Passtheflask Posted March 10, 2007 #1 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Written by Barry E. Taff. One of the best ghost stories I've ever read. This is a shortened copy, the full length version can be found here http://www.worldoftheunknown.com/ahauntingthought.html Have you people read anything on this before? What do you think about its credibility? The area of Hollywood where the house is located was not exactly known for its beauty or safety. In fact, it was noted mostly for its high crime rate and drug trafficking. As such, I was far more concerned about the threat from burglars, muggers and flying lead than belligerent ghosts. When the owner of the house, a banker named Don Jolly first moved in, he immediately hired a houseboy to clean and do the cooking. Shortly thereafter, the houseboy began telling Jolly of strange events that really unnerved him. Objects were rapidly moved from one room to another, and enigmatic shadows and apparitions were seen out of the corner of his eye. According to Mark, during a party, many loose objects began flying about the house. At one point after a young woman entered the house, a large throne chair suddenly moved under its own power across the room pinning her against the wall of the living room directly in front of other guests. This was followed an instant later by a kettle flying in from the kitchen stove which quite deliberately dumped its water over the girl's head. Later that evening, the houseboy was chased around the house by a cabbage with a huge butcher knife stuck in it. It was this particular event that finally caused the houseboy to abruptly quit his job. The next evening, my colleague and I went to the house to attend a party. While at the house, we did have the opportunity to observe some of the most astounding psychokinetic displays we had ever seen. On several occasions, numerous books would take off from their resting place, fly madly about the house and abruptly drop to the floor. A telephone left its secure position on a stand flew over Don Jolly's shoulder in my direction, as did a large glass jar. The most humorous event occurred while several of us stood in the foyer directly at the entrance to the house. In the middle of us was a large wrought-iron chandelier. As we continued to speak, I commented that I was very hungry. Within seconds, a large clump of bananas came flying across our path landing at my feet. I bent down to pick them up and noticed that they were rather cold to the touch. Their exact source could not be determined even after checking out the kitchen where they supposedly originated. We eventually returned to the foyer to continue our conversation. Suddenly, the front doorbell began ringing relentlessly, as if some madman outside was seeking entrance. When we examined the doorbell, we were shocked to discover that it was electrically disconnected as its wires were completely frayed and rotted, incapable of carrying even the minimal household voltage or current. What then caused the doorbell to ring? Or more precisely, what allowed it to ring? After some background research, we discovered that the Hollymont house had a rather sordid background. Two murders and one suicide had occurred there over the last fifty years. This, combined with the fact that both Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck once lived there contributed to its celebrity atmosphere. We were not able to return until about ten days later on May 14, 1976, at which time we were accompanied by a news crew headed by Connie Fox from local Los Angeles television station, KTTV [which recently became part of the Fox Network (no relation to Connie]. On this particular visit, we experienced more sustained phenomena in a finite period of time than in any case before or since. We arrived about 6:30 P.M. and at one point we all were in the dining room. Suddenly an ice tray came flying out of the kitchen and soared across the dining room into the west wall. Shortly thereafter, a large sack of cloth napkins flew out of the kitchen (which was empty) and struck silver platterware in the dining room directly in front of Connie Fox. A large world atlas suddenly appeared flying in front of the house and literally chased a screaming and terrified Connie Fox down the front Z-shaped stairway, making three distinct ninety degree turns (changes of direction) in doing so. All the while, the atlas was flapping its pages as though it was a bird in flight. When one of my friends laughingly commented on the above event, an old shoe flew around the outside of the house and struck him on the side of the head. While in the pantry area between the dining room and kitchen with Jolly, showers of coin, primarily pennies and dimes, fell from the ceiling pelting us. These thousands of coins appeared to fall from the empty air. While several members of the crew and I stood in the foyer discussing these occurrences, a large black robe apported itself onto the massive wrought iron chandelier positioned immediately above and between all of us. One instant the chandelier was empty, in the next the robe appeared out of thin air. When examined, it was discovered that the robe was intricately wrapped around the workings of the light fixture requiring several minutes with a stepladder to remove it. A religious vestment [metal cylinder] disappeared from the upstairs chapel and appeared outside in front of the house dropping in open air. A pewter goblet flew out of the kitchen storage area and impacted the west wall of the dining room. A large shower head from the main upstairs bathroom came flying down into the living room under its own power. It somehow managed to miss the more than fifteen (15) individuals present in the room at the time. Several sharp and loud explosive sounds came from the hallway. Investigation could not determine their source. When the Bishop attempted to bless the house using his Holy Water scepter, the top explosively blew off its base and flew around the room. A fire broke out upstairs in one of the wastepaper baskets in the bathroom. A telephone, several large jars, and a large book were observed to fly across various rooms. The electrical power in the house was turned on and off repeatedly during our visit that evening. Checking out the fuse box provided no clue as it had not been tampered with. Whatever force was accomplishing this feat could selectively negate the power along specific circuits whenever the TV news crew attempted to use the AC