psychological
Mind games taken way too far; explore the disturbing genre of psychological thrillers that make us question our perception of sanity and reality.
Murder In Cozy Living Room
It was a dark and stormy night. The wind was howling and the rain was coming down in sheets. Susan was sitting in her cozy living room, reading a book by the fire. She heard a knock at the door and got up to answer it, but when she opened the door, no one was there. She shrugged it off and went back to her book.
By Vítek Ambrož3 years ago in Horror
Whispers of the Haunted Manor
As the first rays of sunlight bathed the manor's walls, Sarah and her companions emerged from the haunted house. Their hearts still raced, but a newfound sense of accomplishment swelled within them. They had survived the night, and in doing so, had laid the malevolent spirit to rest.
By Flawlessflexa Moses3 years ago in Horror
4 HORROR GAS STATION STORIES.....;[STORY 1&2...];. Content Warning.
I did the night shift at a gas station because I was strapped for cash and needed a second job. I worked the night shift there for a few months it was around my second or third month that this guy started regularly coming in really late at night always around 2 am he was about six feet tall he had long stringy hair he'd always come in by a tall boy and leave but after a while he one night asked me my name I told him my name and he just kept saying rob I like that as he'd laugh to himself he cracked open the tall boy he just bought and walked out of the store talking to himself he was clearly hammered this was the night I was curious to see if he had been drinking and driving every single time that he'd come to the store I watched as he left and he walked out of sight off the gas station property that would make sense he never once bought gas anytime he came in he'd always just buy alcohol
By Allien markson3 years ago in Horror
UFOs, Alien Abduction & Hypnosis
when we think of UFOs aliens and the possibility of abduction we tend to gravitate towards Hollywood movies perotic and cartoonish sketches or listen skeptically to the stories from those who claim to have had a direct encounter with an extraterrestrial it would be fair to say that for the majority such claims are easily squashed or redirected towards a claimant mental instability alcohol or drug dependency or perhaps the characteristics of an attention-seeking obsessive regardless of a person's mental state the concept of alien abduction is something that has never been taken seriously despite ongoing investigations sightings and government disclosures into UFO sightings which have sparked Global Intrigue over the last two years and yet there are a handful of stories sightings and investigative reports which have remained at the Forefront of the UFO and conspiracy communities for decades and show no signs of going anywhere anytime soon the Roswell crash of 1947 the Aurora Texas UFO incident of 1897. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis apparent dabbling into the occult as well as other landmark cases have kept the conversation on such Mysteries very much alive one of these cases centers on a happily married couple whose mysterious encounter little would they know at the time would thrust them into the spotlight and would forever attribute their faces to what has become known as The Fourth Kind who were Barney and Betty Hill what happened to them and what does their story tell us about alien abduction society as a whole and the importance of listening towards someone anyone has to say regardless of how crazy they may seem in this documentary we'll travel back in time to the late 1950s when the American dream was reborn and flourishing to a time when unfortunately for Barney and Betty Hill the American Nightmare was about to begin before we begin our entail of what happened to this now famous couple it's worth taking a few moments to understand who they were before the night in question occurred Barney and Betty Hill were an American couple who were no strangers to gossip suspicion and ridicule having been one of the few mixed-raced married couples in their hometown of Portsmouth New Hampshire Barney a black man born in 1922 worked as an employee at the United States Postal Service whilst Betty who was white and three years older than her husband worked as a social worker the couple were extremely fond of their dog dalzi who is often seen in pictures and portraits of the couple and was with them at the time of their encounter having endured numerous comments Slayers and insults for being in a mixed race relationship the hills did not deter from their obligations to the church and their community being regular attendees of the local Unitarian congregation both husband and wife are also proud members of the National Association for the advancement of colored people which was and still is a civil rights organization formed in 1909 Barney was also on the board for his local Commission on civil rights though the couple remain childless until their deaths their legacy would remain very much alive after both claimed to have been abducted by alien beings somewhere in the outskirts of New Hampshire on September 19 1961 the hills names and faces would become synonymous with that of extraterrestrials UFOs and the discussions ran in Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind abduction after countless interviews hypnosis sessions and public disclosures the occurrence would become known as the hill induction and The Zeta reticuli incident due to a star map which was recognized and described in detail by Betty Hill in relation to the Zeta reticuli star system later after many had made up their minds on the story their Fame would remain in the public domain with an adaptation of their encounter being presented as a best-selling 1966 book called The interrupted journey and a subsequent 1970 film the UFO incident with the rise of the internet UFO conspiracy communities and Collective evidence to support the theory that we are not alone in the universe the story of bani and Betty Hill remains one of the most interesting accounts of alien abduction in the last 100 years it is known that the majority of Betty Hill's notes recordings and other items are logged within the vaults of the University of New Hampshire in July 2011 the New Hampshire division of historical resources marked the site of the alleged Craft's first approach with a historical marker as a dedication to the couple and their story yeah the encounter so where do we start the tale of Barney and