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Do you remember last years Halloween episode of Ghost Adventures that was a LIVE lock down? Paranormal investigator Robert Bess you know the guy who threw his electromagnetic field detector and then tried to lie and say a ghost did it. Anyway after he was outed as a fake by the Ghost Adventures Crew last year in the live shows recap episode Robert Bess is challenging the guys of Ghost Adventures to a “Paranormal Showdown” where if he can capture  a ghost on live TV and  produce real evidence on the spot the Ghost Adventure crew must cancel their upcoming season and tell the world why.

I think this guy just knows that after he got caught faking his ghost experience on live TV the only way for him to save face is to try to prove he’s legit. He’s probably counting on the fact that Ghost Adventures probably want to distance themselves from him as much as possible because nobody wants to be associated with a fraud. I really hope these guys don’t accept the challenge because Robert Bess has probably been spending the time since he was exposed as a fake trying to figure out how to pull off a big fraud on the ghost adventure guys so he can take them down to.

Robert Bess needs to either just come clean and admit he faked the evidence as the footage clearly shows or he needs to just get out of all paranormal fields because anybody who associates themselves with him will  automatically have any evidence they may gather dismissed as fake.

I know Halloween is still a little ways away but I decided because we deal with ghosts and other scary paranormal issues on this site each and every day that maybe it was time to do some thing fun. I was searching the internet for a few ideas of what to be this Halloween when I came across this list of popular Halloween costumes for 2010.

Top 3 Costumes for 2010 in no particular order

1) Lady Gaga Halloween Costume.  Yeah I really can see myself wearing this one. LOL. For those who don’t have any idea what I look like I’m a big hairy guy so trust me I could almost forgo the costume and claim I’m wearing a werewolf costume and people may actually believe me. So a lady Gaga costume might me a popular costume just not for me. But if you want to know more it’s a red satin asymmetrical catsuit with lace torso and oversized bow accent, single lace thigh high, single fingerless glove, and eye mask. If you like this then you may like this…

2) Mad Hatter Costume. Now this is more like it. I loved the movie Alica and I thought Johny Depp was amazing as The Mad Hatter. I think if were to dress up in a Mad Hatter costume for Halloween I could really creep out all of my friends and my family. Plus it’s not scary like my usual Halloween costume preferences. I tend to be a movie monster or living dead type costume guy. If you like this then your probably going to love the rest of this type.

3)  I actually kind of like these costumes.  I loved the Mario video games as a kid and I actually liked the cartoon TV show. The hard decision is actually choosing whether to wear a Mario or Luigi costume for Halloween. So I guess if I do go this route I better Just go ahead and dress up as Toad.

Overall I see a lot of cool new costumes this year. You know all the kids are going to go as things like Buzz Light Year or a Shrek. But if your like me and like to get an early start on trying to choose a Halloween costume you can get some ideas here.

Keep it spooky!!

If you ever watched a TV show called Most Haunted your probably familiar with famed psychic medium Derek Acorah. Anyway I find it rather humorous that Derek Acorah had to cancel a live audience  reading in Scotland due to “unforeseen circumstances”. One would assume that a psychic would see things coming or at the very least not state that your absence was do to anything unforeseen.  How can people pay this man to give them a reading on their life if he can’t even foresee events in his own.

If any of you are wondering what the unforeseen circumstance was according to spokesman for Acorah  the star was left stranded while travelling to the venue after his crew filled his van with the wrong fuel at a motorway service station. Folks just be careful out there there are many fakes who just want to take your hard earned money.

A lot of of the traditions we practice when we celebrate Halloween nowadays have deep seeded roots in the customs of ancient times.

Trick-or-treating for instance, most likely started from All Soul’s Day parades that were carried out in England many years ago. The reason is that during these parades, needy people would beg for something to eat because they couldn’t afford to purchase food. Other more affluent families as a result would give them special pastries called “soul cakes” as a promise to pray for the people in their family that had died.

Not to be forgotten, a lot of families would likewise leave food and drinks outside during All Hallows Eve and All Saint’s Day in order to keep roaming spirits at bay. Many would say that this custom may be where kids dressing up as ghouls and goblins represent the roaming spirits and the candy/food given would concur with that custom.

Which brings us to why we dress in costumes today when we go to parties or go trick-or-treating. Long ago, during Celtic times, special ceremonies were held to signify the ending of Summer and the start of wintertime. This was known as Samhain.

During these ancient celebrations, Celts would dress up in costumes made from animal pelts. The Celts thought that on the evening of October 31st, the dead would be able to cross over from their world back in to ours. To keep the spirits from recognizing them, they’d dress in costumes to hide their true identities from the roaming spirits.

