An Eerie Tale About A Former Downtown Sacramento Victorian
Titled "The Landlady's Tale," this story retraces chilling events that happened to a Sacramento family, nearly ninety years go, and shortly after they moved into a Victorian home just seven blocks form the Capitol. You can read the story in its entirety here.
According to its author, the historical events surrounding this story have been verified as true. Read for yourself and let me know if you have any idea where this location might actually be downtown.
Here is a picture, I'm guessing, of the location as it looked back in the 30s. And below it is the caption that the author placed underneath.
"Found in the Sacramento Archives photo collections. Obsessive research led me to a women who lived here right around the time that this was taken (I'm not making this up, folks - she's 93 years old now). She and her son provided some interesting stories about the women who was the owner of the building back then, such as this ghost story. It's kinda creepy."
According to its author, the historical events surrounding this story have been verified as true. Read for yourself and let me know if you have any idea where this location might actually be downtown.
Here is a picture, I'm guessing, of the location as it looked back in the 30s. And below it is the caption that the author placed underneath.
"Found in the Sacramento Archives photo collections. Obsessive research led me to a women who lived here right around the time that this was taken (I'm not making this up, folks - she's 93 years old now). She and her son provided some interesting stories about the women who was the owner of the building back then, such as this ghost story. It's kinda creepy."
Lantern Tours at the "Old City Cemetery" Sacramento, CA
Once again, Sacramento's Old City Cemetery is gearing up for it annual Halloween Lantern Tours.
The cemetery offers many tours, but none are as sought after as the "Lantern Tour". It will be held this year on Friday, October 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24th, 2009. The tickets cost $25.00 a piece and there are three different tour times available, which are 6:30, 8:00 and 9:30 all in the evening hours.
If you're interested in attending, these tours fill up pretty fast, so you'd better get your reservations in as soon as possible. Call the cemetery Archives today.
Nightwatchers - Northern California Chapter
It seems there is a new opportunity for those who wish to do a little ghost hunting of their own, here in Northern California (and Sacramento?). After several years of supporting Nightwatchers and their events, American Paranormal Investigations (API) is now representing Nightwatchers - Northern California, an organization whch encourages nayone interested to participate in paranormal investigations. As with all of their events, no profit is made; any event is provided at cost. This will allow anybody to investigate (minors may participate with signed consent from a parent or guardian). For further information, check their MySpace page.
"Children and Psychic Phenomena"
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Sacramento, CA
Please join American Paranormal Investigations for an afternoon with Loyd Auerbach at the Delta King in Old Sacramento for an afternoon seminar discussing issues regarding children and unexplained paranormal phenomena.
Research has shown that children are generally more psychic than adults. The abilities tend to diminish as they grow up, mainly because of a lack of support for the abilities and the educational system often making claims of psychic abilities inappropriate or weird.
Psychic abilities range from telepathy (mind to mind communication) to forms of clairvoyance and remote viewing to psychokinesis (also known as "PK" and "mind over matter"). This seminar will look at the ways children experience and display psychic abilities, and how parents can recognize and cope with these abilities in their kids.
Prof. Auerbach will give parents and children in attendance a background in what parapsychologists have learned about psychic abilities in children, and will conduct some exercises for all ages to support and encourage these abilities. Most importantly, you will learn how to find the specific psychic talents your children might have, how they might change as the children grow up, and tools to encourage the talents and deal with their spontaneous nature. We will be playing a game of telepathy and learning a method to do PK.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Mark Twain Room at the Delta King (Old Sacramento, CA)
Cost: $36.00 for children 8-12 years and $53.00 for adults
Lunch is included in the ticket price.
(No children under the age of 8 years please contact API should special arrangement be required. Special needs are evaluated on a case by case basis.) All pre-sales are final.
Click here to register
Research has shown that children are generally more psychic than adults. The abilities tend to diminish as they grow up, mainly because of a lack of support for the abilities and the educational system often making claims of psychic abilities inappropriate or weird.
