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Wish I'd said that - October 2, 2015
"They [typical bureaucrats] were never young and will never be old. They have no beauty, no charm, no style. They don't have to please anybody. They are safe. They are civil without ever quite being polite and intelligent and knowledgeable without any real interest in anything. They are what human beings turn into when they trade life for existence and ambition for security."
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Suppertime at the kitty farm!
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3 lbs is a lot for a kitty. You must tell us about the diet so I can pass it on to some of my clients who have obese cats. Look at the markings on that girl. She is spectacular and getting big. Love Julius's color and Gordon looks good, too.ReplyDelete
It's that raw diet thing, Deb! Alex was 14 pounds on three legs and it was not good. OUr vet tech said they give cats some "Catkins" diet that works wonders. I figure the raw diet is similar in a way as it's low-carb (just cuz I'm concentrating on the meat!, not because I was seeking out low-carb.) Anyway, he's doing well and has lots more energy so I'm very pleased. I think he's lost enough now though.ReplyDelete
I need to take some more pics of EMily. She is really looking gorgeous.
Must show Duncan this as inspiration..our vet was talking the CAtkins diet. Duncan's first weigh in is Saturday...I'm nervous.ReplyDelete
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Ok, Nat, where do you get the raw food? What exactly kind of food? My Mother has a 20+ pound cat that is addicted to dry food. She cant take it away altogether because she also has a little 7 pound cat that needs to eat. They are both opposites. Maybe the raw diet is for them? Please give me details or a weblink and I'll help my mom to get started!ReplyDeleteReplies
Lynn, I did a blog post on it in Feb:Delete
BUT you don't have to make it yourself from scratch. I know there are places that sell pre-made raw cat food. Like here:
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Let me know if you have any questions! There are more links in that raw blog post I did (first link)
Sometimes it takes a while to switch them over. Julius, Naomi and Emily took to it immediately but Alex took a long time to switch. I had to wean him off kibble very sloooowly but it was worth it!
It;s firturnate that you can feed them all together. We have to feed ours allseparately or else Bebe will be bullied out ofher food, and Ted and Boris will probably come to blowsReplyDelete
Love that photo. I bet Gordon has a hard time to get his share of the food.ReplyDelete
Me and mom LOVE that picture <3ReplyDelete


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WOW! It has been over a year since I last posted here. Crazy that more than a year has passed since the last Steven Konkoly book. I promise I won't make you wait that long again. That said, I think you'll find the long wait to have been well worth it. THE RESCUE has arrived, featuring Ryan Decker, Harlow Mackenzie and a cast of memorable characters that early readers have thoroughly enjoyed. Don't take my word for it! Over 600 reviews with a 4.6 out of 5 average speak for THE RESCUE. US AND INTERNATIONAL LINKS BELOW! Available at AMAZON in ebook, hard copy, hard cover and audiobook form. CLICK HERE FOR THE U.S. STORE CLICK HERE FOR THE UK STORE CLICK HERE FOR AUSTRALIA CLICK HERE FOR CANADA READ MORE
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That's what will happen when you start reading book 3 in The Zulu Virus Chronicles! SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Fire extinguisher is probably the right answer. FIRE STORM: Book 3 in The Zulu Virus Chronicles is now available in ebook and hard copy format. Audiobook will be available in mid-March. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE KINDLE BOOK CLICK HERE OT ORDER A PAPER COPY SOMETHING MERCILESS WATCHES OVER THE OUTBREAK–GUIDING ITS COURSE. Having narrowly survived the KILL BOX, HOT ZONE's hardened survivors and their KILL BOX allies separate to pursue different objectives–outside of the Indianapolis quarantine zone. For David Olson, that means bringing his son south, to the safe haven of his parents' home–far away from the infected cities. Eric Larsen takes him up on the offer to rest and heal at the house, before departing on the long journey to find his family in Colorado. For Rich and his secretive black ops team, that means transporting Dr. Chang and Dr. Hale to a secure facility out east, where they will join the nation's few surviving bioweapons researchers–with the hopes of pinpointing the source of the virus and possibly developing a vaccine. Neither group will get very far, before READ MORE
NOT AS MUCH AS YOU THINK, if you're smart about it. I should be writing book 3 in the Zulu Virus Chronicles, but I've instead been writing "the book" on Chronic Procrastination. Actually, I've been tackling some administrative stuff before I launch into FIRE STORM, which is the far less glorious part of being an author. That said, one of those tasks turned out to be a lot more fun than I expected. About a month ago, I was approached by Amazon to create a list of items related to my post-apocalyptic/dystopian books and make it public through a new system they've rolled out to their affiliates. I've always wanted to create a list of useful survival and readiness items (with links), and include it in my books, but I wasn't sure how to go about it until now. Amazon just made it incredibly simple. By CLICKING HERE (or the image below), you'll see over a hundred readiness related items that I've either purchased…or THINK I NEED (but my wife will kill me if I buy). I'll let you all guess which category each item falls under. Currently, they're not in any particular order or clustered by category,—and I certainly READ MORE
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Not something you normally hear! FOURTEEN NOVELS—8,000 pages—6,300 Amazon reviews later, I bring you…. A FIFTEENTH NOVEL. KILL BOX: Book 2 in The Zulu Virus Chronicles is now available in ebook and hard copy format. Audiobook is on the way (early January). CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE EBOOK CLICK HERE TO ORDER A PAPER COPY A LETHAL BIOWEAPON HAS BEEN RELEASED ACROSS AMERICA. With their daring escape plan thwarted at the last possible moment, HOT ZONE's motley band of survivors faces a worst-case scenario. Forced to take refuge near the epicenter of the bioweapons outbreak, deep inside in a city gone mad, THEIR TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Unable to slow or adequately contain the infected population, the government has triggered KILL BOX, a desperate and merciless contingency protocol. HOT ZONE's survivors have less than twenty-four hours to escape the KILL BOX. The Zulu Virus Chronicles places you at ground zero during a chillingly realistic, insidious "event." This is a story about regular people from different walks of life coming together to survive an unthinkable disaster. Welcome to the KILL BOX! READ MORE
Author Steven Konkoly and the Wonderful World of Audiobooks
I know. The blog post title sounds like some kind of movie nobody should watch, or an audiobook nobody should listen to! I figured the worse the title, the more curious you'd be. Morbidly curious. HOT ZONE just hit the audiobook shelves at Audible and iTunes, so instead of a post with a single title, I thought I'd create a post listing all of my audiobook titles. A one stop reference for those of you with long commutes, long walks to take, long breaks at work OR those of you who simply don't like to "READ." I know who you are! CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW FOR EACH STORE I'll start with HOT ZONE and break it down by series after that. Happy Listening! HOT ZONE at AUDIBLE | iTUNES THE PERSEID COLLAPSE SERIES THE PERSEID COLLAPSE (BOOK 1) at AUDIBLE | iTUNES EVENT HORIZON (BOOK 2) at AUDIBLE | iTUNES POINT OF CRISIS (BOOK 3) at AUDIBLE | iTUNES DISPATCHES (BOOK 4) at AUDIBLE | iTUNES THE JAKARTA PANDEMIC at AUDIBLE | iTUNES (sort of a prequel) THE BLACK FLAGGED SERIES ALPHA (Book 1) at AUDIBLE | iTUNES REDUX (Book 2) at AUDIBLE | iTUNES APEX (Book 3) at AUDIBLE | iTUNES VEKTOR (Book 4) at READ MORE
