Tonight, I saw a program that I just caught the tail end of a few times before.  It was called Psychic Kids, and it was actually a pretty good show, other than the fact that it seems to focus on being scared.  The mothers are always very clingy and protective, and it seems like they make the situation way worse than it has to be. 

I know that I go down and sit with Sera, but I don’t feed into the fear.  I try to sit with her and understand what is going on, and then talk to her about why it might be happening.  We have tried to talk to them to find out what it is that they want, and we have tried to tell them to go away when we need rest.  For the most part, I think that she has become less afraid, but more frustrated because they don’t seem to want to leave us alone. 

A friend of mine suggested that we contact these people, after she read some of our posts.  I have thought about it, and maybe it would be a good experience for her to meet other kids that are going through similar things.  I know that I would have been happy to meet other kids with my abilities when I was growing up.  I had to live and learn through it all alone, my parents did not talk about these things growing up, even though they both experienced similar things.  It wasn’t until I was an adult that I found out about it.  I guess she is lucky to at least have me.

Alcatraz Prison is located in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, on Alcatraz Island.  The water surrounding the island is known for its extremely cold temperatures and strong currents, which made it almost impossible for a prisoner to escape without drowning, and making it an ideal place for a prison.  Construction of the prison began in 1859 and continued through 1912.  In 1933, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, declared Alcatraz a Federal prison that would be home to some of the most hardened and most problematic prisoners in its system.  There were many incidents of suicide, murder, and violence within the walls of Alcatraz, and these incidents resulted in many more residual energy imprints left behind for us to experience.  

Alcatraz Prison is now a museum, and a National Park, and there have been numerous reports of experiences by Park officials as well as visitors.  Silvia Brown, a well known psychic/medium, with her well known Spirit Guide Francine, have also been invited guests of Alcatraz, and a she even performed a seance in an attempt to free some of the souls imprisoned within the walls of Alcatraz today.  Park officials have reported hearing voices and screams in what used to be the Hospital ward.  There have been reports of footsteps, voices, screaming, and crashing sounds coming from both Blocks A and B.  The stressful and traumatic events that took place within the walls of Alcatraz have left intense impressions, some of the worst felt in the area of 14D, where the ”steel boxes” were kept.  These steel boxes deprived a prisoner of almost all of his sensory stimulation, and I can only imagine the traumatic experience that would have been for any length of time.

In 1963 the old prison buildings began to crumble, probably as a result of the weather and elements of the San Francisco Bay, and the prison was closed.  Today, you can take a guided tour of the prison, and walk around the prison grounds.  I hear that the grounds and the views are breathtaking.  I hope that someday I will be able to go back to Alcatraz, visit the museum, or take the guided tour.  Maybe, I could even take a few really good pictures.

Resurrection Mary is one of the Chicago’s best known ghosts. There have been reports of experiences with her since the early 1930’s. It is said that a young woman dressed in formal wear wanders Northeast on Archer Avenue, between Willowbrook Ballroom and Resurrection Cemetery. There have been many reports by men traveling on this street  that they have picked up a hitchhiker in a white formal dress. She is blond haired, blue eyed, and quiet, but when they near the cemetery she asks to be let out. Once she enters the cemetery she then vanishes. 

The story behind this ghostly encounter is that a young woman who decided to walk home from a dance after an argument with her boyfriend. While walking along the road she was struck by a hit-and-run driver and was left for dead. The driver was never found. Her parents found her dead body the next day and were heartbroken. She was buried in Resurrection Cemetery.

This was one of three experiences of this kind that I would have in this house. Both the second and third time that this happened I did not see it until it was already on my chest and woke me from sleep. Luckily I am a very light sleeper. I started using my paint rock for protection which seemed work because I have not had a problem.