Ghost Tours
 

Have anyone ever been on Ghost tours? Just wondering how it is.

we've got a couple in southern new mexico...
all depends on your thinking, i suppose.

I went on one in Tasmania. It was freaky, but we didn't see anything. Some of the pictures people had taken were weird, though, and showed really strange things.

At Halloween,my town offers an historical tour of local cemetaries.I meant to take it this year but never got around to it.

I also don't live far from Stull cemetary.It used to have an old half burned church that was rumored to be haunted and had many legends attached to it. It has subsequently been torn down.I have visited a couple of times but was never able to get close as it is private property and very heavily patroled.Unfortunately the propertry owners get tired of people hanging around and they do prosecute.I don't believe the legends surrounding it and I never saw anything on my visits but it is a really creepy place.

I went on one in Cape May. I was kind of let down by it, because apparently all the owners of the houses have to give permission to let their property be named on the tour. So the guide kept saying, "This one house, that we can't point out....."
And we didn't actually get to go inside any where. I thought we would go *inside* the houses, tour a little bit and maybe get a chance to see something. No such luck.

The whole night wasn't a waste, though. We got a package deal in a haunted resturant with the tour for like $50. Dinner alone at that resturant would be more than $50.

I have been on a tour in New Orleans. It was fascinating.
Every All Saints Eve, our town also offers a walking tour through the city with guided docents in period attire.

Any in Albuquerque?

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I took several Girl Scouts to Honolulu a few years ago and we were scheduled to go on one there. It was cancelled at the last minute--I was just sick! It sounded so interesting!!!

Kinda Like a Ghost Tour...
 

The best thing I've ever done like this was in London in 1988 I went on a Jack the Ripper tour in Whitechapel. It was the 100th anniversary of the Ripper murders. It was fascinating!

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I'm going to London in 3 weeks with a friend, and we were looking at possibly going on the Jack the Ripper tour. I'm glad to hear that it's good... we might have to check it out!

The only ghost tour I've been on was in Ocean City, NJ. It was interesting, but it's not like we saw anything. It was pretty much the same deal as DolphinChica's description of the one in Cape May... a lot of houses that couldn't be pointed out.

I think Gettysburg and New Orleans got nice ghost tours. Those are the two I'm thinking about doing. Gettysburg during the re-enactment though, probably more restless spirit flying around.

BOOO DUDE!:)

While at Gettysburg, I was looking out over a Canon on Little Round Top above Deviels Den, not a cloud in the sky. Well, some clouds to the West. A sudden Big Boom, sounded like a canon firing. Stepped back and said WOW!:eek:

Would love to meet a Ghost only if a Good Ghost!:cool:

MOE, sometimes You worry Me!:D

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I did the Jack the Ripper walking tour when I lived in London and it was very good! It was a dusk tour and as we were finishing up, the weather got very stormy--it added a lot to the ambiance of the tour.

I live near Savannah, GA. I've heard their Ghost tours are pretty good, but we've never done them. The area has a great deal of history so at the very least the you learn some things abou the area you didn't know previously.

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I would SO love that tour - but 1988 would have been extra special! Do you agree with Patricia Cornwall, or do you have another thought about the identity of Jack the Ripper?

We went on the Haunted DC tour once, but it was totally silly. I have heard from several insiders about one place or another that really does seem to be haunted, and the tour didn't mention even ONE of those! Instead, the guide mentioned the Sullivan brothers (4 brothers on the same ship or submarine, all killed) haunting at least three different places. :rolleyes: No mention of Blair House, certain houses in Georgetown, etc. What a waste!

Summer before last, one of my sisters planned an entire weekend getaway for an alumnae chapter we both belong to and it included a ghost tour of Old Town Alexandria (Virginia).

We were lucky because our guide was super-knowledgable (a lot of the experience really depends on the guide) and it was a fun evening.

The best part was when he showed us a ca 1755 townhouse that had been on the market forever because every time someone moved in they ended up leaving soon after because the house was haunted by not-very-nice ghosts. We were all standing on the opposite side of the street looking at the dark house and I (ever the bigmouth in any group) said, "Who wants to cross the street with me and look in the window?" Only one of my sisters took me up on it, so we crossed the street and were peeking in the windows while everyone stayed on the other sidewalk (wimps! lol). The sister who came with me, though, stepped on a loose cobblestone and twisted her ankle and let out a bloodcurdling scream. Everyone across the street screamed and fled; screaming DZs running in all directions!

It was fun :)

i've been to the winchester mystery housein san jose, ca. i didn't see any ghosts though. it was creepy just to be in there because it was a wierd house. old houses creep me out to begin with because of all the history they have,

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In 1988, they didn't have the advancements that Patricia Cornwall has/had, so back then -- I agreed with those who thought the Ripper was Aaron Kosminski. (I actually wrote my thesis on this, so I knew waaaay more back then when I was in the throws of my research via the London Times on microfische! (I date myself!) Anyway, it's difficult to dispute what Cornwall says today.