Betty Hill as recounted in the A4 mentioned 1966 book by John G Fuller started off as a happy scene back in 1961. the reason for the couple being on the road in the first place was that they needed a well-earned rest from their busy lives on a road trip sounded like a great idea the couple decided to visit Montreal Canada in what they considered to be their delayed honeymoon having been married more than 16 months and never setting aside time to celebrate their wedding previously Barney had been working countless night shifts at his job in the post office and is said to have driven 60 miles to and from his house in Portsmouth to tend to his responsibilities likewise Bethy was working hard in her job and was already finding it difficult to spend quality time with her new husband so it was decided after dropping everything on a whim scooping up the dog and grabbing the seventy dollars that they had on the counter Barney and Betty took off on their Adventure enjoying a wonderful three-day trip to Canada visiting the lights of Niagara Falls and more importantly taking the time to appreciate how special their relationship was to one another it was reported that a hurricane was due to cut directly to the couple's route home so it was decided they should head back a little earlier than planned having stopped for a quick coffee at a diner in Vermont the hills took to the road again at 10 pm on the 19th of September with the intention of reaching their house around 2 am in the morning their plan would be short-lived however as a mere 30 minutes into their Journey something happened it has been frequently stated and documented at the supposed encounter began at approximately 10 30 PM just as the hills were easing into their journey home and approaching a large town of Lancaster New Hampshire from the south end it was Betty Who spotted it first claiming to have seen a luminous beacon in the skies above a light that seemed to be moving from the vicinity of the Moon towards the planet Jupiter initially thinking nothing of it they proceeded on their Journey however Betty's eyes continued to glance up at the object as it seemingly grew brighter and larger in the night sky as they approached it from the south directing his gaze from the road to the Stars Barney decided to have a look and inspect what it was that was worrying his wife despite having an interest and knowledge of Aviation mechanics and having served in the second world war Barney came to the passive conclusion but the entity was nothing more than a wayward satellite from there things quite literally took a bizarre turn as Barney round that a mountainous Road the Light began to follow the cars bends and turns remaining high enough not to pose a threat but low enough to hold their attention sphere would navigate with Precision ensuring that it avoided any trees and mountain tops while steadily zoning in on the couple's 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air still undeterred by the mysterious orb Betty and Barney decided to get a better look at it by pulling over to the side of the road somewhere near Twin Mountain allowing dalzi to have a short walk and stretch her legs luckily Betty had packed a pair of binoculars for their sightseeing trip in Canada so decided to put them to good use what she described as an odd-shaped craft seemingly hung in the sky still emitting its radiant light and becoming ever clearer through the magnifying lens of the binoculars according to the startled social worker the orm was in fact a solid object that was spinning in mid-air in an unrecognizable Manner and displaying multi-colored flashes of light that would have been difficult to notice without the assistance of the binoculars startled by this spectacle Betty instructed her husband to take a look still assuming that the crowd was a satellite or militarized aircraft Barney did as used hold and quickly regretted his decision as the entity was now making its way directly towards them at a steady pace it was now the turn of the recently married couple to navigate with intelligence and precision making their way through Franconia Notch a mountain pass traversed by a unique Parkway which extends from The Flume Gorge at the South to Echo Lake in the North the hills kept track of the object's movements it was at this point that Barney Holsted his handgun from the glove compartment and Betty took the time to estimate the size of the UFO as it passed over Cannon Mountain as being approximately 40 feet long by now the craft was extremely visible and its looming presence was beginning to intimidate all three of them taking his pistol in his hand bani kept a fixed Gaze on the craft as he attempted to confront him by stopping the car again and peering through the binoculars steadying himself in the event of a standoff it was at this point the Barney claimed to have seen between 8 and 11 humanoid shapes within the aircraft's capsule most of them were looking out of its windows and down towards the terrified onlooker shockingly the figures moved around shuffling themselves into a collective formation before one of the aliens approached the front of the ship and according to Barney decided to communicate with him telepathically for what seemed like an eternity for the postal worker the creature stared at him intensely before sending a message to his subconscious telling him to stay where you are and keep looking Instinct was also telling him to raise his gun Take Aim and fire yet when bani tried to do what his body was yearning to do he found that he couldn't he was frozen by fear and something else that he could not explain something which was forced upon him by the humanoid creature unable to protect himself his wife and his dog Barney was completely at the mercy of this strange Starship and its inhabitants the creatures themselves were described as wearing glossy black uniforms and black caps craft then descended towards the ground and winged latches opened up from the science and front producing a long structural slide from the bottom of the ship's body luckily and for some strange reason the spout was briefly broken and so using all the energy in his body Barney was able to break away from the hypnotic trance of the visitors and sprinted back to the car with Betty and dousey sat in Terror before they could take off and drive away from the object and its colonists the last thing they could remember was a series of loud measured beeping noises and vibrations surrounding the trunk of their vehicle and feeling an instant lethargic