Psychic abilities range from telepathy (mind to mind communication) to forms of clairvoyance and remote viewing to psychokinesis (also known as "PK" and "mind over matter"). This seminar will look at the ways children experience and display psychic abilities, and how parents can recognize and cope with these abilities in their kids.
Prof. Auerbach will give parents and children in attendance a background in what parapsychologists have learned about psychic abilities in children, and will conduct some exercises for all ages to support and encourage these abilities. Most importantly, you will learn how to find the specific psychic talents your children might have, how they might change as the children grow up, and tools to encourage the talents and deal with their spontaneous nature. We will be playing a game of telepathy and learning a method to do PK.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Mark Twain Room at the Delta King (Old Sacramento, CA)
Cost: $36.00 for children 8-12 years and $53.00 for adults
Lunch is included in the ticket price.
(No children under the age of 8 years please contact API should special arrangement be required. Special needs are evaluated on a case by case basis.) All pre-sales are final.
Click here to register
A Vampirish Goth Night in Sacramento
From the Sacramento Press: "...Adrina is only 23 years old, but she has witnessed the paranormal. When Adrina lived on 51st Street in Sacramento, she would hear footsteps in the attic, knockings on walls and the front door would open on its own."
"Destination Truth" is finally coming back!
Josh Gates and his team will finally be back on SyFy Channel with a new season of "Destination Truth." Watch for their season premiere: September 9th, 2009. Check out SyFy Channel's "Destination Truth" page here.
22nd & H Street House Not Haunted? You Decide!
My friend sent this to me. A local news crew met with the current owner of the 22nd & H street house in midtown Sacramento. Beautiful interiors can be seen in this video, though all of this does very little to convince me that this should close the book on this particular house and its history.
Ghostly White Rabbit - Pocket/Greenhaven Area of Sacramento
A House on Parkshore Circle - Greenhaven
The people that lived in this house had a white rabbit. One day, the occupant of the home tied the white rabbit named Bugs to a long rope, so he could play in the backyard and not escape, since Bugs was the family pet. Bugs got entangled in the bushes by the rope and broke his neck. Passerbys walking in Seymour Park see a white rabbit in the front lawn playing and as they watch, the white rabbit dissipates into thin air.
Does anyone know anything more about this "ghostly white rabbit" that hangs out in the Pocket/Greenhaven area? Have you seen it? Please share your stories!
Ghost Hunters: Back For Season 5 in 2009
There will be 25 episodes of the paranormal plumbers, Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, busting ghosts by debunking what’s real and what’s just dust on the camera. According to the network, this season has been the best one yet, and has been bringing in the female viewership in record numbers, by the way.
Maybe it’s because they’ve given terms such as “shadow people”, or “EVP” household popularity, and helped bring other knowledge of the supernatural to the mainstream.
What is it about these two guys, their team, and this show that makes them so popular? I’m betting it’s the fact that each week, they introduce us to a new alleged supernatural setting, and take on the truth in an honest, and interesting way. Both Jason, Grant and the team do the job they set out to do, while at the same time, are not afraid to be themselves, and have a bit of fun.
Ghost Hunters airs on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM ET on Sci-Fi.
So, let me ask you. Why do you think Ghost Hunters is so popular that it’s getting a new fifth season, and what do you find to be compelling about the series?
Maybe it’s because they’ve given terms such as “shadow people”, or “EVP” household popularity, and helped bring other knowledge of the supernatural to the mainstream.
What is it about these two guys, their team, and this show that makes them so popular? I’m betting it’s the fact that each week, they introduce us to a new alleged supernatural setting, and take on the truth in an honest, and interesting way. Both Jason, Grant and the team do the job they set out to do, while at the same time, are not afraid to be themselves, and have a bit of fun.
Ghost Hunters airs on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM ET on Sci-Fi.
So, let me ask you. Why do you think Ghost Hunters is so popular that it’s getting a new fifth season, and what do you find to be compelling about the series?
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