It could have been an earthquake that caused the desk chair to move unexpectedly. Or, it could have been the ghost of Jean Brown, an employee who helped get the Lullaby Lane toy store off the ground in the 1950s. This is the latest in a series of events that have occurred in the upstairs stockroom.

For the last 15 years, heavy footsteps echoed in the stockroom when no one is around, items fall to the floor, toys play and lights flicker on and off.

Barry Gevertz and his family have not sought out a paranormal investigator because they have no wish to banish the ghost. Neither have they called an electrician to investigate the cause of the flickering lights.

Source: Inside Bay Area

I checked out this book after reading Author Scares Up Iowa Ghost Stories. As it turns out, this is the latest in a series of haunted road guides by authors, Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk. Thanks to Amazon’s Search Inside feature, I was able to read a bit of this book. It’s very well laid out, giving the location of each haunt spot, as well as “ghost lore” about the place, an historic time line, and the results of their investigation.

The authors’ concise writing style make this book a very easy and compelling read. I found myself hooked after reading the story about the Holy Cross Cemetery and it’s haunted “hangman’s tree.”

I’m old enough to remember watching this movie in the theater and feeling a bit of awe at watching a Winnebago fly through the air. The art of special effects hadn’t quite taken hold back then, but it was enough to impress people of that generation. Disney announced that it is in the process of remaking this classic to modernize it for the latest generation.

The biggest question I have is will these kids be impressed, after watching Star Wars and Harry Potter? I’ll be watching the public reaction once this film hits the theaters.

Source: Flick Direct

Lisa Llewellen began to notice strange things within weeks after moving into her Antioch home off G Street. At first they were insignificant noises, such as a shuffling sound on the stairs or a thump that occurred in an upstairs bedroom. They were things that could be explained.

One night, Lisa received a startling surprise while standing in front of her kitchen sink.

“Mom,” a child’s voice said as someone tugged on her shirt.

Lisa turned around, expecting to find one of her children standing behind her. She was alone in the kitchen while they were together upstairs. From that point on, she became a believer in the paranormal.

Her husband wasn’t so quick to believe until he heard someone rattling his bedroom door late at night. When he went to investigate, he found no one outside. A thorough search of the house turned up nothing.

The Llewellens lived in that house for seven years, until they decided that they needed a bigger place. At one point during this time, their son refused to go upstairs during the day unless someone went with him. Lisa’s brother, who was a frequent visitor, saw a little girl running up and down the stairs. He saw her again when she peeked at him from under the living room coffee table.

When the Llewellens rented out the house, they didn’t tell the new tenants about the ghostly girl. They fled four months later and disappeared.

“They told me that they were standing in the living room and the floor began to buckle and wave,” said Realtor Joy DiRicco in an interview. “Not just a little movement; a large, noticeable movement.”

DiRicco went to the house to see if she could find a possible cause for the floor’s bizarre behavior. She found nothing. Acting on a hunch, she called the Llewellens, who told her about their experiences. This left her no other choice but to disclose the information about the ghost when she put the house back on the market.

“There are people out there who want these kinds of houses, and those who don’t,” she said.