TRUE GHOST STORIES
VOLUME 3
THE SUPERNATURAL BOOK SERIES
BY
ROSEMARY BREEN
COPYRIGHT © 2012 ROSEMARY BREEN
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Disclaimer
While every care has been taken in compiling this book it is possible that it may contain some inaccuracies. This work is for entertainment purposes only. The information in this book is subject to your own interpretation and any guidance given is not intended to be predictive.
The author does not know your unique circumstances and as such, this work should not be considered advice. The information contained in this book is given without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor its dealers or distributors, will be held liable for any damages caused either directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book.
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Note: This guide is for entertainment purposes only.
First Printing: 2012
Revised: 2012
This Book Is Dedicated To
All Those Who Share The Stories Of Their Own Paranormal Episodes In The Longest Running Parapsychological Survey On The Net
Your Encounters Are Important To The Researching Of The Supernatural.
Thank You For Putting Your Experiences On Record!
True Ghost Stories – an Introduction
It's safe to say that encountering a ghost is probably the main paranormal experience that most people report. It's also the paranormal encounter that excites the most people, and captures our imagination!
These ghostly experiences are not confined to sightings only. It seems ghosts have developed a broad range of rather ingenious ways of contacting us, and these embrace our five senses, our sixth sense, and modern and olden-day technology.
In each of the books in The Supernatural Book Series you'll read first-hand accounts by those who've been touched by the dead, have smelt the presence of a departed loved one, have heard comforting words from beyond the grave, and have received welcome and unwelcomed visitations from the deceased. You'll also read how technology seems to be playing an ever-growing role in this inter-world communication.
The experiences you're about to read have not been hyped to make them sensational! They are written by paranormal experients, and I have only given their accounts a light edit. In my opinion, it is the 'moderate' tone in which almost all of these stories have been written that lends weight to their authenticity and the genuineness of their authors.
To reiterate: I have not altered these accounts to make them more spooky, hair-raising, spine-chilling or blood-curdling. I'm sorry if that disappoints you! These are not the ghost stories of old; the ones we read before bed to keep us up all night or the eerie tales we told around the campfire as the death hour approached. Such stories are wonderful, and they do have a place in the literary world; it's called fiction.
As you read these eyewitness accounts of the paranormal at work in the world, rather than scare you, I hope they'll make you think.
Who are we? What are we? Why are we here? What happens when we die? And, how paranormal is the paranormal, really?
For some, myself included, living with the paranormal is not 'on the edge'. It is our normal way of life!
Two Personal Invitations
First, the stories in The Supernatural Book Series are from completed questionnaires collected by my online paranormal survey. The survey is still open and it's open to all; it's free and I invite you to participate here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ParanormalPhenomena
Second, I invite you to join my online community at Psychic Revolution and sign up for regular email updates at
http://PsychicRevolution.com
My Dissertation
Over the years I've had many requests from people around the world asking to read my thesis. It's always been my intention to spread the word as widely as I can about my own parapsychological research and that of others in academia; hence this series of books and my website,
http://PsychicRevolution.com
If you're interested in reading part of my dissertation, at the back of this book there is an extract, and a link and password that will give you access to the third chapter.
TRUE GHOST STORIES
This Book Is Dedicated To
True Ghost Stories – an Introduction
When Katherine is Around the Castle
You Saw a What?
You, Me and Baby Makes Three
They Come In Big and Small Sizes
A Visitor from Victorian Times
One Last Tune
I Was Speechless
Who Can Resist a Man in Uniform?
A Comforting Presence
Oh, So Beautifully Dressed for the Season
You See Him Here, You See Him There
Now That Was Quite A Shock
Who Is That Tapping?
Here One Moment, Gone The Next
Poltergeist Activity or Ghostly Impressions?
Down on the Farm
Whose Cat is This Anyway?
Shiva
Down at the Jail
What is That Noise
Are You Still in Here Grandpa?
Does She Approve of the New Décor?
Did I Just Hit That?
Is That a Topper I See?
A Friend Beyond the Grave
A Mother's Love
This is My Home Too
Just Weird
Monte Cristo Homestead, Australia
The Old Man on the Stairs
The Experiences Can Happen Early in Life
Who Is That Lady?
A Message from Sarah
Is Seeing Really Believing?
