I am a huge fan
of the Discovery Channel's TV show "A
Haunting." The show is in the top 10 shows
for my TIVO to record. I've always loved
ghost stories but I make a point not to
watch the show too late at night. The show
has a spooky host walking you through a real
life ghost story. "A Haunting" reminds me of
"Unsolved Mysteries" with it's reenactments
plus first hand accounts from the people who
experienced the horror. I will honestly
admit the show does a great job of creeping
me out!
The most
recent episode was called "Legend Trippers."
Three brave teenagers take it upon
themselves to investigate their town's local
legend. A "Legend Tripper" is someone who
casually investigates alleged haunted places
so they can decide for themselves if it is
haunted.
The teens go
to "Dartford Cemetery" which is located in
Greenlake, Wisconsin. Legend has it that if
you sit upon the top of the mausoleum a
ghost will push you off. Yeah, sure let's go
there! I think not!
The show
starts off with some teens sneaking into the
cemetery late one night. They take a peek at
an Indian grave first. According to the
website featured on the show "Unexplained
Research" apparitions of an Indian chief
have been known to repeatedly appear. The
teens climb upon the mausoleum and then
start to tell the story of what happened on
Halloween to some teens from their school.
The story:
A teen, Nick gets online in search of
something fun for him and his friends to do
on Halloween night. He comes across the
website "Unexplained
Research" which has a list of supposed
haunted places in Wisconsin. He decides to
go to "Dartford Cemetery". This "Legend
Trip" has a dare which is something the
seeker must do in order to prompt the super
natural occurrence. This dare is to sit on
top of the mausoleum. So, of course Nick and
his friends (John & Christian) decide to
take the dare.
The fact
simple that these boys are walking through a
cemetery at night on Halloween is creepy
enough for me. They walk around the cemetery
and try to provoke a ghost to come out. But
nothing happens except one guy playing a
joke on another. They do climb upon the
mausoleum and after awhile they see a crack.
This scares them since it wasn't there
before. They climb down and before John can
get down he is pushed. He yells telling his
friends someone just pushed him! The two
other guys are shocked since they didn't
even tell their friend about the legend for
fear he'd be too scared to join them. Nick
heads back to the car with John since he's a
little more than freaked out. The other guy
Christian, though wants to check things out
a little more. Brave guy, right? I guess
they didn't remember one of the major rules
of horror movies. NEVER SPLIT UP!
More and more
spooky things keep each happening to each of
the boys like names and dates changing on
tomb stones & seeing people. The confused
and scared boys head home not speaking of
what they saw. Only later after Nick has a
dream about the cemetery they decide to talk
about it. The story passes from one teller
to the next.
The show
returns to the original teens who were
checking out "Dartford Cemetery" and I feel
their experience was VERY creepy. Evil seems
to follow them outside the cemetery!
I am sure
this show will draw a lot of people to be
one of the many Legend Trippers. But Nick
and his friends will never return! I
personally don't blame them.
The show also
showed information on another haunted
location called "Witch Road" which is
located in Rosendale, Wisconsin. You can
find more information on Witch Road at "Unexplained
Research."
Want to go check
it out for yourself? Hop over to
MapQuest
and plan your trip. Just please don't invite
me along!