Welcome to the HOT ZONE
Not words you'd typically want to hear under any other circumstances. HOT ZONE, the first book in THE ZULU VIRUS CHRONICLES, is now available in Kindle or hard copy on Amazon. The audiobook version will follow in August. HOT ZONE is also enrolled in the Kindle Unlimited program. CLICK HERE TO GRAB THE KINDLE VERSION CLICK HERE TO GRAB A PAPER COPY While you wait for you book to arrive or download, check out my recent chat with LEE WEST, author of the Blue Lives Apocalypse series. Lee was one of first to read HOT ZONE, providing some spot on developmental advice. You can also CLICK HERE to check out THE ZULU CHRONICLES VIRUS PRIMER for more information about the series. QUESTION AND ANSWER WITH STEVEN KONKOLY: Lee: Having just finished HOT ZONE, I'll start out by saying "I see what you did there." Steve: Is that a good or bad thing? Lee: It's a very good thing. For those of you wondering, there's a subtle tie-in to one of your previous series, I won't give it away, but let's just say that it's brilliant, hiding just below the surface. Obviously, you did this on purpose. Can you expand on that? READ MORE
WITH LESS THAN TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE PROJECTED RELEASE IN LATE JUNE…I figured it was time to give give you more than just a few teasers about HOT ZONE, book one in The Zulu Virus Chronicles. Before I go crazy here, I want to highlight an opportunity to be an integral part of the The Zulu Virus Chronicles launch. I plan to provide advanced reader copies (ARCs) of HOT ZONE (and all future books in this series) to a sizable group of readers. I can't include everyone in this, but for those of you that would be willing to read a free copy of the books ahead of the launch, and possibly share your opinion of the book with the pubic, I will consider you a candidate. I will also form a members only group on Facebook, where we can "hang out," and I can pass news, launch material and get your opinion on aspects of the story. You don't have to be on Facebook to be part of this group. If you're interested in doing this, send me an email at email@example.com OR message me directly at my author page on Facebook by CLICKING HERE. NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF. READ MORE
THE DEALS AND NEW RELEASES KEEP ON COMING! I'll keep this short, in bullet format, because my wife informed me that I have a tendency to ramble…and she's the boss. 1.) Both novels in my Fractured State series (near future covert operations and conspiracy thriller) have been discounted by my publisher to $1.99. They aren't free, but at $1.99 each, you're looking at a 75% discount for the series. Click the images below to grab a copy from the U.S. Amazon store. Sorry, but the deal is not available outside of the U.S. 2.) Long time good friend and fellow author, Lee West, just released Resist and Evade, sequel to the smash hit, Survive and Escape. Lee's Blue Lives Apocalypse Series focuses on the police response during a widespread EMP event; a unique twist in an overworked genre. At my recommendation, Lee keeps the series at a very affordable $2.99 each. Trust me. These books are a steal at the price. Check out this series if you're looking for something new in the post-apocalyptic genre. CLICK ON THE IMAGES for the U.S. Amazon Store. 3.) Bestselling author and good friend, Nicholas READ MORE
***Post-apocalyptic fans will find some VERY exciting news at the end of this post (new series), so keep reading. Warning: Spoilers ahead if you haven't read the Black Flagged series*** I've led readers on a wild ride through the Black Flagged series, most of that ride centered around a particularly nasty, weaponized virus created by Dr. Anatoly Reznikov, a devilishly unhinged, former employee of the Russian Federation's State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR Institute). —REDUX (Book 2) followed Dr. Reznikov to Monchegorsk, Russia, where he infected a city of 60,000 inhabitants with the ZULU Virus—in a twisted revenge plot against the Russian government. Readers saw first hand what can happen to a populated area hit with the virus. —APEX (Book 3) brought the ZULU Virus to the United States, where it was snatched from the hands of Al Qaeda, by a sophisticated domestic terrorist group that had orchestrated the creation and delivery of the virus from the very start. —VEKTOR (Book 4) extinguished the bioweapons threat created by Dr. Reznikov, along with the illegal bioweapons research program at the Vector Institute—ALMOST. —OMEGA (Book 5) brings Dr. Reznikov and his designer viruses back into the spotlight, amidst political turmoil in the United States and a blossoming conspiracy. —VORTEX (Book 6)—TO BE RELEASED IN READ MORE
My Craziest #ebook Deal Ever—HAS EXPIRED
UPDATE: DEALS ON ALL BOOKS ENDED DEC 24th. Sorry you missed out this time around! FREE BOOKS, MASSIVELY DISCOUNTED BOOKS! I'm EITHER in the holiday spirit, OR, I've lost my mind. My wife nodded gently at the latter—she knows me best. 😉 HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE. All of my Black Flagged books are on sale or free for a limited time. Keep reading to learn more. For the next few days, you can grab the Black Flagged Box Set (Books 2-4) for $0.99. That's a 95% off buying all three separately and 90% off the regular price of the Box Set ($9.99)! FOLLOW THIS LINK to the deal on AMAZON. And if you don't already have Black Flagged Alpha, the first book in the series, you can get Black Flagged Alpha for $0.99 for a limited time. CLICK THIS LINK TO GET BLACK FLAGGED ALPHA. And if you just like FREE books, you can grab the second book in the series, Black Flagged Redux, for FREE. FOLLOW THIS LINK to the free book. TIS THE SEASON TO GIVE LOW PRICED BOOKS AS GIFTS! This is the first time I've offered the Box Set at READ MORE


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The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) have released a joint practice guideline on systolic blood pressure targets for people aged 60 years and older with hypertension.
The guidance calls for physicians to start treatment for patients who have persistent systolic blood pressure at or above 150 mm Hg to achieve a target of less than 150 mm Hg to reduce risk for stroke, cardiac events, and death. The recommendation was rated strong, with high-quality evidence.
"The evidence showed that any additional benefit from aggressive blood pressure control is small, with a lower magnitude of benefit and inconsistent results across outcomes," ACP's President Nitin S. Damle, MD, said in a news release.
However, in some cases, a lower systolic target should be considered, according to the guidelines.
If patients have a history of stroke or transient ischemic attack or have high cardiovascular risk, physicians should consider starting or increasing drug therapy to achieve systolic blood pressure of less than 140 mm Hg to reduce risk for stroke and cardiac events. The authors note, however, that this recommendation was rated weak, with moderate-quality evidence.
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5A SIC football preview: Rocky Mountain is loaded. Who can challenge the Grizz?
Rocky Mountain High receiver makes one-handed catch
Rocky Mountain and Eagle remain two of the premier football programs in Idaho, and both are fresh off runs to the state semifinals last fall.
But after a tumultuous offseason at Rocky Mountain and heavy graduation losses at Eagle, the two powerhouses no longer remain guaranteed of their supremacy in 5A SIC Pod B.
Both remained atop the preseason coaches' poll in their division. But the door is cracking open for programs such as Borah, Kuna, Centennial and Timberline to upset the established pecking order.
Below are the team-by-team previews for every member of the division, sorted by their finish in the poll.
Last season: 9-3, 4-1 5A SIC Pod B
Playoffs: Lost to Capital 27-13 in semifinals
Coach: Chris Culig, first season
Career record: 0-0
The heavy conference — not just pod — favorite took a significant blow when head coach Scott Criner left the program two weeks before practice started to become the athletic director at Eagle. But Culig, the former defensive coordinator, takes over, and the powerhouse program Criner built remains intact.
