1 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: Tonight's episode is brought to you by my newest supporters, Brendan, 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:14,080 Holly and Dave. Thank you for making the show possible. 3 00:00:29,879 --> 00:00:33,000 Welcome back to Paranormal Mysteries, and thank you for joining 4 00:00:33,039 --> 00:00:37,479 me as we explore the unknown. I'm your host, Nick Ryan. 5 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,399 I'd like to begin tonight's journey with Frank and Frank 6 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:46,159 had this to say. Hi, Nick, I love your podcast. 7 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,079 I am a scientist and I'm skeptical about many paranormal phenomena. 8 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,159 I have a PhD in biology, and I have seen 9 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,759 things that might seem unnatural or paranormal, but which have 10 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:01,600 perfectly biological explanations. However, as any scientist can tell you, 11 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,719 the amount of knowledge humankind has gathered over the past 12 00:01:04,719 --> 00:01:07,439 couple of thousand years is only a fraction of what 13 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,200 is still to be known, so it's inevitable that people 14 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:15,560 experience phenomena where no scientific explanation exists. Today, I have 15 00:01:15,599 --> 00:01:19,959 three experiences to share with you that I cannot explain myself. 16 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:26,799 My first experience is called astral projection. It happened around 17 00:01:26,799 --> 00:01:29,519 the beginning of the nineties. I was about seventeen or 18 00:01:29,519 --> 00:01:32,159 eighteen years old and traveling around with a group of 19 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:37,040 friends in Scotland. The weather was unusually hot for Scottish conditions. 20 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,719 Because of the warm weather, we were walking around in 21 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:43,480 nothing but shorts for several days. One night, I was 22 00:01:43,519 --> 00:01:46,079 sleeping in my tent and dreamt that I was standing 23 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:48,040 in front of the back door of my home in 24 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:52,519 the Netherlands. The dream was incredibly realistic. It was also 25 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,920 very hot in my own country at that time, and 26 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:57,879 I remember feeling the warm, moist air in the garden. 27 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,599 The last thing I remember was placing my hand on 28 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,439 the door handle and clearly feeling the cool metal in 29 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,439 my hand. It was a pleasant sensation. The next thing 30 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,240 I knew, I woke up in my tent in Scotland. 31 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,280 I remember the confusion that I felt is I did 32 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,080 not immediately know where I was. It was still the 33 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,960 middle of the night, but after getting my bearings, I 34 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,840 went back to sleep. The next day, I mentioned the 35 00:02:21,879 --> 00:02:23,879 dream to some of my friends because it had been 36 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,719 so vivid. After a few days, I forgot about it 37 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,520 and we continued with our traveling plans. A few weeks later, 38 00:02:30,759 --> 00:02:33,039 I was at home with one of my brothers. We 39 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,680 always had a habit of staying up late, a habit 40 00:02:35,759 --> 00:02:38,240 I have never been able to shed. I am writing 41 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,159 this story at three a m. For instance. For some reason, 42 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,560 I mentioned my dream to my brother, who instantly turned pale. 43 00:02:46,159 --> 00:02:48,439 After I finished my story, he told me that a 44 00:02:48,439 --> 00:02:51,199 few weeks earlier, while I was in Scotland, he had 45 00:02:51,199 --> 00:02:54,240 been up late playing guitar on our couch. Because of 46 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,560 the late hour, he was half asleep and trying to 47 00:02:56,599 --> 00:02:59,879 stay awake. While playing, he was sitting on the sofa, 48 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,879 which gave him a direct line of sight to the 49 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:05,479 kitchen where the back door was located. Because no lights 50 00:03:05,479 --> 00:03:07,879 were on in the kitchen, he could not clearly see 51 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,759 into it. Suddenly, he was startled when someone walked from 52 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,719 the kitchen into the living room. Our living room had 53 00:03:14,759 --> 00:03:17,719 in l shape, and the person turned left and walked 54 00:03:17,759 --> 00:03:19,639 into the part of the room that my brother could 55 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,719 not see. He thought he was dreaming, but he was 56 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,000 awake enough to stand up and go and check on 57 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,800 that part of the room. Unsurprisingly, he saw no one there. 