Ghosts of Glouchester

From: Anonymous
Type: Ghost
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My name is (removed), and this is a true story. My e-mail address is (removed), and this incident happened in Annapolis, Maryland. This is a series of hauntings, not merely a single incident. I tried to fill out your form, but could not submit the article. It may be my browser; since I'm presently using AOL, I often experience annoying problems. But I thought you may like to know.

Anyway, here is my story. Might I also add that I am not a superstitious type of person, and have never believed in ghosts. But now I do.

Ghosts of Gloucester

My aunt recently purchased an old house in historical Downtown Annapolis. The house came with many familiar features associated with older homes: a leaking roof, drafty windows, chipped and peeling plaster... and the ghosts of the former owners.

The older couple who had owned the house prior to my aunt's "great buy", had, to my knowledge, died in the home. Although I have not spent much time in the home myself, my cousins and aunts have described numerous "hauntings". This is what they have told me: The toilets flush when no one can be seen in the bathroom. My cousin can be blowdrying her hair over the sink and Whoosh!! The toilet flushes. While brushing her teeth in the morning before work, my aunt has seen the handle on the faucet turn, and the water is presently shut off. Doors will open, seemingly of their own accord, even when latched and shut. Now, while I've heard of doors closing from drafts (of which the house has many), I've never heard of a door unlocking and swinging open from a breeze. The lights are often turned off and on by the switches, when no one has touched the switch, or is even on that side of the room. My cousin was once filling the dishwasher, and screamed when she saw the latch on the outside of the cabinet turning, and the door swing open. The two dogs bark almost constantly at nothing, it seems, and often chase unknown entities under the sofas.

Once, when I was at a birthday party for my cousin in the house, my mother went to sit down in a chair, and it was pulled out from under her. She accused me of the cruel trick, but I had not touched, nor even been near, the chair when she fell.

Now you tell me, do you believe in ghosts?

Please feel free to edit this, if you wish, and to email me with any comments you may have. I would like to reserve the right to remain anonymous.

Thanx.