The crew steps into Chicago’s Horror House with Moses and Vinny to wander through ghosts and graveyards, drifting between folklore, neuroscience, and spooky cinema.
(Sorry for answering these late. I was busy so I waited until I was done with work and had time to answer them):
Do you believe in ghosts?
I'm kind of agnostic about them. They might exist, and I won't rule them out. But I'm not sure if they do. I do believe in an afterlife, but not necessarily the existence of spirits who stay on Earth.
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Have you ever had a strange experience in a graveyard, or maybe your cat stared into the darkness like it saw something you couldn’t?
lol I don't have a cat, so the latter part wouldn't be applicable. I don't think I've had a strange experience in a graveyard, but when I was a kid, I was afraid that a spirit would come after me or someone would come out of a grave (and so I was scared to go to a cemetery). I have had a spiritual experience of sorts once. I remember that during my grandfather's viewing (a few days after he passed), I felt this supernatural-like feeling of peace, as if someone (like my grandfather) was giving me this sensation of peace, but I can't really describe it or explain it. This was many years ago though.
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Do you have a favorite ghost movie or story?
Ooh...I think Casper is my favorite ghost movie. I haven't seen too many paranormal films though, so my ghost movie knowledge is very limited.
Shows:
- Yu-Gi-Oh: It has a variety of spirits. Often times in the dub version, when people lose a duel, their spirits are sent to the shadow realm. And, there are 5,000 year old spirits who have inhabited the bodies of their reincarnations:
Yami Bakura/Thief King Bakura -> Inhabits modern day teenage Bakura
There are also reincarnations that don't involve spirits:
Grandpa Muto: He is the reincarnation of a figure in Atem's royal court, but I can't remember the name...
Seto Kaiba - reincarnation of Priest Seto
And there are spirits, both good and evil:
Shadi - user of the Millennium Scales and Millennium Key, guardian of the Millennium Items. Is a spirit.
There's Yami Marik. He came about from the hatred of Marik Ishtar. I'm not exactly sure what he is...he came from his darkness and made it seem like Marik had different personalities but is his own evil entity...
On a non Yu-Gi-Oh note, I like the Netflix show "Wednesday". I'm pretty sure there was a spirit in that show.
And I liked Bleach.
Ooh! I forgot. I also like Death Note. There is a shinigami (death God) named Ryuk. He loves apples haha :).
LOL well, to be fair, I am agnostic about them both and I also do believe aliens are more probable than ghosts. I remember that Stephen Hawking suggested that there could be alien microorganisms and that is along the lines of what you said about how they might not be as we imagine them. The universe is HUGE - 93 billion light years in diameter, so I think it is more likely than not that there is some other life out there. I'm curious how wrong people are about what aliens are like lol.
I think that if they exist, they just haven't gotten to us because of how huge the universe is. Light can take billions of years to get to us, and I'm not sure if aliens have technology to go at light speed or faster than light speed over to us (likely not IMO).
Hey Joe, Georgia, Joe, Moses, and Vinnie! I need to see go to Horror House when I visit Chicago again 😊.
Lol I would be someone who plays at the arcade. Melissa is cool. You meet awesome people and go to neat places.
What if you get ghosted by a ghost? Ok I will see myself out for my dad joke 😊
Haha when I was a kid, I did not know Ouija boards' purposes and thought they looked fun. But I did not get cursed. Or did I? Dun dun dun!
Haha I think ghosts might exist. But I am not sure. I do believe in an afterlife but ghosts specifically, I am not sure. I do remember getting a nightmare after watching a Chinese horror movie where a ghost came out of a woman who was beheaded. I was like 6 years old lol (must have been flipping through the channels when I saw it). On a happier note, I do like Casper. That film was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid.
Good info about cats and spirituality and senses. Do cats get overstimulated easily? I was wondering about this because you mentioned how they can sense refrigerator motors and other things that we would take for granted.
Imagine an undead Earth lol. I remember writing a story with an Earth where it was taken over by zombies. Interesting in how quantum physics could explain ghosts, though I do not buy it either lol Anyway, the show is reminding me of the show Ghost Whisperer. And LOL photo op at the grave. There is a meme of Flash actor Grant Gustin taking a silly photo at a gravestone. This was when he filmed an (emotional) series finale for Arrow but his pic is hilarious lol.
