Perceptive Paranormal Research

University of Iowa Baseball Players Say They’re Haunted by Ghost That Steals Girlfriends’ Underwear

admin — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:44:04 +0000

Sometimes, the stories that we come across here at Off The Bench are a little strange and this one about a group of Iowa baseball players might be an all-timer.

The story goes that the group of five University of Iowa baseball players and a hockey player recently started living in a house on North Dubuque Street near campus and started experiencing strange phenomena inside the house from televisions changing channels by themselves, chairs moving in the kitchen and seeing apparitions.

The players enlisted the help of a Iowa Paranormal Activity Support Team to see if they had ghosts or not and it appears from their findings, they do:

Details of the haunting at the source!

DIY Ghostbusters Logo Costume

admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:57:52 +0000

Photo source: contributor Greasetattoo from www.instructables.com

This year, don’t sress up as the same old thing! With a little effort and about $25 in supplies, you can make this wearable version of the Ghostbusters Logo.

View the full instructions steps at the source!

Horrible Hauntings: An Augmented Reality Collection of Ghosts and Ghouls

admin — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:46:09 +0000

Download this AUGMENTED REALITY companion app to watch ten famous ghosts come to life! Scan the pages of the children’s book, Horrible Hauntings, to see and interact with 3D ghosts.

FEATURES

• Lusciously illustrated tales of famous historical hauntings introduce readers to some of the most notorious and chilling ghosts throughout the ages in AUGMENTED REALITY.

• Includes ghosts such as the Headless Horseman, the Flying Dutchman, Bloody Mary, the Amherst Poltergeist, the Princes in the Tower and many more!

• Interact with the ghosts by moving your view, using touch controls, or even speaking!

DOWNLOAD THE APP AT: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/horrible-hauntings/id553381348?mt=8

GET A SAMPLE MARKER & THE BOOK AT: http://goosebottombooks.com/horriblehauntings

Ten of America’s most haunted houses

admin — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:50:37 +0000

Photo credit: Anna Fox, aka HarshLight, on Flickr

Creaking floors, inexplicable cold drafts and eerie sounds usually don’t top the list of dream house features.

Unless, of course, we’re talking about dream haunted house features.

It’s October, and we’re forgoing the usual roundup of eye candy in favor of some cobweb-draped places most people wouldn’t dare put a down payment on.

Tales of horror, glimpses of ghosts and a bevy of cobweb decor — it’s all here.

Read the list at the source!

Bones found in Emmitt House basement during a paranormal investigation

admin — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:02:51 +0000

PPR Co-founder Rosalyn Bown was in attendance when bones were discovered buried in the basement of the haunted Emmitt House in Waverly, OH.

WAVERLY –A paranormal investigation at the Emmitt House turned into a police investigation Saturday night when bones were found in the basement.

Ashley Cramer, 25, and Levi Anthony, 31, of Troy-based Eyes of the Paranormal, knew since entering the Emmitt House in 2011 it was the most active of about 300 places they’ve been in during the past six years. However, they never thought an investigation conducted as part of their three-day PTVN ParaCon event would reveal bones.

Ashley said the discovery unfolded as a medium –someone who has a special sensitivity to the paranormal –was walking through the Emmitt House. She sensed there were bones underneath some concrete slabs in the basement and that the slabs had eroded enough to be lifted.

“We were able to lift them up, and we brushed the dirt away and found bones,” Ashley said.

Immediately, they contacted the Waverly Police Department, which ordered the basement be blocked off from visitors until they can process the scene. Further details on the find were not immediately available, but a dispatcher at the Waverly Police Department confirmed they were investigating the discovery of the bones.

Radiolab presents: Ghost Stories

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:31:59 +0000

Ghosts, ghouls, shades from the past … in this episode of Radiolab, real-life people try to pin down, and make peace with, mysterious figures that haunt them, prod them, and fade out of existence.

One man finds a way to put the beatdown on his personal bogey man, a dead monk spurs a king to build a perfect prayer machine, an unknown face launches a thousand dummies (actually, a whole lot more than that), and a skeptic goes on a one-way to journey to find out whether spirits exist.

Are the Miami Heat staying at haunted hotel during the NBA Finals?

admin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:29:48 +0000

AP Photo

According to legend, the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City — where the Miami Heat are staying on their NBA Finals road trip — is haunted.

