Free Spirit's story - Liverpool When I was 16, I moved into a B&B with my partner. The house was definatly haunted, several people had seen a lady standing at the top of the stairs and then vanish. It was so cold in that house, not cold as in freezing but cold as in chilling. Every morning at 3am, the smell of toast would fill the house and pots and pans could be heard rattling..but when you went in there to tell whoever it was to shut up..no-one was ever there. One of the rooms upstairs was padlocked, when you got close to the door you could smell death.Every night, when we were in bed, something would pull the blankets off us. There was a very strange woman who lived above us. She was well into tarot cards, black magic, Alister Crowley, cutting her wrists as part of a satanic rituals..she was weird..she was always saying that she kept seeing a man dressed in a black trench coat and trilby hat in her room. Then one night she came running down the stairs screaming..she said this figure in black had pinned her down on the bed and raped her. She moved out the next day and never came back..Meanwhile I had just had my first baby and had brought her home..she wouldn't settle in the house, she would scream as if she was being murdered. Although she was new born, she would stare at the same part of the room and scream..as soon as we went out, she'd stop. We were the last ones there, I was terrified..fortunatly we got a house and moved out. A few years later, we learned about the house's past..a family had lived there, whilst the mother had been making toast in the early hours, she fell asleep, the house caught fire and the whole family died.... We moved into our present house in 98..now with 3 children aged 3, 6 & 7..I already knew about this house's history. In 1993 a lady called Pat, committed suicide in the bathroom. The bathroom has now been converted into a bedroom where our 3 year old son sleeps. When I first moved in, I was decorating my daughters bedroom when I heard heavy footsteps walking down the landing..it was around 11pm, my husband was working nights and I was alone, the children all in bed asleep. I looked out of the window to see if his car was there..it wasn't..I froze. I called out but no-one answered..I tried to ignore it, but then it happened again..I got an iron bar and went out on to the landing..nothing was there...I went to bed (with the light on). A few nights later, alone again, I was walking up the stairs when I heard 2 men talking, coughing and shuffling round with what sounded like steel toe capped boots on..I froze at the top of the stairs..Should I grab the sleeping kids and run out, should I investigate..I ran down the stairs and out of the front door, a neighbour was outside her house..I asked if anyone had been outside my house, she said the street had been deserted..she came in with me and we crept upstairs, opened the door..nothing. Then something weird started happening at the top of the stairs..just as you got to the top you would pass through a strange force..you couldn't see it but you could feel it as you passed through it. I thought I was going mad as no-one else had seen or heard anything..then the kids started..my 3 year old son started screaming hysterically each time we put him to bed..he said he could see a man by his window..there was a bit of light in his room and no shadows..he was so scared he had to sleep with me. Then the girls started crying and screaming in the night..they said they could see a monster playing with their dressing up clothes and could hear it rustling round..I had to tell them that it was the tooth fairy..although they couldn't understand why the tooth fairy was a big green shadowy figure. Then my husband started seeing things in the dining room..flashes of light shooting across the walls..it annoyed him so much the light is left on permenantly. The shelf that holds all our cd's on the wall 'flew' off scattering cd's everywhere..this shelf did not fall off the wall..it came flying off nearly hitting our son. My brother-in-law was sleeping on the couch one night when a video flew at him..he hasn't stayed here since.Then the same thing started happening in our bedroom..flashing lights across the walls and then the banging started..the minute the light went out..crack, bang, rustle..In the kitchen, the kettle started turning it's self on..this is impossible. Then one night...the strangest thing of all..my husband had his web cam set up..so that people on the net could see him surfing..? A lady called Jean e-mailed him to say 'hello, I'm watching you' then she asked who the lady was in the background..she described her as having olden day clothes on-as if she was in a stage production..My husband was baffled..he e-mailed her to say that she must be seeing things..then she replied by saying she sees ghosts..my husband freaked.. I couldn't take anymore and went to my church leader who blessed the house..everything stopped. I had been told that the previous tenants had moved out because something was scaring their little girl...they reported seeing a lady on the landing, record players turning themselves on at random and lights going on and off via the switch. Nothing strange has happened for a few months now..thankfully, my husband still keeps the lights on though..just in case ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gemma's story - Rotherham I was walking past this shop and I thought about Britney's song 'Stronger' and it began to play in the shop. I thought nothing of it at the time. Later on I walked past another shop thinking about the new CD I had just bought and how pleased I was when my fave song on the CD was being played in the shop. It happened twice more in seperate shops. I thought about how strange the day was and then about the concert I had been to, mainly how disappointed I was when they didn't do my fave song by that artist - and it came onto the radio. Very spooky. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spook's story - Liverpool I remember when I was 10 my family was moving to a new home. I had to stay with my mother in the old house overnight while my brothers and dad moved to the new house. We had to stay for the electric man who was coming early the next day. About 2 am my mother woke up to find faces looking through the window. There were about 10 of them and they looked disfigured. They were all talking at once, some shouting "get out now" and laughing. Some were talking like a tape being played backwards. I woke up half way through - it was horrible ... it made me feel sick as some were drooling and spitting as they shouted. I was scared - my mother who was calm held me tight till the faces just disappeared ... the room was so cold ... and just the ticking of the alarm clock was left. We stayed awake that night. When we left the house my mother told me all about the strange things that had happened there ... some are shocking ... but I will post them soon on So Weird ...: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lauren's story - Liverpool My dad's mum is slightly psychic, and so is my mum, so maybe that explains why I can hear things when other people can't. One night I was sitting in the school library with my boyfriend. It was quite late, dark outside, and there was hardly anyone there. The library is upstairs at the front of the school. It used to be a corridor and classrooms but was changed this year. Suddenly I heard a loud knocking on the window behind us. I turned round, and nothing was there. There are no trees within about 50m of the window either. I asked my boyfriend if he had heard anything, and he said "No, and I have really good hearing". I also live right next to the school. One night at about 3 am I woke up to hear a quiet tapping on the window, louder than rain, but a definite tapping, which stopped after a few seconds. After a couple of minutes it started again. I reached out and pulled the curtain back, looking out of the window just as the tapping stopped. And nothing was there. The strange thing is, this has happened to my mum, but my dad has never heard it. The scary thing is, in my mum's family, just before someone is about to die, there are three knocks at the door with no-one there. This has happened two or three times so now I'm worried. Or it could just be the ghost in our house wanting to get back inside? We've lived here eight years now, and nothing has tried to hurt us, so I assume this spirit is friendly, but likes a good joke at times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winnie's story - Doncaster I was set some maths homework to do, but I didn't do it and I went out that night. When I got back, I panicked, so I got straight onto it. I sat down and stared at the sums. I didn't know one answer. Then suddenly I got tired and fell asleep. Next morning I woke up, and I was late. I forgot that I didn't do my homework, stuffed my book in my bag and ran to school. When it came to the maths lesson, I panicked, remembering that I didn't do it. So in the lesson, I confessed. The teacher frowned and asked to see my book. I gave it to him. He had a look and roared with laughter! I asked him what was so funny and he said that I really did the homework. I didn't believe him, so I had a look and it was all neatly done. The teacher told me to sit down, but I still couldn't think who had done my homework for me. Tara's story - Tyne and Wear I was walking to my friend's house one night, and I was half way there and completly surrounded by tall ugly-looking council houses. I glanced to the right and my heart skipped a beat. There, running across an open green space was a thin-looking, slightly glowing, blue person - if it was a person. A couple of minutes later I saw the same 'person' running under an arch connecting two houses. By now I was rather scared so I started walking much quicker. No more than half a minute later the 'person' ran straight up to me and I screamed but it didn't stop running. It ran straight into me and then straight through me! This time I was really spooked, so I sprinted up to my friend's house. She didn't believe me, and I never saw the blue 'person' again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Graham's story - Derbyshire On foggy nights, in the small hamlet of Hassop, people walking back from the local inn have seen a ghostly horse and carriage appear from a wall. It gallops down the road and disappears into another stone wall. No one knows why, but the coach and horses are steered by a headless man Emma's story - Blackburn One night, when I was about six, I was watching a film with my parents, in the living room. I smelt something burning and I looked through the serving hatch into the kitchen. I saw a pan on fire on the cooker. My mum and dad ran to put it out quickly. For the rest of the night my dad blamed my mum, saying that she had left the cooker on, but I know she didn't because I was helping her in the kitchen and watched her switch it off. Later when I was tucked up in bed, I woke with a terrible feeling of fear, and saw a cloaked and hooded skeleton beside my bed. I know it sounds silly but it really was there! I hid under my blanket, scared stiff, and about five minutes later I peeped out. I couldn't see it so I carefully swung my legs over the side of the bed. I then looked down to find it lying on the floor trying to bite my legs. I tried to scream but I couldn't, so again I hid under the blanket. When I next looked, it had gone. I ran into my mum and dad's room, crying my eyes out, and spent the rest of the night there. I swear, to this day, that I saw it. Tanya's story - Sheffield I am nine years old and one day, at school, I was watching our assembly. The teacher called out Tom Smith twice. A boy came up and a teacher opened a book. Then I blinked and saw the exact same thing all over again! Very weird! