5 Dangerously Real Ghosts You Need to Know About
Of all the scary movies we watch, it’s maybe the ghost stories that linger the longest. Even a flesh-and-blood serial killer is a real person who can be caught and imprisoned, but the spirit world hides the intangible, the ethereal, the unknown…
Check out 5 stories of reported hauntings in real life and consider – what would you do if you were confronted by a ghost?
1. Chloe the Slave Girl
Location: Francisville, Louisiana
Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana owned many slaves, including a young girl called Chloe, who the family complained would eavesdrop, even having one of her ears cut off as punishment for listening at keyholes. Local legend claims that Chloe got her terrible revenge – she cunningly baked a large cake full of poisonous oleander leaves, dooming the family of the house to an agonizing death.
Despite running from the house, the other slaves hung her for her crime, and now Chloe’s restless spirit angrily stalks the grounds on which she was put to death…
2. The Ghost of Clifton Hall
Location: England, UK
$4 million mansion Clifton Hall gives extra value for your money – it comes with a free, guaranteed haunting. Owner Anwar Rashid reported bizarre phenomena after he and his family moved into the luxury home, including a strange man knocking and calling out, ‘Hello, is anyone there?’
The family saw apparitions, with an unknown woman appearing at the window of an inaccessible, boarded up room, and sounds of babies screaming. After only 8 months in their haunted dream home, the Rashids fled the property.
2. The Ghost of Clifton Hall
