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Recent Paranormal Experiences

"simon Says" I'm Here by KT432177

It's been ten years since I posted a story on here but I'm back with a recent experience! I still live in the same 100+ year old house that was in my last story, only difference now is that I'm an adult and not a teenager! Me and my mother are still very much interested in the paranormal, which lead...

Henrique, We Miss You by blosomes

"Notícias tristes" (sad news) My sister in Brazil texted me. I was wondering what happened; did she break up again with her boy friend? Did anything happened to our father? Really it was nothing really that serious... But for me and my sister this was a really really sad one. "Henrique morreu ...

The Third Player by AussieRedDog

Hey! This just happened a few days back (20/01/25) and having my brother as a witness makes things a bit easier. We like bushwalking so we go up behind the big dam and explore the bush for a few hours. We would find great stuff up there but also it's a strange place. Then come back for a beer or two...

The Ghosts Of The Winding Staircase by Jasperfinch21

Last fall, two of my friends (I will not disclose the real names, but I will call Andrea, and Matthew to protect their identity) decided to do something that ended up changing all our lives completely. We three decided to take a trip to a small town named Port Washington, it's in Ohio and it has bee...

Spiritual Disturbances In Apartment by bluegreen02

After moving to Riga through marriage, we (my husband and I) settled into an apartment where he had been living for over five years. Initially, my husband was not very spiritual at home, though he would visit the temple occasionally. But things changed after I arrived. I am a devoted follower of my ...

Tha Phra Chan, The Amulet Market by blosomes

Tha Phra Chan, otherwise Talad Phra Chan is a market where all kinds of weird amulets are sold. Some even say that the place even sold Kuman Thong (the amulets with real human babies, ew...horrific...). It is said that the black markets still sell those in many urban legends only, but hey, who knows...

Return Of The Dead by Winchester_999

I have no idea if it's his spirit or ghost, but every night, 2:15 am exactly, I wake up to my long dead dog, Charlie, standing in the doorway of my bedroom. His decayed body standing in the doorway, one eye staring at me as the other hangs out of his half exposed skull. Decayed, bloody, and the smel...

The Bingham Light Continued Pt 2 by Dee-J

Hey guys! I will be taking you back to my "Bingham Light" encounters. To give a bit of backstory on the history of this "ghost light" and my very first encounter with it, you can check one of my past stories titled "The Bingham Light". The Bingham Light is something that I've been going to se...

A Series Of Passings, Visitations & Terminal Lucidity by brewsingh

All of this started in September 2024 and the visitations are still on (for some). My father passed away around 45 days ago from the date of posting this story. About a month prior to his passing he had a visitation in his dream during the night and he told me about it the next day; that his pass...

Our Family Entity by SashB

Seasons Greetings YGS family. I hope all are having a funfilled and blessed festive season. I however am at work and enjoying every moment of it. Today I am writing about a few experiences I have had whilst growing up. I honestly do believe that this had to do with my now late mum. You would h...

Fragrance Out Of Nowhere In Home by Akkikad

This is not so scary experience but a mild one. But still the questions remains same, how did it happen? FYI, I don't use perfume neither my wife uses it when in home. This incident happened while I was staying in Singapore along with my wife and my 3 year old kid. I got a job there and we had...

Getting A Sak Yant In A Haunted Temple by blosomes

First of all let me explain what I understand about Sak Yant. Sak Yant are varieties of Thai Tattoos designs related to Thai Buddhist and Buddhist Mantras in Thai culture. Special symbols and spells will be written on the skin as a permanent spell. It is said that the spell only works when you ob...

Always Close Your Portals Kids by PsyduckLava

The story I am about to share is not one event but a collection of ongoings in the townhouse I shared with my friend as well as our connection to the paranormal. It was the October of 2016 in northern Kentucky. I had a falling out with my previous best friend whom I shared the townhouse with and...

What Is 10:36 And Angel Numbers by SashB

Today I am back, and I have more of a question for you all, as I feel there are many of you on this platform who may be able to provide me and answer or even clarity. So as many of you may have read from my previous posts that I have lost both my parents. I was close to my dad as I am an only gi...

Waikumete Cemetery by Joelstrong

I wanted to start a ghost channel on you tube with a friend, so we spent 3 consecutive nights/ mornings walking around the cemetery recording and taking pictures. What we captured was truly terrifying, but that was just the beginning, as I was about to realize is that these demons/ entities can move...

Our Unknown Tenants by Dumpp101

I clearly remember this incident from when I was 8 years old. My mom, my two older cousins, my two younger siblings, and I were sitting on the sofa, watching TV shows in the afternoon. We were enjoying each other's company when, suddenly, we were all stunned by the sound of footsteps coming from the...

My Doppelganger Incidents by Dumpp101

Incident # 1: When I was in college, my uncle told me something that happened when I was around 6 years old. One night, he and his friends were drinking inside our compound. He went out to buy cigarettes, and as he returned, he saw me running down the street toward our gate. Suddenly, I was hit by a...

A Glimpse Of Kapre by Dumpp101

When I was around 8 or 9, on weekends we'd gather on the sofa and stay up until midnight watching TV shows. At the end of the shows, they'd play the national anthem, indicating that no more shows were airing for the night. My father would then wake my siblings and me to move to our bedrooms. Before ...

Hearing Voices And Utensils At Work Place by Black_Eyes

Back in 2021, when I was working as a pastry attendant at Winners Coromandel, there were rumors about something unusual. People claimed to have seen a bride in the alley of Winners Coromandel at night, or sometimes when they were alone, she appeared covered in blood, wearing her wedding dress. The s...