Dad joke on a gravestone. Hahaha. "I ghosted this world. Peace!" =P
Makes sense that cats find it comforting to lie on their human companions. I didn't know that there were theories related to this and spirituality though. That is intriguing. Is that why some cats are moody? =P
Makes sense that deja vu feelings are how our body helps to calm anxiety.
Good point. Intergenerational trauma can have a long lasting impact. I need to read up on genetic memory.
Wow I did not know that crow's kids would remember someone they dislike. Lol better to never anger them.
Haha imagine someone who died as an emo and comes back and rambles nonstop about Taylor Swift music lol
Haha imagine entering an Inception dream where everyone is a ghost.
The sleep paralysis you mentioned sounds rough. Sleep paralysis ception. Seriously, that sounds awful. Hope you haven't had it since then.
I want to see The Outsider.
I never heard of Tibetan Sky Burials. That is intriguing and I agree about reuniting with the natural world.
The discussion about Coco, living on, and rememberance reminds me of this Person of Interest quote from the series finale: "Everyone dies alone. But if you mean something to someone—if you help someone, or love someone, if even a single person remembers you—then maybe you never really die at all." I love that quote.
True. A lot of the haunted locations are related to negative emotions and pain.
My favorite ghost movie: Probably Casper but I haven't watched many horror movies.
Favorite ghost-related show: Yu-Gi-Oh lol. The main character is Yugi Moto and he has a millenium puzzle that is inhabited by a 5000 year old pharoah. They switch minds. A 5000 year old spirit inhabits the millennium ring and posseses Bakura. The guardian of the millenium items is a ghost named Shadi.
I cannot remember if it had ghosts (likely but it has been years since I watched S1 of it and I have not seen season 2) but I like the show "Wednesday". Jenna Ortega is rad.
Bleach is another cool show. It is an anime with many spirit characters. I need to watch more of it.
Your questions:
(Sorry for answering these late. I was busy so I waited until I was done with work and had time to answer them):
Do you believe in ghosts?
I'm kind of agnostic about them. They might exist, and I won't rule them out. But I'm not sure if they do. I do believe in an afterlife, but not necessarily the existence of spirits who stay on Earth.
--
Have you ever had a strange experience in a graveyard, or maybe your cat stared into the darkness like it saw something you couldn’t?
lol I don't have a cat, so the latter part wouldn't be applicable. I don't think I've had a strange experience in a graveyard, but when I was a kid, I was afraid that a spirit would come after me or someone would come out of a grave (and so I was scared to go to a cemetery). I have had a spiritual experience of sorts once. I remember that during my grandfather's viewing (a few days after he passed), I felt this supernatural-like feeling of peace, as if someone (like my grandfather) was giving me this sensation of peace, but I can't really describe it or explain it. This was many years ago though.
--
Do you have a favorite ghost movie or story?
Ooh...I think Casper is my favorite ghost movie. I haven't seen too many paranormal films though, so my ghost movie knowledge is very limited.
Shows:
- Yu-Gi-Oh: It has a variety of spirits. Often times in the dub version, when people lose a duel, their spirits are sent to the shadow realm. And, there are 5,000 year old spirits who have inhabited the bodies of their reincarnations:
Yami Yugi (Atem/Pharaoh Atem) -> Inhabits Yugi Muto
Yami Bakura/Thief King Bakura -> Inhabits modern day teenage Bakura
There are also reincarnations that don't involve spirits:
Grandpa Muto: He is the reincarnation of a figure in Atem's royal court, but I can't remember the name...
Seto Kaiba - reincarnation of Priest Seto
And there are spirits, both good and evil:
Shadi - user of the Millennium Scales and Millennium Key, guardian of the Millennium Items. Is a spirit.
There's Yami Marik. He came about from the hatred of Marik Ishtar. I'm not exactly sure what he is...he came from his darkness and made it seem like Marik had different personalities but is his own evil entity...
On a non Yu-Gi-Oh note, I like the Netflix show "Wednesday". I'm pretty sure there was a spirit in that show.
And I liked Bleach.
Ooh! I forgot. I also like Death Note. There is a shinigami (death God) named Ryuk. He loves apples haha :).
