Ghost Hunting is nothing new!!

You might be interested to know that ghost hunting is not a new phenomenon! It has been around since the first century AD!

Ghost History
In the first century, a ghost was reported to haunt a villa in Athens belonging to Pliny the Younger who was a lawyer and magistrate in Ancient Rome. According to Pliny, the ghost would rattle chains and take the form of an old man with a beard.
The first poltergeist ( which is a German word meaning "noisy ghost") was recorded in A.D. 856, at a farmhouse on the banks of the Rhine River in Germany.
This spirit tormented the family by throwing stones, banging on walls and lighting fires. Even when several priests armed with holy relics came to visit, it sent them packing with a hail of stones.
Sightings of spectral armies who had battled in the English Civil War are still reported by people who visit these sites today.Similar accounts also come from Gettysburg, The Somme and Gallipoli.
The last 200 years has seen a huge increase of interest in science but also in the spirit world. It seems we have always had a natural interest in ghosts.

The First Ghost Hunters
One of the first ghost hunters was Joseph Glanvill who was the chaplain of England’s King Charles II in the late 1600s.

Glanvill investigated the paranormal, especially ghostly activity in the British Isles.

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