Annie Wilder has lived in a haunted house for the last ten years, and she has no plans to move.  She has an appreciative sense of adventure about the whole thing.  To get a glimpse into her experience, read her article, “Living With Spirits“, found on the Llewelyn site.

A friend of mine sent this to me because Annie ties together her religious upbringing (raised Catholic) with her comfortableness, generally, with the concept of spirits and an awareness of the existence of the deceased.  That is not unlike the answer I offer when people ask about my interest in ghosts and my background (I’m Catholic with degrees in theology, a field I love even if it’s not my paid employment at this time in my life). 

Annie is a good writer and I suspect that the two books she’s written are as nicely put together as this article.  I plan to give them a read this year.

If you’re one of the few real estate buyers who’d really like to buy (and not just see) a haunted property, you now have your chance.  Josh Bond, the owner, emailed me a story and some links on this fascinating bit of haunted real estate, so I wanted to share it with my readers. The bid is open until - of course - Halloween 2009.

This is not just your typical old adobe.  It was one a stagecoach stop, store and saloon and hails from the days of the wild west (1850s). Oh, if the walls could speak!  It was damaged in an electrical fire a few years back. Is Bond sure it’s haunted?  He is.  He contacted the West Coast  Ghost and Paranormal Society (WCGPS), which investigated in May 2009 and found ”evidence of voices, shaking door handles and footsteps when no person was present”.  Living there full time, he had the sense that he wasn’t alone, so the findings came as no surprise to him.

For information on the property, see http://www.CucilloBar.com and to write your bid on it, visit the ebay link.