GHOST HUNTERS

As we get closer and closer to Halloween two months away, I have a lot of plans for the blog to draw you in, unsettle you, and make you want to look--but not want to look! Expect to see more videos and perhaps a few involving Dale.... Also, some scary short stories and giveaways will be happening, and surprise things. Every Sunday until Halloween, there will be an interview with a horror movie killer. These are really interesting and fun. This Sunday's is Michael Myers. As I settle into my new phase of my life in my new place, I shall have lots of time to prepare for a better October than last year. I can hardly wait to lead you up to it through September and then hit you full-on for October. This is my season, after all!

"He is much better off without me … I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody" . (suicide note, woman above) The Empire State Building is personally my favorite building in America, the most beloved to me; more so than the White House, Washington Monument or any other significantly recognizable structure. At 102 stories and 1,454 feet tall it is seriously impressive. My first time to the observation deck, all I could think about was whether a penny would kill someone. I was terrified one might fall out of my pockets, so I stood back ( even though it’s not possibly for one to spill out a pocket to the crowd below ). Movies like “Sleepless in Seattle” and “King Kong” romanticized this beautiful art deco styled edifice even more. It possesses what I consider to be the observation deck for America. The next thing one thinks of up where the winds are howling is how freaking far down it is and what kind of state of mind people would have to be in to choose that way to die. Not only a

MONDAY: SyFy: Repeats of Ghost Whisperer TUESDAY: AMC: “The Mummy” movie WEDNESDAY: SyFy: “Ghost Hunters” Philadelphia Zoo THURSDAY: FX: “Final Destination” (movie) SyFy: “The Langoliers” (movie) History: “The Universe” FRIDAY: Travel Channel: “Ghost Adventures” (repeats) SyFy: “The Tommyknockers” (movie) Okay, not a thrilling week at all, but remember this—“Destination Truth,” “Beast Legends” and “Ghost Adventures” are starting their seasons VERY soon! Oh, and you know those major changes I talked about in my post recently, well they’re happening sooner than I thought. This week will be insane for me and into Labor Day weekend when I will be moving to a new nest that is absolutely amazing. I hope to do a vlog from the new location when I’m settled in Labor Day weekend with a picturesque backdrop. Thereafter, without any indentured slavitude as a wife and homeowner, I will be putting amazing things into the blog, so expect it to evolve from after Labor Day going into Halloween

I have to admit that I really enjoy being able to interview face-to-face. It makes the conversation flow and the questions can spring from the comfortable dialogue. This interview was with Kyle McNatt (director) and James Kelly (investigator) from Arizona Paranormal Investigations ; the most professional and forward-thinking ghost hunting team in the Southwest. I was thrilled they were willing to sit down with me and let me get them talking about paranormal investigations and their methodology. I had seen James in action on hunts and his exceptional talent as an EVP collector impressed me a lot. He said when he started out he had been curious about EVPs and wanted to see if he could capture any. Over time, he learned more and more about how to control the EVP sessions for validity. His integrity is one thing that really caught my eye on hunts. He lines up recorders and then marks if they were near a window or door or where they were located. These sort of tagging techniques are critic

Thank you, Soraya at Spellbound by Moonlight for this award. I readily admit, I have won this one a few times and I have passed it on to many. I do enjoy the part where I tell 7 things you didn't know about me, but dammit! I'm always airing my secrets here. I will dig up some strange ones for you.... 1. I don't like potato chips, popcorn or french fries. I know, I'm the only American who doesn't. 2. I have had so many nicknames in my lifetime, that I pretty much answer to anything and like Steve Martin's dog in "The Jerk," I even answer to "Shithead." 3. I will run out of my way to open a door for an elderly person or a woman with a baby stroller or a handicapped person. I've been known to help old ladies reach things on high shelves in the store, carry their groceries out, help wheelchair bound people load their chairs onto their carriers, rescue lost pacifiers and give them to mommies to clean off and even made phone calls and sat w

