Hello Victoria and welcome. What can you tell us about your novel and the fascinating world of penitentiaries?
Would you spend the night in an
abandoned, haunted prison? Several, former penitentiaries offer tours with
claims of paranormal activity. For my paranormal thriller, The Haunting of Ingersull
Penitentiary I researched prison history, former inmates and ghost
stories of Moundsville, Alcatraz, Mansfield
The word penitentiary means to be
repentant, and that concept was taken seriously. Before prison reform,
penitentiaries were based on a system of separation and torture which is
believed to have fostered an atmosphere of insanity. Tortures from The Iron
Gage, The Water Bath and in later years, violence among inmates seems to have
left permanent spirits in the former prisons.
Paranormal experts believe that building
materials such as slate, stone and iron have properties that are similar to
tapes used for recordings. As living entities, we release energy in everything
we do. When some people pass, the environment holds onto that energy and it is
stored in the building materials around them like a recording. The recording of
the event is played over and over throughout time, known as a residual haunt.
The experts aren’t sure what causes the playback, but some of the paranormal
gurus believe in a theory that weather conditions or a person’s sensitivity are
contributing factors. The paranormal investigators believe that some spirits are
able to communicate with the living, by moving inanimate objects or in some
cases speaking, which is known as an intelligent haunt.
Please join me in the Haunting of
Ingersull Penitentiary’s, Haunted Prison Tour. I will be choosing one winner
from all the comments on the tour for an e-book copy of Haunting of Ingersull
Penitentiary. Each time you comment on my
tour, you earn an entry, so don’t forget to leave your e-mail address!
Please visit me at www.victoriaroder.com
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Converting
the former federal prison Ingersull Penitentiary, into the “The Big House Inn”
swallowed Hailey Price’s inheritance from her murdered mother and deceased
father’s estate. But, with any luck, the rumors of the federal complex being
haunted will boost interest of the Inn . The
abandoned Penitentiary, cursed by a witch, is in a constant battle of good
verses evil, an eternal struggle for the souls that enter the complex.
The residual
haunts are the least of the frightening occurrences at the Inn .
An electrical storm traps the visitors with a possessed Ouija board and the
spirit of a condemned witch with an ancient curse. The visitors spend a heart
pounding night in the battle of good verses evil. It might be Heaven checking
into “The Big House Inn”, but it’s Hell checking out.
August 14th, Haunted Prison Tour
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August 23rd, Haunting of Moundsville
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August 31st, Haunting of Eastern State Penitentiary
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Thank you so much Victoria, it was absolutely fascinating and very spooky! Good luck with your tour and the release of your novel.
Wow! That looks so good. Plus it looks like a book my husband would love! We were just in SF, but weren't able to get tickets to Alcatraz. A huge disappointment.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Suzanne. Yes, the book sounds absolutely great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating idea for a book. I expect those prisons could tell a harrowing tale, if they really could speak. Good luck with your tour, Victoria!
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting and for your comment, Helena. Yes, life must have been very tough for inmates.
DeleteThanks for stopping in Suzanne & Helena! And thank you to Marie for hosting me on your wonderful site. The year I was in SF, Alcatraz was closed for tours. I would have loved to see it. My dream is to get to Eastern State for a tour.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a fascinating book, Victoria. I hope it does well.
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Thanks, Cheryl!
ReplyDeleteSounds scary! I don't think I could even write something that scary and I sure couldn't spend the night in a haunted place!
ReplyDeleteMichele, my sister is a paranormal investigator in California!
ReplyDeleteReally? How fascinating Victoria! I would absolutely love to know more about that!
DeleteI'm hoping to have her do an interview for my blog. My sister Helen has been to some interesting places.
ReplyDeleteWould I spend the night in an abandoned, haunted prison? Vicki, I've spent my life trying hard to stay out of prison, and I've been successful thus far (g). I just hope that running publishers out of business never becomes a crime -- reckon I'd be in deep trouble.
ReplyDeleteMy niece conducted tours in San Diego's haunted Whaley House for a spell, dressed in 19th century period clothing. She was great -- she could wrap the folks around her little finger with the stories she spun in the night. Even her joking uncle was unable to break her grip.
You can really write -- I hope INGERSULL does very well.
Hey Vicki-Well, since I don't enjoy things that go bump int he night, I'd probably pass. But the story sounds intense. Best of luck. And the cover is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Mark and Julie for visiting and for your comments. I am a real coward so I definitely wouldn't stay in any haunted building. I do however love ghost stories and Vicky's novel sounds fabulous. You are right, Julie, the cover is really great and atmospheric.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mark & Julie for stopping in. I saw an interesting movie on the Whaley house & then looked it up on line.
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