there were tales of haunted homes around for centuries. A haunted house is a building where there is alleged to be paranormal activity ; unexplained sounds, doors opening and closing without human help, apparitions, etc .
‘Real’ haunted homes are claimed to be the home of spooks, spirits of those who are dead, and both those who are irritated and ruinous and those who are kind and useful to living humans.
often the’spirits’ that inhabit haunted houses are seen as violent and destructive. They are irritated, and they are seeking vengeance. Often the spirits that haunt houses are thought to be former residents of the house and been involved in a tragic event ; the demise of a child, a suicide,
a murder, and so on.
Haunted homes are a popular theme of horror movies, horror fiction, and paranormal fiction on television.
Harry James and Stephen King are two modern authors who love the haunted house scenario but these modern-day authors didn’t start the trend. Plautus, Pliny the Younger, and Lucian, who were all Roman-era writers, wrote stories about haunted homes.
The houses that are believed to be truly haunted can be castles that were build centuries ago, Victorian-style older home, or ultra-modern split levels with all the modern conveniences. Ghosts are apparently not particular.
Tours of haunted houses abound. You can find haunted house tours in most large towns and in even more tiny cities. A haunted house tour includes the story of the spook or ghosts that do the haunting and why they insist on staying earthbound. Some of those stories are actually good and some are even downright convincing.
‘Simulated’ haunted homes are popular at Halloween. Rattling chains, frightful groaning, and things that go bump in the night all make up a simulated Halloween haunted house.
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| Russ D. Edwards |
