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Spooky StoriesThe following stories were submitted by readers like you. Do you have a story to tell? Find out how to submit your story here. What do you think of our stories so far? Send us an e-mail and let us know!
Lisa This is a true story. I was 18 years old and my stepsister Lisa was 19. We had been at a bar that my father, stepmother, and Lisa worked at. My father and stepmother had gone home, and I had gone home earlier than everyone else. Lisa and her friend ...
Submitted by: Jamie on 2005-10-31
The Icy Hand The tale I am about to tell you is true. The experiences I am about to relate have all happened. First let me tell you a little about where I come from. I live in foggy old Saint John, New Brunswick. This city is a port city, and was the first city ...
Submitted by: Natasha on 2005-10-27
Protective In-Laws My husband lost his father around 12 years ago, and since then I have felt his presence in our home on many occasions.
My father-in-law died only a few days prior to Father's Day. When Father's Day came around, my husband was overcome with ...
Submitted by: Nina on 2005-10-27
Satan Takes a Soul In the early 1980's, I was a paramedic working the night shift in a cardiac surveillance unit at a major hospital in the Chicago metro area.
I was sitting alone in a darkened nurse's station, watching a bank of 32 telemetry monitors when I ...
Submitted by: Enola on 2005-10-27
The Spring House I was about 11 and it was around my birthday and Halloween. We were living in a townhouse in Louisville at the time. My mom had gone out on a date that night, so it was just my brother and me. Ward and I were watching the television in the living ...
Submitted by: Kittra on 2005-10-27
My Godson's Good-Bye I've had lots of things happen to me in the past, but this month marked the passing of my little godson Shane and I believe he contacted me before he left.
I had a houseful of people over on a Saturday night and we were being loud and boisterous ...
Submitted by: Mariann on 2005-10-25
The Uninvited Sleepover Guest Jaw dropping, childhood shacking, adrenalin rush—these are just some of the words that come to mind when I think of what happened to my friend, his family, and me.
One night, I was sleeping over at my friend’s house because that’s what sixth- ...
Submitted by: RavenMoon on 2005-10-25
My Two Grandmas
My Two Grandmas
I was born the baby of the family by the babies of the family. Both of my parents are the babies of the family; I guess that is why I received the two very special gifts from my grandmothers.
I lost both of my grandfathers ...
Submitted by: Seckamet on 2005-10-25
Vision in the Orange Grove
I have had many occurrences with paranormal phenomena and occult experiences. One such episode I will relate as to do with an event that happened here in my own neighborhood. It's one of my favorites because it was one of the rare times in my life ...
Submitted by: A.J. on 2005-10-25
Uncle Eddie Can you call a man your uncle if he died before you were born? Well, I was never quite sure about that, but with Uncle Eddie, I called him my uncle anyway, probably because that is what my grandmother always called him whenever she spoke to me ...
Submitted by: Robyn on 2005-10-20
Dream of the Three Boxes I'm not sure if my story qualifies, but it seemed rather spooky to me.
It was a few weeks before Christmas and I was at a difficult time in my life. My father suffered a couple of strokes and needed constant care. Between my mother and me, we ...
Submitted by: Lois on 2005-10-19
Protected by the Black Madonna In October of 1983 a very close friend of mine, Ruben, (the middle son in a set of triplets) was falsely arrested because he resembled his brother who actually committed the crime. My husband and I asked his lawyer to let us testify before a grand ...
Submitted by: Sheryl on 2005-10-19
Forerunners—Predictions of Doom When I was a child, my grandmother fascinated me with tales of “forerunners.” A forerunner, she said, was a sign that predicted death, doom, or disaster.
When my grandmother was a child in rural Maine, her infant brother caught whooping cough. ...
Submitted by: Wendy on 2005-10-19
Little Boy On a vacation to Florida, I visited Old Town in Kissimmee. I entered a shop called Mystical Vision, and had a reading by a psychic named Jerry (who has sadly now passed away). He astounded me with the accuracy of his reading, told me I would marry, ...
Submitted by: Rachel on 2005-10-19
Strange Fog Summer of 1967:
One clear night very, very late my best friend and myself picked up some other friends and went for a drive in the city of St. Paul (where we all grew up). There was a seminary near the river on the edge of town. We wanted to ...
Submitted by: Pat on 2005-10-19
The Gift My grandmother had it. My mother had it, too. They didn’t talk about it much. In fact, when they lived, all I remember them ever saying about it is that they had it, and that it’s from the Scottish side of the family.
I don’t remember when I ...
Submitted by: Diane on 2005-10-14
Mom's Thank You It is the worst possibly dream that could happen to any child. On July 23, 2003, I went to bed like any other day, and woke up to a jackhammer tearing apart the street in front of our house. My brother, Bruce, came into my room screaming, “Mom is ...