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stacie's story - Middlesborough Every night when I go to bed I can feel a draught on the back of my neck. It feels as if there is someone there, breathing on me. When I wake up in the middle of the night, I can feel someone sitting on the bottom of my bed. But, because I know it's only my nana, I'm not spooked or anything. Teresa's story - Liverpool A friend of mine used to tell me about the weird happenings in the maisonette where she lived. I passed these off as fantasy until one night, when I was babysitting there, some unusual things occurred by the fireplace. The ornaments on the top started moving slowly on their own, and the gas fire suddenly went out, although the control was in the on position. A few weeks later, when we were looking through photographs that she had taken of her son Matthew, I was horrified to see what looked like blood on the photographs. Even more weird was that some had Matthew's head missing. The distorted photographs were taken with him standing by the fireplace. Andrew's story - Leeds We used to live in a pub in Bradford and, one night, my brother Paul and I were watching TV while my parents were working downstairs. We heard a loud bang in the kitchen and both jumped and looked at each other. Neither of us dared move at first but then we plucked up courage to go and have a look. We were both white as sheets, as it was an old pub and used to be a travellers' inn in Victorian times. When we got into the kitchen I turned on the light and we looked in amazement. The drawer that held all the knives and forks was on the floor, as if it had been taken out carefully and placed there. To this day we don't know how that could possibly have happened. When we told our parents about it, they said that they had seen a lot of strange things going on and heard a lot of noises in the night. I never slept there with the light off again!Alex's story - Healing I was watching TV with my cat, Fred, on my knees. Mum had just gone to pick dad up from work and left me on my own. After about ten minutes Fred started to get restless. He fluffed up and went all flat as if he was being pulled to the floor by someone. Then he started to follow something with his eyes, hissing at the same time. I tried to grab him but I couldn't get him off the floor. I was petrified. I ran out of the room and thought I heard a baby crying, but we don't even have baby in our whole family, let alone our house. I sat in the corner of the hallway and covered my ears and closed my eyes. I don't recall mum and dad getting home, but I remember being carried to bed by a tall old man with a fishing hat on. Weird eh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy's story - Bolton This is a true story from my sister. She used to live in an old row of cottages in the village of Belmont just outside Bolton. The cottages are about 400 years old and she had lived there for a couple of months when one night when she was sat in front of the mirror in the bedroom, she saw a reflection of a scruffy man. When she turned around he had gone. This happened again several times later and as she became more used to the sightings, the figure of the man became more clear to the point where he was almost alive. She asked the man what he wanted and why he was there. He replied to her in a strange old English dialect. He said he admired her and he just wanted a friend. She isn't easily startled and is very open-minded and the reason he gradually appeared to her was so he wouldn't startle her. This went on for many a night - she would sit and talk to him about his life and they became good friends. He was a sailor and said that life was hard on the ships in those days and you weren't expected to live for long. The connection he had to the house was that many ships, when they came to the end of their useful life, were dismantled and the timber was used in the building of houses. His name is still to this day carved into the beam on the bedroom ceiling, which he did whilst serving on the ship where he died. My sister never really told anyone about this as they would probably not believe what she said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura's story - Tyne & Wear I was in class and I was looking out the window then I heard something like a plane. Only,it didn't seem to start off quietly then get louder, it just ... started. It didn't get any louder as it passed over either. It just stayed in one continuous tone. Then this shiny silver object appeared in the sky.It was more or less a perfect circle. I glanced down to my work then when I next looked, it was gone and the sound had gone as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helen's story - Oldham I lived in a house where my bedroom was in the attic. Every night something weird would happen. One night I went to sleep with my music on and I locked my door as usual. When I woke up my music was switched off! That freaked me out a bit but then I didn't let it bother me. Until one night after I locked my door and put my music on I fell asleep, then I woke up and saw a figure at the bottom of my bed. Thinking I was still asleep I forgot about it. In the morning when I woke up, to my amazement my bed was on the other side of the room! I ran down stairs and asked my family if anyone had been in my room and they all said no. To this day I still don't know who moved my bed and I never will cos I have moved out of that house and I will not be going back! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hayley's story - Hull My friend's mum had a twin sister who died at birth. One night when she was 15 she had a dream that she and her sister were playing in the street, and she had the same dream for two weeks. Then one night my friend had the same dream and in this dream this women who she did not know but looked the same as her mum said to her "Say goodbye to my mum for me", and a week later my friend's grandmother died. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betty's story - Merseyside When I was young I used to always be at my grandparents' house. It was an old house with a wishing well in the front garden. One day when I was ten, I opened the back gate and walked towards the back door which was always open. I noticed a man in the greenhouse assuming it was my uncle who lived with my grandparents I went in the house but was horrified to find that my uncle was sat there watching the tv with my grandparents! At this point I thought it was a thief, we all went out and could still see him, but as we opened the door he was gone. The weird thing is that 40 years earlier a man had been convicted of murdering a girl in that house and had tried to bury her in the garden when he was caught and hung. All four of us couldn't have imagined it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faith's story - Wirral I was sitting in the back room watching "The Haunting" which had just finished. I turned it off and was staring into the fire, when I heard a sound behind me. I turned around and saw a massive, snow white owl, just hovering there. There was no way it could have got in, as all the doors and windows leading into the room were shut. I ran for the door but when I looked back the owl was gone, leaving only a white feather. I threw it out of my bedroom window, so it could be free like its owner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pauline's story - Leeds I work at a school where, for years, we have heard footsteps coming across the hall. A child saw her bag move and felt something poking her in the back. Staff have seen doors opening, and heard noises coming from somewhere in school. There are cold places in the school, and the alarm is triggered from one particular classroom. Light fittings have fallen from the ceiling and at times you don't want to be in certain parts of school. We believe an ancient coaching route lane crosses the site and 'visitors' pass through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Claire's story - Grimsby My family and I had just moved into a new house near Sunderland. A couple of days later, weird stuff began to happen. The microwave started to play tunes when it was switched off by the wall, and the cupboards started to swing on their hinges. At one time or another, we all saw someone/thing looking out of the upstairs window. Also, our two cats would growl and hiss at something in the passage that wasn't there. We soon moved out of that house! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stephanie's story - Preston I work in a very old building. It's always cold, and when I go out of the office by myself I get that feeling that somebody is behind me. However, nobody is ever there! Also, we have light sensors, so when you walk into a room the lights automatically come on. Later on in the evening when all the other departments have gone home you can see the lights going on and off as if somebody is passing through the other rooms. There is only my department in the building at that time - just three of us. Or is there ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a golf course in the Merseyside area, which is known locally as being haunted by the 'White Lady'. I know every old building or residence always seems to have a 'White Lady' haunting it, but I can only tell you what I have seen through my own eyes. When I was about 15, my friends and I thought it would be a laugh to camp out on the 9th hole of the golf course. Apparently this is the place where most sightings have occurred. We were all having a laugh, as teenagers do, trying to scare each other, when we noticed a dark mist descending all around us. This spooked us a bit, so we all went out of the tent to investigate. One of my friends shouted at us to look over by the bracken and, when I looked over, I could see a white figure seemingly floating towards us. We all ran away as fast as we could, abandoning our belongings, never to return for them. Whenever people scoff at claims about 'The White Lady', I tell them this story and shut them up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David's story - Doncaster About four years ago my next door neighbour's dog died. Before its death I could hear it barking every night, and the distinctive sound of it shaking its collar, almost like chains. After it died I could still hear barking but I thought it must be another dog. Then one night I heard the distinctive sound of it rattling its collar, and the sound was coming from just outside my window. This went on for about a week, at the same time each night, until I finally learned that they had buried the dog in the garden. From then on the strange sounds stopped, but it still didn't explain why only I had heard the sounds. I later found out that my room is adjacent to the room in the semi-detached house next door, where the body of the dog had been kept for a week! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Henrietta's story - Tyne and Wear Once I was in the Bridges shopping centre in Sunderland when I felt cold of a sudden. Suddenly I felt a ghostly presence all around me. I saw the ghost of a small grey pigeon looking at me. I knew it was a ghost because it was glowing with a bright light. It looked straight at me and made a "cooing" noise then it disappeared. The really spooky thing was that a pigeon was killed in the exact same spot on the same day the year before by flying into a window. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amanda's story - Hull My partner used to work early shifts during the week. He went out to work as normal this particular morning, and I stayed in bed. Shortly after he left, I heard somebody open the front door. They then walked down the hallway to my bedroom door, opened the bedroom door and entered the room. I then heard footsteps walk around to my side of the bed, and somebody touched me on the shoulder. Thinking my partner had forgotten something, I turned over to see what it was he needed, but there was nobody there... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rebecca's story - Merseyside I was walking pass a cornfield on the way home and it was just the same as usual. But the next day when I walked past there were massive circles and lines. The lines and circles were perfect - not something a human could do overnight. So I asked around to see if anyone had heard or seen anything but no-one had, so I thought that was weird. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stacey's story - Hartlepool Me and my college friends were up at Ormsby Hall to do a Halloween show. On our break a few of us went upstairs for a laugh. When we heard a door slam we went to investigate but when we got to the door and opened it there was nothing there. Then we heard another door slam but when we got there there was nothing again. This door-slamming went on for 10 minutes until we got pretty spooked and ran screaming downstairs. When I got home I did some research and found that Orsmby Hall is actually haunted by a maid who died there. She had never been seen but things have been mysteriously moved or doors open and close on ther own. When I told my friends this they all decided that it was her ghost. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Denroy's story - Liverpool One evening, where I work in a busy telecommunications call centre I kept receiving calls through on my console, but the caller wasn't answering. The same telephone number kept appearing on my screen, so I checked and traced the account on my computer to somebody who had an account with us. When I checked the account, I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The account holder had died the day before, and there had been a request to cease the telephone line immediately. Who was it that made these calls? