Our Spooky World

This blog focuses on all of the wonderful ghosties, creatures, and spine tingling legends in our world. Ever lived in a haunted house? Come face to face with bigfoot? Heres the place for you to share. Never had any experiences, but love the paranormal? Then come read about the experiences of others or learn about the eerie occurrences around you. All are welcome. So come, if you dare, and explore our spooky world.

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Hello! Thank you for your concern. I am doing better now. I stopped blogging for a while to deal with my mental health. However I am doing much better and will be blogging again soon! Keep a lookout for my official “Im back” notice!

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Happy Easter!!!

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Happy St Patricks Day!!!

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The Cecil Hotel

               One of the most notorious hotels in the world is the Cecil Hotel.  It is not famous for its glitz and glamour; Instead it is known for its many mysterious deaths, abnormally high record of suicides, infamous guests, for being a popular spot to deal and use drugs, and for being the perfect place to lie low for those who have committed crimes.  It is was also the inspiration to the American Horror Story season five, Hotel.

               The Cecil Hotel was built in 1924 in Downtown Los Angeles.  It cost 1.5 million dollars to build, with a total of 2.5 million being invested into it. The hotel boasted 19 floors and 700 guest rooms.  However, despite intentions for the hotel to be a fancy and popular destination for the wealthy and famous, it started to gradually decline once the Great Depression hit. Despite this, it managed to remain a popular destination throughout the 1940s. After this decade it began to rapidly decline as the area, now known as Skid Row, became populated with homeless people, drug addicts and dealers, and others who have committed serious crimes.

               Unlike other hotels, the Cecil Hotel boasts a high number of suicides, murders, and mysterious deaths.  The first suicide to take place was that of Percy Ormond Cook in 1927. He shot himself in the head while inside of his hotel room after failing to make up with his wife and child.   After him was W.K. Norton.  Norton killed himself in 1931 in his room after taking poison capsules.  Other deaths were from jumping from high rooms, poison capsules, gunshots to the head, and slitting their own throat. A more disturbing death was that of Dorthy Purcells newborn son.  Purcell shared a room with her boyfriend, Ben Levine, who was unaware that she was pregnant. While there she went into labor. Not wanting to wake her boyfriend, she went into the bathroom where she gave birth to a boy.  She thought he was dead and threw him out of the window.  Purcell was charged with murder, but was not found guilty due to being declared insane.  Another tragic suicide was that of Pauline Otton.  She jumped from her 9th story window and landed on a pedestrian. The pedestrian, George Gianinni, was killed instantly.  

Other than suicides, there have been other tragic and mysterious deaths.  “Pidgon Goldie” Osgood was found raped, stabbed and beaten in her room.  Hours later, Jaques Ehlinger was seen walking around in bloodstained clothing. Although, he was arrested for her murder, he was later release.  It is still an unsolved crime. Finally, one of the most recent and famous deaths to occur at the Cecil Hotel was that of Elisa Lam.  Lam went missing for several weeks. The only clue they had to her whereabouts was a surveillance video of her getting on to an elevator and acting strange. She seemed paranoid, hiding in the corner of the elevator, and peeking nervously around its edges.  Despite Lam having pushed several buttons to multiple floors, the elevator remained stationary with the doors open.  At one point Lam was seen getting out of the elevator and gesturing wildly, as if having a confrontation with someone.   Almost three weeks from the date she had gone missing, guests began to complain of the water in their rooms tasting funny.  It was then that they found Lams decomposing body in one of the water supply tanks. Although she was inexplicably naked, there were no signs of foul play.  Authorities believe that the fact that Elisa was Bipolar could have played a large part in her death.  In some cases, those with Bipolar, who are not taking their meds, can have hallucinations and experience other disturbing symptoms.  Her death was ruled and accidental drowning.

The Cecil Hotel had also played home to two well known serial killers. The first, was Richard Ramirez. Most commonly known as the “Night Stalker,” Ramirez was rumored to have stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks. It is believed that during his stay he may have continued with his killing spree. The second serial killer to stay there was an Austrian man known as Jack Unterweger.  Unterweger stayed at the Cecil in 1991. He may have sought to copy Ramirez’s crimes. While staying at the Cecil he strangled and killed at least three sex workers  

               Surprisingly there seems to be very little claims online that there are ghosts at the Cecil Hotel. However, when Ghost Adventures went to investigate they claim they were physically scratched. They also found compelling audio and video evidence.  

