Mark Nesbitt
is a former National Park Service
Ranger/Historian. He started
his own research and writing
company in 1977 and has done
research and advertising copy
for some of America's best historical
artists. Mark is the author
of several books on the Ghosts
of Gettysburg and his stories
from the Ghosts of Gettysburg
Book series spawned the commercially
successful "Ghosts of Gettysburg
Candlelight Walking Tours"
in 1994. The tours continue
to entertain hundreds each night
from March through November.
And has been voted the best
Ghost Tour in America by Haunted
America tours readers 2004-
2008. In addition, many of his
stories have been seen on numerous
television programs and specials.
Mark Nesbitt, Author,
The Ghosts of Gettysburg Series
By
Lisa Lee Harp Waugh
Mark Nesbitt was born in
Lorain, Ohio, and graduated
from Baldwin-Wallace College
with a BA in English Literature.
He worked for the National Park
Service as a Ranger/Historian
for five years and then became
a Licensed Battlefield Guide.
His job with the National Park
Service provided him not only
the opportunity to spend time
in all of the historic buildings
located in the Gettysburg National
Park, but actually to live in
four of the historic houses.
Living in Gettysburg since 1971
has provided him with a unique
“insider” perspective.
I first became aware of Author
Mark Nesbitt when he appeared
on Coast To Coast AM With George
Norry July 26th, 2004. Nesbitt
shared many interesting well
told stories of ghosts and apparitions
seen in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
which was host to the bloodiest
battle of the Civil War, where
approximately 50,000 soldiers
lost their lives over a 3-day
period. Curiously, even before
the battle in 1863, a ghostly
visitation of George Washington
leading an army was seen on
the site, he also noted.
Nesbitt a true paranormal investigator
offered several of his own interesting
theories as to why Gettysburg
is one of the most haunted places
in America.
" Because their deaths
were so sudden, many of the
soldiers may not have realized
they died." Said Nesbitt.
"Additionally, since they
were in the throes of war against
their own countrymen they may
fear facing "judgment"
in crossing over." "Thirdly,
Gettysburg's geology contains
a lot of quartz rock which is
thought to capture electricity
which could facilitate paranormal
occurrences."
"A lot of the haunting
phenomena are auditory rather
than visual, said Nesbitt, who
described reports where "volleys
of gunfire were heard in the
woods." " EVP's recorded
in the area sometime take the
form of "an angry growl,"
rather than specific words,
he said. With the sightings
of apparitions, Nesbitt commented
that 40-45% of them actually
occurred during daylight hours."
I was so impressed with his
great interview I decided to
travel to Gettysburg and check
it out for myself. I took the
The Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight
Walking Tours®. And I was
never more impressed on how
well it was presented. And also
the many reactions from those
on the walk with me as they
stated that they felt the actual
ghosts touching them.
I would have to
say in all honesty this was
the most haunted and paranormal
active ghost tour I have ever
taken in the United States to
date. And I can certainly recommend
it to everyone who visits the
area. Make sure that this Tour
is the one that you take. The
actual Ghost Of Gettysburg ghost
tour Headquarters is also a
very haunted location to visit
and check out. Located at 271
Baltimore Street at Breckenridge
Street. You certainly won't
be disappointed if you explore
this location. Take along a
camera and a digital voice recorder.
Real captured EVP's and Ghost
Photos happen in the building
all the time.
Nesbitt also offers
many tours that are sure to
peek the interest of any Paranormal
Researcher or novice Ghost Hunter.
I suggest you take the time
and take each of his remarkable
tours you won't be in anyway
at a loss for experiencing what
real Haunted Gettysburg is all
About.
Baltimore
Street Tour
Your walking tour begins in
the courtyard of the haunted
Ghosts of Gettysburg Walking
Tours® Headquarters-where
disembodied voices have been
recorded and a child has been
spotted…a century after
his death.
Visit the County Courthouse
that witnessed the battle and
was filled to over-flowing with
wounded soldiers…and now
holds visitors from another
world.
See the church where so many
amputations occurred they had
to drill holes in the floor
to let the blood run out and
where a spectral undertaker
continues to walk to the nearby
cemetery…removed decades
ago.