[Related: Who's favored in Pod A?]
[Related: The Top 10 players to watch in the 5A SIC]
The Grizzlies return six starters on both sides of the ball, including a pair of FBS commits and reigning first-team All-Idaho selections in offensive lineman Keeghan Freeborn (Boise State) and running back Carter Kuehl (Air Force).
An explosive offense should get even more potent as Rocky Mountain prepares two offensive sets. The traditional option attack that averaged 342 rushing yards a game in 2016 remains in place with a pair of dangerous quarterbacks, Tre Page and Kyle Van Tonder. And former Boise quarterback Will McMullin adds a threat through the air that Rocky Mountain lacked in previous years.
Last season: 10-1, 5-0 5A SIC Pod B
Playoffs: Lost to Mountain View 25-15 in semifinals
Coach: Paul Peterson, 13th season
Career record: 119-47
Peterson lived the coach's dream last season when Eagle returned eight offensive starters, including its entire offensive line. But this fall is different: only one returning starter on offense and one on defense.
Instead of lining up and dominating opponents with simple Xs and Os, Peterson said the Mustangs will have to get creative to make up for their lack of experience. That will lead to gambles and a few mistakes, but that's a price Peterson is willing to accept.
"We have to try to play simple and play fast, and avoid paralysis through analysis," Peterson said.
Devan Bridgewater, a first-team all-conference quarterback, will shoulder the load offensively as he returns for his third season as a starter. Previously asked to remain in the pocket, Bridgewater will become a dual threat this season, Peterson said.
Bridgewater and Eagle get a boost in the backfield with the return of Preston Vandegriff. The senior missed the past two seasons due to injury, but he is finally healthy and ready for a key role.
Last season: 5-5, 3-2 5A SIC Pod B
Playoffs: Lost to Coeur d'Alene 54-13 in first round
Coach: Jason Burton, second season
Career record: 5-5
The Lions enter their second season under Burton with an enviable amount of talent and six starters returning on both sides of the ball.
A pair of juniors — quarterback Jake Standlee and wide receiver Ellis Magnuson — both saw key minutes and made big plays for the Lions last fall. Standlee stepped in after an injury to the No. 1 quarterback and started seven games, throwing for 606 yards, three TDs and four interceptions. Burton said he's grown immensely.
Magnuson led Borah in receiving last fall, but his biggest impact comes on defense, where he nabbed four interceptions. Look for an increased role for Magnuson on both sides of the ball.
"(He's) the best playmaker on our team," Burton said.
The largest question mark remains in the backfield, where Borah needs to replace the 5A SIC's second-leading rusher: second-team All-Idaho RB Kegan Lester (1,347 yards).
Last season: 4-6, 2-3 5A SIC Pod B
Playoffs: Lost to Rocky Mountain 25-0 in first round
Coach: Sherm Blaser, first season
Career record: 16-19
The Kavemen moved up to the 5A classification for the first time in school history last fall and reached the playoffs. But Kuna underwent a rebuilding process in the offseason as head coach Ian Smart left for Timberline and Blaser stepped in after leading Melba to the 2A playoffs the past three seasons.
Blaser said he'll keep the same defense (4-2-5), defensive terminology and philosophies (play fast and aggressive). But he's installing a new spread offense after Kuna scored 12.8 points per game last fall, 11th in the 12-team conference.
Starting quarterback Danny Rogers returns, as does his top receiver, Jerome Miller, a second-team all-conference selection. Rogers also has a pair of returning linemen in front of him in Sam Cafferty and Tucker Heindel. But Blaser said installing a new scheme will take time.
"My philosophy is keep it simple, keep it cohesive and let the kids play fast," Blaser said.
Last season: 3-6, 0-5 5A SIC Pod B
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: David Koch, fourth season
Career record: 4-23
The Patriots went young last season, relying on a bounty of juniors and sophomores. The move paid off as Centennial won three games, its most under Koch, and now it returns nine starters on offense and seven on defense.
The offensive line leads the way with four of five starters back: Braden Prescott, Lucas Little, John Little and Chad Bowcutt. They'll protect junior quarterback Dayne Koch, another returning starter. But David Koch said the Patriots will need to rely on their offensive line to boost a running game that averaged 79.8 yards per game, last in the conference.
"This is the third year of our system, and the players are getting comfortable with the schemes and concepts," David Koch said.
The defense remains formidable up the gut with middle linebacker Victor Ngalamulume and Bowcutt at defensive tackle. Both are entering their third year as starters.
Last season: 2-7, 1-4 5A SIC Pod B
Playoffs: Did not qualify
Coach: Ian Smart, first season
Career record: 17-14
Smart guided Kuna to a playoff appearance last fall during its first season at the 5A level, and now he takes over a rebuilding project at Timberline.
Smart said the Wolves will field only 14 seniors, leaving Timberline to rely on a young but talented group of sophomores and juniors.
"Attrition has really gotten to the older class," Smart said. "Right now, I'm looking at starting a kid as a freshman, which I've never had as a coach."
Timberline will build its offense around running back Jacob Pinkeny, a second-team all-conference pick as a fullback last year. But Smart said he's turning the 6-2, 230-pound senior into an every-down weapon, as well as a pass-rushing force at defensive end.
The quarterback battle remained open early in camp as junior Layton Wagner, the starter at the end of last season, tried to hold off sophomore Andy Peters, who brings a big arm and athleticism but has played only freshman football.
Michael Lycklama: 208-377-6424, @MichaelLycklama


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What the Programmer needs to know about Architecture (SOA 3)
As I have written before, programming and architecture are different skills, and the architect need not be a great programmer. Software Architects work primarily in models, patterns and process, not code. The chief skill of the software architect needs to be in expressing the underlying business purpose as a service.
It is easy for the programmer to see such statements and think "What a load of Rubbish!" There have been some notable rants written against the misuse of the words "Architecture", "Enterprise" and "Service" (see caustictech.typepad.com). Many claim the words with no idea what they mean. For others, the friction is because the architects interfere with the solitary programmer's desire to just get things done by himself, as he sees fit. It is easy, but not correct.
But what if you are a programmer, coding happily with no interest in architecture? How should Service Architecture affect your world? I am excluding the trivial example, in that you need to be able to read the interface documents prepared by the system architect.
The programmer should know:
- What is architecture concerned with? Can I recognize the demands of architecture and so work to strengthen rather than weaken architecture? Can I resist inappropriate requests that will cause brittle integration to harm the enterprise later?
- How should the existing monolithic applications that I work with every day fail in part because of the lack of architecture? Can I recognize when they should be broken up. Can I recognize when multiple services are inappropriately bundled so I can get ready to move in the right direction.
- What if my best work should not be written? A coder should learn to recognize when difficult code is substituting for good architecture. A code jockey should recognize when the problem would be solved better by adding an architect.
- Is my best code maintainable? As a manager, I know that a job description that requires sainthood from the employee is poorly written. The same applies when an application requires virtuoso coding. An old lemma is that it is twice as difficult to debug as it is to code, so you had better not be programming at the limit of your abilities…
When he understands and acts on these issues, the Coder can stay safely away from the Architect.
