I’m a little late to the party, but I’ve binge-watched Once Upon A Time on Netflix and I’m “hooked.” So, I’m devoting April to one of my new favorite couples–Emma Swan and Killian Jones. Enjoy some Captain Swan!
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In March, I set out with my mom and daughter on a four-day road trip from North Carolina to Pennsylvania to explore historical sites before I move away from the area permanently this summer.
First stop–Berks County, Pennsylvania.
My family settled in the area in the mid-1700s, and I’m lucky enough to be able to visit the actual church they attended, baptized their babies in, and were eventually buried beside.
Walking the same ground my 18th century ancestors walked is an exhilarating experience. And what’s even better is the land around the church in rural Pennsylvania looks a lot like it did in those days.
In the ancient graveyard beside the church rest some of my family. The stones are so worn it’s impossible to read them, but we know from church records at least two of my male ancestors are buried there, side-by-side. Most likely there are many others, now lost to time.
The photo above is of the church as seen through the old cemetery’s gates. I love this picture, almost as much as I love the actual place. I’m so glad we got to see it one more time.
Second stop–Chocolate World
If you know anything about me at all, you know I love chocolate. Naturally, I snuck a trip to Hershey’s Chocolate World into our history tour.
Unfortunately, because it was still winter the theme and water parks were closed, but Chocolate World is open all year round, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Above, I’m holding the (very heavy!) world’s largest chocolate bar.
And you can bet I took advantage of the park’s Make Your Own Chocolate Bar attraction! Above is my scrumptious candy bar coming out of the conveyer belt.
I ended the long day savoring my personalized candy bar while snuggled inside a hotel bed. A very fun (and yummy) day!
<3 Anna
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There’s been another sighting of a “black eyed child” in Cannock Chase . The forest has been famous for being haunted since the late 1980s when there was a documented sighting of a “black eyed child”. Since then, all’s been quiet, although there have been numerous reports of black-eyed children in other places.
Is the Cannock Chase ghost child back?
But Staffordshire gets off relatively lightly for ghosts. Back in 2010, Lionel Fanthorpe – who has written about paranormal activity and is President of the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena – decided to look into paranormal activity in the UK. He looked at 25 years worth of eyewitness reports and claims of ghostly activity, and wrote the Demonic Britain report. This assessed all of the reports from all over the country and categorised them by type of paranormal activity.
He found that Yorkshire was the place with the most sightings and reports. But looking at our map, the south-west has the highest concentration of ghostly reports.
Yorkshire was where the highest number of demon possession (2 reports) and demons with repulsive forms (5), while Wiltshire was the county with the most reported sightings of Hell Hounds (25).
Scotland has a high ghost count too. Edinburgh doesn’t make the Demonic Britain list but it has one of the most well-documented poltergeists in the world. In 1998 the tomb of Lord Advocate Sir George Mackenzie, who is buried in Greyfriars kirkyard, was disturbed by a homeless man looking for somewhere to sleep.
Mackenzie is no ordinary man, though – he’s responsible for the torture and eventual killing of an estimated 18,000 people in Scotland who refused to change religion. And since the tomb was disturbed, the Mackenzie Poltergeist has become famous around the world due to the sheer number of reports of paranormal activity.
Between 1998 and 2000, 24 people were knocked unconscious near or in the tomb. Now, City of the Dead tours – the only tour with access to the site – tells customers that figure has reached 3,000 in the last 12 years, and they say that hundreds more have been injured.
That averages out at 250 each year!
<3 Anna
I’m devoting March to one of my secret, guilty pleasure ships–Stucky. Enjoy some Captain America/Winter Soldier angst!
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I’m so excited to show you my new YouTube series! It was a lot of fun preparing, recording, and editing the videos with the help of some friends. We made a day of it, and we had a blast. I hope you enjoy the finished product!
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Written by Grimsby Telegraph in July 2014
TODAY it is known as Intax Mews, situated off busy Welhome Road and Hainton Avenue.
But how many now realize the story behind the site – or know about the ghost which was supposed to haunt it?
Intax Mews stands on the site of what was formerly Intax Farm on which stood a house for 400 years.
At one time the farm fields stretched from Pasture Street to beyond Weelsby Road and the farmer’s neighbors lived at Old Clee, at Nun’s Farm and at Highfield.
Intax Farm, was said to stand on the site of a monastery which was pulled down in the 15th Century.
Once a part of the Manor of Weelsby, the farm with the rest of the manor was bought during the reign of Edward III by the Augustinian Abbot of Wellow.
Its name was believed to come from an ancient custom associated with land tenure by which the Lord of the Manor of Weelsby was empowered to enclose a portion of the open fields for his own use.
The Abbot was to become involved in scandal – particularly so when he was found, among other things, to be keeping “a certaine French ladye” in a “handsome dwelling house” in the town.
Over the years the farm on the site had many tenants and at one time was known as Kendall’s Milk Farm. Later John A Thomas, a joiner, cabinet maker and undertaker, moved in. Another resident was Mrs Florence Godwin who lived there for 30 years.
And the ghost? Mrs Ada Newell, a daughter of Mr Thomas, who lived there with her husband and her sister told the Telegraph in 1960 that shortly before his death she was sitting with him when she saw “cowled and hooded monks coming two by two” from one side of the room to the other.
The phenomenon, she added, had not occurred again since her husband’s death.
<3 Anna
I’m devoting March to one of my secret, guilty pleasure ships–Stucky. So, please enjoy this video (I got chills!).
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Written in June 2014
AMERICA’S most notorious prison Alcatraz has been haunted by ghosts for decades, if you believe the whispers.
Now a British tourist, Sheila Sillery-Walsh, claims to have found another eerie figure in a photograph she took at the maximum security prison.
When she looked down at her phone after taking the photo, she noticed a shadowy girl staring back through the window.
The 48-year-old woman was on a tour with her partner through the eerie halls of Alcatraz, an island prison located in the San Francisco Bay.
It held America’s worst criminals, such as Al “Scarface” Capone, from 1934 until it closed in 1963.
Ms Sillery-Walsh told the Daily Mail she didn’t feel comfortable as soon as she entered the prison.
“While doing an audio-tour of the place, I casually stopped to take a snap of the empty visitation block window on my iPhone,” she said.
“When I glanced at the photo on my mobile, I saw this dark female figure in the picture. I looked at the window again and there was no one in the room.
“From that point onwards, I wasn’t interested in the Alcatraz tour anymore. I just kept looking at the picture over and over again!”
The girl appears to be from the 1930s or 40s — and is not thought to be the reflection of Ms Sillery-Walsh, as she is wearing different clothes, though who she may be remains a mystery.
The couple have tried to find out the identity of the girl, but with no luck. Despite multiple ghost sightings, Alcatraz officials have always dismissed the creepy reports.
Whether the recent claim is a photo manipulation, a strange shadow or something from another world, it may never be clear — but these tourists are convinced they had a glimpse into the spirit world.
<3 Anna
I’m devoting March to one of my secret, guilty pleasure ships–Stucky. I love this video! It made me tear up. Enjoy!
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