Deer Valley High School is a public high school located in Glendale, Arizona. It is part of the Deer Valley Unified School District. The school opened its doors for the first time in 1980 with an enrollment of 750 students. Today, the campus is housed on more than 60 acres, and has a current enrollment of about 2,200 students.

Hauntings

There is one main reported haunting at the school and that is of a ghost named Dewy. He can be found mostly in the auditorium. Who he actually is and why he’s there remains unknown, but many students and teachers alike have reported encounters with him.

Common stories include experiencing cold spots for no reason, the feeling of being watched, and the sounds of voices and crying were the source cannot be identified. He is somewhat famous at the school and on occasion, students have claimed to of seen the ghostly apparition of a man walking along the catwalk before disappearing into nothing. He is also know to quite often mess with electrical equipment, turning lights and projectors on and off at random.

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The Jerome Grand Hotel was constructed in 1926, starting out as the United Verde Hospital, opening January, 1927. In 1930, it was written up as the most modern and well equipped hospital in Arizona and possible the Western States.

The Hospital was closed in 1950 as the mine operation was being phased out. The building stood unused for the next 44 years until the rehabilitation plans started in 1994. It is still open today as a hotel.

Hauntings

There are three main ghosts reported to be at the hotel, The first is that of a women in white, she can be seen roaming the corridors late at night, rumor has it that she was a woman who died during child birth when the building was a hospital, and that she forever search’s for the grave of her child, who also died at the same time.

The second most common ghost tale is that of seeing a nurse carrying a clipboard, she is said to walk the rooms of the 3rd floor bending over bed’s that no longer exist and checking on patients who have long since died.

The 3rd and most commonly experienced ghost is that of a Claude Harvey, who was a man killed in an elevator incident in 1935. It is said he can be seen roaming the whole of the hotel and its basement, some speculate that he was murdered.

Other paranormal experiences at the hotel include the sounds of coughing and wheezing coming from one of the rooms, ghostly lights in unoccupied guest rooms, and the smell’s of cigar and tobacco smoke coming from areas that are non-smoking and unoccupied.

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Not much is known of the history of Hudson house, it is a small run down house in a very remote location of Ashland, Alabama. It is thought the house was built in the early 1900′s, but accurate records are difficult to come by.

Hauntings

The house is said to be haunted by many ghosts, an actual number of individual ghosts is unknown, but tales include that of hearing voices and footsteps and what has been identified as the sound of panting dogs in all areas of the house, as well as reports of a ghostly, dark figure who walks along the roof.

Also another common tale is the front door constantly opening and closing on its own, as if it were scrubbing the floor. An old occupant of the house claims to have heard the door moving on its own many times, but when he checked, it was always locked.

It is also said that if you stand in front of the house, you can experience what feels like someone tapping you on the shoulder.

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Oliver house was built in 1909 by Edith Ann Oliver, the wife of a mining tycoon. It was originally built as a planning center and boarding house for the Arizona mining company until it was purchased in 1986 by a Dennis Schranz who was warned at the buying meeting that the place was haunted, at the time he didn’t believe in ghosts and went through with the sale. He does now however after living in and experiencing the house’s “other worldly” residents. The building is still open to this day as a bed and breakfast.

Hauntings

Oliver house has had a violent history, being in a “wild west” area, several people have died within the house. One of the first recorded murders was that of a Nat Anderson, who was shot at the top of the second story staircase on the 22nd of February, 1920, his killer was never caught and it remains an unsolved murder case.

There is a certain room in the house which was used by Dennis Schranz the first night he spent there alone, he claims to have heard footsteps walking down the hallway and straight into his room and up to his bed, even though the door was locked, could this be the ghost of Nat Anderson?

One of the most common experiences within the building is said to be in the grandma room, were an old lady passed away, guests have reported seeing the apparition of an old lady standing over them while their in bed. Other often reported happenings are to hear the sound of running water late at night through pipes that no longer exist, as well as the feeling of being watched and footsteps.

Orbs have been seen on occasion in the attic on both still and infra-red film. It appears that from guest statements and past happening’s that the second floor is by far the most haunted.

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Little can be found about the history of Hells Gate, after all it is just a bridge, sorry that I have to provide you with less information than I would like to but as I said, it’s a bridge.

Hauntings

Reports of paranormal activity at the bridge seems to be mostly folklore. There have been two confirmed deaths at this location, which were of a couple who died in an accident. The most popular local tale tells that if you stop on the bridge and look behind you, the road appears to look like the fiery gates of hell.

Another tale includes that if you stop your car on the bridge and get out for a few minutes, then there will be a wet patch on the seat, thought to be from the ghost of a member of the couple who died in the accident.