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John's story - York I had two strange happenings that occured on a school trip to York. We were near York Minster and were told about a house in which a girl and her family died in the plague and were locked in the house so as not to pass it on. As we were told the story I saw a young girl about the age of 8, dirty and swollen around the face. When I turned again she disappeared in front of me. I asked if anyone else had seen the same - to my disbelief nearly everyone saw it including the teacher and we were told that it was the girl's ghost and it had been seen before. We also went to a nearby monastery now in ruins and were told how monks were killed by order of Henry the 8th. I sat on a hill to eat lunch and felt a cold hand on my shoulder. I turned round expecting it to be a friend but I was horrifed to see a cloaked faceless figure appear in front of me. Unfortunately no-one could back me up on this one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katz' story - Keighley Me and my mate were staying over at my house. We were by ourselves and my hifi was not plugged in anywhere. I was on the phone when my mate heard pop music coming from upstairs. Ii asked her to check it out and she ran back downstairs crying her eyes out. I asked her what was wrong and she said that my hifi was jumping around on my desk. I then looked at the stairs and saw something coming down like a shadow. It was raining outside and we had no shoes on - we both screamed and ran out into the rain. Our feet were soaking but we just needed to run! My house is in the middle of Yorkshire. It is built on a Victorian rubbish dump, plus I live outside a church! You never know - maybe someone was buried or murdered in our garden or house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joanne's story - Merseyside I was driving home from work in the evening two weeks ago. I got onto the dual carriageway which takes me straight home and there was one car on the road in front of me. I indicated to overtake it again I checked all around me and again there was only me and the car in front. I got halfway over the next lane and I saw a car right at the side of me. I swerved back into the lane. My first thought was that I had caused this car to crash. I slowed down and looked for the car - but there was nothing there except the car in front ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Naomi's story - North England I was in my bedroom on Friday the 13th when I heard a cat purring and the room went cold. I turned around to see a ghost of a fat cat walking around my room. I blinked and it disappeared. I remembered that the lady who used to live in my house had told us that she used my room to keep her cat in, but sadly, her cat died whilst giving birth to kittens. This year on Friday 13th of October at the same time the pregnant cat appeared. Spooky! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Samantha's story - Grimsby There is an old empty house near me. My friend and I were walking past it late at night and through the window you could see a light. The next night I was walking past the house with my boyfriend and he said "that house really freaks me out!", which was strange for him as he's usually quite logical. Another time I was walking past when I saw an old woman standing at the window. She smiled at me so I waved and smiled back. But then she disappeared right in front of my eyes! The next day I went to ask the neighbours if someone had moved in. They said "No, I suppose you have seen old Winnie." Apparently she sits there sometimes but mostly in front of the fire with her back light on. I see her from time to time and she smiles at me - so I smile back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James' story - Widdrington About three years ago, it was a lovely snowy Christmas. One of my pals and I were walking up the street from my house when all of a sudden, the whole sky lit up with a huge blue/white light. It was similar to a lightning bolt, only far more intense. Gary and me just looked at each other in amazement. It only happened for a split second, but it made my street look as if it was floodlit. Later on, we were walking past the local chip shop, and exactly the same thing happened again. It wasn't particularly spooky, but it was weird. When I went to bed that evening, I decided to listen to the radio, and just as I switched on, I heard Alan Robson's irritating voice on the radio. The irony of it is, he was midway through reporting a sighting of a triangular thing floating off the coast of Redcar. Strange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emily-Kay's story - Lincolnshire When I was eight me, my mum, my brother and my one-year old sister went to stay at my Mum's Aunt's in Lincolnshire. When we got there most of the place was dark. It used to be a slavery farm. One night, when my brother went into the toilet and me and mum were asleep Scarlett (my sister) started talk to no-one. She was saying "my milk!" and "me Scarlett. Who you?". I heard her saying things when no-one was there, so I hid under the covers. Then my sister said "bye, bye Dolly!" and went to sleep. Scary, huh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob's story - Knaresborough When I lived in Newcastle me and my mum went to visit Hadrian's Wall. Suddenly I turned around and saw a lot of people with spears, shields and swords walking along the road towards us and I asked my mum if we could go. My mum was worried because we were the only people there at the time and it was snowing. I've never seen them again since then. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Janine's story - North Lincolnshire When I was younger I was sat in my bedroom reading a book. It was about 10pm and my parents were downstairs watching the TV and my brother had gone out clubbing. It was all quiet upstairs and I suddenly heard a crash from my brother's room, as if something had been broken. It startled me so I went downstairs and told my mum and dad that I thought something had fallen off a shelf in my brother's room. My parents told me that it probably wasn't anything. The next morning my brother was arguing with my mum and dad. He said that when he had returned home late that night he found his ashtray was shattered to pieces. To this day we still don't know how it happened (my brother thinks I did it!), but I think it was spiritual activity as I believe in spirits and am fairly psychic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emma's story - Penrith One day when I was at my friend's house, we decided to do a Ouija board using a glass and little pieces of paper. We set them up on a Pinky and Perky record. We were ready to start when the glass we were using upturned and rolled down the stairs. If that wasn't scary enough, later on we were walking upstairs and I reached the top step, stepped up again and found I was floting in the air for about five seconds! I didn't believe it but my friend Josie was there to back me up. I never went to that house again so when they moved I was more than happy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lee's story - Carlisle It happened when I was in a hotel in Seaburn (near Sunderland). I went to bed and I saw this white mist go across the room. It was not a figure and I couldn't make it out. I tried to wake my girlfriend but found I could not move or speak for about 30 seconds. It was really weird and I thought nothing of it till I went downstairs. The receptionist asked if we slept well, and if we had had any visitors during the night. It was then that it clicked. She said that one of the rooms was haunted, and it just so happened it was mine. It's my first experience of a ghost and a night I will never, ever forget. I now believe fully in ghosts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sonia's story - Co. Durham My mum will never let my twin sister watch any movies which are even slightly scary, but she'll let me. I asked why. She told me that when my sister Cath was about six months old, she had woken up knowing something was wrong. She rushed out to Cath's room and a shapeless yellow figure was standing over the crib. After it had disappeared my dad asked Cath if she had been frightened. Being only little she just said yes. Mum took Cath to a special person who said that there were certain ages for this kind of stuff - when you're a baby, and puberty. I wouldn't believe my mum's story except she isn't the kind of person who likes her kids to get freaked. The reason she knew Cath was scared - and I know this is hard to believe - is because my grandmother was psychic. My mum's also slightly psychic. When she was fifteen she ran out of the room in the middle of a ballet lesson and rushed straight home to find a note on the door saying her mum was seriously ill. Later her mum died. I'm not really psychic at all. While all the ghost stuff was going on I just slept. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michelle's story - Preston I was lying down in my bed once and I had just woken up after a disturbing dream. I was facing my wardrobe and had suddenly seen a face staring at me. I turned over and fell asleep again, but soon after I woke up again. I sat up in my bed to leave the room, when I saw a strange man lying next to me in my bed. I jumped out of my bed and ran out of my room. I stood in the doorway for five minutes and then walked back into my bedroom. I looked into my bed to see if the man was still there but he had disappeared. I found out later the next day that the exact same thing had happened to my best friend Becky. At the exact same time as well. Everytime I go to bed now I see this man looking at me. I'm not scared of him anymore. I always tell him to take care and have sweet dreams, and he always does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kelly's story - Middlesborough When I slept at my sister's house in Newcastle my best friend lived round the corner and her mum and dad went out, so I sat round her house with her. We watched a vid till 9pm then sat and had a girly chat. Then she told me a really funny joke and we both laughed for at least five minutes. When we stopped it was all silent then there was another laugh in the house - but it wasn't us! It sounded like a boy and came from upstairs but there was only us in the house. We ignored the spooky disturbance and thought it was the TV. But an hour later all the lights in the house seemed to flicker on and off and we sat in the corner and cried until her mum and dad came in. We told them everything and they didn't believe us - but to be on the safe side her dad searched the house. Upstairs there was a board game on the floor of her bedroom as if someone had been playing. Two weeks later the front room floor caved in and under the floor boards they found a grave stone. They couldn't make out the name, but they died at the age of seven. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan's story - East Riding Whilst working in an aircraft hanger in Brough, I was prepping an aircraft for a test flight when I looked up and saw a figure walking towards me. I didn't think anything of it as it was a secure area and the guards would only let authorised personel into the area. He walked towards me and I thought he looked a bit 'odd' as he was dressed in flight gear dating, so it seemed, from World War ll. But then he walked through the wing of the aircraft and disappeared. Having spoken to the guards they told me that no-one else had entered the hanger in over four hours. Strange. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark's story - Lancashire Salmsbury Hall is rumoured to be haunted by a ghost of a white lady - only this is not a rumour, it's true. I was once there, in a room by myself looking at a picture on the wall when I felt a cold chill from behind. I turned to see a White Lady stood just meters away. I just stared at her, then blinked and she was gone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrew's story - Wirral I came home from school one afternoon and began my daily piano practice. Everything was going normally, until my mum and my two brothers left the room and went to the top floor of the house. I sat playing the piano but suddenly the pedal slipped. I took the front panel off, found the problem and began to fix it, when I suddenly heard a very soft but very clear laugh, sounding like that of a young child. I looked around but nobody was there. Everybody else in the house was two floors upstairs. I have since heard a similar crying sound and there has been no explanation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan's story - Middlesborough I was washing up for my mum when something caught my eye. I looked up to see in broad daylight a bright light just sitting there in the sky. It was around the height of a plane coming to land. I didn't know what it was so I ran upstairs to a side window. I was getting worried now because I was watching a programme on t.v that said if you see a UFO you'll be abducted by one. I then sneezed and when I returned to normal, it was gone. Still to this day, UNEXPLAINED!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott's story - Cumbria I was in my house when my mate rang the doorbell and asked if I wanted to come out. We turned into a small dark pathway which led to his house and he told me there was an orangey-yellow flash in the sky. I didn't believe him, mainly because I didn't believe in aliens and secondly he always lies! But about five minutes later at the end of the path, there was another flash which glared onto another one of my friend's house, when I looked up there were at least twenty helicopters in the sky with search lights, searching the sky. Since then I now believe in aliens, and other paranormal activities, and I've became a regular viewer of the "X-Files" T.V. program. