By Kathy Murray
N is for…
Nagasaki, Japan
Nagasaki was the second site of the US-led nuclear bombing in 1945, which killed 73,884 people and left hundreds of thousands more injured, diseased or dying. Witnesses say that every night around twilight, crying, screaming and pleas for help can be heard from these unfortunate souls, emanatingthroughout the streets, even when they are otherwise devoid of the living.
New Enterprise Freewill Baptist Church, Georgia
A devil dog roams the grounds of the cemetery here, never leaving any tracks even when the ground has turned to mud. A ball of light, some say of fire, appears to hover above the ground, each time withoutfail,just days before a new graveis dug.
Norwood Primary School,Australia
Every March 29th, the former groundskeeper, who died in 1940, makes the rounds through the school. On the other 364 days of the year, he keeps to the classroom where he died. Here, the lights flicker and fade. If you look in the window from the outside,you just might see a glowing shadow swaying back and forth, its hollow eyeslooking at you directly inyour owneyes!
New London Ledge Lighthouse
This lighthouse in Connecticut is said to be the eternal home of Ernie, a previous lighthouse keeper who, legend says,threw himselfinto the water below when he learned his wife had left him. The lighthouse became automated in 1987,but reports of poltergeist activity, such aslights and other appliances turning themselves off and on, footsteps, and sheets being stripped from beds, keep this lighthouse a point of interest to paranormal investigators to this day.
Niagara Falls
While both the US and Canadian sides of the falls are said to be haunted, the Canadian side is thought to be where most supernatural activity occurs. Unfortunately, people have gone over the falls, whether by accident or otherwise. Some say if you close your eyes and listen very carefully, you can hear their screams. And the Indian maiden known as Lelawala has been spotted by many a tourist and traveler over the centuries, rising from the waters, into the air.
New York Central Railroad
A black carpet rolls out on the tracks and clocks stop as the ghost train, still carrying President Abraham Lincoln’s body passes by every April 27th. Filled with mourning spirits and phantom musicians, skeletons of soldiers hold coffins on their backs as the dead bandplays thesaddest of songs.