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Does Superman Actor’s Ghost Haunt Former House?

John D — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:01:01 +0000

While many have donned the tights since, for anyone who watched TV in the 1950′s, there is only one Superman, George Reeves. Never as squeaky clean as the Man of Steel, Reeves violent death on June 16, 1959 at the age of 45 left a continuing controversy. Ultimately ruled a suicide by the LAPD, several individuals over they years have claimed Reeves was murdered on the orders a former lover, yet no definitive evidence has ever been presented to support the theory. Regardless of how Mr. Reeves ultimately left this plane, it would seem that he is not quite ready to give up his Benedict Canyon home. Since the late 60′s there have been reports of ghostly happening at the residence. Multiple witnesses have reported hearing noises from the bedroom where Reeves died. When they go upstairs to investigate, the room was often found re-arranged. In one instance, renters reported that they heard noises coming from upstairs during a dinner party. When they went to investigate, Reeves’ former room was torn apart as if someone was looking for something. After cleaning up the room, the group returned downstairs to find their drinks had been moved from the coffee table to the kitchen. Other reports of paranormal activity at the home range from the smell of gunpowder filling the room to appearances by Reeves’ apparition in full Superman regalia.

Superman Haunts

Does this CCTV footage show a young girl’s ghost?

John D — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:21:16 +0000

Here is an interesting video that is making the rounds today. It is supposedly from a mobile phone shop in Leeds, Yorkshire in the UK. In the video we see what appears to be the apparition of a girl cross a doorway in the upper right portion of the screen. The poster claims that after researching the shop he found that it was built on the site of the “Yorkshire Orphan Asylum”. A quick Google search for that name doesn’t turn up anything other than stories about this clip. In addition to this inconsistency, we have a strange anomaly in the time code on the footage. The CCTV system seems to be taking 1 frame every 2 seconds, starting at 01:46:58. The next step is 01:47:00 but then it jumps to 01:47:01 then proceeds in 2 second increments until the end of the clip. To me this jump seems to indicate the footage has been tampered with, either with someone inserting the time code into the footage to make it appear more authentic (but messing up the intervals) or someone editing 1 frame/sec or faster footage to have it appear more “ghostly” or to remove telltale clues. Additionally we have quite a bit of lead-up footage, but only a single frame after the “spirit” leaves the view. Why not show more? This makes me wonder what the poster doesn’t want us to see. Presented with what we have here, I am inclined to say, for now, that this is a hoax unless more evidence is presented to prove otherwise. What do you think? Hoax? Ghost? Let me know in the comments.

Video: Ghost Caught On CCTV?

Is This A Child’s Ghost Caught On Camera?

John D — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:16:20 +0000

There is not much information about this video other than the person who took it claims that he half jokingly thought his house was haunted and on a whim decided to set out his camera. This 16 second clip is the result. At approximately 8 seconds into the clip you can just barely make out something crossing the hallway that the uploader claims is the ghost of a little girl.

Another Youtube user and UFO Evolution forum member, mercuryrapids, took the video and enhanced it slightly. In this version of the clip you can better make out the figure moving across the hallway.

What ever is in the clip looks like a child in a dress or nightgown and from what I can tell it appears to be walking. In my mind this leaves only one question, is this a ghost crossing the hallway or something more corporeal? Watch both clips and let me know what you think in the comments.

Real Ghost of Little Girl on Camera!!!
Video of Ghostly Child?
[via UFO Evolution]

Build Your Own EMF Meter

John D — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:35:50 +0000

Able to detect the potential presence of spirits, EMF meters have become one of the most basic parts of any paranormal investigators tool kit. While you can purchase a detector for less than $50, intrepid DIYers can open up a world of infinite possibility by building their own EMF meter using the open source Arduino hardware platform.

This design by Make Magazine’s Collin Cunningham uses a LED bar graph to display the meter’s reading, but as with all Arduino based projects, there are endless possibilities for modifications. This project replaces the LED bar with a LCD readout. Other possibilities include combining the EMF meter with a camera trigger to create a camera trap or you could build in an audio recorder that starts recording when a spike is detected creating an automated EVP setup. The only limit is your imagination.

Making the Arduino EMF detector @ Make: Online

Mass Ghost Sighting Shutters School

John D — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:46:31 +0000

Malaysian state-run newspaper, the New Straits Times, reports that Sekolah Menengah Sains Dungun (a coed bording school in Malaysia) had to close due to hysteria caused by a mass ghost sighting on the campus. Beginning Sunday female students reported seeing ghost-like apparitions flying around classrooms, assembly halls, and dorms. The panic caused by the event forced school officials to cancel classes for most of the day. The event reoccurred the following day, causing classes to be canceled. As of Thursday, normal classes had not yet resumed.

The father of one student spoke to reporters saying, “My daughter kept telling me that she saw the figure of a woman wearing all white flying around her classroom before closing in on her. She said she felt a sudden chill just before the ghostly figure reached her, and she just screamed.” Other students claimed to have felt sick to their stomachs and passing out durring the event. Students whose families live nearby were sent home until the situation at the school could be returned to normal.

Bouts of hysteria after ‘ghostly sightings’ [via The Anomalist]