Ghosts and Houses

[CarolinaKat]

Since it's Halloween: Happy Halloween!

Have you ever lived in a haunted house? Stayed in one? Known someone who lived with the things that go bump in the night? Been somewhere where 'Silent as the Grave' was an oxymoron? Any good Ghost stories are welcome




What prompted this was a overheard coworker conversation:

A local church bought a new parsonage and put the old one up for sale. The granddaughter of a long-time church member and her husband bought the old parsonage and moved in with their young family. The had two young daughters. One day the mother hears the 3yo screaming at someone to 'GET OUT OF THE WAY!' Thinking she was being rude to her older sister, she went to break up the inevitable fight. She finds her kid staring at an empty doorway.

"Who are you talking to?"
'The Boy. He's mean, he's at the door!'
"What boy?"
'He's right there. Make him MOVE.'
"There's no one there."
'Yes, he's right there. IN MY WAY'
"Is he a big boy, like Daddy?"
'No, he's little like me. Make him move. I wanna watch TV.'
"Why is he here?"
'Cause he ran out in the street and a bus smacked him and now he's here. GET OUT OF THE WAY!'

Then the little girl pretended to shove something aside and ran to the living room... to watch TV. Turns out the mother lost her little brother in an accident involving him running out in front of a bus when he was 7.

A couple of months later the same kid comes up to her parents while they're watching TV.

'You need to turn off the TV'
"What?"
'You need to turn off the TV'
"No, we're watching *whatever*"
'The man who built this house was a master builder and says he won't be here to fix it when that TV burns the house down.'
"What Man?"
'*UGH* That one. Over there. The TV is going to burn the house down and he told me to tell you.'
"Is anyone else here?"
'Somtimes, but right now it's just the other guy'
"What other guy?"
'I don't know, he don't say anything. They call him Rock.'

So after that the family went to visit the grandma for the next couple of nights after being severely freaked out. While they were there the Mom asked the grandmother if any funerals had happened there.

"No funerals, many weddings though. Pastor Rock did a lot of them at the house in to 40s and 50s."

[trippypea]

I wouldn't say my house was haunted growing up, but I DID see a ghost, lol! I was in maybe the 4th grade, sitting at the desk in my bedroom putting stickers in one of those books that the grocery store gave out and every time you went they'd give you more stickers (it was animals). I was sitting sideways in the chair, kind of facing the half open door. I saw something out of the corner of my eye in the doorway. Now, normally when you see something out of the corner of your eye and look at it fully, it was never there. Not this time! When I looked up, there was a girl standing there staring at me. She was older than I, maybe 14 or so, with a white hospital gown looking dress and dark scraggly hair. She stood looking at me for what seemed like forever, but was probably a second, then turned and ran towards my parent's bedroom.

I sat there for a minute and then started screaming for my younger brother to come upstairs. Then I told him what I saw and we were both afraid to go out in the hall. I remember both of us pushing and shoving our way as we ran down the steps so we wouldn't be the last one down (and the first to grab).

My mother has told me she's seen random figures walk by doorways from the corner of her eye over the years, but never caught one full on...

[Spellbound454]

I was driving to work on a cold grey morning about 10 years ago......kids in the back of the car.

I was going downhill next to a long stone wall

I passed a mother with a pram... and a couple of kids running ahead of her

a bit further on down maybe 50 yards there was another little girl running

My eyes were drawn to the little girl because she looked to be in a brighter light than the others.

I watched as she moved about 5 paces then turned and jumped.....into the wall



Being a bit of a sceptic,...... I pulled up to see if there were some steps or a gateway she could have jumped in to.
but it was a solid wall and she had disappeared.

I later felt my spine chill as I learned there had been a school on the site behind the wall...long since demolished.
So who or what that was....Who knows.

[sesfw]

I don't have a ghost story but I do believe there are spirits still around us.

When it's time for me to give up my physical body I hope I can stay around to finish any business that needs to be done by me.

I promise to be a good spirit.

DH#1 died unexpectedly at home, and when I sold and moved I don't think he stayed there.  I've smelled cigarette smoke in this home so I think he came with me.

[Waffle]

The following is a ghost story that I heard when one of the local radio stations asked people to call in with their ghost stories. The woman who told the story is the younger woman in my third person version of the story.

A young couple bought a house from an older couple.  The older man was a chain smoker and one of the first things the young couple had to do was replace the carpet in the bedroom - it reeked of smoke and had lots of burn holes in it.  Some months after they bought the house they heard that the old man who used to live in the house had died.

