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Whoopi Goldberg is talking about the paranormal again. When we last heard Whoopi speak on the subject, she was interviewing Kumail Nanjiani about Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Kumail’s belief in aliens came up, which prompted Whoopi to declare that not only does she also believe in them, she knew for a fact that aliens are already here, “watching us.”
This time, Whoopi is talking about one of my favorite parts of the paranormal: ghosts! During Monday’s episode of The View, the co-hosts were talking about the sad story of a man who bought a house at a $100,000 discount because it was the site of a horrible crime. He lived there without issues for years. However, the man’s wife ended up leaving him because he hid that terrible tidbit from her prior to proposing and having her move in. According to Whoopi, that’s no big deal because most people have lived in homes where people have previously died. In fact, you shouldn’t worry about living with a ghost at all because if they don’t want you there they’ll be sure to tell you immediately!
The 68-year-old EGOT icon introduced a grim Hot Topic on the latest episode of the ABC talk show, involving a man who bought a house discounted by $100,000 because it was the site of a murder-suicide, but whose wife eventually left him because he didn’t disclose that information to her before she moved in with him.
“Most places most of us have lived have had people die in them. It’s just the nature of life,” Goldberg said, to which panelist Alyssa Farah Griffin replied, “Peacefully is a little different for me. Quietly in the night, I can deal with.”
Cohost Sara Haines then proposed the idea of hosting a podcast with Goldberg inside the murder house, asking the actress to reprise her Academy Award-winning Ghost role as medium Oda Mae Brown in the process.
“Will you visit? Come on, we can do this together, Whoopi,” Haines said before embracing her colleague.
Goldberg attempted to shut down the anxieties over the thought of living in a haunted house, reassuring the cohosts that, if they were living in a spiritually infested abode, the ghosts inside likely wouldn’t waste time tormenting them.
“Five years went by, the husband had no issue, he forgot to say to her, ‘Darling, I asked you to marry me, but you’ll be living here in the murder house with me. Nothing in the five years bugged her,” Goldberg said. “If stuff was going to come up and get her, she’d have been gotten by now. Ghosts don’t tend to wait. If they don’t want you in the house, they will put you out by hook or by crook.”
OMG, I would absolutely check out a ghost podcast hosted by Whoopi. It would be such batsh-t crazy entertainment. I don’t know how she “knows” all of this stuff, but I’d be right there on the journey to find out. It makes sense, though. I’ve seen Beetlejuice. I know if a ghost wants you out of their house, they’ll tell you. I appreciate how Whoopi just goes out there and says these things with her whole chest.
As far as I know, I have never lived anywhere where someone’s passed away nor have I ever lived in a haunted house. My father-in-law, however, is convinced that his house is haunted, even though it was a new build when they bought it 20+ years ago. He thinks maybe it’s the spirit of someone who was buried on their land plot ages ago. He’s even set up cameras to try and prove it. My MIL has never seen it, but my SIL says she has and my older son apparently made a comment to my FIL one morning after he spent the night there that has him convinced that he saw it too. Thankfully, my in-laws’ alleged ghost seems to be okay with them being there. Because, as Whoopi said, it would have let them know if it wanted them to leave.
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I do believe in ghosts, but I know they don’t have physical body so there is nothing they can do the living. I think after a while ghosts get tired of staying on this plane of the living and they move on to heaven or something.
I wouldn’t be okay with someone hiding something like this from me. I doubt that was the only reason his wife left, maybe it was the last straw. If he was okay with not sharing this information with his wife, I bet he wasn’t the husband of the year before that.
I don’t believe ghosts interfering with the physical world, but I believe good/bad energy. Sometimes when a person is angry, sad, you can feel the energy change in the room. In the same way, if someone is murdered, I wouldn’t want to live there either. Being aware of it is sometimes enough to have an effect on you and your spirit.
One day I was doing research at my town’s historical archive – it’s part of the library. There are many old houses here. A young man was there and asked what I was doing. He had been raised in the town but his family had moved away after everyone finished college.
He decided to see if there was any information on his home, which he told me his parents had lovingly restored. In his quest, he found out that his Childhood home had been the site of a murder/suicide decades before his family lived there. A man had killed his wife and children and then himself. Needless to say, this young man was horrified, completely shocked. He said, “I don’t think my parents would have bought the house if they had known about this.”
If you are interested in a good ghost podcast, check out Uncanny.
My mother and her 4 sisters grew up in a 5-floor brownstone in NYC. Her grandparents got the house in 1905, then her parents stayed there until the late 1970s. We went every Sunday for dinner. The bottom floor was the kitchen and DR/LR, the 1st floor was my GF’s practice, the 2-3rd were family bedrooms, and the top was the housekeeper’s suite. Every one of my aunts swore it was haunted – each has stories of waking up and seeing various children in their rooms. The scariest was the top floor, where the housekeeper said she had many who kept her company. Only my oldest sister and cousin every went up that far. I would never go further than the 2nd floor. And then, years later, research showed that in the 1800s it had been some sort of house of ill repute where abortions were believed to have been performed. Right there in midtown Manhattan. It’s been cut up into apartments, but the building is still there in its original form.
My childhood home was a new build, but ours and the house next door had some weird vibes for sure, in the ground floors. My house now is like 130 years old, and nothing.
I read that story, it was a Reddit post. I would be upset that he hadn’t disclosed that info before I moved in, but also if nothing happened in years, I wouldn’t freak out and leave.
All three of my kids have talked about an older lady checking on them in their rooms when they were sick. They are convinced we have a ghost. I talked to my neighbor about it and she said there was an older lady who was living in the house with her son and their kids. She died in our house of natural causes. I totally believe we have a ghost, but she doesn’t bother anyone.
When they’re sick? That’s weirdly sweet.
When I was a kid, we visited a family with an awesome old house. They had a door in the kitchen right to the basement. I started to lean on the door and they said ‘don’t touch the door’ or the ghost will get mad. They NEVER went the basement because of it. Of course I wanted to meet the ghost, but they said it was too dangerous. My friend was scared of it and no way were they unlocking the basement.
This is a phenomenon I am very interested in, and I completely agree with Whoopie here – If you live in a place where an energy is attached to, they WILL totally let you know. In some cases, you can come to some sort of agreement with them (seriously) i.e., you can let them know (if they’re not disruptive) they’re welcome to stay (even give them a space to remain in undisturbed) I’ve lived in many places that were occupied by spirits who wanted to remain, and conversely, I’ve helped a few move on. Then, there are those you need some assistance with (eek)
When we lived in Kansas we bought a Queen Anne house built in 1898. It had been owned by one family since it was built, and for years after we lived there it was still known as the “Fawcett house” (not our last name). There was a story that the late owner died in the downstairs bathtub at age 93. I never attempted to confirm that, but if true, her ghost never bothered us.
There was a house I toured once when I was on the market and felt actively repelled by the house. We’d toured three dozen or so already that week, so I know the feeling was different than just thinking it wasn’t the house for us. And it wasn’t even the sad feeling I get when I enter a home that feels unloved. It was actively repelling me to leave. And I grabbed my kid and left. Practically could hear my tires squealing as I reversed out of the driveway!