7 Creepy Unsolved Mysteries. The moment I saw the photograph--a grave enclosed in an iron cage--I knew there was a book in it for me.
The online article I'd stumbled across was brief and uninformative, claiming that this girl's family caged her grave because they thought she was a vampire (or maybe a werewolf). Even the location of the grave was obscured in the article, listed as "near Rorhbach's outside Catawissa, Pennsylvania. " I had to see it. No matter what the explanation for this grave was, I knew it wouldn't satisfy me. This was going to be one of those stories that left me chilled in spite of anyone's attempt to debunk it. I wrote my first novel, We Hear the Dead, about Maggie and Kate Fox, teenage sisters who claimed the strange rapping noises that followed them everywhere were messages from spirits.
As for the caged grave, my husband tracked down the cemetery with Google Earth, and we took a drive to Catawissa. The article never said there were two. Both graves belonged to young women. Close. 10 Most Terrifying Places on Earth. Creepy There are places on this planet that are stranger than the most alien landscapes we have ever imagined.
Places that make your skin crawl. Places that induce heavy breathing and paranoia, before anything has even happened. We walk the dark, dusty steps of old castles and houses. We roam the halls of asylums and tunnels, hoping to glimpse something otherworldly. We hear screams in the night, footsteps in the hall. The History The Riddle House in Palm Beach County, Florida, was originally a funeral parlor. The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World.
Many people doesn’t know, and didn’t even heard about these famous abandoned places.
Many of these places are really something amazing, but they are also really sad when you take a closer look at them. On the folowing list, you can see abandoned planes, abandoned ships, as well as the abandoned houses, and so many other things, that are really amazing and magnificent. So, check out these amazing abandoned places photos. 1. Christ of the Abyss at San Fruttuoso, Liguria 2. 3. 4. Most Popular of All Time. See also: the most popular from the last 30 days. David Vanderbyl Only a few blocks from home my 3-year-old brother opened the rear door of our family's Dodge Polara, and quick as a wink he was gone. tags: childhood drama [add] 2006-09-02 19:10:06 / Rating: 7330.25 / Lissy Elle Dreams A Little Dream. Logical Paradoxes. 136 Creepy Wikipedia Articles.
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7 Distraction-Fighting Strategies. A blank screen or sheet of paper glares at you, insisting you produce something now. Meanwhile, a lot of other voices are calling out, "Pay attention to me! " Suspect a lack of focus if your gaze wanders to the bookshelves over your desk, or your mind keeps drifting off to future plans, or you leap to answer the phone on its first ring, thinking, "Great! A reprieve! " How can you best access your creativity and get the words flowing? Whether or not it comes naturally to you, focus is a matter of deciding to pay attention, and then strengthening your focusing ability by using it. 1.
To try: Plan a series of stories or articles that conform to a theme, or create structure by writing a piece that is based around numbers or bulleted items. Creative Thinking Tools. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance.
To do this Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works. He also analyzed a handful of non-French authors. In his introduction, Polti claims to be continuing the work of Carlo Gozzi, who also identified 36 situations. Publication history[edit] “Gozzi maintained that there can be but thirty-six tragic situations. This list was published in a book of the same name, which contains extended explanations and examples. The list is popularized as an aid for writers, but it is also used by dramatists, storytellers and many others.
The 36 situations[edit] Each situation is stated, then followed by the necessary elements for each situation and a brief description. See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]