{"id":1566,"date":"2014-04-27T16:32:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T20:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.usedtobeabastard.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2014-04-27T16:32:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T20:32:45","slug":"10-ghost-stories-totally-freaking-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dontpokthebear.com\/10-ghost-stories-totally-freaking-real\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ghost Stories That Are Totally Freaking Real"},"content":{"rendered":"
Probably don\u2019t read this before bed.<\/b> If you\u2019re still feeling brave, make sure you see the latest horror story inspired by true events, The Quiet Ones<\/i><\/a>, coming to theaters April 25.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve all heard someone claim that their house was under attack from a poltergeist, but it\u2019s not often that a haunted house story will get full corroboration from the local police department. Maybe don\u2019t visit Indiana for a little bit, OK?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A 10-inch-tall statue at the Manchester Museum has been turning on its own in broad daylight and has left scientists completely baffled. The staff at the museum set up a camera to record the paranormal activity, and the result is a pretty chilling video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Basketball players are basically impossible to scare. Apparently, the Claremont Hotel didn\u2019t get the message. The hotel spent the last month scaring the bejesus out of the NBA stars with creepy baby noises coming from \u201cunoccupied rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you\u2019re a camping enthusiast, you may want to skip your trip to Aokigahara. The forest is home to so many suicides, the locals stopped releasing the numbers. People have suspected that the entire forest is haunted, and who can blame them? The last data showed Aokigahara was averaging about 100 suicides every year<\/a>. Not a typo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Carmen Snedeker moved her family to Connecticut to provide treatment for her son\u2019s cancer, but the vicious paranormal events that transpired left them at the epicenter of one of the most famous stories in American history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n en.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n en.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Zona Heaster Shue is the only poltergeist in history to help convict her killer of murder. A month after her death, she appeared in front of her mother and explained how she was murdered. Edward Shue was sentenced to life in prison following a brief trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Yes, the White House. Abraham Lincoln was the most vocal spectator of the spirits in America\u2019s most famous landmark, but he\u2019s by no means the only one. Eleanor Roosevelt, President Truman, and Theodore Roosevelt reported visits from the other side. After his visit, Winston Churchill wouldn\u2019t even set foot in the place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The focal point for The Conjuring<\/i>, this house was the site of extraordinary paranormal activity. After the Perron family was terrorized by a poltergeist who announced herself as \u201cBathsheba,\u201d they made a call to ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren. Andrea Perron recalled the moment Lorraine set foot in the kitchen without any knowledge of the situation and said \u201cI feel a dark presence, and her name is Bathsheba.\u201d shudder<\/sub><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n en.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Francisco Goya \/ en.wikipedia.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n You may know this story as The Exorcism of Emily Rose<\/i>, but did you know it\u2019s completely true? Anneliese Michel died shortly after her run-in with a poltergeist, leaving behind a lot a questions and not a whole lot of answers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The infamous Amityville Horror House owns so many scary stories, it could fill up the entire list. It\u2019s the only place that Lorraine Warren, the ghost hunter involved with several of the other stories, won\u2019t even talk about<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n10.<\/span> Indiana\u2019s Gateway to Hell<\/a><\/h2>\n
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9.<\/span> Neb-Senu\u2019s Mysterious Movement<\/a><\/h2>\n
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8.<\/span> The Claremont Hotel Club and Spa<\/a><\/h2>\n
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7.<\/span> Suicide Forest, Aokigahara, Japan<\/a><\/h2>\n
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6.<\/span> The Haunted House in Connecticut<\/a><\/h2>\n
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5.<\/span> The Greenbrier Ghost<\/a><\/h2>\n
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4.<\/span> The White House<\/a><\/h2>\n
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3.<\/span> The Burrillville Farmhouse<\/a><\/h2>\n
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2.<\/span> Anneliese Michel<\/a><\/h2>\n
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1.<\/span> The Amityville House<\/a><\/h2>\n
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