Melba Goodwyn, an experienced parapsychologist and member of the Texarkana Paranormal Investigators shares her thoughts on ghosts and why we search for them in an interview with About.com. I found myself skimming through a good portion of this interview because I wasn’t reading anything that I felt was new. Towards the end of the interview, she caught my interest with her answer for why people search for ghosts. I’ve been reading about how people have embraced the supernatural and adopting new age beliefs because their religion couldn’t satisfy their questions about the afterlife. Her answer did not surprise me.

Goodwyn’s book, Ghost Worlds: A Guide to Poltergeists, Portals, Ecto-Mist, & Spirit Behavior, is due to be released tomorrow. Judging by the synopsis, people who are new to ghosts and the supernatural realm will benefit from reading this book.

Interview: Ghosts All Around Us

Phil Massie ignored the inexplicable banging that greeted him when he arrived at Grove Hospital in Shardlow, Derbyshire. He and his team got to work, stripping the old hospital in preparation for a housing development. It wasn’t long before they began to experience some very unusual things while working inside that hospital.

Workers have reported seeing figures flitting through the abandoned wards and feeling icy blasts that come at them from out of nowhere. Perhaps the most bizarre is the orbs, which multiplied as the crew continued to work.

“The more work we do, the more things seem to happen - and the more orbs seem to appear. I have never seen anything like it in my life.”

Local psychic Jason Daine, claimed he was able to speak to a number of disgruntled ex-patients, who told them why they were there. He plans to return to the hospital with his ghost hunting equipment to determine the volume of paranormal activity inside the hospital. In the meantime, Phil Massie and his crew continue to work at the hospital despite its spooky conditions.

Source: Paranormal

Currently in the design phase, this project could very well turn into a reality once they iron out the engineering quirks. Envisioned by Japan’s Taisei Construction Company, the X-Seed 4000 will top Mt. Fuji by 700 feet. It will contain 800 floors and house 1 million people. Looking at the pictures on Inventorspot.com, I’m reminded of the covers of old science fiction and fantasy novels. Very otherworldly.

Celebrity psychic Derek Acorah will star on Living TV’s Paranormal Egypt, which is scheduled to air on September 4th. According to The Sun Online, Derek had a harrowing experience in the bowels of one of the Great Pyramid that nearly cost him his life.

“It took me completely by surprise, and it wasn’t a pleasant one,” Derek said.

“We were filming in the main chamber of the Great Pyramid and I could tell there was a lot of spiritual activity going on.

“Forget Most Haunted, this was a stronger force than anything I’d ever encountered before.

“I heard something approaching and then ‘bang’, it hit me hard in the face and I started choking because I couldn’t draw a breath.

“There was a paranormal substance or powder that went across my mouth and into my nostrils, basically suffocating me.

“Thankfully the symptoms subsided but then I felt really sick and had to rest until the nausea passed.

“I’ve no idea what the entity was, but it’s obvious something didn’t want me there in the Great Pyramid.”

Fans of Living TV will get to watch this scene in its entirety. Another segment of the show involves Acorah establishing that the Curse of the Pharaohs was a myth. While I forget the names of the scientists who debunked the curse as a myth (years ago), I remember them explaining how the Egyptians would bring fruit into the tombs as part of the burial ceremony. The fruit had rotted, sending spores and bacteria into the air for those archaeologists to breathe. It will be interesting to see what Acorah has to say.