The Washoe Club,.....the most haunted building in Virginia City, Nevada

The Wild Haunted West

The Washoe Club

Virginia City was formed in 1859, as a mining town and after California's gold rush fizzled out, the masses beat a path to Nevada.

Silver Fever...............is what they had, and many discovered their silver riches inside the dusty, dark and dangerous mines. Restaurants and saloons sprang up like wild fire as one by one, people found their treasure. However for every person who struck it rich , dozens of others found little or nothing. Even worse,...............they actually lost any prior nest egg that they had, in an effort to support their search. Yes folks,.....this was the authentic ....western "Silver Fever."

In it's heyday, over 30,000 people gathered in this agrarian area and called it home. As you can imagine the word "wild" was appropriately used to describe this place, as the rowdy gun carrying men, worked, drank and paid little, if any attention to the laws.

Enter the Washoe Club,......built in the 1870's, it was originally called "The Millionaires Club". It was created for the lucky few to gather in style, away from the rowdiness of the angry unfortunates, who had yet to find any wealth.

Currently located at 112 SC Street, Virginia City , Nevada,....the Washoe has a very intriguing past, to say the least. Inside the front doors of the structure, (which looks like it could have come out of any Western movie), was a large and lively saloon. A spiral stairway led the gentlemen to the ladies of the night and the pleasures that awaited them in the private suites, where they plied their trade. As you stepped off of the stairway, onto the second floor, you found a gaming hall for pool and poker, as well as a ballroom and several suites of pleasure.

Human emotion scaled every extreme inside the Washoe and violence was a matter of fact.

Booze, love and gaming were not all that the club contained inside of it's walls,......no........it also housed the dead in the winter months. The corpses would be stacked and stored until spring when the defrosted ground could be used for burial.

Many ghosts still call the Washoe home but three stand out more then any other.

They are,..............

* The lady in blue--A beautiful blond woman, in a lovely blue dress, who was murdered on the third floor, while working as a paid lover. The stunning lady,.... has been nicknamed "Lena." The man responsible for her demise, then walked to the second floor and proceeded to take his own life.

*The young female child-- A timid , frightened little girl's ghost is supposedly that of a child who was heinously executed, in the basement of the building. It is assumed that this little youngster, was the offspring, of one of the many "soiled doves" that worked at the club.

*The old gruff prospector--This ghost looks exactly as described and has shown himself many times to onlookers. The prospector is said to filch drinks from customers and is the one folks blame for the tricks that are played out in the club. The pranks that have been reported include,....bar stools being thrown, getting kicked, the ladies room door getting locked and unlocked.

The Ghost Adventures Crew ....returned to the historical and very haunted Virginia City, because other paranormal investigators were catching spirit voices actually calling out the names of Zak and Nick! The ghostly communication played by Debbie and Mark Constantino, include...."Hate Nick!" ....."Nick Groff."........"Zak,...look out!" This prompted the crew to return and shot a lock down episode at the Washoe. It had been 5 years since the men had visited the club, where an amazing amount of activity took place and a full spirit figure was seen striding across the ballroom floor. This was the very first video evidence of a ghost, caught by the Ghost Adventures Crew!

Within minutes of entering the building, a male voice is clearly heard, by the G.A. Crew, without the assistance of equipment.

Other activity that takes place is,.......................

*An object gets thrown at Arron.

*Cigar smoke is strongly smelled in certain areas.

*Using a voice box, that generates it's own white noise, the crew hear,......."Help!"......."Help,....listen".............."Trouble". (The spirit voices are heard in real time.)

*Nick is sent to the ballroom by himself,.....where he experiences all sorts of extreme emotions!

*At 3AM,...... EVP specialists(Mark and Debbie Constantino), arrive at the club for one hour only. What follows, is the very best, real time communication, between the living and the dead, that I have ever heard!

Here are some of the spirit communications that were caught,........

-"It was me."---This is said when the hair on Zak's arms raised up and he asks, "Did you just step up here?"

-"We're NOT scared of them."---This is said when Mark asks, " What are your thoughts about Nick, Arron and Zak coming back here?"

-"Better not."---This is said when Debbie asks, "How many of you ....are here?"

-"Yeah."---This is said when Zak asks," Did you follow Nick home to scare him?"

-"Nick,....GO HOME!"---This is said in a firm and very enunciated way, as an orb shoots out of Nick's neck, on camera.

-"I hate Nick!"---This is said when Mark asks, "Who is your message for?"

-"It's only me."---This is said when Debbie asks, "Who is draining Arron's energy?"

