Today’s big work discussion turned to ghosts and general spookiness. I have no idea how the conversation started but potentially it was by the fact that the back corridor is always considerably colder than the rest of the building. The rooms going off it can be boiling with Hawaiian themed parties happening inside and you would still have to put a coat on to survive in the corridor. It leads basically nowhere - there are some stairs at the back which are dark and spooky - the kind of stairs you half expect a serial killer to drag his axe down. Switch on all the lights and even they cannot truly penetrate the darkness. We all admitted one after the other that we really don’t like going down there on our own. Creepy.
Of course this led us all to leap on Google and find out if there had been any violent deaths in the building - you know something juicy! But he most we found was that an ex-Mayor (well, Alderman) lived here back in the 1860s who was also a coroner. Images of bodies in the basement followed… Until we remembered that coroner’s don’t tend to take their work home with them! Well, not unless they’ve got ‘issues’.
Anyway I mention this as an apology fro not being on other blog’s this week. (The connection goes discussing ghost’s, remembering Hilly’s excellent post about ghost’s, feeling guilty, needing to apologise). Tomorrow I have devoted some evening time to catch up and then more at the weekend, post Apple store visit. I do still love you all and am merely being a neglectful prat. I will make it up somehow… As soon as I think of a way.
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January 18th, 2008 at 2:25 am
For some reason, I’m not scared by ghosts at all. The only thing that really scares me is clowns.
thethinker’s last blog post..Before & After
January 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
thethinker - I really hate clowns. Even when I was a kid I hated them. Stupid grinning painted faced… clowns! Now I’m all nervous in case one jumps up from behind me. Horrors.
Bec’s last blog post..Creep
January 19th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Years ago when I was still a student I lived in a haunted house. All of my flatmates and I saw the ghost regularly - an elderly lady. One of the bedrooms was noticeably colder than the others. Turns out it was the room she died in. I still get a chill when I think about it.
Selma’s last blog post..The Cliff House.
January 19th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Selma - And now I am having chills too. I love stories like that and would be tempted to spend a night in a haunted place… y’know if I wasn’t so chicken!
Bec’s last blog post..Today, Tomorrow and Always