Haunted Objects: Stories of Ghosts on Your Shelf by Christopher Balzano, Tim Weisberg
Authors: Christopher Balzano, Tim Weisberg
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gather evidence, took a roundabout path to Fall River. After working for years as a psychic and life advisor, she’d seen just about everything. As someone who can tap into energy to see crimes that have happened in a specific location, she was often called upon to look for victims and suspects of murder cases. One of these cases involved a young girl, who was viciously murdered in a suburb of Philadelphia. Although the police arrested a suspect and put him in jail, many involved in the case felt the wrong man ended up behind bars. People related to the case, including police investigators and court workers, saw the dead girl walking through their houses. She was always wearing a nightgown like the one she was buried in, although now it was dirty. “She was usually crying. These hard-nosed people, cops and lawyers, couldn’t get the case out of their heads,” Jackie said.
Through her work, they were able to find the real killer, which opened up a can of worms with other unsolved murders in the area. While the work of a psychic is often exhausting, this case was especially hard for Jackie, who was in almost constant contact with the dead girl.
“I was with her every night,” she said. “Sometimes she wanted to talk and sometimes she wanted to play. It was constant. But I felt connected to her, and I wanted to help.”
People believe ghosts often stay until any unfinished business is settled, but even after the real murderer was caught, the little girl remained with Jackie. “And I let her. I could handle it better than the other people she was going to,” she said.
While at a conference near the end of the case, she ran into Lee-Ann Wilber, manager of the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast. Wilber suggested Jackie come to the Borden house to try to communicate with the ghosts there.
“I needed a change of scenery, a vacation, so I decided to go,” Jackie said.
In November 2005, Jackie made the trip to Massachusetts. Before leaving, she invited the ghost girl to go along with her. Even during the journey there, she sensed the presence of the little girl.
During Jackie’s two days at the house, she and her companions had their own paranormal experiences: Her husband has held down in bed during an afternoon nap, they caught glimpses of a ghost cat, and during a séance, the spirit of Bridget Sullivan, the Borden’s maid at the time of the murders, spoke through a woman who had come to visit.
Jackie and her husband were completely convinced there were ghosts in the house, and when they departed, they left another spirit behind: The little ghost girl.
Jackie has never been able to completely understand the little girl’s reason for staying, or even if her soul had just moved on, but she never saw her again. No one else related to the murder investigation has seen her either. There is some evidence, however, that she may be trapped at the famous bed and breakfast.
The people who run the bed and breakfast stock their bookcase shelves with every book on the subject of Lizzie. People who stay there can read every theory of the crime or hear any of a number of ghost stories about the place. Before she left, Jackie added her own contribution to the collection, a copy of her book, The House That Kay Built . It is not about Lizzie in any way, but it added to the overall spookiness of the house. The trouble was that the book did not stay in the bookcase.
It began to pop up in various locations throughout the house. Although visitors rarely removed it from its shelf, the book mysteriously appeared on chairs, beds, and even on the kitchen table. Though always returned to the bookcase, it disappeared and reappeared frequently.
A newcomer to the house solved the mystery. Ben was a high school senior when he began working at the bed and breakfast. When The House That Kay Built appeared on top of a toy chest, he made a connection. He believed a number of child spirits trapped in the house wanted to be read to, and because
Through her work, they were able to find the real killer, which opened up a can of worms with other unsolved murders in the area. While the work of a psychic is often exhausting, this case was especially hard for Jackie, who was in almost constant contact with the dead girl.
“I was with her every night,” she said. “Sometimes she wanted to talk and sometimes she wanted to play. It was constant. But I felt connected to her, and I wanted to help.”
People believe ghosts often stay until any unfinished business is settled, but even after the real murderer was caught, the little girl remained with Jackie. “And I let her. I could handle it better than the other people she was going to,” she said.
While at a conference near the end of the case, she ran into Lee-Ann Wilber, manager of the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast. Wilber suggested Jackie come to the Borden house to try to communicate with the ghosts there.
“I needed a change of scenery, a vacation, so I decided to go,” Jackie said.
In November 2005, Jackie made the trip to Massachusetts. Before leaving, she invited the ghost girl to go along with her. Even during the journey there, she sensed the presence of the little girl.
During Jackie’s two days at the house, she and her companions had their own paranormal experiences: Her husband has held down in bed during an afternoon nap, they caught glimpses of a ghost cat, and during a séance, the spirit of Bridget Sullivan, the Borden’s maid at the time of the murders, spoke through a woman who had come to visit.
Jackie and her husband were completely convinced there were ghosts in the house, and when they departed, they left another spirit behind: The little ghost girl.
Jackie has never been able to completely understand the little girl’s reason for staying, or even if her soul had just moved on, but she never saw her again. No one else related to the murder investigation has seen her either. There is some evidence, however, that she may be trapped at the famous bed and breakfast.
The people who run the bed and breakfast stock their bookcase shelves with every book on the subject of Lizzie. People who stay there can read every theory of the crime or hear any of a number of ghost stories about the place. Before she left, Jackie added her own contribution to the collection, a copy of her book, The House That Kay Built . It is not about Lizzie in any way, but it added to the overall spookiness of the house. The trouble was that the book did not stay in the bookcase.
It began to pop up in various locations throughout the house. Although visitors rarely removed it from its shelf, the book mysteriously appeared on chairs, beds, and even on the kitchen table. Though always returned to the bookcase, it disappeared and reappeared frequently.
A newcomer to the house solved the mystery. Ben was a high school senior when he began working at the bed and breakfast. When The House That Kay Built appeared on top of a toy chest, he made a connection. He believed a number of child spirits trapped in the house wanted to be read to, and because
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