Faces & Places
Famous faces of investigators, sceptics and other individuals involved in paranormal research or scientific research.
Sylvia Browne (born October 19, 1936) is an American author on the subject of spirituality who performs as a psychic and spiritual medium. She has made several appearances on Larry King Live, was a weekly guest on The Montel Williams Show, and hosts her own hour-long show on Hay House Radio, discussing paranormal issues and giving callers advice in her role as a “psychic”. She is often equally faced with loyal followers and furious skeptics. (Wiki)
Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) – An American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Fort’s relationship with the study of anomalous phenomena is frequently misunderstood and misrepresented. For over thirty years, Charles Fort sat in the libraries of New York and London, assiduously reading scientific journals, newspapers, and magazines, collecting notes on phenomena that lay outside the accepted theories and beliefs of the time. (Wiki)
John Edward McGee, Jr. (born October 19, 1969) is an American television personality, and psychic medium. He is best known for his TV shows Crossing Over with John Edward and John Edward Cross Country, both of which are premised on Edward communicating with the spirits of the audience members’ deceased relatives. (Wiki)
James Randi (born August 7, 1928) – A stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). (Wiki)
Dr. Konstantīns Raudive (1909–1974) – Raudive studied parapsychology all his life, and was especially interested in the possibility of the afterlife. He and German parapsychologist Hans Bender investigated Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). He published a book on EVP, Breakthrough in 1971. Raudive was a scientist as well as a practising Roman Catholic. (Wiki)
Famous places from around the world best known for their hauntings and strange activity.
Bell Witch – According to the legend, the first manifestation of the haunting occurred in 1817 when John William Bell, Sr. encountered a strange animal in a cornfield on his large farm in Robertson County, on the Red River, near Adams, Tennessee. The animal, described as having the body of a dog and the head of a rabbit, vanished when Bell shot at it. This incident was quickly followed by a series of strange beating and gnawing noises manifesting outside and eventually inside the Bell residence. Betsy Bell, the family’s younger daughter and the only daughter still living at home (Bell’s oldest daughter Esther married Alexander Bennett Porter July 24, 1817), claimed to have been assaulted by an invisible force. (Wiki)
Enfield Poltergeist – The said activity occurred at Enfield in North London, in a council house rented to Peggy Hodgson, a single parent with four children. During this time furniture is said to have moved by itself, knockings on the walls were heard, and children’s toys were said to have been thrown around and to have been too hot to touch when picked up. A police officer signed an affidavit to affirm that she saw a chair move. Reports of the activity attracted various visitors including mediums and members of the press. (Wiki)
Ottawa Jail Hostel – A hostel operated by Hostelling International and located on Nicholas Street in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The hostel was originally the Carlton County Gaol, more commonly known as the Nicholas Street Gaol or Ottawa Jail. When the jail closed in 1972, Hostelling International purchased and converted the building, but left much of the structure intact, allowing guests to experience spending a night “in jail”. The top floor, which had served as the jail’s death row, has been restored to much of its original condition and daily tours are conducted. The hostel is rumoured to be haunted by spirits of inmates of the one-time jail. Hostel staff and guests have reported many strange and unusual events in the building, from disembodied voices, slamming doors, to ghostly apparitions appearing at the foot of their bed. (Wiki)
San Pedro Haunting - A poltergeist case that occurred in 1989 in San Pedro, California. Jackie Hernandez, who was living in a San Pedro bungalow with her two infants, Jamie and Samantha, claimed that she was besieged in her home by the spirit of a man who was killed more than 60 years ago in San Pedro Bay. Whether this spirit was waging a personal vendetta or was seeking some kind of resolution is still unknown to the paranormal researchers. (Wiki)
Myrtles Plantation – Built in 1794 by General David Bradford and was called Laurel Grove at the time. General Bradford lived there alone for several years, until being pardoned for his role in the Whiskey Rebellion in 1799. Touted as “one of America’s most haunted homes”, the plantation is supposedly home of at least 12 ghosts. It is often reported that 10 murders occurred in the house, but historical records only indicate the murder of William Winter. (Wiki)
Winchester Mystery House – A well-known California mansion that was under construction continuously for 38 years, and is reported to be haunted. It once was the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester, but is now a tourist attraction. Under Winchester’s day-to-day guidance, its “from-the-ground-up” construction proceeded around-the-clock, without interruption, from 1884 until her death on September 5, 1922, at which time work immediately ceased. (Wiki)
Other hauntings from around the world – A list of some well known instances of hauntings from around the globe. (Wiki)
