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| Why did the ghost of Anne Walker haunt John Graeme, a miller in Durham, England, in 1681? | Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks (Charlie007) |
She wanted her murderers exposed.. Anne Walker's hideous, blood-drenched ghost appeared to James Graeme three times. She made it plain that she would not go away until Graeme went to the local magistrate and told him that she had been murdered by Mark Sharp, who had been hired by one of her relatives (by whom she was pregnant) to kill her. She also told the miller where her body could be found. Realizing that the haunting would not stop until she got her revenge, he went to the authorities with his strange story. They found her body thrown into a pit exactly where she said it would be. The killers were arrested, found guilty of her murder, and hung. After Graeme went to the authorities, Anne Walker's ghost was at rest and never bothered him again.
| Which wife of King Henry VIII is said to haunt the Tower of London? | Ghosts of England (vhallewell) |
Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn was Henry's second wife, who was beheaded at the Tower of London for the crime of treason against the King. She is said to be one of many headless apparitions at the Tower of London.
| Which US President visited the house of John Bell near Adams, Tennessee, and came away convinced the Bell Witch actually existed? | Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks (Charlie007) |
Andrew Jackson. It seems that the Bell Witch, as the spirit was called, was not impressed in the slightest by Old Hickory's visit and threw dishes and furniture at him. The honorable Mr. Jackson was said to have left in quite a rush! The Bell Witch started haunting the John Bell home in 1817 until 1821, when she announced that she was leaving but would return in seven years. She returned for a couple of weeks in 1828 before disappearing again. Some still think that she remains to this day and haunts a nearby cave on the banks of the Red River. This cave is, of course, called the Bell Witch Cave. The Tennessee Historical Commission has even erected a marker describing the Witch's tirade against the Bell household. Now, does anyone want to go check out that cave next to the Red River--maybe on a dark, rainy night about midnight, the Witching Hour?
| Which type of ghosts are known as "stalker" ghosts because they follow certain people while hiding in the darkness? | Ghosts (Teej417) |
Shadow People. I don't know a whole lot about these guys. I've heard stories about them, though. They usually seem pretty creepy, not nice, and have even been violent with the people they follow.
| Which Roman emperor's ghost haunts Rome's Santa Mario del Popolo Church? | Ghosts of Famous People (bullymom) |
Nero. The spot where the church now stands was supposedly haunted by the ghost of the demented Roman emperor for centuries. Nero committed suicide in 68 AD and was buried at the spot. After his death a large oak tree grew up from his grave and attracted his spirit to the earth, according to legend. People were so tired of his menacing ghost that in 1099 they submitted a petition to Pope Padschall II to do something about the situation. The Pope fasted and prayed for a period of time, after which the Virgin Mary appeared and gave him instructions on how to deal with the emperor who would not die. The oak tree was cut down, Nero's bones were dug up, and both were burned and tossed into the Tiber. In celebration of the successful exorcism, the chapel was built on the spot in 1472.
| Which river does Anne Boleyn cross every Christmas Eve? | Ghosts of England (vhallewell) |
River Eden. Well, Anne Boleyn is certainly a busy bee... She is said to cross the River Eden outside Haver Castle every Christmas Eve. If you look up the River Eden in relation to this claim, make sure it is the one in Kent not Cumbria.
| Which President commissioned L'Enfant to plan Washington? | Ghosts of Washington DC (easyrider312) |
Washington. L'Enfant was fired when he demolished a house because it blocked a view of the Capitol.
| Which hospital in London is haunted by Florence Nightingale? | Ghosts of England (vhallewell) |
St Thomas' Hospital. Florence Nightingale is rumoured to still lurk around the wards of St Thomas' Hospital in London. (I went to a school named St Thomas' and they said that was haunted as well!)
| Which ghost was mentioned in Bram Stoker's "Dracula"? | Ghosts of England (vhallewell) |
St Hilda of Whitby Abbey. Bram Stoker mentions St Hilda in his book "Dracula". She is a real ghost who haunts Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire.
| Which building which was located in Essex County in England, was known as "The most haunted house in England"? | Ghosts and Apparitions from Around the World (AuntieH) |
Borley Rectory. Borley rectory was the subject of many ghost haunting investigations, conducted between 1929 and 1938 by Harry Price, the founder of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research of London, and renowned ghost hunter. Price's experiences and findings were published in 1940 in his book, "The Most Haunted House in England".
