Hollidaysburg tavern

It’s historical – and supposedly inhabited by ghosts.

The U.S. Hotel Rest-aurant and Tavern in Hollidaysburg not only has a rich and storied past as a central Pennsylvania landmark, it’s also a mecca for ghost sightings and other paranormal phenomena – not the least of which is an ax-wielding apparition thought to inhabit one of the hotel’s upstairs bedrooms.

“We have had ghostbusters from the Allegheny Mountains come in here on a regular basis, and they say there’s definitely a poltergeist up there with an ax,” said owner Karen Yoder. “I mean, of course you can believe what you want, but there are definitely ghosts out here.”

Read complete article here. {via Altoona Mirror}

Asst. Editor Joseph Robert Jobe goes one-on-one with 36 year DEMONOLOGIST John Zaffis as to the validity of using a OUIJA BOARD to contact the spirit world. {source: VisionsMagazine}

This is more video from our trip to GhoStock 7 back in April. Unfortunately we weren’t able to snag Mr. Zaffis for an interview but we did get a pretty good chunk of his lecture. He discusses everything from possession, oppression, getting into the field, his uncle Ed Warren, the Haunting in Connecticut, plus some other cool stuff like buddhist exorcists. Oh, and please excuse the shoddy camera work, it was filmed downstairs in the library at the Hawthorne Hotel. And it was wicked daaaaaark.

For more info on John Zaffis.