sensation consuming them which quickly rendered them unconscious exactly two hours later Barney and Betty Hill regained consciousness to their surprise in horror they found themselves approximately 35 miles from where they remembered passing out not wanting to linger any longer and with the UFOs seemingly out of sight they started at the car and drove as fast as they could back to their home in Portsmouth only when they arrived did they notice that they were covered in dirt and both their watches had stopped working although the encounter itself was now over little did they know just how important and significant their terrifying tale would become in the months and years that follow arriving home upon arrival back at their home in Portsmouth Barney and Betty Hill would spend the rest of the day attempting to put the pieces together in determining what had just occurred why did they feel a strong urge to keep their luggage packed and near the back door of their home why did Barney constantly check his genital area why did they continuously wash themselves obsessively it could have been due to fear of radiation or the possibility of being violated in all sorts of heinous ways Betty noticed her horror but her dress had been torn the stitching and zippers burst open uncovered in a mysterious pink powder that ever since has been unable to decipher even after various lab tests were conducted unable to understand what had happened and what was happening to them the couple attempted to draw images of what they saw at fateful night as well as connecting the dots in chronological order as best they could but to no avail they describe their car as having obscure circular markings carved onto the Bonnet and was surprised to find the way Compass was laid next to them the needle would spin erratically it was then that the dream started dreams or nightmares approximately 10 days after the encounter with the spacecraft and its inhabitants Betty Hill began to suffer from extreme lucid dreams over the course of five nights dreams that would initially be dismissed as Mind Tricks but would eventually overwhelm Betty's paranoid mindset try not to worry a husband she began to document the dreams in a diary as they were so vivid and clear that she couldn't ignore them anymore in one of the dreams she and Bonnie came across a dead end Road whilst driving in their car almost immediately a group of men appear from nowhere and surround the car before it jumps ahead to another Moment In Time the next scene is of Betty being led into a wooded area by two relatively small men wearing blue colored uniforms whose skin was a mixture of blue and gray and she is followed by her husband who is in some sort of uncommunicative hypnotic state this specific dream ends with the couple being led back to their car and left motionless as they watched the men enter a similar shaped craft that they saw the previous week before it takes off into the sky above reminiscent and eerily similar to the events that took place on their journey home the loss of time between encountering the gray creatures and their craft to regain Consciousness in the car terrified Betty to her core the initial report unable to shift the sense of dread paranoia and fear in the months following their strange encounter with the UFO Betty still referencing her dreams and becoming obsessed with finding the truth came across the national investigations committee on aerial phenomena at the local library after discussing her concerns with Barney it was agreed that they report the sighting to the group and to the U.S Air Force for fear of radiation or infection and in the hope that they may be able to provide answers on October 22nd 1961 Barney would go on record to the committee to state that what they saw that night was out of this world and the creatures Were Somehow not human case was assigned to Walter and Webb a boston-based astronomer an nicap member who decided to conduct an extensive interview with the couple that lasted over six hours whereby any and all information was discussed and recorded as the interview progressed it became obvious that Barney was frustrated confused and afraid that he was losing his mind due to the loss of time vagueness of memory and the possibility that his subconscience was hiding memories from him luckily for the hills Mr Webb would also go on records to state that in his opinion they were telling the truth and the incident probably occurred exactly as reported except for some minor uncertainties and technicalities that must be tolerated in any such observations where human judgment is involved EG exact time and length of visibility apparent sizes of object and occupants distance and height of objects Etc finally getting closer to the truth hypnosis after Walter Webb's report was concluded filed and peer-reviewed it was recommended to the hills that perhaps a few sessions of hypnotic therapy would assist them in coming to terms with what had happened and possibly provide additional evidence and Clarity of the events one of the burning questions for both Benjamin Simon the psychiatrist and the hills was the concept of missing time and why the newly married couple could not account for the hours and distance that was accumulated during their apparent blackout the only thing they could recall was the image of a blazing orb that was sitting stationary on the ground somewhere on Route 35 this along with Barney's concerns for his wife's dreams and mental state was enough information to begin the sessions they began with Barney who after weeks of therapy sessions was able to recall being led into the alien capsule not long after passing out from the pressure and disorientation fouled by the vibrations bani was able to describe a small examination room with bright lights odd-shaped walls and a very small table to which he was fastened stripped and experimented on by the humanoid beings through hypnosis he described to Simon how he and his wife had hair nail and skin samples extracted from them as well as having wires connected to various parts of their bodies most worryingly was when one of the creatures supposedly inserted a large needle into his wife's belly to apparently test for pregnancy causing Betty to Rife and scream in pain interestingly Barney then recalls being in the middle of a forest and coming across a group of men who approached his car and led him blindly through the wooden lands with his wife in front of him he stated I was told to close my eyes because I saw two eyes coming close to mine and I felt that