Ghost Eyes

Ray Couch of Southern Ghosts has been gracious enough to lend his over 10 years of paranormal experience and knowledge to our site and what we are going to call “Couch’s Corner”. We are working with Ray to offer some paranormal events throughout the year to help people learn about the paranormal as well as show how we do our investigations. What are Orbs? Orbs are the blessing and the curse of most paranormal groups. We get asked about them daily and orb photos do get people interested in the paranormal. Here is the bad news. Almost every orb photo you have is nothing but dust....

“Notice is hereby given that the Genesee County Poorhouse will be ready for the reception of paupers on the first day of January 1827 … The Overseers of the Poor of the several towns of the County of Genesee are requested, in all cases of removal of paupers to the county poorhouse, to send with them their clothing, beds, bedding and such other articles belonging to the paupers as may be necessary and useful to them.” So said the Batavia newspaper in December, 1826 and this was the start of what now is Rolling Hills in Easy Bethany, NY, the last remaining building of the Genesee County Poorhouse....

We have been fortunate enough to meet some very awesome people in this paranormal field. One of these people I now consider a friend is Karen Jeffries. It just so happens that Karen owns a haunted bed and breakfast in New Orleans. So it is only fitting that the Dauphine House Bed and Breakfast is one of the most haunted houses in America. Karen has been participating in one way or the other in the paranormal field for over 16 years. She bought this home in 1997 and as you will read from her own story below has experienced paranormal activity since day one, including apparitions of people as well...

Tolland, Connecticut is a growing rural community that was named 27th Best Small Town to Live in America by Money Magazine 2009. Located about 20 miles northeast of Hartford, Tolland has a very long and storied history dating back to the 1700’s. The Daniel Benton house in Tolland has almost just as long a history as it was built in 1720. Its history which involves Hessian prisoners held in the basement to a Revolutionary War love story has all contributed to the Benton homestead being one of the most haunted places in America. In 1777 the house was used as a prison for 24 captured Hessian officers....