We checked in at Farnsworth House where we left our bags and left to do a little exploring. We made reservations for their ghost tour that evening at 9:15 as well as for the ghost stories in the cellar at 8. We did try before dinner to take a little nap as we were both feeling very tired by this point. That was futile. Michelle felt something or someone poke at her feet. I immediately felt my shirt sleeve being tugged gently. If I felt a presence at Cashtown in our room there, what I felt here were multiple energies - nothing ominous but persistent and strong. They wanted our attention. That was obvious.

       Michelle took some pictures while lying on the bed toward the bottom of the bed. The pictures, snapped one right after the other, showed an orb, but what was interesting was that there was a very fine white mist that intensified in three of the frames and disappeared in the last..........................         

 

 

Key West, Florida

 

   

    Room 17 was occupied that night and it is just as well, because judging from the activity in our room, I can only imagine what our night there would have been like there. As it was, I didn’t sleep well. As soon as I would drift off, I would be disturbed by dreams of walking the halls of the second floor where I found a crying toddler with black curly hair. She was pounding on the door of room 17. I had my recorder running but I didn’t pick up any EVPs. Pictures of the room also failed to show anything. I did, however, get orb shots in other rooms of the mansion. There were 2 moving orbs in the downstairs main parlor.............................

   

Our friends across the hall – admittedly skeptical on the whole ghost thing- apparently had a much more eventful night than we. Both were awakened during the night by the sound of horses below.

One woman swears to this day that she heard a baby crying close by. She still refused to believe that the sounds were in any way paranormal and said “I bet the hotel has the sounds piped in to convince guests that the ghosts are real.” How ironic that we were looking for .............................

   

 

Another beautiful medieval castle with a haunted reputation!  How lucky could we get?  Bunratty Castle dates back to the 15^th Century and once belonged to the O’Brien clan.  Today it is the centerpiece of a beautiful Folk Park outlining Ireland’s history with a recreated 19^th Century town. While not one of Ireland’s most haunted castles, it does have its share of spectral tales.

          Our visit to Bunratty was for its medieval banquet. We didn’t come across any ghosts that night but we did have a wonderful meal (no shortage of those it seems on the Emerald Isle) and listened to some native music and song. Gazing up at the mist-shrouded ramparts as we left late that night, it was hard to imagine the mystical castle would be without a resident ghost or two.