Next: How Service and Security support and extend each other


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As promised in my post after the May trip, I was out on the July one. This was possibly one of the nicest days out at sea – it was a beautiful warm, clear, sunny and fairly flat day out. Only 1 person was sick that I saw, and yet again, it wasn't me. I also brought my mum and dad out with me on this trip, as a significant birthday gift for my mum. Some of my dads shots will be linked to from here later on.
As it was fairly calm, I was hopeful for some sea-monster sightings, and wasn't disappointed. We saw Humpback Whale, Southern Right Whale, Dwarf Minke Whale, Shortfin Mako Shark, Short-beaked Common Dolphin, and False Killer Whale was also seen, but not by me. Bird was it was down on numbers and diversity, but we managed Little Shearwater, White-faced Storm-petrel and some juvenile albatross, one of which is the subject of a seperate post here.
I'll be back, probably on the September/October trip. Maybe October, as I've got a trip to Bowra in September…
If anyone out there reading this cares to look at the post about the possible Grey-headed Albatross and offer an opinion, that'd be great!


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Encounter culture#7 Necromancy
Today we're looking at a Necromancy themed encounter that focuses not only on undead, but on the concepts of fear, and an unkillable immortal foe.
Monsters: 2 Mythic Bloody Bugbear Skeletons
Basic premise: The first encounter of the dungeon becomes an ongoing battle against seemingly unstoppable foes, putting the players on a timer or forcing them to get very creative.
The Breakdown: This encounter is ideal to place at the beginning of a dungeon. At first blush it appears to just be a pair of grisly skeletons armed with 2 Morning stars each, or whatever weapon the GM prefers, a careful look and a DC 13 knowledge nature check reveals they are actually bugbear skeletons and not human. A combination of fast healing 2, damage reduction, superior two weapon fighting, and the relentless ability makes these foes tough to deal with but the players should be able to dispatch them. It's only after the encounter is over that it really begins. As mythic bloody skeletons these creatures will rise again after an hour and begin healing unless they are destroyed in the area of a mythic bless spell, which the players are almost certain to not have. This means every time the party stops to rest, or takes a 20 on a locked door, search check or trap the timer is ticking down until they are once again attacked by a foe they cannot hope to defeat permanently. And remember, no matter how many times the players battle this encounter, it only gives XP once.
Tale of the tape: A 3 HD creature like a bugbear normally becomes a CR 1 skeleton, But the bloodied template bumps that up to CR 2, and the mythic skeleton template adds another +1 to that for the 1 mythic rank it gains. With a final CR of 3 adding a second one makes this a challenge rating 5 encounter.
Hooks: Who animated these creatures? Why bugbears? And most importantly, do they ever stop pursuing the players? You could easily turn this encounter into a recurring event, awakening them with the skeletal champion template, adding on advanced, raising their HD or even giving them class levels. These mindless undead could gradually evolve into perpetual stalkers until the players are driven to pursue the mythic power needed to slay them once and for all.
Variation: For a slightly tougher solo challenge try using a Troll as the base creature and having just one instead of two. The encounter will still be CR 5, though definitely on the hard end for low level players. This puts the party up against a very difficult to handle foe and the fact that trolls naturally regenerate will help add confusion and paranoia to attempts to keep the creature down for good. If you really want to...Troll your players, you can use this encounter a second time after they actually find a clever way to dispose of their foe, just when they think they're safe you make them wonder if they really got rid of the original threat.


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Homebound households are defined as those households in which every household member is confined to the home because of medical conditions or disabilities.
Elderly households are defined as those households in which every member is aged 65 years or older. (If anyone in the household is under age 18 and all the other household members are 65 or older, that household will meet the definition of elderly).
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Any low-income residents of the county who feel that their household meets the definition of "homebound" or "elderly" should contact the North Georgia Community Action Inc.'s Community Service Center for their county of residence (Gilmer 706-635-5858) beginning Nov. 1, 2016, at 8:30 a.m.


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After rubbing shoulders with dead celebrities on our London Cemetery jaunt, Looking for Ghosts realised that if there is one thing we love more than ghosts, it is ghosts of famous people. And we have a certified A-lister for you here, folks!
Whilst William Terriss isn't exactly a household name now, back in the 19th Century he was one of the UK's most celebrated actors. Sort of like a Victorian Jude Law with the possible distinction that Terriss was, presumably, a good actor.
A regular at London's Adelphi, Lyceum and Prince of Wales theatres, Terriss achieved fame after his energetic performance in Robin Hood, as well Othello and Romeo and Juliet, earned him rave reviews. He became the darling of Theatreland and when he married fellow actress Jessie Millward, his female lead in The Harbour Lights, they became a popular power couple. They toured Britain and America extensively, increasing their international appeal. Sort of like a Victorian Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with the possible distinction that Terriss and Millward were, presumably, fairly interesting people.
However, it seemed not everyone was so smitten with this acting colossus. On 16th December 1897 Terriss was murdered by hapless, struggling actor Richard Archer Prince. Sort of like a Victorian Ralf Little, with the possible distinction that…actually, no; that's pretty much accurate.
As Terriss was entering the Adelphi for the evening performance of Secret Service, fomer Terriss protégé Prince lay in wait and stabbed his old friend in a bitter act of jealousy and resentment.
As a result, the ghost of Terriss is often seen in Covent Garden, particularly in and around his favoured Adelphi Theatre and, strangely, the tube station. Many witnesses claim to have seen a gentleman dressed in old fashioned clothes who disappears before their eyes, later identifying Terriss as the man they had seen when shown a photograph. This could possibly be because all Victorian gentlemen look exactly the same or perhaps, more likely, many of these witnesses were simply mental.
After spending an afternoon elbowing tourists out of the way in Covent Garden, Looking For Ghosts are disappointed to report that we didn't even catch a glimpse of this spectral thespian who, we suspect, is currently treading the boards of the great theatre in the sky. Possibly in Mamma Mia.
Visiting London's 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries was supposed to a haunting experience for Looking For Ghosts. Many tales of ghouls and spirits have surfaced from old burial grounds and we were anticipating myriad spook sightings.
In fact, we had quite the opposite experience. If anything, these wondrous spectacles of monuments and mausoleums serve as a reminder that, arguably, the only life after death is experienced in the messages on the weather-beaten gravestones that have survived for numerous years. Seeing rows upon rows of graves was a stark reminder of how ludicrous the concept of ghosts really does seem.
In Highgate Cemetery, we vaguely searched for the Highgate Vampire but, as it dawned on us that the story was so stupefyingly idiotic, we immediately halted and absorbed Highgate's fantastic gothic architecture.
For those of you not familiar with Highgate's most famous nocturnal character, we'll explain what happened. Someone saw a goth visiting his granny's grave. Case closed.
Similarly, Nunhead Cemetery features in the spooky tale of a "tall dark stranger".
The peaceful surroundings and impressive architecture at the cemeteries in Highgate, Brompton and Kensal Green left a particular impression on us. Especially the detail and importance that the Victorian era placed on preserving the memory of the buried and entombed.
However, despite our belief in ghosts diminishing, we still scoured the cemeteries in search of nefarious spirits.
But there seems to be a lack of ghouls living in London's cemeteries, even those we expected to be overwhelmed by spirits. The most interesting aspect of visiting the cemeteries was discovering who was buried where.
Abney Park: Salvation Army founder William Booth, the daughter of African slavery emancipator Olaudah Equiano, Joanna Vassa.
