Ghosts may not be real but strange accounts about them have given rise to all kinds of stories.
So strong is the compelling power of such accounts that even the die-hard rationalists start having doubts.
In fact,there are stories of ghosts and spirits from all over the world. And the interesting thing is that many people actually claim to have seen ghosts!
This book is an honest attempt to chronicle such accounts from different parts of the globe.
The reader unknowingly gets swayed into a new world of thrill and wonder. Illustrations and photographs make the matter vivid and interesting.
Ghostly Appearance 7
Ghost of an Eternal Beauty 13
Threesome at Heathrow 16
Lincoln and the White House bond 20
The Lady who Bore Curse 25
Sogoro’s Ghost 27
The Acrobatic Ghost 30
The Inexplicable 33
UB 65: The Iron Coffin 37
The Ghosts who Taught Music 41
The Monumental Mystery 47
A Ghost that Weeps . . . 51
The Friendly Ghost 54
Cruising with ghosts 57
An Army of Ghosts 61
The Amityville Haunting 66
The Soldiers of Khanwah 70
The ‘ghostly ship’ 73
Hellfire Caves 76
A Ghost’s Revenge 79
The Royal Encounters 81
The Tower of ghostly killings 86
The Mystery of Tahira 89
The Fort under Curse 92
Ghostly Activities on Highways 96
The Ghosts of Drury Lane Theatre 99
Behind the Curtain 103
Of Scribbles and Drawings . . . 108
The Unfortunate Fall 111
Lady in Brown 114
The Haunted Castle 117
The White Witch 120
The Story of Anneliese Michel 123
The Call of the Ghosts 127
The Devil Sign at Ohio 129
Tree Ghosts of Vietnam 131
The Myrtles Plantation 133
A Haunted Ride 137
Poveglia Island 140
The Ghost Who Warns . . . 142
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Ghost of an Eternal Beauty
Marilyn Monroe is one of the biggest stars ever created by Hollywood. She was introduced to the psychic by the actor Clifton Webb. Kenny Kingston and Monroe eventually struck up a close friendship with a mutual interest in
psychic phenomena and spiritual guides. Marilyn Monroe also visited many other astrologers, mediums and psychics. The psychic Kenny Kingston says: “Whenever Marilyn needed detailed psychic advice, she would see me in person.”
It is claimed that Marilyn Monroe’s Ghost now haunts the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. At the height of Marilyn Monroe’s fame, she often stayed at the hotel where her ghostly image is seen in a full-length mirror that once hung in her poolside suite. (The mirror has been relocated to the hotel’s lower level by the elevators.)
The ghost mirror now hangs in the lobby where many people claim to see her image gazing through the glass. The ghost of Marilyn Monroe has also been seen hovering near her tomb at Westwood Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. It is also said to haunt the house in Brentwood where she died and hovers over the exact spot where she took the fatal dose of sleeping tablets. Some psychics have claimed that Marilyn Monroes’s death was not a suicide but an accident.
Lux Meow clicked a very thought-provoking snapshot taken at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, capturing possibly the ghost of Marilyn Monroe. It is a reflection of a door in the background, but still it captures the likeness of the famous star of the silver screen: As recalled by him, “I was staying at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood. So my friend and I decided to go around and take some pictures in the mezzanine area near this mirror that used to be in one of the suites but was instead moved down to the lobby area because a lady had claimed she saw Marilyn appear in it (which was the former room Marilyn Monroe would stay when she was alive).
So we took pictures with my Polaroid and a digital camera around that area, and also up the hall and into a ballroom which was pretty dark. After taking the Polaroid, we went back to the room. The photo we had recently taken of me in the ballroom had been developing weird, like the shape of a person; and not as I was posed. So we thought it wouldn’t turn out. Then when it did, to our surprise there were strange lights in the form of a frame just behind me on the door. In the middle was a face whose features resemble that of Marilyn Monroe in ghost form.
On August 4th, 1962, Monroe slipped into a coma taking an overdose of sleeping pills. She died the next day. While the coroner listed the death as a suicide, many believe it was an accident that her life was taken. Others are more skeptical and believe that a conspiracy existed that may have something to do with one or more Kennedy’s family members. The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is rather busy when it comes to ghostly encounters. On the premises, some claim that the ghost of Montgomery Clift (who appeared in the movie, The Misfits with Monroe) has made himself known throughout certain parts of the hotel. The two were very affable and understood one another quite
well while working together on the set of the Misfits movie.
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