Ghost stories from Australia: Page 1

Another Childhood Experience by AussieRedDog

This tale occurred just before the old nun experience, so I must've been around 7 (1975). My late mum used to run our school's canteen. Oh, I went to a small country Catholic school (see details in the Old Nun). Anyway, every second Saturday mum used to go into town, getting a lift from someone sinc...

Possible Sprite And A Special Sunset by Tweed

Here are three pictures I took a few hours ago. Https://postimg.cc/FYdS5Bhr Https://postimg.cc/WhQ3rbPV Https://postimg.cc/Fkkvs3zL In each of them there is a small yellow thing in or near the center of each photo. Is it light flare or is it some intelligent observer? Really can't decide, looks ...

I Think My Dead Grandmother Is Haunting Us! by sp00kyleafbug

Just for reference the ages in this story are from the time this happened, not current ages. This started when me (30F), my husband (31M), my sister-in-law (26F), her husband (25M), and my mother (52F) and father-in-law (57M), had gone on a trip to the Gold Coast while we were all off work for Chris...

Reunited With A Spirit by sp00kystickbug

I have always been a believer in the undead. Whether it be simple lights flicking off, or bookshelves falling over, I have always considered myself connected to the undead. When I was younger, I remember very distinctly a young girl who would float around my house in a Victorian-style nightgown. She...

Visit From A Deceased Relative? by Loki101

Before I was born, my teenage Aunty had taken her own life. She lived in the house that I currently live in right now. I am unsure exactly where she died, but she did live her last bits of life in my House. My mother went to see a psychic who gave my mother the cryptic message that when the lights f...

House Haunts 2 by Tweed

This was typed up yesterday, Sunday, but I was way too tired to submit it. So went to bed. While going to bed something else odd occurred which I'll tack onto the end. - Well now, didn't expect to be updating this quite so soon but here we are. It would appear this new place be certifiably h...

New Home New Haunts by Tweed

As the title suggests this is about moving into a new home and I'm pretty sure it comes with ghosties. Most of this narrative was written before the move. There's a bit at the end which was added today, 30th March. Since I moved back to Australia I've wanted to live in my childhood hometown ag...

A Traffic Controller's Ghost Story by AussieRedDog

The story I am about to relate to you just occurred about two, maybe three weeks back where I was working as a traffic controller out at the back of frigging beyond near Kyogle in Northern NSW. Think they were doing some repairs on the road so I have to 'control' the traffic, which would be bugger a...

Pearl Mystery by Tweed

After almost thirty years today I just might have worked something out. When I was about ten my aunty F (maternal uncle's wife) gave me some knickknacks for Christmas. Aunty F is into drama and theatre. When I was growing up she would often give me her old costume jewelry, which I loved. That ye...

Ghost With A Mental Illness by Tweed

Over the years reading stuff on YGS I've found some hauntings so bizarre for the people experiencing them. But if viewed through the perspective of a ghost who lived with a mental illness could follow some logic. Obviously not all hauntings can be, shouldn't be, explained away by a mental illness. I...

The Place Where The Bad Spirits Dwell by AussieRedDog

I got lucky for I scored a pretty damned good job on a remote cattle station in Central Australia and when I say remote, holy crap I really mean REMOTE. Fair dinkum, it takes a day and half just to get the mail and a two-day drive into town. That's how far I was living. Okay, the cattle station. It'...

Physical Duality? by aussiedaz

Several years ago, when my wife and I lived in an outer suburb of Sydney following a pretty normal mid-week day of activity, work, home, dinner, TV, etc. It was in the early hours of the proceeding morning, that I'd experienced an account, that was unique on its own in comparison to other accounts I...

The Old Packing Shed by AussieRedDog

This is a story that goes back to my childhood in the late 70s. My friend's (who I'll call Luke) family owned a huge amount of land that included owning half of a mountain. This property used to be an old banana growing area that once dominated the hillsides of this area (name is withheld) so you ca...

Lunch At The Quarantine Station by Jubeele

It was Anzac Day, Sunday April 25, 2021. Hard lockdown had just been eased, and we were allowed to emerge into the sunlight again. I thought it was time to use the gift voucher I had been given before the pandemic, and treat my husband, Rex and myself to lunch at the old Quarantine Station. Q Sta...

Hello Pa by BiancaB

Recently, my grandfather passed away. The loss has been devastating, as he was one of my favourite people on the world. We are blessed to have our grandparents as adults, and my grandfather, or Pa, was very close to me in my life. The only thing that brings me some comfort is having had the chan...

Someone Was Sitting In That Chair by BiancaB

I have written previously about the house I grew up in, and it being a house that seemed to draw a lot of paranormal activity. This event happened to me when I was 15, at a time when I was quite open to what was happening in the house. I have changed names, but used them to make the story easier to ...