If you or someone you know has ever stayed at the Cecil Hotel and have had any spooky experiences, please let us know! We would love to hear about any creepy happenings at the hotel.

  Sources:

(http//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Hotel(Los_Angeles)

www.travelchannel.com

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Happy Valentines Day!!! Have a great day, even if you are celebrating self love and not love with another person.

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Merry Christmas dear followers! Thank you so much for your love and support over the years!

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have you been following the 3301 story that cropped up on 4chan? i found the game on itch but i've only solved about half the clues. do you think it's real?

I have not been following so unfortunately i do not know if its real or not! But i will have to look into it! Thank you

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Overbrook Asylum

Located in Cedar Grove, New Jersey are the remains of what was the Essex County Hospital Center, AKA the Overbrook Asylum.  The building was built around 1896 as a general hospital who’s intentions were to take on some of the overcrowding that was happening in the nearby Newark hospital. Although intentions were good, the hospital still experienced some of its fair share of tragedy.  In the winter of 1917 the hospitals boilers failed.  The result was that 24 patients froze to death in their beds.  Eventually, in the mid 1920’s the hospital was changed into a mental institution.  Run at full capacity, the facility could host thousands of patients. Unfortunately treatment was often brutal, including electric shock therapy and lobotomies among other things.   The facility was so large it had its own train stop on the Caldwell Branch of the Earie Railroad. Patients mainly grew their own food. It is rumored that during WWII, overcrowding was so dire that 150 patients simply disappeared. As medications developed and became used more frequently, the hospital found that it had less patients.  Eventually the hospital closed in 2007 and has since been demolished.  

 Prior to demolition, its abandoned status did not stop urban explorers and ghosts hunters from frequenting the old site. When the Travel Channel’s Ghost adventures visited they found shadow figures, strange orbs, and a disembodied voice saying “Help me.” It is also rumored that during filming of the movie “Choke”, interns found the remains of Satanic sacrifices. One crew member refused to enter the building because he repeatedly saw a nurse in an old fashioned uniform walking around the building.

  ( Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County_Hospital_Center, https://weirdnj.com/stories/abandoned/overbrook_essexcountyhospital/

https://bestofnj.com/features/holidays/halloween/haunted-nj-the-overbrook-asylum/)

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Never-ending dance under the moon.

ring a ring o’ roses by Sarcoma/ Iris rottovski

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Happy Thanksgiving followers!

Have a great day, even if you cant spend it with loved ones! Stay safe, and eat lots of food.

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Hugag 

A Hugag is a large, mooselike animal that is said to roam northern Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and the wilds of Canada. Unlike the moose, this animal does not have antlers and also lacks any joints in its legs. It has a long upper lip which prevents it from grazing. Its head and neck are completely hairless and have a leathery appearance. The Hugag has four toes and, despite being hairless on the head and neck, a shaggy coat. The only way a Hugag can rest itself is if it leans against a tree, since it cannot lay down due to its lack of joints.  It eats pine needles, twigs and bark. Some accounts state that the Hugag oozes pine sap since it eats so many pine needles.  

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Happy Halloween dear followers!

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There's an app called BringFido that will help you locate pet friendly hotels, and many of them are discounting rooms for storm refugees. TAKE YOUR PETS WITH YOU.

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Dear followers,

I just wanted to let you know this blog is a safe space for EVERYONE. This includes but is not limited to POC, LGBT, and those of all religions (including atheists). With everything that had been going on I feel like I need to say this. ALSO you will not find articles of current events on here solely because i want this to be a spot where everyone can escape from the real world for a bit in order to explore the supernatural and unknown. This does not mean I dont care about what is going on. I love each and every one of you. You are truly the best followers.

Keep it spooky,

B.H

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reblog this if your blog is a safe space for poc

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Hello dear followers. I am bored. Anyone have any supernatural, ghost or cryptid stories to tell? Anything strange works really. You can even say what you would like to see more on the blog! Please share.