Baltimore Street Tours begin
at The Ghosts of Gettysburg
Candlelight Walking Tour®
Headquarters, 271 Baltimore
Street. Please arrive at least
15 minutes before your scheduled
tour. The tour lasts about 1
hour and fifteen minutes and
covers about three-quarters
of a mile.
Carlisle Street
Tour
The building where a modern
elevator took two unsuspecting
passengers down for a vision
of hell on earth - a Civil War
Hospital . . .
The structure where young actresses
see "The General"
materialize in a vacant seat
to admire their performances
. .
Where three wings of a defeated
Union Army and their pursuers
all came together to provide
the focal point for intense
emotional energy and produce
continuing, bizarre poltergeist
activity. . .
Carlisle Street/College Campus
Tours begin at The Ghosts of
Gettysburg Candlelight Walking
Tour® Headquarters, 271
Baltimore Street.
Please arrive at least 15 minutes
before your scheduled tour.The
tour lasts about 1 hour and
fifty minutes and leisurely
covers about a mile and a quarter.
Seminary Ridge
Tour
The original Seminary Ridge
tour!
The site where a young soldier
remained buried alive under
a pile of corpses for days until
he was finally taken from the
hideous cellar sarcophagus.
But he never really left until
a priest came and blessed the
house. . .
Robert E. Lee's Headquarters
where a renowned psychic witnessed
in her mind's eye a meeting
of high-ranking Confederates
whose decisions changed the
course of history. . .
The numerous buildings of the
Lutheran Theological Seminary,
used as hospitals whose grounds
became temporary graveyards,
where unexplainable activity
has occurred over the years.
. .
(Note: The Lutheran Seminary
at Gettysburg does not endorse
the content of ghost tours or
any information presented as
fact by ghost tour guides.)
Tickets must be purchased at
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight
Walking Tour® Headquarters
at least 30 minutes prior to
tour time. Directions to the
tour meeting place will be given
when tickets are purchased.
The tour lasts about 1 hour
and 15 minutes and covers about
three-quarters of a mile.
Haunted Gettysburg
Bus Tour
The Ghosts of Gettysburg has
partnered with the Historic
Tour Company to bring you The
Ghosts of Gettysburg Bus Tour.
Visit haunted sites other walking
tours in Gettysburg miss!
See a famed Civil War house
where unexplainable noises may
be the spirit of a soldier still
buried in the dirt cellar.
Walk on a farm that witnessed
the battle, became a hospital
for the wounded, and a burial
site for the dead…hear
about the mysterious physical
manifestations of age-old amputations
which appeared, then suddenly
disappeared…and perhaps
witness for yourself The Supernatural
as others who visit there have….
Travel to "Hospital Woods"
and hear about the quiet home
that suddenly became paranormally
active with moving furniture,
opening and closing shutters
and doors, and destructive entity
activity.
Pay a call on what some say
are the spirits of the intrepid
soldiers in Pickett's Charge
and hear of their deeds…which
occurred a dozen decades after
they died.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED! The
bus tour will run on Saturday
evenings at 7:00pm starting
Memorial Day weekend through
mid-November as well as Fridays
at 7:00pm in October. To make
reservations please call the
Ghosts of Gettysburg at 717-337-0445.
A credit card number is required
to hold the reservation. We
reserve the right to charge
the credit card if you do not
honor your reservation.
Ghosts of Gettysburg Bus Tours
begin at The Ghosts of Gettysburg
Walking Tours® Headquarters,
271 Baltimore Street. Please
arrive at least 15 minutes before
your scheduled tour. The tour
lasts about 1 hour and thirty
minutes.
Price: $18.00 plus tax for
adults; $16.00 plus tax for
ages 5 to 10; children under
5 are not permitted.
Ghost Haunted
Steinwehr Avenue Tour
Your tour begins in the parking
lot of The Reliance Mine Saloon
at the Quality Inn-Gettysburg
Motor Lodge.
See the Gettysburg National
Cemetery, where ghostly footsteps
follow unwary visitors and the
wraith of a shunned Union cavalry
commander walks to this day...
