| Ghost stories have been around as long as man has. | | | | and fade from the earth when our bodies no longer |
| Whether or not we believe in ghosts, we will sit and | | | | are of any use to us. Even the greatest sceptic is |
| listen, allowing ourselves to be pulled into the story and | | | | willing to put their view aside, even if it's only |
| the world of the afterlife. Sometimes it's a world filled | | | | subconsciously, and wonder if it's possible to come |
| with awe and wonder, but most often it's one of bone | | | | back after death and pay a little visit to those we love, |
| chilling fear. | | | | or perhaps those we were never too fond of. |
| There is something that grips us while someone begins | | | | It's the mystery of unknown in ghost stories we hear |
| to spin the tale for us, we'll sit quietly while our hearts | | | | that draws us to them. Hearing a story from someone |
| beat faster and faster, more than willing to go along | | | | who has experienced something we hope to a visit |
| with the storyteller whether we believe in ghosts or | | | | from the dead. Even though we might say we never |
| not. | | | | want to deep inside we think a tiny glimpse wouldn't be |
| Why Do We Love Ghost Stories? | | | | such a bad thing. |
| Ghost stories are fun, and most of us enjoy a good | | | | It's a reaffirmation of the likelihood of life after death. It's |
| scare. What better to scare us with than a force we | | | | a glimpse into the mystery of something we know |
| have little power against, and with the added possibility | | | | very little about but a journey we will all take |
| that after we die we may enjoy that power too. | | | | eventually. |
| Becoming a ghost is a continuation of this life, we are | | | | For some of us it's reassuring and for others |
| helpless to take any other course, it's a natural right of | | | | absolutely terrifying, but in the end ghost stories hold a |
| passage, the natural course of things. You are born, | | | | fascination for all of us whether they are truth or fiction |
| you die and you become a ghost. No harm, no foul, | | | | and we'll gladly huddle around the storyteller with rapt |
| what more could we ask for? | | | | attention while he tells us of his most terrifying |
| Telling ghost stories fills the need we as humans can't | | | | experience. |
| deny, the possibility that we don't simply turn to dust | | | | |