Get Away
A Visitation
The Singing Monk
Unacceptable Behavior
Convicts, A Penal Colony, and Oppression
A Secret No More
Don't Blame the Dog
To Whom It Concerns
A White Mist
Once a Soldier, Always a Soldier
Yes/No
Psychometry
When the Animator Comes to Life
Paranormal Encounters and Some Reflections There On
Energy, Death and an Apparition
We Used to Joke
The Legacy of War
A Blue Bear
I Heard Hard Soled Boots But …
Is That a Ghost Tap Dancing on My Head?
Whilst Standing Sentinel
I Knew We Weren't Alone
Come with Me
Native American Indian
Psychic Vampire
Fog, Energy and Transformation
Drug Overdoses, Death, and the Remains
Heavy Breathing
Shadow Figure
A Light and a Stroke
An Electric Blue Flash of Light
House Sitting
Crossing Over to the Light
I Don't Think It's Grandad
A Neat Experience
I Was in Awe
The Landowner's Dog
Why So Angry, as You Lay Here Dead?
A Mischievous Look
Maybe Not the Fat Cat I Thought
Not the Christmas Visitor I Expected
Who or What Are All These People?
Coming or Going?
With or Without You
Same Time, Same Place
Same Sound, No One There
A Lot of Activity
Who Hangs Around the Parking Lot?
Why Hate?
A Wedding Gown Perhaps?
Who Was That?
Strange Things Happening Around Here
Hi Mom and Dad
Are Some People More Prone to Seeing Ghosts?
It Was Creepy
Is It a Comfort Having Them Around Still?
The Prison and the Hanging House
Boys Will Be Boys
No Wind, No Breeze, No Explanation
My Children
Who is That Jumping?
Cheese Toast and A Shadow Man
Blood-Stained Wood Floors
I was Astonished
Chinese Ghost
Disembodied Hand
A Friend's Hand
Party-On
Playing with My Ponytail
Apparition First; Rumour Second
From My Childhood
A Full House
Having the Time of Their Lives
Thesis Extract
About the Author
Books by the Author
Thank You
When Katherine is Around the Castle
This castle has hundreds of ghosts, who can be quite fun at time and will even interact with us occasionally. Our favourite ghost, whom few have seen, is a 20-year-old woman called Katherine, who passed over in the 14th century.
One week after she told me her name, via a psychic, she stood next to me in an otherwise empty room for around three minutes, until visitors were heard getting nearer. I know when she is near because of the smell of roses that gets stronger and stronger when she is beside me. This is a wonderful gift from her to me, for my 21st season at the castle.
You Saw a What?
All I can really tell you is that my oldest son and I saw a man with wings! And he saw us too.
I was 40 at the time and my son was 18. The winged man was about half of a city block away. We saw him in an empty parking lot, wandering around and we wondered what he was doing. It was at night-time and the lot was well lit with overhead lights.
It looked like the man was wearing a sort of trench coat and he was walking around. My son and I watched him for a few minutes, thinking more that he was acting suspiciously rather than anything else. The next thing that happened was, we saw a huge pair of wings flap out from behind him!
He took two or three giant steps and went straight up into the air and was gone ... or so we thought.
We were pretty scared at that point and went into the house.
Neither one of us spoke; we were too stunned. Then, we heard gravel crunching noises in the driveway. My son opened the living room window and looked out between the bushes and then called out "Mom, look!" I looked; again I saw that "trenchcoat" moving past the bushes. Then, we heard what sounded like running and watched "him" again fly up into the air, over the bushes.
We slammed the window shut and never saw him again. It was terrifying!
You, Me and Baby Makes Three
After I had my baby and had returned home from hospital after what was a very traumatic pregnancy and birth, I was asleep with our baby in the bed between me and my husband. I suddenly woke up and was aware of something at the end of the bed. I'd describe it as a long sheath of light or mist. I sat up and watched as it drifted off to the side of the room, and then vanished. I did not feel afraid. I felt more like it was someone watching over us, and it was actually a very peaceful and comforting experience. What it was, I have no idea!
They Come In Big and Small Sizes
In my previous residence, both my husband and my sisters-in-law (2 of them) would regularly see both large and small dark figures walking throughout the house. These figures would also follow them and taunt them too. Once, one of these entities touched me and it felt cold, and it was so eerie.