It's time to call the Ghostbusters and their crazy theme song.

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How Ironic that this thread was made. I was walking in a park near my house with a friend of mine and we decided to sit on the pic-nic table. We're talking bla bla bla when all of a sudden we both stop talking at the same time and just stare straight ahead. At the same time we both said, " Please tell me you see that ". I have no doubt it was a ghost. A few girls were killed not far from the park, so it could have been one of them. Needless to say I wa freaked and ran home. Why? I dunno, I just got freaked out.


About those haunted places in TO. I'd love to see them just to see if they are really huanted. Although it does freak me out and give me chills, it still fascinates me.

I'm sure a lot of these are very stretched. There have NEVER been any stories about places being haunted in Windsor, yet we still have guided tours to see the haunted places in Windsor for like $20 or something.

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Behind our school in Massachusetts, was a turn of the century abandoned mental hospital. It was all gothic architecture, stone masonry, etc. It was in operation up to the 1980's when it shut down due to budget cuts and the deterioration of the place - it was built around 1890.

There were numerous outbuildings (victorian houses, smaller buildings, etc.) and you could enter these easily to find the steam tunnels running to the main hub under the Big House. If you were daring, you could take these and get into the place - everything was left just as it was the day they closed. Shock treatment tables, bathrooms, medical files, etc. - all there. A friend of mine took a book of songs from the Piano Bench - dating back from the 1940's. Another found a woman's compact from some earlier era as well.

Point is, the place was also haunted as fuck. One intrepid evening, a friend of mine (a climber) told me about a way to get in through a hole in the attic. We climbed up a side roof and voila, B&E was ours. We made it to the ballroom (with eerie childlike murals the patients made) and the morgue (I think we lasted less than a minute in there and then ran for it). No where is it creepier than in the place where the dead have resided for periods of time.

Pictures:
http://www.smith.edu/nsh/currPG1.html

There are people who actually seek out abandoned or haunted places - calling themselves Urban Explorers and there are several message boards online devoted to it. I've been on a hunt at an abandoned State Park here in Michigan - talk about holy creepy Batman!

Kris, who's second favorite holiday next to NYE is Halloween

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I'll believe it when I see something....although you wouldn't catch me in one of those 'haunted' places at night.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* There have NEVER been any stories about places being haunted in Windsor

Ontario - Windsor - Riverside Arena - Many people know about the stories that revolve around Riverside arena. It is said that it is haunted by a boy who died there on the ice in the 1960's he has been seen in the dressing rooms and even once by a night janitor who saw the boy standing in the middle of the ice (the janitor was the only one in the building). Located off Wyndotte Street and Homedale.

Ontario - Windsor - Retirement Home - Only a few years ago, there was a lovable old woman who resided in a local retirement home. She was adored by all, and dearly missed when she expired. Before she died she was confined to a motorized wheel chair. Only a few weeks after she died residents and staff members were stunned when they could hear the whirring of the electric motor racing up and down the hallways. Some people have even reported seeing her little orange flag she had flown from the back of the chair, and her voice in the halls. Staff members feel that she wanted to live, and continues to do so blasting up and down the halls, in her Craftmatic chair, with her little orange flag, saying "how are you today sweet cakes"...Most feel blessed that she still remains.

Ontario - Windsor - Texas Road - washed out several years ago, and never repaired. The fallen bridge has some very strange happenings and seems to sway. There is a wooded hollow between the bridge and the cemetery adjacent always has a strange glow even though there are no surrounding lights anywhere in the area. It has a very ominous presence of its own. Texas Road used to (still sort of does) pass through the hollow, and adjacent to the cemetery to another county road. It has since been closed off, and the intersection fixed. There is no evidence of where the two roads met.

Ontario - Windsor - University of Windsor - Beckett House - This is the AngliCampus of the University of Windsor. This dorm is actually an old house with about 10 bedrooms. Year after year students tell stories regarding strange happenings. Legend has it that a woman was murdered there decades ago when the home was first built, and this spirit is particularly cruel to men.

Ontario - Windsor - University of Windsor - Laurier Hall - residents repeatedly report strange occurrences such as eerie sounds, presences and occurrences. Toilets flush by themselves, floors thump, objects are moved, and curtains are opened and closed without anyone being in the room. There are also a series of tunnels that have been closed off for many years, without explanation.

Ontario - Windsor - Ye Old Bowie House - Rumors have surfaced of a ghostly figure entering rooms at this historic pub. The figure resembles Sir James Bowie III, who vanished off Lake St. Clair Shores from a boating accident. These reports have indicated extreme displays of taunting from the entity. All who have come into contact with the spirit have stated ultimate boredom from the experience.