-"Groff"---This is said when Nick says,...."Yell his name if you want him out of here." (Groff is Nick's last name.) Zak gets his shirt pulled at the same time.

Special note---We love Mark and Debbie! They are polite, well mannered professionals who are able to capture and discern amazing spirit communication. Please have them as guests, more often.

Today, only about 1,000 residents populate the once electric western town.

The Washoe Club is said to be the most haunted building in Virginia City!

For information on ghost tours all over Virginia City, as well as whatever may be happening at the Washoe Club, go to....

http://www.visitvirginiacitynv.com/

Here is a video where you can hear the ghost voices that lured the Ghost Adventures Crew back to Virginia City. Also, in this clip you can see the spirit figure walk across the ballroom floor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C5trAYXiJM

Remington Arms

When you think of guns,........do you think of war,.........murder?




Well then, what do you think of the place that creates these instruments of death?................................





Do you think the place would become cursed ground, for creating the very agent that would end so many lives here on earth?

Read on to hear all about the factory known as,.......

The Remington Arms.

In 1867, the Union Metallic Cartridge Company opened up the Bridgeport,
Connecticut munitions facility. A hulking industrial type of structure, where accidents were common place and the employees steadily cranked out products used for murder and war.



In the year 1912, Remington merged with the successful Union Metallic, becoming Remington UMC. Then in 1915, the company expanded to encompass 73 acres and become one of the largest munitions factories in the world , employing well over 17,000 people. Due to the sheer size and the incredible amount of workmen laboring there every day, they were able to produce an average of 10,000 weapons daily. The immense buildings had a spooky underground system, filled with secret passages, meandering tunnels and a subterranean firing range.



With the colossal volume of death products generated at this location, people began to think of it as being cursed, as the body count grew ever higher with the accidents and fatalities that took place in the complex. The company's emphasis was always in a state of rush, with little or no regard for the safety of the workers. For the most part, the workmen were considered disposable and replaceable.



Some of the many dreadful events that took place are recounted for you here.



On April, 4th ,1905......three men were blown to fragments, when an entire building detonated! Can you imagine an entire building blowing up, and how devastating and upsetting, that must have been for the entire community?



Another scarring episode took place in 1914........when 100 men went on strike to challenge their work conditions and pay. The company with it's immense wealth, used it's husky security force and also gained the help of the local police department to quell the men who were protesting.
Lethal force was used, to bring the demonstrating to a halt. One man, who was more of a mere boy, at just 18 years old, was bludgeoned to death right there on the property. The name of this poor unfortunate was Frank Monte.



On March 29th, 1942 another massive blast rocked the complex. Seven workers were instantly killed and another 80 were severely injured. Due to the immense importance of the factory in the war, sabotage was immediately suspected as the cause for the incident. Spies were common place in the work force and actual US soldiers were used to steadily patrol the property and the cluster of buildings located on it.

In 1986 the gargantuan of a structure was closed down and proceeded to fall into a state of disrepair and ruin. Located at 812 Barnum Avenue, Bridgeport, Connecticut.......the entire area has fallen into a state of absolute blight. The neighborhood has become a magnet for drug dealers, gangs and criminals of opportunity.................... and the Remington Arms has become a haven for the homeless. The lost souls of the living have made a refuge in the dark corners of the atrophied structure....................... but it is the souls of the dead, whom keep the lost living souls company, .......that really causes your hair stand on end!


The people in the region began to whisper about the abandoned complex and the shadows that could be seen walking the property and lurking in the windows. Icy fingers chill your blood when you hear haunting screams in the nightly air. These eerie screams bring about a frightening wonder, ........is there a crime horrendously occurring in the darkness,....... or are the screams the voices of the deceased but misery filled spirits, that still wander the property?



The Ghost Adventures crew, recently shot a lock down episode at the very dangerous and extremely haunted Remington Arms. In order to proceed with a relatively safe investigation, the police had to be called in to do a formal sweep of the entire area. While touring the grounds and interviewing various people associated with the property, Zak is told of the many times the police have reported seeing shadow people and hearing spirit voices while out patrolling the Remington Arms.



Inside the desolate building, while marking out the hot spots for camera location for use in the investigation, Zak is shown a work area, where the heating pots were used to hold bubbling, hot, molten metal. It was at this location, where several employees tragically fell inside the cooking pots, their bodies instantly and excruciatingly melted into liquid.



(My mind doesn't even want to imagine the horror of such an agonizing death.)