I Miss My Father Dearly: by CrimsonTopaz

As a child from a huge family, being one of the eldest had many advantages and many disadvantages. The advantages were staying out with friends later, being able to go out with friends to concerts, shows, and movies. (We couldn't afford that though). The disadvantages were having to take our y...

Of Sandalwood And The Ghost Month - Part 2 by Jubeele

The Hungry Ghost Festival falls on the fifteen day of the seventh lunar month. It is actually a festival based on the virtues of devotion, duty and compassion. Legend has it that the filial piety showed by a Buddhist monk moved the King of Hell so much, that his mother's suffering was eased in purga...

Lady In Black At The End Of My Bed by plume

For years I have tried to explain this event. At the time it couldn't have seemed more real. It was 2007. I was living in a townhouse in Newcastle not far from a steep cliff by the sea, which has been known to claim a number of people's lives over the years. I went to bed at around 11PM and I ...

It Wasn't A Dream by Maverick_30

Hey everyone, I've been floating around this site reading stories for a long time now and finally built the courage up to send in my own. For a bit of background info, back in 2011 I had a small 2bdrm unit in Adelaide. I had a friend who was in need of a room and I had a spare room so he moved in...

Don't Let It In by SammyToucan-

This is a paranormal experience of my Mums its told in her own words and from her perspective. I'd just started dating this great guy and as we were getting to know each other he mentioned in passing that his parents' house was haunted. He had pranked me recently about a ghost with a chainsaw in...

My Dad's Haunted House by SammyToucan-

My family has had many paranormal experiences but my favourite has to be the stories my Dad has told me about growing up in his haunted childhood home during the 1960s to the 1990s in Victoria, Australia. This is one of the stories told in my Dad's words and from his perspective... Growing up my ...

A Ghostly Fortnight by Madz

For context to this story, I live in an old house in Australia, having been built around 130 years ago. Though the house has been renovated and rooms have been added, my bedroom is the original room of the house. When you enter the room, my bed is on the far right, lying against two walls and my cup...

A Demon Spoke Through Me? by Cizzy-Shizzy

Does anyone know if you can channel a demon? Recently the single most paranormal thing that I have ever experienced happened to me by way of me accidentally channeling a demon, and I wonder if anyone has ever heard of that happening before. I have brought it up before on another forum but everyone t...

Unwelcome At The Cottage by Jubeele

During the last week of October 2019, my husband Rex and I decided to go on a road trip down the south coast of New South Wales for nine days. Our last stop, on the way back to Sydney, was at a small idyllic coastal town within the Kiama hinterland. The moment we drove up to the large timber-fram...

I Saw A Witch And A Goat Man by Fishallmighty

One night me and a couple of my mates went fishing. We would always go stoned so it kind of makes the story a little discredited, but I know I saw what I saw. This story is 100% real. Anyway after we tried and fail at a few spots we thought to try out a local pier. Once we got there we proceeded ...

Mother Finally Opened Up To Me About Spirits! by terranigma

I will try to word this the best I can. I have so many words and stories flying around my head it is so hard to focus because I want these stories documented and recorded so that others may learn from what has come before. I am sorry this is a collection of a few stories but they all relate to each ...

Home Alone And Never Again by honeybird22

You know how you always look forward to staying at home alone with no family to bother you? But what happens if you see something that scares the living daylights out of you? Well, that definitely happened to me. Every Thursday night my brother, sister and father go out and play music at a restau...

Living In A Haunted Convent by Robin15

Late November last year my family moved to into an old convent built in 1914. It is a lovely big house of 10 small bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, huge laundry (with 4 tubs), a sitting room, library, tv room, 2 sunrooms and so much more. Anyway not long after we settled in we started to notice some strange t...

I Thought Dad Just Came To Visit Me by hansolo

I have had a few paranormal experiences myself along with everyone in my family. I believed in ghosts since I was a little girl, because I guess it's always just been a part of me growing up. My father passed away in 2016 from a small-celled stomach cancer, he was diagnosed in 2015. I had less th...

Someone Was Calling Me by idkwho1234

This is about my first ever paranormal encounter. This incident took place in December 2015. I am originally from Malaysia but this incident took place in Perth, Australia while I was visiting my uncle. I was around 13 then and I had gone to Australia with my grandparents and cousin to visit my uncl...

Spirited Workplace by Tbeartuff

I apologise that it has been so long between my posting to this site, but for privacy and confidentiality reasons I was unable to submit this until after I ended my previous employment. I also apologise as this is a series of short anecdotal accounts, and may be a bit of a marathon to read. These ac...

Sinister Laughing And Footsteps At Night by Creyton

I was raised in the home that my parents bought since they came to Melbourne. The home dates back to the mid 1900s or so they say. Me and my sister have both experienced inexplicable phenomenon especially in the past few years, such as radios suddenly turning on as we walk into a room or thumping in...

