Have scientists found proof that ghosts exist?

"Professor David Fontana took a deep breath and opened a side-door into the mechanic’s workshop. He peeked inside but could see virtually nothing through the murky gloom.

“Well, here goes,” he mumbled as he stepped into the workshop.

An icy chill rippled slowly down his spine. He looked up, momentarily startled by what he saw. A small piece of engine casing appeared to be levitating a few feet in front of his nose. It tilted slightly to the side and then flew directly towards him. He ducked aside as it whizzed past his head and smashed into the wall behind him..."

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Ghost hunter checks Bradenton Beach eatery

BRADENTON BEACH - With all the odd things he has witnessed, Justin Norton, assistant manager at the Sun House Restaurant & Bar in Bradenton Beach, almost expects that every week he will experience something at work that he cannot explain.

He hears voices at night. The conversations are often so loud he steps outside his office to see if people have wandered into the restaurant after hours. And yet, no one is there and the doors are locked.

He sees shadows move. Although appearing only for a second or two, the shadows move distinctly away from where light is shining...

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Group probes paranormal activities at rail museum

"When an elevator was being installed at the Brunswick Railroad Museum last spring, workers and staff reported strange noises, voices and unusual activity.

Supplies were being moved around. Several elevator workers even claimed they saw a woman in a white dress walking around the second floor.

The reports led a former museum board member to call the Mason Dixon Paranormal Society, a Gettysburg-based group that investigates claims of paranormal activity..."

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Shh! Historic Bedford home may be haunted

"BEDFORD, Va. – Little more than an hour from Wythe County’s Major Graham Mansion, the directors of a home called “Avenel” have a predicament when it comes to talk of haunts.

Stories have persisted for decades that Avenel – built in the 1830s – has been inhabited by a wispy “lady in white.”

Ghost hunters come to the home, and so do news reporters, anxious to see or hear something unusual... "

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Is Otsego Lake Inn haunted by past residents?

"GAYLORD — Do you believe in ghosts? The Mid-Michigan Paranormal Investigators do, but only if they can prove it scientifically.

Using “state-of-the-art” equipment such as split screen monitors, infrared cameras and high-tech audio recorders, the team works to capture the sights and sounds of apparitions at locations reported to be haunted.

According to Matt Moyer, lead investigator, if they can’t record it, it didn’t happen..."

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Ghost hunters seek signs of supernatural

"PARKERSBURG - Virginia Lyons felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up.

A man's laughter echoed in the dark lobby of the Colony Theater in Marietta where she felt a gentle tug on her hair, but when she turned around, no one was there.

At the time, Lyons was a 16-year-old concession worker cleaning at the Colony Theater after closing time. The experience was one of several in her childhood that sparked her interest in paranormal activity..."

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Your Town Plover - The Club Forest Bar: A Haunted History?

"As we've showed you all week, Your Town Plover has a rich history spanning decades. And of course that history wouldn't be complete without a good ghost story!

Notorious gangsters like Al Capone and John Dillenger considered the Club Forest Bar a favorite stop in the 1920's and 30's, and it's right in Your Town Plover. The bar is filled with stories and legends, but none of them have managed to live on quite like the story of Melvin.

Melvin was an original employee of the bar, and employees today are convinced his ghost is still there. The Club Forest Bar was used for a time by its original owners as a 'house of ill repute'. "Helen and Mac [McCabe] brought a man with them named Melvin, and they called him a coachman", said Pam Booth, who owns the bar today. "His job was to go to the train station pick up the girls bring them back and watch over them..."

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Memon Mohalla haunted by ‘ghost’ school

"SUKKUR: The children in Memon Mohalla are afraid to go to a school that is being built in the middle of a graveyard.

The matter started after poor planning on the part of the education department resulted in the construction of the primary school inside the graveyard near Rohri; however, residents filed a case at the sessions court two years ago and managed to get a stay on construction until the court’s final verdict.

Many residents had protested and threatened to keep their children at home if the authorities insisted on building the school on their ancestral graves..."

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Ghostly goings on at Shropshire castle?

"Could this be evidence of ghosts in a Shropshire castle?

Video journalist James Shaw spent an evening at Whittington Castle, near Oswestry, with ghosthunting group Dead Haunted Nights, run by Phil Whyman, from Living TV’s Most Haunted.

And he found evidence that ghosts may – or may not – exist..."

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Female ghost in Malaysian police lock-up giving cops nightmares

"Malaysian cops have reported that a ghostly apparition of a woman with long hair in a white dress has been haunting their police lock-up.

According to the Harian Metro, the ghost has apparently been disturbing officers on night duty at the Betong district police headquarters about 150km from Kuching, and it has also been seen around the police station.

