Month: July 2015

Soccer Star Buys House Haunted By King Tut?

Soccer Star Buys House Haunted By King Tut?

Or, Why Samuel Eto’o Was Warned About His Recent Purchase

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Samuel Eto’o Buys Mansion Haunted by Curse of Tutankhamen

Written in Feb. 2015

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The former Chelsea and Everton striker may already be regretting his £18.5 million outlay after learning the tragic fates of his new home’s previous inhabitants.

Sampdoria forward Samuel Eto’o has a new £18.5 million mansion in Genoa – but an Italian newspaper warns it could be haunted!

The Cameroon striker has apparently acquired a new 30-room property, Villa Altachiara, in the port city, a 19th Century home with views of Ligurian Riviera.

However, Corriere dello Sport has a warning for the former Chelsea man, claiming that a curse lies upon the house.

The villa was built by George Herbert, Earl of Carnarvon, an Egyptologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.

The Earl died only months after discovering the tomb, following a mosquito bite, leading some to believe he was cursed by uncovering the tomb.

Herbert’s nephew was killed in the villa when he fell down a flight of stairs, and in 2001 Francesca Vacca Agusta, the owner of the house was found dead in mysterious circumstances after disappearing from the cliff-top home.

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Haunted Church Burned to the Ground

Haunted Church Burned to the Ground

Or, Learn The History Of This Haunted Church

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‘Haunted’ Butler County Church Destroyed by Fire

Written by Lindsey Rogers in Feb. 2015

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The Alabama State Fire Marshal’s Office is assisting in the investigation into the cause of a fire that tore through a small church in rural Butler County Monday morning.

Butler County Sheriff Kenny Harden says foul play is suspected in the blaze that destroyed Consolation Baptist Church in the Oakey Streak Community on Oakey Streak Road near Red Level. It’s located near the Butler-Covington county line.

A photo taken at the scene by the sheriff’s department shows that the wooden church completely burned down and only charred rubble was left in the fire’s wake.

The fire was spotted around 9:30 a.m. Monday. Firefighters worked to extinguish the flames, but the structure is a complete loss, the sheriff said.

Harden said the church was not in use and didn’t have power running to it.

“We do suspect foul play,” Harden said. “We’ve had several arrests over the years of people breaking in and there are rumors that it is haunted so kids go there on the weekends.”

No one was injured. The graveyard at the church was not affected.

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Photo Of Crying Girl In Orphanage?

Photo Of Crying Girl In Orphanage?

Or, Is This Photographic Proof Of Ghosts?

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Haunted? Photo of Ghostly Girl Captured in Abandoned Orphanage

Written in Feb. 2015

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A photo of what many believe is the ghostly image of a crying little girl has been captured on camera, peering out of the window of an abandoned orphanage that is known as Liverpool’s most haunted location.

Not only was the building once the Liverpool’s Seaman’s Orphan Institution, it later became Newsham Park Hospital, a medical hospital, and then, just to make things extra creepy, ended its days of actual human occupancy as a mental asylum before it was finally closed down by the city council in 1997.

Abandoned orphanage, former mental asylum — it seems not only plausible that there may be a little ghost girl crying in the window, but reasonable.

The face of the ghostly girl was actually captured through Google’s Street View function. Someone alerted the Liverpool Echo, saying that the face appeared to be that of a ghostly girl crying in the window.

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This isn’t the first ghost spotted on the property. Sightings of ghosts have been reported on the top floor and in Ward G. Visitors to the abandoned orphanage have claimed to hear noises and often complain about feeling uneasy while in the building.

Some recent ghost hunters who visited the location also claimed to hear voices and see disappearing circles and white mist.

Even if there were never any ghosts sighted, the abandoned orphanage certainly looks the part for a haunted location. With room for 400 orphans (and later, 400 psychiatric patients), the abandoned building is a crumbling, decayed Victorian with an astounding total of 99,000 square feet. That includes an echoing, decaying assembly hall, a mortuary (of course), wandering corridors and dormitories, a total of nine separate psychiatric wards, ominous treatment rooms, and a vast kitchen with laundry.

The floors are connected by winding staircases with anti-suicide grills.

And at the very top floor, one particular attic corridor is lined with 14 so-called “naughty” cupboards. It was in these cupboards that children who were deemed unruly were punished by being locked in solitary confinement with no light.

Of course, it’s haunted. It almost has to be haunted. The only surprise fact about a little girl ghost being sighted is that only one little girl ghost was sighted, instead of a whole orphanage full of crying little girl ghosts.

Check out the photo gallery below, including the blown-up photo of the most recent ghost girl sighting and tell us what you think — is the abandoned orphanage-insane asylum haunted?

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Flirty Clip Friday (TVD)

Flirty Clip Friday (TVD)

Or, I’m Sharing My Fave Romantic Montages With You!

I’m devoting July to my guilty pleasure The Vampire Diaries. I adore the new Caroline + Stefan love story. Enjoy!

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Twice the Scares–a Free Book and a New Box Set!

Twice the Scares–a Free Book and a New Box Set!

Or, Not Only Is Elixir Free This Week, But The Dark Caster Series Is A Boxed Set!

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Elixir (Red Plague #1) is free until July 12th. Download the first book in my YA zombie romance and ride along on Maya’s journey to end the Red Plague.