| What strange thing haunted the area near Ladbroke Grove underground station in North Kensington, London? | Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks (Charlie007) |
A ghostly, red, double-decker bus. A ghostly double-decker red bus was reported on numerous occasions and supposedly caused several accidents and near accidents. After a fatal accident at this location, the local coroner found dozens of local residents who had seen the bus. After the road was straightened, the bus was not seen again--at least not at this notorious intersection. This is from "Ghosts and Poltergeist" by Frank Smyth.
| What kind of ghost is considered the 'playful' ghost because it knocks stuff off of shelves, shuts doors, etc. but has been known to hurt and even kill people? | Ghosts (Teej417) |
Poltergeists. Poltergeists are the playful ghosts, orbs are the balls of energy, shadow people are stalker-type ghosts, and 'time' ghosts are manifestations that are from another time that appear to be going about their business as if they are still in the time period they died in.
| What kind of ghost energy is usually seen in graveyards and resembles mist or smoke? | Ghosts (Teej417) |
Ectoplasm . Graveyards are the best place to go if you want to see ectoplasm. Other things such as orbs can be seen in graveyards but ectoplasm is by far the most common.
| What is the name of the supposedly haunted house built after the Revolutionary War by Benjamin Stoddert, overlooking the Potomac River? | Ghosts and Apparitions from Around the World (AuntieH) |
Halcyon House. In the 1930's the house was bought by Albert Clemons who mistakenly believed that he would not die if he added onto the house. Despite alterations such as a staircase that went nowhere, doors that opened onto walls and rooms without walls, Clemons died in 1938 after which, hauntings in the house increased. Ghosts reported to haunt the house include a phantom woman and Stoddart himself.
| What is the name of the Romanian child plagued by a poltergeist in the 1920s? | Ghosts and Apparitions from Around the World (AuntieH) |
Eleonore Zugun. When Eleonore was 12 she was on the way to her grandmother's home when she found some money. She spent it on sweets which she ate herself, without sharing with her cousins. When her grandmother found out, she said that Eleonore had found money left by the devil and so eating the sweets meant that she had eaten the devil. The poltergeist attacks began the next day and Eleonore went through many investigations, examinations and exorcisms until the phenomena finally stopped when she went through puberty.
| What is the name of the poltergeist that haunted a young girl in Brazil in the 1960s and is said to be one of the most vicious on record? | Ghosts and Apparitions from Around the World (AuntieH) |
Jaboticabal Poltergeist. This haunting began in Decemebr 1965 when a family was plagued with falling bricks inside the house. Maria Jose Ferreira, an 11-year-old girl living there was said to be the cause. Initially, Maria Jose was amused by the phenomena as the spirits would bring her items that she asked for, but the activity became increasingly violent over the next 2 years. Sadly, the attacks must have become too much for her as she was found dead at the age of 13 from an apparent suicide.
| What is the name for an evil ghost of the dead in South Asian Indian Lore? | Ghosts and Apparitions from Around the World (AuntieH) |
bhut. The bhut is especially related to deaths by execution, suicide or accident and can be detected by its nasal twang, fear of burning turmeric and its lack of shadow. It can be avoided by lying on the ground, as it never rests on the earth.
| What is the mist-like energy known as? | Ghosts (Teej417) |
Ectoplasm. Ectoplasm is most commonly seen in outdoor haunted places, such as graveyards. It can also give a cold feeling to people near it.
| What is considered the most haunted place in the world? | Ghosts (Teej417) |
Chillingham Castle, England. Chillingham Castle has had thousands of murders in its years. Most of the people murdered still haunt the place today. Chillingham is the home of the famous Gray Room. No one has been able to sleep in this room because of the feeling of being watched. There is also the Pink Room which is where a boy had been murdered and has been seen here ever since.
| What form do Kelpies usually appear in? | Ghosts and Apparitions from Around the World (AuntieH) |
a horse. Kelpies are malevolent water spirits originally from Scotland. They are harbingers of death by drowning and according to legend, nothing can prevent the tragedy from happening.