A few months later the younger man was out of town on a business trip and his wife was alone in the house.  She was awakened one night by the sensation of the mattress going down as if someone else was getting in the bed.  She looked over and there was the old man in pajamas sitting on the bed, smoking with his back to her.  She mustered her courage and said "what are you doing here?".  He turned, looked straight at her and vanished!

I thought that was a cool ghost story.  But, I personally don't believe in ghosts.

[Tiny]

My garage is Haunted. If I would have known this I would have put in a higher bid on the house - but then maybe that's why the seller accepted my low bid. I really wanted the house (it needed a lot of work and the asking price was really good... so figuring out what to offer - without paying the asking price was really hard there wasn't much wiggle room...)

The house was built by a married couple. They lived in the house for two years - and then the husband hanged himself in the garage. That's the story I've heard for the other older homeowners. That happened back in 1950 or so.  The family I bought the house from had purchased it in 1950.  They were the second owners.

My neighbors built their house in 1950 (it was custom built for a handicapped returning war vet). I heard the sad story from the son of the Little Old Lady next door and the Little Old Lady confirmed it - but with maybe the hint that the death happened in the house.

I wasn't creeped out by the house (even though I suspect the Little Old Lady (second owner)  that owned it died in the house other younger neighbors hinted that this might be true) - but the garage - my gosh it was creepy. I waited for a bright sunny day to clean it out after I bought it -- and even then I had the willies - pulling left over stuff out of it...

I didn't hear about the possible suicide until after I had been living in the house for a year (and was dealing with the creepy garage.)   Anyway, I named the Ghost in the Garage - Howard. Howard and I get along just fine. In fact, I think he's fading - probably because I've embraced his creepiness. I hope, if the story is true, that Howard rests easy.

[tootsieroll]

I definitely believe in ghosts.  Too many sane people have had experiences that just can't be explained.  

We bought our current house in 2011.  Our twins were 1 1/2 and getting closer to the age when night terrors happen. There were a few times in 2012 when they would be screaming, but asleep, yelling about "a lady." I didn't think anything of it mainly because I knew from my oldest that night terrors were common.

 Some time last year, one of the twins woke right up, sitting in bed, and said that she saw a ghost over her twin's bed. I was freaked out, but had to calm her down so everyone could get back to sleep.  I told my neighbor about this a few days later, and she mentioned that the former owner's mother died in that room.  Apparently she had been a nurse, and was dying of ALS.  Her daughter took her in, the mother would ring a bell when she needed help. And she wanted scotch and orange juice in her feeding tube.  She passed peacefully in our house.  Who knows what the twin saw - alli know is there will never be scotch, on and a bell together in that room! I don't need them summoning her spirit. Though the neighbor assured me that she was very short, very nice, and would love to have met my three girls. 

[happyhoix]

I lived in a haunted house once. My son was born there, and when he was a toddler he once saw a little boy (and waved to him) - I searched the house thinking a neighborhood kid had come inside, but he hadn't. DH saw a woman walking in front of the dining room curtains a few times, when he came home from work after dark, but it wasn't me, I was either in another room or sitting down when he drove up. He was also standing doing dishes at the sink once and saw a woman in a red dress walk behind him into a room off the kitchen, but when he turned no one was there - I was in the other room at the time, reading to DS on the couch. Once, when DS was supposed to be picking up crayons and pencils from the floor and putting them in a box, someone standing at his bedroom door tossed a pencil into his room - he saw it fly through the air and land on the floor, but didn't see who threw it, and I was at the other side of the house.

We found out after we'd been there for several years that a woman lived there who had cancer, and she ended up committing suicide. This was back in the 60's. I don't think she liked me, often I would hear someone pounding on the bedroom door at night, or pounding on the front door, but DS and DH never heard it. She also liked to open doors and turn on lights on the second floor (we didn't use that floor of the house).

We moved out, and about 18 years later DH had someone come into his office to discuss a child custody case who lived in the house (DH noticed his address on the forms). Out of the blue, the man told DH that the house was haunted - apparently the woman is still there! 

Prior to living there, I never saw any ghosts, and since we moved, I haven't, either - and I've spent the night in a couple castles and old houses and visited a lot of battle fields, so I had plenty of chances  - so I generally would consider myself a skeptic, but that house convinced me ghosts or energy or something exists.  

[Abby Normal]

When I was 7 my mother and I flew across the country to visit my grandfather.  While we were there we went to visit my mom's aunt Sadie, who wasn't in very good health. I had never met her, but we stayed a couple days at her house.  I woke up one night because I had a dream that there was a man standing by my bed telling me that he was waiting for Sadie. I went downstairs and told my mom that I wanted to go home because the man was keeping me awake.  She asked what man and I said "George.  He keeps saying to tell Sadie he's waiting."

