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Features Archive:

2008 Archive:
Spirits of Christmas and Holidays Past By Edward Shanahan
December 19, 2008


Don't Bark At Me, I'm Not The Dog In The Mirror - by Lee Prosser
December 14, 2008

Column - regular feature

Welcome to Your Psychic Life By Tiffany Johnson
December 1, 2008


Fresh Paths to the Paranormal By Beth Brown
November 26, 2008


The Journals of Willard David Firestone: American Indians - by Lee Prosser
November 21, 2008

Column - regular feature

The Haunted Cemetery - Ghost Chronicles
November 12, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Jeff Belanger and Who's Haunting the White House? - Ghost Chronicles
October 24, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Ectoplasm - by Lee Prosser
October 20, 2008

Column - regular feature

Salem Witch Shawn Poirier - Ghost Chronicles
October 15, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Most Famous Phenomenon by Jeff Belanger
October 8, 2008


Haunted House Diary - Ghost Chronicles
October 1, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Paranormal Journaling: A First Step by Jeff Belanger
September 30, 2008


More Horrific Predictions - by Lee Prosser
September 26, 2008

Column - regular feature

Francis Thompson (1859 - 1907) - by Lee Prosser
September 18, 2008

Column - regular feature

Evolution of an Entity by Danielle Lee
September 12, 2008


Into the Abyss: Ancient Rites of Exorcism by Bishop Daniel Garguillio
September 2, 2008


Lee Prosser and Jill Peacha - by Lee Prosser
September 1, 2008

Column - regular feature

An Open Letter to the Paranormal Community by Peter James Haviland
August 28, 2008


Return to Mystery Hill - Ghost Chronicles
August 20, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

The Ghost of Cameron Mitchell at Branson, Missouri - by Lee Prosser
August 8, 2008

Column - regular feature

Confessions of a Grief Councilor - Ghost Chronicles
August 6, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

The Residual "Jiggle" by Jack Roth
July 31, 2008


Farwell to Chris Balzano - Ghost Chronicles
July 23, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

A Matter of Respect by Patrick Burke
July 21, 2008


Economic Collapse and Depression in the United States - by Lee Prosser
July 14, 2008

Column - regular feature

The Portsmouth Lighthouse - Ghost Chronicles
July 9, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Legends Set in Stone by Beth Brown
July 3, 2008


Investigating the Pukwudgies - Ghost Chronicles
June 25, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Sensitive - by Lee Prosser
June 20, 2008

Column - regular feature

Ghost Hunting Etiquette 102 by Danielle Quinlan Lee
June 13, 2008


Allup, Leiru, Ligil, Uriel, Pulla - by Lee Prosser
May 23, 2008

Column - regular feature

Ohio's Haunted History by Sherri Brake-Recco
May 19, 2008


Weird Massachusetts - Paranormal Journeys
May 9, 2008

Paranormal Journeys - webcast

Water Ghosts: Theory of the Bobbing Heads and Floating Bodies - by Lee Prosser
May 9, 2008

Column - regular feature

The Shadows Know by Edward Shanahan
May 2, 2008


Weird Massachusetts with Jeff Belanger - Ghost Chronicles
April 23, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

American Negro Civil War Ghosts - by Lee Prosser
April 14, 2008

Column - regular feature

Landmark Ghosts By Beth Brown
April 3, 2008


The Lizzy Borden House - Ghost Chronicles
April 2, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Ghosts of Hollywood - Ghost Chronicles
March 19, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

On the Nature of Group Dynamics By Rick Moran
March 19, 2008


Billy The Kid - by Lee Prosser
March 12, 2008

Column - regular feature

Women in the Paranormal: Donna LaCroix
March 5, 2008


Women in the Paranormal: Amy Bruni
March 2, 2008


Women in the Paranormal: Ursula Bielski
February 28, 2008


Women in the Paranormal: L'Aura Hladik
February 25, 2008


Women in the Paranormal: Allison Andrews
February 22, 2008


Haunted Cape Cod and the Islands - Ghost Chronicles
February 20, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Women in the Paranormal: Rosemary Ellen Guiley
February 19, 2008


Women in the Paranormal: Lorraine Warren
February 16, 2008


The Ghosts of Tombstone - Paranormal Journeys
February 14, 2008

Paranormal Journeys - webcast

Valentine's Day Special - Ghost Chronicles
February 13, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Magick and Magic, What is the Difference? - by Lee Prosser
February 13, 2008