Walk the grounds of the modern
hotel where disembodied, phantom
arms appear in the dead of night
to awaken unsuspecting tourists...
Gaze across the fields where
Pickett's gallant men charged
to their doom, and left bizarre
remnants of their passing...and
their continued presence!
The Steinwehr Avenue is available
on Saturdays at 7:00pm starting
Memorial Day weekend. Reservations
are strongly recommended. Call
717-337-0445 for reservations!
Tickets must be purchased at
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight
Walking Tour® Headquarters
at least 30 minutes prior to
tour time. Directions to the
tour meeting place will be given
when tickets are purchased.
The tour lasts about 1 hour
and 15 minutes and covers about
three-quarters of a mile.
Over
the years since the battle,
stories of scores of sightings,
stranger than reality, have
emerged from the quaint houses
and gentle fields in and around
the town of Gettysburg: Stories
of sightings of these soldiers,
moving again in battlelines,
across the fields where they
once marched. . . and died;
tales of visions through a rip
in time into the horrible scene
of a Civil War hospital; whispers
of a look at men long dead held
eternally captive by duty. These
apparitions -and more- come
back to remind us, in one way
or another that they are not
to be forgotten for what they
did here. . .
In research for his books,
Mark Nesbitt collected hundreds
of these tales of the unexplainable
sightings, entity activity or
those strange echoes from a
time long gone that can mean
only one thing: Gettysburg may
very well be, acre for acre,
the most haunted place in America.
Now, armed with tales from
these ghost books - and with
a few that aren't in the books
- knowledgeable guides will
take you on your choice of several
evening tours through sections
of town that were bloody battlefields
13 decades ago; through night-darkened
streets to houses and buildings
where it's not as quiet as it
should be; to sites on the old
Pennsylvania College campus
where the slain once lay in
rows, and the wounded suffered
horribly, waiting to become
corpses themselves; to cemeteries
where the dead lie. . . sometimes
not so peacefully.
The Gettysburg
Ghost Train Tour
You saw it on The Travel Channel's
"Mysterious Journeys",
now experience the thrills and
chills of the Haunted Engine
House and the Gettysburg Ghost
Train.
Experience a trip that can
only be taken by train, into
the haunted Gettysburg countryside.
As you roll over the very fields
bloodied by the fighting in
July 1863, past the legendary
railroad cut, just below mysterious
Oak Ridge, and within a stone's
throw of the infamous Iverson's
Pits, expert guides from the
Ghosts of Gettysburg Tours treat
you to eerie tales of hauntings.
Your ghostly adventure continues
as your rail car pulls into
the haunted Engine House where
you will hear the voices of
the dead captured on tape in
that very building! No other
Ghost Tour in Gettysburg takes
you so close to the actual battlefield,
in the very car where those
before you have had ghostly
encounters, and into the actual
haunted site that you saw on
tv! This is the only tour offered
that will take you into the
Haunted Engine House.
Please allow at least 1 1/2
hours for the ride. Reservations
are STRONGLY recommended.
The ghost train will be running
on the following dates in 2008
at 7:00pm: 5/24, 6/7, 6/13,
6/20, 6/28, 7/4, 7/5, 7/12,
7/18, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/15,
8/23, 8/30, 9/20, 9/27, 10/3,
10/10, 10/11, 10/17, 10/18,
10/24, 10/25, 10/31, and 11/1.
To request information or make
reservations contact Pioneer
Lines Scenic Railway, 106 N.Washington
St., Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: 717-334-6932
email: pioneerlines@innernet.net Website:
http://http://www.gettysburgrail.com/train_ride_details.php?ride_id=256.
Price: Adults/$22.00; Children
(ages 8-12)/$16.00; Children
(ages 3-7)/$9.00; and age 2
and under free (must sit on
lap)
Drummer Boy at Gettysburg (1977)
If the South Won Gettysburg (1980)
35 Days to Gettysburg (1992)
Rebel Rivers (1993)
Saber and Scapegoat: J.E.B. Stuart
and the Gettysburg Controversy (1994)
Through Blood and Fire (1996)
The popular Ghosts of Gettysburg Series
(1991- present)
The Ghost Hunter’s Field Guide:
Gettysburg & Beyond (2005)
Haunted Pennsylvania (2006)
Sixty Things To Do When You Turn Sixty
(Contributing Author, 2006).