Some of the lore and legend told to Zak and the crew include the graveyard which located across the street from the Remington. The legend relayed to them, is about a woman who was BURIED ALIVE, ........which may explain why the crew, got numerous female voices on their EVP recordings, later on in their investigation.


In this investigation, the crew learn about using "trigger objects", from a man known as the Godfather of the Paranormal. It is commonly believed, that on occasion energy will actually attach itself to certain objects. The Godfather, ( John Zaffis)... tells them to take the "trigger object" and place it on the hot spots pointed out in orientation. The names of the spirits, suspected of being in the area, should then be called out. If all goes well, the "trigger object" should magnetically attract spirit activity.




The Happenings that took place during the investigation...............................................................



*Electrical charge felt by the investigators, when the hair raised up on all of their arms.
*Batteries drained out on the equipment.
*The sound of their equipment being moved.
*Talking by numerous spirits, though indeterminable as to what was said, it could be heard without the use of equipment.
*A very loud gunshot sound, followed by an agony filled scream. This along with other screams throughout the night could be heard clearly, without the enhancement of recording equipment.






Spirit voices caught on tape.......................................





*Growling!


* "Me!"............................This was said when Zak asks, "Were you killed in an accident here?"


* "Not so hard." (Female voice.).........This is said when Zak asks, "Are you the woman from the cemetery?"

* "Yes",....followed by softly crying...........This is heard when Zak asks, "Are you trying to tell us something?"

* " I like it!"...........................This is said right after an investigator says, "Somethings behind you."



Want to hear some REAL spirit voices?

The Ghost Adventures crew caught a female spirit voice, (while at the Remington Arms)several times, on the digital recorder.

Click the following link to hear her speak,......................CHILLING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4S3kRJZg0

Ohio State Reformatory

Ohio State Reformatory

The Ohio State Reformatory looks more like Dracula's castle, than a prison. The ponderous buildings were built in the Romanesque Revival style by F.F. Schnitzer, between 1886-1910 and they sit upon 15 acres of land, in Mansfield, Ohio.
It is over 250,000 square feet in mass and at six levels in height, the reformatory remains, the largest free-standing cell block, on the planet!

The sewer system and the massive rock wall that surrounds the facility were built by the first group of inmates, to arrive for their punishment. Over 155,000 inmates lived within these stone blocks and walked the long, dark echoing hallways, leaving behind a dense energy. More then 200 pathetic souls, would never leave because they were claimed by the Grim Reaper.

They turned out the lights in the facility, for the last time in December of 1990 and it is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Though no longer a prison, the building continues to be of service to those who want a dramatic and startling atmosphere. Hollywood has come calling for many movies, such as the "Shawshank Redemption", which was released in 1994.

The prison has seen it's share of evil and barbarous characters, such as the notorious, " Mad Dog Killers." This heinous duo, were both former inmates of the OSR. Upon being released from prison in 1948.....they went on a rampage of murder......terrifying the entire region.

First on the macabre list, was a tavern owner named Earl Ambrose.....followed by John Niebel, his wife and daughter. All three family members were taken out to a remote corn field and slaughtered in cold blood!
Next in the murdering mayhem, came farmer Tiffin and his new bride. The young bride managed to somehow escape but her newlywed husband was not so lucky. The very last victim on the horror spree, was a truck driver, whom they shot dead. Within two days of the last murder, the police had the pair trapped inside a road block.

Another shocking character of the OSR, was an inmate named, Lockheart. A former inmate gives a complete account, of this frightful event that took place in a particular cell. The account is relayed to Zak, a paranormal investigator, from the Ghost Adventures Crew, during a recent tour. This seems too dreadful to even imagine but Lockheart actually doused himself with paint thinner , then calmly took a match and set his fragile body ablaze. Lockheart was cooked alive, by the time help could arrive. As they pulled his still smoking carcass from the cell, chunks of melted fat and burnt flesh fell from Lockheart's skeleton and stuck like hot wax, upon the floor. The smell of burnt hair and flesh, on that very dark day, was nauseating.

Suicide attempts and actual suicides, came as no surprise to the staff at the OSR. One inmate successfully killed himself ...............by hanging by his neck, inside of his dank .....dreary prison cell.

It was also common place, for the inmates to turn on each other. Another gruesome account at the OSR, states that two convicts were placed into ONE solitary cell for the night. By the time morning arrived, one man had been horribly murdered and was laying crumpled and stagnant, under the bed.

The inmates were not the only ones to die untimely deaths. Two guards were murdered while on duty at the facility. One was shot to death, during an escape attempt and the other was bludgeoned to his dissolution, by a prisoner ...... wielding a metal bar inside of solitary confinement.