"Its face is similar to an officer here. When it is given instructions, it would only keep quiet," the Star Online quoted a source as saying..."

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Ghosts In The B-RI Railroad And Historical Museum?

"If you remember there was an article in the May 20th issue of The Teague Chronicle about Wide Awake Paranormal investigators spending time at the B-RI Railroad and Historical Museum to see if there was paranormal activity there. WELL, before they could even get started things became very interesting!

"We had just come back from dinner and were anxious to get started," said one of the investigators. "When we opened the door we heard a noise that sounded something like an alarm." They thought they had set off an alarm system at the museum and figured the police would show up soon. They waited but the police didn't show.

"We thought we would go in and see if we could find the source of the noise," the investigator went on. "It seemed that each time we thought we could tell where it was coming from and went there, the noise seemed to come from somewhere else..."

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Do ghosts haunt historic Liberty structures?

"Sometimes late at night after the cleaning crews have left and most office workers are long gone, an elderly man and woman have been seen walking with arms linked along the hallways of the Depression-era Clay County courthouse on Liberty Square.

At other times in other buildings, water runs, doors open unexpectedly, tools disappear, a shadowy presence is felt or a baby cries — all with no explanation. Are these sounds of someone’s overactive imagination, or are there ghosts hanging around town?

Those who sign up for a ghostly tour of Liberty scheduled for Saturday, June 5, will learn where there could be paranormal activity..."

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"Ghost" pushes pint off table

"A PINT of lager mysteriously crashes off a table — in the latest spooky incident at a haunted pub.

Sean Moore had left his drink unattended during the weekly quiz at the New Inn in Gloucester.

But as his back was turned the glass suddenly slid over the edge of the table — and the whole thing was caught on CCTV..."

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'Amityville Horror' home goes on sale for $1.15m

"The house made famous by the 1970s Amityville Horror film has gone on sale in Long Island, New York, with a price tag of $1.15m (£800,000).

The five-bedroom house at 108 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, gained notoriety through the film based on the story of the Lutz family, who moved in in 1975.

The Lutzes say they soon discovered that the house was haunted..."

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Unexplained Voices, Cold Spots, Light Anomalies? KSAX Investigates the Palmer House, Greater Minnesota's Most Haunted Hotel

"Unexplained Voices, Cold Spots, Light Anomalies? KSAX Investigates the Palmer House, Greater Minnesota's Most Haunted Hotel

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. - The legendary Palmer House Hotel is one of the most haunted hotels in the nation. KSAX went inside to find out why.

"It operates today as it did in 1900," Owner Kelley Freese said..."

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Ghostly tale from 100 years ago revealed behind Lincoln Castle trapdoor

"Staff at Lincoln Castle had a shock when they opened a cellar which had been boarded up for decades and found a mysterious message.

It sounds like something from a Hammer horror film but for the castle workers it all seems spine-chillingly real.

They were sent to inspect the cellar beneath the historic building's cafe which had lain unopened for at least 30 years..."

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Ghostly goings on at Bulford pub?

"GIN, vodka, whisky and rum aren’t the only spirits to be found in John Sutton’s pub.

Several ghosts have been making their presence felt at the Rose & Crown in Bulford.

John is hoping a medium or a paranormal investigation group will help him get to the bottom of the strange goings-on..."

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Mystery of Wem ghost solved by an 88-year-old postcard and an eagled-eyed pensioner

"It was an image hailed as compelling evidence for the existence of ghosts.

As a town hall was being destroyed by fire, an apparition of a little girl - standing behind a rail and surrounded by flames - was apparently captured on camera.

The picture was taken by Tony O'Rahilly, a sewage farm worker and keen photographer, as he stood across the road among a crowd watching the 90-year-old building in Wem, Shropshire, burn down in November 1995..."

Image left: Comparison between the two girls. Courtesy of Ghost Theory.

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Haunted Berwick playhouse: Paranormal group says Hackmatack home to ghosts

"BERWICK, Maine — BOO! The Hackmatack Playhouse is haunted, according to a group of ghost-hunting paranormal investigators.

Everything Paranormal of New England said it detected the spirits of a singing woman and a very angry Native American on the playhouse property.

The good news?

"They're not going to hurt anybody," said the group's founder, Renee Alling..."

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Dog walker photographs Victorian Age ghost in park

"A man, Paul Reed, who was out walking his dog has spoken of his amazement after photographing what he claimed was a Victorian Age ghost in a park.

The father of two was walking thought Kelsey Park in Beckenham, Kent, when he spotted the phantom appear behind a park bench.

The 46-year-old said he was walking pet pooch Harry in the park this week when the spook - a woman wearing Victorian-style dress - suddenly materialised..."

Image left: The photograph in question.

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