58 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,159 What was surprising was that the person that he saw 59 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:37,960 was wearing only shorts and looked like me. My next 60 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,280 experience is called basement. While doing my PhD, I had 61 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,520 a laboratory in the basement of the university. It was 62 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,800 more of a small storage room, but we also had 63 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:54,240 equipment there for collecting small animals such as springtails, mites, isopods, 64 00:03:54,319 --> 00:03:58,400 et cetera. We collected these from soil samples. Because the 65 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,360 basement had no windows it was it was not a 66 00:04:00,439 --> 00:04:03,360 very popular place to work, and unfortunately, due to the 67 00:04:03,439 --> 00:04:06,280 nature of my research, I spent hundreds of hours in 68 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:10,319 that room. What I often experienced was the sensation you 69 00:04:10,439 --> 00:04:13,039 get when someone is standing right behind you and is 70 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,279 about to tickle you. Even without being touched, you can 71 00:04:16,319 --> 00:04:19,439 feel it. This happened quite often, to the extent that 72 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,240 I literally turned around several times to see who was 73 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,519 standing behind me. On two occasions, things went a bit further. 74 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,639 I used a machine for my research that was about 75 00:04:29,639 --> 00:04:32,519 five feet high. I also had a small water bottle 76 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,560 that I drank from. One time, I placed the water 77 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,120 bottle on the top of the machine, as I always did. 78 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,839 After a few minutes, I had to pick up something 79 00:04:40,879 --> 00:04:43,759 from the floor, and as I bent over, the water 80 00:04:43,759 --> 00:04:47,399 bottle fell onto my back. Since that day, I have 81 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,399 been pondering how this could have happened. The water bottle 82 00:04:50,439 --> 00:04:53,480 was still half full and stood on a solid flat surface, 83 00:04:53,959 --> 00:04:56,680 The machine did not vibrate, and there was no air flow. 84 00:04:57,319 --> 00:05:00,439 It remains a complete mystery to me, and I still 85 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:05,240 I have no explanation. But things became stranger. The doors 86 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,759 to the basement were equipped with automatic door closers, old 87 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,800 mechanical ones. You had to push hard to open the door, 88 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,399 and when it closed, it did so very slowly. One afternoon, 89 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,079 I was working in the basement with a colleague. I 90 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,879 stepped outside the room and was working just outside the 91 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,600 door with a cartful of fresh soil samples that needed sorting. 92 00:05:26,199 --> 00:05:28,720 I was focused on the samples when suddenly the door 93 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,160 flew open and my colleague came running out. He then 94 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,439 ran past me without saying a word. I assumed he 95 00:05:35,439 --> 00:05:38,040 had forgotten some procedure in one of the other labs. 96 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,160 That happened sometimes, so it was not unusual to see 97 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,319 people running through the building. Because I was so focused 98 00:05:44,319 --> 00:05:47,600 on my samples, I did not actually see my colleague's face. 99 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,319 I only remember seeing the legs of the person and 100 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,560 the door being flung open violently. Now, after a few moments, 101 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,800 I suddenly got goose bumps. I then remembered that my 102 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,680 colleague had already left the basement and out or earlier. 103 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:02,920 So I went to go and ask whether he had 104 00:06:02,959 --> 00:06:07,480 returned to the basement, but surprisingly he had not. I 105 00:06:07,519 --> 00:06:10,720 still have no idea who, or rather what, came running 106 00:06:10,759 --> 00:06:13,399 through that door. What I do know is that it 107 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,839 never gave me an unwelcoming feeling. This, however, cannot be 108 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,519 said of my next story. I call my next experience 109 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,439 pure evil. At one point, we lived for a while 110 00:06:27,439 --> 00:06:30,000 in a rental house while our new home was being built. 