2008 Woodie Awards
Ghosts Galore
Ghost lecturer entertains SRU students with tales of goblins
By Andrew Carranza
Rocket Staff Writer
Issue date: 11/4/05 Section: Life
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Jordan, a ghost hunter for more than 25 years, has investigated such purported haunted sites like Amityville, N.Y. and Gettysburg, Pa. He has also been featured on CBS News, "20/20," and "Unsolved Mysteries."
"Ghosts simply do not know they are dead and want to go on living," Jordan told the SRU audience.
Ghosts have the illusion that they are alive and until they free themselves, they are doomed to repeat actions over and over again.
Jordan entertained the crowd with stories of ghost hunts in Gettysburg, specifically in an area nicknamed the "Devil's Den."
"Indians named it this because people claimed to see soldiers," Jordan said. "You can see faces if you stare at rocks long enough."
Jordan said a psychic who went along on the ghost hunt started to have panic attacks during their visit, apparently overwhelmed by communication signals from the supernatural.
"People also see orbs that dance across the ground," Jordan said.
Jordan also told stories of spontaneous human combustion, a phenomenon he claims is real. He told several tales, including one featured on "Unsolved Mysteries," of people who have suddenly burst into fire.
"On February 11, 1996, just after 9 a.m. a woman named Mrs. Fletcher had on a sweater and it just started smoking," Jordan said. "The smoke was thick and she had to open a window. It had burst into flames without any warning or cause."
Jordan said there was no fire damage to the sweater and the woman's back was red, but not injured. But others were not so lucky.
"On March 26, 1986, Kendal Mott found his father burned to ashes on his bed," Jordan said. "He had an oxygen mask on and it was still working." His body had been burned at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit for 12 hours long, which can only be replicated in a crematorium.
Jordan has also visited the DeFeo household in Amityville, N.Y., which was the basis for the "Amityville Horror" film series. On Nov. 13, 1974, authorities discovered the bodies of six members of the DeFeo family-the father, mother and four of the five children. The only surviving son, Ronald, was charged with the murders, and some say he was possessed by the devil to do so.
