Most haunted site on the Isle of Wight, nominated world's most haunted island is a challenging choice. Is top spot based on numeric concentration of ghosts in one place?
Most Haunted Site on the Isle of Wight?
OR IS MOST HAUNTED SITE determined by force of ghostly mischief and malice that makes a site more disturbingly untenable than others?
The brilliant island paranormal investigator Gay Baldwin's book series "Ghosts of the Isle of Wight" is a must-read for everyone. Proves every PTSD case among the ghost-disturbed living is unique.
Ghosts can be scary. So salute the brave owners of Billingham Manor whose home was so frightening even a special-forces general conceded a permanent reposting.
The full-English breakfast of a haunting. Supernatural screaming, flying objects and sights so terrifying no one slept long within its walls, not even the Army's bravest officer.
Ghost Island. Isle of Wight. World's Most Haunted Island?
Best Places to Ghost Hunt on the Isle of Wight.
But everyone has a favourite, and perhaps most ghost hunters might choose Carisbrooke Castle, a big old building with lots of history.
But what about Farringford House in Freshwater, haunted by multiple ghosts; or Brading's Old Rectory Mansion where mystery surrounds a skeleton found under the floorboards?
Or Golden Hill Fort? Or the Longstone near Mottistone which seems to attract souls of the departed.
Local detectorists sometime insist Ghost Island is so badly haunted due to it being a hub of ley line connectivity.
And maybe it is.
What is a Ghost?
Some people believe ghosts are atmospheric photographs, bursts of emotional moments so intense they imprint into the electromagnetic field of a location site.
Like memories, they replay the scene and can be picked up by an eye-witness of sufficient sensitivity.
What 'ghost-detecting' equipment works best?
Any equipment depends upon which point of view is preferred on what exactly is 'a ghost'.
Traditionally ghosts are described as the spirit bodies of 'dead people' trapped in a site location unable to find the exit. This view is mostly based on centuries of religious teachings that the human soul is immortal and our personality survives death of the physical body.
Traditionally religious influencers in Christian faiths believe ghosts to be 'demons', sinister forces inspired by the devil.
This opinion may be due to their core teaching that the good - or believers in that particular religion - are automatically assured of entry into heaven and therefore cannot be prevented from reaching that destination.
Science's Position on Ghosts.
Science mostly does not accept ghosts because measurable proof is hard to capture.
The working assumption is there is no 'ghost in the machine' to become a ghost. Consciousness, or the sense of 'me in here' is an avatar product of electro chemical processes generated by the brain.
Any and all Near death experience N.D.Es of body separation as reported in hospital emergency units, are 'sweet finale' hallucinations caused by the last transmission of that individuals' expiring brain.
No one so far has measured exactly how long that transmission continues in terms of seconds, minutes or hours.
Or days, weeks, years and centuries.
'Dark' Means Invisible?
Are ghosts, people trapped in the Dark Energy and Dark Matter mystery, the properties of which are not yet understood or visible?
Science's own data confirms as much as 90% of our universe is invisible; influenced by undetectable energies and influence.
Possibly swallowed in a giant Black Hole.
The truth of ghosts is until we know what is hidden and its influence, no one can say with certainty what is and what is not a ghost.
Does Any Equipment Work to Capture a Ghost?
Since the invention of photography, many unexplained appearances have been 'captured', long before the arrival of image manipulation software apps.
Do these prove the existence of ghosts? Maybe.
Do EMF (electromagnetic field) gauges and thermometers work? Or thermal cameras?
That might depend on what theory of ghosts you work from. Do ghost bodies emit cold, rather than heat like a live body? What about atmospheric photographs, does their appearance lower the ambient temperature in the haunted location?
Maybe.
Any and all detection equipment preference is personal choice. What works best for you, is best. Let me know your thoughts on this.
Local ghost experts claim the Isle of Wight is the world's most haunted island, and maybe this is correct.
Top 10 Haunted Sites on the Isle of Wight
St. Catherine's Oratory, Blackgang Road, Niton
Knighton Gorges House site, Knighton