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard's story - Huddersfield I was at a friend's house a couple of months ago and we were sitting by his window on his computer. It was about 9:30 pm and suddenly my friend froze in his seat. I looked out of the window and could see nothing wrong. He pointed out a house to me that had been abandoned for a couple of months. There was a light on in the window. Suddenly all the lights in the house (the abandoned one, not ours) came on. After a couple of seconds, they all went off again simultaneously. Then we noticed a strange green/blue cloud over the house. We went to his brother's room, which had a clear view of the house and we saw nothing. We went back into my mate's room and saw all the lights go off again, but his brother had seen nothing the whole time. None have us have any explanation to this day... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katy's story - Sheffield A few weeks ago me and my Mum went to Sheffield Weston Musesum with my Grandma one weekend. We entered a room where you could close your eyes and see colours coming at you that were coming from a machine. Anyway we saw a man sitting down opposite to one - he looked like he was made from wax. We got closer and stared at his clothes because they looked Victorian. He was wearing one of those black buckled waitcoats that men used to wear at that time. He was so strange, he wasn't moving at all and his face really did look like it was made of wax. Then we turned our backs for two minutes and when we turned back round he was gone. This really did happen and it's my first ghostly experience! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michelle's story - Blyth I awoke in the middle of the night and was aware of another presence very close by. When I rolled over I noticed the shadow of a person sitting on my bed by my feet. This person appeared to be male although it was too dark for me to make out any features. He was looking out of my bedroom window. Too scared to do anything else I rolled over and lay very still until I eventually fell asleep again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frances' story - somewhere in N England I used to live in a converted stable, this was cool but the best part was that the mannor house, stable and gatehouse all made up an estate that used to belong to one of Admiral Nelson's mistresses! I liked the idea of a historic background, and decided to make up a ghost story to scare my little sis. I told her that because Nelson had only one arm, he had to have his horses specially trained. One night when he was coming up to see his mistress there was a MASSIVE storm and some lightning hit a tree just as he turned up the lane to the estate. A branch fell off, and knocked him off his horse. The horse galloped full pelt to the stable where it raised the alarm and got help to him sharpish. Sadly, the horse had caught a chill, and as everyone was too busy with the Admiral, she was forgotten about for a couple of days. The chill developed into a full-blown bout of horse flu (deadly for a horse if not caught on time, even with today's medicine). All they could do was watch her die. Nelson was so upset, he demanded that the event never be recorded and from that day on, denied it ever happened. But the horse wasn't going to go THAT easily. She stuck around, helping people who got lost in the woods near our house, whinnying to make them go in the right direction. Also the event was re-run every two years on 25 October. My little sis swallowed the tale, hook line and sinker. Then the weird stuff started. At first it was just faint whinnying, but the manor kept hores so that was nothing big. Then I swore I heard a horse galloping down the lane near our house, and loud horse calls on stormy nights. I thought I was just uptight because of the story I'd told Alice, but things carried on up to 25 October. That morning,I remembered why and how the story had come into my head. Me, my little sisters and a couple of their friends had been exploring the woods and got lost. I could've sworn I'd heard a big animal a bit like a horse in the undergrowth. I was so terrified that I ran and everyone followed me - I still don't know whether they heard it too - and found myself in our garden. Also, on the first night I slept there I'd heard a horse being led across the courtyard behind our house. The idea for a ghost story, the topic and events came to me so suddenly that it was as if they were put there by someone or something else. I know this story isn't as exciting or scary as some of the others submitted, but I PROMISE you it is 100% TRUE! I'm not very good with words, but something's been helping me write this, and I don't know what or who ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John's story - Carlisle In 1960 I was doing National Service in the Army, stationed in Carlisle. I took a girlfriend home one night and near where she lived was a small wood. There were leaves on the ground and we could hear someone walking towards us through this wood, so we looked to see who it was and could see no-one, but the footsteps kept on coming towards us until they were right in front of us. I bent down thinking it was an animal of some kind, but it wasn't because I saw footprints in the leaves. They stopped about six inches from my hands, so I ruffled up the leaves to see what it was,then the leaves started to move again after about 30 seconds and I saw the footprints turn around and move off in the direction they had come from. My girlfriend ran in to the house, and I quickly returned to my camp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom's story - Southport Where I used to live in Southport, there was a story about a haunted hotel that was demolished, but the lift kept moving. Even after they cut the power cables. It would keep going up and down, and up and down. Until one day it went up and up and up and then came crashing all the way down to be buried in the basement floor, and never moved again after that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alisha's story - Grange-over-Sands You might not think this is weird but I was watching Buffy a few weeks ago, (my fave programme) and when it finished a poster of Sarah Michelle Gellar fell off my wall. OK, that's weird, I thought, then forgot all about it. Then whilst watching Dawson's Creek the following Sunday, a poster of Katie Holmes fell down. I thought, hey that happened with Buffy too, weird. Then on the following Tuesday I rented 'She's all that' on video (great film) and to my horror a poster of Freddie Prinze Jr fell down. I was wiggin out by then. Well I took my posters down and that's my scary story! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura's story - Driffield My mum was sat on her sunbed in our old house when she felt something running across her back. A couple of minutes later she got off of her sunbed and sat on the bed. She noticed herself falling to one side of the bed and she looked and the bed had dipped as if someone was sitting on it! My mum got totally freaked out and ran as fast as she could downstairs. That night we were all sat in the living room and the ashtray cracked exactly in half without it dropping. We asked a lady down our street if she knew who lived here before us and she said it was an old lady called Mrs Knight. And supposedly she hated smoking as her husband had died from the build-up of tar in his lungs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helen's story - Durham A few years ago in the cold month of November, my husband and I were driving close to Durham Cathedral. I was very tired and I fell asleep for a few minutes. I awoke with a start when my husband told me to wake up as there was something wrong with the car. Just as I looked up I could see five hooded monk-like figures walking across the road holding what seemed like lanterns in their hands. I asked my husband if he had seen them but he just laughed and said I must have been imagining things - I don't think I was though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura's story - Driffield Me and my mate thought we would have some fun and try to bring back the dead - what a big mistake that was! We went to our local graveyard in the late evening and looked though the gravestones. My mate stumbled on a grave of a former friend of hers. We thought it would be a good idea to try to 'talk' to him since she had known him. The man had died three years before. We placed our hands on the grave and a sudden rush of energy went though me and my mate. We both said we were cold and that our hands felt frozen on the spot to the gravestone. All I could think about was running, but there was something that was holding me back, a force of some sort. I could feel the bones in my hand creeking as if they hadn't moved in years. Then we yanked our hands away and ran out of the iron gate as fast as we could. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Right Reverend Sean Manchester's story - Yorkshire The Kirklees Estate in West Yorkshire has been the scene of many spectral sightings and supernatural encounters. I was summoned there in April 1990 to perform a blessing at the unconsecrated grave attributed to Robin Hood, near a derelict priory in a wooded area. As night fell, both I and my assistant heard a terrible wailing noise. A horrible, discordant sound that seemed to be growing louder. I lit some candles and shouted the words: "Behold the Light!" The unearthly groaning desisted. A third person, not present at the grave site, but close-by nonetheless, reported having witnessed a "darkly clad woman" who at first appeared serene then rapidly mainfested into a wraith with red eyes, staring and hideous. That night we all experienced the chill running down our spines as the atmosphere grew colder. I was later to discover other visitors had also seen this same spectre which, contrary to reports in the local press, was not a manifestation of Robin Hood, but more akin of that of his murderess, the "Wicked Prioress" who, in 1248, bled Robin to death. Her name was Elizabeth de Staynton and her tomb is near to where we had been. Strange and mysterious occurrences have not ceased in the area, but attempts to have the afflicted site exorcised have not met with the approval of the landowner, Lady Armytage, despite her own ancestor, Sir Samuel Armytage, attempting to disinter the occupant of one of these graves some two centuries prior. It is all very disturbing, to say the least. And only an exorcism rite, in my view, will solve the problem. Meanwhile, local folk are still reporting strange and malevolent happenings in and around Kirklees. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ash's story - Cleveland It was 12.30am when I woke up and went downstairs for a glass of water. I turned on the light for the hallway and the light blew. I thought it was nothing and headed for the kitchen, but as I walked I saw the outline of a man. At first I thought it was just because I was tired but I rubbed my eyes and he was still there. He walked towards me and I froze in fear. He then walked through me and I felt a sudden rush of energy. I turned around and he was gone. I ran and woke my family but they though I was crazy. We then found out that a man had died here - it even scared my family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Derek's story - Liverpool I have seen many ghosts before, but this time we had more witnesses. One day I went to visit a good friend of mine. We where sitting drinking tea and chatting, and I needed to go the toilet. On the way back down I decided to run in the living room and dive behide the couch saying I'd just seen a shadow just to wind them up. I thought it would be a good laugh. Then the next thing his wife tells me she had seen it too, I said I was only messing about. She said she went upstairs one day saw a figure lying on the bed. She went to take a closer look and the shadow got off the bed and darted to the left of the bedroom. She ran downstairs and told her husband. He believed her because a few nights before the wardrobe in their bedroom was banging and shaking. And the kitchen light always went off when you where making the tea with no-one by the switch. But one day John and I were busy doing odd jobs. He was sewing plastic sheets together to make an air bed, and I was in the other room cutting them up. He shouted me, saying he had just seen the shadow looking over him to see what he was doing. I said he must be kidding, but he said he was not. I looked on the stairs, and halfway up I could see a figure of a woman. I could only see the arm and her skirt but I could not see the face. It didn't bother me, and I just carried on working. The next day we were in the kitchen working on the floor. I turned to the door feeling I was getting watched and there she was looking at us. She seemed to just glide away a second or two later. I have seen her afew times in other parts of the house but what's more weird is that there's not just one ghost but three. There's also a little girl they have seen many times and a very tall man who is always seen with the little girl. I am starting to look at the history of the house to see what I can find. |