Nice questions. I had fun answering them! :) :).
I think you summed up my thoughts about ghosts. Sometimes I want to believe, but I’m really not sure ghosts exist.
Yeah I'm not certain. I feel the same way about aliens. They probably exist, but I'm not sure. lol So much uncertainty in life.
I’m more sure about aliens existing (maybe not as we image them), but the universe is a big place😂 but ghosts, Nah!
LOL well, to be fair, I am agnostic about them both and I also do believe aliens are more probable than ghosts. I remember that Stephen Hawking suggested that there could be alien microorganisms and that is along the lines of what you said about how they might not be as we imagine them. The universe is HUGE - 93 billion light years in diameter, so I think it is more likely than not that there is some other life out there. I'm curious how wrong people are about what aliens are like lol.
I think that if they exist, they just haven't gotten to us because of how huge the universe is. Light can take billions of years to get to us, and I'm not sure if aliens have technology to go at light speed or faster than light speed over to us (likely not IMO).
Hey Joe, Georgia, Joe, Moses, and Vinnie! I need to see go to Horror House when I visit Chicago again 😊.
Lol I would be someone who plays at the arcade. Melissa is cool. You meet awesome people and go to neat places.
What if you get ghosted by a ghost? Ok I will see myself out for my dad joke 😊
Haha when I was a kid, I did not know Ouija boards' purposes and thought they looked fun. But I did not get cursed. Or did I? Dun dun dun!
Haha I think ghosts might exist. But I am not sure. I do believe in an afterlife but ghosts specifically, I am not sure. I do remember getting a nightmare after watching a Chinese horror movie where a ghost came out of a woman who was beheaded. I was like 6 years old lol (must have been flipping through the channels when I saw it). On a happier note, I do like Casper. That film was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid.
Good info about cats and spirituality and senses. Do cats get overstimulated easily? I was wondering about this because you mentioned how they can sense refrigerator motors and other things that we would take for granted.
Imagine an undead Earth lol. I remember writing a story with an Earth where it was taken over by zombies. Interesting in how quantum physics could explain ghosts, though I do not buy it either lol Anyway, the show is reminding me of the show Ghost Whisperer. And LOL photo op at the grave. There is a meme of Flash actor Grant Gustin taking a silly photo at a gravestone. This was when he filmed an (emotional) series finale for Arrow but his pic is hilarious lol.
Dad joke on a gravestone. Hahaha. "I ghosted this world. Peace!" =P
Makes sense that cats find it comforting to lie on their human companions. I didn't know that there were theories related to this and spirituality though. That is intriguing. Is that why some cats are moody? =P
Makes sense that deja vu feelings are how our body helps to calm anxiety.
Good point. Intergenerational trauma can have a long lasting impact. I need to read up on genetic memory.
Wow I did not know that crow's kids would remember someone they dislike. Lol better to never anger them.
Haha imagine someone who died as an emo and comes back and rambles nonstop about Taylor Swift music lol
Haha imagine entering an Inception dream where everyone is a ghost.
The sleep paralysis you mentioned sounds rough. Sleep paralysis ception. Seriously, that sounds awful. Hope you haven't had it since then.
I want to see The Outsider.
I never heard of Tibetan Sky Burials. That is intriguing and I agree about reuniting with the natural world.
The discussion about Coco, living on, and rememberance reminds me of this Person of Interest quote from the series finale: "Everyone dies alone. But if you mean something to someone—if you help someone, or love someone, if even a single person remembers you—then maybe you never really die at all." I love that quote.
True. A lot of the haunted locations are related to negative emotions and pain.
My favorite ghost movie: Probably Casper but I haven't watched many horror movies.
Favorite ghost-related show: Yu-Gi-Oh lol. The main character is Yugi Moto and he has a millenium puzzle that is inhabited by a 5000 year old pharoah. They switch minds. A 5000 year old spirit inhabits the millennium ring and posseses Bakura. The guardian of the millenium items is a ghost named Shadi.
I cannot remember if it had ghosts (likely but it has been years since I watched S1 of it and I have not seen season 2) but I like the show "Wednesday". Jenna Ortega is rad.
Bleach is another cool show. It is an anime with many spirit characters. I need to watch more of it.
Cool episode. Great discussion! Take care 😊