Mimi's Chilling Tales For Grown Ups Only

According to a tenacious legend circulating throughout Europe, after Pilate had delivered Him to the Jews for crucifixion, Jesus was being dragged out of the judgement hall  when he paused for a moment to rest.  Seeing this, Cartaphilus , a porter employed by Pontius Pilate, cruelly struck Him on th back with His hand and jeered. “Go quicker, Jesus, go quicker, why do you loiter?”           In reply, Jesus looked at the porter and said, “I am going and you will wait until I return.” THE GHOST OF JUDAS ESCARIOT mimi illenberger mapa   My grandmother was an irrepressible youngster running wild and free in her parents hacienda  in Mindoro. But she still remembered  how her old nanny, Yaya Duliang,  would admonish her to refrain from laughing too loud or rough playing with the neighbourhood children on Good Fridays. She said it was a time for piety and prayers; that it was terribly disrespectful for p...

There was this phosphorescent figure kneeling before her transformed mom. She was radiant with happiness as she gave him her hand which he brought to his lips. From  a distance she could tell he was an officer in gala uniform.  Ralph!         “” I’ve patiently waited for so long too, my darling.  But your ordained time had not yet come. But now, it has…so come, our friends await us and they are playing our song,  can you hear it?”  His reply was like an echo in the wind. THE  LONG  WAIT  mimi illenberger mapa         Bataan had just fallen into the hands of the Japanese when Carmen G. Duyan-duyan found herself widowed. She had only been married for less than fifteen months,  when her husband Ralph, a second lieutenant , became one of the many victims of Japanese atrocity during the infamous “Death March” where thousands  of exhausted prisoners died. On ...

A  SHIVERY  ACCOUNT  BY  A  FIRST  TIMER  TO  THE  ISLAND “ The penitentiary is rumoured to be haunted by tormented souls; that even  Native Americans claim it is the energy portal where evil spirits are allowed to come through and  is whispered to be the last stop before entering hell.”       As a writer of ghost stories and strange tales  the eerie stories and dark mystique  behind the world’s infamous penitentiary had always fascinated me and so when the opportunity to see the place  came,  I decided to see the island up close.        I am a regular visitor of the United States, vacationing long stretches of time with my maternal relatives who are residents of California  and yet  for  some reason  I missed historic San Francisco in my forays to the scenic, historic and interesting places in the area. So as early as September ...

TO ALL MY READERS - MERRY CHRISTMAS. I LOVE YOU GUYS!! I am presently on a vacation mode. I shall be back with you when I return on January with fresh new tales. Bless be the tie that binds.

A TREAT FOR NOVEMBER- - I’d like YOU, my dear reader,  to ponder a bit on  the tales I am about to share. Three ladies – a doctor of medicine’, a university professor and a science teacher  who was a pharmacist by profession – had nothing in common except their DISBELIEF in ghosts. All three had scoffed at ghost stories and strange tales. But all that changed when each one , unexpectedly, came face to face with a returning soul.     THE RETURNING SPIRITS by mimi illenberger mapa From  researches and personal interviews of people who willingly shared their experiences with returning spirits, I have learned one vital thing as a writer – ALWAYS KEEP AN OPEN MIND – DO NOT immediately jump into conclusions and refrain from labelling their  stories as “sounds true; just a fairy tale ; most likely exaggerated ; truly fantastic ; sounds like tales from the barbershop ;  and even, obviously kwento ni  Lola Basyang “ I am trying to ...

For the month of  October ,  Mimi Illenberger-Mapa shares this true story of a young housewife and how she was saved from an almost certain death by an angelic intervention. When I was 23 years old, I accepted a new job that was a tremendous amount of responsibility. I was stressed out because my supervisor was acting like I wasn't doing a good enough job and I was working as hard as I could. My husband and I had just purchased a new home. This was another stress since financially we were really strapped and I couldn't afford to lose my job. One morning I was getting ready for work and was drying my hair. A strange thought came into my mind: Wouldn't it be hard to dry your hair with one arm? I was running late and jumped into my car. Being a seat belt user all my life, I thought I would wait until I get off of our street and pull up onto the highway to put on my belt. It was only a short way. Then I thought: Oh, what the heck. What difference will a few seconds ...