Dancing Orbs by SashB

Thank you for reading and commenting on my previous stories. Today is just a Lazy Durban day, and I thought what better way to pass time, so here I am. Prior to my parents passing I had never seen orbs, but I did read and watch movies about it. It was my Mum's 13th day prayer (In Hindu traditi...

Suddenly My Niece Talked Like My Grandma by Akkikad

Just to keep it simple, I will narrate the story in chronology. During their final years, my grandparents were forced to vacate their own home and live with us (home owned by my dad). Actually all of sudden my uncle staying in a village came up with his entire belongings and his family to my gran...

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...

A Beam Of Light by SheilaSharpe

Several times in my living room some time ago, I experienced something strange. I would be sitting there relaxing and would suddenly become aware of a light, shivering in front of me. The nearest description I can give is that it was like seeing a light beneath a door, but shivering in mid air. I wa...

My Parents Bedroom by SashB

I currently reside in my family home with my husband and 3 sons. I have fond memories of our home as a little child. There are also many memories which I wish I could tuck away in a little box and store it at the back of my brain never to be found again. We moved into this home in 1988. I was on...

All In A Dream by SashB

I am back. Just at work, not so busy and I decided to share an experience I had after my mum passed away. As per my previous experience, I did share that my mum was obviously trying to be there for me after she was gone. This I found a little strange and would love to know your thoughts. So here it ...

Weird Experience In A Newly Opened Hotel Room by Akkikad

This is my second story here This happened to me in 2016 when my company sent me for a training to Chennai. I was based out of Bangalore that time. The company had booked a room for me in newly opened hotel belonging to the noted international chain of hotels. It was situated on OMR road. ...

Beautiful Scent I Think It Was My Mum by SashB

I am back to share after a while. I have been rather silent, just reading. I would like to share a personal experience with you all. This happened soon after my mum passed away in 2014. It was a rather sudden passing as she had been sick but not to the point where we thought we would lose her. My mu...

A Traffic Controller's Ghost Story Part 4 by AussieRedDog

I'd returned back to work after my week break, where I felt the ghost of that little girl in that abandoned boneyard, and for the past few weeks everything being hokey dory until, just recently, I was given a shift manning this street that has these abandoned houses. These houses are earmarked for d...

Scary Incidents In The Garden by Prathu453

I mentioned in my previous story that the horror sound came in my gym... But today the incidents which I am going to share with you did not happened in the gym but instead they happened in the garden located in front of (opposite) of the gym... Let me first give the overview of which things th...

Sapi (possession) by mac_mac

I remembered when I was still eight or nine years old, it was May of 2004 when my uncle (father's side) told me that we are going to the province (Pangasinan) tomorrow because of unexpected things happening in their house. I heard him talking to my grandmother that one of our cousins there suddenly ...

It Was Just Calling My Attention by mac_mac

I have been working in a private food manufacturing company for five years now. The place looks old with most facilities not renovated until now, and if you are new to the company's premises, you would think this is haunted due to the eerie feeling given by unfinished building parts and rusty expose...

At Wind Cave by rickvantrippen

It was shortly after the 4th of July holiday that I had begun a summer road trip. My aim was to see as many of our western National Parks as could be squeezed into a two month leave of absence from work. My travel vehicle of choice would be a new Ford Transit. Having purchased a little silver one,...

At The Hermitage by rickvantrippen

AT THE HERMITAGE Being country music fans, my parents and I had decided to take a spring road trip from Wisconsin to Nashville, Tennessee. It was a nice break from work and after a long winter, the warmer weather was most appreciated. As we made our way south through the Smokey Mountains, the do...

Apartment 49 by notjustme

I've recently spent over half a year living in Vietnam, my home country, along my husband and daughter. We rented 3 different apartments in the same building over the course of 7 months, in Ho Chi Minh city. This was in a prestige area with all new high rises, and mostly foreigner renters. The fir...

Legend Of The Oni by blosomes

First of all to explain what Oni is. In legends or children's stories, Oni is an imaginary human-like monster. It is said to have horns on its head, naked and wearing a loincloth made of tiger skin, and to be monstrous and wild in nature. Oni are often imagined as monstrous creatures, but they c...

Breaking The Chains Of Sleep Paralysis: My Journey by MythBelieve

I've come across numerous posts here about sleep paralysis, so I thought I'd share my own experience. My journey with sleep paralysis began shortly after I started working in 2008. Since the early days of my career, I've worked a variety of shifts - sometimes early mornings, other times late nights ...

What Was That Banging Sound? by Prathu453

Today, the story which I am going to share with y'all is a bit scary and real experience which happened with me last year in 2023... The story revolves around my gym... First let me share the details of my gym- My gym has 3 floors- On ground floor, there is weight section, CrossFit section an...

Music From The Other World by Neandarthunder

This one is kind of wild. Last year, June. Sylhet city. The room I was renting had an attached bathroom and balcony. The specific layout isn't totally relevant. One night, I went into the bathroom and realized there's a faint sound of music. Couldn't pin what the music was. Sounded like conch...

"whispers From The Abandoned House: The Haunting Of 2018" by Eerie_Enchanters

It was about five or six years ago, in 2018, when I was studying at an institute for my banking exams. I was staying in a hostel at the time, and one day, my parents came to visit me. They decided to take me to my maternal grandparents' house, which I was excited about. We arrived there in the eveni...

Paramedic - Creepy Doa by Vmarie123

I'm posting this here because I've had a few stories that I can't explain and I don't know who else to tell without sounding crazy. I am a paramedic in a busy city. I am typically one of two paramedics on the overnight- 6pm -6am. About two weeks ago, I went to a call for a cardiac arrest (dead p...

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