Do You Believe in Ghosts?

In news of interest to us ghost enthusiasts, a Gallup poll released today indicates that 32% of adults believe that "ghosts/spirits of dead people can come back," 48% do not, and 19% are undecided. When asked if houses can be haunted, 37% said yes, 46% said no, and 16% are unsure. Interestingly, those who identify themselves as politically liberal are more likely (42%) to believe in ghosts than are conservatives (25%) and moderates (35%).

Hope Hill Horror

A reader sends the following account from Hope Hill Cemetery, a small graveyard located just outside Medina in Gibson County most well known for the supposedly haunted dollhouse that covers the grave of a young girl:

Last Halloween they were talking about haunted places on the radio... well I was with friends the host. Her and a few other people went to Hope Hill Cemetery, and she kinda dared me to go in it the dollhouse. I stepped my right foot in and got this really eerie feeling about it and jumped right back out. I was ready to go right then. Well, we started heading back to the cars and i trip over something and we didn't know what. But the next day I woke up and I couldn't even use my foot. It was the SAME foot I stepped inside the dollhouse... and until this day I cannot move 2 of my toes. I went to the doctor and he said nothing is broke or anything. I refuse to go back to that place even though all my friends wanna go and see what I've been talking about. There's some serious activity at that place. I really believe it, and anyone that disrespects that little girls area will pay for it.

I guess those "Keep out after dark" signs at the cemetery are as much for the safety of the visitors as they are for the graves.