Ghostly Encounters That Resulted In Death

Villagers in Tha Sawang, Thailand, reported a ghost killed 10 healthy men.This claim appeared in 2013.A medium told villagers that a vengeful apparition, the Widow Ghost, killed 10 men. These men were healthy before they died. The Widow Ghost attracted homes with only one son.

The medium advised hanging a red shirt outside the home to keep the ghost away.

If you acted badly at Alcatraz, they might put you in the Hole.The Hole had cells lit by a single dull bulb and no furniture. Prisoners lived there alone, mostly on bread and water, eating a full meal only every three days.One inmate in the Hole screamed he was not alone; he saw a beast with glowing eyes. Guards ignored his cries, and they stopped. The next morning, they found he had been strangled. Some assume a guard did it, others think a jail ghost killed the inmate. Some guards saw deceased inmates appear for counts, then vanish.

An inmate in the Hole screamed he was not alone; he saw a beast with glowing eyes. Guards ignored his cries. Later, they found he had been strangled. Some think a guard did it. Others believe a jail ghost killed the inmate. Some guards saw dead inmates appear for a count, then vanish.

John Bell and his family.John Bell and his family settled in Robertson County, Tennessee, in the 1800s. Bell claimed he saw a dog with a rabbit head. The Bell kids said a spirit pulled their bedding at night while rats chewed the beds. The family heard a woman sing and recite sermons and hymns. General Andrew Jackson visited the house, encountering a spirit that briefly stopped his horses.

The ghost tormented Bell's youngest daughter. This caused her to break her engagement with a man the ghost disliked. The ghost was blamed for Bell's poor health and death from poison found in the home's cabinets.

People today blame the Bell Witch (a name Jackson reportedly gave the entity) for local paranormal events like unexplained voices and lights.

Later, an old man admitted he wore a white sheet to pretend to be a ghost and scare his apprentice, who scared his grandchildren with stories.Many people in Hammersmith, London, claimed a vicious ghost attacked them. They believed the ghost was the restless spirit of someone who killed themselves before the attacks.

Residents set up armed patrols to guard the area. One night, Francis Smith, 29, saw the spirit—a white figure. He shot and killed it. The figure turned out to be plasterer Thomas Millwood. A witness testified she warned Millwood his white plasterer's dress could look like the ghost. Smith was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a year of hard labor.

An old man later admitted he wore a white sheet to pretend to be a ghost and scare his apprentice, who told scary stories to his grandchildren.

Robert Laursen, 37,He stayed at the Villisca Axe Murder House.In November 2014, while conducting a "paranormal investigation," he stabbed himself in the chest around 1 AM. Laursen survived, but nobody knows why he hurt himself.

The Villisca home has a strange early history. In June 1912, someone used an ax to kill the couple and their four children, plus two other children staying over. That murder never got solved.

People rent the house nightly. Many visitors report ghost encounters, but Laursen's self-harm was different. Laursen did not speak about his actions after recovering.

The Crying Boy appears in the list 'Ghostly Encounters That Resulted In Death'.It is a painting of a crying boy. According to...The Sun appears in the list 'Ghostly Encounters That Resulted In Death'.A British tabloid, not always reliable, reported firefighters found several Crying Boy paintings undamaged in homes that had burned down. Some blamed a pyro curse, but a simpler idea suggests the paintings had fire-repellant varnish.

A more reasonable explanation suggests...The Sun appears in the list 'Ghostly Encounters That Resulted In Death'.The Sun makes curses and wild stories.

In Blekinge, Sweden, there is...A large runestone is in the list 'Ghostly Encounters That Resulted In Death'.in a field. One rune clearly states that anyone who tries to break the monument faces "incessant maleficence, doomed to death." Some think the stone is a grave or monument; others guess it marks a border or serves as a shrine to an ancient god.

A rumor says a man tried to remove the stone by first burning it, then pouring cold water on it to crack it. Just as he poured the water, a wind blew the flames toward him, setting him on fire and killing him.

Perhaps the most famous "curse" in history is the Curse of the Pharaohs; many believe disturbing a pharaoh's tomb brings a curse. King Tut's case is the most famous example.King Tut is in the list 'Ghostly Encounters That Resulted In Death'.The Curse Of The Pharaohs is in the list 'Ghostly Encounters That Resulted In Death'.

In 1922, archaeologists opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. In 1923, Lord Carnarvon, who funded the dig, died after a mosquito bite. He cut the bite while shaving, the wound got infected, and he died.

Speculation about a curse spread widely, even perpetuated by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Most people involved in the dig lived normal lives without a curse. Those who did not include Carnarvon's half-brother who died from surgery in 1923, a radiologist who examined the mummy and died from an unknown illness in 1924, and an excavation team member who died from arsenic poisoning in 1928, and a tomb visitor who died of a fever in 1923.

This one is different; a ghost helped solve a murder.A Ghost Solved A Murder is in the list 'Ghostly Encounters That Resulted In Death' in 1897.In Greenbrier County, West Virginia, Elva Zona Heaster loved the new town blacksmith, Edward Shue. Edward's last wife died mysteriously. Elva married Edward anyway. Three months later, Elva died. Edward dressed her dead wife in a conservative, high-collared gown. A doctor examined her and called the death 'childbirth,' which made no sense.

Elva's mother claimed her daughter's ghost visited soon after. The ghost told her Edward murdered her by breaking her neck. She got a prosecutor to dig up Elva's body. An exam confirmed her neck was broken. The court convicted Edward of murder. He died in jail three years later.

The Mothman.The Mothman is an American legend. A strange creature started appearing in 1966 near Point Pleasant.The Mothman appeared as a giant winged creature. Numerous sightings preceded December 15, 1967. That day, the Silver Bridge, running from Point Pleasant to Ohio, collapsed during rush hour. The collapse killed 46 people. Did the Mothman warn them? Was it a disaster sign? Or was this sighting separate from the Silver Bridge event?

Asimilar creatureResidents in Pripyat reported a creature before the Chernobyl disaster.The 2002filmThe Mothman PropheciesThe Mothman Prophecies is based on the sightings and the bridge disaster.