Brompton: founder of the V&A, the Royal Albert Hall, the 1851 Great Exhibition and inventor of the Crimbo card, Henry Cole, actor Brian Glover, leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and anaesthetist John Snow.
Highgate: sci-fi author Douglas Adams, novelist Beryl Bainbridge, dog fan Charles Cruft, George Eliot, Michael Faraday, Alexander Litvinenko, Karl Marx, original punk Malcolm McLaren, comedian Max Wall and artist Felix Topolski.
Kensal Green: original computer nerd Charles Babbage, tightrope expert Charles Blondin, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his father Marc Isambard Brunel, author Wilkie Collins, playwright Harold Pinter and novelist Anthony Trollope.
Nunhead: Um…
Tower Hamlets: Ahh…
West Norwood: Sir Henry Tate of gallery fame, CW Alcock, founder of test cricket and the FA cup.
Nevertheless, while visiting and researching these seven cemeteries and London's other countless used and dis-used burial grounds, we began to understand that the city truly is necropolis – a home for the dead. The architecture and lay-out of London succumbs to the needs of the dead.
And, while searching Brompton Cemetery, we found a group of graves that were too worn to read. Among these half-submerged memorial lay the resting place of William Charles James Lewin, a murdered actor better known as William Terriss. It is the ghostly stories that suggest that Terriss does not, in fact, rest here but wanders the streets of London, that sent Looking For Ghosts to London's theatreland in search of a glimpse of his ghoul.
We here at Looking For Ghosts like a good practical joke. However, none of our pranks register on the same scale as ferryman John Overs, whose ingenious stunt not only resulted in him getting his skull mashed to pulp but also has a hand in a quirky ghost story. Thus, resulting in much paranormal mirth for us.
Mr Overs was reportedly a real-life Ebeneezer Scrooge. He treated his servants badly and prevented his daughter Mary from marrying the love of her life by refusing to cough up.
Now, in his infinite wisdom, Mr Overs pretended to be dead for a day, so that his servants would mourn. The ensuing fasting would save his house from paying for a day's worth of food. Yeah, we know, what a tit.
What was running through the old miser's head as he lay in a coffin, as his servants had a massive party, we will never know. But we should think it was something along he lines of "bollocks", for as he raised out of the coffin in anger, one of his employees beat him to death, thinking he was a raised spirit.
Mary, free from her father's clutches, sent for her lover so they could be wed. Unfortunately, Mary didn't have much luck with the men in her life, as lover boy was chucked off his horse to his doom whilst he was hurrying to her.
Obviously frustrated with the ineptitude of the male race, Mary founded he priory of St Mary Overies. Today, the priory is named Southwark Cathedral.
And, for any sticklers out there, the cathedral retains the alternative name The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie. We say sticklers, we mean losers.
Admittedly, there isn't actually a ghost in this story but its contents were so bizarre it intrigued us greatly. It seems that if the ferryman's servants hadn't believed in ghosts then the cathedral in Southwark would not exist.
Having rediscovered our ghost-hunting form, we continued our jaunt around haunted London.
The last couple of posts about churches may have been fairly interesting (mainly to us, we suspect) but were they really that scary? No. Standing atop a mound of buried bodies at Priory Church was fairly unsettling, but we wanted more than that. We wanted to soil ourselves with frightened glee.
With this in mind, our next stop would surely not disappoint; the most haunted house in London. Yes, you read that correctly – do not adjust your eyes. We really were going to the most haunted house. In London.
Arriving at 50 Berkeley Square on a drizzly Sunday afternoon, we were initially quite underwhelmed. On the face of it, it was just a normal house in snooty Mayfair. We couldn't even go inside.
But the stories about this place are plentiful, each one more horrifying than the last.
In the late 19th Century, a nobleman apparently unconvinced by the ghoulish stories associated with the place agreed to spend a night alone in the most haunted room in the house. It was arranged that if he encountered any trouble he would ring the servant's bell and his friends downstairs would come to the rescue.
Sometime around midnight they heard a faint ringing of the bell, which got louder and louder until it was almost deafening. By the time they had got upstairs and burst into the room, their disbelieving companion was sprawled on the floor with his face contorted in horror, eyes almost bulging from their sockets. He couldn't speak to explain what filled him with such fright, but he was dead within the hour.
Blimey, if this place has got it in for cynics then we could be in serious trouble.
Understandably, 50 Berkeley Square was uninhabited for a long while after this with seemingly no one in London brave enough to house-share with a violent ghost.
Standing empty, the house still attracted reports of strange lights flickering in the windows, "disembodied screams" and, perhaps most chilling of all, the sound of a body being dragged down the stairs.
Eventually, two drunken sailors on shore leave stumbled upon the vacant house and, needing a dry place to rest, decided to break in. Not long after bedding down for the night they were awoken by heavy footsteps creeping up the wooden stairs, before a "hideous, shapeless, oozing mass" (no, not Chris Moyles) began to fill the room. One sailor managed to escape, but when he returned to the house with a policeman found his friend impaled on the metal railings outside the house with his face frozen with the familiar look of terror.
Fascinating stories but sadly, we suspect, stories nonetheless.
Why the house is haunted, no one knows. Theories range from the romantic (a jilted lover lived his remaining days in the house wandering around by candle light before, heartbroken, he took his own life) to the macabre (a Doctor locked his violent, lunatic brother in the attic until he died).
Whatever the reason, the house is famous amongst paranormal investigators for having a sinister and disturbing atmosphere, which is about as far away from scientific proof as it's possible to get.
We noticed no such atmosphere and, despite pressing our faces against the front door, we noticed no significant feeling of despair or woe. No more than we normally carry, anyhow.
To contemplate our visit, Looking For Ghosts headed to Guy Ritchie's nearby Punchbowl for a couple of ales where we encountered, no lie, an aging Clint Eastwood enjoying a meal with his family. By far the closest we've come to seeing a ghost so far.
Despondent from a lack of mummies at St Garlickhythe, we limped away to another church in the City of London. At the Priory Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, near Smithfield market, we were met with an altogether different experience.
Now, if like us, you like to frequent graveyards in the darkness, you'll realise that they are generally all quite spooky. However, Priory Church's small graveyard is made all the more haunting when its grisly past is revealed.
Entering the churchyard at night is an experience in itself; old Tudor buildings border a shallow decline to the front of the church which is shrouded in deep shadow, away from electric light and the hubbub of the main street. To the left is the graveyard, which is much higher than the rest of the churchyard because of the extent of bodies piled up inside it.
The church is haunted by the eerie tunes of a phantom organist and by the ghost of its founder, a monk named Rahere. This spook is particularly miffed that one is sandals was nicked off is foot post-death.
However, even without the tales of ghosts, Priory Church is an unsettling place when the sun goes down. Unlike Looking For Ghosts' other favourite haunting churchyards – Christ Church Greyfriars and the Parish Church of St John in Hampstead – Priory Church is cut off from the rest of London by steep walls giving it a secluded yet deathly feel.
So, we've actually had a spooky experience! Praise be! Although, it didn't actually feature a ghost. Still, it's a start.
And so, after studying numerous photographs, reading myriad charmless celebrity ghost stories and conducting extra research on our paranormal friends, we set out again in our never-ceasing search.
