GHOST HUNTERS

You know that beautiful lover, has all the elements from symmetry to grace, charm to attraction, and then you climb into bed and it all goes, well, unsatisfying ? Yeah, it's kinda like that. I waited a long time for this movie to come out on DVD. See the trailer? Cool premise, huh? It had tiny itty bitty moments of true chills and excitement and then it just never came to fruition. It was horribly written, amateur acting, very little sound effects or audio suspense. Even the director seemed confused by what he was making. It begins with a main character possessed to build this machine, but you have no sense of his passion. You only see him working day and night, but no emotion about it whatsoever and you don't know his motivation until the movie is almost over. It fell super flat! The concept was great, and I could see the potential for so many seriously emotionally moving moments and super terror, but between the poor directing, acting, and writing, I didn't feel the lea...

(Philadelphia Experiment) I adore Science Channel. This show, "Dark Matters: Twisted But True" (and the show "Through the Wormhole") are the kinds of things that totally curl my toes. I love this stuff! I live for it! This is why I have this blog to discuss theories and cool concepts! Tonight it premieres--August 31 at 10 pm on the Science Channel. Do not miss it!

#1--I'm Norwegian and I SOOOOOO get their horror movies! #2--I am a troll freak! Those are the reasons I was thrilled about seeing this movie. Having seen it, I give it an Autumnforest rating of....3 autumn leaves out of 4. I can't with a good conscience give it 4 of 4. "Jaws" got that and it's a rare movie that can get a rating where it satisfied all my needs. I'd suggest you think "Cloverfield" in Norwegian countryside. If you see the freaking movie for the scenery only--you will be enthralled and gasping. I feel such a kinship with their Northwest USA looking clothing, wet damp, glacial lakes, low hanging clouds, extreme bright greens, white stark snow scenes, dirty cars, messy coats, unshaven faces. I wanted to jump into the movie and drive around in the hero's badass truck and chase trolls! In fact, I have a monster crush on the man who played the Troll Hunter. The story was not a novel concept; college students chase after a man to find tha...

There's been a spat of chupacabra captures/dead carcasses. Well, supposed chuppies. Wikipedia: The chupacabras[1] (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃupaˈkaβɾas], from chupar "to suck" and cabra "goat", literally "goat sucker") is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities.[2] The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1995 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile, and even being spotted outside the Americas in countries like Russia and The Philippines. It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size o...

I just bought "Insidious" because I really enjoyed "Dead Silence" and there aren't enough moody horror movies that have tons of atmosphere, creepy dolls, and scary music. It wasn't original, but it satisfied me more than anything I've seen that's new all year. I pre-ordered a horror movie that I have never seen. Yes, I bought it without seeing it because it's my two favorite things--Scandinavian horror and trolls! The review will be up this afternoon. Hammer Films is back at it again ( I've waited forever!!! ) They know how to do moody, creepy, haunting shit. This upcoming movie is so atmospheric--I want to jump in it and live in that world. That's when a movie has me riveted--when it creates a place I want to be a part of. The remake of Sherlock Holmes and The Wolf Man did that for me, created worlds I wanted to linger in, but the plots were kind of lame. I'm hoping that this movie doesn't end up a snooze like "Turn of the S...

The movie "28 Days Later" was a very well done zombie movie. However, if you were to take out the opening about the Rage virus and just started us with the hero waking up in the hospital bed, not knowing what the hell happened to England and all the people, it would have changed the terror of the story all together to a new height. We would have been pitched into the unknown with him. However, with the audience having this virus insight, we knew what happened the minute the hero faced an empty hospital. In "Night of the Living Dead," we had some hints of a meteor or hell running out of room, but we never really knew why the world was upturned. It's that cut off from information, not sure what's happening that is horrifying. Just remember on 9-11 when we didn't know if planes were safe, subways, buses, malls, or how big this entire hit on America would be. A great zombie story needs a few elements: 1. Lack of help from the outside . We're on our own ...

Julie and I's book, "Zombie Housewives of the Apocalypse" will have pages throughout the book of zombie housekeeping tips and recipes and we also would like to scatter throughout the book pages showcasing zombie craftsperson's wares, dolls, clothing, art, whatever. So, if you have a zombie-themed business and sell them, let us know. We might just feature you in our printed book. ghosthuntingtheories@gmail.com

So, I was going through the laptop while The Human was asleep. I found some disturbing pictures, like this one... Sure, it could be anywhere, but it does look suspiciously like a resort to me! This picture of The Human and Ms Julie could be taken anywhere, I know, but still something is bothering me. She went away a few days and came back and seems strangely relaxed. Now, I'm certain she went to some resort and this has me very angry! She takes me to abandoned places and ghost hunts, but not to a resort? After all I've done for her! I think it might just be time for a little lesson....

