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   Lighthouses are full of history and sometimes the history is full of despair.  The structures were meant to save lives at sea and to give direction to captains who were passing by.  Sometimes the lighthouse wasn't enough to save the crews and captains of unfortunate ships who were caught up in bad storms.  It is no surprise that lighthouses have many claims of paranormal activity and ghost stories.  Since Halloween is coming fast, here are a few stories about certain lighthouses and their ghosts.  The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse   The Ghost ship of the diamond shoals   Cape Hatteras Lighthouse living quarters    The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, NC/The Ghost Ship Of The Diamond Shoals -We've all heard of ghost ship stories where a ship is sailing full mast and there is no one on board.  On a midwinter morning in 1921 the coastguard stationed in Cape Hatteras woke up to a strange sight, there was a schooner with all sails flying...

   Everyone gets the chills when they walk through a cemetery, especially at night but mostly it is all in our heads.  How could walking through hundreds of deceased people that are buried six feet under, get you thinking that there's ghost in that thar graveyard?  Come and take a walk through some of America's most haunted cemeteries and read about the ghosts that choose to hand around them.  Bachelor's Grove Cemetery  One of the Bachelor's Grove ghosts    This secluded cemetery located in Chicago is said to be the most haunted graveyard in America.  Bachelor's Grove has had numerous paranormal investigators that have investigated this cemetery and it has been reported that it has had over 160 cases of documented paranormal occurrences, which include everything from floating "orbs" to light and full body apparitions.  Lafayette Cemetery   Collage of graves at Lafayette Cemetery    Located in New Orleans, La....

   If your calendar is like mine, we're both missing out.  Did you know that you can celebrate a different holiday every day during the month of October?  Check out the list of special holidays, guaranteed to be thought-provoking, or just make you laugh and scratch your head! October 1st - World Vegetarian Day , a day when all are urged to partake in meatless menus, and for those already living the vegetarian lifestyle to celebrate the choice that safeguard their own health, protects the earth. October 2nd - Name Your Car Day , a day set aside to choose a name for your car that suits its character.  Let's just hope your car doesn't have a personality like the one in Stephen King's book Christine! October 3rd - Income Tax Day .  I'm not sure why anyone would want to actually celebrate the day that the Government takes more and more of our hard earned money away.  It has been around since, 1913. October 4th - Visit Your Cousin in Prison Day . ...

7.   Netherworld in Atlanta, Ga.  Netherworld Haunted House brings you a monster fest of epic proportions.  Inside Netherworld, nightmarish creatures fly, swing and crawl as they hunt for flesh, so real you'll feel trapped in a horror movie. You might even see a 17 foot tall gargoyle king feasting on its prey.  Walk lightly....You won't want to be his next victim.  You must escape The Mangler, The Acid Room, The Drowning Tank, The Flesh Compactor, and other horrific death traps as the haunt grows even bigger this year.  You might escape with your life, but not your sanity! 8.   Cutting Edge in Dallas/Fort worth, TX.  The state of Texas is experiencing a booming and growing haunted house industry like no other, especially the Dallas area which now features more haunted houses than any other city in Texas.  Cutting Edge Haunted House is currently celebrating its Guinness World Record as the longest haunted attraction in the W...

   Haunt-goers travel high and low visiting cities across America in search of the best and scariest haunted attractions and houses.  The Internet has made it possible for anyone to find, look at, and compare different haunted houses to find the best ones to go to and spend their hard earned money.  People come from all over to attend the very best haunts and to see if they can scare the pants off of them. So, without further ado here's a list of the top 13 haunted attractions in the United States.      1.  The Bates Motel  is located in Philadelphia, Pa, the city of brotherly love.  There are approximately 15-20 different haunted houses in the area.  The 2 best in the city though are The Bates Motel with Haunted Hayride and the Pennhurst Asylum.    The Bates Motel   is an action packed haunt featuring a 25 minute haunted hayride through a dark forest of Araspha  Farm.  The hayride is just the beginning....

   Ancient or just simply old castles are some of the most interesting man-made places on Earth.  They are often grand structures that are rich in history, but sometimes their history is dark and violent.  This causes some people to look at these great historical sites in a different light.  You can almost guarantee that if a person has been tortured, killed, or died of old age in a castle, that someone will claim it is haunted.    European castles have been the home to ruling monarchs, both bad and good.  They have seen the hardship, pain, tragedy and triumph of mankind.  They have also served as prisons and torture chambers and in some instances, even tombs.    Many believe this is why castles are so closely associated with ghosts and haunting's.  With so much agony being born within, it makes sense that some of that might permeate into the very structure itself.  Tower of London   Perhaps no castle know...

   Issobell Gowdie was one of the witches of Auldearne coven that was tried in Moyashire, Scotland, in 1662.  Gowdie became well-known partly because of her detailed testimony and partly because it was apparently freely given, without torture.  However, as Cameron states, preliminary torture-which could consist of being deprived of food and drink, being held without sleep, and even beatings and having the legs crushed-was  commonly disregarded by the courts.    The recorded torture was only that which was only that which was applied at a later stage, to acquire the names of accomplices.  Prior to that, the words"The prisoner confessed without torture" would be written into the records.  However, Gowdie did tell her story at least four times, between April 3 and May 27, never once deviating, contradicting herself, or changing her testimony in any way, including the recitation of numerous spells and incantations.    Gowdie...