watched 2 scarecrow movies, picked Zerelda up at school in her Frankiestein costume to run her to Cameron to meet her mother and brother, carved a jack-o-lantern, made vegetable soup, and split a caramel apple. we even had 3 trick-or-treaters! BJ brought Rowdy and 2 friends. first ones in years and years! and I wore my ghost jammies...
quit showing us who is in the fuckin' box. Idk. Idc. Idgaf. how about showing us some KC Wolf antics?
I didn't find any of the scavanger hunt items. I didn't win the costume contest. Kelly and Chris were pirates. he did the Jack Sparrow scamper perfectly. I of course was a ghost. there was a pinata, Velma and Scooby Doo, a couple of plague drs, contestants on The Price is Right, a gypsy, a dog, a couple of Drs., a few paranormal investigators. The Nun. and others I've already forgotten. I did get my book signed by Chris and buy a round pendant board. I did The Fear Challenge and rolled dice to get coloring in a Dustin Pari coloring book with Suzie and bring a friend. like I was BORN for this challenge! met some interesting people. a guy let me try his noise enhancing earphones. Kevin smelled a rotten odor in Hanks Room and had cat ball action while he stood in hallway across from The Captains Room. I saw a black fuzzy Oogie Boogie dancing shadow while scrying in The Black Mirror. I got to try The Singing Bowls, felt kind of like an electric fence in the rain. I had anxiety in the wheelchair room in The Shadow Man Hallway. I made it into every room. left the Cooties game and the Polly Pocket set. Suzie has a tote of color books and tons of crayons, so brought the ones I took back home. learned of a Black Scrying Mirror experiment between Villica Ax Murder House, McInteer Villa, and Malvern Manor. and got to see a picture of a ghost girl in the scrying mirror. there is a new resident spirit at The Manor: Jeff. I didn't meet him personally, of course. Chris had an incredible HUGE Ouija board he made with dents for cat balls. he had a group where the balls lit up and spelled the name of someone in the room. not MY group, of course. hearing the train whistle inside the house was eerie. because the RR track connected Villisca to Malvern and the murders....hmmm. lots of interesting evps & other parnamormal happenings between them and McInteer Villa.
I mightily believe in ghosties, but I am super critical of the paranormal claims on the tv shows....your teenager is hateful? your marriage is in trouble? health issues? shit happens. shit happens.
these are MY paranormal claims of late: living room TV randomly talks when off... little kid cartoon voices...hmmmm. and darkest of black smallish shadows darting about....down the hall. back of couch. is this our late cat Miss Cuddles? or onset of cataracts?
I actually enjoyed this book. easy to read. very insightful. then I rewatched the episode of The Dead Files. in the book, it seemed he was more into Wicca than the daughter. he did have on a necklace, but was it the cross? couldn't tell. and now he has an eye patch and there's a dead fiance. the cats were briefly mentioned, but not the # of cats in the house, and no cat sightings by me.
Halloween Celebrities spotted in Mercer County... Michael. Jason. Chucky. Samara.
next week Mr. Dailey starts HSBB practice as Asst. Coach Dailey. I will chauffeur Zerelda as needed, and volunteer in Concession Stand or watch Izzy so her mommy can when games start.
American Family insurance website has been done almost a week. went to Princeton today to tell agent about new garage. office closed. can't pay our bill. no penalties, though. is this how the world ends? discussed amongst ourselves that something has to give with our insurance. almost $1000 a month. too much. too too too much. finished Z's quilt, washed, dried, folded, ready to deliver. finished the ghost flower thing. ran out of flowers, so made it smaller than intended. but still looks ok, I think. spraypainted the wood ghost pink. who says ghosts can't be pink? just have to put backing on thriftshop ghost painting and hang. somewhere. got the ghost clings in the creepy corner window and got the Leave facing outside. scrapbooked till I ran out of black paper. there is a method to my madness. took the first General ride in a bit today. perfect autumn day, windy, cool, overcast. opened the windows yesterday.
