Emails From the Dead

Communication with those who’ve passed is changing right along with technology. Long ago are the days when we waited for a sign from our loved ones in person. Now, it can happen from unexpected sources like your email inbox.

Excertps from an article on Yahoo!:

When Jack Froese, 32, died of a heart arrhythmia in June 2011, he left behind a number of grieving friends and family members. But the BBC reports that several mysterious posthumous emails from Froese’s account have brought some happiness and closure to those who were closest to him.

Last November, five months after Froese’s death, his childhood best friend Tim Hart received an email from Froese’s account.

“One night in November, I was sitting on my couch, going through my emails on my phone and it popped up, ‘sender: Jack Froese.’ I turned ghost white when I read it,” Hart told the BBC. “It was very quick and short but to a point that only Jack and I could relate on.”

The email had the subject heading, “I’m Watching.” While the text of the message itself read, “Did you hear me? I’m at your house. Clean your f***ing attic!!!”

Could you imagine? I don’t know what I would do if I saw an email from my dead friend saying, “I’m Watching.” Yikes!!!

Read the full article here

Ther article also tells about a website, Dead Man’s Switch, where YOU can send your loved ones emails after you pass on, too.

WHAAAAAAT?!? Teen Exorcists (UPDATED)

This is absolutely crazy.

Introducing, Brynne, Tess and Savannah, three sisters from Arizona that have been exorcising demons since they began experiencing the demons of puberty. Now aged from 17 to 20, they say they’ve already performed dozens of demonic exorcisms all the way from here in the US of A to Africa. They’ve been in extensive training with Reverend Bob Larsen (who claims to have performed over 15,000 exorcisms) and the three are hoping to make the air waves shiver with the possibility of a new reality show highlighting their spiritual slayer skills. In a recent CNN interview with Anderson Cooper, the girls discussed how they became involved in exorcism (the eldest is the daughter of the aforementioned reverend), what Hollywood has gotten right about the possessed (ohhhh how delightful! It’s their crazy eyes!) and their hope in joining the multitude of paranormal-themed reality television shows that grows in number annually. This reporter seems skeptical considering that they seem to be more interested in selling themselves as opposed to be the humble and loving Christians that they claim to be.

Maybe TV fame will “possess” them and they’ll decide to turn into slutty pop music wannabes who make horrible decisions. One can only hope, huh?

Here is a response from Reverend Bob Larsen on how he feels he was mistreated on the show:

“I just completed an appearance on “The Anderson Cooper TV show,” seen nationally, Wednesday, February 22, 2012. You may read this before or after seeing the appearance.  (To see excerpts of the show, go to:  http://www.andersoncooper.com/episodes/i-am-a-teenage-exorcist-plus-jesse-tyler-ferguson-modern-family/). Of all the national media appearance I have done, this was by far the most hostile. Cooper has a reputation for being a fair journalist, but his treatment of me was far from fair. It was “ambush” journalism at its worst.  Anderson was cynical with his mind made up from the start.”

Read the rest of his response here

What I think…is that it was quite foolish of him and the teenage ladies to go on a talk show to begin with. And these girls, if they are sincere in their wishing to help expel evil — they don’t belong on TV. Especially after I read that they’ve been home schooled their whole lives; this world will eat them up alive and spit them out. TV is the last place they should be focusing their energies.

Adele’s Haunted House

Picture from: dailymail.co.uk

Last week it was reported that Adele is a bit spooked to stay in her rented home alone. The mansion, in Sussex, is her home while renovations are being done on one she’s to own. Thinking it may be haunted, she’s recently moved in her female bodyguard so she doesn’t have to stay in the house at night by herself.

According to the Sun, her friends said she said she keeps “hearing things that made her jump” in the ten-bedroom mansion, which used to be a convent, and has vowed never to spend another night alone there. It’s been said she told her friend, “I’m not rattling around here on my own. It gives me the creeps.”

And she is reportedly paying the bodyguard, a former chauffeur, £100,000 a year to stay with her in the mansion, which is set in 25 acres of land and boasts two swimming pools.

(I’ll live with you, Adele!!!)

Speaking to the paper, her friend said, “Adele was so excited to be renting such a lavish property but it has not turned out as happily as it should have. She is convinced it is haunted. She knows about its religious history – and it’s a big place to be in on your own in the dead of night.”

Check out this really cool video of Adele chatting with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes:

 

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Whoooaaa — UFO?!

This is from my desk calendar...thought I'd share

Coming In May: HAUNTCON

Hauntcon is a National Haunters Convention and Trade Show that goes on annually. This year it’s to be held at the Monroeville Convention Center from May 3-7.

Check out the awesome T-shirt that’s been made for this years event, too:

Go to Hauntcon’s website for ALL the details: including buying yourself one of those snazzy tees, and getting tickets for the event.

 

South Park Library

I’ll be at South Park Library this Thursday, October 27th at 7:00 for some ghost talk!