Submitted by: Renae on 2005-10-14
Baptism for the Dead I grew up with Mormon parents. When I was just starting my teen years, I was very active with the church, although I didn't really believe in anything 'spiritual' at that time. What do you really know when you are a child? Every year, a group of ...
Submitted by: Veronica on 2005-10-14
A Family of Spirits A few years ago I lived in an older neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia. I'm not really sure how old the house is, however I was able to find out a few small things about the family that lived there previously. The only thing important to this story ...
Submitted by: Erica on 2005-10-14
Shadowy Spirit In the late summer of 1990, I moved into the ranch home where I still live. It's an ordinary house, a one-story white brick that has a converted garage that I use as an office on occasion.
One night in November of that year, a friend of mine was ...
Submitted by: Gale on 2005-10-13
The Angel in the Corner I have a strange tale. I was a mother of two children—a boy aged two, and a girl just born—and I had an abusive husband. One night when he beat me up, I was awakened by a strange presence in the bedroom. It was standing in the corner and for some ...
Submitted by: Ellen on 2005-10-13
Not Imaginary Friends All kids have imaginary friends, but mine weren't quite as imaginary as my friends'. At the age of two and a half, I began to see a trio of ghosts, the first two more than the third. The first was Sharon, a young woman of about twenty. She was ...
Submitted by: Anna on 2005-10-12
The Haunted Farmhouse Hello, my name is Debra, and I have a story to tell. It is about my Dad's old farmhouse that dates back to the early 1900s, in which he still lives today. My daughter and I have seen and heard many things there, and so have others. There are balls ...
Submitted by: Debra on 2005-10-12
Last Greeting It had been my decision to immigrate to Canada, leaving all my family behind. The pull had come in form of a marriage proposal from the man I so much wanted as my partner. My arrival in a new world meant adventure in exchange for many protective ...
Submitted by: Heike on 2005-10-12
I Will Always Love You 1995 was the year of my father's passing. I was twelve years old, and we resided in New York City. I lived in a five-story walk-up on the top floor. One day, I was looking out my window, chatting on my cordless phone and looking around to see if any ...
Submitted by: Melanierose on 2005-10-12
The Old Hag It was the summer of 1986 . I was about 6 years old, and traveling the west coast with my grandparents to visit relatives and attend the World's Fair in Vancouver that year. Our first stop was my aunt Joan's house, who lived with her husband and my ...
Submitted by: Amanda on 2005-10-11
Encounter with a Dark Spirit One day, in the June of 2005, my friend came over with her Ouija Board over to my house and we set it up and used it. It wasn't a wooden one; just a simple one made from a game board and a plastic glow-in-the-dark pointer. (No, she didn't make ...
Submitted by: Jen on 2005-10-11
The Unexplainable Night Six years ago, my family went on a week-long vacation several hours away in late summer. When the family left that early Saturday morning, I decided it would be fun to invite my friend over to watch scary movies and eat pizza. While we were watching ...
Submitted by: Robert on 2005-10-11
A Vision of One's Self One summer day when I was around fifteen or sixteen, I was hanging out with my brother playing backgammon. This is often how we spent our free time, along with other friends. On this day it was just the two of us.
All of a sudden, as we were ...
Submitted by: Millie on 2005-10-10
Just Like Grandma She first appeared to me about two months after I moved into the apartment. I knew there was history there, as the apartment was in a government housing project that housed mostly retired people. I often joked that my moving here brought the median ...
Submitted by: Rebecca on 2005-10-10
The Seance It was an experience that will always be with me. I was about 13 years old and spending the night at my friend Laura's house. We were bored and planned to "sneak out" that night, but when we tried the bedroom windows, they had been nailed shut. ...
Submitted by: Toni on 2005-10-10
Grandparent's Love This is a true story and it shows that love goes beyond even death. My father-in-law had been battling lung cancer and passed away on November 20, 1995. Two years later, my mother-in-law died in a one-car accident on the very same day in 1997. ...
Submitted by: Janice on 2005-10-10
Terror on the Cape North Truro, Massachusetts has been our vacation getaway for the past five years. One year we decided to visit Nova Scotia, Canada and forgo our tradition of vacationing on the Cape. After a few days in Canada, we longed for the golden dunes and ...
Submitted by: Lita on 2005-10-07
Moon Shine Since I grew up in a house where my parents hardly believed in ghosts, specters, or the like, you might think this story strange. It came from my Dad's memory of something that happened to him as a young man in the northern hills of Alabama. He told ...
Submitted by: Linda on 2005-10-07
The Lady in White One night, when I was thirteen years old, I was sitting out on the swing in my parent’s front yard. It was about one AM. I looked out into the yard and saw something white forming. I was puzzled at first as to what I was seeing.
Then, as if ...