10-21-2023 we investigated Old Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa. (I'm just going to throw the address in here. you're welcome.)a nearby haunt for us middle of nowhere inhabitors, not quite 2 hours away. things started off a mite sketchy when I realized I had no address. oh well, I'll find it. but I did not. not on maps. did find a historical society page with pictures and the info that it was located on North Market next to old post office. ok. drove up and down this street. didn't see it. (big trees block this magnificient building, by the way.) there was a beautiful half moon. I remained mellow for a bit, then became frantic. finally I got onto the event website where I bought tickets and there was a link location. duh, deb. easy peasy lemon squeezy. by now we don't have enough time left to go eat supper before hunt. we end up at some random house. nope. then decide drive by new hospital, maybe it's there? nope. Kevin finally insists I go into Fareway and ask employees. ugh. I hate this. I go in. there are little kids working, who stare at me blankly and have no clues. I sigh and go back outside, ready to just admit defeat and drive back home. $80 down the shitter. and I literally bump into a woman who is more mature. and I just blurt out...do you live here? I'm trying to find a haunted hospital? it was literally about 3 blocks straight across from where we were standing, on the main street, but you couldn't get there from here without a lot of complicated directions. and I suck at directions. giving or recieving. I did my best. I remembered Hy-Vee and right at stop light, by big white building that is an Italian place or getting remodeled into an Italian place??? Kevin went with it and we drove past the very lit up location we'd passed multiple times. how ridiculous. I'd driven past this decorated spooky vibe place looking for an abandoned spooky vibe place. we cruised past. Kevin stopped and told me to get out and ask the pack of people dressed all in black out walking if this was the event. Sasquatch. more talking to total strangers. but this is my deal. and I want it to happen. I get out of truck, the mob approaches me. am I here for the hunt? did I find it ok? people are having trouble finding it. I can park right over there in that lot. go inside. they'll guide you upstairs through a party. check in. and I recognize Michelle from RIP, who Tracy and I met at Farrar and Beattie Mansion. I gush to her that I've been to events with her before. we go in, get led through party, and checked in. I'm sure this isn't the same woman we had at Mason House Inn with Haunted Rooms America, but she is a dead ringer. I became more and more sure it was her as the night wore on. she did at one break ask where I'd been, and she hadn't heard of Waverly Hills or Trans-Allegheny or Lake Shawnee. so couldn't have been her. she asked what equipment I used. I told her I just sit quietly and take pictures. but how do you know when to take pictures? huh? it's not like I'm capturing anything but a beautiful old building in these pictures. but she did the dad jokes routine. didn't see much of Michelle. there were 2 sensitives there, and she was hunkered down with them, reading the location. we did some group type stuff with a bunch of people, then snuck off on our own. I wandered around and took a jillion pics with my flashlight, and blundered into other peoples evp sessions, etc. there were only 2 rooms I didn't make it into, a couple was blocking the hallway doing a session, and I was done anyway. we did an evp/shadow box session with The Tech Guy. he knew Terry from PTF and had been to McInteer and Pythian and Beattie. he has a team. he had a ton of equipment. we finally wandered away from him. Kevin scared me good a couple of times. I'd be alone, then there he was. there were medical things lying around with patient names....x-rays. prescription bottles. a medical bill statement. those Hy-Vee Rx sheets that come with your Rx. there was also the Croc Guy. he had 'merica crocs, and that is epic. there was a young man there filming for TikTok or YouTube or something. he either left or just wandered off on his own, only saw him first morgue session. there were snackles and drinks. and a nice, modern bathroom. always a plus on a hunt.
