Category: Haunted House Stories

Have you ever been to a séance? Where groups of people try to communicate with the dead. Or are they the undead? Are these immortal spirits in limbo, destined to be in between two worlds–living and dead?

Séances are genuine and speaking to the undead is real, no matter what others may say. There have been accounts of them as early as the 16th century, and unexplained events have shown that there really is a line of communication from those who are living are those who are not…from both directions. The living reach out to the dead, the undead reach out to the living.

Still. Some wonder, can you actually speak the dead? It seems that many people believe they’ve spoken to those who have passed on, communicated to those beyond the grave. Even if it’s not actually speaking, the undead have given signs to their loved ones–or even strangers. Apparitions, sounds of knocking, cold breezes–sometimes the living dead let their presence be known in different ways.

When you have an séance, a medium is usually involved to contact the spirits, and séances are especially powerful in the presence of a medium. A medium–being a person who seems to have a unique and direct connection to the dead. The mediums’ minds are open to the voices they hear from the beyond. That’s not to say a loved one who has passed on will try to give signs to those that were close to them. Or those who are even just physically close to them. Séances have conjured up spirits just from physical locations–with no personal connection to the people involved.

To those that ask for indications that the dead want to reach out to them at an séance, that’s not to say they are still trying to communicate with living souls. They may have passed, but they still want to speak to those that are alive–something about their life, something about the connection they had with the living, something that haunts them that they never said or revealed. Possibly there’s unfinished words, unfinished business–the afterlife allows them to complete what they needed to say. Who can say what the dead might want to communicate to their living friends and family? It may be one last chance to say something that was very meaningful.

We here at Thrillvania Haunted House Park are not sure if it is possible to talk to the dead or undead, but we have witnessed spirits roaming the grounds from time to time. Come visit Thrillvania and find out for yourself. Thrillvania will open its doors Saturday September 27, 2014 at 8:00pm 2330 County Road 138, Terrell, Tx 75161

Was Frenchman Michel Verdun a werewolf, or a psychopathic murderer–or both?

Have you heard a wolf’s howl? And how do you know that’s it’s a wolf–what if it’s something very different?

In the 1500s, three men were brought to trial for murder, torture and other heinous crimes. One of these men was Michel Verdun, self-proclaimed werewolf.

During Verdun’s trial, he named two accomplices to his horrific deeds–Philibert Montot and Pierre Bourgot. Bourgot also claimed to be a werewolf.  But were these confessions obtained after the men had been tortured? Verdun’s legend lives on at Thrillvania Haunted House Park–as a genuine werewolf who killed and ate men and women as he roamed the countryside.

One particular story was offered to prove his guilt and is the basis for the werewolf lore surrounding Verdun. A man came upon a vicious wolf, but managed to escape the wolf’s attack, severely wounding the beast. The man followed the bloody trail…and at its end was a wounded Michel Verdun. The man became convinced that Verdun was able to transform himself from human to wolf, and something in between. The story spread like wildfire, and Verdun was charged with lycanthropy (the ability to change from human to wolf).

Bourgot corroborated the account, and said at trial that Verdun had taken him to a Wiccan/Pagan ritual known as a Sabbat. There, Verdun initiated Bourgot, so that he could also assume wolf-form. Verdun applied an ointment to Bourgot and this magical and wicked salve transformed him into a bloodthirsty werewolf.

Convicted of lycanthropy and murder–all three men were burned at stake. Verdun’s wife was also convicted, although there was never any evidence provided that she could shape-shift like Verdun and the others. But the high court wanted to be sure.

Thrillvania Haunted House Park is located just east of Dallas, Tx. 4 Haunted Houses on 50 wooded acres. We will see you Saturday September 27, 2014 for Thrillvania’s opening day at 2330 County Road 138, in Terrell, Texas. If you just can’t wait to have the living daylights scared out of you, our friends at Cutting Edge Haunted House in Ft. Worth will be open for a sneak peek on Saturday August 30, 2014.