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The red plague has devastated the human race, turning billions of people into zombies with red eyes and an insatiable hunger for human flesh.

The 212R virus sweeps through the population so quickly a possible cure is left to rot. Seventeen-year-old Maya Solomon may be the only survivor who knows where it is. But to reach the lab in Raleigh, North Carolina she will have to outrun the infected boy tracking her every step and cross into a city swarming with monsters.

 

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The Dark Caster series is now available in a boxed set. Read the entire, heart-pounding series from beginning to end!

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Dive into the heart-pounding Dark Caster series!

If the Chaos Gate opens…

Demons will infest the world.

In this four part series a group of necromancers, witches, and mere mortals will fight to stop him and protect their world.

Spell of Summoning #1

Holden Clark, a tall, blue-eyed stranger, walks into Rebecca Powell’s life at the worst possible time to stir long forgotten desires. But nothing, including this man, is what it seems. A dark necromancer is targeting Becca for a full-blown demonic possession. She is thrust into a world she never knew existed—a world where casters create chaos and necromancers talk to the dead.

Holden has no faith in his power. A necromancer, he communicates with the dead, but has never embraced his gifts. Now, he must stop the dark caster attacking Rebecca, but accepting this mission means he’ll be delving into dangerous magics he’s never used before.

Together, Holden and Rebecca will uncover a dark and sinister plot that threatens their entire world.

Spell of Binding #2

Daniela Ferraro can’t touch people without hurting them. So when she wakes up in the Dark Caster’s cell next to the one man guaranteed to mess with her heart, she will risk anything to escape.

David Wilkes has no idea why he’s been abducted and thrown in a locked room with Dani, the woman who jilted him two years ago. But when the Dark Caster threatens David’s four-year-old son, David will not stop until Ryan is safe and the evil necromancers tormenting him are destroyed.

When Dani’s powers are bound and her necromancer friends are out of commission, the only way to protect the people she cares about and keep the Chaos Gate firmly closed is to trust in David.

But the closer Dani gets to David the more lethal her touch becomes for the only man she’s ever loved.

Spell of Vanishing #3

Cole Burkov is a necromancer, but waking from a devastating nightmare spell has left him confused about what’s real and what’s fantasy. Afraid of hurting more of his friends, he casts a vanishing spell on himself, except something goes wrong. He’s not invisible to spirits. He’s invisible to everyone.

Talia Jackson doesn’t want to help Cole cast his vanishing spell. She’s too busy trying to collect him for the Dark Caster. But when Cole uses her, against her will, to create the spell she becomes the only human being on earth that can see him.

Together, the unlikely allies will seek out one of the most diabolical casters in the dark cabal—the White Wraith. But when the witch fights back, Cole and Talia discover the only way to survive her furious assault is by working together.

Spell of Shattering #4

When the charismatic mayor of Auburn hires junior agent Jessa McAvoy to acquire him a very specific property, she hopes this is her big break. She’ll do anything to make her first real estate client happy, but the one favor he asks of her is impossible—convince her former friend Derek Walker to come out of hiding. Doing so will not only bring her into the orbit of dangerous casters, but force her to confront long-buried feelings for her missing friend.

After failing his tasks for the Dark Caster, necromancer Derek Walker is hiding in Alaska from his humiliating defeats as a card-carrying member of an evil dark cabal. But when his old boss begins opening the Chaos Gate, there is nowhere on earth Derek can hide. With no other options, he must return to the last place he wants to go—home.

When Derek Walker joins forces with Jessa and the entire Raleigh coven, the dark cabal’s biggest disappointment may be the only thing standing between earth and total destruction.

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Haunted Theater Has New Lease On Life

Haunted Theater Has New Lease On Life

Or, Look Inside The Haunted Roxy

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Parramatta’s Haunted Roxy Theater to Become a High-Rise Apartment Block

Written by Linda Silmalis in Feb. 2015

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Talks are underway between the theatre owners and Parramatta City Council, which has been a dormant site, which is understood to be supportive of the proposal.

Under the plan, the 1930s exterior of the theatre will be retained in the proposed redevelopment with two pillars built in front to support a residential or commercial tower above.

It is understood the tower will be up to 20 storeys high.

Council sources say the final design of the development was likely to be determined through a design competition opened to interested architects once a formal development application had been lodged.

It is not the first time the theatre has been redeveloped, although it will be the most dramatic.

When owned by Hoyts, the cinema was divided into three before it was sold to Village Roxy.

With the rise of home videos, the cinema failed to thrive, eventually closing before being offloaded to an overseas investor.

The Palace Group bought the site in 2004, before turning part of it into a nightclub and cabaret venue.

Recently, it was the subject of a paranormal TV show, which investigated claims by former works of ghost sightings, including of a broken-hearted usherette and a disgruntled spirit called “Jack” who is allegedly heard on digital recordings claiming to be the owner of the cinema.

An Australian paranormal team also claimed it had detected both a female and male spirit in the building during an “investigation” undertaken a few years ago.

A council source said the tower was in-line with Parramatta’s rising skyline.

“The council is not entirely opposed to the concept,” a source said.

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Flirty Clip Friday (TVD)

Flirty Clip Friday (TVD)

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I’m devoting July to my guilty pleasure The Vampire Diaries. This Delena video gave me chills and then actually made me cry. Enjoy!

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