Just watched this tonight on the BIO channel, which I try to watch every Saturday night when I'm home.
Anyhow, I didn't expect this at all, and I'm a big Sonja Henie fan! Didn't catch all of it (hopefully it will be shown again in the future).
Actress Connie Stevens was relaying her ghost story experience, something about looking for a home to live in, and she & her two little girls came across a massive old Hollywood mansion up for sale. Fascinated by it, they went inside, it was HUMONGOUS!!!! Little carved norwegian cherubs adorned the fireplace (like this one from the movie "The Haunting" http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjA1Mzg0OTk0NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTU3Mjc3._V1._SX475_SY396_.jpg). And there was a huge spiral staircase leading upstairs, et al. They loved it, but Connie knew that she couldn't afford something that massive, saying she was a working actress and didn't have that kind of money, no matter how hard she worked. So she was getting ready to call the girls down from upstairs when out of the blue came this Viking-looking man with a voice to match his appearance! He said the home was built for children, and was she interested in purchasing it. Lol, after her scare, Connie realized this person was Sonja Henie's late husband, and she told him truthfully she couldn't afford it. So he asked her "how much can you afford", and she replied in kind. And tada he let her have it for a steal! That's when things got interesting.
After she & her little girls moved in, she started to hear the sounds of someone walking around upstairs in the attic, so the next day she went upstairs to investigate, only to find the most incredibly beautiful old drawings/paintings on the wall of little norwegian children playing & having fun, and lo & behold she found the old remains of an ice skating rink upstairs!!!!! She said it was an insight into Sonja's soul ~ childlike ~ and having a love of children, of which she never had any of her own. So out of respect to Sonja's memory, Connie turned that room into a roller skating rink for her two little girls. And Connie still lives there (of course her two daughters have long grown up & left the nest many many years ago). But the spirit of Sonja still lives on, occassionally turning on the attic lights, especially when Connie has guests over for parties outside, etc. Even visiting Connie herself once when she was asleep in her bed, but it was a welcoming presence. All in all I found it fascinating & a good ghost story.
p.s. just sad I've been unable to find pics of the house on the 'net. It looked grand. ^)
Anyhow, I didn't expect this at all, and I'm a big Sonja Henie fan! Didn't catch all of it (hopefully it will be shown again in the future).
Actress Connie Stevens was relaying her ghost story experience, something about looking for a home to live in, and she & her two little girls came across a massive old Hollywood mansion up for sale. Fascinated by it, they went inside, it was HUMONGOUS!!!! Little carved norwegian cherubs adorned the fireplace (like this one from the movie "The Haunting" http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjA1Mzg0OTk0NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTU3Mjc3._V1._SX475_SY396_.jpg). And there was a huge spiral staircase leading upstairs, et al. They loved it, but Connie knew that she couldn't afford something that massive, saying she was a working actress and didn't have that kind of money, no matter how hard she worked. So she was getting ready to call the girls down from upstairs when out of the blue came this Viking-looking man with a voice to match his appearance! He said the home was built for children, and was she interested in purchasing it. Lol, after her scare, Connie realized this person was Sonja Henie's late husband, and she told him truthfully she couldn't afford it. So he asked her "how much can you afford", and she replied in kind. And tada he let her have it for a steal! That's when things got interesting.
After she & her little girls moved in, she started to hear the sounds of someone walking around upstairs in the attic, so the next day she went upstairs to investigate, only to find the most incredibly beautiful old drawings/paintings on the wall of little norwegian children playing & having fun, and lo & behold she found the old remains of an ice skating rink upstairs!!!!! She said it was an insight into Sonja's soul ~ childlike ~ and having a love of children, of which she never had any of her own. So out of respect to Sonja's memory, Connie turned that room into a roller skating rink for her two little girls. And Connie still lives there (of course her two daughters have long grown up & left the nest many many years ago). But the spirit of Sonja still lives on, occassionally turning on the attic lights, especially when Connie has guests over for parties outside, etc. Even visiting Connie herself once when she was asleep in her bed, but it was a welcoming presence. All in all I found it fascinating & a good ghost story.
p.s. just sad I've been unable to find pics of the house on the 'net. It looked grand. ^)