Ghosts

Types of Ghosts i have encountered:

1. Shape-shifting: We have this ghosts in our house who likes to imitate us like one time we were all going out to the car to go shopping i was already in the car waiting for my parents, my mom walked around the corner in my room and saw a ghost that looked just like me but it wouldnt say anything and gave her a very mean look. right after that my mom went to the car and saw me waiting and was very confused. but since my mom had taken so long getting ready my dad went into the house through the back door and saw the same ghost imitating me still, it freaked him out when he got to the car and saw me sitting there. it has also imitated my brother, sister, and my dad.

2.possessed possessions: In Arizona we owned a kareoke box, because my mom loved to go to the bars to sing we bought her one. one night the speakers started throbbing and it started saying "the houses is surrounded"..."come out with you hands up!" alright so we thought this was kind of freaky for one reason it sounded like it was right outside so we looked out the windows nothing was there, so we make sure there was no cassettes in it, there was nothing, and just to make absolutly sure we checked to see if it was uplugged.... it was. also it repeated those phrases for a hour or two! so we gave it to our friend who was a rapper, he thought it was awesome so he started recorded a song on it but when he played it back someone was singing backup to his music! and of course he did what we should of done and threw it in the garbage. this isnt the only thing that happened at our house though. everynight we would hear footsteps walking slowly down our hallway all night long, the t.v. would turn on and off by itself and one day we got a phone call from 3 different people in three different states at the same time who didnt know each other, "we didnt have three way calling" how else could you explain these events?

Halloween Customs and Traditions

Halloween Customs and Traditions

Bonfires
In northern Ireland, it was customary for Druids to perform ritualistic ceremonies and make sacrifices to pacify their gods. The Celts would bring wood and start their Samhain bonfire or, fire festival, on the hilltop. Often, they would throw the bones of slaughtered cattle into the flames. The word "bonfire" is said to be derived from such "bone fires." Bonfires and sacrifices guaranteed that the sun would burn brightly after a long, dreary winter. It's common to witness hundreds of traditional bonfires in Ireland every year on Halloween Night.

Costumes
Halloween costumes originated from the Celts when they lit huge bonfires and celebrated Samhain by dressing up in elaborate animal skins and heads to disguise themselves as spirits and demons so that the real ones couldn't distinguish them as being human. Their ceremonies consisted of dancing, telling stories, and reading fortunes.

Jack-O-Lanterns
The traditions of carving jack-o-lanterns originates with the Celts. A miserable man named Jack, tricked the devil. Unable to enter heaven or hell after his death, he was destined to roam the earth listlessly. Jack placed a piece of coal into a carved-out turnip and used it as a lantern to keep the evil spirits away. Today, pumpkins (which are easier to cut) are carved into jack-o-lanterns, lit and placed outside of doorways for the same purpose.

Trick or Treating
The custom of trick or treating evolved in Ireland, centuries ago. In preparation for All Hollow's Eve, the the poor would call upon the rich folks and request money, gifts and food. The food was gathered for a huge feast and celebration.



This info is from: http://www.halloween-website.com/customs.htm
Thanks!

Vampires

Weapons against vampires:
Holy Water
Cross
Wooden Steaks
Garlic.


Books:
Dracula

(this is still under construction.)

Werewolves

Werewolves:
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Europe, lots of people believed in werewolves. So many stories about werewolves were going around that it created hysteria. People accused of being Werewolves were arrested and put on trial, and if convicted they were immediately put to death.

1589, Germany
After a big wolf was terrorizing a small town in Germany,
Peter Stubb was arrested and placed on trial for being a werewolf after being tortured, he finally confessed to practising black magic, he said that the devil gave him a magic belt that made him turn into a wolf. After he was sentenced to death the magic belt was never found.
One of the most celebrated cases was Adrian Jefficheff - a man from the Caucasus Mountains in Russia. His young son was also afflicted by the condition. Though Adrian amassed a great fortune, it all meant little to him. He believed that his condition had doomed his soul to to eternal damnation.
Adrian's son went on to become a huge commercial success himself as "Jojo": The Wolf Boy -perhaps the single most famous wolfman act in carnival history. His manager maintained that Jojo had been raised by wolves in the Russian forests where he'd been captured by trappers.
In public, he only barked and growled, but behind the hairy facade, Jojo fluently spoke four languages and was considered a keenly intelligent individual by those who knew him well.

Stephan Bibrowski - aka Lionel was aptly nicknamed - was almost completely covered with tawny hair. except for the soles of his feet and palms of his hands.

In 1570 a wolf had killed several children in the area of Lyon, France. A local hermit who lived in a cave - Gilles Granier - was found scavenging a dead body. He was accused of being a werewolf and through intimidation forced to confess to it. He was burned alive on 1573.


Facts:
Between 1520 and 1630, there were over 32,000 werewolf trials in France!

You can become a werewolf by many different ways but here's the most common:
1. got a bite or scratch from a werewolf.
2. Were born into a family with the werewolf curse.

Weapons against a werewolf:
Silver Bullets.


(more to come soon.)