George was Sadie's husband who died before I was born.  Freaked my mom right out.  Her aunt passed away within a week. 

To me - I still say it was a dream. But who knows. My mom was convinced George was there. 

[Wisconsin Beth]

I was in Scotland, on a tour.  The only place I could NOT finish was a War Memorial in Edinburgh.  It had been rededicated a few days before we were there and there was such a presence in there, I couldn't stay, I had to get out.  I found my friend, told her I was done and scooted outside to sit and wait until she was finished.  It wasn't threatening or anything, it was just so much THERE.  Didn't see any ghosts though. 

[Phoenix84]

No, I have never seen, felt, or had anything else to do with ghosts.  I don't believe in ghosts.

It's not really a "ghost" story per se, but when I was a kid, maybe 10 or so, I was camping with my dad.  He was out at the bathroom showering and I was alone in the tent.  There was something outside the tent, walking around and making low pitched grunting noises.  It was about the size of a small child, and walked on two legs.  It was right outside, but I was too afraid to go out and see what it was.

Although I'm sure there is a logical explanation for it, I've always wondered to this day what was out there.

[MarleyKeezy78]

I have posted before that I grew up in a haunted house and was terrified of that place, only in the last three or four years have I finally felt comfortable for the most part at night. I smuged our new home (91 year old house) after seeing a black mass on the ceiling while in bed and have had no issues since. The house I grew up in though was a whole other thing. We saw things moving through the house, sounds, music, men talking, loud bangs and the feeling of someone sitting on your bed in the middle of the night. I also have said it felt poltergisty in the way it would make its self known. 

[weltschmerz]

Oct 31, 2014 20:24:20 GMT -5 Phoenix84 said:

No, I have never seen, felt, or had anything else to do with ghosts.  I don't believe in ghosts.

It's not really a "ghost" story per se, but when I was a kid, maybe 10 or so, I was camping with my dad.  He was out at the bathroom showering and I was alone in the tent.  There was something outside the tent, walking around and making low pitched grunting noises.  It was about the size of a small child, and walked on two legs.  It was right outside, but I was too afraid to go out and see what it was.

Although I'm sure there is a logical explanation for it, I've always wondered to this day what was out there.

Bear cub?

How did you know it walked on two legs if you were inside the tent?

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

See my posts #18 & 19 on this thread. I was fascinated with my grandfather's old house, and even more fascinated with the old plantations tour I went on in New Orleans.

notmsnmoney.proboards.com/thread/42073/live-ghosts-noise?page=1

Yes, I did experience a "presence" on the second floor of one of the grand mansions. It was thrilling.

There's a lot of history/superstition of the weird and unnatural there. Great place to visit.

I loved the city strictly for the architecture, culture and FOOD. The Plantation tours were an added bonus.

[Phoenix84]

Oct 31, 2014 20:52:16 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Oct 31, 2014 20:24:20 GMT -5 Phoenix84 said:

No, I have never seen, felt, or had anything else to do with ghosts.  I don't believe in ghosts.

It's not really a "ghost" story per se, but when I was a kid, maybe 10 or so, I was camping with my dad.  He was out at the bathroom showering and I was alone in the tent.  There was something outside the tent, walking around and making low pitched grunting noises.  It was about the size of a small child, and walked on two legs.  It was right outside, but I was too afraid to go out and see what it was.

Although I'm sure there is a logical explanation for it, I've always wondered to this day what was out there.

Bear cub?

How did you know it walked on two legs if you were inside the tent?

The best way I can describe it would be like ET from the movie outside the tent.

But, as I said, it was probably some sort of animal, maybe a raccoon or something casting a strange shadow.

[Phoenix84]

Oct 31, 2014 20:52:16 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Oct 31, 2014 20:24:20 GMT -5 Phoenix84 said:

No, I have never seen, felt, or had anything else to do with ghosts.  I don't believe in ghosts.

It's not really a "ghost" story per se, but when I was a kid, maybe 10 or so, I was camping with my dad.  He was out at the bathroom showering and I was alone in the tent.  There was something outside the tent, walking around and making low pitched grunting noises.  It was about the size of a small child, and walked on two legs.  It was right outside, but I was too afraid to go out and see what it was.

Although I'm sure there is a logical explanation for it, I've always wondered to this day what was out there.

Bear cub?

How did you know it walked on two legs if you were inside the tent?

The best way I can describe it would be like ET from the movie outside the tent.

But, as I said, it was probably some sort of animal, maybe a raccoon or something casting a strange shadow.