It’s quiz time again, my pretties! Count your a’s, b’s, c’s and d’s and see which one you have the most of. 1. At a party, I tend to be the one who: a. Hides in the back yard or other rooms, avoiding the crowd b. Rile people up, get them partying c. Lurk around the fringes watching everyone d. Make charming conversation that gathers a crowd 2. As a kid, I tended to be: a. Anonymous on the playground, a loner. b. A bit ADD and spastic c. Cautious, not trusting of others initially d. The wise one and leader 3. In a work place situation, I tend to take the position of: a. Not offering my 2 cents, would rather stay out of things b. Fight for my projects and assert myself c. I remove myself from any drama d. Peacemaker and voice of reason 4. In my family of origin, my role was: a. Stay under the radar, unnoticed b. Confrontational, rebellious c. Unapproachable, withdrawn d. Everyone’s ear when they had problems 5. I’d rather live at: a. The sea b. Hot climate c. The woods/mountains d. Chang

(Ask me about this picture) It's time for a Friday night for blogger friends to come together and have a drink, watch a movie, listen to music, sit around and chat on here. Any subject is open, any flirting is allowed, any nonsensical comments are encouraged. Now, begin....

Season ended but it will be back. Now, instead of being distracted by reviewing the night before's episode, let's have a blast and play "Fact or Faked" on our own. I'm giving you three short videos; a ghost, a skunk ape and a UFO (used but not pursued by "Fact or Faked") Now, it's your turn to do arm chair debunking. Enjoy! **DO NOT FORGET THAT AT 7 PM EST TONIGHT WE HAVE ANOTHER "ARE YOU LONELY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT" HERE--JOIN US TO CHAT**

Most people share common phobias such as public speaking, heights, flying, and closed places. There are, however, some very specialized and unusual phobias. Want to take a look at some? You might even have a few…. Chionophobia- Fear of snow Coitophobia- Fear of coitus Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body Ephebiphobia- Fear of teenagers Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news Geniophobia- Fear of chins Hedonophobia- Fear of feeling pleasure Homichlophobia- Fear of fog Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down Linonophobia- Fear of string Medomalacuphobia- Fear of losing an erection Nelophobia- Fear of glass Ommetaphobia or Ommatophobia- Fear of eyes Parthenophobia- Fear of virgins or young girls Phasmophobia- Fear of ghosts Tremophobia- Fear of trembling Venustraphobia- Fear of beautiful women You know what amazes me the most about these listed phobias? That they had to come up with names for these which means they must happen relatively frequently. You don’t feel so bad ab

Shh....don't say a word. Just hear me out. This is what I think is going on: The human has been taking me on her overnight ghost hunts, staying in hotel rooms with her. The human is letting me borrow the laptop and write posts. The human is leaving him , but I am going with her.... You add it up . I'm not sure what I should be doing. Does this mean we're "living together?" Can I tell others that I'm her boyfriend? Which side of the bed do I get? My mind is spinning. This is happening so fast. I mean, how does one find acceptance in a mixed species relationship? Will we be cast out? Will our friends understand? What will the dolls think of me for being a traitor? Still, she is soft and she smells really good and her hair is all fluffy and she has an adorable giggle that makes my pants too tight.... I could really use your advice. How should I advance forward with this new change in our relationship? What do I do to make a human happy? How do I make this work? A

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I believe that everything bad has something good. I started blogging to get through my recovery from an Achilles tendon repair. I found I had a lot of knowledge and opinions about the ghost realm. Others seemed to like what I had to say and how I liked to say it. Then, in October I wrote some short stories for the Halloween season and ya'all really enjoyed them. So, I started to feel more confident about my writing, something I had stopped doing years ago. So, I submitted a short story and won the contest, went on and submitted more short stories and got them published, then started seriously working on books. I was in a miserable marriage with no emotion about it and I had been eating and gaining some weight on my thin frame. I didn't feel like myself and lost all confidence. Ya'all thought I was pretty and sweet and smart and I realized I am worth more than I am asking in my marriage. So, I decided to get a divorce and lost weight rapidly. It's an extremely amicable d