The energy inside of this gloomy place is heavy. The misery, sorrow, and dread that were daily emotions here, can still be felt when you walk in............and of course there are always the souls of the damned, that have remained behind. There they sit, invisible to your eyes but felt by your being.

MANY SOULS ARE STILL THERE..........AT THE OHIO STATE REFORMATORY. Rage and hate weigh heavy upon their chaos filled spirits, grounding them to this plain of existence.

The Ghost Adventures crew shot a lock down episode at the OSR and it aired on the Travel Channel. Here is a clip from the show.......................................................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zczos5ikhUM

Want to take a tour? Are you brave enough to go on a ghost walk?

Check out the Ohio State Reformatory website for tour dates and times........................................

http://www.mrps.org/

Pennhurst State School

Pennhurst State School

Pennhurst was designed as an institution for the mentally and physically disabled and it is quite elaborate in size and detail. With much thought and consideration, it was carefully placed upon 1,400 acres, in the beautiful countryside of Pennsylvania, between Montgomery and Chester County.

The scale of the compound is enormous, more like a small city, with enough room to house 3,500 patients at a time.

Located on the property was...............................................................................................

*Barber shop
*General store
*Greenhouse
*Firehouse
*300 bed hospital
*Numerous dormitory styled buildings for the residents.
*Storage buildings
*Baseball field
*Recreational parks
*Farmed fields,...(The farmed fields, were managed by experts and much of the food supply was grown on site.)
*Even it's own Power plant!

Extreme design and engineering went into the labyrinth of buildings and they were connected underground by a sophisticated tunnel system. The system was put into place for the speedy movement of residents and supply transportation. What was once a salute to genius in design,......is now the bleak, dark, eerie bowls of the buildings, that now house the wandering spirits, of the mysery filled patients.

The long history of whispered abuse, went prime time, when NBC did a report on Pennhurst called, "Suffer the little Children," in 1968. It portrayed the complete and utter neglect and dehumanization of the unfortunates that were housed there.

The school closed it's doors almost 20 years later, after numerous lawsuits.

The complaints included constant sexual abuse of the patients, physical and mental abuse that were inhumane and dangerous, unsanitary and down right foul living conditions.

Cruel and unusual punishments,...... included having every single tooth pulled out of your head, by a dentist........ for making a second attempt at biting someone. The offending dentist chair still sits in the under ground maze, daring anyone who looks upon it, not to imagine the souls who suffered there.

The patients ALL regressed once they were admitted. Those who communicated well upon entrance, quickly lost the ability to speak , due to lack of interaction and proper stimulus. The ONLY noise that could be heard, was the constant frustrated screaming of the residents.

The infuriated spirits that were stuck in the bodies , of the disabled....are now free to lash out and vent their long pent up emotions on the living.......AND....some of them have remained behind at Pennhurst State to do JUST THAT!

They SCREAM FOR................being chained to their beds.

They scream for...........being left in isolation for so long, that they lost the will to live.

They scream for........being forced to sit in their own feces for days on end, due to neglect.

They scream for........the grown children that were unable to walk, because they simply were not taken out of their cribs and taught.

Their screams were deafening in life and they can still be heard in death.



The Ghost Adventures crew shot another fantastic lock down show at Pennhurst and actually show you an aerial view, of the massive and elaborate lay out of the grounds.


Here is a clip from the show where Zak interviews a witness, who captures a really gross, ghostly sound on tape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIfOYGy2RTY

Want to see more? In this clip you will get an excellent history and orientation of this haunted,

"MONUMENT OF SHAME."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIfOYGy2RTY&feature=fvst

Poveglia the Haunted Island

POVEGLIA, ISLAND OF THE DAMNED.

HAUNTED ISLAND

(Read on ,....if you dare)

The magnificent beauty of Venice, is in stark contrast to what lies in it's horrid south lagoon,....................................

Poveglia,...............the "Island of the Dammed."

The history of the island screams out in despair for what has taken place here. The macabre island has been a grim host to bloody wars, grisly murders, massive tsunamis that wiped out multitudes, a holding pen for those infected with disease and finally, a last stop for the unwanted and insane.

It all started in the year 1576,when.......IT CAME. Death creeping in it's long black cape, killing everyone that IT touched with it's long bony fingers. IT,......was the Bubonic plague. Bodies of men, women and children littered the streets. They were piled in every alley, the stench and rot made the senses reel..... and was beyond horrifying.

