The Ghost that rings bells

[Arnold_OldSchool]

Anyone recall a story of a sick elderly woman who was given a bell by her husband to ring whenever she needed his attention, and the man would frequently hear the bell only to find his wife fast asleep? Any details you can add?

[SP4CE INV4DERZ]

This is on the Ghosts Boxset

"TATUM'S GHOST" - Jim and Katherine Tatum of Marietta, GA have experienced "supernatural" occurrences in their new home. The "ghost" likes to tug on Katherine's blouse while she's working in the kitchen.

[wiseguy182]

This was actually on one of the first regular episodes of UM ever, and was a part of an all ghosts episodes. It origiinally aired around Halloween time (fittingly enough), so the airdate was around late Oct 1988.

If memory serves, the Tatum's weren't too fond of the ghost, and relocated soon afterwards.

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[UMfan77]

That was a freaky segment. There was another weird occurance. Mrs. Tatum was in the bathroom (the door was open) & she saw a man walk by the bathroom. She thought it was her husband, but she found him asleep in bed!

[-TRANCE-]

Very scary when she sees the man pass by, and also when she felt someone pulling on her blouse as she was in the kitchen.

[*CHAD*]

That was a freaky segment. There was another weird occurance. Mrs. Tatum was in the bathroom (the door was open) & she saw a man walk by the bathroom. She thought it was her husband, but she found him asleep in bed!


That is scary if it was me and in the bathroom and i saw that guy ghost walk by the bathroom. I would be out of that house like 123 the same day !

[AVERMAN]

This is on the Ghosts Boxset

"TATUM'S GHOST" - Jim and Katherine Tatum of Marietta, GA have experienced "supernatural" occurrences in their new home. The "ghost" likes to tug on Katherine's blouse while she's working in the kitchen.

It's probably Jim just being kinky.

[AB]

I love those ghost episodes even though I really don't believe in them. They are just so cool to watch.

[kamy]

This is one of my favorite ghost ones. This couple is so humble and very believable, reguardless if you believe in ghosts or not, you can't help but believe that something "weird" was happening to this elderly couple.

[Thiussat]

I agree with anball. I don't really believe in the ghost phenomenon, but they are fun to watch and I don't think all of them are hoaxes or tall tales.

I think a lot can be learned about the human brain through scientific ghost research. From what I have seen many ghost occurances, when investigated with instruments that can detect EM radiation, the EM spikes seem to be much higher than normal around the areas of the "hauntings." It is known that high EM radiation can effect the neurochemistry of the brain, thus inducing hallucinations. Exactly how this works is anyone's guess, but it is a known fact that the brain is a strong conductor of EM radiation and is, in fact, a complex network of electric "circuits." It seems reasonable that high EM radiation can cause these "circuits" to go haywire.

A good reason to put stock in the EM theory is that often times two people can be in the same room and only one will experience a haunting. However, the same two people can be in another location and only the other person will experience the haunting (thus taking the "psychic" aspect out of it). Both people experience "hauntings," but not at the same time. A good example of this is the story that UM did on that old farm house in Texas, where the two men bought the house in order to rent it to hunters. The two men claimed a lot of banging on the walls and footsteps in the halls. Well, they had their sisters come over and spend the night and the sisters claimed to experience the same phenomenon. The sisters claimed that the banging was so loud that they felt that the "roof was going to fall in." The next morning, they asked the two men if they had also heard it and they said no. If the banging was really that loud, then I find it unlikely no one else in the house heard it. This indicates to me that there is some EM disturbance in certain areas of the house that cause hallucinations in some of the occupants but not in others.

I think the ghost expert in this particular UM segment posited this very theory to explain the ghosts. He also mentioned something about the house being built on a limestone foundation and how the chemical makeup of limestone can conduct electricity much easier than in a conventional house.