Ghost Hunters Thread & Personal Ghost Experiences & other Paranormal Talk.

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[NMAmy]

Can someone post some more personal ghost stories since we have a whole week to wait till out next GH? I should clarify, anything to do with the para normal will suffice for me. I await the delivery of my book, " I Never Believed in Ghosts Until...." I purposely ordered it from B&N because they offer 3 day delivery!

I've got two stories.

When my ex was in the military, we were stationed in Germany and lived on the economy in a huge old house that had been converted into three apartments. As you entered the house through a locked door to the street (opened only with a key or by a buzzer/intercom in each apt), there was a stairway to the right and a hallway and apartment to the left. We were on the second floor. There was an apartment on the third floor and a locked attic door at the end of the flight of stairs on the fourth floor which was used for cleaning supply storage.

Everyone who lived there was in the military. This was during the problems with Libya and I was the only one in the whole building since they had all been sent out on an alert.

One night, I heard the front door at street level open and slam shut. I heard someone run up the steps and thought it was my ex but they kept on running at an extremely brisk (and loud) pace. I opened our door thinking it was our upstairs neighbor and I was going to ask her when everyone was coming back. I started up the stairs--still hearing the heavy running. These weren't a straight set of stairs but doubled back and forth throughout the floors so I couldn't see them as long as they remained a flight ahead of me. They passed the third floor apt, as well, and then I heard the attic door open and slam shut loudly.

By the time I got to the fourth floor, I saw that the attic door was closed with the big padlock still secured, and no one else was around.

That freaked me out a bit--I'd had other things happen but pretty much ignored them since it didn't seem malignant or could be explained away. Doors slamming with no windows open, things falling or not being where I remembered putting them, etc.

My second story involves my dad. DH and I were living in a townhouse with a basement, main floor, and a second floor. About two days after my dad passed away, I was upstairs in my bedroom, lying on the bed and reading. DH was in the basement which had an office area for him and he was working on the computer. No windows were open, neither of us was really moving in any way, no earthquakes reported.

Suddenly, I heard a really loud crash from the main floor. I ran downstairs, DH came upstairs--both of us thinking something had happened to the other.

We found a picture of my dad in the middle of the living room floor. This was a 8 1/2 x 11 picture in an antique frame. It had been on top of our entertainment center along with about 5 more framed photos for the last two years. None of the other pictures were disturbed. Since Dad's picture was in an antique frame, I'd placed it in the middle and well back from the edge.

I looked at DH and said, "Ummm....well, HELLO, Daddy." DH said, "I think your dad was telling you goodbye." I think he was right. Plus, he'd always hated the picture I had up there and was always telling me to get it out of the living room where he had to see it.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Wow, Amy. I got goosebumps several times while reading your post. I don't know how you stayed in the Germany all alone.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

I was thinking the very same thing this morning. I don't think y'all would want me with ya though - I'd be the first one running out of the building screaming.

You'd be in good company -- "Dude, Run!"

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Okay I got my two books. The , I Never Believed in Ghosts one is okay but it is filled with a lot of urban legend stuff. The other book I got was Ghost Hunting by Grant and Jason. It is really, really good however each case they report could most likely be a book in itself. They keep the case summary to abou 2 to 3 pages and I would have liked more detail.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

I have a few stories I would like to tell. First about a year ago my dad was dying. On his death bed he was in a kind of drug induced coma but the nurses assured us he could hear what we were saying. I told him that he needed to come back to me after he passed over. I told him that many of my relatives came back and he needed to promise to do this. My sister was leaning over him and she jumped back and turned around the nurses were a good 5 feet behind her. She looked at them and asked if one of them had tapped her on the arm. I was at the foot of the bed and NO ONE was near her. I told my dad to go to the light and helped him "walk the stairs" to get there. About 20 min later he was gone.

