There is one question that helps make up the human existence: Is there life

beyond death? Many people subscribe to a religious community that promises

the reward, or the punishment, of life beyond death. But outside of the

eternal rest, there are many accumulated stories of ghosts, and other

restless spirits, that haunt our homes and our imaginations.

A ghost can take many forms, and often manifests a very active after-life

in a variety of ways: visual apparitions, poltergeists, banshees,

electronic voice phenomena (EVP), dream apparitions, and even 50-foot tall

marshmallow men.

I spent a small amount of time hunting ghosts in my college years, but I

don’t normally go out anymore. My general belief is that there is an

afterlife. When I die, I don’t want a bunch of hooligans marching over my

resting place as I am out in the great beyond. Also, coming from a pretty

Catholic upbringing, there could be far fouler and darker things than

ghosts wandering the planet, and it may be better to leave those things be,

too.