At first glance Villisca, Iowa seems like any other middle class Midwestern town.  But Villisca has a macabre history that many townsfolk would just as soon forget. If you go to Villisca and you know where to look, you will find an old white house nestled along a residential street.  This house is different than other houses [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ghosts’
Small Iowa Town holds Bloody Mystery
Posted: 29th June 2012 by Drew Boyer in Haunted HousesTags: ghosts, murder, villisca axe murder
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: The Explanation of Ghost Hauntings?
Posted: 24th March 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: carbon monoxide, ghosts
While ghosts make great Halloween props, they don’t make the best housemates. Individuals sharing their space with a ghost often experience hallucinations, headaches, illness, feelings of dread, and even sudden death. But there could be a more easily explained reason for these sensations and ghastly sightings. Rather than looking toward the paranormal, we now look [...]
Ghosts: Unknown Aerial Sightings Caught on Film
Posted: 1st February 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: dancing orbs, floating orbs, ghost lights, ghosts, haunted house
Since February 23rd, 2010, the National Geographic has been hunting down and documenting paranormal activity in the television series Paranatural. Whether it is a haunted house or a mountain range, they have been scouring for strange occurrences. Unlike most Youtube videos and other questionable ghost sightings, the National Geographic tends to utilize professional equipment and [...]
Ghosts: Haunting Your House, Bringing Down Its Value
Posted: 25th January 2011 by Dale Rappaneau in Halloween UnexplainedTags: Ackley, ghost, ghosts, haunted, haunted house, poltergeist, Stambovsky
In 1991, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, held the case Stambovsky v. Ackley, where it was determined that a house publicly marked as ‘haunted’ can bring down the value of that house, and the current homeowner must inform any subsequent purchasers of the house’s haunted state. Before you go wondering about how a [...]
