It’s October, which means Halloween is almost here! This is the time when people start looking for spooky and fun things to do. Have you ever wanted to participate in a paranormal investigation? Lite 98.7 has teamed up with the Shadow Chasers again this year to explain and investigate the paranormal.
When investigating the paranormal over the years it has become apparent that there are certain types of sites that are more prone to being labeled as haunted regardless of their actual history. Places like old theaters, cemeteries, schools and so forth. Then there are places that not only are hazardous locations but often have tragic histories.
From our experiences gathered during our time investigating the paranormal, there are certain types of locations that seem to be widely reported as haunted. As discussed in earlier articles, battlefields, as well as old mental institutions or hospitals are frequently reported as haunted (even when they aren’t), for understandable reasons. For less understandable reasons, old theaters are often reported as haunted, usually by patrons or former actors or employees.
While researching paranormal claims has it’s origins in the Spiritualism Movement of the early 19th Century, one of the most pursued forms of evidence has its origins with the progress of technology, Spirit Photography.
Spirit Photography is the practice of attempting to capture ghosts on film as credible proof of life-after-death.
Turning historic homes into Bed and Breakfasts has become increasingly popular in our society. Older homes change owners so frequently that it is rare to find a home that has remained in one family throughout its existence. In some of these Bed and Breakfasts, those former owners remain, even beyond the grave…
The more historic and tragic a site, the more common it is to find legends of its hauntings. While there are many historic sites with a tragic history it seems that it is even more common to find rumors of hauntings associated with a historic site because a significant historic figure came to that location at one point.
Today, the paranormal is very common. It seems like every television channel has their own paranormal show- even Animal Planet, and it’s a rare weekend when there isn’t a movie about the paranormal premiering. What a lot of people don’t realize is that before the current trend of science meeting the paranormal, there was an equally widespread interest in the unscientific paranormal, otherwise known as the Spiritualism Movement.
July 7, 2011 With history in the Mohawk Valley of Upstate New York stretching back beyond the French and Indian Wars, our area is home to some notorious haunted locations. We've been exploring them with the help of the NY Shadowchasers. Here are
In our last article, we discussed how a group of buildings can be haunted due to activities in that area. This week, we’re going to discuss another side of that, talking about whether ghosts haunt areas, or specific buildings.
It is very common while researching the paranormal to get caught up in reports and accounts of the ghostly activity and lose perspective. The history of a site is not limited to the structure or immediate grounds. Often significant historical events can affect an entire region to leave multiple locations and artifacts with potential hauntings.
A renowned example of a historic event causing regional activity is the Battle of Gettysburg. A sustained event over the course of several days has resulted in countless reports of paranormal activity spread through multiple locations, objects and individuals. In Central New York we have many variations of these regions but none so clearly defined as Herkimer.
In the latest article in our CNY Paranormal series, the NY Shadowcasers look at hauntings focused on a certain object, particularly an antique:
In researching the paranormal or history it is almost a common occurrence to find people who believe a site is haunted whether it is a field, graveyard, home or other structure. A unique aspect of paranormal research is that we may never know all of the ‘rules’ for paranormal phenomena this is why it is actually possible to have hauntings associated with objects.
May 31, 2011 I love this kind of stuff. There is so much to this world we've yet to discover; so much we've yet to learn; so much beyond our understanding.
Think back to the joy you experienced in your childhood after digging in the ground and finding a small little treasure, even if it was just a malformed rock.
Researchers at Mexico's National University are feeling that glee on a much larger scale now that they've discovered an 1,800-year-old tunnel underneath the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan.