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Free Spirit's story - Liverpool When I was 16, I moved into a B&B with my partner. The house was definatly haunted, several people had seen a lady standing at the top of the stairs and then vanish. It was so cold in that house, not cold as in freezing but cold as in chilling. Every morning at 3am, the smell of toast would fill the house and pots and pans could be heard rattling..but when you went in there to tell whoever it was to shut up..no-one was ever there. One of the rooms upstairs was padlocked, when you got close to the door you could smell death.Every night, when we were in bed, something would pull the blankets off us. There was a very strange woman who lived above us. She was well into tarot cards, black magic, Alister Crowley, cutting her wrists as part of a satanic rituals..she was weird..she was always saying that she kept seeing a man dressed in a black trench coat and trilby hat in her room. Then one night she came running down the stairs screaming..she said this figure in black had pinned her down on the bed and raped her. She moved out the next day and never came back..Meanwhile I had just had my first baby and had brought her home..she wouldn't settle in the house, she would scream as if she was being murdered. Although she was new born, she would stare at the same part of the room and scream..as soon as we went out, she'd stop. We were the last ones there, I was terrified..fortunatly we got a house and moved out. A few years later, we learned about the house's past..a family had lived there, whilst the mother had been making toast in the early hours, she fell asleep, the house caught fire and the whole family died.... We moved into our present house in 98..now with 3 children aged 3, 6 & 7..I already knew about this house's history. In 1993 a lady called Pat, committed suicide in the bathroom. The bathroom has now been converted into a bedroom where our 3 year old son sleeps. When I first moved in, I was decorating my daughters bedroom when I heard heavy footsteps walking down the landing..it was around 11pm, my husband was working nights and I was alone, the children all in bed asleep. I looked out of the window to see if his car was there..it wasn't..I froze. I called out but no-one answered..I tried to ignore it, but then it happened again..I got an iron bar and went out on to the landing..nothing was there...I went to bed (with the light on). A few nights later, alone again, I was walking up the stairs when I heard 2 men talking, coughing and shuffling round with what sounded like steel toe capped boots on..I froze at the top of the stairs..Should I grab the sleeping kids and run out, should I investigate..I ran down the stairs and out of the front door, a neighbour was outside her house..I asked if anyone had been outside my house, she said the street had been deserted..she came in with me and we crept upstairs, opened the door..nothing. Then something weird started happening at the top of the stairs..just as you got to the top you would pass through a strange force..you couldn't see it but you could feel it as you passed through it. I thought I was going mad as no-one else had seen or heard anything..then the kids started..my 3 year old son started screaming hysterically each time we put him to bed..he said he could see a man by his window..there was a bit of light in his room and no shadows..he was so scared he had to sleep with me. Then the girls started crying and screaming in the night..they said they could see a monster playing with their dressing up clothes and could hear it rustling round..I had to tell them that it was the tooth fairy..although they couldn't understand why the tooth fairy was a big green shadowy figure. Then my husband started seeing things in the dining room..flashes of light shooting across the walls..it annoyed him so much the light is left on permenantly. The shelf that holds all our cd's on the wall 'flew' off scattering cd's everywhere..this shelf did not fall off the wall..it came flying off nearly hitting our son. My brother-in-law was sleeping on the couch one night when a video flew at him..he hasn't stayed here since.Then the same thing started happening in our bedroom..flashing lights across the walls and then the banging started..the minute the light went out..crack, bang, rustle..In the kitchen, the kettle started turning it's self on..this is impossible. Then one night...the strangest thing of all..my husband had his web cam set up..so that people on the net could see him surfing..? A lady called Jean e-mailed him to say 'hello, I'm watching you' then she asked who the lady was in the background..she described her as having olden day clothes on-as if she was in a stage production..My husband was baffled..he e-mailed her to say that she must be seeing things..then she replied by saying she sees ghosts..my husband freaked.. I couldn't take anymore and went to my church leader who blessed the house..everything stopped. I had been told that the previous tenants had moved out because something was scaring their little girl...they reported seeing a lady on the landing, record players turning themselves on at random and lights going on and off via the switch. Nothing strange has happened for a few months now..thankfully, my husband still keeps the lights on though..just in case ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gemma's story - Rotherham I was walking past this shop and I thought about Britney's song 'Stronger' and it began to play in the shop. I thought nothing of it at the time. Later on I walked past another shop thinking about the new CD I had just bought and how pleased I was when my fave song on the CD was being played in the shop. It happened twice more in seperate shops. I thought about how strange the day was and then about the concert I had been to, mainly how disappointed I was when they didn't do my fave song by that artist - and it came onto the radio. Very spooky. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spook's story - Liverpool I remember when I was 10 my family was moving to a new home. I had to stay with my mother in the old house overnight while my brothers and dad moved to the new house. We had to stay for the electric man who was coming early the next day. About 2 am my mother woke up to find faces looking through the window. There were about 10 of them and they looked disfigured. They were all talking at once, some shouting "get out now" and laughing. Some were talking like a tape being played backwards. I woke up half way through - it was horrible ... it made me feel sick as some were drooling and spitting as they shouted. I was scared - my mother who was calm held me tight till the faces just disappeared ... the room was so cold ... and just the ticking of the alarm clock was left. We stayed awake that night. When we left the house my mother told me all about the strange things that had happened there ... some are shocking ... but I will post them soon on So Weird ...: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lauren's story - Liverpool My dad's mum is slightly psychic, and so is my mum, so maybe that explains why I can hear things when other people can't. One night I was sitting in the school library with my boyfriend. It was quite late, dark outside, and there was hardly anyone there. The library is upstairs at the front of the school. It used to be a corridor and classrooms but was changed this year. Suddenly I heard a loud knocking on the window behind us. I turned round, and nothing was there. There are no trees within about 50m of the window either. I asked my boyfriend if he had heard anything, and he said "No, and I have really good hearing". I also live right next to the school. One night at about 3 am I woke up to hear a quiet tapping on the window, louder than rain, but a definite tapping, which stopped after a few seconds. After a couple of minutes it started again. I reached out and pulled the curtain back, looking out of the window just as the tapping stopped. And nothing was there. The strange thing is, this has happened to my mum, but my dad has never heard it. The scary thing is, in my mum's family, just before someone is about to die, there are three knocks at the door with no-one there. This has happened two or three times so now I'm worried. Or it could just be the ghost in our house wanting to get back inside? We've lived here eight years now, and nothing has tried to hurt us, so I assume this spirit is friendly, but likes a good joke at times. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winnie's story - Doncaster I was set some maths homework to do, but I didn't do it and I went out that night. When I got back, I panicked, so I got straight onto it. I sat down and stared at the sums. I didn't know one answer. Then suddenly I got tired and fell asleep. Next morning I woke up, and I was late. I forgot that I didn't do my homework, stuffed my book in my bag and ran to school. When it came to the maths lesson, I panicked, remembering that I didn't do it. So in the lesson, I confessed. The teacher frowned and asked to see my book. I gave it to him. He had a look and roared with laughter! I asked him what was so funny and he said that I really did the homework. I didn't believe him, so I had a look and it was all neatly done. The teacher told me to sit down, but I still couldn't think who had done my homework for me. Tara's story - Tyne and Wear I was walking to my friend's house one night, and I was half way there and completly surrounded by tall ugly-looking council houses. I glanced to the right and my heart skipped a beat. There, running across an open green space was a thin-looking, slightly glowing, blue person - if it was a person. A couple of minutes later I saw the same 'person' running under an arch connecting two houses. By now I was rather scared so I started walking much quicker. No more than half a minute later the 'person' ran straight up to me and I screamed but it didn't stop running. It ran straight into me and then straight through me! This time I was really spooked, so I sprinted up to my friend's house. She didn't believe me, and I never saw the blue 'person' again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Graham's story - Derbyshire On foggy nights, in the small hamlet of Hassop, people walking back from the local inn have seen a ghostly horse and carriage appear from a wall. It gallops down the road and disappears into another stone wall. No one knows why, but the coach and horses are steered by a headless man Emma's story - Blackburn One night, when I was about six, I was watching a film with my parents, in the living room. I smelt something burning and I looked through the serving hatch into the kitchen. I saw a pan on fire on the cooker. My mum and dad ran to put it out quickly. For the rest of the night my dad blamed my mum, saying that she had left the cooker on, but I know she didn't because I was helping her in the kitchen and watched her switch it off. Later when I was tucked up in bed, I woke with a terrible feeling of fear, and saw a cloaked and hooded skeleton beside my bed. I know it sounds silly but it really was there! I hid under my blanket, scared stiff, and about five minutes later I peeped out. I couldn't see it so I carefully swung my legs over the side of the bed. I then looked down to find it lying on the floor trying to bite my legs. I tried to scream but I couldn't, so again I hid under the blanket. When I next looked, it had gone. I ran into my mum and dad's room, crying my eyes out, and spent the rest of the night there. I swear, to this day, that I saw it. Tanya's story - Sheffield I am nine years old and one day, at school, I was watching our assembly. The teacher called out Tom Smith twice. A boy came up and a teacher opened a book. Then I blinked and saw the exact same thing all over again! Very weird! