LIKE TO BE AFRAID ENJOY THRILLING SCARY RISKY

Ø LIKE TO BE AFRAID- ENJOY THRILLING, SCARY, & RISKY SITUATIONS Ø EXPERIENCE A NATURAL HIGH FROM “FIGHT OR FLIGHT” FEELING Ø EVIDENCE SUPPORTS BRAIN CHEMISTRY IS DIFFERENT Ø FEEL A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AFTER THE EXPERIENCE Ø CURIOUS BY NATURE Ø HAVE HAD AN EXPERIENCE THEY CANNOT EXPLAIN Ø INTRIGUED BY EVENTS VIOLATING THE LAWS OF NATURE THAT ARE TERRIFYING

Ø PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN HAUNTINGS FOR GENERATIONS Ø ENJOY “SELF-SCARING” OR SCARING THEMSELVES ON PURPOSE Ø LIKE PHYSICAL THRILLS (ROLLER COASTERS, “DARK RIDES”) Ø ENJOY TELLING GHOST STORIES AROUND THE CAMPFIRE Ø FOLLOW THE “GRAVEYARD POETS” OF THE 18 TH CENTURY Ø FEARFUL SITUATIONS CREATE STRONG BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE

Ø 60% OF GHOST HUNTERS ARE FEMALE BETWEEN 25 -35 YEARS Ø INVESTIGATORS RANGE IN AGE FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO RETIRED Ø MOST ARE FROM SOUTHERN STATES Ø 80% COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL OR ABOVE Ø MOST HAVE STEADY INCOME Ø MORE BELIEVE IN THE PARANORMAL THAN IN GOD, ALTHOUGH MOST ARE RELIGIOUS Ø 75% OF PEOPLE IN THE U. S. BELIEVE IN THE PARANORMAL

Midland Railroad Hotel Wilson, KS. “The Girl In the Haunted Chair”

MODS ELEMENT HAUNTED PLACE ELEMENT TITLE INFORMATION PROPERTY NAME LOCATION POSTAL ADDRESS IDENTIFIER GLOBAL POSITIONING COORDINATES TYPE OF RESOURCE PLACE DESCRIPTION PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION SUBJECT TYPE OF HAUNTING RELATED ITEM DETECTION TOOL IDENTIFIER PHOTO OF PROPERTY ACCESS CONDITIONS CONTACT INFORMATION ABSTRACT OVERVIEW (Library of Congress (LOC), 2015)

ELEMENT VALUE PROPERTY NAME PROPER NAME OF LOCATION POSTAL ADDRESS PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF LOCATION GLOBAL POSITIONING COORDINATES OF LOCATION PLACE DESCRIPTION CONTAINMENT INFORMATION (BUILDING, FIELD, INTERSECTION) PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION DESCRIBES THE LOCATION WITHIN CONTAINMENT TYPE OF HAUNTING TYPE FROM CONTROLLED VOCABULARY DETECTION TOOL DEVICE(S) USED TO DETECT PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF HAUNTING PHOTO(S) OF PROPERTY OR HAUNTING IF AVAILABLE CONTACT INFORMATION – WEBSITE, PHONE NUMBER. ETC. OVERVIEW FREE LANGUAGE FIELD SUMMARIZING HAUNTING EXPERIENCES

SPECIFIC HAUNTING & DETECTION TOOL TERMS USEFUL FOR STANDARDIZATION HAUNTING TYPE DETECTION TOOL TYPE INTELLIGENT AUDIO – DIGITAL, TAPE (EVP) RESIDUAL CAMERA REOCURRING EMF METER (ELECTRO MAGNETIC FIELD) HISTORICAL VIDEO CAMERA PORTAL MOTION DETECTORS POLTERGEIST THERMOMETERS MALEVOLENT (DEMONIC) THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS EYE WITNESS (Texas Ghost and Spirit, n. d. ) (Ghost Hunting Equipment 101, 2015)

ELEMENT VALUE PROPERTY NAME MIDLAND RAILROAD HOTEL & RESTAURANT POSTAL ADDRESS 414 26 TH ST, WILSON, KS 67490 GLOBAL POSITIONING COORDINATES LATITUDE: 38. 8255618. LONGITUDE: -98. 4730672. SEA LEVEL: 516 m PLACE DESCRIPTION BUILDING. HOTEL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION ROOM 309, HALLWAY, ROCKING CHAIR HAUNTING TYPE REOCURRING, POLTERGEIST DETECTION TOOL AUDIO, EMF, EYE WITNESS PHOTO IMAGE FROM WWW. ELLSWORTHKSCHAMBER. NET CONTACT INFORMATION WWW. MIDLANDRAILROADHOTEL. COM , (785) 658 -2284 OVERVIEW FIRE IN NOVEMBER 1902 KILLED UNKNOWN NUMBER OF GUESTS, RUMORED SHERIFF BART HANGED HIMSELF OR WAS MURDERED IN ROOM 309, ITEMS MOVE AROUND IN ROOM 309 WITHOUT HUMAN INTERVENTION, GIRL WITH BLONDE HAIR SPOTTED IN HALLWAY, EVP AND EMF RECORDINGS TAKEN SURROUNDING A ROCKING CHAIR SEEN MOVING ON ITS OWN, ELEVATOR BUZZER AND ALARM ACTIVITY.

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