Friday 24 January 2014

The 10 Best Hollywood Houses of All Time

The industry that entertains millions of people around the world has to stay top-notch with everything it displays, including the houses shown in movies. These houses, in many cases, not just complement the theme of the film but also capture viewers' attention more than the film's plot itself!

Here is a list of some of the most appreciated Hollywood homes ever. These homes never fail to remind us of the characters who resided in them. We hope you enjoy reading the list as much as we enjoyed compiling it for you!

1. Xanadu of Citizen Kane (1941)

Xanadu

The colossal dome of the classic movie Citizen Kane forms one of the best houses to have made an appearance in Hollywood movies. The name 'Xanadu' comes from Samue Taylor Colerdige's composition titles Kubla Khan, which opens with the lines "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan…" Just like the description in the poem, Xanadu was built to be a stately epicurean dome. Xanadu is also said to be the "costliest monument of a man to himself".

Wednesday 1 January 2014

10 Most Scariest Ghost Sightings around the World

Ghosts are nowhere and everywhere too. We all have heard of those numerous ghost tales from our elders, most of them were fiction but yes there were some real ones also. No one has ever been able to prove their existence, yet they occupy a big part of our culture. There stories are very easily found on television and films; around bonfires and on the book shelves completing both fiction and nonfiction sections.

It is so interesting, how all of us suddenly have a spooky story to share when sitting with a bunch of friends or cousins at night. Horror tales have long been a topic of discussion during all those night outs and sleepovers and we generally have one or more of those people with us, who get goose bumps with a slightest sound at night, which makes this story telling a hell lot interesting.

Just like Casper - The friendly ghost and the ghosts of The Christmas Carol, there are many others who have marked a place in history but unlike the former, these are remembered to haunt people in real life and not on-screen.

So, dedicate few minutes of your time and get to know the 10 most popular ghost sightings around the world.

10. Greenbrier Ghost

Greenbrier Ghost

This name has particularly been given to the ghost of a young Virginian woman, Zona Shue, who was murdered in 1897 by her cruel and abusive husband, Erasmus Stribbling Trout Shue. Initially the reason behind Zona's death was considered to be everlasting faint or childbirth, but later when the case was reopened it was found that her husband only killed her. The amazing part of the story was how the events unfolded after her death. Zona's mother was the only person who suspected Erasmus to be the murderer and later she claimed to have been visited by Zona's ghost for about four nights where she revealed the secret of her death. She told her mother, how brutally Erasmus had abused her and broke her neck. Later, when the case was reopened and autopsy was done, Erasmus was arrested and this incident became a prominent one in American legal history for the testimony of a ghost was accepted as the prime evidence in a murder trial.