The Ghosts of Gettysburg stories have
been seen, and/or heard, on The History
Channel, A&E, The Discovery Channel,
The Travel Channel, Unsolved Mysteries,
Coast to Coast AM, regional television
and radio programs, and in local newspapers
and publications.
Mr. Nesbitt has been a keynote speaker
in the Virginia House of Delegates,
The Lotos Literary Club of New York,
the Capital Area Intermediate Unit
of the Senator Robert C. Byrd sponsored
Teaching American History Project,
and The Mid-Atlantic Travel and Public
Relations Association (MATPRA). He
has been a guest lecturer at Gettysburg
College and Indiana University of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Nesbitt has also
been a regular speaker at local area
Civil War Roundtables and numerous
Paranormal Conferences.
Mark was awarded the 1977-78 Eastern
National Park and Monument Association’s
National Award for Excellence in a
Children’s Publication. In July
of 2004, his Ghosts of Gettysburg
Series received the National Paranormal
Award for “Best True Hauntings
Collection” and “Best
‘Local Haunt’ Guidebook”.
In 2007, the readers of HauntedAmericaTours.com
voted Mr. Nesbitt:
#1 in the “Top 10 Ghost Hunters
Paranormal Investigators” 2008
#2 in the “Top 10 Favorite Haunted
Authors” 2008
Stories from the Ghosts of Gettysburg
Series spawned the commercially successful
Ghosts of Gettysburg Candlelight Walking
Tours®; the most popular ghost
tours in Gettysburg since 1994. The
Ghosts of Gettysburg Tours was also
awarded the “2007 #1 Ghost Tour
in America” by the readers of
HauntedAmericaTours.com.
In 2006, Mr. Nesbitt opened the Ghosts
of Fredericksburg Tours in Fredericksburg,
VA.
In 2007, Mr. Nesbitt, along with Investigative
Medium Laine Crosby, founded Dead
On Productions (www.deadonproductions.net);
a company dedicated to the creation
of unique programming combining historical
documentary with paranormal reality
and adventure. Dead On Productions
also syndicates original shows by
independent producers. Shows are sold
online as podcasts. www.ghostchannel.tv
Over the years since
the battle, stories of scores of sightings,
stranger than reality, have emerged
from the quaint houses and gentle
fields in and around the town of Gettysburg:
Stories of sightings of these soldiers,
moving again in battlelines, across
the fields where they once marched.
. . and died; tales of visions through
a rip in time into the horrible scene
of a Civil War hospital; whispers
of a look at men long dead held eternally
captive by duty. These apparitions
-and more- come back to remind us,
in one way or another that they are
not to be forgotten for what they
did here. . .
In research for his books, Mark Nesbitt
collected hundreds of these tales
of the unexplainable sightings, entity
activity or those strange echoes from
a time long gone that can mean only
one thing: Gettysburg may very well
be, acre for acre, the most haunted
place in America.
Ghost Channel.TV Launches
Dead On Productions is proud to announce
the launch of the first paranormal
channel on the Internet. The Ghost
Channel.TV launched September 10,
2007 with video and audio downloads,
EVP recordings, pictures, audio blogs
and much more.
Now, armed with tales from these
ghost books - and with a few that
aren't in the books - knowledgeable
guides will take you on your choice
of several evening tours through sections
of town that were bloody battlefields
13 decades ago; through night-darkened
streets to houses and buildings where
it's not as quiet as it should be;
to sites on the old Pennsylvania College
campus where the slain once lay in
rows, and the wounded suffered horribly,
waiting to become corpses themselves;
to cemeteries where the dead lie.
. . sometimes not so peacefully.
About
Lisa Lee Harp Waugh
Have
The Dead Spoken To You Lately?
Lisa Lee Harp Waugh
The American Necromancer
The first lady of conjuring the Dead.
The ancient art pf Necromancy is still
alive today with Waugh at it's main
investigator. LISA LEE HARP WAUGH
Is a necromancer in the 21st century.