I went on one this past Halloween around the downtown area of my city. It was great! I'm interested in the paranormal, so I would jump at the chance whenever a ghost tour is offered, but I think they're fun even if you are skeptical.

While at UH-M I was privileged to have taken a class with the late Glen Grant, Hawaii's premier ghosthunter and storyteller.

Dr. Grant wasn't born in Hawaii, and he attended UCLA and came here to do graduate work at UH. Still, he gained the respect of many in the community (regardless of ethnicity) because he was so intrigued by "local" customs and lore.

Dr. Grant started a business called "The Haunt"...and twice a week he'd lead ghost tours either in downtown or trolley tours around the island. While taking his course, he led us on a free tour of downtown -- stops included Washington Place (where the Queen was jailed), `Iolani Palace (the only royal palace in the US), the Post Office (site of a former courthouse where the infamous Massie Case was held), and the cemetary.

While we were at `Iolani Palace, I kept on noticing in the corner of my eye a flickering of light...kind of like a candle. No one else saw it, but Dr. Grant knew what it was when I told him about it. It was the spirit of Robert Wilcox -- one the Queen's supporters who tried in vain to re-establish the Kingdom. During the tour, a girl in my class broke down in tears. We didn't know what the hell happened, she just broke down. We found out weeks later that she was a direct descendant of none other than Robert Wilcox. Her ancestor had tried to connect with her!

And then at the post office, a book flew out of nowhere and almost hit Dr. Grant in the head. He called it his "Rose Red". See, at that time Dr. Grant was doing extensive research of the Massie Case for a book he was writing. Something in that room did not like him being there. It was eerie.

On our way to the cemetery I kept on smelling formaldehyde. Turns out on the buildings we passed (not on the tour) was a former morgue -- at the turn of the 20th century!!!

I'm not psychic, but damn my mom and then women in my family for being sensitive to the paranormal!

Damn OTW, Always Knew You Were Physco, oops mean Physic.! Going to Fix Mahi-Mahi in respect for You! Like it too!:cool:

Saw "Blue Crush" The other Night and thought of You!!!!

WOW, You get upon a pencil Dick Board and do thst S**T, Lady, You are My Greek Idol!:cool:

OMG Tom, please don't ever associate me with that shitty movie! :p

Seriously though, I refused to see it in the theatres even though they filmed it here. Hollywood never seems to accurately depict the true surfer life, and I literally wanted to reach in to the TV and strangle Kate Bosworth the other night when it was on USA. That soooo wasn't her riding those waves!

I've been riding since I was 4, so everytime a movie like this comes out I feel like bashing my head into a wall.

I suggest watching "The Ride" and "Step Into Liquid". "The Ride" was produced by my chapter sister's father -- and many of us served as extras on that film.

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I went on a ghost tour in Edinburgh, it was pretty good. I think the best bit was the information that the judges and solicitors working at the High Court now park on an old graveyard.

Ghost stories are big in St. Andrews as well, apparently there's the face of someone in the cathedral wall and Patrick Hamilton won't let you graduate if you step on the spot he was burned. :)

I want to do the tour of the crypts, or the one that's billed as really frightening (it ends up in a pub for a shot of whiskey to calm your nerves, hehe). ;)

ps - SSS1365, you're going to have a blast in London!! PM me if you're looking for ideas of what to see. The Tower of London is good for ghost stories as well. :)

I have done the tour of the Queen Mary & the ghosts that reside there. It's very creepy especially when they take you all the way down to the very bottom of the ship.

I also went to the Winchester Mansion & took the tour of that. It's really creepy. I'll have to post pics when I develop them.

Hotel Del
 

When I stayed at the Hotel Del Coronado in 1997, I was given the haunted room (although I had not asked to be there & had no knowledge of it!). The only thing I noticed during my 3 day stay was the constant flow of tourists passing by my door & trying to peep in the windows!!!

Here's the scoop on the ghost:

Haunted Hotel: Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado, California

The Story: In 1892, a young woman checked into the Hotel Del Coronado to meet her estranged husband for Thanksgiving. He never arrived to meet her, and a few days later, she was found dead on the hotel steps near the ocean. Since then, guests and staff of the Hotel Del Coronado have noticed strange breezes, ghostly noises and the pale figure of a young lady walking in a black lace dress.

The Haunting of the Hotel Del Coronado: Within room 3502, more than 37 abnormal readings were taken by parapsychologists in a single day.

Yes, I have been on a Haunted Walking Tour of Ottawa, a Haunted Walking Tour in Edmonton and a Jack the Ripper Walk in London (by Ripping Yarns...EXCELLENT).

I also have visited the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA (mentioned earlier in the thread), but it's not haunted.