So, Julie and I did the photo shoot for our book "Zombie Housewives of the Apocalypse" in 114 degree heat with humidity. After nearly passing out and losing my breakfast, I rehydrated in the car with the air conditioning on and we took off for the resort for a 2-night stay and a working vacation. We went over the photos and content of the book and sent off the proposal while going over the edit for our "Kickin Up Dust! (Getting Lost To Find Ourselves)" book. We did manage some fun times (as you probably noticed in Friday's "Drunk Ghost Story" video). There is a post going up tomorrow morning asking for zombie craftspeople to come forward. We are hoping to promote zombie products in the book. The book will also include drink mix recipes by Liz the martini-swilling housewife and housekeeping tips like how to get blood out of clothing by Stella the perfect June Cleaver housewife. There will be lots of pics of the zombie women in their 1950s post-apocalypt...

Take the time to watch these and you will be blown away. This is so exciting and I am thrilled to see that science is taking ESP more seriously. It's not woo-woo and it's not some kind of paranormal thing, it is perfectly naturally a part of our abilities, just like our ability to conceptualize our own consciousness and importance, life and mortality, God concept and more. If you don't have time to see all of them, see the last one--amazing experiment!

If you missed it--be sure and see my Drunk Ghost Story . It was, ah, interesting . I will not be staying at the Marriott Buttes Resort again. It is an amazing set up inside the buttes and beautiful, but very very cheesy. The walls are thin and it's noisy, they charge $10 a day to park and $15 a day for Internet. Mind you, that have enormous parking lots and it's not in the city so charging to park? WTF???? Even freaking Days Inn is free parking, Internet and continental breakfast! Okay, so not going there again. Greatly disappointed that a resort is not more inclusive. Next time, we'll do our working vay-cay in another resort. The view, however, was nice. So, no, there is no man to vacation with, but my dear friend, Julie , and I went to the resort together for 2 days. A working vacation--working on finishing up two books together and sending in a proposal for one of them. Oh, we managed to get to the pool and have a good time, some fine dining, some luxuriating, some room ...

( Tom Cochrane "Life is a Highway" ) Here's how I see it. Life is a highway. It's got hills. It's got turns. It's got narrowing. It is scenic. It is monotonous. There's two kinds of people in this world: Ones who use the potholes as proof the whole highway sucks. Ones who realize they've driven 50 miles without hitting a pothole and the highway is safe. Which one are you?

I love the "Drunk History" videos so much, I decided I needed to try one of my own twist. Haven't been drunk in over a decade and this is probably why... Warning: Do not use this for educational purposes. **No lonely on a Friday night tonight--be back next week**

( At a resort-Hey, we earned it! ) This was after the zombie photo shoot in the parking lot preparing to go to lunch. I had nearly passed out from the heat and nearly vomited at the same time. Couldn't decide which would win out. So, I sucked down 3 water bottles fast and sat inside the car with the air blasting. It was about 114 today??? Not a great temperature for a zombie shoot. It went well in spite of those conditions. ***No Lonely on a Friday Night tonight. Julie and I will be having a working vacation.***

Remember this place Julie and I went to not too long ago? It is referred to as the "Slaughterhouse." It is a very cool abandoned farmhouse. It is also the location of a photo shoot we are on today. In fact, following the photo shoot, we are staying for a few nights at a local resort where we will enjoy the swim-up bar and the fantastic restaurant that is built into the rocks. We will also be doing a follow-up study at a cemetery where I have gotten photographic phenomena for over 8 years and bringing in an expert to give some input to what's going on. Don't worry. We will be plugged in the entire time. We are going over the final edit of "Kickin' Up Dust! (Getting Lost To Find Ourselves)" book and working on the next book, "Zombie Housewives of the Apocalypse" which will be a fun book mocking 1950s housewives by making them post-apocalyptic zombies. Julie will be playing "Stella," the June Cleaver perfect 1950s wife and I will be pla...

Congratulations LEWIS POWELL IV Please contact me at ghosthuntingtheories@gmail.com and I will contact you this evening about your prize.

