Thursday, August 16, 2018

Paranormal Jeopardy, Round 1

I was going to write a totally different piece and then put the answers to my clues from yesterday's Facebook post at the bottom, but I decided to just focus on the answers. What the heck.

Here are the questions:

1. This infamous axe murderer from Fall River, MA lived in a house that is currently a museum and haunted Bed & Breakfast.

2. A doorway between the world of the living and the realm of the dead.

3. The ghost of this young wife of Henry the XIII can be seen running and shrieking at Hampton Court Palace where she was held before being beheaded at the Tower of London (which she also haunts.)

4. My friend Wikipedia defines this term as one used by spiritualists as "A substance of spiritual energy 'exteriorized' by physical mediums."

5. A small town in upstate New York that was settled and is still inhabited by mediums and psychics.

And here are the answers (please note #3 especially):

1. Who is Lizzie Borden?

2.  What is a portal?

3.  Who is Catherine Howard? *

4.  What is ectoplasm?

5.  What is Lily Dale?

* Anne Boleyn is a good guess because she also was famously beheaded by her husband's order. And she also haunts Hampton Court Palace (along with Hever Castle, Blickling Hall, the Tower of London, Windsor Castle, Salle Church, and Marwell Hall. Busy lady!) However, Lady Boleyn is usually seen with her head tucked under her arm, or possibly just headless altogether. She is also a quieter kind of spirit. Catherine Howard, however, is the one who runs and shrieks through Hampton Court Palace. Lady Howard also haunts the Tower of London.

 I could see by how quickly people chimed in that I need to make the questions a wee bit tougher next time around. In the meantime, thanks for playing!

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