Family flees haunted house, Sues landlord

I don't think they have a ghost of a chance with the Judge.

Always a good idea to look into their personal circumstances.

I t does look like a fairly large house for a single mum and getting $2500 back is more than enough motive. I guess it all depends on state law and whether there is a clause about revealing pertinent past history. I highly doubt it though.

Here's how they roll in Virginia

As a follow up to this story it arrived on the desk of doubtful news. The story itself is the same and little is added but below that the comments section has a lengthy discussion with the investigation team and I found it both enlightening and interesting how definitions are used, expectations are derived and conclusions made. It gets quite heated as usual when sceptics interrogate claims of believers and no more so than when sceptics interrogate the claims of those claiming to uses the scientific method. Still, that heat has purpose as learning is a process of conflict with internal and external influences. Read it all and I assure you will come away with a better understanding of that process.

I learned about Skitt's law

http://doubtfulnews.com/2012/04/family-cla...tors-called-in/

Update*

Paranormal claims thrown out of court

So the courts aren't actually dismissing ghosts could be haunting the people, but not agreeing it's to do with the property being haunted.

Realistically no court will ever go along with this sort of case. It'd be another huge insurance claim type thing going on. Just imagine how many people don't like living where they are. What a quick get out clause. Makes sense not to accept it.

Even so I do believe - as you know - that there are haunted properties. I also believe there are people who will experience ghost activity wherever they go.

Does anyone know what happened about the hauntings of a country mansion where the family moved out because of what was happening there? Quite gruesome stuff if I remember correctly. It was put up for sale but last I heard it hadn't been sold. Was it in Nottinghamshire?

Found it - Clifton Hall Nottinghamshire


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...ed-mansion.html

And heres a point of view from an investigation team member


http://www.silentvoices.org.uk/#/the-clifton-hall/4547541848

Yes I remember that one and I also remember mining a fair bit of background on the man and his financial problems, he'd filed for bankruptcy and was more or less broke, the last recession was rough on the lone businessman. The two cases share much in common as they are both financially motivated and present the scantest of evidence beyond the findings of a group of individuals already convinced or the existence of ghosts...hardly compelling. I don't believe in haunted houses, I believe in haunted imaginations, it requires far less assumption and to date has proven pretty reliable..the courts would seem to agree.

The courts have to agree. Imagine what would happen if they didn't. They'd be in undated!

Are you sure he was bankcrupt? The story I read above - I thought it said he was worth millions.

The active word is 'was' yes he filed for bankruptcy a couple of months before the haunting story.