Address: 2575 Brownsville Road, South Park, PA  15129

If you’d like any more information about the library, here’s their website

Event: Bellbrook on Lockdown

October 28-30, 2011

Sugar Creek Plaza

6124 Wilmington Pike

Bellbrook, OH 45459

(around 4 hours away from Pittsburgh)

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD ACCESS TO AN ENTIRE TOWN AND IT’S GHOSTS? THE BELLBROOK OFFICIALS will be presenting ParaVizionz with the Deed to the Town of Bellbrook.  SyFy and Spooked TV will be filming – and there will be a first ever LIVE reveal of the search for a lost fortune, as told to us through EVP’s.

Celebrities will be arriving in historical cars driven by macabre chauffeurs.  The stars will also be driven in style to the ghost hunt locations Saturday.

Friday, it’s strongly encouraged for everyone to come in costume or masquerade.  There will be a PRIZE for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.

Saturday evening, there will be a GIFT BASKET give away, loaded with amazing items and services offered by the celebrity line-up.

Sunday, all are welcomed to bring items of their deceased loved ones and friends who have passed.  The Mourning Tea is celebrated annually in Salem and is a practice to honor the dead.  We sit, and next to us is a seat for the spirit.  An open mic will be for anyone who would like to come up and share a love letter, an old holiday card, a photo, a story or perhaps a song they enjoyed during their life.  The Death & Rebirth ceremony is one to put closure on our pain and suffering.  We release the spirit and treasure their memory by writing their name on paper and burning it.  This is to bring closure and comfort to those who remain behind.

Tickets and more info at www.bellbrookonlockdown.webs.com

Booth Brothers + Chiller Channel

Continuing last year’s ratings growth, Chiller/NBC Universal will unveil an all-new slate of original programming. Spooked TV’s, the Booth Brothers (as seen on SyFy, Sony Pictures) has agreed to provide original content for this horror genre cable channel. Documentaries, feature films and reality shows are amongst Spooked TV’s and the brothers projects for 2012 and will be broadcasted on the Chiller channel while still providing programming for Syfy/NBC Universal.

CHILLER is the entertainment network devoted exclusively to the horror/thriller genre, delivering edge-of-your-seat entertainment 24/7/365. Chiller features exciting series, spine-tingling reality, and thrilling feature films-including the cult classics of master creators and cutting-edge new premieres every Friday night. Chiller, currently available in 40 million homes, is the only cable channel devoted to delivering viewers round-the-clock scares. Chiller’s eclectic slate of adrenaline-fueled, soul-stirring entertainment includes a broad offering of films, including feature-length premieres every Friday, international programming (Afterlife, Apparitions), documentaries (Booth Brothers/SpookedTV) and reality shows (Fear Factor), anthology series (Masters of Horror) and some of the most thought-provoking and suspenseful series ever on television (The X-Files, Tales from the Darkside, Twin Peaks, Millennium).  www.chillertv.com
 

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Pittsburgh’s Zombie Fest!

This Saturday, October 8th is the 5th annual Zombie Fest!!! It runs from noon until 9 pm in Market Square.

Zombie Fest is founded by Mark Menold, who also hosts the event as the undead Professor Emcee Square. With thousands in attendance, this spectacle recreates the scenes from the original zombie film classics on a grand scale.

By virtue of the success of the movies from Pittsburgh pioneer filmaker George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow), and our now world famous zombie walks, Pittsburgh has become what Mr. Menold refers to as “The Zombie Capital of the World”.

Pittsburgh has owned the Guinness Book Record for most zombies three times but currently does not hold that record. The record was broken on July 2nd, 2011 by Seattle with 4,522 zombies. When asked if that number can be topped this year, Menold said; “Zombies are our own pop-culture bragging right and are a recognized as part of our city’s heritage. I liken this to another city trying to buy one of our sports teams. It’s important that we take the world record back from Seattle, it’s a matter of civic pride.”

This year’s Zombie Fest promises to bring the world record back to Pittsburgh where it belongs.

Attendees can take part in crowd participation activities like the “Zombie Olympics” (a hilarious slow motion sporting event) and the crowd will also be treated to a live taping of The It’s Alive Show to be broadcast as a telethon this Halloween on WBGN in Pittsburgh. The day will culminate in “The Walk of the Dead” when all the participants are led in a shambling parade around the city, all the while staying in character as groaning zombies.

Admission is free but please bring non-perishable food items for The Greater
Pittsburgh Food Bank.

Facebook Event Page

In the meantime, check out this quite impressive video of a zombie walk in Melbourne, Florida. Stay in character guys! It makes it all the more fun!

Event: The Paranormal State of the Union Address

When: Sunday – October 16, 2011

Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Where: Days Inn Conference Center

   139 Pittsburgh St. – Rt. 8

    Butler, Pennsylvania

If you’ve ever wanted to go to a paranormal event, but didn’t really care to pay — well, now there’s no excuse! This event is free admission and has free food & drinks. AND you get a free raffle ticket for a chance to win some awesome prizes!

Meet others interested in the same subject, learn and have fun!

Facebook Event Page

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