| It may sound amusing even exciting, but the | | | | Many ghosts enter through your dreams. Perhaps |
| experience of living in a haunted property has been a | | | | telling you their story, as you sleep, I had one |
| very real experience for millions of people. How do | | | | experience were differing guests all had the same |
| you know, you also could have a ghost in your home?. | | | | dream in the same room. This may be a message |
| Haunted homes are the stuff of legend, since we first | | | | from the spirit, who is said by many to have unfinished |
| settled down and raised families under a single roof. In | | | | business before he or she reaches a higher plain. |
| fact all cultures in our very diverse world do to some | | | | 4. Sudden Noises |
| degree believe in ghosts, and spirits. | | | | The sound of footsteps, taps left running, heating left |
| Haunted buildings tend to have common traits. Often | | | | on, even knocking can tell you perhaps you have a |
| they are places of untold tragedy, were someone died | | | | presence in your home. Often doors can open, or |
| quickly. Places like castles, grave yards, hospitals, | | | | unusual sounds tell you a spirit is on the prowl. |
| prisons, morgues, police stations, old battle sites, and | | | | 5. Screams or Voices |
| places were there was a sudden accident- are | | | | One rational friend insisted on a certain time and day, |
| renowned for being haunted. | | | | screams and shrieks could be heard in her home. This |
| But your home could be too. Even newer houses | | | | was confirmed by friends who visited the house on |
| could be haunted, if they were built on a site of sudden | | | | this said day, and after checking the properties history, |
| tragedy, and many home owners do not realize this. | | | | she discovered someone was murdered on that day |
| Once I knew someone who owned a home next to | | | | in her house. |
| the old town square, were in medieval times accused | | | | 6. A Feeling of being Watched |
| witches were burnt at the stake. The area was | | | | If you sense you are being watched, its quite common. |
| renowned for being haunted, and few people wanted | | | | Someone can sit in a cafe, and instantly sense if |
| to own a property there. | | | | another person is watching. This also applies also to |
| How can you tell, you have a ghost in your home?. | | | | spirits, whether you may be alone or with family, but if |
| Ghosts let their presence be known in a variety of | | | | you get the feeling of being watched in your home. |
| ways, across cultures and continents; these seven | | | | And continually get this feeling, you may be living in a |
| ways are quite common: | | | | haunted property. |
| 1. Leaving a Scent | | | | 7. Flashbacks |
| Ghosts often advertise themselves by their scent. | | | | Often you may enter a room, stairway or place in |
| Commonly many ghosts leave a quick scent of | | | | your home, and get flashbacks like a photograph or a |
| flowers or perfume, others smell of smoke. This scent | | | | video. Something may not be there, but you may feel |
| can be suddenly smelt, and quickly vanishes. | | | | and see someone looking out the window, or just |
| 2. A Sudden Chill | | | | walking past you. This could be the spirit showing you |
| A wandering spirit around you leaves a cold, chilly | | | | they are there. |
| feeling as it may be very close to you or even | | | | Ghosts may not be harmful, many cultures believe |
| touching you. Unseen spirits that sit in one place, often | | | | they exist because they have unfinished business or |
| leave a cold spot, were people pass. This sudden cold | | | | want you to expose what really happened to them. |
| often makes you have goose pimples or worse shiver, | | | | But once you really suspect you live in a haunted |
| but vanishes when the spirit leaves or you pass the | | | | property, you may want to check out how you can |
| spot. | | | | pacify the unknown presence in your home. |
| 3. Strange Dreams | | | | |