Those that were in charge at the time gathered together and decided they needed a place to dispose of the rotting corpses............and the unfortunate island of Poveglia was chosen. From this moment on the island became dammed and doomed to it's fate, of being cursed for all of eternity.

As the days became months, with no end of misery in sight, hysteria and dread over took the people. The authorities then declared an order, to take all people, including the still living, that have any sign or symptom of the plague.............and send them to the island of the dammed.

Entire families, were removed.... screaming from their homes, placed in a boat with a doctor, who wore a strange bird mask, with a large curved beak upon his face. The doctor would stuff the beak of the mask with herbs, which they believed at the time, would filter the dirty air, and prevent them from getting the plague. On the boat between the doctor and the doomed was a pot of burning herbs, the wafting smoke arose slowly into the air, as the boat rowed ever closer to the feared island.

Once there, the unfortunates were physically thrown into the pits of the dead and dying. Their minds, souls and bodies screaming out in absolute desperation.

Can you imagine the horror of being thrown ALIVE, into that pit? Well, that very misery has scarred this small patch of land, forevermore.

Three times the Black Death spread across Europe and in each and every occasion,....Poveglia was the dumping ground. According to legend 160,000 people were disposed of here.

Imagine that for a moment,..........160,000 corpses,.........on one tiny piece of ground.

The sadness of it all, takes your breath away.

You can not take a step, without the ash of the burned bodies circling up around your legs. What appears to be white glass, marbles or sea shells is actually human bones, that lie about.

In 1922, an asylum for the insane was built upon this infernal site. The patients immediately started to complain about the misery filled ghostly visions, of dead plague victims walking the grounds, lamenting in distress.

The complaints fell on deaf ears,.......for the doctor that was there to care for them,......was himself seriously disturbed! The doctor who obviously had too much creative freedom and not a hint of oversight, became extremely barbaric with the pathetic patients that were trapped there. Using a basic hammer and a chisel, he would bang away at the skull of his living patients, in an attempt to lobotomise them.

Many died at his hands.

After many years of experimenting on the unfortunates and butchering his patients, it is said the doctor took his own life. Many say,..... it was the spirits of the slain, that encouraged the doctor to climb the bell tower and jump to his fate.

The doctor did jump.........but not all agree that the actual fall killed him. Some tales say that he was still alive, when an avenging fog of angry spirits, arose from the ground and strangled the last breath, out of the mad torturous doctor.

The legend goes on to say, that the remaining patients, gathered up the body of the murdering physician and encased his body in the bell tower. The doctors spirit remains imprisoned.... forever more.

All people are banned from visiting the island, by the government of Italy. Locals will not step foot on the body soaked earth and the fishermen of the surrounding areas will not even fish the death tainted waters, of Poveglia.

It is one of the darkest spots on the planet and NO paranormal investigator has ever spent the entire night there and investigated it,..............UNTIL NOW.

The Ghost Adventures crew spent a complete night, alone on the island!

Here is what they experienced.

*Black mists rising,.... forming in the air.
*Loud moans that could be heard without the equipment.
*Screams, of anguish.
*Footsteps, coming toward them.
*Camera and equipment malfunctions.
*Orbs of light. One in particular flies past a meter and the meter seen to spike at the exact same time.
*Radical temperature change,.......from 82 degrees to 69 degrees, in moments.
*Extremely loud banging.
*The energy of the crew, gets repeatedly drained.
*The crew becomes dizzy, feels like the equilibrium is severely off, they collectively become weak.
*Zak feels a sudden onset of anger and rage,........then suddenly,....screams out!
*The investigation actually needs to be stopped, for a blessing and a cleansing. Much footage was cut from this episode, because it was so distressing to the investigators.


Spirit voices captured:


*" Let's fight!" This is said to Zak.
* "Zak!" This was said while Zak was standing in the burning fields, where the bonfires were held to incinerate the bodies.
* " Hey." This is said after the investigator issues a challenge. A bright light flashes, then the camera mysteriously shuts off!
* "Bye-bye." This is said in a sarcastic way, as Zak leaves the room.

It was an EXCELLENT investigation. Watch a clip here from the Travel Channel, of Zak in the "Burial Fields."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twuelb67Bg8


Want to see more? Watch a longer clip here of the Ghost Adventures Crew, making contact with the departed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOtL3DZRwfE

All that remains today is the ruins of the hospital, the doctor's office, a church, and a crematorium that turned so many bodies to ash.

People of the region report seeing strange lights floating on the island and hearing the moans and screams of the anguished.

Poveglia.......is truly haunted ground.

