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Why are some places haunted and other places, that by all history should be, are not?

In my hometown of Vincennes Indiana, there is a central park that has been the scene of several suicides, an abduction, a tragic accident involving a 3 year old girl, and who knows what else (I'm just relaying what I know first hand from living there)  I have never heard a peep about the park being haunted.

Down by the river near the Illinois/Indiana border and by the university is another park that should be haunted.  A partially embalmed body of a known gay boy ( who was a classmate of mine in the 80s) was discovered. An investigation never went anywhere.  You'd think that would be a motivated spirit!  There's also been at least three suicides and two murders at this park that I know of.  Again, I haven't heard anything about a haunting.

Both of these places have the histories.  One is near water and both are built on limestone.  What do you think?  I think the next time I am home (Memorial Day weekend) I am going to take my kit and go investigating.  If you are near Vincennes, you are more than welcome to join me.

I don't come here as often as I would like.  For some reason, I have trouble pulling up the site.  It can take as long as 4 minutes.  Pulling up the forums takes even longers.  I have a super computer.  My husband is an IT guy, so we have 'the latest' of whatever.  I shut off the virus scanner but that hasn't helped.  I don't have this problem with any other sites, just iamhaunted.  Suggestions?

Last night I went on the Nashville Ghost Tour.  Actually, the company has two or three tours.  We took the haunted Tavern Tour.  It was very informative and lots of fun.  I'd recommend it.  I think we'll go back and do the regular walking ghost tour.  We didn't get any good pictures of any 'evidence' but hey...it was fun and informative.  I'd like to go back to some of the places and see if I could get permission for a real after-hours investigation.

So I met up with some local ghost hunters today and was sorely disappointed by their lack of professionalism and their lack of...well, to be blunt, manners.

One of my pet peeves is when you try to join into a conversation, and one of the people pauses, looks you up and down, and then continues as if you said nothing.  This is very rude.  If you don't want new members, then don't have an open invite at a coffeehouse!  Just as bad, people who are the 'expert' of everything and dominate the meeting.  From ghosts to energy work to changing the oil in your car, these people dispense advice like a Pez machine.  (Their advice is about as good too.)

The use of pain meds really concerned me with one of the members.  This lady had a bad back, but I counted seven vicodine during the course of two hours.  She admitted she takes them during investigations too because 'she's in pain."  She also functions as the group's medium.  If she's in that much pain, she has no business being on an investigation.  I'm not against the use of medication just the idea of going on a professional call half stoned, especially when doing spirit contact. 

::Sigh::  I guess I should look at starting my own group again.

I have to undergo surgery to remove my thyroid next month.  They've found some questionable nodes that are growing and choking my windpipe.  And the doctors want me to do a round of radiation to zap any remaining cancer bugs. (Yes, I've had a second and third opinion.)  As far as cancer goes, thyroid cancer is the least dangerous and the most treatable, so I'm not worried about the surgery.  I'm more concerned about being bored.  ::Sigh::   Surgery and post-treatment means I'll be laid up a bit and have lots of reading time on my hands.  I love books on hauntings and investigations.  I've read most of Troy Taylor and Jeff Belanger's stuff.  I've read The House of 87th Avenue, Don't Call Them Ghosts and lots of other first-account stories.  I have the whole collection of "Weird USA".

Does anyone have a book they would recommend?  I devour books, so anything in a series or by the same author is great.   If you are in the process of writing a book of your experience, I'm happy to offer my free services as your editor.

Whenever I get a migraine, I am more sensitive to spirits.  My senses of hearing/seeing/smelling are heightened. 

Does anyone else have this problem?  I theorize it is because my migraines come on when the barrometric pressure has a big change, and supposidly this is a good time for ghost hunting.  This coupled with heightened senses make it a 'ibg win in the ghost lottery.'  Any other theories?

Or maybe I'm just experiencing delusions and I should take more imitrex. :LOL:

With the flurry of paranormal shows on TV, I have seen only one banishment ritual that was not Catholic in nature. But it was done by a Christian Wiccan, so it was heavy in the Catholic flavor.   That got me thinking:  Do Baptists, Methodists, etc have formal banishment rituals?  I now live in the South, and I see many ministers 'laying on hands, banishing demons' on tv.  BUT  those are not formalized ceremonies.  Are there Baptist, Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witness, (name your flavor of Christianity here), Judiac or Islamic ceremonies banishing demons?  There has to be an Islamic ritual.  They have the same demons as Christians.  How about the non-Abrahamic like Hindu or Buddahists?  How about Asatru or Celtic Reclaimation ones?  I realize Hollywood has alot to do with making the Catholic excercisim so well known.  But when something demonic comes into people's houses, the only place they know where to go is the Catholic Church, even if they aren't Catholic.  Sound off if your religion has a formal ritual for the banishment of evil.

I am reading Jason and Grant from TAPs new book about Ghosthunting.  (Forgive me, but I can't remember last names or the name of the book.  It's been a frazzle sort of day.)

 Anyway, in the book, they keep refering to Ouji boards as 'black magic.'  Jason keeps stating a Ouji board will invite unwanted spirits into the house.  I really dont' understand why a board is so different from a tape recorder.   Before there were EVPs there were spirit boards, ouji boards, whatever you want to call them.  Why is using a Ouji board so different than using a tape recorder or video camera to pick up something the rest of the senses can see or hear?  Am I missing something?

There is a cemetary near here reported to be haunted (traditional 'white lady' haunt)  It's one of those small plots you see driving along back country roads.  There are no houses nearby, but you can see the foundation where one stood.    I'd really like to get a group together to check it out.  But who do I ask permission from?  It's not part of a church.  How would I find out?  I called city hall and the county clerk.  They have no clue.  Apparently, the cemetary has been 'closed' for many years.  I can't believe the county office couldn't direct me to someone.