Two days later a day before the wake my mom and sister heard this loud static coming from the bathroom. They went in and found it was my dad's radio. It had gone off by itself and when they went to turn it off ...it was already off. Well I was a little upset because I took it as a sign and he did not come to me. That night I was in bed sleeping in the spare room because my DH snored to beat the band and I could not sleep anyway. I finally fell asleep to be awaked by a LOUD buzzing sound like an alarm clock. I thought it was the smoke alarm and jumped out of bed. I ran to my bed room and it was so loud and there were voices but in all honesty I was so stunned that even though I heard them, I could not comprehend what they were saying. I was still groggy from sleeping but I determined it was NOT the alarm clock and my husband was sound asleep. I went back to sleep in my sons room but as I layed down I said, " dad I know you are trying to communicate with me but I do not know what you are saying you will have to come to me in a dream." That night I dreamed that both my dad and I were looking into my mom's bathroom and staring at the radio. He said, " Carry on, carry on." When I woke up my room reeked of Obsession for Men (which he loved and wore all the time). When I repeated the story to my husband I said, "did that sound like something my father would say?" He replied, " Absolutely, don't you remember when the kids were little and he would have them stand at attention and then when he was through he would say " Carry on."



The next night I was laying in bed not even asleep and the smell of Obsession was as if someone had come and opened a bottle right under my nose. I said, "thanks dad, but now it is time for you to go to the other side and not linger here." I did not have any more encounters.

 

[Planogirl]

Okay I got my two books. The , I Never Believed in Ghosts one is okay but it is filled with a lot of urban legend stuff. The other book I got was Ghost Hunting by Grant and Jason. It is really, really good however each case they report could most likely be a book in itself. They keep the case summary to abou 2 to 3 pages and I would have liked more detail.

I probably have around 50 books about hauntings. For general all-purpose books I like those written by Dennis William Hauck and Arthur Myers. Hans Holzer wrote a slew of books but he believed in psychics and used them liberally, YMMV. Troy Taylor has written a ton of books too but his tend to be short IMO. He sells through his website www.prairieghosts.com You could also look for local writers that write about your area. We've had some really good ones in Texas. Those are the books that come immediately to mind and if you already know about these, oops.

Yes I'm a nerd about this subject too.

 

[breezy1077]

Wow Bella, it sounds like your Dad came to see you. Cool story. Just Curious, did it make you feel a little better?

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

I probably have around 50 books about hauntings. For general all-purpose books I like those written by Dennis William Hauck and Arthur Myers. Hans Holzer wrote a slew of books but he believed in psychics and used them liberally, YMMV. Troy Taylor has written a ton of books too but his tend to be short IMO. He sells through his website www.prairieghosts.com You could also look for local writers that write about your area. We've had some really good ones in Texas. Those are the books that come immediately to mind and if you already know about these, oops.

Yes I'm a nerd about this subject too.

Yes I too am a nerd about this subject but when one has things happen personally I do not think it is being a nerd as much as just trying to find out if you really did have the experience or if you just twisted what you thought happened to what you wanted to happen. I have had too many experiences to believe it was wishful thinking. Also I will try and get my son to post my pix from St. Augustine Lighthouse(funny when kids are little you need to do everything for them but when they are teenagers .....they cannot do even one little thing you ask them to!).

I too have read tons of ghost books but some of them are so hoaky. I find Hans Holzer to be kind of unbelievable and I tend to classify him with Sylvia Brown and James Van Pragh.

I have read lots of local ghost stories too especially those from Mass. In all honesty the Ghost Hunter book is kind of unbelievable also. I mean when you read some of the things they claimed happened I always wonder how come none of that shows up on the show or on video. But all in all it is a pretty good book.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Wow Bella, it sounds like your Dad came to see you. Cool story. Just Curious, did it make you feel a little better?

Yes it actually did make me feel better because even though I had tons of experiences in the past, it was the first time I could truly say that I KNEW it was not my imagination or JUST a dream. Some of it happened while awake.

 

[breezy1077]

Ok, I promised y'all another personal experience and as soon as I get the kids to bed I'll post it. For a cliffhanger, All I can tell you is that it involves a century old farmhouse and a ghostly voice....

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Ok, I promised y'all another personal experience and as soon as I get the kids to bed I'll post it. For a cliffhanger, All I can tell you is that it involves a century old farmhouse and a ghostly voice....