**At noon EST, I will have a post up with the winner of the contest from yesterday** I have to admit that my questions and correlations seem to take me to a place that I’m certain others must have visited; the realm of tectonics/geology/paranormal/human minds. I don’t think this is a new observation by man, or else Stonehenge and Machu Pichu might never have been built. The question is, what theories are out there? Here are some theories I’ve found that can perhaps tie together the findings I’ve had on haunted sites in my last post pertaining to paranormal clusters. You can look these theories up in Wikipedia for more info: “Tectonic Strain Theory” The brainchild of Michael Persinger, a researcher in cognitive neuroscience. This hypothesis ties together such phenomenon as UFOs, religious experiences, and other paranormal experiences. Persinger argued that strain within the earth's crust near seismic faults produces intense electromagnetic (EM) fields, creating bodies of light tha...

( Giveaway details at the end of this post ) Tonight begins a new season of GH on Syfy Channel. Hey, BTW, I really like the commercial with J&G walking down the street and looking up at the funky house. Very nice, guys! I do ridicule the concept of research teams on television--research is not entertainment, but there have been some very good points to having GH on the air for so many years and they have had some very wicked cool moments, so I plan to honor that today. When GH started, I was hunting and I laughed at the concept of someone wanting to watch ghost hunting. It's a bit like watching grass grow. However, TAPS did 3 very cool things for the industry by airing this show: 1. No longer did ghost hunters feel the need to be hush-hush about why they went to work groggy the next day. Ghost hunting was a legitimate interest and even kind of "cool." 2. They made it possible for the average Joe at home to see creepy places, sit in the dark, see what it's like ...

(art above by Jeremy --a great artist and, no, I haven't kissed him! Jeez! ) I haven't done an entry in this "sex and a single ghost hunter" in a while. I figured it was time to finally write one about something I daydream about every single day. I kissed my first boy in first grade, David Love . My older sister threatened to tell mom, so I threatened I'd tell mom where she hid her Marlboro's. The sassy auburn gal showed herself even then . Males have intrigued me since I was a little girl. I had a crazy relationship with them. I was a tomboy, so they'd hang with me, but I was also attracted to them, so I wanted to beat the shit out of them in tennis and basketball and kiss the breath out of them at the same time. Any physical contact in sports was welcome. They even smelled good when they sweat. As we reached adolescence, they would wonder what kissing was about. Oh yes, I had to try kissing the boys I grew up with, so D, D, D, and B all got a chance t...

What do you suppose it is about these vintage costume pics that make us feel very disturbed? I think the movies "Trick R Treat" and "The Strangers" definitely gave me this feel. This was back when kids could wear costumes to school and teachers would dress as witches and we would do every politically incorrect thing under the sun. My mother once even did a Halloween party for my older siblings at our estate. She put the children in black hooded cloaks, had them hold a dish with a candle and walk the long march under the dark wisteria arbor, down the gravel path to a part of the yard we called "The Pit." She had a stake in the ground with a witch effigy. The kids got to light the kindling and chant while it burned. She would so not be able to get away with that today. It was always so blasted cold and we needed coats but refused to wear them. We carried pillowcases and knocked on doors until midnight, the official end of the door answering time. Yes, midnig...

The psychomanteum is a gazing mirror used for making contact with those who have passed on. Dr. Raymond Moody ( of the book "Life After Life" fame ) made this ancient technique popular with his book "Reunions: Visionary Encounters With Departed Loved Ones." The best description I’ve found of this technique comes from this website’s description: “The initial setup is a little more complex and costly than that of a scrying mirror. A large mirror (4' high by 3-1\2' wide) is attached to a wall with the bottom edge about 3' from the floor. A comfortable, high backed chair is placed about 3' from the mirror. The top of the backrest of the chair should be below the bottom of the mirror. The feet of the chair should be trimmed to allow the chair to slant farther back than is normal. The person sitting in the chair should not be able to see his/her reflection in the mirror. The area around the chair and mirror is surrounded by a black velvet curtai...

We all have those dreams—you know, the ones that the details of are so clear in our heads that we swear some day—it’ll be reality! I've found that the more I define these dreams and actually give myself visual cues on a corkboard, the more they seem to happen. My biggest dream revolves around my writer's office. The writer's office is a dream location, but it's where it sits in the middle of that ignites my creative mind. I’m living in a 1000 square foot cottage along the Shenandoah or perhaps near the coast of Oregon. A simple place, sunny, small, easy to care for, so I can concentrate on the outside: A huge sustainable organic garden, a cherry orchard, a pond to skinny dip in, a large labyrinth to walk in when I need to center myself. A few seats from amusement park rides left to rust and making interesting places to sit in a Tilt-A-Whirl seat or a Scrambler bench, creepy cemetery sculptures spread around the gardens that I created with my own hands… And in the heart ...