lines in the house. The power to those lines was cut off while other lines were left unaffected. Even the battery powered equipment refused to function while in the house. Also affected was the street lamp directly in front of the house that began blinking erratically. However, the rest of the block's street lamps were not affected. Due to very fortunate circumstances, we actually were able to temporarily live in this house----a parapsychologist's dream. What made this case even more interesting was that both my colleague and I lived less than twenty minutes away, almost in our backyard. We formally took up residence on August 2, 1976. What follows is a chronology of events that took place over the next nine days. August 3 11:58 P.M. Stove turned itself off and pulled away from the wall. Library door unlocked itself. Master bedroom door locked and unlocked itself. After putting down a glass of iced tea on the kitchen counter, I went to the refrigerator in search of more lemon. Returning to the counter, the glass of tea was gone and was later found in the library three rooms away behind a door that I had locked the evening before. 11:57 P.M. Something approached the master bedroom door, grabbed and jiggled the knob, then turned it to the right. Opening door revealed nothing. Large chair was moved 5 feet and turned around while I was out of the bedroom for not more than 3 minutes. 4:45 P.M. While talking on a newly installed telephone, the jack pulled itself out of the wall and threw itself over a chair, pulling the 25 foot cord along with it. August 7 2:30 P.M. While attempting to make repairs to the upstairs bathroom shower, a large tool box that I had just brought upstairs was apported from the floor next to me to the downstairs kitchen drawer where it was originally located. My attention was taken off the tools box for not more than 15 seconds while removing old shower handles. Upon turning around, the tool box was gone. On several occasions throughout the 1980’s I was able to re-visit the Hollymont house, once in October of 1986 for the syndicated TV show Two On the Town. At that time, the house was being shared by three gay men. Their experiences were consistent with those of Don Jolly, myself and others. However, there was one particular aspect regarding their encounters that is unique. Apparently, the ghost in the Hollymont house may have been homophobic. Phenomena only occurred when straight men or heterosexual couples were over, never when the three men were there which each other or their lovers. The last occurrence in this case was one of high strangeness indeed. Just before we abandoned the house prior to the new tenants moving in, we left a note on NPI/UCLA stationary informing the new residents that their house was haunted and if they wanted us to continue our investigation, to contact us directly by telephone. Several weeks later, I received a peculiar phone call from a young lady who lived several miles east of the Hollymont house. She asked if I was the author of a note she found stuck to the inside door of her closet at home. Somehow, the note I had left on the inside of the kitchen cupboard ended up in someone else's closet many miles away who had absolutely no relationship to the old or new owners of the house. Taken from http://www.worldoftheunknown.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddglock Posted March 10, 2007 #2 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Even in this weird day and age, this may be the first time a ghost has been accused of being homophobic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barek Halfhand Posted March 10, 2007 #3 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Even in this weird day and age, this may be the first time a ghost has been accused of being homophobic.hey! what the heck is glocky talking about..?When the owner of the house, a banker named Don Jolly first moved in, he immediately hired a houseboy to clean and do the cooking.nevermind.........B don jolly...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheleven Posted March 10, 2007 #4 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I cant stop laughing after reading "chased around the kitchen by a cabbage" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stname Posted March 11, 2007 #5 Share Posted March 11, 2007 So a news crew goes there and the reporter is chased around by a flying book and yet there is no video footage? Uh huh..im so tired of these stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigmonkey Posted March 11, 2007 #6 Share Posted March 11, 2007 So a news crew goes there and the reporter is chased around by a flying book and yet there is no video footage? Uh huh..im so tired of these stories. didn't you read it properly the electricity went repeatedly went on and off, and battery equipment would not work, and don't say that was a lie to make it seem believable, i've seen a program about ghosts and the presenter spent a night in a prison cell in alcatraz there was a mains camera in the corner of the cell and he also had a battery operated camera, he had two battery packs for the battery operated camera and they both ran out within 5 minutes each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stname Posted March 12, 2007 #7 Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) the whole story is b******s. with all the years of supposed activity in that place, not 1 video or photograph can back up the claims? show me proof, not stories. Edited March 12, 2007 by 1stname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barek Halfhand Posted March 12, 2007 #8 Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) proof!... I DEMAND PROOF! never mind the bullocks, heres the Halfhandshuffle:pistols-problems Edited March 12, 2007 by Barek Halfhand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0nni3 Posted March 12, 2007 #9 Share Posted March 12, 2007 don jolly lol just reminds me of trigger happy tv in the UK errr back to the subject yea sounds alittle like a story i would tell my kid on halloween without proof it's just that a story sounds quite cool if it's true though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my_psychosis Posted March 12, 2007 #10 Share Posted March 12, 2007 I cant stop laughing after reading "chased around the kitchen by a cabbage" He He Killer Cabbage. Fun read but I to want proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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