the eyes had pushed into my eyes Betty concurred but the aliens were using some sort of telepathy to communicate with them as they spoke in a language that they didn't understand but were able to do so as instructed by the so-called leader of the Extraterrestrial group although they were notable but minor differences in Betty's Recollections during her sessions the general account of what happened to the couple was quite clearly coherent after multiple neurological tests interviews and hypnotic sessions the hills record of what occurred that night was collected and reviewed extensively Benjamin Simon would confirm his findings publishing a full report on his conclusions in psychiatric opinion a medical journal which focused on various mental illnesses and Mysteries of the Mind he attributed the case of Barney and Betty Hill to that of psychological aberration which is considered to be a deviation from normal mental activity resulting in derangement and or psychopathy although he did not believe that they were lying Simon was able to diagnose them through a variety of symptoms and reasons this unfortunate decision was backed by members of Project Blue Book the top secret study of unidentified flying objects by the United States Air Force which ran from March 1952 to December 17 1969 who dismissed the story and their mental state as being down to natural causes however the national investigations committee on aerial phenomena would come to their defense supporting the couple's assertions but they may in fact have been abducted by deeming their account as credible x marks the spot one of the most significant not to mention bizarre descriptions came from Betty whilst under hypnosis in which she drew a star map that initially was considered an insignificant doodled sketch but would later be the talking point of a 1966 book named the interrupted Journey two lost hours aboard a flying saucer after hearing of the couple's testimony and becoming fascinated with their story John G Fuller a new england-based American Author gained approval from both the hills and Benjamin Simon to write and publish their strange Adventure in print already an established columnist and author of multiple articles and books on the supernatural Fuller took the project seriously and gathered as much information no matter how irrelevant to form the basis of his book including the illustrations the star map drawn by Betty after his publication in 1966 the interrupted Journey became a success and helped reignite the debate to surrounding UFO phenomena and that of the various kinds of Close Encounters however for Marjorie fish an elementary school teacher and amateur astronomer it was the picture of the star map that led to her personal fascination with the couple's story having read Fuller's book in 1968 fish took it upon herself to try and analyze and decode the drawing in relation to the cosmological blueprint of space to try and understand with a craft and the alien creatures had originated she was able to construct a 3D model of sun-like stars using various materials to measure the distances in comparison to the same Stars which were documented in the 1969 gleesy star catalog fish concluded that the drawing was extremely similar to that to The Zeta reticuli star system as the illustration supposedly shows the sky as seen for a planet orbiting the Zeta reticuli this large Southern system within reticulum a small faint constellation in the southern sky can be seen with the naked eye as a double star in very dark skies and is located approximately 39.3 light years away from Earth after an in-depth analysis and conclusive report were issued to Walter Webb both parties agreed that the drawing was indeed that of The Zeta reticuli star system something Betty Hill knew nothing of though many subsequent reports investigations and astronomers would reject the hypothesis posed by fish it certainly got people talking how could someone with a basic knowledge of space stars and planets be able to draw under hypnotic therapy an advanced star system 39 light years from Earth in 1989 the hippocar satellite at the European space agency was launched deemed to be the first of its kind this satellite's obligation was to document and analyze the measurements of the positions of celestial objects in the sky three combination of radial velocity measurements from spectroscopy those involved in the project were able to calculate the relative information needed to determine the motion of stars the mission ended in 1993 however whilst in space astronomers decided to put fish's Theory to the test and use their technology to take measurements of the zatar ratakuli unfortunately for the teacher the hippocus's findings showed that some of the stars on her blueprint were much further away than previously thought resulting in fish publicly renouncing her theories and assumptions Skeptics and so with this public rejection we now look at a few Skeptics who weighed in on the story hypotheses and the married couple themselves Robert Shafer of the skeptical Inquirer took to printing his review of the account after attending the National UFO conference in 1980 the event which took place in New York was attended by Betty Hill herself who spoke of the incident and presented the audience with supposed photographs that she had taken of UFOs according to Betty those mostly blurred images were evidence but the extraterrestrials were still haunting her watching her every move and continuously experimenting on her and her environment for Robert and the audience at large this was the final straw as he states that after her talk had exceeded about twice its allotted time Betty was literally jeered off the stage by what had been at first a sympathetic audience this incident witnessed by many of ufology's leaders and top activists removed any lingering doubts about Betty's credibility she had none the columnist noted that in the Years following her husband's death Betty would go on UFO vigils on a regular basis throughout the week it was apparent that she was becoming frantically obsessed with the concept of UFOs aliens and possibly attempting to relive or at least make sense of what happened that fateful night in 1961 one of these patrols was attended by John Oswald a local resident who had a keen interest in the UFO phenomenon however when he was quizzed on the event and Betty Hill's state of mind he responded Mrs Hill was unable to distinguish between a landed UFO and a street light another critic of the Hill's version of events came from another