Tag med på en rejse fra spøgelsesbyer til spøgelsesskibe - det er mere skræmmende, end du tror!
California er hjemsted for nogle af de mest uhyggelige spøgelser og spøgelsesbyer du kan forestille dig. Fra en lille dreng med sin røde bold til en sørgende tugboat-kaptajn, der aldrig opgav håbet om at genforenes med sin elskede, hver har deres historie, og hvert sted bærer på et senere kapitel af tragiske hændelser. Forestil dig at køre gennem de forladte gader i en spøgelsesby, mens du lytter til de fortællinger, som vinden hvisker gennem de faldefærdige bygninger. Spøgelserne fra fortiden ringer stadig ud, og deres legender lever videre i lokalsamfundene.
Samtidig spøger Ghost, en innovativ B2B marketplace, som har til formål at hjælpe forhandlere med at skjule, hvordan og hvor de sælger deres overskydende varer. Virksomheden har netop sikret sig yderligere 40 millioner dollars i funding, hvilket bringer den samlede kapital til en imponerende 95 millioner dollars. Mens mange ser bort fra spøgelserne fra fortiden, trækker Ghost farsen ind i nutidens erhvervsliv med en forretningsmodel, der skaber sneboldseffekter i branchen. Det er sjovt at tænke på, hvordan enig i spøgelser, de nu også spøgelser handler om, hvordan man håndterer overskyd og skjult lager!
Endda på den internationale scene ser vi, hvordan ligene af spøgelser hjemsøger skibene i Indonesien. Nyere misbrugsanklager mod kinesisk ejede skibe, der opererer i indonesiske farvande, har affødt voldsom opstandelse, da besætningen klager over hårde forhold. Det er ironisk, hvordan fortidens spøgelser fra forladte byer bliver blandet med nutidens arbejde på disse skibe, som fanget mellem det overnaturlige og det overvældende.
Og hvis du tror, at marketingverdenen er skræmmende, så lad os da ikke glemme, at SS City of Milwaukee's Ghost Ship har brudt deltagelsesrekorder i denne oktober. Det har ikke bare været et populært turistmål, men også en fantastisk måde at skaffe penge til det historiske færgeskib. At besøge et spøgelsesskib fyldt med historie og nutidige myter blev endnu mere fascinerende!
Så næste gang du ser spøgelser, mister sig ikke kun i skræmmehistorier, men tænk på hvordan disse fortællinger samler fortiden og nutiden. Uanset om det er et spøgelse fanget i en spøgelsesby eller en virksomhed, der arbejder for at holde sig skjult i mengden, så er der altid et twist af det overnaturlige, som venter på at blive opdaget. Hold øje med dem, de kan gemme sig i skyggerne!
A road trip to some of California's haunted places includes tales of a little boy and his red ball, a grieving tugboat captain, and a woman soaring through ...
Designed to help retailers hide how and where they sell excess merchandise, Ghost keeps coming out of the shadows with venture capital that has reached $95 ...
In mid-April this year, several Indonesian crew members aboard the China-based Run Zeng 03 fishing vessel jumped into the Arafura Sea following a pattern of ...
The Ghost Ship on SS City of Milwaukee attracts record visitors this October, proving to be a key fundraiser for the historic ferry.
Madrid's Andrew Wice captures the spooky season with new audio tour.
For the third consecutive year, Statesboro videographer Jason Martin will present “The Legend of Ghost Road” in the old Mugs and Movies theater of AMC Classic ...
The issue of ghost clothes is interesting for historians of the supernatural because, like a loose thread, pulling at it starts to unravel some of the ...
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Many of MN's abandoned places vanished without a trace. But there are some you can still visit, including Nininger, Forestville and Old Crow Wing.
A Philadelphia newspaper once called the Capitol “the most thoroughly haunted building in the world.”
News Photo by Steve Schulwitz An employee from Starbucks hands a trick-or-treater a piece of candy during a Trunk-or-Treat event in downtown Alpena on ...
Her story is a favorite of Jacob Caputo's. Caputo, founder and guide of “Haunted Whittier: Ghosts, Myths and Legends,” digs up local paranormal tales and ...
Ghost Cat Anzu, a French-Japanese animated movie, gained attention for its unique production. Now it is coming to theaters in English!
Mark Sebastian Jordan authors a History Knox column each Saturday at Knox Pages. FREDERICKTOWN — I was casting about for something spooky to write about for the ...
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The Fourth Edition Hatbox Ghost and Madame Leota tiki mugs are now available at Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar at Disneyland Hotel.
Whispering Souls Paranormal Investigations will hold a “Ghost Hunting” Event at the McKeesport Regional History and Heritage Center. While ghost hunting may ...
HARTFORD — The Hartford Historical Society announced that it will be holding a Ghost Tour guided by docents in downtown Hartford at 7 p.m. on Nov. 1.
Warch Cinema in the dark with the screen aglow. Photo by Micah Greenberg. The first reported incident of paranormal activity was recorded in an article in The ...
A teen hunter received assistance getting out of a tough spot in Wyoming in 1951. Did a helpful ghost who died years earlier lend a hand?
For more than 150 years club members have visited historic mansions, village cottages and suburban council houses in the hope that they can throw light on ...