October 31st, 2008 by djb
One of the final entries in the Sci-Fi Channels Great American Ghost Hunt is a place called Beardslee Castle. During tonight’s Halloween special Ghost Hunters Live, they will highlight each of the finalists in the contest including Beardslee Castle.
Not to skew the voting 
, but we encourage you to vote for Beardslee Castle because not only is it a spooky place but it’s also a short 15 minute drive from the home of Spectral Review. We have always thought it was a place that should be investigated with modern equipment. It originally was investigated in the sixties before the current popularity of ghost hunting.
Beardslee Castle is one of the places on our Haunted Places Map.
It also serves great food for the gourmet palette!!
October 26th, 2008 by djb
Just a short walk from the home of Spectral Review is the Knox Mansion.
The Knox Mansion was built by Charles and Rose Knox, founders of the Knox Gelatin Company. Now the brand is owned by Kraft Foods but for several decades was produced locally in Johnstown, NY. The factory and R&D lab just another short walk from the Knox Mansion.
The Daily Gazette of Schenectady NY has published an article about this beautiful building.
Visitors to the mansion can’t help but feel they’ve stepped back in time, and many leave positive that they’ve spotted one of the home’s past residents. Some say they’ve seen Rose Knox roaming the house. Others have glimpsed the ghost of the gardener who worked for the Knoxes from 1905 to 1934. A picture of him hangs on the wall in the library. “I’ve had kids point to the picture and say, ‘Mom, look! That’s the guy!’ ” Quinn says.
One guest, who spent a night in the mansion, reported waking up to see a man holding a doctor’s bag standing over him.
The Knox Mansion has drawn the interest of well-known local psychics, has been featured in David J. Pitkin’s book, New York State Ghosts, and has also been studied by a paranormal investigation team.
We here at Spectral Review have visited the mansion and can say that it is like stepping back in time. Knowing the local history, the specter holding the doctor’s bag may have been a previous owner from the 1980s. This doctor died in the mansion by his own hand.
October 18th, 2008 by djb
So is the Grand Theatre in Grand Island Nebraska haunted? Well Nebraska.tv has posted an article where people have said:
“I saw a white figure and a few seconds later it disappeared,” Grand Foundation Board Director Ray Evans said on his first-ever ghost sighting at the downtown theatre just a few days ago. He says it happened outside the old manager’s office.
“These books here fell down. I’ve put those books there, they don’t just fall down,” he said. Two ‘Ghost hunters’ were in town teaching a class, and Evans believes they may have agitated spirits living in the Grand Theatre.
“Way too many things happened at once,” he said.
So does he believe in ghosts now, after this?
“Well I have to,” he said. “I’m an eye-witness.”
So Mr. Evans seems to be living the famous Jason Hawe’s quote “All a skeptic is is someone who hasn’t had an experience yet.” Well I’m not sure if that would hold for every skeptic.
The Grand Theatre looks to be a terrific place to be entertained. You can find out the history of the building and see what events are currently happening there.
Here is 1 recent public photo from Flickr.com
| candleshoe posted a photo:
Old art deco theater in downtown Grand Island, Nebraska, dating from 1930 |
October 9th, 2008 by djb
Folks from New Jersey have probably heard of the Lambertville High School built in 1854. A horror film based upon the old school is premiering this Friday October 10, 2008 entitled “Only Go There at Night”.
PacketOnline has an article about the film and school.
In one article, Mr. Swan read about the haunting faces of children etched into a 25-foot blackboard on the school’s second floor. Other legends about the old school revolve around the death of a local high school football player. Still others claim the laughter of long-dead children can be heard, and some claim the children died in a fire.
Mr. Swan came to Lambertville and checked out the school years ago when visitors still could see the etched faces on the blackboard. The drawings are no longer there, perhaps taken by a souvenir hunter.
But Mr. Swan remembers seeing them, and the visit stayed with him, prodding him to write his script.
“Only Go There at Night” centers on a group of friends from Sayreville who set out to investigate the haunting at Lambertville High School much as Mr. Swan did that long ago night when he discovered the eerie children’s likenesses on the second floor.
Here is 1 recent public photo from Flickr.com
| Owls Flight Photography posted a photo:
Looking across a childless hallway.
Lambertville School - Lambertville, NJ. |
As the article states the building is a very dangerous place to investigate. So please don’t go there. At some point perhaps the film will be available on DVD.
October 9th, 2008 by djb
NewsOK has written an article about the reported haunting of the Governor’s Mansion in Oklahoma. Former Governor William H. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray apparently still hangs out in the mansion from where he once governed in the 1930s.