Looking For Ghosts travelled to the grand Apsley House on the corner of Hyde Park. Here, one of Britain's biggest bastards has been seen as an apparition. And, for once, the person who saw the ghost isn't some blithering eejit; it was our noble and forthright prime minister!
Arthur Wellesley was Tory Prime Minister (topical!) in 1832 when he caused outrage after opposing a Reform Bill. An enraged mob had gathered at Apsley House when, suddenly, the PM performed a U-turn and accepted the bill.
Why? Because of a ghost of course! Oliver Cromwell's ghost obviously.
Legend has it that Cromwell appeared to Wellesley and cast his disapproving finger at the mob. Wellesley being quite the detective, deduced that this meant that he was making the wrong decision and thus, he gave an unexpected thumbs up to the bill.
Most probably the old Prime Minister didn't want to be lynched by a revolting gang of ne'erdowells. What a wuss.
Unfortunately, we were far to eager in our ghost-gathering; we turned up too early to the house and it was closed. We will have to return another day to see the spot where Oliver Cromwell didn't appear.
Footnote: Arthur Wellesley was the 1st Duke of Wellington who gave his name to the Wellington boot. Now, dear readers could a man with such sensible footwear really be mad enough to make up a ghost?
There's not many things more terrifying than Dick van Dyke. Luckily for Looking For Ghosts, the world's worst cockney wasn't gracing the boards at Wimbledon Theatre in the latest interpretation of the flying car classic.
In fact we visited the theatre to seek the Grey Lady. This cackling head and torso appeared in one of the bedrooms of the theatre and has been accused of setting off the sprinkler system at the venue.
Another paranormal presence at the theatre is J B Mulholland, the original manager from 1910 who likes to return to the stalls to watch the new favourites.
We witnessed neither. However, we did hear some hideous wailing from the stage. We hope for the punters sake that it was a ghost and not rehearsals for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Between boozing sessions in Hampstead's antiquated pubs, we had to venture across the Heath. Reportedly used as a cruising ground for George Michael, Hampstead Heath is also one of North London's most popular attractions.
Nearly 800 acres of woodland, lakes and rugged gorse make this space the perfect activity centre for a hot summer's day. Swimming, rambling, cycling, bird-watching and cottaging are just some of the things that the thousands of Londoners who flock here every day can expect to enjoy. Why not take a Frisbee? Or enjoy a picnic whilst being tugged off by a senior Tory MP? The choices really are limitless.
We at Looking For Ghosts had other things on our minds, though. We were doing a different kind of cruising altogether: cruising for ghosts.
Back when Hampstead was a village on the outskirts of London, Highwaymen and robbers would hide out on the Heath to target the carriages of luminaries travelling in and out of the City. The tall, imposing trees and vast thickets made the perfect cover for sinister "Gentlemen of the road".
Even to this day it isn't considered unusual to be charged at by a phantom robber on horseback emerging from the trees, the hooves hitting the earth in silence even in full gallop.
So convinced was one lady she was about to be trampled, she threw herself to the ground and braced herself for the inevitable impact only to open her eyes several seconds later to find herself alone in the clearing.
All of this sounded promising, until we turned up one Saturday afternoon to discover that, even when cloudy and miserable, the Heath is one of the most populated places in the capital. There was even a marathon going on. In fact, there couldn't have been more people on the Heath that day if they had been holding a nationwide People's Convention, with extra bloody people. We literally couldn't move for people.
All of which made for the least scary investigation we've done so far, with no sign at all of ghostly apparitions, wraiths or even Tree Spirits for that matter.
We did, however, talk to a very friendly gentleman who kindly informed us that if we were to come back at night, we'd find all manner of bandit just waiting to cover us in "ectoplasm".
Sounds like a promising lead, we'll keep you posted…
A lot of people like to drink alcohol. A lot of people like to get drunk. And a fair few people claim to have seen ghosts. See where we're going with this?
Humans + alcohol = loads of bloody ghosts (H+A=GGGGGGGGGG!!)
Looking For Ghosts put this finely equated scientific formula to the test by taking ourselves on a "research expedition" around some of Hampstead's finest drinking dens.
We began at The Spaniard's Inn at the peak of Hampstead Heath. Reputedly the home of highwayman Dick Turpin, customers have seen a shadowy figure striding around the pub in a domineering fashion. Black Bess' haunted hoof beats are heard in the car park, while ghostly tugs at sleeves have been felt in Turpin's bar.
While it is a fantastic pub, which no doubt has seen a lot of history in its 500+ years, it's hard to be spooked by it when it's packed to the rafters with tourists, clumsy waiters and whining children.
We plodded over Hampstead Heath, making sure to avoid any ghostly horsemen and found ourselves in Hampstead village. We recovered from our trek across the heath in The Flask Tavern. This pub is haunted by Monty, a former landlord who likes to pay the occasional visit to his pride and joy. In 1997, some definitely-not-pissed customers saw Monty moving tables and chairs around due to his annoyance at a recent refurbishment. We didn't see Monty unfortunately, probably because we didn't stay for long.
The pub benefits from an idyllic location and attractive interior, but on a negative point, all the customers seemed to know each other from a recent bank robbery they'd committed. Monty would not approve.
We re-located to the William IV. Legend has it that a doctor murdered his wife here and concealed her corpse in the pub's cellar. Her ghost has ever since been a-haunting here. Obviously gagging for a pint. Although, we didn't see here; she must have had a hangover. We stayed for a few more pints here, waiting for the second of the pub's spooks to arrive.
The spectre of a young girl in a white shroud has been seen looking up at the pub from the high street. She is supposed to be a suicide victim that killed herself after some particularly atrocious dental treatment in a cunning tactic to avoid her next appointment. Maybe her ghost stands on the pavement thinking "bugger, maybe I should have just got battered here before having my molar done". We raised a glass or two to her.
A bit of bush
We then stumbled through the back streets of Hampstead to the Holly Bush Inn. We trekked through graveyards, deserted streets and winding alleys, up and down the area's hilly terrain. The secluded nature of Hampstead really reveals itself when wandering the sparse streets at night.
We finished our night with a few at the Holly Bush Inn, which is frequented by a phantom waitress. She didn't serve us.
Let's cut to the chase. We had quite a few drinksssh a we didn't shee a sshingle bloody ghossshht.
That'ssh becausshhe they don't exisssht. Right? I'll tell you another thing, hic… I jusht felt shomething on me leg… What wassh that? Oh no, forget it… I pisshed meshelf again.
Sadly, we ended the day ghost-less. Half cut we flagged down the nearest ghost bus, paid the spectral driver and headed back to LFG HQ to hold each other's hair as we vomited the night away.
After the disappointment of the Tree of Death, we at Looking For Ghosts were feeling despondent and disillusioned with the paranormal world. Why couldn't someone throw us a ghost or two? Even the ghost of Rod Hull would have been a start. At this point we're really not being fussy.
Trudging over from Green Park to neighbouring St James's Park we were reminded of a tale involving the seemingly serene lake that tourists so gleefully flock to.
Little do they know, however, that the lake is an important aspect of a ghost story apparently so convincing that even the authorities seem to accept that it's true.
In the 15th Century, so the story goes, a Sergeant in the military murdered his wife and to avoid her being identified he hacked her head off. As he was in the process of dumping the rest of the corpse in the lake he was disturbed by two soldiers returning to the nearby barracks. To this day, The Red Lady of St James's Park is frequently spotted in a blood-stained smock, sometimes with the stump of her neck spurting blood, sauntering around the park looking for her head or, terrifyingly, rising slowly from the murky water.