111 00:06:30,399 --> 00:06:33,240 I lived there with my wife and two kids. From 112 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,720 the moment we moved in, my wife did not feel 113 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,759 at home there. Usually I'm the one who gets uneasy 114 00:06:38,759 --> 00:06:41,519 feelings in certain houses, but this time she was the 115 00:06:41,519 --> 00:06:44,600 one who felt uneasy. She didn't say much about it, 116 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:46,879 but it was obvious that whenever she had free time 117 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,040 with the children, she went outside. At some point it 118 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,639 became more serious. My son, who is around two years 119 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,680 old at the time, started waking up at night crying 120 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,680 very loud. When I picked him up, he would calm 121 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,680 down for a few minutes, but as soon as I 122 00:07:02,759 --> 00:07:04,920 laid him back into his bed and left the room, 123 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,680 he would start crying once again. This happened several times 124 00:07:08,759 --> 00:07:12,120 each night and while walking my son around, I often 125 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,399 got the feeling that someone was standing behind me. After 126 00:07:16,439 --> 00:07:18,920 a year, our new house was finally ready and we 127 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,079 began to move in. The temporary house was rented and 128 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,480 we had to leave on a specific date. On the 129 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,439 very last night, I was there alone, packing up our 130 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,920 final belongings. As the last check of the house, I 131 00:07:30,959 --> 00:07:33,519 went up to the attic and started turning off lights 132 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:37,319 on every floor. Everything seemed fine, and I was relieved 133 00:07:37,439 --> 00:07:40,360 to be able to leave. However, when I walked back 134 00:07:40,399 --> 00:07:42,720 down to my car and then glanced back up at 135 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,879 the building, I came to a sudden stop. There was 136 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,319 a light shining through the attic window. The lights were 137 00:07:49,439 --> 00:07:53,680 clearly still on. Immediately, it felt wrong since I had 138 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:56,399 made sure that every light was turned off, and I 139 00:07:56,439 --> 00:07:59,240 started in the attic, I really did not want to 140 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:02,040 go back inside. At the same time, though, I did 141 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,519 not want to leave the lights on. Very reluctantly, I 142 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,279 went back in and I climbed the stairs to the attic. 143 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,839 As soon as I turned off the light there, I 144 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:15,040 felt extremely unwelcome and I became afraid. I then went 145 00:08:15,079 --> 00:08:18,800 downstairs quickly, and while descending the stairs, I felt someone 146 00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:22,079 following me as fast as I could. I ran down, 147 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,560 and when I reached the front door, I looked back 148 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,959 toward the stairs, and sure enough, there was some entity 149 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,039 that was coming down after me. It felt incredibly angry 150 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,600 and profoundly evil. It appeared somewhat like a small girl, 151 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,639 but she was floating and transparent, like thin white smoke. 152 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:44,080 The sense of evil was overwhelming. The worst part was 153 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:47,120 that the front door opened inward, so to leave the house, 154 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,639 I had to take a step toward this entity, which 155 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,120 was still approaching. That was the most terrifying thing that 156 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,919 I have ever had to do. But still, somehow I 157 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,480 managed to open the door and slip out. I slammed 158 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,080 the door shut behind me, and I ran outside to 159 00:09:02,159 --> 00:09:10,120 my car. I never went back to that house. Our 160 00:09:10,159 --> 00:09:14,240 next experience comes to us from Mary, and Mary's experience 161 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:19,960 is called the Mimicker. Mary says, hello, Nick, thank you 162 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,360 for reading my first story about the green face in 163 00:09:22,399 --> 00:09:25,679 the mirror. Hearing you speak my words gave me chills. 164 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,480 As promised, here is another account from my childhood home 165 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:33,639 in northern New Jersey. Every single member of my family 166 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,399 has experienced what we all called the Mimicker. The first 167 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,600 memory of it happened when I was only five or 168 00:09:39,639 --> 00:09:43,200 six years old. I was downstairs in the playroom, minding 169 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,879 my own business with my toys when I clearly heard 170 00:09:45,919 --> 00:09:48,919 my dad call my name. I looked toward the doorway, 171 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,480 expecting to see him, but he wasn't there. I went 172 00:09:52,519 --> 00:09:54,960 back to my toys, but a moment later he called 173 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,440 me again, and this time I stood up and I 174 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:01,919 walked into the downstairs family room, but still no one. Now. 175 00:10:02,039 --> 00:10:05,679 Our garage was attached to the house and accessible from downstairs. 