• Events Calendar Nov 21, 2008
The classic story features the characters Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future; Jacob Marley; Tiny Tim; Bob Cratchit; and Ebenezer Scrooge. Tickets, 8 for adults and 6 for senior citizens and students, are available at CSI's Fine Arts box office, 732-6288 or. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
New far-future adventure from Jack McDevitt Nov 2, 2008
Alex Benedict is chasing ghosts instead of antiques. He's haunted by the unknown past of a woman who sent him a holographic message that cryptically pleads for help, "I'm in over my head. . . . They're all dead.". (Florida Times-Union)
Relax at a Jerome B-and-B Nov 1, 2008
Three - the Victorian Rose; Spooks, Ghosts and Goblins; and Memories of the Heart ($120 each) include private baths. The remaining rooms - Dance Romance, Pillow Talk and Lariat and Lace ($85 each) and the larger Little Daisy ($105) - share two bathrooms. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Ghosts in the house: Tales of the supernatural get top billing on Halloween Oct 31, 2008
Ghosts are rumored to inhabit several of the state's historic homes, and some are toured annually by Halloween thrill-seekers. While no one can prove the existence of ghosts, the stories are often designed to convey lessons about morality, despair, danger and undying love ... When Confederate troops learned of his whereabouts, they sent Major Amos McLemore to capture him, according to prairieghosts. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Oct 31, 2008
As Hallowe en approaches, Michelle Jana Chan joins a search party seeking ghosts in an old castle crypt. EDITOR'S CHOICE. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
What Lurks in the Shadows? Oct 29, 2008
For the last several years, Terry has been investigating paranormal activity around Franklin County and last year he wrote a book about his findings, "Beyond the Shadows, Exploring the Ghosts of Franklin County." ... Apparitions are ghosts that look like people ... It's never as exciting as it is on TV." Terry said he has never felt afraid for his safety on any of his hunts, although he doesn't doubt there are some haunting cases that are dangerous. "I don't think the demonic cases are as... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Halloween and fall happenings in Walker County Oct 15, 2008
Ghosts and ghouls wait for their next victims at every turn of the quarter-mile trek through the surrounding woods. Survivors of tours from past years will enjoy some familiar stops along the way, as well as a few new surprises. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)
Valley events Oct 8, 2008
Oct. 25 A night of Halloween ghosts and goblins will be featured from 6 p.m. until closing ... Oct. 25 A night of Halloween ghosts and goblins will be featured from 6 p.m. until closing. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Tape says police employee wanted to 'get' O.J Sep 20, 2008
Gervais hits the right notes as a dentist who sees ghosts. Bombs explode outside the San Jose home of a Mongols chief. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Weekend Calendar Sep 11, 2008
Ghosts and Ghouls will take place Oct. 23 from 4 to 5 p.m. and Mmmm Pie. will take place Nov. 20 from 4 to 5 p.m. Registration is required. (Middletown Press, CT)
David Byrne and Brian Eno: Happening today but from a distance Aug 17, 2008
David Byrne and Brian Eno were the songwriter and producer on the most radical albums by Talking Heads, and they collaborated on a 1981 album, "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts." Now, 27 years later, they have reunited to make their second duo album, "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today." It is being released digitally on Monday via everythingthathappens ... When "Bush of Ghosts" was reissued on its 25th anniversary, Byrne and Eno casually considered a new project ... The new album is by no... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
* [ART JOURNAL] Pop Art gets it on with Mao Zedong Aug 6, 2008
It has three parts: Maos mausoleum, where he lies in state; the Forbidden City, where the nations imperial past is embalmed; and, between them, Tiananmen Square, where the ghosts of a still-recent political trauma, the 1989 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators, find no rest. Of course Warhol had himself photographed with the Mao portrait in Tiananmen. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Real ghost hunting - not that fake stuff on TV Jul 26, 2008