In 1972 a motorist driving in the area crashed his car after seeing the apparition, only to be acquitted of dangerous driving after the court believed his tale. All of this leads us to ask why more misdemeanours aren't blamed on ghosts? If only John Terry had been that creative with his excuses then England might still have a half-decent captain for the World Cup.
Try it yourselves. Late for work again? A poltergeist flung your alarm clock against the wall. Caught staring at a checkout girl's chest? You were possessed by ZOZO. That hideous noise coming from your bedroom at night? Banshees. Help us fill the world with implausible ghost stories; if nothing else it will keep this blog in material for a lot longer.
Ever had the feeling you've been cheated?
When Johnny Rotten said this, we here at Looking For Ghosts know exactly how he felt.
For this is how we also felt when, on hearing about a haunted tree in Green Park, we were sorely let down by a thoroughly unspooky quest to find said frightening foliage. Imagine our chagrin when we discovered not one, but hundreds of trees in the royal park. All with branches. Gnarled branches.
The Tree of Death (whichever one it may be) is said to emanate a woeful feeling of melancholy. It has reputedly been the site of many suicides and, to add to an impressive list of questionable paranormal accolades, it is the source of a low unexplained gurgle and is avoided by even the parks animal residents.
Oh, and standard ghost-hunting fare; a shadow figure has been seen darting behind it on occasion.
We can report to you EXCLUSIVELY that none of these things happened while we prodded and inspected every bloody tree in the park. Seems like ghosts still don't exist. What nonsense next? A ghost bus? Never mind the bollocks, here's the ghost hunters.
Annoyingly, our paranormal quests often lead us into one of London's many haunted pubs. Sometimes, if there are two or three haunted boozers in one area, the whole investigation can take on the form of a spectral pub-crawl; hour upon hour spent getting rat-arsed on flagons of ale and leering at attractive barmaids. The things we do for ghosts…
Returning to the City we settled in to the Viaduct Tavern in St Pauls, one of the last remaining examples of a Victorian London Gin Palace. Opposite the Old Bailey court house, the pub's cellars still contain prison cells from the now demolished Newgate Prison. It is also supposedly home to some pretty frightening poltergeist activity.
Many staff members over the years have been disturbed by a particularly malevolent ghost, including the landlord in 1996 who, when stocking up on supplies, was locked in the cellar after the door slammed shut. Hearing his panicked shouts, his wife came down to let him out and found that the door, impossible to budge from the inside, could be easily opened from the outside. "Ha! Men…" She might have chuckled as her useless husband struggled upstairs with the Bacardi Breezers.
Add to that numerous tales of moving objects and terrified workmen and the Viaduct Tavern has built quite a reputation as one of London's prime haunted sites.
To find out more Looking For Ghosts accosted a barman, who we figured would be thrilled to have his busy Friday night interrupted by a couple of half-cut ghost hunters.
As he led us down into the cells we were casually informed, with a mixture of sympathy and disdain, that tours of the cells are regularly requested by paranormal enthusiasts. With our social status diminished to the level usually reserved for those with leprosy, our doting guide ushered us inside. But had he ever experienced anything strange down here himself?
Easily the most unsettling place we've been so far, these cold, musty cells remain completely unused by anything other than cobwebs and damp. The eerie atmosphere is a huge contrast from the bustling City pub upstairs and provided us with a macabre insight into London's grim Judiciary system.
Staggering outside after last orders we felt satisfied that our search for ghosts had taken us one step closer. But then again we always get emotional after a couple of Bombay Sapphires…
Still in West London, Looking For Ghosts ventured along Cambridge Gardens in fashionable Notting Hill.
Now, when we set out to investigate the paranormal we accepted that we would have our beliefs stretched, often to breaking point, on a semi-regular basis. However nothing quite prepared us for the tale we heard about a ghost bus. Yes, you read that right: a ghost bus.
There have been several sightings of the phantom no.7 throughout the decade, sometimes causing startled drivers to swerve out of the way to avoid the speeding double-decker. Witnesses would later deny there was any such vehicle in on the road (presumably because there wasn't).
We did see a no. 7 bus, but it seemed pretty real to us. Not that we've ever used public transport; with a chartered jet to fly us to and from LFG Towers we have the luxury of arriving in style to all of our gruesome destinations.
To conclude, the very notion of ghost buses existing is so laughable that if you entertain the idea, even for a nano-second, then you may as well claim that Lord of the Rings is a documentary and live the rest of your life wrapped in tin foil in your bedroom claiming that Aliens are coming to get you.
Next on our ongoing search for paranormal friends, Looking For Ghosts visited Eaton Place in Belgravia. Sandwiched between the dim opulence of Knightsbridge and the gormless splendour of Sloane Square, it is no surprise that the ghoul that haunts this grand terrace is a posh div.
In 1893, Admiral Sir George Tryon was floating about in his boat Victoria off the coast of Syria. Our hero gave orders for his ship and the nearby Camperdown to sail merrily into each other. Clever move George.
Four hundred men died, including the loopy Admiral himself. Apparently, his last words were: "Oh bugger".
At the exact time of his comeuppance, his spectre was seen by a room of party-goers at his home in Eaton Place. Preposterous really isn't it? At the exact time we read this tale of idiocy on the high seas, we felt this spooky sensation of nauseous disbelief.
A load of old poop-deck.
More recently, Eaton Square has been home to more famous names: sexy food botherer Nigella Lawson and her husband Charles 'artoholic' Saatchi; professional eyebrow-raiser Roger Moore, Scarlett O'Hara (or Vivien Leigh to her friends), Roman Abramovich, Lord Boothby (he of questionable acquaintances), Neville Chamberlain, Jose Mourinho and last but not least, Sean Connery.
Churches, churches, churches. You can't move for churches in London. So it was a relief when we stumbled upon The Old Red Cow; a haunted building in the City that isn't a bloody church.
Rumour has it that the Barbican pub's former owner, Dick O'Shea, can be seen in his rocking chair on the establishment's balcony.
Nothing strange about that surely? Ah, but he died in 1981.
It's a cosy pub with a suspiciously free jukebox and welcoming staff.
Unfortunately, Dick chose not to appear while we were there. So The Old Red Cow loses points on the hospitality front.
Still, the pub is located in part of London that is spookily quiet at weekends when the financial district is at its quietest. Located nearby are Smithfield market, several weathered graveyards and countless other ancient pubs, giving you a true sense of London's history.
As Looking For Ghosts continued to search for the paranormal amongst London's concealed past, we arrived at St Mary-le-Bow. It is said that you can only truly be considered cockney if you were born within earshot of the churches' chimes; the Bow Bells. It is also, along with a few other London churches, immortalised in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons. However, few people are aware that this famous church once suffered a deadly curse…
In the 11th and 12th centuries black masses were held at the site, leading many locals to believe it had become cursed. In 1091, the roof blew off killing a considerable number of local residents, whilst more people were crushed to death in 1271 as the tower collapsed into the street below.
The church was also nearly destroyed in 1196 when the Archbishop of Canterbury used fire to smoke out murderous tax-dodger William Fitzobert who had been hiding out in the tower. How that plan went wrong we'll never know.