On my research into the Grand Canyon finds, I kept running across a race of supposed giants whose remains have been found from Alaska to the Midwest. This one will give you the chills… Apparently, these skeletons averaged 7’ tall and have been found in New York, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nevada, Kentucky, Utah, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Minnesota, and pretty much all over the world. Interestingly, these have been found in caves and burial mounds and sometimes even wrapped in Egyptian style. Those of you who’ve read Genesis, might have heard of the nephilims, giants who supposedly descended from fallen angels. I’m always excited about the way things can link together and the Bible references with the find of giant bodies is quite spine-tingling. There are several reasons for what might have caused such a giant race of people found all over the world: 1. Since taller height is something found in warmer climes and shorter plumper figures are found in colder climates. It could have ...

Mischa Barton stars in this horror flick. I was bored one evening and put it on thinking the premise sounded interesting. A young female architect is sent to an isolated apartment building designed by an architect obsessed with empowering his building with live people buried in the walls. She’s supposed to evaluate the building and plan how it will be taken down by explosives for demolition. I was actually sucked into the movie really early on, a good sign. The building is totally creep-o-rama and the tenants who are still there are hiding lots of secrets. If a building can be alive with its history and fueled by the blood of its sacrifices, this movie portrayed it well. I was surprisingly pleased with the movie. I expected to just like it for the spooky building in the middle of nowhere theme, but it ended up having many spooky layers. I sat through the entire thing and that says a lot because I have a low patience threshold for movies that don’t draw me in. If you liked “Psycho” and ...

Mantras to live by when life knees you in the groin ( they work for anything that presents itself in your path ): "It's just a scratch!" "Come on you Pansy!" "Had enough, eh?" "It's just a flesh wound!" "I'm invincible!" "The black knight always triumphs!" "Running away? You yellow bastard!"

Brownie Kisses 1 package fudge brownie mix (13-inch x 9-inch pan size) 48 striped chocolate kisses Prepare brownie mix according to package directions for fudge-like brownies. Fill paper-lined miniature muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 18-21 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Immediately top each with a chocolate kiss. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 4 dozen. Mounds Candy Bar Brownies 2 Mounds candy bars 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup plain flour 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup chopped nuts Melt candy bars and shortening. Remove from heat. Add remaining ingredients and blend well. Spread in greased 9-inch square pan. Bake at 350F for 25 minutes. While warm, cut into bars. Candy Corn Bark 16 Halloween-colored chocolate sandwich cookies, chopped 1 1/2 cups broken small pretzels 1/3 cup raisins 1 1/2 pounds white chocolate, broken into square...

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( Stan Winston, 1972 made-for-tv movie "Gargoyles" ) What does it take to create the ultimate movie monster? It's actually an excruciatingly tough art. A few men, like Stan Winston, had an uncanny ability to create a monster with latex and mechanical parts, while others believe that CGI effects are the way to go and some old-time fellows depended upon makeup and great acting, such as in "Nosferatu." There have been dozens of Godzillas, King Kongs, werewolves, dinosaurs and vampires for movies. Some of them hit the mark, others missed it entirely. Although it may seem a bit outdated now, "An American Werewolf in London" had an unprecedented approach of the use of makeup, prosthesis, and mechanisms to actually take and evolve the monster as we watch it stretch and change. With good acting and this "real" looking approach, it actually seemed feasible. Rick Baker did an amazing job and actually was an innovator in makeup special effects because o...

This is a new series--Creeping you out! Today's subject--puppets, oh yeah, I'm starting with a bang! This is a master puppeteer/artist named Jean Luc Courcoult and the Royal de Luxe Puppets. (Brothers Quay--the best of all time--my ultimate favorite creepy videos EVER) **Tonight is Lonely on a Friday Night. Come on and chat with me and others**

Here is a section in my book "Was That a Ghost?" ( Kindle / Nook ) about the subject of "Signs." People ask me about signs a lot; those little nagging coincidences that make them feel that someone who passed on is trying to communicate. How do signs work? Is there such a thing as signs? How do I know if the signs are real or not? Here's how I see signs, a lot like how I see bad things that happen in life. I do not by any stretch of the imagination envision a God in Heaven who decides to create bad things in people's lives to either punish them or rile them up or make them stronger. Bad things happen in a world of free will, bad choices and mortality. Good people don't take it personally and move on, perhaps stronger for something they learned in the lesson. The first time I backed out of a parking space and someone else backed right into me, I learned to be sure no one else was backing out when I left a spot. I do that every single time now, doubl...