# Where Is The Best Place To Encounter A Ghost? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706 "2003-09-05T12:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/21 "2003-09-05T22:53:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*Oh, anywhere is equally likely, I’d think. \*\* I suppose it’s the same that you don’t need to be in a church or temple to talk to God. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/22 "2003-09-05T22:56:16Z")
Pluckley is the name of the village. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/23 "2003-09-05T23:06:06Z")
Anywhere, if you stop taking your meds. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/24 "2003-09-06T00:26:44Z")
I’d suggest checking out your library for books on local haunted places. There are some really interesting books out there depending where you live. I’ve apparently been in a number of haunted places but I never really noticed anything… most of the time. Of course it could just be my mind playing tricks on me but I prefer to believe in ghosts. At least I haven’t encountered malevolent ones! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/25 "2003-09-06T06:46:35Z")
Find the local “murder house,” and hang around there some dark and stormy night. Also, ghosts (and all other supernatural creatures) tend to be attracted like flies to “necking” teenagers. So bring some of them along. ---
**Author:** ![culov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@culov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/culov)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/26 "2003-09-06T07:12:24Z")
If you are in southern california i can give you directions to a catholic preschool that was abandoned in the early 20th century. I went a few weekends ago and got the shit scared out of me. Try going in the middle of the night… theres this abandoned school bus, and theres like a chalkboard with writing on it and desks… weird wires all over the place. Might sound corny, but its about half the size of a normal high school. Trust me, i dont get scared really easily, and i was glad to get the hell out of there. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/27 "2003-09-06T07:41:21Z")
…Because the _calls_ were _coming_ from _inside_ the _ **bus!** _ ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/28 "2003-09-06T08:14:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ralph124c \* > \*\*Since Halloween is on the horizon, I’ve been wondering how best to have an encounter with a ghost. Since I’ve never been in contatc with the shades before, I ask you all how I might INTENTIONALLY have an encounter with a ghost. Some ideas: > -an old cemetary (lots of dead people closeby, although why a ghost would choose such a location is beyond me > -old house: seems logical, lots of people died at home in the old days > -old historical sites > \*\* All of these are good. Look for locations that you can affix at least one the following adjectives to: Creepy, Overgrown and Abandoned to increase your chances. Preferably late at night when there’s a lot of fog about and a waning moon. Leave out the battlefields. The most interesting thing that tends to take place there are historical reenactments by a bunch of living people on the weekends. ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/29 "2003-09-06T16:21:55Z")
For ghosts you want to go to Borely Rectory in Essex. The rectory has a very long history of supposed ghosts which include faces at windows and in walls, walking nuns and headless coachmen, the usual creepy banging and whispering noises, a ‘sinister’ fire, and messages written on walls. It’s actually very interesting. I did a project on it when I was about 11 and read every single thing available about it. My (long suffering) parents even drove me there so we could have a look round the village. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/30 "2003-09-06T16:24:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by culov \* > \*\*IMight sound corny, but its about half the size of a normal high school. Trust me, i dont get scared really easily, and i was glad to get the hell out of there. \*\* You must get pretty scared when the short bus comes by to pick up the special kids… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/31 "2003-09-06T16:27:31Z")
In the same place they keep the scalar weapons. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/32 "2003-09-06T16:37:05Z")
[ul][_]In the machinery. [_]On a TV with bad reception. [_]At the movies. [_]In a drug induced hallucination. [_]At the Ghost family reunion. [_][Look! Up in the sky!](http://www.spacedaily.com/news/satellite-tech-02m.html)[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/33 "2003-09-06T16:39:14Z")
Bot difficult to walk around Borely Rectory I would think, since it was burned to the ground a good while ago. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/34 "2003-09-06T16:48:22Z")
Here’s a website on the small village of PLuckley and it’s 17 ghosts: [http://www.pluckley.net/history/ghosts01.htm](http://www.pluckley.net/history/ghosts01.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/35 "2003-09-06T17:02:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Steve Wright \* > \*\*(I’m not sure how well this works. I once set a tone generator for 19 Hz, and listened to it for a couple of hours without seeing anything more ghoulish than my co-workers. Of course, I might just have had crappy headphones … ) \*\* Most headphones wouldn’t be able to do 19 hz. There are probably even subwoofers that couldn’t do 19 hz. Good link. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/36 "2003-09-06T17:16:54Z")
Sheesh, Dopers! A ghost town, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/37 "2003-09-06T17:36:09Z")
[http://www.bellwitch.org/home.htm](http://www.bellwitch.org/home.htm) That’s a link to Tennessee’s most famous ghost. I first heard about it forty years ago when I went to college in Nashville. Creepy place, I am told. And then there’s always: [http://www.savvytraveler.org/show/features/2002/20020322/feature3.shtml](http://www.savvytraveler.org/show/features/2002/20020322/feature3.shtml) That’s the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast. You can even sleep in one of the murder rooms. The Colonial Inn in Concord, Massachusetts has a very distinguished ghost, but I’m not allowed to talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/38 "2003-09-06T17:51:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ranchoth \* > \*\*Also, ghosts (and all other supernatural creatures) tend to be attracted like flies to “necking” teenagers. So bring some of them along. \*\* I think you’re confusing ghosts with machete-wielding, hockey mask-wearing serial killers… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/39 "2003-09-06T21:19:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gluteus maximus \* > \*\*In the same place they keep the scalar weapons. \*\* The…OH! The 1920’s Style _Death Rays_! Silly me! ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-encounter-a-ghost/199706/40 "2003-09-08T15:58:15Z")
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