Was Spring Heeled Jack a marooned alien?

Spring Heeled Jack has been described by eye witnesses as having a menacing and frightening appearance when you look upon his face. Jack's eyes protrude and glow like red fire,........... he has a slim, pointed nose and ears, an elongated jaw, phosphorus type breath when he breaths, that at times shoots out blue and white flames, when he hisses! His build is lean and muscular and witnesses have described him as being quite tall. Sharp metal tips are found at the end of his claw like fingers and he is dressed in a tight fitting white or silver type body suit, under a long dark cape. Some of the myriad of reports claim that Jack was seen in a type of helmet. The voice of this strange visitor, is said to be extremely high in pitch and his diabolical laughter has been heard many times, after an encounter.

The gravity of our earth did not seem to have the same effect on Jack, as he was seen leaping to extraordinary heights with a single bound!

Jack has been around for a very long time. He was first reported in 1837 and the last official sighting was in 1986!

Sightings were reported all over England, Scotland, Czechoslovakia (his name was changed to Perak, Spring Man of Prague) and he has even made an appearance in the United States!

The long story, all begins ......with a gentleman returning home from work in 1837. The report states that a "man" leaped out over the cemetery fencing and landed directly in front of the witness. Although the witness was not physically assaulted, he was distressed over the ghastly appearance of the "leaping man." The description that was given..... states that the man was devilish in appearance, large pointed ears and nose and protruding.... glowing eyes.

On to October 1837, where we have the report of Mary Stevens. Mary had just got done visiting her parents in Battersea and was on her way to work in Lavender Hill , ......when it happened. While walking through Clapham Common a man leaped out at her from a gloomy side alley. The man proceeded to grab Mary and hold her tightly in his arms, while pressing kisses on her face. The figure was hysterically ripping at her bodice and groping her tender bosom, with his sharp claws! Mary let out a frantic, blaring scream and the attacker fled with incredible leaping bounds.
A search was quickly brought about by the residents of the area, to find the culprit. No one was ever found!

Only 24 hours had passed from the last incident, when the bizarre character leapt directly in front of a passing carriage, which resulted in the coachman loosing control of the vehicle and crashing to the ground. The coachman was severely injured. Witnesses to the event said the figure leaped a 9' high wall, while letting out a very high pitched laugh.
It was at this point that the press named him.....................................

" Spring Heeled Jack."

Events involving Jack, now seemed to be everywhere. Reports came in from Kensington, Hammersmith, Ealing, Stockwell, Brixton, Camberwell, Vauxhall, Lewisham and Blackheath.
The strange experiences were reported in "The Times" as well as other national papers. Letters were coming in from all over London, to the Lord Mayor, describing the clawed , red-eyed culprit. Some of the reports claim that people had literally died of fright,.. upon seeing Jack.
The Mayor ordered the police to search for Jack and cash rewards were offered to the public.

NO ONE WAS EVER FOUND.

On February,19, 1838, Jane Alsop answered a knock, at the front door of her house. A man, standing in shadow, stated he was a police officer and needed Jane to bring a light, because " We have captured Spring Heeled Jack, here in the lane."
Jane fetched a candle and walked out to the cloaked man. Upon handing the man the light, he spun towards her,...throwing off his long dark cloak.....instantly revealing skin tight clothing, resembling oilskin.

Jane screamed in horror when her eyes met, his red eyes of fire. Jack hissed...... shooting out blue and white flames, from his mouth. The frightening looking specter began clawing at her dress, trying to rip it open, while Jane desperately fought him off. After an intense struggle, Jane managed to get away, and ran back to her front steps. Jack continued to reach and claw at her, ripping open the flesh on her neck and arms. Jane's sister heard the commotion outside the front door, and ran to Jane's aid. Upon the sister coming out, Jack immediately fled the scene.

The next very well noted account took place on February, 28, 1838. Lucy Scales accompanied by her sister were on their way home from Limehouse. They were passing along Green Dragon Alley, when they noticed a shadowy figure, standing in the passage.
As they came upon the cloaked person, he spewed blue flames into Lucy's face, which momentarily blinded her! Lucy fell to the ground and was seized with violent fits for several hours.
The brother of Lucy, a butcher who lived nearby, heard the screams of the girls, and ran to their rescue. He discovered his two sisters, who had just got done visiting him, on the ground having a fit. The police were contacted and an official report made. Many people were questioned by the authorities,..............but NO ONE WAS EVER FOUND!

In 1843 sightings were becoming common and covered the country. A favorite pass time of Jack's was to leap out at the mail coaches, and attack the drivers.