I didn't know he'd passed away. His book Chicken Skin--:eek: :eek: . I sure had that after reading it.

I went to the Winchester Mystery house years ago. It was interesting but didn't see or sense anything there.

I did the "Dark Side of London Tour" back in 1990. You start out in the late afternoon and the tour takes you to haunted areas and buildings, past a potters field that can never be dug up or built on because everyone in it died of the plague, and then it ended by driving us by all the places associated with the Jack the Ripper murders. I found out about the tour from the hotel concierge and definintely recommend it to anyone with a slight interest in things like this. One word of warning though - the tour ended close to midnight and although it picked me up from my hotel didn't drop me back off at it. This was my first night in London and I learned when I got dropped off at a different hotel at the end of the tour that everything (pubs, etc) shut down at 11 pm, including finding a cab. Now for a girl from Los Angeles, on her own in a strange country, walking down the dark streets with no one and no cars in sight to get back to her hotel, it was very unnerving - especially after just hearing about all the various Jack the Ripper murders. I was never so glad to see a hotel as I was to see mine when I saw it that night.

If you get a chance check out the Egyptian display at the London Museum. Both my boyfriend and I have gone to the London Museum and we both got a very oppressive and strange feeling in the mummy room. We went at different times and didn't know each other when we went. We just happened to talk one day about our London trip and the strange feelings we got in the Egyptian area - it was weird (hope I don't get that feeling when I go see the King Tut display when it gets here to LA).

Carolyn

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Did you stop in front of the Indonesian embassy during that tour? During the 80s, my dad was posted there and I used to pick him up with my mum at night. That embassy is creepy as hell. The ghost of Evalyn Walsh McLean supposed to walk the stairs of the embassy.

a great ghost resource
 

I love this website..

GhostWeb

Dave and his team have been featured on several "info-news" shows and even some legit news shows.

:)

Yeah, he passed away in late 2002 after a long battle with Prostate Cancer. No one really knew about his condition because he kept on teaching every day like normal. My class was the last one he taught at UH.

I attended his funeral service at Kaena Point (the "jumping off point" for Hawaiian spirits) where his ashes were scattered. I wonder if he's ever going to try to make contact?

I don't know who has heard of the Mrytles Plantation North of Baton Rouge, but its the 2nd most Haunted house in America and 2 of my sororoty sisters and one Theta chi, we all went and actually had an encounter

while we were walking around the grounds before the mystery tour started, we noticed this smell that smelled like Lavender and it kept moving to different places, from the porch or in the garden(it was winter time). We didn't think anything of it, until on the tour, the guide was telling us of one of the women who died in the house, you can always tell where she is by her lavender perfume. Needless to say we freaked

I just love. love, love ghost stories and being scared!! One year my husband and I stayed at a B&B called the 17hundred90 in Savanah(sp) Georgia and stayed in the haunted room!! I kept trying to call the ghost out but she never appeared!! I was bummed, I thought maybe she would pull the covers down, or turn on the TV or turn on lights or something but nothing ever happened...oh well. I have posted the story on the Anna below.

nna Powers fell in love with a married seaman sometime in the early 1800's. She is said to have thrown herself to her own death from the third floor balcony onto the brick courtyard below just as the sails of his ship left her sight down the Savannah river toward sea. Since then her ghost is still believed to be haunting the inn, and primarily room 204. Many of our guests as well as employees have told of strange events occurring which have been attributed to the lonely heart of Anna Powers still waiting for her lover to return..

Also, I went on a ghost tour with a bunch of sisters from my college for an alumnae reunion in Charelston S.C. and it was not all that great. One or two good stories but the tour guide was mostly trying to sell a book that he said had more stories in it and talked more in depth about the stories he did tell us about. Shesh!!

The Ride was full of posers. All the best surfers are from Australia.

Says the douchebag who doesn't know jack shit about surfing. :rolleyes:

You've probably never even seen The Ride, you prick.

Quit fucking post stalking me.

Here's a ghost story that'll stick with you; I know it did me...

Definitely Not for the Faint of Heart or Weak of Stomach

My mother and I were in New Orleans many years ago. As we passed that mansion (I knew nothing of the story at the time), I looked up and there was a man aiming a long rifle at us. I grabbed my mother and pointed to the man but he was gone. :eek:

When I saw the mansion and heard the story on "Haunted New Orlens", I almost had a coronary.

Are you serious, C?

I'll tell you, I'm not normally weirded out by paranormal things but I would probably go out of my way to cross the street when walking past that particular house!

I wonder if it's even still there after Katrina.

I just got a brochure for this tour - worthwhile, huh? One of my ancestors was "operated" on in the Fish Market restaurant, which was a hospital during the War Between the States. On of the Yankee ones, for those who need to keep track.

As for that New Orleans tour - yikes!!! I could NOT take that!! *shudder*