Ghosts

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“The Walking Dead” reaffirmed its status as a monster hit by scaring up an AMC record 7.3 million viewers in its Season 2 opener.

An explosion of horror on the small screen

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Last Halloween, Ryan Murphy, the TV producer who helped bring "Glee" into the world, enjoyed what he calls "the greatest viewing experience" of his life. And it had nothing to do with bubbly song-and-dance numbers.

A passionate scary movie junkie, he cleared his schedule and rushed home to catch the premiere of "The Walking Dead," AMC's ghastly drama about a plague of flesh-eating zombies.

Wendy Toliver, Kara Fuller Erickson, Drienie Hattingh, Brenda Hattingh, Lynda Scott and Sandee Drake (from left) stand in front of the Shooting Star Saloon in Huntsville. The six are part of the nine authors who contributed to the collection of short stories called “Tales from Huntsville, Eden, Liberty and Beyond ...”

ERIN HOOLEY
Standard-Examiner

Ghosts of Ogden Valley -- Eden Writers take challenge and pen spooky short stories

A bride late for her wedding drives up Ogden Canyon and is never seen again, at least not alive. An enormous German shepherd prowls a cemetery, standing guard over its master's grave. A young Weber High School student meets a mysterious, handsome hitchhiker, and they decide to play in the snow together at Powder Mountain.

Kirsten Thore and Kimberly Demmary read a headstone at Bardsdale Cemetery in Ventura County, Calif. Thore and Demmary are members of Paranornal Housewives, a group of ghost hunters. (SHNS photo by Carlos Chavez / Special to Ventura County Star)

'Paranormal Housewives' hunt for ghosts

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. -- The business analyst, the Spanish professor, the homemaker and the others hang out at graves shaded by coastal pines or hotels haunted by rumors. They use gadgets to track strange electromagnetic fields and record a disembodied voice in the empty room that says "hello."

Call them ghost hunters. They prefer their official title: the "Paranormal Housewives."

Do you believe in ghosts?

LAYTON -- Nearly one out of every three Americans believe in ghosts, according to a national survey. But that percentage is much higher in Utah, based on the predominant LDS faith and the strong religious base of other state residents, claims a Top of Utah medium.

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