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Written Confession: A Fleeting Encounter At a Haunted High School

The following written confession was submitted via email: Working at a haunted high school… This place has checked all the boxes for a haunted place. So this is one time I was actually scared out of the building. #1 I just got done sweeping a hallway and was crouched down sweeping stuff into a dustpan I saw movement out of the corner of my eye…

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VIDEO: Weird Footage Catches 'Ghost Pants' Running Down the Street

It’s 10:00pm - do you know where your pants are? According to a weird video clip circulating the internet, it’s possible they’re running down the street. Some alleged “ghost pants” were caught on film sprinting through the night, and the mysteryhood of the traveling pants has drawn much speculation, including a spirit, a hoax, and even the famous Fresno Nightcrawler.

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BLOG: The Confessionals Podcast Paranormal Occurrences Tour to Burn Brae Mansion (and Other Mysterious Locations!)

In June, The Confessionals took its very first overnight trip into the paranormal! Partnered with the tour and travel company Educated Wanderer, we set off on our ‘Paranormal Occurrences’ tour to explore haunted locations and mysterious places in Pennsylvania and New York. Take a look through our photo album featuring all our unique stops along the way, including Columcille Megalith Park, the haunted Richmond Hotel and the Point Phillips Hotel, supernatural Hexenkopf Rock, and spooky Burn Brae Mansion!

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Creature Feature Friday: The Apparition of the 'Woman in White'

Today we will be exploring the beautiful and haunted Burn Brae Mansion in New York! Burn Brae Mansion holds tales of different ghosts and paranormal activity within its many rooms, including one of the more famous figures of ghost lore - the “Woman in White.” The apparition of a pale lady in a white gown has become a common sighting over centuries of ghost stories, but remains no less chilling across history and culture. What do you know about the Woman in White?

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Written Confession: The Fish-Faced Ghost Girl

The following written confession was shared via Buzzfeed: I was a kid sleeping in my brother's room while mine was getting painted. His closet doors were mirrors, and when I woke up in the night I saw the silhouette of a girl staring at her reflection while on the edge of my bed. Her hair was pulled back, she wore a cream shirt and a long pink skirt, and looked like she was made of TV static….

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Written Confession: Mom Watches Tall Pale Person Enter Daughter's Bedroom

The following written confession was shared via Reddit by _LivGrace_: I dont remember when this was, maybe a year or 2 ago, i went to my kitchen to get some water i was wearing a black hoodie and black joggers when i heard my mom go ,"Liv? Did you see that?" "Uhm, no?" I was confused and didnt know what she was talking about….

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Written Confession: Little Girl's 'Imaginary Friend' May Be a Spirit She's Related To

The following written confession was shared via Reddit: So my daughter just turned 4 years old. About a year ago, she started talking about her friend "Eda" all of the time. I thought she was just playing and using her imagination. She never actually would play with the friend in front of anyone though. She would just tell me about her friend who she apparently met at her Nana's (great-grandmother on her father's side) house. I never really thought too much of it at first….

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Written Confession: The Hanging Chandelier Woman

The following written confession was shared by Snoo-390 via Reddit: I've always seen paranormal beings since I was a child. However, ever since I'd moved in to the new house there were countless encounters - some being random incidents, others recurring. Let me give you guys a brief layout of my house: (First of all, it literally LOOKS haunted. I've had so many different friends come and visit and their first comment is always "your house looks haunted".) It's an old traditional wooden styled house where there is a huge spiraled staircase in the center of the home….

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Creature Feature Friday: The Tulip Staircase Ghost

Perhaps one of the most inexplicable ghost photographs that has not yet been debunked, the Tulip Stair Ghost is the focus of our Creature Feature Friday! While vacationing in 1966, the Reverend Ralph Hardy took the now-famous photo of the Tulip Staircase Ghost in the Queen's House in Greenwich, England. Hardy developed his pictures back at home and realized that, in taking a photo of the Tulip Staircase, he had captured a ghostly apparition as well!

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Written Confession: The "Hands-On" Victorian Terror

The following written confession was shared via Reddit by D_Aeon: When I was a child, I lived in an old Victorian house, and I would always hear laughing while I was trying to sleep. I was an only child with a single mother, and when I was about 5-6, I would wake up hearing laughter in the hallway in the middle of the night…

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Written Confession: Glimpse of a Ghostly Officer at Stokesay Castle

The following written confession was submitted via email: I am English and my wife is American, from Oregon, she has lived in England all our married lives dating back over twenty years. She, like me, has a great love of history and it is normal for us to visit historical buildings and places. In May 2015 we were spending a few days in Stratford-upon-Avon, going to theatre performances in the evening and touring around during the day. On 22nd May we went to Stokesay Castle in Shropshire…

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BLOG: 10 Horrible History Facts About Eastern State Penitentiary (and Our Own Tour of the Famous Haunted Prison!)

Lists of “The World’s Most Haunted Places” would not be complete without the looming, castle-like specter of Eastern State Penitentiary. The imposing prison is remembered for its unique methods of criminal reformation, famous for its compelling paranormal activity, and also happens to be located in Philadelphia in our home state of Pennsylvania! Eastern State Penitentiary is an unmissable destination with a storied background - check out 10 horrible history facts about Eastern State Penitentiary, followed by our own quick impressions about our tour of the infamous prison!

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