AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

ghosts News

ghosts News From AOL News

Ghost Sightings Cause Relocation of Amusement Park Ride

By Lee SpeigelFeb 9th 2011 – 8:41AM
Whitehotpix / ZUMA Press

Whitehotpix / ZUMA Press

Who you gonna call? Well, if you're the owners of Thorpe Park outside of London, ghostbusters are the order of the day. And after an initial investigation of unexplained phenomena occurring there, a new attraction at this big theme park has been relocated. Workers building a new water ride, called Storm Surge, at the...

Filmmaker Psychs Out Psychics and ET Believers

By Monica GarskeJan 27th 2011 – 8:30AM
Wunderkind Pictures

Wunderkind Pictures

Many of us have given a few bucks to some alleged psychic to tell us stuff we already know, but what if you spent your entire life savings looking into the future, attempting to contact ghosts and protecting yourself from aliens? That's the premise behind filmmaker Blake Freeman's newest documentary, "Gawd Bless America,"...

The Week in Weird (Sex Injuries Edition)

By Tony DeconinckDec 18th 2010 – 10:42AM
AFP/Getty Images

AFP/Getty Images

Has your employer ever paid you because you injured yourself during sex? Have you ever been evicted from an egg? Have you ever used a supermarket's electric shopping cart scooter to make a getaway when committing a crime? While you were finishing up end-of-the-year projects at work and thinking about Christmas shopping,...

Drinking and Telling Ghost Stories in a Haunted City

By Dave ThierOct 31st 2010 – 10:00AM
Courtesy of Catherine Killingsworth

Courtesy of Catherine Killingsworth

(Oct. 31) -- If you want to catch a glimpse of the real undead this Halloween, take a look at Savannah, Ga. -- you might not see any ghosts, but so many people around you will swear they did that you'll become convinced you have as well. Savannah is the densest ghost tour site in the country, and around this time some...

Haunted House? 'Ghost Buster Gals' at Your Service

By Monica GarskeOct 30th 2010 – 3:15PM
Courtesy of Ronnie Rennae Foster

Courtesy of Ronnie Rennae Foster

(Oct. 30) -- If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! Or maybe two ladies known as "The Ghost Buster Gals." Since 2001, Washington state friends Ronnie Rennae Foster and Laura Lee Mistycah have been in business as The Ghost Buster Gals, offering their expert "fast, friendly...

ghosts News From AOL

MOVIEFONE

'The Woman In Black' Clip: Daniel Radcliffe Shouldn't Look Behind The Wallpaper (VIDEO)

By Alex Suskind Feb 02nd 2012 - 11:38AM

As any horror movie fan knows, nothing good will ever come from ripping away wallpaper in a possibly haunted house filled with creepy old dolls.

ghosts News From the Web

  • 02/10/12 Held hostage at home, woman describes reaching out for... Source: FOX - KSTU 13 News - Salt Lake City UT A Sandy woman says she was held hostage in her home and was physically and sexually abused four days straight by her boyfriend.
  • 02/09/12 New Book on Ghosts and Apparitions in Soham Source: BBC Cambridgeshire WHEN Elizabeth Johnston began to organise ghost walks in Soham at Halloween, she little thought that the project would turn her into an authoress.
  • 02/09/12 The Scariest Ghosts in Film? Source: Scifind To celebrate the release of The Woman in Black , an adaption of Susan Hills chilling novel about a vengeful spirit, and starring Daniel Radcliffe we take a look back over some of the scariest ghostly encounters in cinematic history.
  • 02/09/12 Another ghost movie from Hammer Film appears called... Source: JoBlo After an opening weekend for THE WOMAN IN BLACK which exceeded all expectations from the studio by grossing over $21 million, Hammer Films is quickly moving to capitalize on its ghostly success with a new movie bearing the name THE QUIET ONES that will be directed by John Pogue (QUARENTINE 2: TERMINAL).
  • 02/09/12 The Woman in Black > The Woman in Black. Source: Reno News and Review - Reno NV The Woman in Black This is an old-fashioned haunted house movie from Hammer Films that takes some time to get going but gets some good scares in the end.

Background on ghosts

In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living.

more at wikipedia »