local resident named Jim McDonald who felt obliged to propose an alternative Theory based on his knowledge of the landing and adjoining roads after fully analyzing the account paying particular attention to the supposed route of the couple took on their way home from Canada McDonald was able to deduce the spacecraft as being nothing more than an aircraft warning Beacon that sits atop Cannon Mountain having traveled the specific route many times himself McDonald states that the warning Beacon intermittently appears and reappears throughout the high mountainous Skyline at exactly the same time the couple claimed to have been chased by the UFO this information though helpful is somewhat diminished when McDonald proposed his theory on the subsequent events of the night and the possible abduction relating it simply to stress sleep deprivation and false memories the word stress appeared quite often by those who didn't believe the abduction Theory being a mixed race couple during a time of social unrest throughout the United States would have certainly played a major factor in the couple's relationship as well as their safety undoubtedly they would have encountered racial abuse ridicule and threats from those who adopted the close-minded mentality at the time and would have put unquestionable strain on their relationship at some point with their workload and responsibility to the community and local church taking up most of their time and resources the possibility of hallucinations caused by burnout cannot be overlooked it has been declared by Leading psychologists that false memories forced the brain to conjure up stories sometimes highly elaborate stories to fill in the blanks in order to piece together the mysterious events or timelines that took place some say that the social financial and emotional pressures faced by the hills resulted in the couple using the rise of the UFO phenomenon and that of the Cold War to take advantage of growing paranoia to make money via a carefully calculated and coordinated scam perhaps this opportunity mixed with a mental breakdown LED Betty Hill to pursue her obsession with unidentified flying objects and photographing the so-called evidence of her captor's aircrafts throughout the rest of her life Legacy Bonnie Hill died of cerebral hemorrhage on February 25 1969 age 46. Betty would live on to the age of 85 passing away on October 17 2004 due to cancer having never remarried or bearing children and yet even to this Bright Day the events that took place in September 1961 the Barney and Betty Hill remain a Fascination for UFO enthusiasts filmmakers and investigators as they continuously fixate on the mysteriousness of the evening in question film was made in 1975 for television audiences and starred James L Jones as Barney and Estella Parsons as Betty and focused on the couple's story as well as their relationship to one another in 2015 the reports of a film and television series based on the incident an adaptation of renowned American nuclear physicist Stanton T Friedman's 2007 book captured the Betty and Barney Hill UFO experience the true story of the world's first documented alien abduction though many documentaries have been shelved the latest report as of late 2022 is that the streaming giant Netflix will be producing an in-depth documentary on the couple and the occurrence a roadside marker on Daniel Webster Highway on Route 3 in Lincoln New Hampshire was also erected to commemorate the incident and the couple's Legacy so what do you think here were Betty and Barney held the victims of a terrifying ordeal abducted by extraterrestrial beings as test subjects for their invasive hideous experiments did they really experience a close encounter of The Fourth Kind only to be ridiculed and ousted from many within their community and humiliated by those to whom they were seeking help or could it be that Bonnie and Betty Hill were mere scam artists looking for a loophole in a world that was slowly losing its mind to paranoia fear and confusion perhaps we'll never know the truth is we live in a world where technology and scientific advancement is constantly ingraining itself within our society our relationships and into the exploration of our surrounding planets and that of the cosmos television social media and the internet gives one the opportunity to seek out the truth and discuss many of life's mysteries and yet despite this massive step towards infinite knowledge and information there are still those stories that are worth retelling and remain unsolved for Barney and Betty Hill their case will forever be cause for speculation investigation and argument all we know for sure is that something happened that night which made us question who we are and who else is out there we hope you enjoyed this video take care and as always keep searching
By Stephen john Codilla3 years ago in Horror
The Mind's Labyrinth
The Mysterious Invitation One fateful evening, each of them received an enigmatic invitation, beckoning them to an old, dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of town. Curiosity got the better of them, and they agreed to meet at the designated time. The mansion's grand entrance loomed before them, and they hesitantly stepped inside, their hearts pounding with a mixture of anticipation and apprehension.
By Steve R. Anderson3 years ago in Horror
The Forgotten Attic
The Brave Adventurers Liam, Sarah, and Jake were best friends, always seeking excitement and adventure. They had heard the rumors about the haunted house, and their curiosity got the better of them. Armed with flashlights and brave hearts, they made their way through the overgrown path that led to the old Victorian house.
By Steve R. Anderson3 years ago in Horror
The haunting
Deep in the heart of a desolate countryside, there stood an old, dilapidated farmhouse that sent shivers down the spines of anyone who caught sight of it. Locals whispered tales of a dark presence that haunted the property, a malevolent force that preyed on unsuspecting souls. It was a place that exuded an aura of dread, a place known simply as "The Haunting."
By LI LEAN VARMA3 years ago in Horror
The Clock
Nobody believes me, but I possess the unwavering knowledge that whenever that dreadful clock strikes 4 on the fateful day of July 19, a malevolent force unleashes its havoc upon us. I cannot fathom the reason behind it, nor do I possess the knowledge of its origin... but I am certain of its existence.
By Humberto Campos3 years ago in Horror
Ambsace. Top Story - July 2023. Content Warning.
