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Dear Ghostvillagers,
Happy almost-autumn (unless you’re a southern hemisphere Ghostvillager, then almost-spring). The air is turning crisp here at the Ghostvillage world headquarters, which means the busy season has begun! Because it’s the busy season, that also means it’s big announcement time!
It was seven years ago that my first book was published. The World’s Most Haunted Places came out in August of 2004. Since then a lot has changed with the paranormal community, and with the popularity of the subject. There are now many shows exploring the pursuit of ghosts and spirits, there are more groups and individuals than ever before looking into this stuff, and in short: the odd became cool. Since my first book came out, I’ve published over a dozen more, I’ve given hundreds of talks, tons of interviews, and have been blessed to be able to pursue this study full-time thanks to you folks.
Today I’m proud to announce the launch of the Revised Edition of The World’s Most Haunted Places! If you don’t have this book, this new version is the one to get. I’ve made tons of updates, plus included several new haunts. You’ve all been so supportive of me over the years, and I don’t ask you to part with your hard-earned money lightly. I’m asking you to buy the book this week! If you buy it at Amazon.com, you’ll get the lowest price. Click on the book cover, or
this link to buy it there. If you want an autographed copy, you can purchase those on my personal Web site here:
http://www.jeffbelanger.com/theworldsmosthauntedplaces2.shtml
The World’s Most Haunted Places is a global ghost tour and hunt through some incredible history and haunts. I’m proud of this one, and it will always hold a special place for me being my first book. Please pick it up, leave some online reviews on Amazon, and help create a social media buzz by liking it on Facebook or tweeting it on Twitter.
As I said, the busy season is here. I have a lot of events and lectures coming up. I’m hoping you can attend all of them, ‘cause that would be one heck of a party. But do try to make it out to a few. I’m always adding new material to my talks. The discussion evolves, and it’s not that same if you’re not there.
A few events worth noting coming up in the next month: The Chicago Ghost Conference (featuring 30 Odd Minutes LIVE),
The Central Texas Paranormal Conference, and
Haunted History Night in Wareham, Massachusetts. You can see my complete listings further down.
Enjoy the rest of the newsletter below.
Supernaturally yours,
Jeff Belanger
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| Jeff Belanger's Upcoming Events |
This is the place to find out where author and Ghostvillage.com founder Jeff Belanger will be speaking on the subject of the
paranormal. If you're interested in booking Jeff for a conference or other event, please visit:
http://www.jeffbelanger.com/lectures.shtml for more information.
Events Scheduled:
A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the Bellingham Public Library - Bellingham, Massachusetts - September 28, 2011, 7:00 PM
Chicago Ghost Conference - Chicago, Illinois - September 30 - October 1, 2011
A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the South Hadley Public Library - South Hadley, Massachusetts - October 5, 2011, 6:30 PM
Central Texas Paranormal Conference - Austin, Texas - October 8-9, 2011
A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the Billerica Public Library - Billerica, Massachusetts - October 13, 2011, 7:00 PM
Haunted History Night 2011 - Wareham, Massachusetts - October 15, 2011, 6:00 PM
A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the Athol Public Library - Athol, Massachusetts - October 18, 2011, 5:30 PM
A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the Luna Gallery - North Conway, New Hampshire - October 22, 2011, 7:00 PM
A Supernatural Afternoon with Jeff Belanger at the Nashua Public Library - Nashua, New Hampshire - October 23, 2011, 2:00 PM
A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the Uxbridge Free Public Library - Uxbridge, Massachusetts - October 24, 2011, 7:00 PM
A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the Winthrop Public Library and Museum - Winthrop, Massachusetts - October 27, 2011, 7:00 PM
A Supernatural Evening with Jeff Belanger at the Middleborough Public Library - Middleborough, Massachusetts - October 29, 2011, 6:30 PM
The Stanley Hotel Cabin Fever Event - Ghost Adventures and Darkness Radio - Estes Park, Colorado - November 3-6, 2011
Congratulations to Mary Ann Tettemer, who was the August winner of an autographed copy of
Jeff Belanger's book, Picture Yourself Legend Tripping and a Ghostvillage.com window sticker!
How to win: Entries will be accepted up until 5:00 PM (eastern time) tomorrow (September 17, 2011).
At 5:00 PM, we will draw a winner at random from the correct entries that have been received. You no longer have to be the first,
but you only have until 5:00 PM to get your answer in. If you click on this link:
http://www.ghostvillage.com/index.shtml#winner, you see
today's date, and "We have a winner!" that means the contest has ended. Sorry, please try again next month. To submit your entry, simply
reply to this email with the correct answer.
On to this month's question: This question can be answered by reading a page on Ghostvillage.com. Remember, reply by 5:00 PM tomorrow to
be eligible to win.
If Jim Harold could go camping with any figure from history, who would it be?
At 5:00 PM tomorrow, we will announce the winner on our home page.
