1. Move on to the next stop on our ghost tour.
First Stop: Ghostly Explanations 
Scroll down and begin reading at "Encounters with Ghosts." 
What are some main distinctions between poltergeists, felt ghosts, dream ghosts, domestic ghosts, conjured ghosts?
Now, scroll down to the photograph dated c What’s a question that this photograph brings to mind?
Turn and look at a person sitting next to you. If you had to choose a type of ghost for that person to hunt, which type would you choose? Why
Reflections: What conclusions can you draw from this site?
Why?
Move on to the next stop on our ghost tour.
TMT

2. Second Stop: Conducting a Ghost Hunt
(Watch out for ads on this page. Careful not to click one.)
Skim through the web site and read the headings.
1. Write a brief summary presenting an overview of the most important information about conducting a ghost hunt.
2. Have you ever been on a ghost hunt or tour? ________
3. If so, describe your experience.
4. If not, would you ever go on a ghost hunt? ______________
Why or why not? Explain your thinking.

3. Third Stop: The Winchester House
Visit the stairs that go nowhere, the miles of twisted hallways,
and secret passageways. More than one hundred rooms that
defy the imagination. Dare to go!
Start by reading the sightings (on the page entitled “Sightings”). Skim through the accounts. Choose one to read.
What is your opinion of this account?
2. Click on some of the other rooms (e.g., the Thirteenth Bathroom, the Séance Room, and skim through the accounts. Read a few you find interesting. Which room seems the scariest to you?
Why?
3. Skim through the website and write down two interesting facts. (Remember, a fact is indisputable, something that cannot be argued. If a statement can be argued, it is an opinion.)
(1)
(2)

4. Spirits of LaGrange Ghost Tour
Ready for your fourth stop?
This one is short, but intense.
Click here for a brief tour and listen to an EVP tape.
Fourth Stop:
Spirits of LaGrange Ghost Tour
Scroll to the bottom of the page and listen to the EVP recording of their ghost encounter. What did the ghost allegedly say?
2. What’s your first impression of the EVP tape?
3. What does the acronym “EVP” stand for?
4. What are some questions raised by this tape?

5. Fifth Stop: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
The hospital at Waverly Hills is considered to be one of the most haunted buildings in the world. You’ll be taken to the “Haunting” page where you will find: an EVP, Enter the sanatorium and hope you do get locked in.   ;)
What words does the voice utter in the EVP video?
Toward the bottom of the “Hauntings” page, you will find why the sanatorium was, in 1982, closed down. What was the reason?
The final three paragraphs on that page includes witness accounts of hauntings and disturbances. Which do you find the most frightening – or the most interesting?
Click on “Urban Legends” – what is the main idea
of one of the urban legends?
Next for photos, click here: Trip.Advisor Photos of Waverly .
Or, enter their URL:
d Reviews-Waverly_Hills_Sanatorium-Louisville_Kentucky.html
6. Ghost-Investigators - Waverly Hills (Just the first page, the links take you to other “top haunted places” in Kentucky. (Interesting on its own, but ….)
Maybe you can visit one day, and check out room 502 for yourself
– but stay away from the death tunnel!
Careful not to click on the links in the text section. They take you off the site.

6. Sixth Stop: So glad to see you made it back safely.
Close call! 
Take a few minutes to study photos of allegedly "real" ghosts. See which ones you think are creepy, fake, or even plausible (seems reasonable, even probable).
Ghostly Photos Stop One
Click picture at right or use URL below.
Ghostly Photos Stop Two
Click picture or use URL below.
1. Which photo is most plausible and why?
2. Which photo is least believable and why?
3. Which photo is your favorite and why?
TMT

7. Seventh Stop: The New England Society for Psychic Research
The Amityville Horror
Check out the story behind the movie thus entitled. Read and determine if it is real or a hoax – you decide!
Have you seen any movie version of the Amityville Horror story? Read the book? If so, which one/s?
So, what do you think? Real or hoax?
Justify your position with textual evidence.

8. Eighth Stop: Short & Spooky Stories
Though super-short, some of these stories will get you if you
don’t watch out.
Write the one you find the scariest.
Write a short summary and draw a visual of the story.
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Analyze your own sense of fear. What about this story makes it more frightening than the others.
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TMT

9. Ninth Stop: Assumption-Led Investigations Plus – Choose YOUR Ultimate
Ghost Tour Destination
Assumption-Led Investigations
Forbes Magazine’s Where to Get Spooked
Forbes Magazine’s Where to Get Spooked
Peruse the top 12 places for ghost tours, in person - not virtual tours, that is. Where would you prefer to go and why? ______________________________________________________
___________________________
Why: _________________________________________________________________________________
Peruse the top 12 places for ghost tours, in person - not virtual tours, that is. Where would you prefer to go and why? ______________________________________________________
___________________________
What is meant by “assumption-led
Investigations?
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Give an example.
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What is one way to avoiding assumptions in such research?
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10. British Writer, H.P. Lovecraft
Tenth and Final Stop:
British Writer, H.P. Lovecraft
Shop for a Story
Aficionado - a person who is knowledgeable and enthusiastic about a topic – dictionary.com
True ghost story aficionados are familiar with the mastery of H.P. Lovecraft. He is famous for being one of the greatest horror writers. Stephen King referred to him as “the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”
Lovecraft’s language takes some work and time to get used to (it’s so worth it, though), therefore you might want to start with one of his excellent but shorter stories - “The Outsiders,” “Colour Out of Space,” or “From Beyond.” Get started by scanning and skimming, to see which story you might like. Then find one that seems interesting to you and start reading. You may read the rest at home … in the darkness … all by yourself. Now that’s how to read a scary story! We’ll decide the logistics of that later. Right now – just pick a story.
More Background Information About Lovecraft
for New Lovecraft Fans
National Geographic Ghost Tour Video (1.5 hrs.)