Submitted by: Joan on 2005-10-05
A Brotherly Apparition My life has always been very hectic. I had to leave school my senior year to raise my oldest sister’s children. I hated to leave school, but the thought of the children being split up was worse to me. By age nineteen, I had my own home and six kids, ...
Submitted by: Char on 2005-10-05
A Visit from Michael and Gabriel I was in bed early last Sunday morning, just thinking to myself. Suddenly, I noticed what sounded like a thousand mosquitoes in my head. I thought to myself, “Am I hearing energy? I never really listened to the silence before, maybe that's what it ...
Submitted by: Digna on 2005-10-05
Seeing Is Believing I remember seeing people from a very young age. Not your average people, but the ones nobody else in the room seem to be able to see.
My earliest recollection comes from about the age of three. I woke up late one evening to use the bathroom ...
Submitted by: Donna on 2005-10-03
Great Aunt Lydia When I was very young, I had a favorite great aunt Lydia, who had been bedridden for many years. I went to see her frequently with my grandmother. She lived in a very old Victorian house with her daughter about thirty miles from my home. I had ...
Submitted by: Shelly on 2005-10-03
Two Spirit Stories I have two very true stories to share. I am an honest person and what I have to share is very real. I have not exaggerated a single thing.
About 10 years ago my mother was diagnosed with melanoma (skin cancer). She had extensive surgeries and ...
Submitted by: Suzanne on 2005-10-03
The Ghosts on Mason Street The first apartment my partner, Tim, and I shared was in a four unit flat in San Francisco. Within short walking distance of Union Square and the Financial District and across the street from the Mark Hopkins Hotel, the street in front of the ...
Submitted by: Curtis on 2005-09-30
Mary's Photo When I was 14 years old, I was babysitting for one of my mother's co-workers, Ed and his wife, Debbie, for the first time. On this night, two-year-old Eddie and one-month-old Teresa were asleep in their beds when I noticed a photo on a shelf. I ...
Submitted by: Dee on 2005-09-30
The Blue Ghost I cannot rest in a bed that has its end toward a door. Even having a mirror at the foot of where I'm sleeping unnerves me a little. The memory of what came calling in the night when I was just a child still haunts me, and dictates my bedroom ...
Submitted by: Kerri on 2005-09-29
Power of the Sacred Circle My family is of Native American decent, and we live in North Carolina. We hold seasonal ceremonies, naming ceremonies and blessing ceremonies during the year. These events are held on my father's farm which has been in our family over 113 years. ...
Submitted by: Phyllis on 2005-09-29
Restless Spirit In 1999, my mother's boyfriend committed suicide in front of her. A lot of weird events started happening after that. We even moved thinking that maybe he was actually haunting the place where it occurred . Nothing changed—the stuff still kept ...
Submitted by: Jennifer on 2005-09-29
Visions of Lives Lost in Time As far back as I can remember I have seen things . . . not with my eyes but with my mind's eye. First, there is a prickling, a shiver up my spine or goose bumps so intense that my skin hurts. Next, there might be a storm of powerful emotions such as ...
Submitted by: Vera on 2005-09-28
Don't Go Through That Door It was in 1972, on a beautiful spring day that I got the fright of my life. I was eleven years old, and my four friends and I had formed a “Mystery Club.” We thought ourselves very savvy when it came to the spiritual realm. We conducted feeble ...
Submitted by: Starra on 2005-09-28
A Sign from a Friend From the time I met her, Gaynell had made me un-learn most of the Sign Language I'd learned in school and convert to American Sign Language. We had become very close friends over a couple of years, working for the same department. However, she was ...
Submitted by: Peggy on 2005-09-28
Death Dreams I began having strange “death dreams” as a young girl of about five to six years of age. These dreams usually occurred just prior to the death of a family member, and I remember each one as vividly today as when I was first been awakened by them. ...
Submitted by: Barbara on 2005-09-26
The Ouija Board Growing up on Long Island in the 1960’s, my four sisters and I had a life filled with simple fun. We went about our day with the usual yelling matches about who ate the last piece of Mom’s home made pie or worse, who borrowed the new pair of shoes ...
Submitted by: Pat on 2005-09-26
Final Curtain I wanted to share my story with you, it was about eight years ago when I started my new job as a security officer for a theatre. As a security officer you do usual rounds and when it is time to lock up, you start shutting off lights, locking doors, ...
Submitted by: Beahr on 2005-09-26
The Columbian Coin This is not a happy story. More interesting, it happened to me, and I still can't believe it.
When I'd just graduated from college, I was living with my mother temporarily until I could get reliable employment to support myself. I was the ...
Submitted by: Kristen on 2005-09-26
Visions of a Son My father was drafted to serve in the Vietnam war just weeks after his older brother returned from an 18-month tour of duty. My grandmother, after only having her oldest son home for only a short time, had to say goodbye to another son for over a ...
Submitted by: Leah on 2005-09-23
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