Keating said he shrugged off the warning that Murray’s spirit haunted the third step of the main staircase until his wife slipped and fell on the cursed step. He said the incident wasn’t isolated.
“I know it seems odd, but during the next few years we lived there, several other people slipped on that same step,” he said.
Keating also said his son, Chip, saw Murray’s ghost while watching TV with friends in the mansion’s basement.
“They laughed,” Keating said. “But they were only around 14 at the time, and you could tell that what they saw had them scared.”
Here is 1 recent public photo from Flickr.com
August 7th, 2008 by admin
The courier-journal.com has written a nice article interviewing the owners of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium on their plans to rehabilitate the Waverly Hills main structure into a hotel.
It’s a creepy, old, five-story building with a morgue, a “body chute” and guest rooms where people once lay dying of tuberculosis.
Mattingly and his architect, Kevin Milburn of Urban Designz, are dead serious about turning the old Waverly Hills Sanatorium into a 78-room boutique hotel with a spa, fitness center and meeting space for business groups.
Here is 1 recent public photo from Flickr.com
| deatonstreet posted a photo:
This is the only location I have shot so far that is in the process of being restored. Read all about it here. This view is of the rear of the building where the sun rooms were located. |
The KAPS (Kentucky Area Paranormal Society) folks have been to Waverly Hills several times.
Good luck to the owners on their plans. It’s one of the locations we here at Spectral Review would like to get to someday.
July 28th, 2008 by djb
The Ghost Hunters International team visit another castle in their next new episode. The location is called the Bodelwyddan Castle. Bodelwyddan Castle is located in the county of Denbighshire, North Wales, United Kingdom. Not too far from Nanteos Mansion.
Since the castle investigation will use up the full hour, we are expecting a pretty good episode.
Some of the claims of paranormal activity include:
- A lady in the Sculpture Gallery.
- A soldier in one of the galleries. The Bodelwyddan Castle was used as a training and recuperation site during Word War I.
- Shadowy figures drifting down the corridors.
- A blue lady in the Terrace Tea Room.
- Unexplained noises and lights.
It’s funny how these places have different color “ladies”. The Orava Castle in Germany had a “Black Lady” and “White Lady”. Belgrave Hall also had a couple, the “Green Lady” and a “Grey Lady”.
Come on guy ghosts, why stick with just shadowy colors? You know Liberace would be colorful.
July 12th, 2008 by djb
The Carroll Area Paranormal Team (CAPT) recently had the opportunity to investigate the Mason House Inn in Bentonsport, Iowa. Actually it was a joint investigation with Bluegrass Paranormal Society.
Here is 1 recent public photo from Flickr.com
| flightlvl posted a photo:
A very nice inn located in Bentonsport, IA. Fascinating history, great antiques, a wonderfully quaint atmosphere, and two inn-keepers (Chuck and Joy) are outstanding! But beware: it's reportedly haunted and hosts several ghost hunts every year! |
The Mason House Inn has had an interesting history:
- Built in 1846
- It has survived five major floods
- Used as a station in the Underground Railroad
- The second owners, the Masons brought many furniture pieces in 1857 which are still on the property
It sure sounds like a location that could have paranormal activity.
From their report, two of their investigators had similar personal experiences:
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June 19th, 2008 by djb
The Garden State Ghost Hunter Society (GSGHS) have posted results from their second visit to the Bolton Mansion.
They had some very interesting action with the K2 meter. And also some impressive personal experiences. From their report:
This was to be the last hour of the evening, during this time the team had multiple experiences. Boni was pushed twice, Bryan was touched and our guest experienced cold breezes. A team went to the back room once again with the K2 meters, what they found was astonishing, in fact see a short video clip of the K2 meter responding to Tina’s questioning. We also caught an EVP during this EMF cycle. It was established that we were communicating with two children, they were hiding in the grand fireplace. There were no electrical fields that would have interfered or caused the EMF anomalies. They were hiding from a male that was mean is what the team had determined in questioning and using the K2 meter to establish these findings. This whole session was caught on video and will be able to be seen in its entirety at the BOLTON Mansion in October. Be sure to attend this fundraiser and investigate with us.
The report includes some EVPs, best listened to with headphones. And check their web site for details on the fundraiser.
June 18th, 2008 by djb
Victoria’s Black Swan Inn is reported to be one of the most haunted homes in San Antonio, Texas.
Everyday Paranormal is organizing an investigation of Victoria’s Black Swan Inn and is opening it to the public to join them. We here at Spectral Review went with them to Myrtles Plantation so we can guarantee you that it will be a blast.
Perhaps like us you will get some EVPs.
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