Kevin saw some shadows down a hallway coming around the corner, but he said there were so many people there. and there was light coming in from outside through windows. so probably just people moving. there was a lot of music box hits, but I think a music box would work better in a location you weren't in? at least not where it could detect you. everytime the girl across from me moved in her doorway it went off. we were back in the doorways, I think it was our shadows from the light coming in through windows? her EMF detector was going to 3, though. and it felt like there was something behind me in my room. I kept turning around. when we started wandering, I discovered Kevin's doorway he stood in was to an old bathroom. ugh. who wants a bathroom ghost tapping you on the shoulder? I heard a voice but could've been other ghost hunters or coming up through (or coming down maybe, Idk how this shit works) a vent or an open door. The building was cool. the morgue was spooky. rooms leading into rooms leading into rooms. like a maze. doors on. doors open. doors locked. doors off hinges. random chairs and stools here and there. the bathrooms. wow. a green sink. beautiful old tile floors. some writing on wall in laundry room. some random clothes lying on floor. an old empty suitcase in basement. we were right on the main street and it was Saturday night. you could hear the occasional car go by, but it really was like stepping back into time. I don't like when everyone asks questions. when did you die? what year is it? are you male or female? did you have surgery here? and when someone has something that 'speaks' then it's oh my god, MY hip hurts! it just said HIP! oh my god. I'm dizzy. etc. or they get a name. did you have surgery here, so and so? how long was your recovery, so and so? did you like Dr. Lemon? I like to just wander and experience. listen to the building. take pictures. I wanted to go into a room right by main entrance, but there was light in the crack and I head voices. I wandered the floor FOREVER. when I got back to that room, still light in the crack and voices. I go to break room, looks like about everyone is there. grab a drink and chips, back to that door. still the light. no voices. finally I clear my throat. is anybody in here? I do a light rap on door. it falls open. no one. the light was coming in through window. was there ever anyone there? I'll count it. creepy bathrooms and hallways galore...
I left a Hulk toy in a closet. a purple Barrel of Monkeys monkey and a tiny flying rubber chicken in another closet. and a large gauze pad and some rolled gauze in a bathroom windowsill. I posted my pics, Tracy asked me if I'd left the Barbie doll. nope. she was already there.
we left about an hour before event ended. luckily there was a Casey's still open, so got salami and cheese and chips and cold drinks. I probably slept most of the way home. pretty sure.
Pudding 🤎 . . #styledbykaity
Des Moines Haunted Stories & Tours 3 hours ago · Clark Tower. Winterset, Iowa. Clark Tower is a castle-like limestone tower located in Winterset City Park. It was built in 1926, on the eightieth anniversary of the founding of Madison County, in memory of Caleb Clark, a stonemason who was the first white settler of Madison County, and his wife Ruth Clark. Many locals believe the tower is haunted. Some believe it is by Caleb and Ruth, because of their love for the Tower. There have been reports of seeing an apparition at the top of the tower, as well as lights coming from inside the tower at night. A short distance from Clark Tower is a stone house's ruins, where it is claimed that Frank and Jesse James slept one night
if we would lock our 🚪🚪🚪, how safe would we be?
massive work done on Z's onesie quilt. about have it pieced together. car serviced and new tire. another country was heard from. why won't this country just fall off the face of the earth? honestly. would make my world a better place. so why can't people professing to be Christians be arrested? are they any better than the rest of us? seriously.🙄 and sleeping with your window open the day after Christmas in f'n Colorado? what a woman. no duct tape in. your. house??? are you even an American? a parasol of persecution.☂️
saw this book on a The Dead Files episode. not available on amazon. when you've written a book and then get to plug it on the ghost show investigating your house....you gonna sell some books to some crazy ass ghost people. gotta look on ebay.....nope.
published 2019 Llewellyn Publications. not finding this book on their webpage.....
I found it in an online store. getting raped on shipping, but shipping is HIGH these days and they did offer FREE in store pickup, wherever this store is located.....
before David arrived, Kevin had an otherwordly helper, but you have to look in my ghost book to find THAT story. still want to get the tin back up on roof. and Kevin thinks he found enough tin in barn to cover the plywood. eventually.
she loved loved loved the playground. and all the photo ops. didn't need a word of encouragement. she also really liked the sea lions. she was just so excited. she participated in vulture activities and signed her name to a poster. Izzy just took it all in. Relda picked a sea lion stuffie at the zoo store, Izzy an owl.
Ann also captured a sweet photo of gramma and papa driving to zoo.....
