Courthouse Employees Hunt Ghost<br> <i>New Security System Captures Haunting Images</i>

WBAL ^ | 6 Aug 04 | Associated Press

[CurlyBill]

CHESTERTOWN, Md. -- The word "ghost" is hot on the lips of Kent County Court House employees.

A new $75,000 security system installed July 1 hasn't caught any criminals, but it did capture some haunting images of what appears to be a strange light "walking" in one stairwell.

"It didn't show up to the eye, but it showed up on tape," said security officer Phillip Price.

Security personnel first saw the light while looking at a surveillance tape recorded July 29, and it appeared live for more than an hour the next day.

After noticing the light, Price walked up the stairs and didn't see a thing. But downstairs, where by then a crowd of employees had gathered to watch, the video monitor revealed the strange light proceeding ahead of Price, stopping when he stopped and starting when he started.

At one point, those watching the video feed saw Price walk through the anomaly, they said. That was about the time that Price said he felt something.

[CurlyBill]

Here's one that is about an hour away from where I live...

[CurlyBill]

Ghost Ping

[B4Ranch]

ping

[steveo]

EMI my guess

[Darksheare]

This is NOT my fault.
HONEST.

Crew, ghost story ping AND vetting that I have nothing to do with it.
Confirm my alibi time..

[chemicalman]

[CurlyBill]

Ghost Ping!!

Previous threads:

This defeat not the only thing haunting them

Spooky goings on at couple's home

Ghost Hunters

Ghost Story

Walking with the Dead (Haunted Pub)

Hotel Makes Ghost a Guest

Jail ghost linked to 1884 haunting

[Happygal]

I can confirm it wasn't you Darkie.

You were busy modelling Victorias Secrets on E-bay! ;-)

[CurlyBill]

Damn if I didn't screw the title up .... I believe the HTML rules have changed. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[nuconvert]

Where's the video? Let's see.

[Darksheare]

I'm never gonna live that bad idea down, am I..
And so lives on Bad Idea #38794108..

[scott0347]

DS
After that little e-bay gig he was in the smoky back room with that chick and a staple gun ;)

[CurlyBill]

Yeah, I'd like to see the video too... they never seem to have it accompanying these stories.

[Happygal]

Psst...I don't think HTML works in the headline function; only in the main body of an article. :-)

[GSlob]

Since ancient times it has been known that "similar cures similar". Therefore, only spirits [distilled, in this case] will take care of spirits, and night shift court security employees are to be given one 375mL bottle of government issue 86 proof stuff per nose per night. The problem should go away; if not, the bottle size should be increased.

[sneakers]

Cool! Add me to your ghost list! (I'm an occasional "armchair" ghost watcher on the internet ghost cams!)

[KangarooJacqui]

Just because radio waves weren't discovered until the late 1800's, doesn't mean they weren't there beforehand.

I reserve the right to think the same thing about ghosts.

[Happygal]

I never used a staple gun, yer honour.

It was a .44!

[KangarooJacqui]

BTW, I'd check your (lack of) HTML skills before posting again...

(not trying to be bitchy, just HONEST. Sheesh.)

[Darksheare]

Arrow brand #44's...

[txflake]

For some reason I am reminded of the ghost stories surrounding the flight 77 crash of Sept. 11.

[Happygal]

I suggest Price wears a tinfoil hat when he next commits himself to videotape! :-)

[lonevoice]

Here's one for ya, Chief!

[MississippiMan]

If the video shows up, please ping me if you think about it. I'd like to load it up in my forensic video system and take a look.

MM

[doc30]

This smells like a hoax to me. Video cameras are sensitive to near IR and the human eye is not. Someone probably hid a near IR source somewhere in the stairwell and manipulated it while the camera was running. If you want to test this out, take any TV remote, point it at any video camera and press any button on the remote. You will see it flash like crazy on the TV monitor, but you won't see a thing with your unaided eyes.

[CurlyBill]

Sorry about the HTML thing..... apparently the tags don't work in the title line. Not a lack of HTML skills... more like a lack of knowledge of which fields accept the tags.

[andrew1957]

What are the Ghost Stories surrounding Flight 77 on Sept. 11? I haven't heard of them.

[scott0347]

[Darksheare]

Thankfully, that wasn't the particular design..
But still...

*shudder*

[Watery Tart]

This is NOT my fault. HONEST.

(not trying to be bitchy, just HONEST. Sheesh.)

Words to live by!

[Ditter]

ghost ping

[Bahbah]

I love ghost stores. Please add me to your ping list.

[txflake]

They're here (on FR).... the security guards in the temporary jobshack while the crash scene was being processed told of seeing the ghosts of passengers walking around the scene, looking confused and afraid.

Spooked me.

[Darksheare]

I have a history of being fingered as the source, cause, or origin of weird occurrences.
So I have to deny it prior to it being blamed on me.
(Keyword 'darkshearesfault'...)

[Senator Pardek]

[Happygal]

Me think the gentleman doth protest too much! ;-)

[fatima]

CurlyBill,Did you do the highschool in NJ,my teen daughter has taken friends there a few times.

[Darksheare]

My dear, I've been accused of being ghost or wraith-like, but I wouldn't deny it if it were true.
(Now if only I could pick up that glass of water..)
/ joke.

[Happygal]

Hmmm...but can you see an image in a mirror?
:-)

[CurlyBill]

No... I'm not sure what school/situation you are referring to.

[KangarooJacqui]

Me thinketh a certain Irishwoman hasn't taken her happy pills for today...

[Darksheare]

There's a trick to seeing myself in the mirror, but yes I can see me.

[Happygal]

You've been asked repeatedly to quit addressing me.

I AGAIN respectfully suggest you stop.

[Darksheare]

???
What happen?

[Choose Ye This Day]

Or you can listen to "ghosts." Here's an old Hallowe'en post. I hope most of the links still work:

Go to http://www.ghostwave.com/Ughs2.html to hear some of these rather creepy sounds. Some are hard to hear, some are clear as a bell. Here are direct links to some of the better ones:

http://www.ghostwave.com/kathy2.wav “I’ll be right back” (child)
http://www.ghostwave.com/ffield1.wav “Muchas Gracias”
http://www.ghostwave.com/9699-6.wav “hello” whisper
http://www.ghostwave.com/91998-9.wav “Elizabeth”
http://www.ghostwave.com/25may5.wav “Let me help you”
http://www.ghostwave.com/25may9.wav “Watch what you say”
http://www.ghostwave.com/Mc3.wav “Busted!” (after police car passes cemetery)
http://www.ghostwave.com/Imsad.wav “Oh, I’m sad”
http://www.ghostwave.com/Salem1.wav “Hey, you little b---h”
http://www.ghostwave.com/bedead.wav “I’m supposed, supposed to be dead”
http://www.ghostwave.com/91199.wav “Out. Get out. Get out of my house”

[Happygal]

~phew~

I was going to invite you and the other half over for a 'bite', but was feelin' spooked for a second! :-)

[gov_bean_ counter]

But downstairs, where by then a crowd of employees had gathered to watch, the video monitor revealed the strange light proceeding ahead of Price, stopping when he stopped and starting when he started.

The same thing happens to me when I carry a flashlight into a dark room.

[Darksheare]

Hmm..

[txflake]

I hear you on the joey. Or Jo-ette. Strange.

[terilyn]

Thanks for the ping!