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Ghost Makers

Researchers believe that some deaths are more likely to result in hauntings-especially those that are so sudden and traumatic that the ghost does not realize he or she is dead. They are thought to have no sense of passing time. A century may be just seconds on the other side. Trapped souls seem to exist in a state of confusion. It may feel a little like being stuck in a dream.

Though many ghosts are thought to stay simply because they
are fond of a place,most hauntings are believed to be
caused by one of the following situations:

1. Murder. Unsolved killings especially seem to percipitate
ghosts. Often when the murder is solved the ghost moves on.

2. Suicide. Committed in an intense state of torment, the
bruised soul is in so much pain it remains earthbound.

3. Accidents. Falls, drownings, fatal fires, car wrecks, and other
sudden deaths seem to be more often tied to hauntings than
passings from natural causes.

4. Broken hearts. Those who die mourning a lost love or
child are often traced to the source of ghost activity.

5. Greed. A preoccupation with land or money has at times
been carried to the beyond. There are many reports of
possessive beings who cannot seem to let go of their
earthly valuables.

6. Lack of proper burial or a later desecration of the grave.
Countless hauntings have been traced to missing gravestones
or vandalism of a resting place.

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