176 00:10:06,159 --> 00:10:09,080 My parents had wallded off into two separate rooms after 177 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,679 my mom accidentally crashed into the garage door. The left 178 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,679 side held my dad's workout equipment, and the right was 179 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,600 for storage. In the back of the workout room was 180 00:10:18,639 --> 00:10:22,720 a utility closet housing the water heater. My parents used 181 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,360 that closet to hide Christmas gifts and other things that 182 00:10:25,399 --> 00:10:28,480 we weren't allowed to touch. We were strictly forbidden from 183 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:32,200 going in there. I don't remember walking toward it, but 184 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,679 the next thing I knew, my mom caught me trying 185 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,279 to open that closet door. When she asked me what 186 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,240 I was doing, I told her that I was looking 187 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,080 for my dad because he was calling me. She then 188 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,480 gave me a very concerned look and told me, honey, 189 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,240 your dad is at work. At that age, I wasn't scared. 190 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:53,840 I just didn't understand. As I got older, the mimicker 191 00:10:53,879 --> 00:10:56,279 grew bolder. It would call to us when we were 192 00:10:56,279 --> 00:11:00,080 home alone, perfectly imitating the voice of my sister, brother 193 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,639 or my parents. He didn't just say our names anymore. 194 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:08,519 It began pleading help me over and over. Eventually I 195 00:11:08,639 --> 00:11:11,200 learned to just tell it to go away or ignore 196 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,159 it entirely. Now. My brother was a total skeptic. He 197 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,919 told us that we were all crazy. That is until 198 00:11:17,919 --> 00:11:21,200 the night that he became a believer. He was home 199 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,919 alone playing video games when he heard my little sister 200 00:11:24,039 --> 00:11:27,360 calling his name. He answered, but when she didn't reply, 201 00:11:27,799 --> 00:11:31,039 he just went back to his game. The voice persisted 202 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,320 and called his name out again. Again, he ignored it 203 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,519 because the video games were more important. When the voice 204 00:11:37,519 --> 00:11:40,919 eventually yelled out, help me, he had had enough, but 205 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,399 instead of leaving his room, he picked up his cell 206 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,919 phone and called my sister directly. She answered, sounding totally normal. 207 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,360 My brother then angrily asked her what she wanted and 208 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,720 why she kept yelling for him. There was a long pause. 209 00:11:55,279 --> 00:11:58,039 She told him that she wasn't calling him. In fact, 210 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,159 she wasn't even home. He didn't believe her at first 211 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:04,080 and began arguing with her. My sister pleaded with my 212 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,600 brother and she said that she was at her friend's house. Annoyed, 213 00:12:07,799 --> 00:12:10,159 my brother hung up the phone and began playing his 214 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,080 game again. I can tell you that my little brother 215 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,639 and my sister didn't get along very well at that time. 216 00:12:16,039 --> 00:12:18,559 It was hard being the oldest and watching them fight 217 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,600 like cats and dogs. So knowing that my brother didn't 218 00:12:21,639 --> 00:12:24,759 believe that my sister wasn't messing with them didn't surprise me. 219 00:12:25,759 --> 00:12:28,639 The voice seemed silent for a bit, he said, but 220 00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:31,519 then he heard it one more time. This time he 221 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,519 said that it sounded like it was outside his bedroom door. 222 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:37,840 That's when he got freaked out. He ran out of 223 00:12:37,879 --> 00:12:40,360 the house and drove down to our local grocery store 224 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,840 where I was working. He was pale as a ghost 225 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,440 as you walked back to the deli counter. I then 226 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,480 asked him what was wrong, and he told me I 227 00:12:48,519 --> 00:12:51,080 couldn't help but laugh, and I then asked him if 228 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:56,320 