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stacie's story - Middlesborough Every night when I go to bed I can feel a draught on the back of my neck. It feels as if there is someone there, breathing on me. When I wake up in the middle of the night, I can feel someone sitting on the bottom of my bed. But, because I know it's only my nana, I'm not spooked or anything. Teresa's story - Liverpool A friend of mine used to tell me about the weird happenings in the maisonette where she lived. I passed these off as fantasy until one night, when I was babysitting there, some unusual things occurred by the fireplace. The ornaments on the top started moving slowly on their own, and the gas fire suddenly went out, although the control was in the on position. A few weeks later, when we were looking through photographs that she had taken of her son Matthew, I was horrified to see what looked like blood on the photographs. Even more weird was that some had Matthew's head missing. The distorted photographs were taken with him standing by the fireplace. Andrew's story - Leeds We used to live in a pub in Bradford and, one night, my brother Paul and I were watching TV while my parents were working downstairs. We heard a loud bang in the kitchen and both jumped and looked at each other. Neither of us dared move at first but then we plucked up courage to go and have a look. We were both white as sheets, as it was an old pub and used to be a travellers' inn in Victorian times. When we got into the kitchen I turned on the light and we looked in amazement. The drawer that held all the knives and forks was on the floor, as if it had been taken out carefully and placed there. To this day we don't know how that could possibly have happened. When we told our parents about it, they said that they had seen a lot of strange things going on and heard a lot of noises in the night. I never slept there with the light off again!Alex's story - Healing I was watching TV with my cat, Fred, on my knees. Mum had just gone to pick dad up from work and left me on my own. After about ten minutes Fred started to get restless. He fluffed up and went all flat as if he was being pulled to the floor by someone. Then he started to follow something with his eyes, hissing at the same time. I tried to grab him but I couldn't get him off the floor. I was petrified. I ran out of the room and thought I heard a baby crying, but we don't even have baby in our whole family, let alone our house. I sat in the corner of the hallway and covered my ears and closed my eyes. I don't recall mum and dad getting home, but I remember being carried to bed by a tall old man with a fishing hat on. Weird eh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andy's story - Bolton This is a true story from my sister. She used to live in an old row of cottages in the village of Belmont just outside Bolton. The cottages are about 400 years old and she had lived there for a couple of months when one night when she was sat in front of the mirror in the bedroom, she saw a reflection of a scruffy man. When she turned around he had gone. This happened again several times later and as she became more used to the sightings, the figure of the man became more clear to the point where he was almost alive. She asked the man what he wanted and why he was there. He replied to her in a strange old English dialect. He said he admired her and he just wanted a friend. She isn't easily startled and is very open-minded and the reason he gradually appeared to her was so he wouldn't startle her. This went on for many a night - she would sit and talk to him about his life and they became good friends. He was a sailor and said that life was hard on the ships in those days and you weren't expected to live for long. The connection he had to the house was that many ships, when they came to the end of their useful life, were dismantled and the timber was used in the building of houses. His name is still to this day carved into the beam on the bedroom ceiling, which he did whilst serving on the ship where he died. My sister never really told anyone about this as they would probably not believe what she said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura's story - Tyne & Wear I was in class and I was looking out the window then I heard something like a plane. Only,it didn't seem to start off quietly then get louder, it just ... started. It didn't get any louder as it passed over either. It just stayed in one continuous tone. Then this shiny silver object appeared in the sky.It was more or less a perfect circle. I glanced down to my work then when I next looked, it was gone and the sound had gone as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helen's story - Oldham I lived in a house where my bedroom was in the attic. Every night something weird would happen. One night I went to sleep with my music on and I locked my door as usual. When I woke up my music was switched off! That freaked me out a bit but then I didn't let it bother me. Until one night after I locked my door and put my music on I fell asleep, then I woke up and saw a figure at the bottom of my bed. Thinking I was still asleep I forgot about it. In the morning when I woke up, to my amazement my bed was on the other side of the room! I ran down stairs and asked my family if anyone had been in my room and they all said no. To this day I still don't know who moved my bed and I never will cos I have moved out of that house and I will not be going back! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hayley's story - Hull My friend's mum had a twin sister who died at birth. One night when she was 15 she had a dream that she and her sister were playing in the street, and she had the same dream for two weeks. Then one night my friend had the same dream and in this dream this women who she did not know but looked the same as her mum said to her "Say goodbye to my mum for me", and a week later my friend's grandmother died. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Betty's story - Merseyside When I was young I used to always be at my grandparents' house. It was an old house with a wishing well in the front garden. One day when I was ten, I opened the back gate and walked towards the back door which was always open. I noticed a man in the greenhouse assuming it was my uncle who lived with my grandparents I went in the house but was horrified to find that my uncle was sat there watching the tv with my grandparents! At this point I thought it was a thief, we all went out and could still see him, but as we opened the door he was gone. The weird thing is that 40 years earlier a man had been convicted of murdering a girl in that house and had tried to bury her in the garden when he was caught and hung. All four of us couldn't have imagined it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Faith's story - Wirral I was sitting in the back room watching "The Haunting" which had just finished. I turned it off and was staring into the fire, when I heard a sound behind me. I turned around and saw a massive, snow white owl, just hovering there. There was no way it could have got in, as all the doors and windows leading into the room were shut. I ran for the door but when I looked back the owl was gone, leaving only a white feather. I threw it out of my bedroom window, so it could be free like its owner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pauline's story - Leeds I work at a school where, for years, we have heard footsteps coming across the hall. A child saw her bag move and felt something poking her in the back. Staff have seen doors opening, and heard noises coming from somewhere in school. There are cold places in the school, and the alarm is triggered from one particular classroom. Light fittings have fallen from the ceiling and at times you don't want to be in certain parts of school. We believe an ancient coaching route lane crosses the site and 'visitors' pass through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Claire's story - Grimsby My family and I had just moved into a new house near Sunderland. A couple of days later, weird stuff began to happen. The microwave started to play tunes when it was switched off by the wall, and the cupboards started to swing on their hinges. At one time or another, we all saw someone/thing looking out of the upstairs window. Also, our two cats would growl and hiss at something in the passage that wasn't there. We soon moved out of that house! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stephanie's story - Preston I work in a very old building. It's always cold, and when I go out of the office by myself I get that feeling that somebody is behind me. However, nobody is ever there! Also, we have light sensors, so when you walk into a room the lights automatically come on. Later on in the evening when all the other departments have gone home you can see the lights going on and off as if somebody is passing through the other rooms. There is only my department in the building at that time - just three of us. Or is there ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a golf course in the Merseyside area, which is known locally as being haunted by the 'White Lady'. I know every old building or residence always seems to have a 'White Lady' haunting it, but I can only tell you what I have seen through my own eyes. When I was about 15, my friends and I thought it would be a laugh to camp out on the 9th hole of the golf course. Apparently this is the place where most sightings have occurred. We were all having a laugh, as teenagers do, trying to scare each other, when we noticed a dark mist descending all around us. This spooked us a bit, so we all went out of the tent to investigate. One of my friends shouted at us to look over by the bracken and, when I looked over, I could see a white figure seemingly floating towards us. We all ran away as fast as we could, abandoning our belongings, never to return for them. Whenever people scoff at claims about 'The White Lady', I tell them this story and shut them up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David's story - Doncaster About four years ago my next door neighbour's dog died. Before its death I could hear it barking every night, and the distinctive sound of it shaking its collar, almost like chains. After it died I could still hear barking but I thought it must be another dog. Then one night I heard the distinctive sound of it rattling its collar, and the sound was coming from just outside my window. This went on for about a week, at the same time each night, until I finally learned that they had buried the dog in the garden. From then on the strange sounds stopped, but it still didn't explain why only I had heard the sounds. I later found out that my room is adjacent to the room in the semi-detached house next door, where the body of the dog had been kept for a week! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Henrietta's story - Tyne and Wear Once I was in the Bridges shopping centre in Sunderland when I felt cold of a sudden. Suddenly I felt a ghostly presence all around me. I saw the ghost of a small grey pigeon looking at me. I knew it was a ghost because it was glowing with a bright light. It looked straight at me and made a "cooing" noise then it disappeared. The really spooky thing was that a pigeon was killed in the exact same spot on the same day the year before by flying into a window. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amanda's story - Hull My partner used to work early shifts during the week. He went out to work as normal this particular morning, and I stayed in bed. Shortly after he left, I heard somebody open the front door. They then walked down the hallway to my bedroom door, opened the bedroom door and entered the room. I then heard footsteps walk around to my side of the bed, and somebody touched me on the shoulder. Thinking my partner had forgotten something, I turned over to see what it was he needed, but there was nobody there... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rebecca's story - Merseyside I was walking pass a cornfield on the way home and it was just the same as usual. But the next day when I walked past there were massive circles and lines. The lines and circles were perfect - not something a human could do overnight. So I asked around to see if anyone had heard or seen anything but no-one had, so I thought that was weird. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stacey's story - Hartlepool Me and my college friends were up at Ormsby Hall to do a Halloween show. On our break a few of us went upstairs for a laugh. When we heard a door slam we went to investigate but when we got to the door and opened it there was nothing there. Then we heard another door slam but when we got there there was nothing again. This door-slamming went on for 10 minutes until we got pretty spooked and ran screaming downstairs. When I got home I did some research and found that Orsmby Hall is actually haunted by a maid who died there. She had never been seen but things have been mysteriously moved or doors open and close on ther own. When I told my friends this they all decided that it was her ghost. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Denroy's story - Liverpool One evening, where I work in a busy telecommunications call centre I kept receiving calls through on my console, but the caller wasn't answering. The same telephone number kept appearing on my screen, so I checked and traced the account on my computer to somebody who had an account with us. When I checked the account, I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. The account holder had died the day before, and there had been a request to cease the telephone line immediately. Who was it that made these calls? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John's story - York I had two strange happenings that occured on a school trip to York. We were near York Minster and were told about a house in which a girl and her family died in the plague and were locked in the house so as not to pass it on. As we were told the story I saw a young girl about the age of 8, dirty and swollen around the face. When I turned again she disappeared in front of me. I asked if anyone else had seen the same - to my disbelief nearly everyone saw it including the teacher and we were told that it was the girl's ghost and it had been seen before. We also went to a nearby monastery now in ruins and were told how monks were killed by order of Henry the 8th. I sat on a hill to eat lunch and felt a cold hand on my shoulder. I turned round expecting it to be a friend but I was horrifed to see a cloaked faceless figure appear in front of me. Unfortunately no-one could back me up on this one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katz' story - Keighley Me and my mate were staying over at my house. We were by ourselves and my hifi was not plugged in anywhere. I was on the phone when my mate heard pop music coming from upstairs. Ii asked her to check it out and she ran back downstairs crying her eyes out. I asked her what was wrong and she said that my hifi was jumping around on my desk. I then looked at the stairs and saw something coming down like a shadow. It was raining outside and we had no shoes on - we both screamed and ran out into the rain. Our feet were soaking but we just needed to run! My house is in the middle of Yorkshire. It is built on a Victorian rubbish dump, plus I live outside a church! You never know - maybe someone was buried or murdered in our garden or house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joanne's story - Merseyside I was driving home from work in the evening two weeks ago. I got onto the dual carriageway which takes me straight home and there was one car on the road in front of me. I indicated to overtake it again I checked all around me and again there was only me and the car in front. I got halfway over the next lane and I saw a car right at the side of me. I swerved back into the lane. My first thought was that I had caused this car to crash. I slowed down and looked for the car - but there was nothing there except the car in front ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Naomi's story - North England I was in my bedroom on Friday the 13th when I heard a cat purring and the room went cold. I turned around to see a ghost of a fat cat walking around my room. I blinked and it disappeared. I remembered that the lady who used to live in my house had told us that she used my room to keep her cat in, but sadly, her cat died whilst giving birth to kittens. This year on Friday 13th of October at the same time the pregnant cat appeared. Spooky! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Samantha's story - Grimsby There is an old empty house near me. My friend and I were walking past it late at night and through the window you could see a light. The next night I was walking past the house with my boyfriend and he said "that house really freaks me out!", which was strange for him as he's usually quite logical. Another time I was walking past when I saw an old woman standing at the window. She smiled at me so I waved and smiled back. But then she disappeared right in front of my eyes! The next day I went to ask the neighbours if someone had moved in. They said "No, I suppose you have seen old Winnie." Apparently she sits there sometimes but mostly in front of the fire with her back light on. I see her from time to time and she smiles at me - so I smile back. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James' story - Widdrington About three years ago, it was a lovely snowy Christmas. One of my pals and I were walking up the street from my house when all of a sudden, the whole sky lit up with a huge blue/white light. It was similar to a lightning bolt, only far more intense. Gary and me just looked at each other in amazement. It only happened for a split second, but it made my street look as if it was floodlit. Later on, we were walking past the local chip shop, and exactly the same thing happened again. It wasn't particularly spooky, but it was weird. When I went to bed that evening, I decided to listen to the radio, and just as I switched on, I heard Alan Robson's irritating voice on the radio. The irony of it is, he was midway through reporting a sighting of a triangular thing floating off the coast of Redcar. Strange ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emily-Kay's story - Lincolnshire When I was eight me, my mum, my brother and my one-year old sister went to stay at my Mum's Aunt's in Lincolnshire. When we got there most of the place was dark. It used to be a slavery farm. One night, when my brother went into the toilet and me and mum were asleep Scarlett (my sister) started talk to no-one. She was saying "my milk!" and "me Scarlett. Who you?". I heard her saying things when no-one was there, so I hid under the covers. Then my sister said "bye, bye Dolly!" and went to sleep. Scary, huh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rob's story - Knaresborough When I lived in Newcastle me and my mum went to visit Hadrian's Wall. Suddenly I turned around and saw a lot of people with spears, shields and swords walking along the road towards us and I asked my mum if we could go. My mum was worried because we were the only people there at the time and it was snowing. I've never seen them again since then. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Janine's story - North Lincolnshire When I was younger I was sat in my bedroom reading a book. It was about 10pm and my parents were downstairs watching the TV and my brother had gone out clubbing. It was all quiet upstairs and I suddenly heard a crash from my brother's room, as if something had been broken. It startled me so I went downstairs and told my mum and dad that I thought something had fallen off a shelf in my brother's room. My parents told me that it probably wasn't anything. The next morning my brother was arguing with my mum and dad. He said that when he had returned home late that night he found his ashtray was shattered to pieces. To this day we still don't know how it happened (my brother thinks I did it!), but I think it was spiritual activity as I believe in spirits and am fairly psychic. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emma's story - Penrith One day when I was at my friend's house, we decided to do a Ouija board using a glass and little pieces of paper. We set them up on a Pinky and Perky record. We were ready to start when the glass we were using upturned and rolled down the stairs. If that wasn't scary enough, later on we were walking upstairs and I reached the top step, stepped up again and found I was floting in the air for about five seconds! I didn't believe it but my friend Josie was there to back me up. I never went to that house again so when they moved I was more than happy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lee's story - Carlisle It happened when I was in a hotel in Seaburn (near Sunderland). I went to bed and I saw this white mist go across the room. It was not a figure and I couldn't make it out. I tried to wake my girlfriend but found I could not move or speak for about 30 seconds. It was really weird and I thought nothing of it till I went downstairs. The receptionist asked if we slept well, and if we had had any visitors during the night. It was then that it clicked. She said that one of the rooms was haunted, and it just so happened it was mine. It's my first experience of a ghost and a night I will never, ever forget. I now believe fully in ghosts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sonia's story - Co. Durham My mum will never let my twin sister watch any movies which are even slightly scary, but she'll let me. I asked why. She told me that when my sister Cath was about six months old, she had woken up knowing something was wrong. She rushed out to Cath's room and a shapeless yellow figure was standing over the crib. After it had disappeared my dad asked Cath if she had been frightened. Being only little she just said yes. Mum took Cath to a special person who said that there were certain ages for this kind of stuff - when you're a baby, and puberty. I wouldn't believe my mum's story except she isn't the kind of person who likes her kids to get freaked. The reason she knew Cath was scared - and I know this is hard to believe - is because my grandmother was psychic. My mum's also slightly psychic. When she was fifteen she ran out of the room in the middle of a ballet lesson and rushed straight home to find a note on the door saying her mum was seriously ill. Later her mum died. I'm not really psychic at all. While all the ghost stuff was going on I just slept. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michelle's story - Preston I was lying down in my bed once and I had just woken up after a disturbing dream. I was facing my wardrobe and had suddenly seen a face staring at me. I turned over and fell asleep again, but soon after I woke up again. I sat up in my bed to leave the room, when I saw a strange man lying next to me in my bed. I jumped out of my bed and ran out of my room. I stood in the doorway for five minutes and then walked back into my bedroom. I looked into my bed to see if the man was still there but he had disappeared. I found out later the next day that the exact same thing had happened to my best friend Becky. At the exact same time as well. Everytime I go to bed now I see this man looking at me. I'm not scared of him anymore. I always tell him to take care and have sweet dreams, and he always does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kelly's story - Middlesborough When I slept at my sister's house in Newcastle my best friend lived round the corner and her mum and dad went out, so I sat round her house with her. We watched a vid till 9pm then sat and had a girly chat. Then she told me a really funny joke and we both laughed for at least five minutes. When we stopped it was all silent then there was another laugh in the house - but it wasn't us! It sounded like a boy and came from upstairs but there was only us in the house. We ignored the spooky disturbance and thought it was the TV. But an hour later all the lights in the house seemed to flicker on and off and we sat in the corner and cried until her mum and dad came in. We told them everything and they didn't believe us - but to be on the safe side her dad searched the house. Upstairs there was a board game on the floor of her bedroom as if someone had been playing. Two weeks later the front room floor caved in and under the floor boards they found a grave stone. They couldn't make out the name, but they died at the age of seven. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan's story - East Riding Whilst working in an aircraft hanger in Brough, I was prepping an aircraft for a test flight when I looked up and saw a figure walking towards me. I didn't think anything of it as it was a secure area and the guards would only let authorised personel into the area. He walked towards me and I thought he looked a bit 'odd' as he was dressed in flight gear dating, so it seemed, from World War ll. But then he walked through the wing of the aircraft and disappeared. Having spoken to the guards they told me that no-one else had entered the hanger in over four hours. Strange. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark's story - Lancashire Salmsbury Hall is rumoured to be haunted by a ghost of a white lady - only this is not a rumour, it's true. I was once there, in a room by myself looking at a picture on the wall when I felt a cold chill from behind. I turned to see a White Lady stood just meters away. I just stared at her, then blinked and she was gone! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Andrew's story - Wirral I came home from school one afternoon and began my daily piano practice. Everything was going normally, until my mum and my two brothers left the room and went to the top floor of the house. I sat playing the piano but suddenly the pedal slipped. I took the front panel off, found the problem and began to fix it, when I suddenly heard a very soft but very clear laugh, sounding like that of a young child. I looked around but nobody was there. Everybody else in the house was two floors upstairs. I have since heard a similar crying sound and there has been no explanation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan's story - Middlesborough I was washing up for my mum when something caught my eye. I looked up to see in broad daylight a bright light just sitting there in the sky. It was around the height of a plane coming to land. I didn't know what it was so I ran upstairs to a side window. I was getting worried now because I was watching a programme on t.v that said if you see a UFO you'll be abducted by one. I then sneezed and when I returned to normal, it was gone. Still to this day, UNEXPLAINED!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott's story - Cumbria I was in my house when my mate rang the doorbell and asked if I wanted to come out. We turned into a small dark pathway which led to his house and he told me there was an orangey-yellow flash in the sky. I didn't believe him, mainly because I didn't believe in aliens and secondly he always lies! But about five minutes later at the end of the path, there was another flash which glared onto another one of my friend's house, when I looked up there were at least twenty helicopters in the sky with search lights, searching the sky. Since then I now believe in aliens, and other paranormal activities, and I've became a regular viewer of the "X-Files" T.V. program. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard's story - Huddersfield I was at a friend's house a couple of months ago and we were sitting by his window on his computer. It was about 9:30 pm and suddenly my friend froze in his seat. I looked out of the window and could see nothing wrong. He pointed out a house to me that had been abandoned for a couple of months. There was a light on in the window. Suddenly all the lights in the house (the abandoned one, not ours) came on. After a couple of seconds, they all went off again simultaneously. Then we noticed a strange green/blue cloud over the house. We went to his brother's room, which had a clear view of the house and we saw nothing. We went back into my mate's room and saw all the lights go off again, but his brother had seen nothing the whole time. None have us have any explanation to this day... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katy's story - Sheffield A few weeks ago me and my Mum went to Sheffield Weston Musesum with my Grandma one weekend. We entered a room where you could close your eyes and see colours coming at you that were coming from a machine. Anyway we saw a man sitting down opposite to one - he looked like he was made from wax. We got closer and stared at his clothes because they looked Victorian. He was wearing one of those black buckled waitcoats that men used to wear at that time. He was so strange, he wasn't moving at all and his face really did look like it was made of wax. Then we turned our backs for two minutes and when we turned back round he was gone. This really did happen and it's my first ghostly experience! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michelle's story - Blyth I awoke in the middle of the night and was aware of another presence very close by. When I rolled over I noticed the shadow of a person sitting on my bed by my feet. This person appeared to be male although it was too dark for me to make out any features. He was looking out of my bedroom window. Too scared to do anything else I rolled over and lay very still until I eventually fell asleep again. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frances' story - somewhere in N England I used to live in a converted stable, this was cool but the best part was that the mannor house, stable and gatehouse all made up an estate that used to belong to one of Admiral Nelson's mistresses! I liked the idea of a historic background, and decided to make up a ghost story to scare my little sis. I told her that because Nelson had only one arm, he had to have his horses specially trained. One night when he was coming up to see his mistress there was a MASSIVE storm and some lightning hit a tree just as he turned up the lane to the estate. A branch fell off, and knocked him off his horse. The horse galloped full pelt to the stable where it raised the alarm and got help to him sharpish. Sadly, the horse had caught a chill, and as everyone was too busy with the Admiral, she was forgotten about for a couple of days. The chill developed into a full-blown bout of horse flu (deadly for a horse if not caught on time, even with today's medicine). All they could do was watch her die. Nelson was so upset, he demanded that the event never be recorded and from that day on, denied it ever happened. But the horse wasn't going to go THAT easily. She stuck around, helping people who got lost in the woods near our house, whinnying to make them go in the right direction. Also the event was re-run every two years on 25 October. My little sis swallowed the tale, hook line and sinker. Then the weird stuff started. At first it was just faint whinnying, but the manor kept hores so that was nothing big. Then I swore I heard a horse galloping down the lane near our house, and loud horse calls on stormy nights. I thought I was just uptight because of the story I'd told Alice, but things carried on up to 25 October. That morning,I remembered why and how the story had come into my head. Me, my little sisters and a couple of their friends had been exploring the woods and got lost. I could've sworn I'd heard a big animal a bit like a horse in the undergrowth. I was so terrified that I ran and everyone followed me - I still don't know whether they heard it too - and found myself in our garden. Also, on the first night I slept there I'd heard a horse being led across the courtyard behind our house. The idea for a ghost story, the topic and events came to me so suddenly that it was as if they were put there by someone or something else. I know this story isn't as exciting or scary as some of the others submitted, but I PROMISE you it is 100% TRUE! I'm not very good with words, but something's been helping me write this, and I don't know what or who ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John's story - Carlisle In 1960 I was doing National Service in the Army, stationed in Carlisle. I took a girlfriend home one night and near where she lived was a small wood. There were leaves on the ground and we could hear someone walking towards us through this wood, so we looked to see who it was and could see no-one, but the footsteps kept on coming towards us until they were right in front of us. I bent down thinking it was an animal of some kind, but it wasn't because I saw footprints in the leaves. They stopped about six inches from my hands, so I ruffled up the leaves to see what it was,then the leaves started to move again after about 30 seconds and I saw the footprints turn around and move off in the direction they had come from. My girlfriend ran in to the house, and I quickly returned to my camp. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tom's story - Southport Where I used to live in Southport, there was a story about a haunted hotel that was demolished, but the lift kept moving. Even after they cut the power cables. It would keep going up and down, and up and down. Until one day it went up and up and up and then came crashing all the way down to be buried in the basement floor, and never moved again after that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alisha's story - Grange-over-Sands You might not think this is weird but I was watching Buffy a few weeks ago, (my fave programme) and when it finished a poster of Sarah Michelle Gellar fell off my wall. OK, that's weird, I thought, then forgot all about it. Then whilst watching Dawson's Creek the following Sunday, a poster of Katie Holmes fell down. I thought, hey that happened with Buffy too, weird. Then on the following Tuesday I rented 'She's all that' on video (great film) and to my horror a poster of Freddie Prinze Jr fell down. I was wiggin out by then. Well I took my posters down and that's my scary story! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura's story - Driffield My mum was sat on her sunbed in our old house when she felt something running across her back. A couple of minutes later she got off of her sunbed and sat on the bed. She noticed herself falling to one side of the bed and she looked and the bed had dipped as if someone was sitting on it! My mum got totally freaked out and ran as fast as she could downstairs. That night we were all sat in the living room and the ashtray cracked exactly in half without it dropping. We asked a lady down our street if she knew who lived here before us and she said it was an old lady called Mrs Knight. And supposedly she hated smoking as her husband had died from the build-up of tar in his lungs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helen's story - Durham A few years ago in the cold month of November, my husband and I were driving close to Durham Cathedral. I was very tired and I fell asleep for a few minutes. I awoke with a start when my husband told me to wake up as there was something wrong with the car. Just as I looked up I could see five hooded monk-like figures walking across the road holding what seemed like lanterns in their hands. I asked my husband if he had seen them but he just laughed and said I must have been imagining things - I don't think I was though. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura's story - Driffield Me and my mate thought we would have some fun and try to bring back the dead - what a big mistake that was! We went to our local graveyard in the late evening and looked though the gravestones. My mate stumbled on a grave of a former friend of hers. We thought it would be a good idea to try to 'talk' to him since she had known him. The man had died three years before. We placed our hands on the grave and a sudden rush of energy went though me and my mate. We both said we were cold and that our hands felt frozen on the spot to the gravestone. All I could think about was running, but there was something that was holding me back, a force of some sort. I could feel the bones in my hand creeking as if they hadn't moved in years. Then we yanked our hands away and ran out of the iron gate as fast as we could. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Right Reverend Sean Manchester's story - Yorkshire The Kirklees Estate in West Yorkshire has been the scene of many spectral sightings and supernatural encounters. I was summoned there in April 1990 to perform a blessing at the unconsecrated grave attributed to Robin Hood, near a derelict priory in a wooded area. As night fell, both I and my assistant heard a terrible wailing noise. A horrible, discordant sound that seemed to be growing louder. I lit some candles and shouted the words: "Behold the Light!" The unearthly groaning desisted. A third person, not present at the grave site, but close-by nonetheless, reported having witnessed a "darkly clad woman" who at first appeared serene then rapidly mainfested into a wraith with red eyes, staring and hideous. That night we all experienced the chill running down our spines as the atmosphere grew colder. I was later to discover other visitors had also seen this same spectre which, contrary to reports in the local press, was not a manifestation of Robin Hood, but more akin of that of his murderess, the "Wicked Prioress" who, in 1248, bled Robin to death. Her name was Elizabeth de Staynton and her tomb is near to where we had been. Strange and mysterious occurrences have not ceased in the area, but attempts to have the afflicted site exorcised have not met with the approval of the landowner, Lady Armytage, despite her own ancestor, Sir Samuel Armytage, attempting to disinter the occupant of one of these graves some two centuries prior. It is all very disturbing, to say the least. And only an exorcism rite, in my view, will solve the problem. Meanwhile, local folk are still reporting strange and malevolent happenings in and around Kirklees. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ash's story - Cleveland It was 12.30am when I woke up and went downstairs for a glass of water. I turned on the light for the hallway and the light blew. I thought it was nothing and headed for the kitchen, but as I walked I saw the outline of a man. At first I thought it was just because I was tired but I rubbed my eyes and he was still there. He walked towards me and I froze in fear. He then walked through me and I felt a sudden rush of energy. I turned around and he was gone. I ran and woke my family but they though I was crazy. We then found out that a man had died here - it even scared my family. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Derek's story - Liverpool I have seen many ghosts before, but this time we had more witnesses. One day I went to visit a good friend of mine. We where sitting drinking tea and chatting, and I needed to go the toilet. On the way back down I decided to run in the living room and dive behide the couch saying I'd just seen a shadow just to wind them up. I thought it would be a good laugh. Then the next thing his wife tells me she had seen it too, I said I was only messing about. She said she went upstairs one day saw a figure lying on the bed. She went to take a closer look and the shadow got off the bed and darted to the left of the bedroom. She ran downstairs and told her husband. He believed her because a few nights before the wardrobe in their bedroom was banging and shaking. And the kitchen light always went off when you where making the tea with no-one by the switch. But one day John and I were busy doing odd jobs. He was sewing plastic sheets together to make an air bed, and I was in the other room cutting them up. He shouted me, saying he had just seen the shadow looking over him to see what he was doing. I said he must be kidding, but he said he was not. I looked on the stairs, and halfway up I could see a figure of a woman. I could only see the arm and her skirt but I could not see the face. It didn't bother me, and I just carried on working. The next day we were in the kitchen working on the floor. I turned to the door feeling I was getting watched and there she was looking at us. She seemed to just glide away a second or two later. I have seen her afew times in other parts of the house but what's more weird is that there's not just one ghost but three. There's also a little girl they have seen many times and a very tall man who is always seen with the little girl. I am starting to look at the history of the house to see what I can find. |
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