The last most common story of the bridge includes that if you walk up the road from the bridge towards the nearby mansion, then you will be chased by a ghostly car that wont disappear until you reach the bridge again, this to me sounds a little hard to believe. However, the tale about the road appearing to look like the gates of hell has been reported by many people, as has the ghost car. I leave it up to you, the reader to make of these stories what you will.

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The St James Hotel was built in 1837 and is the only antebellum riverfront hotel that is still left in Selma. It was know as the Brantly Hotel for its first 50 years and was saved from being burnt down during the American civil war by the union army.

During its past, some of its owners rented out rooms long term, which wasn’t uncommon at the time, because of this it is said to of been the headquarters of the infamous Frank and Jesse James. In 1892, the hotel closed down for over 100 years due to area hardships before re-opening again as a hotel, and it still stands to this day as one.

Hauntings

Many psychics and paranormal investigators have visited the hotel since it’s re-opening and it has been classed as definitely haunted. Its most famous haunting is said to be that of Jesse James himself, who appears in various rooms around the hotel as well as at one of the tables to the left of the bar.

Another commonly seen apparition is of a women who has been named as Lucinda, she is thought to be possibly that of Jesse James girlfriend, She appears as a tall dark-haired women dressed in an early 1800′s gown.

Another popular paranormal event at the St James hotel is the sound of a barking dog, which can be heard quite frequently in the courtyard, many guests have complained about the barking, but an actual dog can never be found.

Other reports include seeing various apparitions appear wearing the typical style of dress common with the early 1800′s all over the hotel, especially in the courtyard. As well as objects moving by themselves and various sounds such as footsteps and banging, but the source of these noises can never be identified.

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The University of Alabama opened in 1831 and had about 100 students. The university had a violent beginning, gun fights taking place on its grounds were not uncommon, after 29 of its opening the university was turned into a military academy to train soldiers for the civil war.

After the war ended, the university was used once again to educate and is still open today for this purpose.

Hauntings

One of the most common stories of ghosts at the university is that of a union soldier who was murdered in the cadet guardhouse at the time, now known as Jason’s Shrine or as The Little Round House. Many people claim to of heard him wandering around in the room, only to disappear when someone checks to see were the noise is coming from.

Other ghostly reports include the feeling of being watched in the basement and a shadowy figure on the 13th floor of Tutwiler Hall, which is said to be the ghost of a girl who committed suicide by lighting herself on fire.

On the main floor there is an exhibit of Dr. Smith’s carriage, various people have reported the sounds of horses and a carriage being pulled within this area. Many other ghostly happenings are common place, such as the sounds of footsteps, being touched whilst looking through materials in the music room, voices, and a report of finding all the desks scattered in one of the class room’s were a boiler exploded many years ago killing several students.

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In the center of our consciousness, there lies something that is too powerful to control which can command every part of our physiological faculty to obedience. This “something” here is nothing other than the human mind.

Most ghostly encounters are not visual, but rather consist of noises, smells, sensations, voices, cold spots, electrical disturbances such as lights switching off or on, and displacement or movement of objects. While there are several theories about ghosts (electromagnetic theory, parallelism,etc.), I would just like to shed light on some medical concepts.

Stimulation of some parts of brain leads to disturbance in various perceptions like vision, hearing, etc. leading to hallucinations. Some of the medical reasons for ghostly encounters are:

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder (or a group of disorders) marked by severely impaired thinking, emotions, and behaviors. Schizophrenic patients are typically unable to filter sensory stimuli and may have enhanced perceptions of sounds, colors, and other features of their environment.

Country/Region         Extrapolated Prevalence           Population Estimated Used
USA                                               2,375,154                                        293,655,405
Britain (UK)                                  487,483                                         60,270,708
China                                           10,505,385                                     1,298,847,624
India                                              8,614,541                                      1,065,070,607
Japan                                            1,029,899                                        127,333,002

Schizophrenia have relatively high prevalence compared to other mental disorders.

Sleep paralysis

Medically, sleep paralysis is a neurology flaccid paralysis at sleep onset or on waking and in otherwise healthy person characterized by an inability to ‘kickstart’ the voluntary muscles, resulting in a transient ‘locked-in’ syndrome. It is associated with narcolepsy, Pickwick syndrome, sleep apnea, cataplexia and hypnagogic hallucinations. There is a high prevalence of sleep paralysis of about 40%.

Mass hysteria

Hysteria is when someone has a very strong emotion that is unmanageable. Often, this means a very strong sense of fear.

All of these conditions above have relatively high prevalence and are characterized by hallucinations and delusions. Also, most of the ghost reports are also the results of pranks. Besides, people have largely sold the idea of existence of ghost.

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