Everyone has them, those horrible nightmares. Dreams and nightmares are a way of letting off steam, assimilating new realities in our lives and preparing us for how to handle situations. Sometimes, however, we have repeat nightmares. Whenever I lose a loved one, I have a nightmare that my teeth are falling out. I try to put them back in, but they won’t stay. I’m frantic because I know these are permanent teeth and they will not be replaced. It’s rather symbolic of the loss of a loved one, someone irreplaceable and the change is permanent. Whenever I have a streak of bad things happening to me, I have a repeat nightmare that tornadoes are chasing me purposefully and I try to hide, but they find the structure I’m hiding in. Over time, I have mastered this nightmare by lifting a manhole cover and crawling down below the street. This shows that in my mind, even though a load of bad luck has struck, I know that I can handle it. In the old days, I would run, cry, hide, and then run, cry, hid

Did you ever wonder where that apparition hides when you’re not glimpsing it for all of the 4 seconds you saw it? What does it do with the other 23 hours, 59 minutes and 56 seconds of the day? Here’s some options knocked around most commonly: 1. An apparition is a residual sighting of something that occurred in the past, not associated with a soul, but more like a video replaying under the right conditions ( whatever they may be ). 2. An apparition is a being in another dimension and under the proper conditions ( whatever they may be ) it is glimpsed. It might also be that it can glimpse us and wonder. 3. An apparition is a soul of a deceased person and this soul can come and go at will. 4. An apparition is always there, but only some people at the right times ( whatever these may be ) can glimpse it. 5. It takes an enormous amount of energy for an apparition to make itself visual on our plane and it will use any means to gather enough energy to show itself briefly. Depending on what d

(*asterisk means I’m watching it) MONDAY: Nope TUESDAY: Discovery Channel: “The Colony” (reality series) SyFy: Warehouse 13 WEDNESDAY: AMC: “Ghost Ship” (movie) *SyFy: “Ghost Hunters” NEW SEASON THURSDAY: History Channel: “The Universe” SyFy: “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” FRIDAY: Travel Channel: “Ghost Adventures: The Beginning” the 2-hour documentary that started the series. Never fear, more good stuff is coming including the new season of "Ghost Adventures" (can anyone say "drinking game?") The new season of my very favorite show "Destination Truth" (moved to Thursdays starting September 9) and accompanied by a new SyFy show called "Beast Legends" (more on that as the time gets closer) **Instead, come and join us here on the blog on Friday night starting 7 pm EST for Are You Lonely Tonight to comment back and forth with others with nothing going on this Friday night .

Mike at StarCostumes told me about a scholarship they launched. They’re offering $1000 to assist students in the horror industry. Check it out here .

We see it on the ghost hunting shows, hunters busy debunking paranormal occurrences, finding logical explanations and looking for that which is unexplainable and tagging it “paranormal.” But, for the average person who runs into something unexplainable, how far do you take your explanation? For example, you see something in the sky that does not in any way remind you of an airplane or a helicopter; it’s silent and it’s moving strangely. Here’s some ways people deal with these sort of events: 1. For some, they’d turn away, figuring they already know what’s in the sky—human controlled modes of transportation and birds, as well as balloons and flying debris. To them, there is nothing of note to stop and study. 2. Others study the object and wonder what it could be, going through the obvious considerations until they are left with a puzzle. Still, these people will stop and say to themselves, “it’s explainable, I just can’t seem to figure out what it is right now.” 3. There are some who wo

It never fails, every summer when it’s freaking miserable in the AZ desert, I get in the mood for something that is the opposite of this hellhole; the ocean. The swimming pool water is 92 and the nighttime low is the same temperature. The water coming out of the shower and sink is warm on the coldest setting. Even with the air-conditioner and fan on, I can’t seem to feel cool. Sometimes, to sleep well, I spray myself with a water bottle and let the fan cool me off. It works for all of 5 minutes. That being said, it’s this time of year I reach for “Jaws” on DVD and pop it in and turn down the lights, turn up the fan, and spray myself a few times for good measure while I have a cold brew and watch the movie I consider to be the finest movie ever made. Here’s some of the reasons I adore “Jaws.” 1. Primal fear. Swimmers always have the knowledge that as they cut through that murky water, they have no freaking idea what’s watching them and waiting. We’re in their territory and they are m

Although I gave us a little entertainment here, if any of ya'all want to take a video or a picture of yourself on our comment night and email it to me at psychic62@hotmail, I will be happy to use it for next week's post for Friday night. If we get enough of them, we can photoshop them together into a party pic.... It's that time again--lonely on a Friday night. Sit down, have a drink, play some music, kick back in your jammies or other unmentionables (although likely will be mentioned on here), and join us to chat away. Begin the comments now....