Ms. Gregory has little regard for ghost-hunting television shows in which paranormal investigators holler for ghosts to show themselves and raise alarm at any strange noise for dramatic effect ... In fact, ghost hunting is somewhat of a misnomer, says Ms. Gregory, a self-described skeptic, since no one is able to prove whether ghosts exist. (Globe and Mail)
Quirky U.S. spots, from $139 Jul 23, 2008
According to urban legend, the ghosts of a little boy and girl who lost their lives in a car accident there haunt the road ... Try stopping by the Bridgewater Triangle, believed to be a hotspot for paranormal creatures a la Bigfoot, ghosts, and UFOs ... Visitors to the Public Gardens and Commons in Beacon Hill have reported spotting the ghosts of two elderly ladies dressed in white and strolling arm in arm. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Win 'Indiana Jones' Movie Prizes May 16, 2008
THURSDAY Psychic Dramas Do spirits and ghosts really exist. FRIDAY Spanking Scandals Spare the rod and spoil the child. (KSBW 8, CA)
Stars donate to Darfur aid sale Apr 19, 2008
Visiting the ghosts of Paris 1968. Who are the Taleban. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
April 6 - 12 Apr 6, 2008
At stake will be several Guinness world records, including Highest Score on Donkey Kong Without Using the Hammer, Fastest Time To Clear Five Screens on Ms. Pac-Man and Highest Score on Ghosts 'n' Goblins. The beer selection changes often, but there are always 20 brews on tap, which make killing hostile aliens all that much harder, but picking up single hipsters just a bit easier. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Reznor's Radiohead smackdown Mar 18, 2008
Not Trent -- he offered his latest album, Ghosts I-IV, as a full download at CD quality for $5, with a range of other offers at extra cost, including a super-deluxe version for $300 that came with a CD, a DVD, a vinyl record, custom artwork and Reznor's autograph. Reznor has also one-upped Radiohead in another department as well: while the British band has been coy about just how many people paid for their album, and what they ultimately made from the experiment, the Nine Inch Nails... (Globe and Mail)
Dolls drummer Viglione adds polish to Nine Inch Nails Ghosts Mar 5, 2008
Following the expiration of his contract with Interscope Records, Reznor is taking a cue from Radiohead and distributing Nine Inch Nails new instrumental album, Ghosts I-IV, on his own in several formats ... 19 and 22) of Ghosts I-IV. Everyone s trying to figure things out, so it gives people options. (Boston Herald)
A bewitching city Jan 30, 2008
Among them are the Witch History Museum (197-201 Essex St., 978-741-7770, witchhistory ), the Witch Dungeon Museum (16 Lynde St., 978-741-3570, ), the Salem Witch Museum (19 Washington Square North, 978-744-1692, ), the Salem Wax Museum (288 Derby St., 800-298-2929, ), the Spellbound Museum (190 Essex St., 978-745-0138, ), Salem's Museum of Myths & Monsters (59 Wharf St., 978-745-0303, ), the New England Pirate Museum (274 Derby St., 978-741-2800, ), and Salem's 13 Ghosts (131 Essex St.,... (Boston Globe)
Haddam Trio Unveils A Creepy Comic Book Jan 20, 2008
Trio Unveils A Creepy Comic Book Demons, Ghosts And A Dropout Pig Populate Eerie 'Only In Whispers. By PENELOPE OVERTON, Courant Staff Writer. (FOX61, CT)
What's hot in coffee tables books? Dec 16, 2007
"The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Rain Forest" by Ian McAllister. (University of California Press, $39. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Things to do Nov 17, 2007
A book signing for Justin A. Freeman's latest novel "The Ghosts of Amalgam: The Linking Tome," will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Greenville Museum of Art, 801 S. Evans St. Freeman is a Pitt county native and a graduate from Farmville Central High School. "The Linking Tome" is the first of a proposed seven-part series of novels combining ghosts and fantasy. (The Daily Reflector)
The Holiday List Nov 15, 2007
A LYRICAL CHRISTMAS CAROL Dickens' magical, musical tale of Scrooge, ghosts and the Cratchit family as adapted for the whole family by Ken and Jane Gargaro. Pittsburgh Musical Theater at the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square, North Side. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Arizona's historic hotels Nov 10, 2007
