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Texas

Austin - Gov Mansion photo comments

Mar 21st, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Austin, Real ghost photos

Ghosts are seen and heard at the Texas Governor’s Mansion. That’s not news. However, our deliberately blurred photo of the Mansion reveals some very interesting, possibly paranormal images.
Many people sent us helpful comments. For example, several observant readers mentioned [...]



Austin - Texas Governor’s Mansion photo

Mar 21st, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Austin, Real ghost photos

A ghost picture…? We’re not sure.
At the 2003 New England Ghost Conference–at which Hollow Hill’s Fiona Broome was the opening speaker–a few of us were discussing whether some ghosts need an energy source to manifest. The context was EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena, or recordings of ghosts, talking) and whether ambient [...]



Columbus, Texas - ectoplasm

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Columbus, Real ghost photos

Ectoplasm? We’re not sure what caused the odd misty areas in the unretouched photo at left. The photo was taken with a tripod and a delayed shutter, so there was no chance of a camera strap, jewelry, [...]



Columbus - daytime ghost orbs

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Columbus, Real ghost photos

Columbus City Cemetery, in Columbus, Texas, is one of the most photogenic cemeteries in southeast Texas, and it may be one of its most delightfully haunted. In the daytime photo above, an orb appears near the angel monument. The skies were heavily [...]



Columbus - ghost orbs

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Columbus

Columbus City Cemetery in Columbus, Texas, is a wonderful, photogenic cemetery about an hour and a half west of Houston, where I-10 meets Highway 71. It’s across from the second largest oak tree in Texas. Columbus is well worth [...]



Ghosts of Columbus, Texas

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Columbus

Columbus’ Opera House

Columbus, Texas, is conveniently located on I-10 at Highway 71, between Houston and Austin, and not far from San Antonio. It’s also a charming and delightfully haunted town. [...]



Austin - Shoal Creek Curse

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Austin

Austin, Texas has many ghosts. In researching Austin’s haunted places for my June 2007 book, The Ghosts of Austin, Texas, I found patterns to many of the hauntings. Here’s one of them.
The Shoal [...]



Houston - private cemetery, pt 2

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Houston

This is the second part of a two-part story.
It stared at Houston - private cemetery, part one.
My favorite grave at this cemetery belonged to an older woman. I had the definite impression that she wasn’t very impressed with us, but she was just vain enough [...]



Houston - private cemetery, pt 1

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Houston

orbs in haunted cemetery near Houston, TX
This small cemetery is on private land. We had permission to visit it, and an authorized escort who knew where we should look for ghosts. From the start, I knew that this site was profoundly haunted. It reminds me of some New England [...]



Old Town Spring - ghost photo detail

Mar 20th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Real ghost photos, Spring

Several people have commented on this ghost photo. Below, we’ve included a sketch to show one interpretation of the figure in the photo. The picture at the left has been modified only to enhance the contrast, and to add a circle to indicate [...]