The Other Realm

When men take it upon themselves to take the law into their own hands, deciding who shall live and who shall die, might it not open the door to malicious spirits intent on distributing their own form of justice? The case of The House of the Howling demons may well prove this to be true.

Our lives consist of a series of decisions, mostly small and inconsequential in the grand scheme of things but, every so often, one comes to the proverbial fork in the road, facing a decision which can change one’s life irrevocably, producing repercussions which may continue far past death. Here are the stories of two ghosts who made eternally regrettable  decisions.

Can emotions set loose by the victim of an undiscovered murder somehow imprint themselves into the scene of the outrage and be projected into the mind of an uninvolved party, calling out for discovery of the crime? Three true stories of such visions suggest that this may, indeed, be the case. 

Are there places in this world where it is possible for one to walk into the past, where one might observe physical landmarks which no longer exist, see individuals long since dead and, perhaps, even interact with them? If so, the parkland adjacent to the Petit Trianon on the grounds of the Palace at Versailles might be one such place.

Can the desire to return home to the warmth and security of home at the moment of a crisis persist long past the moment of death? True cases of phantom hitchhikers may prove this to be the case.

Every family, it is said, has its secrets. If that is true, perhaps, no family has secrets as old and as dark as those kept by the Lyons of Glamis Castle.

Have you ever had the eerie experience of clearly recognizing someone on the street whom you knew, without a doubt, could not be there as he was miles away at the time or, even more disturbing, have you ever come face to face with your own double? If so, you may have encountered the doppelganger.

Is the Irish belief in the Banshee, the ancient herald of death, merely the stuff of legend or could the banshee actually exist? These true accounts may convince you that the banshee does, indeed, exist.

Is it possible that a thoughtless act could precipitate fatal curse? This account may make you a believer.

When a haunting is recorded by a highly intelligent and thoughtful witness and is carefully investigated by a distinguished officer of the British Society for Psychical Research, we have an example of paranormal phenomena which gives even the most hardened skeptic cause to reconsider his beliefs.  Such is the case of the Cheltenham ghost.