Celebrities on the ghost train

As part of my research in trawling through Google news there seems to be a small theme emerging over the past few days. That being celebrities and their paranormal encounters. It started off with my post about Meat Loaf and his experiences with the other side http://ghost-investigators.blogspot.com/2012/02/meat-loaf-talks-to-ghosts.html, next to be followed by Adele and her haunted mansion. http://ghost-investigators.blogspot.com/2012/03/adeles-haunted-mansion.html

The latest two I have discovered are concerning Ice - T's wife coco being haunted by a ghost who "molested" her http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/redhot/i-was-molested-by-horny-ghost-says-ice-t-s-wife-coco_106999.htm and another concerning One Direction. Apparently someone seems to have spotted a ghost on their video "What Makes You Beautiful". http://www.sugarscape.com/tags/music-video/698031/there-ghost-one-directions-what-makes-you-beautiful-video

Perhaps it's the Elvis syndrome "Uh huh, they're all shook up".

The Albion pub Bradford. Landlord's story of strange happenings

The manager Mark Senior and landlord Sean Garvey of The Albion pub in Bradford have been experiencing alleged paranornal activity at their pub. Some of the things that have been happening are glasses jumping off the shelves and malfunction of electrical equipment. There have also been appearances on a ghostly figure dressed in black. You can see the article and a short video here http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/9542371.Spirits_cause_new_fright_at_old_haunt_in_Greengates/r/?ref=rss

Drayton Manor Theme Park Hauntings

Drayton Manor Theme Park in Staffordshire is allegedly haunted. There have been reports of the sound of gallopping hooves, a face at the manor window, a ghostly white horse and a clock that seems to jump from the wall. All these things and more have been reported by staff and night security. One man is reported to have walked out of the cricket social club to be confronted with a ghostly carriage and horses. He is said to have turned around. walked back inside and ordered himself a large drink.The Grill Inn seems to be the epicentre of paranormal activity according to the report.

http://www.thisistamworth.co.uk/Ghost-Peel-clearly-alive-park/story-15264799-detail/story.html

Adele's haunted mansion

The singer Adele believes her £7m Sussex mansion to be haunted. The mansion was once a convent. The Sun claims she is paying her female bodyguard to sleep over to keep her company. After hearing strange noises, Adele is reported to have said "I'm not rattling around here on my own. It gives me the creeps.".

A friend is reported as saying that Adele was excited to be renting such a lavish property, but things haven't turned out so happily.

Haunted house in Dalkeith, Scotland.

I have seen several newspaper articles covering the alleged hauntings of a house in Dalkeith. A single mum and her two daughters had been experiencing noises and apparitions. After the Church of Scotland blessed their house (twice), they reported that the paranormal activity had increased. That is when they called in a group of local paranormal investigators.

Midlothian Paranormal Investigators, along with their medium Jackie Drummond, were said to have identified the troublesome spirit as a Thomas Laidlaw. A gentleman who was said to have died in 1923 and was dressed in "wartime clothing". (As he is said to have died in 1923, which was between WW1 and WW2 I am not sure which war they could be referring to).

The house was also built over the site of a possible plague pit - a mass burial pit, according to the findings of the medium.

MPI's medium then cleared the house of any spirits and the family now say that the house feels like a different house and the family can now start to get their lives back on track.

All's well that ends well eh?

Here are the articles:
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4168595/Ghost-is-banished-from-Dalkeith-home.html

http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/03/02/ghostbusters-medium-clears-haunted-house-after-two-exorcisms-fail/

Ghost hunters help clean up "Shawshank" prison

Volunteers helped to clean up the  former Ohio State Reformatory in early February 2012, which was used as the location for the film "The Shawshank Redemption". Many of these were ghost hunters who swept floors and cleaned whilst at the same time trying to collect evidence of the alleged hauntings at the old prison.

What a great symbiotic relationship! They get free cleaning and the ghost hunters get a free gig. Ghost hunter Scott Sukel said "the group was able to clean most of the building because there was more help than anticipated". I can imagine there was! - I'd love a nosey round an old disused prison.

You can read the report here http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/02/13/Volunteers-clean-Ohio-prison-used-in-Shawshank.html

My favourite YouTube ghosts video channel.

This YouTube user has some great videos. I spent a whole evening just watching the videos one by one. Brilliant place. I hope you get the same pleasure from it as I did. Here's the link http://www.youtube.com/user/ghostwatching?ob=4&feature=results_main

Dog Sees a Ghost - Another Video

As you may remember, I put a similar video on here a while ago. I have a fascination with the subject as we have seen our own dog behave in exactly the same manner. She spent one night barking at the wall and periodically backing away with her tail tucked between her legs in fear. I have also caught things out of the corner of my eye, but more disconcertingly,  I have seen that the dog has followed the same thing by moving her head to follow the anomaly........most odd.

Another Haunted Pub Closes

I know that this is the second post about closing down pubs, but it's something that is dear to my heart. The good old local is something that is at the heart of our way of life. Not only that, they keep great old historic buildings in use and good repair, plus they give us ghost hunters great venues to explore.

The next "victim" I am discussing is The Seven Stars in Knowl Hill. The 400 year old pub is reportedly (maybe it already has) being boarded up today - 1st March. The pub is home to a reported 4 different ghosts. A horseman dressed in black (the article doesn't mention whether he is on a horse or on foot); a headless woman, a phantom hound and a woman wearing a bonnet. I do hope it is reopened as a pub again soon, though I am not holding my breath on it!