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Ireland’s
Eye GhostWatch
In 1912, Helena Blunden was a 16-year-old worker in an Irish linen mill who had
aspirations to be an opera singer. Hurrying to get to a concert one evening, she
tripped on a mop and fell over a stair railing to her death. Her spirit, they
say, still haunts the
mill. Her footsteps have been heard along corridors, on the stairs and in a
utility room. The webcam broadcasts live from a print room on one floor of the
mill. You can report a sighting if you have one. They also have an actual
recording of Helena singing, which was made just three months before her death.
You can hear her singing
"Pie Jesu" here.
Willard
Library GhostCam
The Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana, they say, is haunted by "the
Gray Lady." The Victorian Gothic building, erected in 1885, has been home to
this ghost for at least 60 years. The apparition was first
seen in 1937 when the library's janitor caught a glimpse of the veiled spectre dressed
completely in gray in the basement. Since then, several other
staff members have seen the gray ghost, smelled the strong scent of her
perfume, and on numerous occasions turned off faucets that the spirit had turned
on and left running. Many believe the ghost is that of Louise
Carpenter, the daughter of the library's founder. This site has three webcams,
one in the research room, one
in the children's room
(pictured) and one in the
basement. The site
provides some screen captures
that seem to have caught something unusual. There is also online video of a
ghost tour of the library as well
as of a ghost hunt they conducted in 2000.
The Queen Mary GhostCam
Once a luxury cruise ship, the Queen Mary now calls Long Beach, California her
permanent home. The Queen Mary has long been thought to be haunted and has been
the subject of a number of serious paranormal investigations. Today, ghost tours
can walk you around the ship. Ghosts have been spotted in its engine room,
first-class swimming pool, the Queen's Salon, some of the first-class suite and
in the third-class children's playroom. The webcam focuses on the swimming pool,
and the application even allows you to point the camera.
The
Leprechaun Watch
Not in the mood to capture a ghost on your computer? How about
a leprechaun? The Leprechaun Watch webcam is set up is a hidden location in a
field somewhere in Ireland, straddling the border of a "fairy ring" and the
Coogan's ancestral farm. They're hoping a leprechaun will go strolling by in
front of the camera - and you could be watching when he does.
"The fairy tree is the last link the Fair Folk have to the larger range they
once enjoyed when they ruled the land - their anger at this loss is
understandable," the website says. "We are monitoring the area in front of the
oak because of leprechaun activity there in recent weeks and months."
Poll: If you suspected you had a ghost in your house, would you be willing to set up a ghost cam?