With spa services, museums and even reported ghosts (and, to be fair, the occasional dusty saloon), historic hotels from the Mexican border to Route 66 provide a different and less standardized experience ... Many visitors come to see the hotel's rumored ghosts; the Copper Queen was featured on the television show Ghost Hunters. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Ghosts of Logan Inn in New Hope PA Nov 1, 2007
It is not surprising that the inn may have accumulated a few ghosts in the many years it has been in business. Resources. (Suite101.com)
Spirits reportedly visit some downtown haunts Oct 31, 2007
Downtown McKinney appears to have more than the usual shoppers, antiques and art as ghosts have been seen lurking in windows and buildings throughout the square. Spirits and ghostly figures have reportedly been seen walking around the Morning Star Treasures antique shop on Louisiana Street. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Harvest fest called 'really fun' Oct 28, 2007
The abundance of spooky ghosts, princesses, ghouls and other costumed children made this event a little different from some fall fests. A costume contest at 2 p.m. was a highlight, but throughout the day, children who had their faces painted by Mickey Lower of Heyworth, known as the Zoo Lady, added color and excitement to the event. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
O.J. Simpson bail hearing set for Wednesday Oct 27, 2007
Associated Press poll reveals 1/3 of people believe in ghosts. Text. (Yahoo News -- Celebrity Crime)
Around Murakami's Superflat world Photos Oct 27, 2007
Otherwise, the 17-foot-high statue of a big-eyed "Oval Buddha" could be just another of Takashi Murakami's cute creations: a wandering space alien, perhaps, or a member of a tribe of ghosts. The character sits like Humpty Dumpty on the lip of a flower vase, his oversized head far too big for his tiny torso. (Los Angeles Times)
Autumn in the Hudson Oct 24, 2007
Yonkers Any visit of the region should start with a stop at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, an easy-to-navigate institution that offers photos, documents and a three-dimensional "riverama." Built at the base of a riverfront Victorian mansion, it relates the history of the area, starting with the explorations in 1609 by an English chap named Henry Hudson, who was on the payroll of the Dutch East India Co. (For the record, my children visited the museum two years ago and still believe a... (Newsday -- Health)
Ghosts of Flatbush still kicking 50 years after Dodgers' exit Sep 24, 2007
Ghosts of Flatbush alive 50 years after Dodgers' exit - USATODAY.com ... Ghosts of Flatbush alive 50 years after Dodgers' exit. (USA Today -- Sports)
San Francisco, Arkansas Sep 16, 2007
Jackson's Eye Water" had cured his crippling "red skin" disease. Almost overnight, Eureka Springs swelled to 10,000 people - affluent, ailing and desperate - who covered the hollow with sheds and tents, then cottages and spas, then manors and luxury hotels. The advent of modern medicine pulled the plug on the town's prosperity, and the Great Depression almost did it in. But Eureka Springs lingered as if preserved in amber, waiting to be rediscovered by a new generation of tourists. Virtually the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
An issue that belongs to a past century Sep 6, 2007
Yet that's what it feels like dropping back onto a planet where the President of the United States is talking about ghosts popping out of White House walls, where the Premier of the province in which I reside, Ontario, is offering a day off in February as an election bribe - can I vote twice. - and where the leader of the provincial opposition is offering to fund religious schools. (Globe and Mail)
May they never see this case again Sep 1, 2007
Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin have been telling friends and associates about being spooked by two persistent ghosts who reside in their $10 million Darlinghurst mansion, Iona. The story sounds eerily similar to the film The Others in which Luhrmann's leading lady, Nicole Kidman, plays a neurotic ghostly housewife running about an English pile not realising she is dead. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The weekend's TV Aug 28, 2007
The pigs are sunburned, there's a mad great tit in the loo and ghosts in the house. The business is spiralling into massive debt. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Indeed a haunting Aug 27, 2007
Lopes said she would like to see an apparition, but it See GHOSTS, Page A-6. takes a lot of energy. (Pawtucket Times, RI)
Don't Mind Me Aug 23, 2007
I was right about the ghosts. They were hardly a bother at all. (Pictorial Gazette, CT)
