Play the game: Read the stories and decide which one is false
IT'S GAME TIME AGAIN! One of the reasons you and I find the paranormal so compelling is that its possibilities are so mind-bending. After all, paranormal means "beyond normal," and we're fascinated by reports of events and abilities that shatter the conventional notion of life as science narrowly defines it. So I know you'll find the following stories incredible! But be careful....
Presented below and on the following three pages are four astonishing stories. Three of them have been documented by reputable authors as being true. One of them, however, is completely made up by me. Your task is to read all four stories and then vote for the story you think is the one I invented. Have fun and good luck!
STORY #1: VINCENT PRICE'S POSSESSED GRANDMOTHER
There are some actors who will forever be associated with the paranormal because of the roles they have played: Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster and The Mummy; Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee for their many roles in the Hammer gothic horror films; and most especially Vincent Price for his silky, sinister portrayals in such films as House of Wax, House on Haunted Hill, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven, and many, many others.
It is not well known, however, that the paranormal touched Vincent Price's life in a very personal way, solidifying his belief in powers and forces that are beyond our knowledge. His own grandmother was possessed with a strange and unexplained gift.
Vincent's young uncle had been killed tragically in a hunting accident, and his grandmother had taken the death of her son very hard. Nearly inconsolable, she confined herself to her room for months.
One evening, quite unexpectedly, she emerged from her room and joined the family for dinner. The family was gratified, seeing that she had finally come to terms with her son's death. What happened after dinner, however, no one could ever explain.
That same evening in the drawing room, grandmother seemed to acknowledge a request from someone that no one else could see. She rose from her chair then sat herself in front of the piano and began to play a melody that was unfamiliar to all present. More baffling still was that grandmother did not know how to play the piano! Not one note!
When she was done, she pleasantly thanked her dead son for requesting the music.
The strange incident repeated itself every night for a week, on each night grandmother playing a different but beautiful unknown musical piece.
On the final night, she thanked her son one last time, saying, "Good night, and rest, my dear one. I shan't play for you again."
Reflecting on this amazing family story, Price wrote, "There are mental powers men have scarcely tapped and little understand."
Next story: The Miracle Machine