Spring Heeled Jack went on to be sighted and reported in 1870,1872 and 1873. Many stories to the events were published in the "Illustrated Police News", "The Times" and the "News of the World" newspapers.

In August of 1877, a group of soldiers in Aldershot's barracks, reported a run in with Jack. A sentry on duty noticed a figure bounding straight toward him, while making some kind of metallic noise.
The soldier yelled out a challenge and the figure disappeared for a brief time. The soldier then returned to his post....and the strange figure reappeared right beside him! The stunned soldier stood frozen, while Jack slapped him several times in the face, with a cold hand.
Hearing the tumult, several men raced upon the scene. The strange character lept over all of their heads and landed directly behind the group. One soldier fired his gun......but it appeared to have no effect on Jack. The figure then bound into the darkness.
The soldiers dubbed him. "The Night Terror."

In Lincolnshire, in the year 1877, Jack was fired upon again! An angry mob managed to chase him down and had Jack cornered , while some residents shot their firearms at him. Jack managed to use his leaping abilities to escape the rage filled crowd and vanish once again.

In 1888, Jack was clearly spotted, just sitting on the roof of Saint Francis Xavier's Church in North Liverpool.

After being fired upon, it seem that Jack realized he had worn out his welcome and wandered out of England. A fantastic amount of reports came in during the years 1939-1945....... from Czechoslovakia! A figure that matched Jack description exactly, was up to his old tricks. In Czechoslovakia he was known as "Perak, the Spring Man of Prague."

It seems Jack has even visited the good old USA! On June 18th, 1953....a figure whose description corresponds with Jack's completely, was seen perched in a pecan tree in the yard of an apartment building, in Houston Texas. The witnesses.....Hilda Walker, Howard Phillips and Judy Meyers, said a man in a black cape, with skin tight clothing and quarter-length boots, was roosted up high in the tree, peering down upon them!

The final report was made in 1997. A salesman named Marshall, living in in South Herefordshire, near the Welsh border, stated he encountered Jack in 1986. Marshall said that a man came bounding along the road with inhuman leaps and upon passing Marshall on the road....SLAPPED HIS FACE! The salesman said he was wearing a skintight black body suit of sorts and had a very elongated chin.

(I know it is wrong,.....but this just makes me laugh!)

So what is he?

Who is he?

Is Jack a marooned alien from a planet with much stronger gravity, then that of our dear earth? Is Jack's home planet of a different atmosphere then our earth,...which gives him the phosphorus or fire type breath?

It certainly seems to me that this fella is not from around here.

After all,........where do marooned aliens go?

There is a tremendous amount of written records, court documents and newspaper articles on our otherworldly friend. I have no doubt that he is very real,..........the question is WHAT IS HE?

Here is a short video on the history of Spring Heeled Jack..............................
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZYvD2XsxPo

Demon Road, New Jersey

Clinton Road

Clinton Road New Jersey is also known as DEMON ROAD and this winding stretch of blacktop is reputed to be one of the most haunted travel ways in the United States.

Sometimes when horrible activities happen at a particular location, it has a tendency to bruise the very atmosphere. The area then seems to become a magnet for other bizarre events to take place ......and an unseen doorway magically opens.

Such is the case with Clinton Road. It is a narrow, two lane, paved road, located in West Milford, New Jersey and runs through a rather desolate area for about 10 miles. The road begins at Route 23 and ends at Greenwood Lake.

The weird and frightening reputation goes back to the turn of the century ,..(1900)...when people were warned to stay far and away from the area , as it was bustling with evil witchcraft taking place in the dark of the night and vicious bandits in the woods awaiting the innocent.

The gloomy history of Clinton Road goes on to include.............

The stories of old, that claim the natives of the late 1800's trapped and captured the unsuspecting walking through the settlement of Clinton. The unfortunates were then slaughtered and eaten by the mountain clan , which legend states were cannibals!

The dismal history of the wretched area, is believed to have attracted the Satan worshippers, who sacrificed the living at Cross Castle.

The Castle , which was built in 1905, near the water reservoir, has since been demolished, by Newark's Water Department, after falling into ruin.

Walking trails can still be found that lead to the remaining castle foundation.

It is about this time period that the road starts to become known as "Demon Road."

A dark area,.................. attracts dark and evil spirits,.....such as Richard Kuklinski. The embodiment of macabre........ was Kuklinski, as he was an admitted hit man for the Mob. Richard lost count of the amount of people he murdered after hitting 100..... and the area surrounding Demon Road, was a favorite dumping ground for his victims.