She is by what may call a real conduit
to the world of the dead. She dressers
in ceremonial robes, draws magical
circles on the floor and commands
spirits from Heaven, Hell and all
places in between to appear before
her and communicate with the living.
As a teenager she studied heavily
The Black Arts by Richard Cavendish
and The Grand Grimoire by A.E Waite,
the Malleus Maleficarum and anything
she could get her hands on by the
great by Eliphas Levi, John Dee and
the great beast, Aleister Crowley.
www.ghosthuntersofamerica.com
A professional Necromancer and founder
of the Sorcerers and Necomaner Guild
of greater Houston, Texas. Waugh has
been practicing and conducting rituals
for many paranormal investigators
for over 20 years. Waugh also paints
many spiritual and common murals and
lives in a small Texas town with her
three dogs. She also over the years
makes ceremonial candles and is active
in ghost hunting in the deep South.
Summoning the dead to communicate
with the living is a natural daily
occurrence for Waugh. "I have
been doing this since I was a child."
" When I lived in Galveston,
Texas about 15 years ago, I was introduced
to the ancient rights of ceremonial
Necromancy as a ritual by a great
shaman called Freebird, and because
of him and his diligence to the art,
I still practice it until this day."
"However, if a spirit has something
vital to impart to you, they will
call upon you, not vice-versa and
no ritual is needed".
She then Got involved with the local
Hoodoo Voodoo's of the area and new
doors where opened to her concerning
communicating with the dead.
Waugh was baptized and trained in
the secret dark religion by Bianca
The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. Waugh
lived in New Orleans for 3 years until
she learned all about spells, hex's
and how to hoodoo voodoo people as
she says.
Waugh also owned and managed the
fantastic Candle Making Company in
Galveston, Texas for many years that
catered to the eclectic patrons taste
of many of the states visitors and
just curious. She then moved to Houston's
Famous Vodoun area 5th ward. This
now where she resides to this day.
Her home today is a testimony to Necromancy
and her new found religion of Voodoo
Hoodoo.
Necromantic practitioners such as
Waugh conducts, and entails respect
and reverence not only for the spirits
of the dead, but for the spirits of
Hell, Heaven and all places in between.
Waugh has a large home one room she
has painted black where she calls
the good spirits. Another painted
all black where she calls the infernal
spirits.
The
American Ghost Hunters Society is
currently accepting new members all
across the country for our network
of ghost hunters, ghost writers and
ghost enthusiasts.
We
Investigate all types of Paranormal
and Unexplained Phenomena through
Research and Documentation.
Waugh is often compared today in
her facial features and many similar
practices as being a modern Dr. John
Dee. He of course was one of the most
fascinating characters of the Elizabethan
period just as Waugh is recognized
as such in modern times. The events
of Dee's life are filled with science,
experiments, astrology and mathematics
which he aligned with magic, the supernatural
and alchemy! All of which is Waugh's
personal passion and driven honest
beliefs. These are also stead fast
traditions she does and true in practicing
openly. A few of her select followers
say she is the actual reincarnation
of John Dee. Waugh also practices
astrology, and is very continuously
studying the Black Arts.
Waugh, a real big hearted Texas gal
does not comment on any of this privately
or publicly ... for she is humble
in her paranormal studies and research
to the core. Gina Lanier a close friend
of her's relates: "Waugh is a
very outgoing friendly, charming and
a downright loveable person, and gets
along equally well with the living
and the dead." Lanier and Waugh
once investigated a real Haunted Texas
Federal Prison together for close
to two years in the early 1990's and
had many startling paranormal adventures
while there.
Lisa Lee Harp Waugh's accomplishments
have been achieved through hard work,
persistence, and a goal-oriented attitude
required to overcome obstacles and
reach difficult goals. Waugh shares
her approach to communicating with
the dead's success in this motivational
performance that's sure to inspire
Paranormal Investigators to excel
in their life.
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PRSNE do not charge for conducting
an investigation. They will ask for
travel reimbursement, which can include
gas, airline tickets, phone and tolls.
They generally travel by car whenever
possible to keep the costs to a minimum.
Due to the reality that there are
always those who can not financially
reimburse this amount, the fee will
vary on case by case basis. If you
would like more information please
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