( **Remember tonight at 7 pm EST/4pm PST, we have lonely on a Friday night on here. Join us with your drink in hand and comment away. It's a fun, flirty, silly, and bizarre night of visiting with other bloggers how had nothing planned. Oh, and tonight--ANOTHER BELLY DANCING SCARF VIDEO WILL BE POSTED** ) Today, let's talk about which videos you would have investigated. You might not have agreed with the ones they chose, so let's hear from you about which you wanted them to pursue.

Julie and I explored this yesterday, along with the abandoned trailer park (below).

Julie from Above-The-Norm (she has pics up at her site) and I had a blast last Wednesday checking out the desert and its offerings for video and pics. This place is so desolate and so intriguing. Nearby is a hobo encampment near the train tracks. It's strewn with possessions aging in the burning sunlight and monsoon rains. Wind howls through swinging boards on broken fences. It is truly an amazing and creepy feel. Enjoy!

Tonight on SyFy!

Congrat's Dan! You won the book "There's Something Under the Bed."

I want to thank Max Evel profusely for taking my photo and turning it into the most wicked profile pic in all the universe! He is a talent that humbles me and I am so proud to now be one of his amazing designs. Perhaps some day I will get him to do an animated one of me. He does those too. I entrusted him with my face and he took it and went to town. Thanks Max! He's not just a little devil, he's an artist.

ONE MONTH COUNTDOWN!! September 17th ya'all will see all of me, face and all nowadays--on the blog on my birthday! You knew I’d have to ask this some day. We’re all horror fans, but why does it kind of… turn us on? Is it because we’re in the dark watching it, clutching the person next to us? Is it because we’re seeing something we shouldn’t be seeing, like walking in on mom and dad’s sex? Is it the creepy music and the dark scenes that made us think of making out? Maybe it’s the sexual symbolism, like a knife stabbing into flesh? I review my own experiences with sex and horror by recalling the first time I was titillated by a horror movie. I was probably 8 or 9 when I saw on TV a movie called “The Shuttered Room” with Oliver Reed. I had a huge crush on him. Can’t say why the hell I did. For a young kid, I wasn’t into those baby faced Cassidy boys or the like. I was into Kirk Douglas and older, weathered, hardened men. Well, that’s for another post. The movie involved this unsavor

Hope you like zombies. This one's pretty short. I wrote it recently. Enjoy! He couldn’t bear to be in the same room with her for more than 10 minutes. Peggy studied the dinner plate as if it were the most interesting thing in the room, even though she pushed the food around it aimlessly. The only control the woman had in her entire life was her oral intake and she exercised that obsession without any intervention from Jason. He got up and stretched and yawned. He was beat and would probably tinker in the home office, hopefully get a couple messages off to Candy and get his titillation for the evening. It was the only thing that kept him going any more. And, the woman was willing to wait which was a lot to ask since they had be playing this side game for four years now. Peggy’s father had a stroke and it had slowed him down. Jason lurked on the sidelines waiting for the man to finally retire and let him own the business as he promised him upon marrying Milton’s daughter. Jason wou

First, I want to thank everyone who showed up on Friday night for our lonely Friday live. It's fun commenting back and forth and I believe we had 128 comments on that one! We'll shoot for more this next Friday. You should get comfy, have a drink, sit back and be ready to be naughty and flirty. NOTE: "Ghost Hunters" starts again on the 25th. I'm not sure if this is good news or not. Not only has the show become unbelievably stagnant, but SyFy got the bright idea to put the housewives of Atlanta on the show. WTF??? How is it possible SyFy can take something and completely "eff" it up? What the hell are they smoking in their offices? I want me some of that--it might make their shows look more interesting. ( *asterisk means I’m watching it ) MONDAY: DISCOVERY: “The Colony” (reality series) TUESDAY: *HISTORY CHANNEL: “Gates of Hell” A 2-hour special about places around the earth said to be the openings to hell. WEDNESDAY: *SyFY: “Ghost Hunters” repeats