One such victim was found in 1983 by someone passing by, who noticed a pod of vultures, feasting upon the bloody, inert body.

Richard froze most of his bodies, before dumping them, which resulted in Kuklinski being dubbed the "Ice Man Murderer."

This area has become a VORTEX of paranormal activity, with ghostly people,....... animals........ and vehicles of every description. Reports have ranged from being followed by phantom cars or trucks, ....to seeing a ghost boy by the small stone bridge , to actual Werewolves stalking the dark wooded area!

Can an area physically become cursed,.... when so much evil has happened there?

Want to take a midnight drive and find out?

If you make it, .............................come back here and let us know what happened!

Want to see a video? Here is a great video by the Travel Channel............................................................................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Vygs1Ff5I

Want to take a ride down Clinton Road? Watch the following video.............It is excellent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKAeks-ph58

Lilly's House

LILLY'S HOUSE

(Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum)

Lilly,............oh ...L i l l y,

Can you come out and play?

Laughter and innocence and skipping down halls.........

Playing and singing, inside these horror filled walls,

I was born here inside of this tomb........

Let me take your hand and I will show you my room,

My mommy was placed here simply because she was sad..............

But my laughter would cheer her..and even those who were QUITE MAD,

My mommy has passed and has since moved on...................

But I am still here, though my toys are now gone,

Lost, lonely and wandering alone..............

The haunted asylum, has been my only home,

So, here I am........here I remain.........

Though trapped inside these walls, I never was insane,

Can you please visit me...........................and together we will play?

Bring me a toy, maybe I can convince you to stay!

Lilly,...........oh........L I L L Y........

by, K.K.Horan

They say that stone holds vibrations of the highest good or the darkest evil.........like water trapped inside a sponge.

Imagine what is recorded in the stone of the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.

The Asylum sits upon 666 acres and it takes miles to walk the labyrinth of floors.

The walls scream in blood curdling horror from what has taken place here.

WELCOME TO LILLY'S HOUSE.

Born to a mother inside of it's walls, Lilly's ears heard moaning and screams ......like other children hear birds chirping on the playground.

While other children played hide and seek,.......... Lilly's home had rage filled fights among the patients, gruesome murders and lobotomies by untrained doctors!

While other children were playing dress-up.......Lilly's house had patients being physically and sexually abused by staff, as well as, other patients.

SSSHHHHH.................DON'T TELL!

Lilly knows that secrets must be kept.........because if you speak the truth and make a complaint........the result could be...... getting chained to a wall, or left in solitary confinement, for months on end!

Lilly made friends with others who were dumped here. Children abandoned by families that no longer wanted them, as well as husbands or wives, whose spouse claimed they were lazy. Many were admitted......to become Lilly's friend.

Once inside, they became living Guinea pigs in medical experiments!

Some of Lilly's friends acted like zombies, because they had their brains scrambled in a crude lobotomy. The agonizing and barbaric lobotomies were preformed by a doctor with NO surgical training and NO anaesthetic!

Lilly's zombie like friends had an ice pick hammered in between the eyelid and the eyeball. The... "doctor".... wiggled the pick back and forth inside the skull cap........then........IF YOU LIVED..........you were left in a vegetative state.

The patients were returned to their room with a face that was horribly bruised, eyes swollen shut and tears of blood dripping down their misery filled faces.

Even with all the terror, that Lilly has heard and seen, it has not diminished her laughter.

Lilly remains at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and her child like giggles can still be heard echoing down the vacant and decaying halls.

Bring her a toy and she may slip her hand in yours and whisper in your ear.......

"WANT TO PLAY?"

Here is a brief video about a sad little girl's ghost,......Lilly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGfEv5uhWQM

Here is the first segment of the live investigation of the haunted asylum. Thrilling watch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpM1MQ1Bg4

ALL ARE WELCOME TO LILLY'S HOUSE,....IF YOU DARE!

Additional information: The Travel Channel recently announced that the Ghost Adventures Crew will be shooting a special LIVE...INTERACTIVE show, on October, 30th, 2009.

This will be a 7 hour long, paranormal investigation in the largest hand cut stone structure in the United States! You will be able to text the team and interact with them through out the night!

EXCITING!

For all the information on this thrilling night go to,

http://www.travelchannel.com/Ghost_Adventures_Live/

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum official website, has ghost tour information, history of the building and it's grounds,.... as well as information on a spooky, WITCHES BALL... on October 31st!.....(Get your Halloween costumes out.)

Go to........................................................................

http://www.trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.com/