I stress in my books the importance of following laws, not trespassing, and being smart. Don't go ghost hunting on railroad tracks.

Here is another news channel story about it. Watch video and read the story here.

I often find photos for books and articles on the Library of Congress site. I just found out the buildings are haunted. Check it out.

From DC Hauntings:

The Library of Congress is a lesser known haunted building on Capitol Hill. It does have its share of ghosts however. The most told ghost story is the police officer who resides in the stacks. He has been seen in both his uniform as well as his casual clothes. He has helped several people exit the stacks when they have become lost in the miles and miles of books. According to the description of the man (and his name, as he tells people) he was a sergeant who died several years ago. This occurrance is well known among many library employees. Other occurrances in the library's main building include doors opening by themselves, constant banging on the steps, and a mysterious dark haired man. One of the strangest recent events happened about three years ago when some painters were doing some work in the north corridor on the second floor. The area was closed to the public, and the workers needed get a cart by two heavy curator cases. One case moved about a foot, all by itself, allowing the workers to get the cart through.

The other night I watched the Stephen King movie 1408. The main character is a writer of ghost stories. He visits hotels and writes about the paranormal going on’s there. I don’t personally visit everyplace I write about, and I write about more than just haunted hotels, but in any case I related to the main character. He admits to have never had a paranormal experience. He states that many of the places he writes about boasts and hypes up their ghostly inhabits to hopefully generate more business.

I have encountered this many times, and I have encountered the businesses that do not want their ghost story publicized. All depends on the management. Occasionally there are so many stories floating around that I tend to believe that ghost story may be true and the management is denying it for whatever reason they may have.

I have never had a ghostly encounter, nor do I think you need loads of expensive equipment to experience something. If you want to experience the paranormal, just go. Go to the museum, hotel, restaurant, cemetery, and one day when you least expect it you too shall experience the unknown.  Now get off the internet and experience life and maybe more.