Okay while they are waiting I will post another one. I was very close to my uncle and we grew up in a duplex next door to him and his wife, they had no kids so we were like their kids. Anyway about a week after his sudden death, I hear footsteps on my back porch. My dog runs to the door, his tail wagging and my husband goes and opens it....yep you guessed it no one is there. Two second later my tv goes off in the kitchen. No one was there.

It was my uncle's habit to play around with the kitchen tv. He used to come in and either turn it on or adjust It. I realized taht JUST before this all happened I had said to my husband, " It is just a week today that Uncle died. " Not TWO seconds later we heard the footsteps etc.

I told you guys I have tons of these experiences and that is why I am so interested in the para normal.

 

[wardfamily1]

Ok, I promised y'all another personal experience and as soon as I get the kids to bed I'll post it. For a cliffhanger, All I can tell you is that it involves a century old farmhouse and a ghostly voice....

Ohhh, looking forward to the story. I have to go put the kids to bed too. I'll be back in shortly.

 

[wardfamily1]

Okay while they are waiting I will post another one. I was very close to my uncle and we grew up in a duplex next door to him and his wife, they had no kids so we were like their kids. Anyway about a week after his sudden death, I hear footsteps on my back porch. My dog runs to the door, his tail wagging and my husband goes and opens it....yep you guessed it no one is there. Two second later my tv goes off in the kitchen. No one was there.

It was my uncle's habit to play around with the kitchen tv. He used to come in and either turn it on or adjust It. I realized taht JUST before this all happened I had said to my husband, " It is just a week today that Uncle died. " Not TWO seconds later we heard the footsteps etc.

I told you guys I have tons of these experiences and that is why I am so interested in the para normal.

I have a similar story that I will post in a little while. It happened this past December.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Have you guys heard the news story where there is a place in England I think where cars keep running off the road and they all are saying they were swerving to avoid what looked like a little girl in a Victorian style dress standing in the road. After they begin to swerve it vanishes and the drivers all feel that it is an apparition or ghost that they have seen.

 

[breezy1077]

Ok, here's a little background first. My parents purchased a (at the time) 109 yr. old farm house with about 32 acres attatched. There was also a garage (not 109 yrs old of course, but old nonetheless) on the property across from the house facing it that my parents turned into a horse barn. Housed about 3 horses and had steps leading to an upstairs that was converted to a hayloft. My folks tore down the farmhouse to the studs and left the foundation which was a stone basement. They rebuilt their existing house over the foundation and studs with a portion of it (especially the upstairs) outlined exactly like the old house stood. Ok sounds like a lot of background, but some of it is relevant. One last tidbit - the farm was owned previously by one family for generations and the street was even named for them. Ok, on to the story...still with me?

When I was a teenager, my job was to clean out the stalls. Well on one particular day, I was out in the "barn", the only other person home was my Mom, and she was in the house. I was procrastinating as usual, when I heard a woman call my name. It sounded like "she" was upstairs in the hayloft. So I said, "Mom?", thinking logically that she was the only one home at the time - even though it sounded nothing like her and had an eerie quality to the voice. The woman's voice said my name again twice and then followed with a sentence I couldn't understand. (y'all don't know my name IRL, so I'll use my dis name to recount. It went like this, "Breeezzzy,....breeeezzzzy...., garbly gook sentence....") Very spooked and still hearing it from the upstairs (and getting no response from my Mom) I headed outside where the barn faced our house. What I saw made my blood go cold. I could see my Mom in the kitchen window (they were closed), at the sink working. I ran inside and asked my mom if she had called me, she said no - she was cleaning dishes at the time. When I started to tell her what had happened she firmly told me not to talk about it - as I said b4, these things creep her out to no end. She never did let me tell the whole story.

That is part 1 of the old farmhouse chronicals - more to come....
Please make mental not of backstory - it'll be important later.

 

[breezy1077]

Ok, I've creeped myself out telling that story again. Kids are in bed and hubby is still at the Memorial Tournament after party.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Another nerd here

Breezzzzyyyyyy...

 

[breezy1077]

Another nerd here

Breezzzzyyyyyy...

Ya just scared me all over again - and DH still isn't home yet .

 

[wardfamily1]

wow Breezy, I'd be creeped out to go back to that barn.

Anxiously waiting for chapter 2.