A pair of onetime New York Knicks believes it, including current Miami player Eddy Curry.

Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson really believes it, as he told ESPNChicago.com’s Nick Friedell.

Shawn Marion once saw something pretty scary there, which he shared with ESPN Dallas’ Skin Wade.

While the Heat might not believe it all that much, Bill Simmons in 2010 stayed the night and, well …

… I woke up at 4:30 with my heart pounding. I swear on Tom Brady’s ACLs that the following happened: At first, I heard a baby crying and realized that was why I woke up. I thought it was one of my own kids before remembering that my kids weren’t babies anymore, then remembering that I was in Oklahoma City and not Los Angeles. Suddenly, it dawned on me that I wasn’t alone. I had an overpowering sensation that someone else was in the room. Until you’ve experienced that feeling, you can’t understand what it’s like. Your blood is swishing through your veins at 200 mph, only you don’t understand why. Your body reacts a few seconds before your brain does.

See more at the Source.

Introducing the first official LEGO Haunted House!

admin — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:23:47 +0000

Due September 2012!

10228 Haunted House

Ages 14+, 2,064 pieces.

Price: US $179.99 CA $199.99 DE 149.99 € UK 119.99 £ DK 1499 DKK

Enter the Haunted House at your peril!

The crooked Haunted House is home to the scariest ghosts and monsters. Tremble in fear as you open the gate, go weak at the knees as you step onto the porch and gasp in horror at the fireplace, kitchen, office, folding staircase, bedroom, potion room, music room and collection of other creepy objects. Dare you enter the Haunted House?!

- Add to your LEGO® Monster Fights Collection with the first officlal LEGO® Haunted House!

- Includes 6 minifigures: 2 glow-in-the-dark ghosts, Vampyre, Vampyre’s Bride, Zombie chef and butler

- Features unique ‘crooked’ design featuring boarded up windows and working front gate.

- Haunted House opens to reveal detailed interior with 3 floors.

- First floor features fireplace that swings open and displays a ship in a bottle on the mantle.

- Cook up a ghoulish meal with the Zombie chef in the kitchen complete with old-style stove, jars and table.

- Write letters from the Vampyre’s haunted office.

- Pull the lever hidden in the chimney to release the drop down staircase and access the top floor.

- Top floor features gramophone, records and newspaper LEGO® elements.

- Customize the Haunted House with new stickers for wall hangings, spider webs and curtains.

- Measures 15.4” (39cm) high, 9.4” (24cm) wide and 7.5” (19cm) deep

Saudi ghost-hunters raid “haunted” hospital

admin — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:10:28 +0000

The dingy corridors and gloomy wards of a long-abandoned Saudi Arabian hospital have drawn hundreds of amateur ghost hunters who believe it to be haunted by jinn, the malevolent spirits of the Koran and Arabian mythology.

The macabre fascination with Riyadh’s Irqa Hospital, which treated Gulf War combatants in 1991, began with tweeted rumours and escalated to the point where hundreds of youths broke into the grounds, smashing windows and starting fires.

“Teenagers sent text messages calling for an operation against some of the jinn who live in the hospital, and they broke into the hospital and smashed its facilities and burned 60 percent of it,” Okaz newspaper reported last week.

The rampage prompted angry press complaints the authorities were allowing the building to fall into disrepair.

Who ya gonna call? Fan restores Cadillac as real-life Ghostbusters car

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:18:58 +0000

Photo: Caters

Mr Harborne has spent over £50,000 on the project and juggled working part-time as a security guard to turn his dream into a reality.

After an extensive worldwide search, the 49-year-old from Sedgeley, West Midlands, managed to locate one of only six 1959 Cadillac models just a few miles from his home in Leicester.

The restoration enthusiast has spent years attempting to create an ‘authentic Ghostbusters experience’ for fans after hand-making the majority of the car’s interior features from hand.

And the sci-fi fan, who has also previously restored an A-Team van, admitted it has been a long struggle giving the worse-for-wear orange car a new lease of life.

‘It was a complete wreck as it had been abandoned,’ he said. ‘It’s extremely rare and very hard to restore.

‘It’s certainly been a challenge – 50-year-old Cadillacs are hard work!’