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NEWS ABOUT: ghosts

ghosts stories: 9 news summaries
OPINION

 Jim Morrison 
 Is Not in This Photo 

Chalk up ghostly image to wishful thinking

Oct 13, 09 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Morrison is still dead. Repeat: Still dead. Unfortunately, and just in time for Halloween, researchers in a new book assert that an old photo taken of a visitor to Morrison's grave does indeed show the singer's ghostly image rising, complains Lou Carlozo. These supposed experts rule out weird lighting... More »

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hoax • Jim Morrison • The Doors • ghosts • rock

(Newser) - Actor Patrick Stewart reported seeing a "ghost" in the wings while performing Waiting for Godot in London, reports the Telegraph. The former Star Ship Enterprise captain was apparently not up to snuff during one scene. When co-star Ian McKelllan asked him what happened, Stewart replied: "I just saw... More »

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theater • London • Ian McKellen • Star Trek • ghosts • Ghost • acting • Patrick Stewart • Waiting for Godot

Interview

 Nancy Reagan: 'I See Ronnie' 


Jun 1, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Reagan sees dead people. In an interview with Vanity Fair to be published this week, the former first lady talks about her relationship with the Obamas and Bushes, her time in Washington, and her husband’s ghost. “It sounds strange but…I see Ronnie,” she says.... More »

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Michelle Obama • Ronald Reagan • Nancy Reagan • ghosts • first lady • interview

Bucking Trend, 2nd Novel Gets $5M Advance

Niffenegger wrote surprise 2003 hit The Time Traveler's Wife

Mar 11, 09 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defying reports that publishers are in the poorhouse, Audrey Niffenegger, author of the huge bestseller, The Time Traveler’s Wife, has received a nearly $5 million advance for a new novel, Her Fearful Symmetry, the New York Times reports. Her agent said the whopping payout from... More »

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literature • book • ghosts • author advances • publishing industry • Audrey Niffenegger • supernatural

 Love the Paranormal? 
 That's Just Anxiety 

Stressed out people may turn toward
the supernatural

Oct 26, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not everyone believes in alien abductions, but plenty of people say they have seen ghosts or heard voices from the beyond. Poll results show that 90% of Americans have had a paranormal experience—a statistic that scientists increasingly blame on our tricky brains. Anxiety over modern society or any perceived... More »

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aliens • ghosts • paranormal

 America's Most Haunted 

Murders, ghostly encounters add mystery to historic sites

May 11, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Your local graveyard may be creepy, but mazelike mansions and murderous history make up LifeScience’s list of the most haunted places in America:
  1. Winchester Mystery House: More than 100 rooms and staircases leading nowhere fill this San Jose, Calif., mansion, built by its paranoid owner to ward off
... More »

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White House • haunted locations • ghosts • Alcatraz • Winchester Mystery House • Amityville Horror • Fox Sisters Cabin

NEW RELEASE

Orphanage a Cut Above

Horror film relies on suspense, not gore, to terrifying effect

Jan 11, 08 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - So excruciating is the tension in the Spanish supernatural thriller The Orphanage that "you'll have to calm yourself by saying, 'It's only a movie,' " writes Time's Richard Corliss. But the horror film, centering on the dark secrets inside a woman's childhood home, is about as far from... More »

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movie review • ghosts • horror flims • Guillermo Del Toro • movies

Seriously Spooky Hotels

Brave travelers can bed down with ghosts at these creepy locals

Oct 29, 07 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - These hotels are known for more than complimentary breakfast. Tripso.com gets in the Halloween spirit with its rundown of haunted accommodations:
  1. The Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, La.: An abused slave poisoned her master with oleander cake; a host of ghosties now appear at guests' bedsides.
  2. Hotel Monteleone,
... More »

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travel • list • hotel • Halloween • haunted locations • ghosts

Ooh, Scary: 33% of US Believes
in Ghosts

New poll finds Americans very superstitious

Oct 26, 07 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans spook easily, with nearly a third of people admitting to believing in ghosts and nearly a quarter claiming to have seen or felt one, an AP-Ipsos poll finds. Nearly every other person believes in ESP, and 20% believe in witchcraft and spells. Singles, Catholics, and those who never attend... More »

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superstition • ghosts

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