“Yo, Cyclops! Ed wanted to see you. He said it was urgent.” Ryan’s colleagues made it a point to remind him daily that he was visually impaired and he hated that! But today, it didn’t bother him as much as it usually would have. Ed was their boss and being called to see him had never ended well for anyone. Panicking, he quickly walked up to Ed’s room and knocked. “Come in!” called Ed. “Um, hi Ed…you wanted to see me?” asked Ryan nervously as he closed the door behind him. “Yeah, you’re fired!” Ryan was dumbfounded. Fired? He must have heard it wrongly. “Sorry Ed, but I didn’t quite catch that.” “I said, you’re fired!” “Ed…come on. You can’t do this to me. On what grounds are you firing me?” “Sexual assault! How dare you pretend not to know anything?!” “Sexual…assault? I would never! Ed, you know me. I have a wife and we’re expecting a baby!” Ed clicked away on his mouse and when he was done, he turned his computer monitor to face Ryan. It was a security footage of the copy room. Ryan leaned closer to see whatever it was that got him fired. He could see Lola making copies of some documents and he saw himself walk in.
By Dharrsheena Raja Segarran3 years ago in Horror
ARE GHOSTS REAL?
Hello, friends! In 1989, Bollywood stars Vinod Khanna, Amjad Khan, and Dimple Kapadia, were shooting for a film. This film was named Lekin. A drama-mystery Bollywood film on ghosts. The story was about the spirit of a woman being trapped in a palace, looking for salvation. This film was being shot in a palace in Jaipur. One day, on an otherwise normal day of shooting, after the shots were over, people packed up, the sun had set, night had fallen, and Dimple Kapadia was snug in her bed. She says that she saw a woman sitting beside her on the bed. She talked to the woman, and she had this eerie feeling that the woman was a ghost. This is just one example. But you will find hundreds of thousands of examples all over the world, where people claim to have seen ghosts and spirits, and even talked to them. Many people report that they went through paranormal experiences. So many films have been made on this. The Conjuring, The Exorcist, The Exorcism of Emily Rose. These films claim to have been "inspired from real events". There have been so many TV shows, Ghost Hunter, where people equipped with sophisticated instruments, go on a hunt to catch ghosts. They use technology to prove that ghosts exist. And some people make YouTube videos of talking to the spirits of dead people. Such as American paranormal expert Steve Huff, he claims to have talked to the spirit of the Late Sushant Singh Rajput. What's the truth behind all this? Come, in today's video, let's try to understand this. "This is the live testimony of Sushant's spirit." "School for Ghosts." "Do ghosts and spirits really exist?" "There are places that are still feared by people. It's said that this place is haunted by ghosts at night." "It is truly extraordinary, unimaginable, unbelievable." First of all, let's keep aside the events that have an obvious reason. Such as the famous case of the Fox Sisters. In the 1800s, in America, three sisters were very famous among the spiritual people. These three sisters were known as the Fox Sisters, And people claimed that from a very young age, these three sisters could communicate with ghosts and spirits. When people wanted to communicate with someone's spirit, they'd go to these sisters. These sisters would ask questions to the spirits, and in response, they could hear the walls of their room banging. Sometimes they would see messages on blank cards. Their "spirit-talking" sessions where they talked to the spirits, were very popular in America back then. These three sisters raked in a lot of money from this. But one day, the husband of one of the sisters died. He was an orthodox Christian and believed these things. He told his wife to stop doing such things to stop communicating with spirits, After the death of her husband, the sister went into depression. She started drinking. And had a falling out with the other two sisters. One day, this sister, publicly confessed that the three sisters were conning people for a long time. They didn't talk to ghosts and spirits, they were simply playing small tricks. Such as tying an object with a string and making it fall "unnaturally." Sometimes hitting the walls with their feet to make the banging sounds. This sister claimed that people were so emotional, that people were willing to accept the delusion people would even "feel" the spirits touching them. Another famous story is of the Amityville Haunted House. In New York, there was a house called Amityville, a person named Ronny had murdered his family there. When this person was presented in court, he claimed that he could hear voices in the house. And that he committed the murders under the influence of the ghostly noises. After this, another family moved into this house. The family of George and Kathy. They claimed to have heard these noises too. They started seeing ghosts. They witnessed paranormal activities in this house and finally, they had to leave the house. What was the mystery of this story? Later, news reports by ABC News showed that they were lying. The murderer had lied to save himself from the punishment. And the couple that moved in later, lied because they thought that they could earn some good bucks by lying. They assumed that they would get book deals and film deals. In India, a recent example was seen when a person named Steve Huff claimed that he was communicating with the spirit of the late Sushant Singh Rajput. He recorded his conversation while talking to the spirit and posted it on YouTube. And because many people were already emotional about this issue. They were misled. Several news channels reported on this as well. India TV, Amar Ujala TV, DNA, News24, as if what was shown in this video was real. But what had happened here actually? As revealed by an Instagram user, this person took some clips from an old interview, where he was interviewed by film critic Anupama Chopra some years ago, audio clips were extracted from there, those audio clips were then manipulated, and played as if it was Sushant Singh Rajput's spirit talking. And surprisingly friends, hardly did any news channel run this news where the truth was exposed. Because you get TRP by appeasing the superstitious