Mount Road (Chennaionline Archives)

There were not many buses in those days in Chennai and even the buses that were plying were relatively smaller. The other alternatives available for the commuters were the hand-drawn-rickshaw or the horse-drawn-cart, popularly known as kai-rickshaw and jutka. There was a belief in those days – I am talking about 40 or 50 years back – that ghosts would follow anyone who travels by a rickshaw through Mount Road. Yes, I am talking about the present Anna Salai.

My friend used to describe how a ghost would look like. ‘You know a ghost is not white in colour. It is jet black. It should be around fifty to sixty feet tall and its legs would be as red as burning coals.’ He was travelling the Mount Road for years together in ‘kai-rickshaw’ followed by apparitions and died when he was sixty.

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OUIJA

Almost everyone has taken a turn on a Ouija Board.

Most people say they find the experience creepy or downright frightening. It’s the rare person who isn’t drawn to the board at least once in a lifetime, and it’s an even rarer person who goes back to the board on a regular basis.

Ouija Boards are notoriously unreliable and disturbing sources of information. They’ re also practically irresistible, especially to adolescents.

The Ouija Board is one of the best selling board games of all time.

But where did it come from?

Read complete article here. {via The Examiner}

Rosa Celeste: Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven/Public Domain/Wikimedia

The first memory of seeing him was when I was six-years old. Peaking at me from around a large tree, he wore a black thigh-length coat, black pants, black large-rimmed flat top hat, white collared shirt and a bolo tie. Thinking back, he reminds me of an old-fashioned preacher-type.

I wasn’t scared of him. In fact, I was quite fascinated by him. He was there one minute, gone the very next. I remember going around the tree calling to him, “Hey, Mister! Where’d you go?”

Read complete article here. {via The Examiner}

The Jewish legend – an obedience story – of the spirit Dybbuk. {source: ParanormalTV}

Spirit or Dust?

Lately I have been reading a lot of different opinions on paranormal research. Many groups believe orbs are dust. Just as many groups believe orbs are spirits. Same theory applies to EMF meters and even EVP’s. Why are there some many different opinions on these items which paranormal investigators base their “scientific research” on?
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Evil Ouija?

The Ouija board, also known earlier in time as “the talking board,” has fascinated people since the 1800’s. Many believe the Ouija opens a portal to dialogue with spirits of both a positive and negative nature. Sold and peddled today as a glow-in-the-dark toy by Parker Brothers; is the Ouija board a precarious tool for spirit communication or just the users psyche playing tricks?

The Ouija board is many things, but a toy is not one of them. Having witnessed the bizarre messages brought forth on the board, whether instinctive or imagined, was enough to realize there exists danger in tinkering with this so-called toy.

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So have ya heard of the Union screaming house? Well I hadn’t and I can’t wait to be able to un-remember it. This has to be one of the most horrifying, f’ed up hauntings I’ve read about since probably the first time I read the Amityville Horror. As a matter of fact, I  read most of this book during the day with plenty of glorious sunlight, and it still gave me chills. So there’s your warning.
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There’s nothing quite like a good scary ghost story. For many of us, it’s probably the love of these old tales that got us interested in this subject in the first place. And Paranormal SPY would like to continue this tradition of supernatural storytelling with weekly stories featuring the likes of ghosts, goblins, midnight shrieks, stormy nights, ghost ships, demons, and disembodied voices. So pull up a chair, dim the lights and prepare for a weekly chill. (Paranormal SPY is not responsible for any loss of sleep or bodily function.)

For those of you not in top physical condition, the  Old Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport, Massachusetts might not be the place for you. Unless of course, you don’t mind sweating all over yourself, like myself and Paranormal SPY colleague Ronin did the other day. But you know what, it was well worth it.
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Two days ago Ronin Fuse and I went on a quick paranormal jaunt through the Old Hill Burying Ground in Newburyport, Massachusetts. And when I say quick and jaunt in the same sentence, I mean it. We were both sucking wind after about five minutes of trekking up the 18th century hills. So we had to cut it short. Plus, I’m not going to lie to ya but the sun was setting and the heebie-jeebies were rising. This place definitely had a presence which you’ll be able to see tomorrow. We shot a ton of photos and video. So make sure to check out the post tomorrow for the complete story on how two knuckleheads survive a thirty minute walk through a cemetery with clean shorts.