My buddy Cullan Hudson from Strange State is putting on the coolest and funnest photo contest EVER and it totally aligns with this blog, so if you like GHT, then you'll love this contest. Oh, and Cullan is one of the bloggers on our list for Hug-A-Blogger interviewing on our road trip. Yeah, he's that interesting and talented. Basically, you have from August 15th to October 15th to give him your best hoaxed paranormal photo; ghosts, sea monster, UFOs, you choose whatever. The prizes are awesome but the task is so very cool. I can't wait to see which of you enter and what you submit. Now, go for it my talented friends!

( Picture done of the book as I read it in the dark on the sofa with a book light. I did this because the sofa goes to the floor and nothing can hide beneath it - bwa ha ha ) This book was sent to me by the innovative publishing company, The Career Press, Inc. "There's Something Under the Bed!" by Ursula Bielski is a book about children's experiences with the paranormal. When I heard this, my ears perked up. Not many kids had the amount of encounters I did with the paranormal and it certainly helped to form me into the person I am today. For some, it haunts them long after, others are ashamed, some let it go and refuse to look at it again. For me, it was just a fact of life like the sun coming up and rain coming down, or in other words " ghosts happen ." This book is laid out nicely and a really good read. The subjects are exciting from talking to animals to reincarnation to poltergeists, angels and demons. Children have extraordinary talents and the psychic

Hug-A-Blogger Award This award is to be bestowed upon a blogger whom you are so appreciative of, you would like to meet and hug this person in real life. Perhaps their blog makes you smile, gives you great advice, or they are supportive, warm and welcoming hosts/hostesses to their visitors. The recipient of this award is to: 1. Tell of their most memorable hug ever. 2. Explain who they want to give the award to and why they want to hug that person. My most memorable hug ever was when I was about 11 years old. The old family dog died. His name was King. He was half german shepherd, half collie. The best damn dog in the universe. My father had been out in the pouring rainstorm digging his grave and putting up a 3-foot tall hunk of quartz for the headstone. He came inside and I looked over at him. My mother didn't like emotions so I was not going to cry in front of her. She walked out of the room and I raced into my dad's arms and cried with him. My father could cry. He could hug.

So, I've been thinking about leaving the Human. Sure, we struck up a bargain and I can sometimes use the laptop at night if I promise not to leave dolly porn on it and she did put me in regular clothes instead of those baby's onesie pajamas and she did put my steamer trunks near the door again where I like to sit and watch the place, but the truth is...I'm confused about my feelings for the Human. Sure, sure, I've tried to jostle her awake and scare her. I've upskirted her and posted it on the blog. I got drunk on a ghost hunt and went around a cemetery trying to hit on the angel statues , but other than that, I'm a model citizen around here. It doesn't seem to impress her. She is preoccupied with all her millions of activities and that freaking grueling workout regimen she's on. The smell of her sweat in the air makes me, well, confused again. Something gets all tight inside me. I can't explain it. I just know it's shameful for a ventriloquist

HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13TH-- If you're here, you're actually lucky. Once again, tonight we're doing what we did last Friday and will probably continue to do so. I don't want to be the only lonely soul on a Friday night. You shouldn't be either. We're commenting back and forth. You can tell why your Friday is lonely or not. You might be bored between movies or TV shows. You might be in the house with someone else and still freaking lonely. You could be without a date or friends go to out with. You might just be sick and tired of going out on the weekends and spending your cash. Whatever your reason, we will chat, flirt, give advice, complain, make each other laugh...whatever comes, naturally. Maybe I will even divulge some dark secrets... Now, begin. ..

