Wreck Beach Ghost Story, Wreck Beach, Vancouver, British Columbia
Wreck Beach Ghost Stories
Wreck Beach- Vancouver, B.C.
Some say, that if you visit Wreck Beach at night, and are away from the camp fires or the crowds, you can hear a woman screaming as if she's being brutally murdered. Some say, you can see a apparition of a bloodied naked young girl stumbling around on the sand or walking the trails. Others claim to have seen a mist that floats with a shape of a young woman. Some have said to hear screams coming from the bushes. Others have reported seeing a ghost of a male wailing in agony.
Evidence of these tales have not been proven. Some say the ghost tales are hearsay. In 1990, Kevin Ladouceur was brutally murdered on the beach. He was the first reported murder at Wreck Beach. There was a teenaged beer vendor Christina (Tina) Joy Thompson who was murdered at the top of Trail Six in August 1993, that inspired a local play called "Wreck Beach" that tells the tale, and could be the source of the tale. Apparently this was the 2nd murder committed at Wreck Beach by 1993. Not aware of any other murders since that date.
In 1995, after two years of angst in the community as rumours circulated over who murdered the popular girl, Joseph Daniel Hammond arrived with a priest at the Richmond RCMP detachment and admitted killing Thompson. He was jailed for life and is eligible for parole in 2004. Hammond said he had watched the woman argue with her boyfriend. He then offered to carry a bag for her up a trail. He began to touch her and a struggle ensued.The woman was quickly strangled. The Crown lawyer said that Hammond had intercourse with the deceased woman "a couple of times" in the bushes after killing her.
Links:
http://www.vancourier.com/issues01/08301/news/083101nn1.html
http://www.nsnews.com/issues98/w120798/12049801.html
http://www.nsnews.com/issues98/w102698/10239802.html
http://www.cms.uhi.ac.uk/publications/re/arp05.pdf
Leaf on 11.06.04 @ 01:39 PM PST [link] [No Comments]
The Gypsy Graveyard, Crown Point, Indiana
 | | THE GYPSY GRAVEYARD
Crown Point, Indiana
Apparently a group of Gypsies had moved to Crown Point in the early 1800's and were kicked out of town (as is usual with travelling gypsies) after being in town for only a couple of days. Accused of stealing livestock, stealing, immoral values, pagan rituals, they were pressured to leave. The gypsies were hit with a plague of influenza and told the townspeople they couldn't leave till they got better, but the citizens of Crown Point were uncaring and turned their backs refusing to give them medicine or care. The Gypsies moved on, and buried their dead in mounds on this site that was the gypsy encampment now turned cemetery. It is believed they cast a spell on the area - a spell of protection and vengeance, cursing Crown Point and the land that is now "South East Grove Cemetery". Reports from visitors to the cemetery include apparitions, a man with a shotgun chasing you off, blood on the bottom of your pants after visiting, balls of light/orbs chasing you, noises, etc. Since several books and ghost hunter stories have published the myths and lore about this cemetery, the cemetery has been plagued by local satanists and vandals, with acts ranging from knocking over gravestones, digging up bodies, decapitated heads, and other malicious activities.
Location: 155th and South Grove Rd. in Crown Point, Indiana.
Directions: Take 65 to US 231(exit 247). Turn east on US 231 and follow it for almost a 1.5 miles. You will see flashing yellow lights, turn right and you will be on Iowa St. Go down Iowa St. for almost 3 miles until you come to a stop sign. You want to go straight(it's not really straight it's at an angle, but it's the one in the middle). You will be on South Grove Rd., follow it for about 1 mile and you will see the cemetery on your' left.
More Links:
angelfire.com/theforce/haunted/gypsiescemetery.htm
lowellpl.lib.in.us/gypsy.htm
castleofspirits.com/stories04/gypscem.html
radiodizzy.com/shadowvalleyghosthunters/id20.html
angelfire.com/realm/releaseme/Indiana.html
http://www.lowellpl.lib.in.us/history.htm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Gypsy+Graveyard%22 |
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