Have you ever thought you have seen a ghost?

I have never seen a ghost, BUT i went on a tour of Port Arthur, in Tasmania which is an old prison colony where many who were transported to Australia for trivial crimes paid with their lives, or went insane.

That tour made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, it was very creepy and I was glad to escape at the end of the tour.

About two years prior to us going on the tour,(which was 2000) a mad man shot and killed 35 men women and children on the site, which led to the Australian Government banning all guns unless you had a good reason to have one (being a farmer)

Correction the massacre was in 1996, 4 years before I visited Port Arthur
 

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oakapple said:
Sometimes it takes courage to admit that you think something other worldly is going on, as people tend to laugh it off.I always think those people may be the first to run shrieking out if they had to stay in one of our very old abbeys, mansions or inns.:eek:
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hee-he.;)Good prank. the things that go bump in the night,
Should not really give one a fright,
It's the hole in each ear that lets in the fear,
That and the absence of light!
 

I live in a house that is on the site of the old medieval village that used to be here, it was only a hamlet then really, and even before that there were houses here from about the eighth century.It was on the old road to Oxford and was an important route between Abingdon, where there was a wealthy abbey, and merchants going to Witney and Oxford.We live almost next to the old church, and there are plenty of ghostly tales hereabouts.I try to keep an open mind about most things.
 
Kadee46 said:
I have never seen a ghost, BUT i went on a tour of Port Arthur, in Tasmania which is an old prison colony where many who were transported to Australia for trivial crimes paid with their lives, or went insane.

That tour made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, it was very creepy and I was glad to escape at the end of the tour.

About two years prior to us going on the tour,(which was 2000) a mad man shot and killed 35 men women and children on the site, which led to the Australian Government banning all guns unless you had a good reason to have one (being a farmer)
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I have read books by Bill Bryson and somebody else, Howard Jacobson? Who both describe a dreadful feeling coming over them on the tour of this former prison, not just a slight creepy feeling either but more a 'let me out of here now!'
 
oakapple said:
I have read books by Bill Bryson and somebody else, Howard Jacobson? Who both describe a dreadful feeling coming over them on the tour of this former prison, not just a slight creepy feeling either but more a 'let me out of here now!'
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I had the same feeling, just get me out of here, It was a night tour. The old church is from memory two stories, it was burned out by a bush fire YET it looks like it has lights on and you can see someone standing at the window on the second floor Everyone the tour could see someone in the window) ( no roof or floors in the building)
As for the the massacre of the innocent men, women and children by the madman,in 1996 (I know his name but I won't mention it) The building where many were killed, is still there, The Roof was removed and the building turned into a memorial but it's still very sad and creepy because at the time you could still see bullet holes in the stone walls,The murders made a already sad violent location into an even more dark history location if that's possible .
 
A good ghost story that I enjoyed a lot, although I don't usually like this sort of thing staring Nicole Kidman.

 
Kadee, very well described about the scene, and one which will stay with you for a long time.:(
Cookie, yes that's a really good film, a very thoughtful and unusual film of this genre, I have watched the film twice in fact, Kidman is such a good actress.
 
"The Others" was lightly based on "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. I took a short interim course in college on the novels of Henry James. Thank goodness it was a short one because it was pretty depressing....we concentrated on "The Turn of the Screw" and "Portrait of a Lady". Ol' Hank sure knew how to depress the bejeezus out of you.
 
I've never read Henry James and I can do without him, for sure. The Others was pretty creepy, but I found it fascinating, won't be watching it again though.
 
jujube said:
"The Others" was lightly based on "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. I took a short interim course in college on the novels of Henry James. Thank goodness it was a short one because it was pretty depressing....we concentrated on "The Turn of the Screw" and "Portrait of a Lady". Ol' Hank sure knew how to depress the bejeezus out of you.
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Really, I am surprised as the film was nothing like The Turn Of The Screw. I like Henry James' work though.
 
Went to the town of Banbury today to do some shopping, it's a market town with many ghostly stories, but mainly known for the old nursery rhyme
ride a cock horse to Banbury cross
to see a fine lady ride on a white horse
with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
she shall have music wherever she goes!
The old stone Banbury Cross is still there in the centre of town by the way,but have no idea what the rhyme is really about (most nursery rhymes were based on events or news at the time.)
 
"When asked were do people go when they die? A small voice in the back of the room replied, "why do they need to go anywhere?"
 
Rocky said:
No, not in a rush. I debate about posting the specifics other than to say it had to do with my recently deceased mother.
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You should post what happened
 

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