They thought that by wearing masks, that this would conceal them and make the wandering spirits believe they were other kindred spirits simply wandering about and leave them alone.

By integrating the disguises and leaving food offerings outside their houses, people of the past believed it would keep restless roaming spirits distracted protecting themselves and their homes from becoming overrun with unwanted spirt guests.

Obviously nowadays, there are a lot of other types of costumes we wear on Halloween. Not just the traditional witches, hobgoblins, and spirits of the past.

All of this explains why in modern times we wear costumes, hold parties, and go out trick-or-treating on Halloween.

The Mansfield Reformatory, (also known as the Ohio State Reformatory) is a historic prison located at 100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield, Ohio. It is perhaps best known as the prison “Shawshank State Prison” in The Shawshank redemption. In this post I will attempt to list the main area’s haunted and who are the main spirits who frequent the Mansfield reformatory.

Administration Wing—The administration wing is primarily haunted by the ghost of Warden Arthur Glattke who murdered his wife Helen Glattke and covered it up by claiming that Helen accidentally knocked a loaded .32 off the top shelf in a closet. Warden Glattke haunts this place looking for his wife to appoligize for murdering her but unfortunately for him Helen has already passed on.

The Infirmary—Mansfield’s infirmary hosts a wide array of spirits of former prisoners and even a couple of guards. The strongest spirit here is that of a former guard nicknamed Mac. He’s a strong spirit and rather mean because he’s spent the years trying to keep control of many of the ghosts housed here. If you provoke or disrespect Mac with provocation you will be sorry.

The hole–The hole is actually located in the basement of the prison. The hole was a place where prisoners who broke the rules were kept in one of the 20 cells. Inmates would be kept in the dark, dank, roach-infested cells, with one or more inmates, with only bread and water to eat and no place of comfort to sleep.
Many prisoners died in the hole and 7 spirits remain but the strongest ghost here is actually a former employee named George. George is actually a bit off. He loves to scratch, push and sucker attack anyone he can.

RIP Michael Jackson

I really don’t care if you believe me or not but as a Psychic medium I have a duty to convey the messages of those who reach out to me after their time on earth is over. Today I was a bit shocked that the spirit of Michael Jackson reached out to me of all people. You see I’m not really a fan of Michael Jackson’s music and after everything I had read about him in the tabloids I did not have a very high opinion for Michael Jackson as a person.

My opinion today has changed after spending some time speaking with the ghost of Michael Jackson. It’s been almost one year since the “King of Pop” passed away on June 25th 2009 (June 25th happens to be my birthday) and he had a few messages he wanted to tell those of us who are still around since he found someone he was able to communicate with.
First off Michael Jackson wanted his fans to know that he is humbled and honored by the fact that his contributions to music is now being recognized and he’s in awe of the outpouring of support his friends and fans showed since his passing.

After communicating these thoughts to me Michael Jackson’s ghost faded out for about forty minutes and when he returned he had his death on his mind. Michael said don’t worry he didn’t suffer he actually had no idea what was going on til he passed on painlessly. Michael Jackson clinched his fist and struggled to speak when we discussed how DR. Murray said that Michael Jackson must have killed himself. After about 10 minutes Michael Jackson kinda rubbed his eyes and just said “How could somebody he thought was a friend spread lies about him”. He went on to say that “He doesn’t want him (Dr. Murray) to be punished”.
After a bit Michael Jackson’s ghost once again fades out and he say’s something I didn’t understand about his sister and spiders and happy ghosts can’t be tickled. At this point Michael Jackson’s ghost is starting to fade out but he managed to yell out “Tell my children I love them” and then “He now lives to watch them grow”.

A few more seconds Michael Jackson’s ghost kind of faded but this is somewhat normal for newer ghosts because they haven’t absorbed enough energy to show themselves for long periods of times. After my chance encounter with Michael Jackson’s ghost I must say I am 100% certain that the man got a bad rap in life because of the tabloids. I feel really bad for Michael Jackson because so many people will still view him for the little boy thing and after talking to him I’m certain that those stories had to be lies. Michael Jackson came across as a man who never really grew up emotionally he actually seemed like a scared sweet little boy personality wise.

I encourage everyone out there to do something special to honor Michael Jackson this year on June 25th. Play a Michael Jackson CD, visit his grave, send flowers, or even just do a moonwalk across your office at work. The man was a music genius who got convicted in the court of public opinion for things I’m certain he didn’t do.
Til next time keep it spooky,

The Ghostmap team.

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