beliefs of people. They wouldn't get TRP by talking about science and logical things. So let's keep aside such fraudsters and false cases, where the lies were clearly evident. But what about the cases where people do not lie? What about the films that are inspired by real-life incidents? In 2017, there was a film called Veronica. In it, it was shown that during a solar eclipse, Veronica and her friends go to the school basement, and use an Ouija board to contact Veronica's dead father and her dead boyfriend. This ritual was interrupted by a nun, then the Ouija board breaks, and a demon possesses Veronica. She gets possessed. Interestingly, this film claims that it was inspired by real events. So did this happen in reality? The real story is of a girl named Estefania. This real-life case drew so much attention that even in the police report it was mentioned that there were some paranormal activities at this girl's house. If you watch such films, you might also feel that since it is shown in so many films, there would be some truth to it. Some elements of it would be true at least. It can't be that all of it is false. Especially when they write that the film is inspired by real events. But friends, the point here is that people misunderstand the word 'inspired'. Saying that it is "based on true events" and "inspired by true events", are different. When the director of this film was asked questions about it, he had clearly said that, This is why the real story and the story depicted in the film have vast differences. In reality, according to the news reports, the parents of the girl were alive. In the film, it's shown that the girl dies within 3 days. but in reality, the girl Estefania died several months later. after suffering from seizures. Third, in the real story, it cannot be ruled out that Estefania suffered from a psychotic disorder. A disorder that went undiagnosed by a doctor because they lived in a rural area. During the 1990s. Back then technology and medical science weren't as advanced as they are now. And finally, after Estonia death, her parents had claimed to have witnessed paranormal activities around them. That they could hear their daughter scream. But when her mother was psychologically examined, it was revealed that she was suffering from emotional instability, anxiety, and need for attention. I am going into the detail of this case, because we often come across such cases. This is a typical example of the cases that inspire horror films. You'd say that even if we suppose one family member had a psychological illness, but if the entire family behaves in such a manner and claim to have witnessed paranormal activity, what would happen in that case? Friends, in such cases, there is a phenomenon known as Mass Psychogenic Illness. Also known as Shared Psychotic Disorder. We saw this in the famous Burari Case which saw the mass suicide by 11 family members. It was a famous case from Delhi. I talked about this in the video on Monkey Man as well. The secret behind the mystery of the Monkey Man. I'll put the link to that video in the description you can go watch it later. Another bizarre case was seen in an Australian family where the family of 5 went on a road trip and suddenly, they suffered from paranoia, that someone was trying to kill them. Eventually, the family members separated from each other and disappeared. Though they united later, this is said to be a case of Shared Delusional Disorder (SDD), where people who are close to each other, often reinforce each other's delusions. But if you are still interested in horror stories for entertainment, can go try it out. But now, let's talk about stranger phenomenons. Things that will shock you when you find out how these work exactly. First are these Ouija boards. They are spelled OUIJA, but it's pronounced /wee-je/. You would have seen them in numerous films. Exorcist, Paranormal Activity, Conjuring 2. Even in Indian films such as A Death in the Goonj, even in a web series on Zee5, It is basically said to be a medium to communicate with ghosts. There are alphabets and numbers written on this board, along with yes and no. And there is a triangular pointer known as Planchet. To use this, people go to a dark place, light some candles, close their eyes and request the spirits to come to them. In case a spirit is around them, they call it to communicate with them. Then the people place their hands on this pointer. And ask questions to the spirits. If the spirit wants to answer with a yes or no, then their hands on the triangular pointer start moving toward the answer. Friends, it is interesting to note that people do not move their hands on their own. Some people may be those that are just having fun with it, but there are many people who use the Ouija boards but do not move their hands on their own. Their hands start moving on their own. "Spirits, can you speak to us? Are you there?" And they believe that the spirits control their hands, making them move. And that they are communicating with the spirits. How can this be possible? There is a scientific phenomenon to this. Ideomotor Effect. Ideomotor Effect is a psychological phenomenon where we move our bodies unconsciously. Without our conscious self being aware of it. For example, our hand starts moving, but we don't even know it. Often, you would notice that when you go to sleep, moments before you fall asleep, you feel that you're falling. You slipped and now you're falling. And then you're jerked awake. This is known as the Hypnic Jerk. Your body moves unconsciously. It thinks that it is falling from somewhere. And that causes the jerk. A hypnic jerk is different from the Ideomotor effect. But they are similar. The difference is that you experience a hypnic jerk when you are about to fall asleep. But you can witness the ideomotor effect while you're awake. If your hand is moving on its own on the Ouija board, this is an example of an ideomotor effect. Your brain signals your body to move in that way but your consciousness doesn't even know this. If you want an example of this, you can experience this right now, wherever you are. Take a pendulum. If you don't have that, take a light weight and attach it to a string. It can be your button, or your ring, tie it to a string. Since I have none of this, let me use this charger for this example. This