Up-to-the-minute reports of paranormal activity and news from around the world

GHOSTS, HAUNTINGS & POLTERGEISTS:

Could Hanley Town Hall be haunted?
Hanley Town Hall could be haunted after a medium claimed she saw a ghost while investigating spooky goings on. According to clairvoyant, Christine Walsh, from Northwich, the angry face of a man appeared, accompanied by floating lights, in the public gallery of the old courtroom....


Haunted wine tasting room
The original tasting room at Talon Winery is located in the historic 1790's era farmhouse. The farmhouse has been transformed to function as a modern-day winery but when guests come for a wine tasting, many leave with more than just a bottle of wine. "They feel someone come up and touch them on the shoulder as if they're getting a little caress," owner Harriet Allen said....

Amy Bruni offers advice for new paranormal investigators
Amy Bruni, paranormal investigator on Ghost Hunters, makes paranormal investigating look easy, but appearances can be deceiving. According to Amy’s Facebook post on March 30, real investigating is different from what we see on TV. She explains that the episodes of “Ghost Hunters” have been edited to bring viewers the highlights of an investigation, but that the work can be long and tiring....
(Also read: The 10 Commandments of Ghost Hunting)

Landlord loses lawsuit in haunted house case
Taiwan -- A landlord, surnamed Chen, lost a lawsuit yesterday in a case in which he pursued reparations from the parents of his late tenant, surnamed Hsu, believing Hsu's suicide to have depreciated the value of the apartment.

Hsu committed suicide via charcoal asphyxiation in June, 2012. Chen believes that Hsu haunts the property, which forced Chen to sell the unit at a 40-percent discount....

WEIRD CREATURES:

The mysterious "white mice" of Loch Ness: Larval longnecks?
Cameron McCormick has noted that the "white mice" bear resemblances to water boatmen (I noticed this as well) and Sebastian Wang pointed out similarities which the unidentified invertebrates share with ostracods. After sending the preceding material, Scott Mardis mentioned that the "white mice" look similar to veligers, which are the larva of gastropod molluscs....

LIFE AFTER DEATH:

Can the dead really talk to the living?
Jaime Licauco: When actor Roy Alvarez died suddenly last month, I went to his wake at the Santuario in Greenhills. While sitting quietly far from his coffin inside the big church, I thought of asking him, “Why did you leave so suddenly? We still have a lot of work to do.” You see, Roy and I had many common interests in the fields of paranormal phenomena, Philippine mysticism, elementals and UFOs....
(Also read: Can the Dead Talk to Us?)