The Battery Carriage House Inn has two resident ghosts.
First, I’d like to say “a big thanks to everyone who participated in my free trip contest!” I think it was a fun contest and judging by all of the entries, so did y’all! Sadly, there can only be one GRAND PRIZE WINNER…only one participant can win the FREE TRIP TO CHARLESTON and a chance to sleep with a ghost!
That lucky person is ************MICHELLE K************* Congratulations!
Click here to see the prize package you won
…but wait, there is another winner. FIRST PRIZE, which is an autographed set of books, goes to ********Holly J*********. She will receive A GHOST HUNTER’S GUIDE TO THE MOST HAUNTED PLACES IN AMERICA, GHOSTS OF THE CAROLINA COASTS, and LOWCOUNTRY VOODOO: TALES, SPELLS & BOO HAGS. Congratulations!
…but wait, there is another participant who was a very close second to Holly J. She was just one answer shy of having the same number of correct answers as Holly J–so close! So I’d like to offer *****Laura B****** an autographed copy of my best-selling ghost book, GHOSTS OF THE CAROLINA COASTS. Congratulations!
…but wait, I want everyone to be a winner so for TODAY ONLY I am giving away a FREE copy of HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Hundreds of Perfect Party Recipes, Delightful Decorating Ideas & Awesome Activities. Congratulations! Since it’s only 29 days ’til Halloween, this is just what you need to have the BEST Halloween ever! But remember, the offer is good for today only so act NOW! Here’s the link to Amazon so you can download your free ebook:
http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Halloween-Delightful-Decorating-Activities-ebook/dp/B00EX66WXG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412213322&sr=8-1&keywords=terrance+zepkeEven if you don’t have a kindle, you can still read it on almost any device, such as your computer, smart phone, Blackberry, Mac, etc. Click this link to get the app:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200783640
The winners have been sent notification by email regarding their prizes. So if you have won and haven’t received anything yet, please check your spam folders. I must get a reply from you before the end of October or you forfeit your prize! Also, everyone who entered the contest has been added to my free weekly newsletter subscriber list. I want to make sure you get notifications about future contests (yes, there will be more!) and other great info, including Terrance’s Trip Pick of the Week and lots of great Halloween info all month long. However, if you don’t want this free info, no worries–you can unsubscribe at any time.
So, again I’d like to thank everyone who participated and remind you all…there’s always next time!
Terrance Zepke studied Journalism at the University of Tennessee and later received a Master's Degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. She has studied Parapsychology at the renowned Rhine Research Center. She began her career as a freelance writer and photographer, ... 
So the winners were chosen based on number of correct answers, not a random draw?
The winner was going to be randomly selected from all the correct entries. Otherwise, what was the point of all the questions? We could have just had everyone sign up rather than go to all the trouble of creating a 30-question-a-day quiz. But we wanted to make it an interactive contest. There was going to be a drawing from all the correct answers. But in going through the entries to delete ones with no answers or wrong answers we discovered some people were entering as many as a dozen times a day (even though the rules stated one entry per day). Obviously, this was done to increase their chances of winning and was not fair to other contestants. So the excess entries had to be deleted, which led us to discover another no-no. Some folks were entering belatedly. For example, question #13 was being answered on Day 27. Obviously, it is not fair to other participants if someone who misses a bunch of days just enters them on later dates near the end of the contest. This is especially unfair to folks who entered every single day from Day 1, as was the case with with a couple of dozen participants. So those entries had to be deleted too. So, in the end, the winner had to be the person with the most correct entries on the correct days.
Gotcha. (I was thinking it was a random draw from those with correct answers on the applicable day.)
Congrats to the winners though!
Hello Terrance,
Thank you for the great contest! I’m very excited to have won the books and am looking forward to reading them.
I didn’t receive an email this morning, so I sure hope I didn’t put a typo in my email address in one of my submissions. Please let me know if it bounces back to you.
Thank you again!
Holly
Hi Holly,
Just sent you an email with instructions regarding your prize package. Glad you are so excited about the autographed set of books. I like hearing that! Hope you enjoy reading these books, which are among my favorite titles!
OMG Terrance, I am beyond excited. I love Charleston, Halloween, all things spooky; your books of course. I so can’t wait to go.
Thanks so much!!
Michelle
:*( sad I didn’t win the trip but happy I did win one of your books. I was sure your last question was a trick question lol you didn’t just put Africa so I got it wrong. I still enjoyed playing and can’t wait on your next contest, until then I will continue to read your other posts.
Thanks again,
Laura