Mysteries

There are many mysteries that question the mind, but none that can compare to the intrigue in the supernatural.   Ghosts, goblins, poltergeists, Death Omens, curses,   unexplainable phenomena, and hauntings; mysteries of the paranormal could go on and on.   There are centuries of ghost stories and tales that have been passed down from generation to generation.   From the Bermuda Triangle mysteries, phantoms of the ocean,   ships, and glowing ghosts of little boys, to the curse of James' Deans' car, The Little Bastard and the Amityville Horror.   A   little background history of this bone-chilling horror may help one decide whether or not to believe in the existence of the beyond.


"Everywhere on earth and all through history, people have believed that there is more to the world than meets the eye.   Behind the outward material appearance of things there is sensed something inward, immaterial, and probably invisible."(Cavendish 1)   Apparitions of things have been seen all over the world.   The definition of apparition, as given by Richard Cavendish, is "the supernormal manifestation of people, animals, objects, and spirits." (Cavendish 25)   In the ancient folklore of England and Europe, glowing ghosts of little boys who have been murdered by their mothers appear.   This particular apparition portends ill luck and a violent death.   The name "radiant boys" could have possibly originated   in German folklore with the word "kindermorderinn."   However, there are numerous radiant boy stories in the Cumberland area of England.   These boys seem to resemble a flame ; slightly orange with a glow about them.   These ghosts have never been proved to have caused any ha!


rm, they simply appear and disappear as mysteriously as they came.   There has only been one claim that these radiant boys have attempted to cause harm or scare people.   One account of the radiant boy apparition   was in Knebworth, England when Edward Bulwer-Lytton stated that he had seen a strange glowing boy...