Living in a Haunted House? | Survival Blog

"The Quintessential Ghost"

Imagine that you are a ghost. Maybe you are that little boy who likes to throw the ball around at the place where you died, or the...

"When a Ghost is not a Ghost"

A lot of things in life don’t make sense until they are approached from a certain angle. I often use the illustration of a mountain that...

Voodoo in the Underwear Drawer

The reason why I haven’t told this story sooner (at least, as Alfred Eyrie) is because I tell it often as my regular self. But I feel...

Getting The Hell Out of There!

Nurses who work the “night shift” often have some really good ghost stories to tell. A lot of them speak of footsteps and whispers in...

“Don’t Say ‘Ghost’!”

Seeing things where they are not: the power (and danger) of suggestion. That admonishment, spoken so hastily—and firmly—after my use of...

Phasmophobia: A Realistic Ghost-Hunting Video Game?

If you go looking for trouble…it will find you.

The Darkroom

Looking back now, I remember how much I dreaded that dark room. Now I realize, though, that it was a very different kind of dread.

You Have More Power Than You Think.

Here are a few things I’ve learned to do in order to take control of my fear (before it takes control of me).

How to Survive Growing up in a Haunted House

First, some ground rules: 1) Don’t expect people to believe you. People are strange. Most all of them assume they hold the high ground...