( It's Friday the 13th--there's only one blog to be at: Max Evel --enjoy--I totally did!--Freaking brilliant! ) BEN: Okay team, let’s go about finding a way to test this film. I’m excited about this Patterson-Gimlin footage. I think we can go about this in a logical and methodical manner eliminating the most obscure and working our way down to the most obvious. JAEL: ( raises her hand ) BEN: Yes? JAEL: We could start out by proving that the weather was, in fact, clear that day. It appears as if the sun is shining. We can go through the weather records for that place and date and see if this was actually feasible to film sunshine on that day. BEN: ( Pauses ) O-kay. BILL: I’d like to find out the height of Patterson. The camera is jerked around and it points to the ground. I’d like to get a similar camera and get men of all heights to hold it and aim it at the ground and see just how tall this bastard was. BEN: ( Frowns ) How tall Patterson was or Bigfoot? BILL: Pat

( Okay, that's me above--not the "guest breasts" ) ( **Do not forget-this evening I'm doing the "Lonely on a Friday Night" live commenting. Anyone with nothing to do, hang out and comment back and forth. It's a blast and it keeps us from feeling like we're the last people on earth while everyone else is partying. Tell friends if they want to join in too. The more the merrier. Starts at 7 pm EST and runs until us west coasters get tired.** ) One comment only: In the spirit of last night's episode tackling gravity hill, I just want to say that this picture above is the best answer to gravity hills--it's called Victoria's Secret. Perhaps the team should have headed to the mall first... Today's review is going to be a bit different than the past ones. I'm encouraging folks who saw the show to write a comment about the kinds of testing, methods, or sequence you would have used if you took on the investigation yourself. I've said it

Watch tonight on SyFy--I have an interesting review planned for tomorrow with reader participation strongly encouraged. As well, tomorrow at 2 pm EST I will have another episode of LAUGH up and at 7 pm EST the lonely hearts night on my blog for open commenting for those who are bored on a Friday night.

( *Don't forget Thursday is "Fact or Faked" on SyFy. Friday is review of "Fact or Faked," followed by another episode of LAUGH, followed by an evening for those who are lonely to post comments live back and forth as we did last Friday* ) I’ve covered shadow people on this blog several times (use the search bar on the right). For those who haven’t heard of them, shadow people are human-like shapes seen by people anywhere, any time. They are usually seen first in the peripheral vision and then when one turns his head, these figures disappear or disappear as soon as they realize they have been seen. That’s what intrigues me the most about these figures; that there are signs of present-based intelligence. This is to say that these figures appear to be startled that they have been seen and then retreat. They are interactive in the present time. They are also quite intriguing because they can be seen in cemeteries (often) and people’s homes (modern homes without histo

Yeah, this post is sounding kinda creepy, huh? Not really. It’s about weird things we use for ghost hunting tools. Even creepier? Keep reading... When I was a kid we would open the family bathroom medicine cabinet and there it was…unavoidably out of place amongst the bottles of mercurochrome and salves. Mom’s 1950s era douche bag, propped up, flopping a bit like a calf’s bladder, drew attention. I remember as a kid pondering it. The images in my mind were intriguing. Was it used for unplugging the sink? Perhaps to clean out ear wax? No one spoke of it. We pretended it… wasn’t there . One time as a little kid who inhabited the tiny end bedroom, the truly disturbing room with the ice cold closet year-round and something that sounded like it was breathing raspy within, I decided it was time to do something about this ghost. I pondered what to do for someone who was having trouble breathing. I understood how they felt, nearly everyone around me smoked. Then, one brilliant day while in

( As we get closer to mid September, I am revealing bits and pieces. Here's my smile--taken last evening--I'm the one on the left--Dale is on the right--didn't mean to scare ya'all. He had to horn in on this Q&A ) I have had a lot of you emailing me asking me for the identity of the man mentioned in the interview comments. I am not naming this kissy-faced ghost hunter ever . So, you can give up. Maybe during our lonely hearts Friday night on here, I might enlighten you more about this tragic comedy. I will not use his name, though, so you will never know who he is. .. Today, I'm allowing ya'all to ask me any questions you want; from where I stand on things paranormal, what my philosophy is in the field, my personal existence ( such as it is ), or anything else you can come up with. As well, if you want to ask Dale questions, I will make him available too. I know ya'all are a very creative bunch. Okay, let me ( us ) have it... ( 5 pm EST my post will be