Gadzooks—it must be Halloween!
October 7th, 2009 | Published in Public Relations | 6 Comments
I received a telephone call yesterday informing me that I have the ghosts of two women living in my home and that one was there with me at that very moment! The hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I said “Yes, yes, tell me more…..”
Last year a friend recommended that my husband, Tim, and I read the book “When Ghosts Speak“. It’s written by Mary Ann Winkowski, consultant to the CBS hit television show “Ghost Whisperer”. We bought the book and enjoyed reading it. Imagine our surprise when we learned that Mary Ann lives in nearby Cleveland and that she was appearing on Halloween at Carrie Cerino’s Restaurant. I quickly made our reservations for the event.
Months later, we began attending Mary Ann’s monthly book club meetings at Borders Books in Strongsville. It’s always an interesting evening with Mary Ann and attracts lots of unique people with great stories. It was about this time that we learned that if you called Mary Ann from your home on a land line, she could tell you if there are any ghosts in your home. We found this especially intriguing since we often joked about sharing our home with the paranormal.
Our ghost, we thought, could only be seen by our black and white cat, Cookie. Cookie has freaked us out for several years with her imitation of a mime. She can be walking across the room and walk directly into an invisible wall. She will actually push against it a couple of times and then step back and walk around it. Yes, very creepy.
Another time there seemed to be some type of alien force field between me and Cookie that kept her from coming to me. She tried to push past it but couldn’t get any closer than three feet! Finally turning and hugging the wall, she was able to reach me from a different direction.
Now here’s my dilemma….one of Mary Ann’s assistants has offered to come to our home to contact and remove our ghosts, for a fee, of course. Tim, who encouraged me to call her in the first place, thinks I’m being silly for wanting to have her visit. I feel that since I’ve gone this far, I should see it through and even view it as some Halloween fun. What do you think?
October 9th, 2009 at 7:28 pm (#)
Hi Diana
wow interesting story about your cat. I wonder if those women ghosts are connected to the area where you live..there must be lots of history there!
My sister who lives in California also has a “ghost” at her house. In fact she has seen a “shadow” out of the corner of her eye many times. Now the freaky thing is our Mom claims to actually SEE him when she visits there. She tells us that its a very handsome man in his 40s and has dark hair and wears a suit. He sits in the corner of the living room area in my brother in law’s chair. She’s not afraid of him. We’re all in “awe”…as Mom explains this non chalantly!
The book club sounds like fun, I may pop over one time!
Pieri
October 9th, 2009 at 10:22 pm (#)
Thanks for sharing your story Pieri. Your Mom sounds like she is a bit of a “Ghost Whisperer” too. We’ll know more about these two women soon—I have made the appointment and will be sure to let you know what I find out. I hope to see you at the book club!
December 28th, 2009 at 7:42 pm (#)
I hope you didn’t get rid of the ghosts! If they aren’t hurting anything why would you want to loose the mystic.
I live in a 90 year old house, maybe there are ghosts here? I just always thought my cat was weird.
December 29th, 2009 at 8:28 am (#)
We did get rid of them! Mary Ann said that they can cause strange things to happen and also affect our sleep patterns. I am sleeping better and the cat is as normal now as any cat can be. I agree that your 90 year old house could have a ghost…
April 14th, 2010 at 11:58 pm (#)
I am fascinated with the story of your cat and it’s strange behavior, as if it sensed a ghost!
I watched a cat I used to have years ago, act as though it saw something cat sized in the same place in a room, three different times. My cat stopped dead in it’s tracks and fuzzed up it’s tail.
It wasn’t until about 6 or 7 years later I saw a little ghostie cat upstairs in my hallway! The first time I ever saw a ghost! It was happy and frisky and there was nothing spooky about it or seeing it. So far I’ve never seen it again.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:01 am (#)
Thanks for sharing your story Sue. I would love to see a ghostie cat (I think).