he finally believed us. He finally did, now fast forward 229 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,559 to three years ago. I've been out of that New 230 00:12:58,639 --> 00:13:00,919 Jersey house for ten years, and the rest of my 231 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,240 family moved out nine years ago. I thought the mimicker 232 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,720 was tied to that house, and specifically that utility closet 233 00:13:07,799 --> 00:13:10,480 in the garage. I was living in a rental home 234 00:13:10,519 --> 00:13:14,360 in Pennsylvania. It wasn't haunted, though the spirits of past 235 00:13:14,399 --> 00:13:17,879 loved ones would occasionally drop by. I kept the house 236 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,039 cleansed and protected, but something unwanted found a way. In 237 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,720 one evening, I walked in from work. My husband wasn't 238 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,840 home and we didn't have our dog yet. Our side 239 00:13:29,879 --> 00:13:33,440 door opened into a small galley kitchen. If anyone was there, 240 00:13:33,639 --> 00:13:37,039 I would have seen them instantly. The second I stepped inside, 241 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,759 I heard the distinct sound of someone small scurrying out 242 00:13:40,759 --> 00:13:43,559 of the kitchen and into the living room. I didn't 243 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,600 say hello, I immediately snapped, Yeah, you're not welcome here. 244 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,799 It's time to leave. I then commanded it to go 245 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,679 until the air felt clear. The next day, I called 246 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:57,320 my mom in Florida. When I told her what had happened, 247 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,600 she asked me what time, So I said that it 248 00:13:59,639 --> 00:14:02,279 had to be some time after five p m. Because 249 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,200 that's when I got home from work. She chuckled and 250 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,279 then told me what happened to her when she got 251 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,879 home from the beach earlier that same day. She said 252 00:14:10,879 --> 00:14:12,679 that she was in the shower when she heard my 253 00:14:12,799 --> 00:14:15,759 dad call her name. When she got out to find him, 254 00:14:16,039 --> 00:14:18,840 the house was empty. My dad had been out running 255 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,559 errands the entire time. I said, no way, and I 256 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,159 asked my mom if she thought someone had released it. 257 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:27,720 I mean, it's been years since we've been in that house, 258 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,320 and I wondered if the new owners were hearing it too. 259 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,639 Maybe they had someone come in and had it released. 260 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,840 But then I had a chilling thought. What if the 261 00:14:36,879 --> 00:14:40,120 mimicker wasn't attached to the house after all? Maybe it 262 00:14:40,159 --> 00:14:43,080 was attached to our family and somehow found its way 263 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,480 back to us. My mom wasn't sure, but she also 264 00:14:46,519 --> 00:14:50,120 didn't seem too concerned about it either. I have since 265 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,320 moved from that rental home and I live in my 266 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,720 own home now. Again, I keep it protected and I've 267 00:14:55,759 --> 00:14:58,960 not heard anything from the mimicker. However, my parents in 268 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,799 Florida hear something and calling them from time to time. 269 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:10,799 It seems the mimicker has found its new home before 270 00:15:10,799 --> 00:15:14,639 I continue. Please consider showing your support by subscribing, sharing, 271 00:15:14,879 --> 00:15:17,919 and giving the podcast a positive review. You can also 272 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,240 visit me on Patreon, buy me a coffee, or PayPal, 273 00:15:21,399 --> 00:15:23,559 where you can make a donation or become a member. 274 00:15:23,879 --> 00:15:26,200 You can even join my Patreon for free and get 275 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,440 access to future updates. And of course, just being a 276 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,200 listener is the best support of all, and I'm grateful 277 00:15:32,279 --> 00:15:36,159 to have you here now. Please stay tuned and I'll 278 00:15:36,159 --> 00:15:44,240 be right back. After these brief messages, our next experience 279 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,240 comes to us from D and D calls their experience 280 00:15:49,039 --> 00:15:56,360 the Grim Reaper and Nightmare Turned Real. D says, Hi, Nick, 281 00:15:56,639 --> 00:15:59,519 I've been listening to your podcast since twenty eighteen, when 282 00:15:59,519 --> 00:16:02,240 I started my freshman year at college. I've been a 283 00:16:02,279 --> 00:16:05,080 huge fan for years, and I finally feel that it's 284 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:09,320 time to write in a few of my experiences to start. 