Some of the Best Places to Find Ghosts

Posted by scarygeek on December 5, 2009 at 08:58 am

Ghosts can be found in many places, including your very own home.  It doesn’t matter how old your home is, either. I have had most of my own encounters in the homes that I lived in and they were no more than 30 years old. The older a building or place is, the longer it has had time to have events and history imprinted on it. Here are some other places you are most likely to find paranormal activity:

 Cemeteries – Cemeteries represent portals to the next world, and this makes them great places to find ghosts.  Orbs, shadow figures, transparent, and solid human forms are commonly found in cemeteries.

 In your home or other buildings:

 Hallways – I have my own theories about hallways as they also represent a passage from one place to another.  In my own experiences, and that of others I know, hallways are a common area for paranormal activity.  Here you will likely see apparitions walking and trying to open doors.

 Stairways – Another of my own theories, stairways represent a passage from one place to another.  In my own experiences, stairways have always been a source of paranormal activity as well.  Here, I have seen shadow figures and apparitions walking up and down the stairs.

 Doorways - Doorways also represent a passage from one place to another, and many times I have found ghosts to be standing in them.

 Churches – Churches can be an excellent place to find paranormal activity, especially old ones.

 Schools – Another good source of psychic energy and imprinting can be found in schools.

 Hospitals/Nursing Homes – Hospitals deal with death, illness, and near death experience which makes them a great site to look for paranormal activity.

 Hotels/Motels – Hotels and motels have been shelter to many people and many older hotels have great ghost stories to tell.

 Historical Buildings and Locations – This is just common sense.  We have talked about imprinting and these historic locations have definitely been imprinted on.

 Mirrors – Lets not forget to check all mirrors, as ghosts will manifest themselves in them.  I know of many stories about this phenomenon.

Cachtice Castle – Erzsebet Bathory

Posted by scarygeek on December 3, 2009 at 09:54 am

I love old castles and Gothic style buildings. This is the Cachtice Castle located in Slovakia, in a small town called Cachtice. Having been home to one of the worst female serial killers in history, it is nowa castle ruin which has been made a national nature reserve because of the rare plant life that it now resides. Erzsebet Bathory, a famous female vampire was said to have been bricked into this castle after having brutally murdered over 600 young women, and being convicted of 80. She died here four years later.

Female Vampires In History – Erzsebet Bathory

Posted by scarygeek on December 2, 2009 at 23:22 pm

One of the most famous female vampires in history was Erzsebet Bathory (1560-1614).  She was known as The Blood Countess of Hungary, and her victims numbered more than 650.  She lured young women to her castle with the promise of well-paying jobs and, once there, she imprisoned them.  She then tortured her victims by mutilating their hands, biting off the skin of their faces, and severe beatings that almost always ended in death.  Bathory then bathed in the blood of her victims in hopes of retaining her youthful beauty.  She was tried and convicted of 80 deaths of young girls and women, and was bricked into her castle where she died four years later.

Sources:

Wikipedia

How To Be A Vampire, Amy Gray

Real Vampires in History – Vlad the Impaler, Vlad III, Vlad Dracula

Posted by scarygeek on November 30, 2009 at 22:49 pm

The existence of Vampires has been documented throughout history, and their stories are truly horrifying. Vlad Tepes (1431-1476), was born in December of 1431, in the Transylvanian city of Sighisoara. Vlad was know for his inhumane cruelty, and it is said that he was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Also known as Vlad III and Vlad Dracula, he is one of the most famous and terrifying vampires of all time. It is said that he tortured an unbelievable amount of between 40,000 to 100,000 victims by impaling them on stakes. This was done in a public display, to warn his adversaries, and to punish those that did not adhere to his very strict moral code. This was a without a doubt, the most horrific and slow death anyone can possibly imagine. The process of impaling started with a horse tied to each of the victims legs. When secured a blunted stake was inserted, usually through the rectum and was slowly pushed through the victims body, with extra care taken not to be too quick, because he did not want the victim to die too soon from shock. Adults were not his only victims, as the babies of his female victims were impaled through the chest of their mothers. The bodies of these victims  were left to rot for months on end, lining the streets, and detouring would-be criminals and travelers with the stench of their decay.

Vlads preferred form of torture was, unfortunately, not his only form of torture. He was also known to sever limbs, and cut off ears and noses. He sometimes burned his victims or blinded them. He even pounded nails into their heads, sometimes with their very own hats on their heads. He was also known to mutilate his victims sexual organs, especially those of the female kind. He was a very vile man, and none of this gruesomeness seemed to distrub him. He was known to sometimes dine in the midst of  many of his dying victims, eating and drinking as if they weren’t even there.

Vlad Tepes, was definitely not the glamorous vampire that we know from the Hollywood screen of today. Edward and his coven of vampires are mere kittens when compared to this man. I am just thankful Vlad Dracula does not exist today. 

Sources:

Wikipedia

How To Be a Vampire, by Amy Gray

The Historical Vampire, by Ray Porter

Vampires Have They Evolved?

Posted by scarygeek on October 19, 2009 at 18:48 pm

Vampires have been made very popular during this past year with the book series ”Twilight”. I myself have read and enjoyed the entire series and look forward to the next book.  I have also seen the movie and I have to say that the books were far better. It seems that more people love vampires than even I once thought. Have you ever wondered if vampires ever really existed or if they have only evolved and still exist in society today? There are many websites about vampires, with vampire chat rooms, where people who claim to be vampires visit and share information. Vampires are defined as reanimated corpses that leave their graves at night to feed on the blood of their sleeping victims. More recently though, vampires have been defined as creatures capable of draining not only the blood from their victims, but the energy of their victims. This new vampire is called an emotional or energy vampire. They have the ability to feed off of your energy and will pick a fight with you or upset you just to take this powerful energy from you. There have been a number of television talk shows that have hosted all types of vampires. They are very real, and even more dangerous as they are no longer confined to darkness, and have become a part of our everyday lives, living, working, and breathing in our world.