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Halloween…. For many, this once frightening night conjures narrow escapes from life-sucking ghosts as we took the dare of running into the neighborhood cemetery and placing an item on the most haunted grave.

Were we more likely to see the ghost of the dead girl belonging to the haunted grave on that specific evening?

What if we knew the tragic legend behind the 16-year-old on her way home from the prom?

What if we were privy to the fact that her spirit was supposed to rise on the stroke of midnight every Halloween announcing November 1st - the day she was so tragically killed?

Then we'd probably be more likely to see our ghost, says best-selling author of the paranormal Jeff Belanger.

"Infamous haunts have a reputation that will affect the paranormally-minded visitor," says Belanger, who makes a living as an investigator of such matters and is the founder of www.ghostvillage.com.

"If you already know the legends and history before walking into a location, you may be more likely to experience something," Belanger says. "Whether that's a psychosomatic effect, or that your senses are heightened because of that tingly fear, can be debated."

Let's face it - some of us like to be frightened.

So, blow off that Halloween party where the only thing you'll have to show for the evening you once held sacred is a hangover. Take a vow to recapture the fear you embraced so willingly so many years ago.