285 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,519 I've had many experiences with the paranormal that have left 286 00:16:12,559 --> 00:16:15,679 me pondering even still to this day. But this first 287 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:19,080 one is actually my first conscious memory. I do not 288 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:23,360 remember anything before this point in my childhood. When I 289 00:16:23,399 --> 00:16:26,679 was about four years old, I encountered my very first spirit, 290 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,759 if it was considered one. I'm honestly not sure. My 291 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:32,759 mom and I were living in a small two bedroom 292 00:16:32,799 --> 00:16:36,480 apartment in New Sweden, Maine. Our backyard was a big 293 00:16:36,519 --> 00:16:39,639 hay field, and right across the street was a big cemetery. 294 00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:44,519 My bedroom window faced the hayfield. On this particular night, 295 00:16:44,759 --> 00:16:46,799 I remember waking up some time in the middle of 296 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,519 the night and I had looked outside my window to 297 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:53,320 be faced with the Grim Reaper. It was walking past 298 00:16:53,399 --> 00:16:56,960 my window. I saw what you typically would imagine when 299 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,080 you hear the Grim Reaper. It was a shadow like figure, 300 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,559 no face, a long black cloak with the hood up 301 00:17:03,639 --> 00:17:07,039 and a scythe I was so freaked out, but calm 302 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:09,680 at the same time. I felt like if I made 303 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,799 any sudden movement or sound, I would somehow be caught. 304 00:17:13,079 --> 00:17:14,960 So I rushed as silently as I could to my 305 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,759 mom's room and I slept with her for the rest 306 00:17:17,759 --> 00:17:20,799 of the night. About a year or so later, I 307 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:24,039 moved in with my grandparents a town over from New Sweden, 308 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,920 and that's where a lot of my encounters started to happen. 309 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:29,759 The first one I can remember at this house was 310 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,759 just before my sixth birthday. I was in the bathroom 311 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,119 and somehow I locked myself inside. There was a skylight 312 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,799 right above the toilet, and I was sitting on the toilet, 313 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,759 just sitting, not doing any business. While I was in there, 314 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,519 I was talking with my great grandmother, who had passed 315 00:17:45,519 --> 00:17:48,839 away on my first birthday. I don't remember everything that 316 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,200 she said, but I do remember that she told me 317 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:54,240 tell yr Mimi that she is doing a great job 318 00:17:54,519 --> 00:17:58,079 and that I'm still here if she needs me. When 319 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,160 I unlocked the door, my grandmother was right outside and 320 00:18:01,279 --> 00:18:03,839 asked me who I was talking to. I told her 321 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,799 I was talking to your mom, and I then relayed 322 00:18:06,839 --> 00:18:09,960 what she told me to tell my Mimi. She then cried. 323 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,240 A Few months after this, I started kindergarten. I often 324 00:18:14,279 --> 00:18:17,079 started having nightmares, and they were always set around the 325 00:18:17,079 --> 00:18:20,119 apartment building I was previously living in with my mom. 326 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,799 There were a lot of older people at that apartment, 327 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,279 some of them I looked up to, and I enjoyed 328 00:18:25,279 --> 00:18:28,200 seeing them in the common area or visiting their apartment. 329 00:18:29,319 --> 00:18:31,640 One night, I had a nightmare that took place in 330 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,680 one of those residence apartments. Everything was set up the 331 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,640 exact same way as it was in real life. In 332 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,640 this nightmare and morning, this might be slightly graphic. I 333 00:18:41,759 --> 00:18:44,640 was dog sitting for this resident, and at some point 334 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,759 there was this figure that popped out and was super violent. 335 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,680 I was freaking out in the nightmare, and I got 336 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,000 a hold of a knife in self defense and I 337 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:56,480 cut off this figure's arm. At this point, I woke 338 00:18:56,559 --> 00:18:59,519 up from the dream crying, and my grandmother was at 339 00:18:59,519 --> 00:19:03,200 the foot of mine bed. After I experienced this nightmare, 340 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,799 I started seeing this figure in real life. Every day. 341 00:19:06,839 --> 00:19:09,359 When I would get home from school, this figure would 342 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,319 be waiting. It never physically harmed me, but it was 343 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,319 violent with its words, and I would often get cornered 344 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,720 behind my bedroom door by this figure. I'm not quite 345 00:19:18,759 --> 00:19:21,359 sure what it was or how to describe it, other 346 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:25,000 than it being extremely hostile. I also don't understand to 347 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:27,240 this day how it appeared in my day to day 348 00:19:27,319 --> 00:19:31,200 life after having this nightmare. I never spoke to my 349 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,680 grandparents about this or any of my other encounters, except 350 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,799 my great grandmother speaking to me. But one day I 351 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:41,000 remember fighting back with this figure and telling him or 352 00:19:41,079 --> 00:19:44,000 it that he wasn't allowed in my room anymore, and 353 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,680 that he wasn't allowed to be at my grandparents house. 354 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:50,519 I also apologized for cutting its arm off in my nightmare. 355 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,680 After that, it left me alone. It still lingered in 356 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,599 the tree line across the street from my grandparents and 357 00:19:57,839 --> 00:20:00,759 I would sometimes wave, but it I never set foot 358 00:20:00,759 --> 00:20:03,480 on my grandparents land ever again, and it was never 359 00:20:03,519 --> 00:20:06,759 again hostile towards me. In fact, there was a time 360 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:09,880 that it defended me from another hostile figure that appeared 361 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,960 in my childhood, but I will leave that story for 362 00:20:13,039 --> 00:20:17,039 another day. If this makes it to your podcast, thank 363 00:20:17,079 --> 00:20:19,400 you for taking the time to share my stories, and 364 00:20:19,599 --> 00:20:22,079 thank you for building such a lovely and safe community. 365 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,440 If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. 366 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,839 And if anyone knows what that figure might have been 367 00:20:28,319 --> 00:20:30,319 or how it may have appeared from a nightmare to 368 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,200 my day to day life, please feel free to chime in. 369 00:20:35,759 --> 00:20:44,039 D Our next experience comes to us from Caroline, and 370 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:51,720 Caroline's experience is called Ouiji Board. Caroline says, Hi, I've 371 00:20:51,759 --> 00:20:55,279 been a longtime listener of the Paranormal Mysteries podcast. I 372 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,920 love the way you explore real life experiences. It's inspired 373 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,079 me to share my own story, even though it's a 374 00:21:01,079 --> 00:21:06,039 little personal and unsettling. I grew up in the East Midlands, 375 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,559 but my parents' family are originally from Wales. They moved 376 00:21:09,599 --> 00:21:12,359 away around fifty years ago, but we still went back 377 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,640 constantly every holiday. Every chance we got, we were there 378 00:21:16,799 --> 00:21:21,160 visiting my grandparents. That house in Wales wasn't just somewhere 379 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,359 we visited. It was like a second home to me. 380 00:21:23,799 --> 00:21:26,920 That's important because everything I'm about to say ties back 381 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,920 to that sense of familiarity and belonging. Something else that's 382 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,279 important is that my mom always believed that our home 383 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,599 was haunted. None of the rest of us ever experienced anything, 384 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,200 not my dad, not my brother, not me, But my 385 00:21:42,279 --> 00:21:44,519 mom would often say that she could hear footsteps on 386 00:21:44,559 --> 00:21:47,119 the stairs when no one was there, or even the 387 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,319 sound of a baby crying upstairs in an empty house. 388 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,559 She has always been sensitive to things like that. Looking back, 389 00:21:54,839 --> 00:21:57,400 I think it wasn't the house itself, It was the 390 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,720 land the house sat on where the house good used 391 00:22:00,759 --> 00:22:04,720 to be market gardening land. On that land, Roman remains 392 00:22:04,799 --> 00:22:07,000 of what is believed to have been a brewery were 393 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:10,000 discovered less than a half a mile away. There is 394 00:22:10,039 --> 00:22:14,440 also an ancient well nearby. My mom always wondered why 395 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,279 the house seemed haunted, but now I think the history 396 00:22:17,319 --> 00:22:21,519 of the Land explains it. Growing up, I became really 397 00:22:21,559 --> 00:22:26,039 interested in the paranormal, probably too interested. I started messing 398 00:22:26,039 --> 00:22:29,720 around with Ouiji boards. At first, just out of curiosity. 399 00:22:30,079 --> 00:22:32,559 I even made my own. I'd use it on my 400 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,519 own or with friends, and over time it became a 401 00:22:35,519 --> 00:22:39,720 bit of an obsession and it worked. After a few weeks, 402 00:22:40,079 --> 00:22:43,680 something came through. It told me it was a guardian angel. 