tragic (more on this in a future post).

Eaton also has several photographs of actual entities summoned up through Ouija boards (orb pictures not included).

Met Them Through Ouija Board!
Activity Around the Ouija Board!
Terror In the Window!
Entity Caught By Surprise!
Gettysburg Ghost - you have to scroll down to see it

Website of Honor: Lost Destinations

Lost Destinations has been one of my absolute favorite websites ever since I first discovered it six years ago. It has actually been on the Internet for eleven years, and is one of the longest-lasting urban exploration sites. Its webmistress, Shady, has explored scores of creepy places, taken hundreds of pictures, and written tons of brilliant, spine-tingling descriptions of these places. On the site you will find pictures of every kind of abandoned place you can possibly imagine - houses, businesses, old graveyards, and deserted New Jersey roads. Shady also has a paranormal subsection jam-packed with ghost pictures, videos, and stories.

I am really glad that Lost Destinations is still with us after 11 years. There have been so many wonderful sites that have been lost over the past few years. One of those casualties was www.midnightsociety.com. Back in 2003 and 2004, it was an enormous site with as much content as Lost Destinations, if not more. Sadly, all that remains when you type in the address in your browser is a virtual obituary saying that "this domain is for sale". It has been this way for about four or five years now.

It is my hope that Shady will keep Lost Destinations for another 11 years. Keep up the good work, Shady!

Creepy Faces in Creepy Abandoned Houses

We see them in every town, and you may have one in your own neighborhood. Yes, I'm talking about creepy, run-down, abandoned old houses. Not surprisingly, some of them are haunted. The very advanced age and ramshackle condition are enough to make a house creepy, whether someone lives in it or not. When such a dwelling is abandoned, the creepiness factor automatically rises. Add to that a creepy ghost face staring at you from a broken window and then your hair will stand up on end.

First, I'd like to present some hair-raising videos of some hair-raising abandonments. Special thanks to YouTube and the people who made these videos and posted them.







There are many more videos like this, but I'll save them for another post. Let's move on to some photographs! Special thanks to Jim Eaton and the people who submitted these to his site Ghoststudy.com.

Abandoned House Has Occupant
Ghost in Abandoned House
Not So Vacant Trailer
Would You Rent This House?
Big Ghost in the Window - Not run-down or abandoned, but haunted
Spirit Taking Residence - Not run-down or abandoned either, but haunted anyway
Haunted House Being Moved

Our last stop is my virtual archives library. Here we have some spine-tingling real-life stories from the past involving abandoned haunted houses. Special thanks to the archives people at Unsolved Mysteries and all the writers of the following stories.

The Fiery Image in the Old Abandoned House
Was There Really a Party in the Abandoned House?
Vacant House....I Think Not!
My Stories from a Haunted House I Frequent
The Old Haunted House....Lovable Lion
The Potter House, Bowling Green OH
The House of Murder
The House, the Spirit, the Dream, the Attack, and the Truth
Don't Let Go of My Hand!

WHEW! That's gonna be all for now. Enjoy!

Shadow Ghosts and Creepy Pictures of Them

If you hang out on ghost photography sites, then you probably have seen shadow ghosts, or "shadow people". There seems to be quite a rash of them nowadays. Some say they are spirits of dead people, others say they are demons, and some even go so far as to call them aliens, but they are creepy-looking regardless. The following pictures are from Ghoststudy.com, which is the best ghost picture site in all of cyberspace. I'd like to thank Jim Eaton of Ghoststudy for granting me permission to link to his pictures, and I'd like to thank everybody who submitted these pictures.

Shadow Ghost Squeezes By
Shadow Ghost in Window - looks like a demon - EEK!
Husband Comes Back as a Shadow
Swirling Shadow Ghost
Winchester Mystery House Ghost
Shadow in an Abandoned Building
Asylum Cam Shadow Ghost
Shadow Ghost Caught on Film
Shadow Ghost Out of the Basement
Shadow Person in Cemetery
Shadows and Flames
Shadow Person in Graveyard - looks like a Photoshop fake
Creepy Shadow Person in Ireland
Shadow Ghost in the House
Shadow Entity in the Hall
Shadow Ghost Caught on Cam

Jim also has WAY more shadow ghost pics in his Secret Crypt, but you have to be a paying member to see them. Anyway, enjoy!