Haunted in New Hampshire

Martha was alone in the house when the kitchen door opened and closed again. A few minutes later, the front door opened and closed again.

Friend of the family Miriam sat by the stove one cold November day to warm up. Suddenly, the burner rose up about an inch and then dropped back down - twice.

While Erlend's father wanted nothing to do with ghost stories, his mother, Josephine, claimed that the ghost had pushed her down the stairs.

And then there was the skeptic who knew nothing of any ghosts, yet slept on the floor in the living room rather than rest in a comfortable bed in the attic where he was supposed to sleep. When asked why he didn't stay in the attic, he made one adamant statement and then never spoke of the incident again:

"I'm not going back up there anymore." Holzer, p. 164

After listening to these stories and many more, Hans Holzer and the others gathered, went to the attic. Sybil Leek, the medium, went into a trance and, according to Holzer, went over to the other side. She encountered a spirit and began a conversation with him.

Not all the information she received was clear, but it appeared from what she did get, that the ghost was Admiral Hawley and that he was responsible for the haunting of the Jacobsen house. He had owned two houses, the Whitefield house and another in Bombay. He had sent a gift, a basket that Erlend recalled seeing when his family moved into the house, to the wrong house. He spent his time looking for the basket, which was a difficult task since he didn't know which house he was in. Holzer promised to try to return the gift to the other house - if he could find the house. Sybil discovered that the ghost didn't know he was dead. Holzer told her to tell him he was dead and ask him to leave the house. He agreed to leave.

No one knows if the ghost was Admiral Hawley or if he left the house. The Jacobsens decided not to allow anyone else to look for the ghost. They desired their privacy back. Some claim that Holzer's version of this story is less than accurate. Some people don't believe in ghosts at all. They totally discount stories of hauntings.

At this time of year, perhaps it's safer not to tempt fate or

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