403 00:22:44,039 --> 00:22:45,960 It knew things about me that no one else could 404 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:50,160 have known, personal things. It started appearing in my dreams 405 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,359 as well. At the time, I didn't question it. I 406 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:57,119 felt flattered. I felt protected, like something had my back. 407 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,960 It also told me about someone else, a boy, a 408 00:23:01,079 --> 00:23:03,640 lad who had died in a motorcycle accident before I 409 00:23:03,759 --> 00:23:06,000 was born, less than a half a mile from where 410 00:23:06,039 --> 00:23:08,920 I lived. It said that he was with him and 411 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:13,119 that they were both protecting me. The quote unquote guardian 412 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,839 angel told me that he had died during the Black 413 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:17,960 Death and that he had been tied to the land 414 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,079 where I lived for centuries. He said he had been 415 00:23:21,079 --> 00:23:24,000 watching over me since I was a baby. I won't 416 00:23:24,039 --> 00:23:26,640 say the name that he gave me. He did tell me, 417 00:23:27,079 --> 00:23:30,359 but I'm not going to repeat it. After months of 418 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:34,400 using the board, my mental health completely collapsed. I had 419 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:37,559 what I can only describe as a breakdown. To this day, 420 00:23:37,839 --> 00:23:40,839 I'm convinced that Luigi Board either caused it or made 421 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,640 something worse that was already there. I ended up moving 422 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:46,880 over a hundred miles away to stay with a friend. 423 00:23:47,279 --> 00:23:50,640 I wanted a fresh start. I stopped using the board completely, 424 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,720 and hevn't touched one since. However, things didn't just stop. 425 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,559 People I met would sometimes say they felt something around me, 426 00:23:59,079 --> 00:24:02,559 like something dark. I was there just behind me. When 427 00:24:02,599 --> 00:24:04,799 I later met someone and moved in with him after 428 00:24:04,839 --> 00:24:08,400 about six months, everything was going well until one morning 429 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,799 when he said to me, what have you brought with you? 430 00:24:11,559 --> 00:24:13,359 He then told me that he had felt something in 431 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,720 the bedroom the night before, a presence, something that made 432 00:24:17,799 --> 00:24:21,599 him uneasy. Around that time, I had also started seeing 433 00:24:21,839 --> 00:24:26,119 red orbs, just briefly moving across my vision. I tried 434 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,759 to ignore it, but it didn't feel normal. Then came 435 00:24:29,799 --> 00:24:33,000 the day that I can't explain. I woke up with 436 00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:35,400 the strongest sense of dread I have ever felt in 437 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,839 my life. It wasn't anxiety. It felt specific. It was 438 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,599 like something bad had already happened or was about to 439 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,920 happen back home. I didn't know what, but I knew 440 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,400 something just wasn't right. I spent the whole day trying 441 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,039 to shake it off. I rang my parents repeatedly to 442 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,559 check they were okay. I even called friends, I watched 443 00:24:55,559 --> 00:24:59,240 the local news for that area. Nothing but the feeling 444 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,880 didn't go away. It stayed with me all day. Then 445 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,319 at around six thirty that evening, my mum called me. 446 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,400 She told me that my dad's best friend, who also 447 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,680 lived in Wales, had killed his wife and his daughter 448 00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,160 and then himself. He had found out that he was 449 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,400 going to prison for fraud. And that was it. That 450 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:23,400 was the thing I had felt all day before I 451 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:32,119 had any way of knowing. Before I bring tonight's episode 452 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,160 to a close, I'd like to thank all of our 453 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,799 experiencers for coming forward with their stories, and as always, 454 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,200 I truly appreciate each and every one of you for 455 00:25:40,319 --> 00:25:44,119 listening and showing your support. With that being said, I 456 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,319 hope you have a wonderful rest of your evening and 457 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,680 I'll be back in just a few short days with 458 00:25:48,799 --> 00:25:52,799 more tales of the unexplained. And until then, stay open 459 00:25:52,839 --> 00:25:56,880 minded and stay safe, because, after all, the next person 460 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,680 that comes face to face with a paranormal mystery. Miney 461 00:26:00,799 --> 00:27:20,039 you