Engaging Paranormal Tales - Happy Halloween!

"There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception." - Aldous Huxley, Quotes.

OddsnEnds - 

• He says possession is rare - but real. And he's the 'go-to guy for Exorcists'. - CNN
• Kansas City Haunts - Real Trauma, Real Ghosts in and near KC. Visit KC

KC Haunts - As part of a paranormal group, I visited one business in Lenexa a few years ago that sold and has since remained vacant. Actively haunted. The owner decided to sell after multiple attempts by various groups failed to calm the place. Concerned about the chaos and for her [at the time] teenage daughter working alone in the building.

Noted: ongoing encounters with ghosts. Visitors, including children, reported sightings of  a young child standing near the checkout counter. Some reported being touched.

Verna, Ghost Tales

Ghost Tales of Weston had an unexpected highlight this year.

Two visitors came up for the day and happened to capture a very unique photo of something standing near a window of a vacant room in the Saint George Hotel. The photo soon went viral and was reported on a local TV station.

Only after the two stopped in for lunch across the street at Main Street Galleria did they discover the haunted history of the hotel.

A staple on the annual ghost tour, stories about the hotel include the past history and current ghost encounters.

Curious? Book room 308, 306 or 302 

and then consider the ghosts inhabit the entire building.

One of the most chilling present day encounters involved a local high school student who had just started working at the hotel when she tried to change a burned out light bulb.

Standing on a ladder, she witnessed the bulb turn - by itself - in the socket. And then it shattered.

She immediately resigned and wanted nothing else to do with the building. I know the long-time news reporter who relayed that story. The girl was a friend of his daughter.

I sat across from Chris Williams at the Ghost Tales event last year and heard him talk about his experience in a Saint George hotel bathroom. He posted part of that story on this site.

The last few sentences sum it up. "My heart was racing, and my BP was elevated. The whispers subsided the minute she (his wife) came for me, and as soon as I was calmed down enough, I exited through the back door. I didn’t want to be alone, for fear that I drop dead. There is a lot more to the story, but it’s a lot to type right now. This made me a true believer, and it truly scared me, almost to death."

Scents and spooky ambiance on the Weston Ghost Tour.

Those who work in local businesses are confronted with a different reality when they discover that encounters have nothing to do with belief.

Weston is a hot spot for paranormal activity. Fair warning - much of the town is haunted.

One very active location at this time is the Weston Bend Candle Company. 

Results are expected in the next week or two from the recent investigation by a paranormal group. They did offer a hint as they left the building. It was, "...a very active night".


Halloween Treat (and trick) - Ghostwatch, a British reality–horror/mockumentary television movie, first broadcast on BBC1 on 31 October (Halloween), 1992. Subsequently banned from British TV (for being unreal). 

Related Links - 
Ghostwatch.net tracking real ghosts and true stories
UK - Society for Psychical Research

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Paul Rimmasch - Fingerprints and Phantoms - CSI Paranormal with a bit of Spooky on the side

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown” - H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature, Quotes. 

OddsnEnds - 

• Story 1 - Man says Ghost stabbed him. Possible Meth related. News item reported by OPSO.
• Story 2 - Man says Ghost stabbed him. Not on Meth. This is the story I heard when I sat at the same table with him last year at the Ghost Tales of Weston dinner.
       - Posted on Haunted Places, small part of the story of his experience at the Saint George Hotel in Weston, Missouri: "What happened to me next is something I will Never forget. I then had sharp stabbing pain in my chest and shoulder. I felt like someone was cutting into these areas. I felt this panic and terror take hold of me, and I went into full panic mode. I thought I was going to die, and it came out of nowhere. I began saying someone help me out loud, and I then began to message my wife, then tried to call, but my service there was horrible. I finally called my cousin and told him I was not doing well, and he advised me to eat, as it was late afternoon, and I hadn’t eaten all day. I had a mimosa on the table, and I couldn’t even drink it, because I couldn’t leave the restroom...
• More true haunts? Try Snap Judgement Spooked. NPR First hand accounts of scary stuff.
• Road trip required: Psychic capital of the World. Cassadaga, Florida. Mysterious Universe. 

What show generated an avalanche of complaints, jammed the switchboard at the BBC, and even caused questions to be raised in Parliament? Stephen Volk, BAFTA award-winning screenwriter, talks about the creation and aftermath of his notorious "live" TV drama Ghostwatch.



A retrospective documentary, Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains, based on the film's lasting impact, was released on DVD in 2013 (having been in production between 2007 and 2012), featuring interviews with many of the original cast and crew.
Brief Background on Ghostwatch: YouTube

Details on the annual commemorative séance. Twitter: Ghostwatch.

Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview 10/28/18 - Fingerprints and Phantoms.

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Veteran crime scene investigator, Paul Rimmasch (Bio), offers 26 stories of paranormal unexplained. True stories from those who may or may not believe in ghosts - even after witnessing such an event.

Paul says personal experience made him curious about what others might have encountered. As a fan of campfire tales, he started collecting stories. With respect to those involved who may wish to remain anonymous, names and details have been altered but the events are as reported. He had not intended to write a book on ghosts but ...

Fortunately other law enforcement colleagues were willing to share their encounters and the ghost theme became apparent. In addition to that however, at least one story truly boggles. It involves phantom dogs.

He says he has more than enough stories for another book or two. Given that Ghost stories are best shared, hopefully, he'll follow-up with a second installment.

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