Dead Battery by sunsetsister

We have recently been tasked with moving house. At the moment we are right in the middle of building our own home and unfortunately, though we are weeks off finishing, we have been told our lease won't be continuing and have to move. In 20 days! We put up an ad on Facebook for a short term rental an...

Shadow On The Stairs by Jubeele

This happened during the first week in November 2018. I had pulled an all-nighter writing and it was already the early hours of the next morning. I wasn't sleepy but thought it was about time I went to bed. My laptop showed the time as around 3:40am as I was logging off. Turning off the lights do...

Did They Just Do That? by biggie_cheese

It all started at the local Bunnings Warehouse. They were doing their usual "Bunnings Snag" sale which they do every Saturday. However, this Saturday was so much more different to others. A man before me had purchased himself a sausage sandwich, with onion and bbq sauce, and a can of Kirks Creaming...

The Spinning Man- Need Advice by MsTeek

I decided to write this story, not to try freak anyone out or to share the experience but to actually get advice and help. About 3 months ago my partner, my 2 step sons and I moved house. For the first month nothing was out of the ordinary in our new home but after the first month my eldest ste...

Where Did My Sandals Go? by Sleeping-with-steve

I usually put my sandals near the French doors that link up with my balcony. That way when I go on the balcony in the mornings and afternoon's to have my coffee outside they are handy. I've been putting them in the same spot ever since I've been in this unit/flat. I have lots of shoes, but these ...

I'm Back... Steven The Ghost by Sleeping-with-steve

It's bad enough I've had trouble with my TV changing channels without me touching the remote, previous visits from a really scary hag pulling my quilt from the end of my bed, and from Steven the spirit who kept jumping under my sheets. It was Monday night 8th October, and there was nothing on TV ...

My Grandma's Ghost And My Dad's Cousin by BlackKnightGhost2003

My old family home is haunted at least that is what I believe, my grandma died inside of a room where me, my brother and where my sister used to, sleep in. Long ago before we were born my father took pictures of my mom laying down on the bed and around this time my grandma had passed away but in a...

Rest In Peace My Darling Brother by Sleeping-with-steve

Sunday night the 26th August 2018 I got a call from one of my brothers and he said, " pack an overnight bag I'm going to pick you up, we are going to visit our eldest brother." My eldest brother lives just over 3 hours away and was suffering with diabetes for the last 10years. When my mother and...

My Fathers Presence by Sleeping-with-steve

My family moved into the house my mother still lives in 40 years ago. I was about 13 years old when we all moved in. I have so many beautiful memories growing up in my mothers house. My father had a lot of beautiful chickens, quails and ducks and loved them dearly. He fussed over them every day b...

My Sister Came Back From Death by BlueLion23

In my life I have experienced many things on a paranormal spectrum. Most of those are stories to be told another day. This one is about my first ever encounter with something paranormal. I was four years old at the time, so I don't really remember much. If you want a specific location, it was in...

Not Another Night Fright by Jubeele

After the incidents related in "Bedford Park - On Another Level", my younger sister, Cara (names mentioned have been changed) took in Fran as a flatmate at Bedford Park in Adelaide, South Australia. Then Fran graduated from university and started at a new job that was some distance away. She soon fo...

Reoccurring Incubus Haunting Question by AussieGuy81

I am a bloke in my mid 30's and yes, I know stories about Incubus/Succubus hauntings are being filtered/restricted for obvious reasons. But I am going to try and see if my story will be published and if anyone can help me with my current situation... So, first of all, a bit of background informat...

Bedford Park - On Another Level by Jubeele

Bedford Park is a southern suburb in Adelaide and ideally close to the university in South Australia. When my younger sister, Cara (names mentioned have been changed) rented this unit (apartment or flat) in 2002 with her flatmate, Bea, both of them had thought it was the ideal location to stay while...

The House In Coburg by Pisces_Boy

My family moved to Coburg, a suburb of Melbourne, when I was five years old. My bedroom was a old dining room. My sisters shared one of the front rooms, my parents in the other front room. The first night, I watched a lady with no feet, glide into my bedroom, slowly fade until it reached the c...

The Shadow On My Sofa by BrambleWoods

The following events took place when I was around 15 years old and lived at home with my parents and younger sister. We had moved into a new house that was only around 20 years old but still needed a fair bit of renovating. The house was situated on an acre and a half of land, with a creek running a...

Paranormal Experiences: More As I Age? by lee45022

Growing up I never thought much of ghosts or, in general, the paranormal. As a child there were a few occasions but I never thought much of it, until years later when I met my old best friend in high school. Let's call this old best friend K. K was very attuned with the paranormal. She would alwa...

Unknown Walker Of The Stairs by terranigma

This account happened on the 23rd of March, I had wanted to update earlier but have been tired from working nights at my new place of work. I have move into a boarding house that shares rooms with four other guys, most are the shady sort and are either on drugs or alcohol. The atmosphere of the h...