Showing posts with label ghosts of ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ghosts of ireland. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

What ghosts in my travels taught me about Hauntings

Today's blog focuses on something I learned from ghosts I encountered while on vacation in Ireland. 

My series called Ghosts on a Medium's Vacation is about History and Hauntings! Places I vacationed and met ghosts who revealed their lives and the history over hundreds of years were in places like Ireland, England and the Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona (by Rob Gutro). In today’s blog I’ll share an important point they taught me about haunting a certain place.

What ghosts in my travels taught me about Hauntings

Earthbound ghosts are the ones who stayed behind in a place they lived or died. People who cross over to the other side or heaven, if you will, are those I call spirits. All of the dead people I “met” in Ireland in these places are Earthbound ghosts.

What they taught me is that there is a lot more history behind the facades of a structure and that someone did not have to die in the current structure to haunt it.

As a medium, I’m not surprised that I run into ghosts in historic buildings, but I do get surprised when I encounter them in newer structures, like the Corbett Court Shopping Mall in downtown Galway, Ireland. I wrote about that story in "Chapter 17: Unexpected Ghosts in a Shopping Mall," in my book "Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation." But here's a peek at what I experienced.

Before we met our tour guide in Galway, we decided to walk through a multi-level shopping mall to do some window shopping. The mall entrance was on ground level, and it had a basement level, filled with about 40 stores.

I became aware that we were in the presence of a couple of ghosts who lingered within the mall, and that they suffered traumatic deaths. Those ghosts lingered around the entrance that led to the main street. Some of the ghosts conveyed that something happened there and they were trapped and died there, but there was no indication of any disaster in the mall.

When I returned home from vacation, I did some searching on the Internet. I learned who the ghosts where and why they conveyed those feelings of fear to me... and that their deaths were not in the Mall as it exists today. You can read the entire story in the book "Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation" and learn what happened.

It’s important to tell the stories of these ghosts, share their experiences and inform others so the same fate does not befall anyone else.

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Monday, February 19, 2024

Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation -Hits #1 on Amazon in 2 Categories!

It was a banner weekend for my new book, even though it won't be released until this Saturday, February 24th! 

 Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation -Hits #1 on Amazon in 2 Categories! 

(My last 3 books also reached #1)
 - My 11th book "Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation" will be Officially released on Feb 24th. Right now, under pre-order status, it reached the Number 1 Spot in "Haunted and Unexplained Travel" and the Number 1 Spot under "Irish Travel"  on Amazon!
   I've been doing a lot of promotion, reaching out to newspaper, on-line news, television and radio stations and it's obviously made a difference. I'm really humbled. 



Friday, February 16, 2024

Big News! Rob's New Book gets "Best-Seller" status, News coverage : Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation

When you write a book, the next hardest part is marketing it. I've had to create a press kit that includes a press release about the book, picture of the front cover (which I created), headshot, and a promotional excerpt that includes a couple of chapters. Then you have to research the local press- newspapers (physical and on-line), television and radio stations. After I did all that, I've been sending out press releases this week to local newspapers and TV stations about my upcoming book "Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation," by Rob Gutro. All of the promotions are finally helping get exposure for the book. Today's blog is about what has happened this week! 

Three newspapers carried the press release: the Quincy Sun (MA); Seacoast Online (NH), and the Portland (ME) Press Herald!

   Yesterday, Feb 15, someone saw the NH article and sent it to the NH SPCA, who contacted me to give a fundraising lecture about my Pets and the Afterlife books.  Today, the book is only available on Kindle Pre-order. The paperback comes out Feb 24. The Kindle pre-orders were enough to make the book reach #50 on Amazon in the IRISH TRAVEL Category, qualifying it as a "Best-Seller."  I can't wait for the book to be published in 8 days! 

Wow!  Achieved Best-Seller Status 8 Days Before Publication Date! 
Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation Kindle Edition by Rob Gutro

(Photo: 1/2 page article in the Quincy Sun from Feb 13, 2024)

PAPERBACK AVAILABLE ON  
February 24, 2024


• Best Sellers Rank  in Kindle Store  (on Feb 16)
o #50 in Irish Travel
o #67 in Haunted & Unexplained Travel
o #237 in General Ireland Travel Guides

(Photo: On-line article appeared on Feb 15, 2024 in New Hampshire's Seacoastonline website)

Monday, January 15, 2024

Now available on kindle pre-order! Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation by Rob Gutro

January 15, 2024 
I have an exciting announcement! Now available on Kindle pre-order: My 11th book: Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium's Vacation by Rob Gutro. Coming out Feb 24th in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Tortured Prison Ghosts! Castle Ghosts and more!

Planning a trip to Ireland? Experience the history and the hauntings in “Ghosts of Ireland on a Medium’s Vacation.” Medium Rob Gutro sometimes finds it difficult to ignore earthbound ghosts when they want to be heard, especially on vacation. He encountered ghosts in cities including Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Cork, Cashel, and the Dingle Peninsula. Meet the ghosts who shared their stories, including prisoners lingering in Cork City Gaol, historic sites, castles and even a haunted shopping mall. There’s even a past-life experience during the trip and a visit from a loving spirit.

This is the third book in Gutro’s popular “Ghosts on a Medium’s Vacation” series. The others include Ghosts of England on a Medium’s Vacation and Ghosts of the Bird Cage Theatre on a Medium’s Vacation.

Rob Gutro is a medium, paranormal investigator and author of three series of books, has won an international book award for 3 years in a row, has had several #1 books and all have been best-sellers. www.robgutro.com

Use this book as a paranormal tour guide throughout Ireland!

Who I am

I'm a simple guy who enjoys the simple things in life, especially our dogs. I volunteer for dog rescues, enjoy exercising, blogging, politics, helping friends and neighbors, participating in ghost investigations, coffee, weather, superheroes, comic books, mystery novels, traveling, 70s and 80s music, classic country music,writing books on ghosts and spirits, cooking simply and keeping in shape. You'll find tidbits of all of these things on this blog and more. EMAIL me at Rgutro@gmail.com - Rob

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