Good luck! (Only Ghostvillagers who have not won a prize from us in the last year are eligible.)
This month's prize:
We're giving away an autographed copy of Jeff Belanger's new book, The World's Most Haunted Places, Revised Edition and a Ghostvillage.com window sticker!
Didn't win? Want to buy a copy? Click on the graphic.
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September 26: Jeff
Belanger on The X Zone Radio Show
September 27: Jeff
Belanger on the Paranormal Palace Radio
September 30: Chicago
Ghost Conference - Chicago, Illinois
October 8: Central
Texas Paranormal Conference - Austin, TX
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>>fritzthecat<< - member since October 12, 2009
What is your name?
Fred J. Fritz
How old are you?
43
Where do you live?
Virginia Beach, Virginia
What do you do for a living?
Retired after 20 years of active-duty military service with the U.S. Navy. Now pursuing a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Old Dominion University.
What got you interested in ghosts and the supernatural?
I've never really been one to seek out paranormal experiences, they just seem to happen to me. As far back as I can recall I had a spirit or a presence that watched me. I remember being about four years old and seeing a figure standing in my doorway, watching me. My parents would get exasperated with trying to calm me down and would eventually tell me to go sleep in my sister's room. That didn't help because the figure would follow me and take up a position in my sister's doorway. Never did anything, just watched.
Maybe a protective spirit or a relative who recently passed? At any rate, it really freaked me out. I don't recall why or how those visitations ended, one day they just did. Over the years I've had several experiences, some good, some bad. Enough experiences to prompt me to do some research to where I now have a pretty extensive library of paranormal-related books. :)
What do you think is the world's most haunted location?
My opinion is that one would find the most haunted location to be somewhere in a Western society. Many of the Eastern societies have a map or guidebook interwoven in their spiritual beliefs for what happens at death, what to expect, where to go, how to get there. In the West, we don't have an equivalent for the various Books of the Dead, so death really remains a mystery, something to speculate about. I would imagine the most haunted location would be where a lot of people either died at the same time, such as a battlefield, or died over a period of time, such as a penetentiary, asylum, or hospital. As far as personal experience, I visited Aleister Crowley's villa in Cefalu, Sicily in 1998 and that place was certainly active. You could feel it as soon as you entered. I also felt a tremendous amount of energy when I visited Stonehenge. Neither of these were "ghostly"
in nature, though, so I wouldn't consider them haunted.
What was the first music concert you attended live in person?
Van Halen, Women and Children First Tour, 1980.
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New features added since our last newsletter:
Pop Paranormal Culture and Middle Eastern Legends with Deonna Kelli Sayed September 13, 2011 [Video]
Legend Tripping with AdventureMyths by Deonna Kelli Sayed September 12, 2011
Out of Place in Time and Space with Lamont Wood September 6, 2011 [Video]
TAPS Academy Comes to Town by Deonna Kelli Sayed September 1, 2011
The Amityville House with Christopher Quaratino (Lutz) August 30, 2011 [Video]
Paranormal Pastoring by Rev. Sherrie James August 22, 2011
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Our last month's theme was Haunted Woods. Here's what you missed if you haven't checked in since last month:
Discussion: In the Woods West of Boston
Encounters: The Boy on the Rock
Encounters: The Chase Through Enchanted Forest
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to share your own experience, please click >>here<<. Since our last newsletter, we added the following new encounters:
Remembering Childhood Experiences - Annapolis, Maryland
Ringing Phantom Phone - Ellendale, Delaware
Scary Voices - Colington, North Carolina
Life Changing Experiences - Bradenton, Florida
Fright Night in Philly - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spooked in the United Kingdom - Birmingham, England
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This month's headlines:
Drivers point to supernatural on notorious toll road Jakarta Press Jakarta, Indonesia - September 14, 2011 [EXTERNAL NEWS]
Claudia Schiffer moves family into ghost-free country house Monsters and Critics Suffolk, England - September 6, 2011 [EXTERNAL NEWS]
Physicist and parapsychologist Helmut Schmidt passes away Paranormal Old Pueblo August 23, 2011 [EXTERNAL NEWS]
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Evidence Alley
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A cool EVP.
An Explanation of Orbs
http://www.ghostvillage.com/ghostcommunity/index.php?showtopic=21720
They are in almost every paranormal photo. As technology has changed, have the explanations for them changed?.
Understanding Tarot
http://www.ghostvillage.com/ghostcommunity/index.php?showtopic=2015
Lessons in Tarot reading.
Religion and Spirituality
http://www.ghostvillage.com/ghostcommunity/index.php?showtopic=32291
Use of crosses in cemeteries.
Personal Encounters
http://www.ghostvillage.com/ghostcommunity/index.php?showtopic=32314
Little girl and the graveyard.
General Board
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Does critical thinking kill paranormal forums?
Board of the Month -- The World's Most Haunted Places
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What locations and legends make your most haunted list?
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