How does a property become haunted? First I’ll explain the concept of death. Death is a negative activity as opposed to life, which is viewed as positive. A dead body is cold (negative) and a living body is warm (positive).
If natural death is negative, then a violent or sudden death is tremendously negative. The vicinity of the death becomes infused with powerful negative energy. If inside a house, this energy will eventually spread and engulf every nook and cranny.
A ghost, whether harmless or malevolent, is nothing more than a mass of negative energy. Is it so surprising then that it will feel comfortable only in an environment with an abundance of such energy? So is it surprising to find ghosts in places of violent deaths?
What are such places? Well, cemeteries would be obvious. Places where warefare had taken place. Of course, places of mass murder. And yes, hospitals – they are places which during my research have yielded a lot of ghost sightings.
You might think that a ‘clean’ house will not have ghosts residing inside. But say an occupant of the house is under a lot of stress - a negative activity – sooner or later, negative energy will exude from his body, in minute amounts in the beginning. This minute amount of negative energy will then spread, first in a small area. But if his stress continues, this negative energy coming from his body becomes stronger and spreads even more powerfully and forcefully. Then like death above, it will spread all over the house.
Just as fish love water, ghosts love this kind of environment! Is it then surprising that they will appear inside? But where do they come from? Hey, believe it or not, ghosts are verywhere! If your house is infused with enough negative energy, it is as easy as following you in through the front door!
There are many subtle signs of a presence of a ghost. For example, a sudden strong odor of flowers when there are none around is a strong indicator that a ghost is in the vicinity. Or if the house has cold spots - some places are very cold (negative energy) or even if the whole house is unusually cold.
But in my almost 50 years of research and interviews, the presence of a ghost will act first and foremost on your nervous system. Unfortunately some of the signs are so subtle most people will brush them off as something ‘normal’.
Except it’s not normal. It’s your nervous system warning you of a presence. Most people will not heed those signs. Can’t blame them really. They simply don’t know what the signs mean. For example, most of us have had goosebumps or the hairs on our arms have risen, inexplicably ‘for no apparent reason’. Well, what we did not realize is that we had just had an encounter with a presence!
I have compiled a list of over 60 things in an e-document you can use to check if a property is haunted. It is available at my website:
http://www.SpottingHauntedHouses.com/main/index.asp