Bert Newton an expensive flop for Nine Aug 12, 2007
August 12, 2007 01:00am. BERT Newton's multi-million-dollar rescue mission for Channel Nine has failed, with the troubled network axing the last of the veteran entertainer's regular programs. (NEWS.com.au)
London on the cheap| Jul 11, 2007
Londons oldest walking tour company, , offers among others the following walks: Shakespeares London, The secrets of Westminster Abbey, Darkest Victorian London, Ghosts of the West End and Jack the Ripper Haunts. Most walks last around two hours, cover roughly two kilometres and cost 5. (iAfrica.com)
Out of the way Iowa Jul 8, 2007
I didn't see any ghosts on the diamond, only Craig Beachler, who had a bat, two gloves and a bag of balls. Beachler, 32, and wearing a Cincinnati Reds cap, said he was moving to Oregon, and made a pilgrimage to the field. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
'1408': This scary little number stays faithful to King's vision Jun 22, 2007
fstrm (Derailed) takes the principle to heart in this story about Mike Enslin, a hack author (John Cusack) who doesn't believe in ghosts but makes a healthy living rating haunted hotels ... Enslin is unmoved, though, and checks in, determined to prove the ghosts are a hoax. (USA Today -- Life)
Lincoln Museum Gets Collection of Items Jun 18, 2007
"People enjoy having a personal relationship with their historical figures. One can let ghosts arise when you're looking at the hat, for instance.". The collection was pieced together over three decades by Louise Taper, who said she grew interested in Lincoln after reading a book about the president. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Stovepipe hat, bloody gloves found in new Lincoln purchase Jun 18, 2007
One can let ghosts arise when youre looking at the hat, for instance. . (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Southern hospitality Jun 4, 2007
These are places where guests still dress for dinner, where "sir" and "ma'am" roll easily off the tongue, where it isn't a stretch to wonder if the emerald-colored chandeliers drip with real gems, and where the echoes of history and ghosts of travelers past sound in every footstep. My siblings and I were drawn to the area by our own family of ghosts. (Boston Globe)
Santa Maria Inn steeped in Central Coast history May 28, 2007
Co-owners Blanche Hollingsead and Hardy and Judy Hearn and general manager John Reinacher settled into the comfortable chairs of the venerable hotel's lobby this week to reminisce about its famous visitors, original artworks, stolen antiques and, yes, even its ghosts ... The ghosts of the Inn. (Santa Maria Times)
Sleep like and with royalty Apr 13, 2007
And House of Stuart descendant Charles Stuart, who restored the 17th-century tower house Stuart Castle near Inverness, Scotland with his wife Elizabeth, still lives there (as do, apparently, several ghosts). ALSO ON THIS STORY. (MSNBC -- Travel)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Mar 15, 2007
In all the hubbub about the 9 p.m. Thursday battle for ratings supremacy a show is waving knives, shotguns and ghosts to grab attention, The CW's "Supernatural." 650. With photos: SH07C148SUPERNATURAL, SH07C149SUPERNATURAL.. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Canyon Ferry Mansion full of history, ghosts and up for sale Mar 5, 2007
Canyon Ferry Mansion full of history, ghosts and up for sale ... Over the years, the Roses have pieced together the home s history, including the identities of several ghosts, with the help of visitors, Cook descendants and other sources ... Over four years we ve identified seven ghosts and one poltergeist, she says. (Helena Independent Record)
Bored with the same ol'? Worlds wackiest cruises Feb 28, 2007
com A "trip to die for," this cruise will feature an expert on ghosts and the supernatural who will take you on the trail of Jack the Ripper and other haunted locations around England. For more information. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Twenty special places to rent in Ireland Feb 3, 2007
The only tracks beaten here are those of generations of Butlers, the ghosts of the Templars who preceded them, and eager fishers on their way to the Slaney. This is a family of entertaining, intelligent, caring people. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
No. 1 Minnesota Defeats No. 10 Penn State Jan 23, 2007
looked to shake off the ghosts of an upset loss at Wisconsin two nights prior. Strayer, ranked No. 4, met Minnesota's Mike Thorn. (Mac-Sports.com)