| What fiendish thing has been seen haunting an area of Pond Square in London's Highgate area? | Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks (Charlie007) |
A half-naked, half-frozen chicken. A scary half-naked, half-frozen chicken has been seen on numerous occasions haunting the area of Pond Square in London's Highgate. It seems the great Sir Francis Bacon decided to do an experiment with snow and decided to have his coachman buy, then kill and then pluck most of the feathers off the chicken. He then proceeded to stuff the chicken with snow and into a sack. However Bacon took ill and collapsed in the snow himself, and he died a few days later. No one knows what happened to the chicken during all this, but its shade has been observed on several occasions. Plucked of its feathers, the poor bird appears to flop around in circles and is quite hideous to look at. Of course it always disappears when someone tries to catch it. Anyone for fried chicken? Thank you for taking my quiz. I hope you enjoyed taking it as much as I did making it.
| What famous lady's ghost is said to haunt the Tower Of London? | Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks (Charlie007) |
Anne Boleyn. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of England's King Henry VIII. She was beheaded in 1536. Her ghost has supposedly taken up residences in the Tower of London where she lived out the last months of her life.
| What famous headless pirate is said to haunt North Carolina's Ocracoke Island? | Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks (Charlie007) |
Blackbeard. It has been said on moonlit nights that Blackbeard's headless shade can be seen swimming in the Ocracoke Island cove where Edward Teach (better known as Blackbeard) died. In November, 1718 after a tremendous sea battle with the British navy led by Lt. Robert Maynard, Blackbeard finally succumbed to five bullets and over 20 sword wounds. His head was hung on the British ship, but it was rumored that his headless body swam around the boat three times before sinking. It is also said that sometimes a headless ghost holding a lantern can be seen wandering the local beaches looking for its head.
| What famous ghost ship inspired Wagner to write an opera? | Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks (Charlie007) |
Flying Dutchman. The 17th century sailing ship, "Flying Dutchman", has been seen by generations of sailors. Its appearance usually portends diaster, so the sight of the huge sailing ship is an unwelcome one. Wagner's opera "Der Fliegende Hollander" was inspired by the "Flying Dutchman" legend.
| What famous apparition on horseback appeared to the 20th Maine Division on their way to join the Union Army at Gettysburg in July, 1863? | Ghosts Apparitions and Spooks (Charlie007) |
George Washington. A Union general, several officers, and hundreds of soldiers insisted George Washington on horseback showed them the right way to go at a fork in the roads on the way to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The 20th Maine Division arrived at Gettysburg in time to help capture a very strategic area of the battlefield called Little Round Top.
| What does EMF stand for? | Ghosts (Teej417) |
Electro-Magnetic Fields . Ghosts are known to create EMFs and detectors can measure how much is in the area.
| True or false: One of the things people forget about the most while ghost hunting is to ask permission before going on someone's property? | Ghosts (Teej417) |
t. This can be considered trespassing.
| Thorpe Hall in Lincolnshire is haunted by a Spanish woman, but why did she choose this place? | Ghosts of England (vhallewell) |
Her spirit followed the owner (and her lover) home after her death. Although Lincolnshire is a nice county, this particular ghost did in fact follow her lover back to England after her death. He was Sir John Bolle, the owner of Thorpe Hall.
| The Staus Poltergiest was a 19th-century spirit that plagued the Joller family for 2 years, but in which European country is the village of Staus? | Ghosts and Apparitions from Around the World (AuntieH) |
Switzerland. Staus is situated on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Joller was a distinguished lawyer and member of the Swiss national council, but he was ridiculed and forced to leave his home after independent observers were unable to experience any poltergeist activity. The case remains unsolved.
| The spirit of King Arthur is rumoured to have remained where? | Ghosts of England (vhallewell) |
Tintagel Castle in Cornwall. King Arthur is rumoured to still be at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall. The reason why he may have chosen this castle is that in 1139, Geoffrey de Monmouth published a book which claimed that Tintagel Castle was the birthplace of King Arthur.
| The Los Angeles Pet Cemetery in California is where a lot of celebrity pets are buried. There have been many sightings here, but most notably of Kabar. What was Kabar? | Ghosts (afterblue) |
A great Dane. Kabar died in 1929. He was the dog of Rudolph Valentino. Apparently, he makes frequent appearances by his grave to lick all passersby.
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