St Mary's houses many a grim tale, as Lawrence Duckett was murdered within the building at the end of the 13th Century. Consequently 17 men were hanged (and one woman burned to death) for this crime.
Almost inevitably St Mary-le-Bow was destroyed by the Great Fire of London and was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1673 , when many people say the curse was lifted. Nice one, Chris!
Fire, murder, toppling towers; whilst there can be no argument that St Mary's is the unluckiest church in the world, is it the result of some ancient hex? Or just poor infrastructure?
Despite us pressing our ears up against the door of the crypt, we still didn't experience any bloody ghosts. Probably because the crypt, which for centuries amassed decaying corpses, ironically houses a fashionable vegetarian restaurant these days.
The City is the oldest quarter of London, yet now houses some the most modern skyscrapers in the metropolis. Old churches, pubs and cobbled streets are hidden from view by these new, towering structures, giving their existence a strange, off-kilter existence.
One of these older structures is St Botolph's Without Bishopsgate, which sits behind Liverpool Street station and lies just opposite London's newest skyscraper Heron Tower.
We visited St Botolph's, hoping to catch a glimpse of this ghost.
Top right. On the balcony. Yeah, trust us. That's supposed to be a ghost. That "ghost" was taken by Chris Brackley in 1982 while his was photographing a church that he says was only inhabited by him and his wife. Which begs the questions… Is his wife see-through?
Allegedly, a few years later, coffins were found in the wall of crypt revealing a preserved corpse of a woman who bore some sort of resemblance to the figure in the picture. Details are sketchy and wholly unconvincing.
So, Looking For Ghosts searched for this wispy madame but, unfortunately, did not find her. Probably because it was a smudge on the lens or, for want of a better word, bollocks.
Formerly a gothic church, the ruined gardens situated between the Old Bailey and St Paul's Cathedral are allegedly the home to some feisty female ghosts.
This site was the last resting place of Isabella of France – the wife of Edward II and the mother of Edward III – who was given the dubious moniker of 'She-wolf of France'. The conniving Queen consort plotted to depose her husband and, one night in September 1327, the King met with a death most foul. According to a rather teeth-clenching account, the monarch met his maker by way of 'a kind of horn or funnel…thrust into his fundament through which a red hot spit was run up his bowels'. Hot stuff indeed.
Isabella was imprisoned by her son and died incarcerated. She was buried in her wedding dress at Greyfriars with the heart of Edward II on her chest. Lucky she was dead; red stains are a bugger to get out of white.
Apparently, Isabella's beautiful but angry ghost can be seen at twilight still clutching her old man's beating heart. Hell hath fury…
If one paranormal pin-up wasn't enough for you, then maybe Lady Alice Hungerford will satisfy your needs. Alice, considered a great beauty of the Tudor Age – a time when false teeth and small pox scars were de rigueur among many high-class women.
Alice, like Isabella, was in a murderous mood. In 1523, she bumped off her husband with a dose of poison. She was put to death by boiling, which, even though it was nearly 500 years ago, seems like a ludicrous punishment. She too was interred at Greyfriars and she too spooks the graveyard.
Now this is were it gets saucy. Many years later, during the reign of Old Queen Vic, the spectral stunners were seen to be catfighting by a night-watchman. Ladies please. Let me loosen my tie.
So, when the Looking For Ghosts team turned up at Greyfriars in our dinner jackets, armed with red roses and Belgian chocolates, we were disappointed not to catch the slightest glimpse of these nocturnal nymphs.
Whilst we were in the City, we continued our search for ghouls by walking the short distance from Cornhill to Threadneedle Street and the Bank of England.
Standing outside these imposing metal doors many questions were racing through our minds. What dark secrets lie within? What of the strange, cryptic symbols emblazed on the doors? What time do you open? I've got a cheque to pay in.
The Bank of England houses one of the most famous London ghost stories of all time, that of the Lady in Black (or Black Nun) Sarah Whitehead.
We were confident of catching a glimpse, with us being something of a hit with the ladies and all…
In 1812 Philip Whitehead, a clerk at the bank, was found guilty of forgery and hanged. His sister, Sarah, was not informed of her brother's execution until one day she turned up at the bank to ask of his whereabouts.
The news left Sarah devastated and she refused to accept his death, opting instead to turn up at the bank every day dressed in funeral attire to ask staff where her brother was. Eventually, the bank got so tired of her daily visits that they offered her a large sum of money to go away and never return.
A woman of principles, Sarah kept her promise. However, in death she was not so virtuous.
For several years after she died, late night city workers regularly encountered a lady, dressed in black robes, on Threadneedle Street or by Bank station always asking the same sorrowful question: "Have you seen my brother?"
Predictably, we didn't see her. Either she was immune to our charms or, more plausibly, she never existed. Either way, our ghost count still stands at a paltry zero.
Now that we were suitably prepared, it was time for the Looking For Ghosts team to embark on our first hunt. We figured that a promising starting point would be the City of London itself, known as the "Square Mile", whose grim and lurid past surely means that thousands of ghosts from centuries past spill out of every church, crypt and alleyway hidden away among the capital's financial district.
With this in mind we stumbled across St Peter upon Cornhill, an ancient church curiously nestled between modern city buildings and designer boutiques, and soon discovered it boasts an interesting history.
According to an inscription in the churchyard, it is the oldest Christian church in Britain, with the original site founded by King Lucius in 187 AD.
Even if this is not the case (several churches in the UK have stated similar claims) the building, re-designed by Christopher Wren in 1687 after the original building was destroyed by the great fire, houses a more provocative tale.
In the nineteenth century, a vicar at this church noticed that plans for a building next door encroached on to church territory by a slight margin.
A bitter legal dispute ensued, with the architect forced to re-draw his plans. By way of revenge, he added three sinister stone gargoyles to the building to sneer down upon the churchgoers below.
The intimidating devil looming over the church door is said to be created in the image of the fastidious vicar (who by all accounts got just what he deserved for being such a kill-joy).
Verdict: whilst this building is of some historical significance (and the gargoyles are an unsettling sight on a gloomy Sunday afternoon in a largely deserted city), it's no more haunted than your average branch of HMV. Ghost count so far stands at a pitiful zero. But we shall continue!
Catharine Arnold's grimly fantastic book Necropolis: London and it Dead states that London is "above, a city thriving with life. Beneath, a city filled with the dead".
Which is lucky, as the Looking For Ghosts crew – all two of us – happen to live in this very Necropolis. Spooks aplenty surely?
The coming posts will explore London's most haunted buildings and areas. And, hopefully, we will be able to strecth our budget to reach further into the UK's haunted regions.
Before we began our spooky search for the existence of ghosts, we referenced another book to find out what equipment we might need to help us catch sight of our intended targets.
How to be a Ghost Hunter by Richard Southall claims that a good ghost-hunting kit should include:
Tape Recorder
Microwave Radiation or Electromagnetic Detectors – oh yeah just happened to have them in my bedroom
Pad of Paper and Pen
Watch or Stopwatch
Laptop Computer – Mr Southall obviously wants us to be prime mugging targets
Flour – to bake a cake for any hungry ghosts?
Thread – for extra jumpers in case of inclement weather?
We studied this list and decided that our eyeballs and and a couple of cameras are the most useful tools at our disposal. Don't expect any terrifying photgraphs of ectoplasm-dripping phantoms but we'll try. Oh, and if we get bored we might chuck a bag of flour at a ghoul or two.