Column - regular feature

My Theory on Spirits of the Paranormal by Edward Shanahan
February 1, 2008


Investigating the Sance with U.K. psychic Gavin Cromwell - Ghost Chronicles
January 30, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Electronic Voice Phenomena is affected by Solar Weather by Tom Ginther
January 21, 2008


The Concord Colonial Inn - Ghost Chronicles
January 16, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Ghost Cat - by Lee Prosser
January 15, 2008

Column - regular feature

The Lizzie Borden House - Paranormal Journeys
January 11, 2008

Paranormal Journeys - webcast

Russian Ghosts - Ghost Chronicles
January 9, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Shadows Of Evil by Rick Hayes
January 4, 2008


Haunted Devon, UK - Ghost Chronicles
January 2, 2008

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Magickal Rings - by Lee Prosser
January 2, 2008

Column - regular feature



March 12, 2008

Bide One's Time

Billy the Kid
By Lee Prosser

Lee Prosser - Bide One's Time is Lee's bi-weekly column on the supernatural. When I lived at Roswell, New Mexico, one of the favorite places my wife Debra and I visited was Lincoln, New Mexico, which was less than an hour's drive away. This place, to use a colorful wild west phrase, "reeks with ghosts." As most of you know through numerous movies and books, Lincoln, New Mexico was the site of the 1878 Lincoln County Cattle War involving the legendary Billy the Kid. Nearly all residents of the state of New Mexico have a Billy the Kid story to share.

Born in New York City on November 11, 1859, Billy was brought up in the American West. When he was shot and brutally killed by his friend, sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881, he was twenty-one years old, and the wild west he knew set the stage for his legendary status today. He died at Fort Sumner, New Mexico of his wounds. Due to the shifting sands and flooding of that burial location, his body remains today could be anywhere within two-hundred feet of where he was originally interned in the ground. My wife and I walked this area several times, and examined its terrain. It is not unusual for flooding to shift the location of bodies over a period time.

Billy the KidIntelligent, clever, and oftentimes charming, Billy had a way with the ladies which was another aspect of his fame, and he sired many offspring according to folk tales of the times in which he lived. He also used the names William Harrison Bonney and William or Henry Antrim. To the Spanish populace, he was always affectionately known as The Kid, or El Chivato.

I know there are ghosts in Lincoln, New Mexico because I saw some of them. I have written about that elsewhere, including interviews between author Jeff Belanger and myself in his books, Our Haunted Lives: True Life Ghost Encounters and The Ghost Files. Yes, there are plenty of ghosts in New Mexico, known as the Land of Enchantment. Some of my experiences there would also lead me to call it the Land of the Macabre. New Mexico is also well-known for its UFOs and extraterrestrial encounters. But that is another story.

That Billy the Kid continues to fascinate the imagination of the world, alongside that of fellow outlaw Jesse James, proves that people enjoy an entertaining legend wherever it comes from, and the wild, wild American West is what most of the world thinks of when they think of the United States. No period in American history, with the exception of the Gangster era in the 20th Century, so fascinates and intrigues the world as does the American West era.

The ghost of Billy the Kid lives on. A new look at this youthful outlaw and ladies man is found in the nonfiction book, Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride by Michael Wallis, published in 2007 by Norton. This book examines the myth and enigma of Billy, and the photographs with the book are intriguing and unusual. If you ever wondered why Billy the Kid remains so popular in American folklore and legend, please give this inexpensive paperback a reading and discover why! This is one entertaining and well-researched book from beginning to end, and a sure page-turner for enjoyable reading about the American epic of Billy the Kid.

The next time you are in New Mexico, check out some of places Billy the Kid lived, fought, made love in, and had his many adventures in. Like the state of Missouri where my wife Debra and I currently reside at, New Mexico is a top draw for ghosts and ghostly hauntings, and it is a hotbed of paranormal activity. It is no surprise that El Chivato is one of the great Hispanic heroes of the American Southwest, with a fame that is now worldwide.


Lee Prosser is Ghostvillage.com's book reviewer and a regular contributor. "Bide One's Time" is Prosser's twice-monthly column on his supernatural musings.




2014 Haunted New England Wall Calendar by Jeff Belanger photography by Frank Grace
Check out the 2014 Haunted New England wall calendar by Jeff Belanger and photography by Frank Grace!


Paranormal Conferences and Lectures
Don't miss the following events and lectures:

Jeff Belanger and “The Bridgewater Triangle” at Dedham Community Theatre - April 6, 2014 9:00PM

The Spirits of the Mark Twain House - Hartford, Connecticut - April 12, 2014

Paracon Australia - East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - May 10-12, 2014