works like a pendulum now. It's oscillating already. What you need to do is, place your hand in front of yourself. And this weight is normally oscillating. Think to yourself that you need to make it move in a clockwise direction. Move it in the clockwise direction, And eventually, you'll see that it starts moving in the same direction on its own. This isn't working quite as well with a charger because it isn't as thin as a string. But you can see the movement here. And now if you want to make it move in the anti-clockwise direction. It starts moving anticlockwise, without you needing to do anything. you aren't moving it consciously, But since your brain wants to make it move anti-clockwise, you can see it moving in that direction. Try it out for yourself. People who really believe in Ouija boards, who believe that they are really talking to spirits, their brain creates subconscious images and memories of the person, the spirit that has passed on. When they ask questions, their brain uses those memories and images to respond, and their brain subconsciously tells their body to move. There have been several scientific studies into this. There's a simple Blindfold Test for this. If a spirit was the one to move that planchet, even when people are blindfolded, when people have their eyes closed, the planchet should move in the correct way. But what happens actually, instead of moving in the right way, the pointer gives absurd responses. If people do not know where Yes or No is, they start pointing the pointer randomly. We see the same ideomotor effect on people who claim that they are possessed. That there's a spirit in them. Not every case is a lie. if they think that they are possessed and start behaving so, it is actually possible that their body is making the movements unconsciously, without them being aware of it. That's why they might think that they are possessed. Since their body starts moving without their control. It is the act of the subconscious mind. Similarly, some people claim that they are gifted with automatic writing. That they can communicate with spirits who make their hands move to write things. It's the same thing. Most of the people who make such claims are obviously lying. But the ones that are telling the truth, are victims of this ideomotor effect. But let's keep the ideomotor effect to a side, what about the ghosthunters that carry sophisticated equipment to catch ghosts. Let's analyse that as well. Often, the cameras used by the ghosthunters is an infrared cameras. Which captures thermal patterns. They capture the spirits with these cameras, which makes it seem like a negative photograph. In reality, friends, whenever there is a change in temperature you can see it quite clearly through an infrared camera. Think about it, if you sit on a chair and rub your back on the back of the chair, it will generate some heat, If you get up and see the chair with an infrared camera, it will seem like someone is sitting on the chair. When in reality, the chair has some heat residue. Another interesting example is if you come out of the bathroom with wet feet, if you walk on the floor and look at it through an infrared camera, it will look like the footprints of a spirit. Because the temperature of your feet would be different than the rest of your body. Look at this interesting video, explaining it in detail. "Perhaps you are sitting around the dining room table, having a séance. Calling on spirits from the past, when a pattern you might catch could be someone that was sitting on a chair perhaps. Another thought that came to mind, maybe it was a crew member from one of those shows leaning up against the wall. In this shot here, my thermal reflection as I walk across a wood floor in a home could be mistaken for something else." In addition to this, these ghost hunters carry an EMF meter with them. the EMF meter is an interesting thing. If you have a cell phone or two-way radio around you, or any kind of electronic device really, which emits electromagnetic waves, this meter would show a reading. from a computer mouse to a camera battery pack, anything can make this meter fluctuate all over the place. They use motion sensor lights often. Even if a mouse is passing through an abandoned building, it will turn on the motion sensor, and they will use it to claim that they spotted a spirit. By using these technical devices, the nonsense that's often sprout, is presented on the TV as if they have really spotted ghosts. It is done in America as well as India. In many countries, in fact. There's a TV show in Aaj Tak Adhbut, "Supernatural, Unimaginable, Unbelievable." They show some VFX with some background horror music, and the anchor Sweta Singh presents ghosts and spirits to people. "Ages pass by, but some questions remain unanswered." If these people can find a nanochip in the ₹2,000 currency note, they can find spirits as well. But what can they do? Showing ghosts on TV attracts TRP. Showing ghosts in cinemas earns them some nice box office collections. And now even YouTubers have started showing stories of ghosts. Actually, it isn't wrong to do these. As long as these are presented solely as entertainment. I enjoy watching horror films. They give a different kind of thrill. The fear that it brings is quite enjoyable. But if a TV show, film or a YouTuber claims that they have definitely spotted a ghost, And that ghosts and spirits are real, it is complete nonsense. It is nice to entertain people. But to make false promises to people, and to fool them, by encouraging superstition, is absolutely wrong. But what about the Dimple Kapadia case that I mentioned at the beginning of this video? Friends, the thing is that in the film Lekin, Dimple was playing the role herself. The role of the ghost. Her character was based on it. When she experienced the ghost encounter, She went and told this to Padmini Devi, the erstwhile princess. She replied that Dimple had been shooting the entire day as a ghost, so it wasn't out of the ordinary that it was stuck on her mind, which then caused the delusion. I said, "Listen Dimps, the thing is, that you are shooting all day as a ghost. So, therefore, at night, I'm sure you woke up and you thought that there was somebody else with you." 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By Dilip kumar padi3 years ago in Horror
