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Mini Poll: Spirited Exchanges

Current Totals:

Do you believe in ghosts?

Yes:
 79%
No:
 21%

 

Have you ever encountered a ghost?

Yes, saw one:
 21%
Yes, felt one:
 18%
Yes, it moved something that belonged to me or my family:
 11%
No, but I believe in them anyway:
 28%
No:
 22%

 

Which of the following is the best way to contact a ghost?

Ouija board:
 21%
A medium or psychic:
 43%
Tarot cards:
 6%
Going to the cemetery at midnight with a flashlight:
 13%
Voice over Internet Protocol:
 16%

 

Do you think most ghosts are evil or harmless?

Evil:
 3%
Harmless:
 77%
I don't believe in ghosts:
 19%

 

Which of the following entities is the most frightening to you?

Vampires in the basement:
 4%
Ghosts in the attic:
 5%
Monsters under the bed:
 10%
Legislators in the state capitol:
 82%

 

Do you think that St. Louis has more ghosts than other communities?

Yes:
 31%
No:
 69%

 

Which of the following places is the scariest haunted place in St. Louis?

The Lemp Mansion:
 20%
Samuel Cupples House:
 2%
Roosevelt High School:
 4%
The old Alexian Brothers Hospital:
 19%
Our Lady of Sorrows School:
 6%
Saint Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center:
 37%
Calvary and Bellefontaine Cemeteries:
 12%

 

Have you ever thought about the possibility of ghosts or spirits in rehabbed historic buildings?

Yes:
 55%
Yes, and there ought to be tax credits to deal with the problem:
 20%
No:
 25%

 

Would the possibility of ghosts affect where you chose to live?

Yes, I'd live somewhere else:
 28%
Yes, I'd love to live with a ghost:
 21%
No:
 51%

 

Which of the following pieces of evidence would you find most convincing that you had a ghost in your house?

Unexplained footprints or handprints:
 6%
Moving objects:
 34%
A sense of being touched:
 27%
Cries and whispers:
 20%
Ghostbusters keep sending brochures:
 14%

 

If your house were haunted, which of the following actions would you most likely try to get the ghost to leave?

Loudly ask it to go away:
 45%
Sprinkle holy water in each doorway:
 19%
Place my shoes at the end of the bed facing opposite directions:
 3%
Burn incense or hang garlic in doors:
 9%
Paint my front door red:
 5%
Call the Citizens Service Bureau and report a problem property:
 18%

 

If none of the methods above worked, which of the following St. Louisans would you most likely call to expel the ghost?

A Jesuit from Saint Louis University:
 34%
St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan:
 6%
Local fantasy novelist Laurell K. Hamilton:
 48%
City Vector Control:
 12%

 

Which of the following movies is most likely to give you goose bumps?

The Exorcist (1973):
 36%
The Shining (1980):
 22%
Poltergeist (1982):
 14%
Field of Dreams (1989):
 5%
Ghost (1990):
 3%
The Sixth Sense (1999):
 19%

 

If you could come back as a ghost, which of the following things would you most like to do?

I would enervate my ex:
 18%
I would torment a teacher:
 2%
I would scare my siblings:
 6%
I would walk through walls:
 49%
I would vote in all municipal elections:
 24%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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