1 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Hi, this is Christina and this is As Booky tell Us, 2 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:13,199 the podcast for all things as Booky Hunted places true 3 00:00:13,199 --> 00:00:17,640 crime in Latin America. But today's not a normal episode 4 00:00:18,199 --> 00:00:20,039 you might know by now, but Carmen and I were 5 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:25,879 invited to leave the La Latino International Film Festival and 6 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,719 that took up some time for us, and because of that, 7 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:34,479 we were not able to have an episode out, and 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,600 we realized that we need a couple of weeks to 9 00:00:36,759 --> 00:00:40,320 catch up and actually get episodes on time. Not be rushing, 10 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:43,159 but we're not going to leave you hanging in these 11 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,719 two weeks because we were never or maybe we have, 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,159 but we would never now. So instead of one of 13 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,039 our episodes, I got one of our podcast besties to 14 00:00:53,039 --> 00:00:55,280 send us an episode of that you can all hear, 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,920 because we should all be listening to Lady. Lady hosts 16 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,280 a bunch of podcasts, but the spooky one is It's 17 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,760 Haunted What Now. It's one of my favorites. First of all, 18 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,079 Leady has the best voice ever in podcasting, So you 19 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,079 need to be listening to all of our podcasts, of course, 20 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,599 but because you like a spooky things, then this is 21 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,079 the one. This is the one that you need to 22 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,719 listen to and It's Haunted What Now? It's their one 23 00:01:18,799 --> 00:01:21,200 hundredth episode. That's where we're going to listen to. And 24 00:01:21,239 --> 00:01:23,640 then next week we're going to have another bestie setting 25 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,640 us a different episode, and after that we'll be back 26 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:28,359 and it's just going to be back to normal, Me 27 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,519 and Carmen, sometimes the guests whatever. Back to normal. I 28 00:01:31,519 --> 00:01:33,319 hope you don't hear the sirens passed about my house 29 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:37,920 right now. Anyway, enjoy this episode of It's Haunted What Now? 30 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:55,799 But maybe don't listen at night. 31 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: Welcome back to It's Haunted What Now? I'm your host, Laney. 32 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,479 When the lights go out and the world is quiet, 33 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,680 that's when they make themselves known. Strange whispers at home 34 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,319 to footsteps echoing where no one should be at work. 35 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,439 These chilling stories of hauntings that follow you from home 36 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,439 to the workplace will make you question what's real and 37 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,039 maybe make you wish you had an AUDI to your 38 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:37,039 any Okay, ready to get spooked? Fall Mega zero one 39 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,639 gives us a couple stories about something sinister boldly making 40 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:58,120 itself known. Story one. As a Brazilian, I grew up 41 00:02:58,159 --> 00:03:01,280 in a country where African rooted religion are common. These 42 00:03:01,319 --> 00:03:05,360 religions often deal directly with the spiritual world, spirits, entities, 43 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,240 and everything in between. Because of my exposure to these 44 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,680 beliefs and practices, I've become somewhat accustomed to these kinds 45 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,319 of experiences. While they can be unsettling, I usually know 46 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,919 how to handle myself in such situations. However, on this 47 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:23,800 particular night, I encountered something that truly terrified me. It 48 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:25,840 was late at night and I was walking home from 49 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,240 the gym alone. I was in a bad place in 50 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,199 life emotionally and mentally, and I had my headphones on 51 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,719 listening to music. This song playing was slow chemical. I 52 00:03:34,759 --> 00:03:38,240 remember this detail vividly because even now, that song brings 53 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,159 me back to that night. As I approached the cemetery 54 00:03:41,199 --> 00:03:43,319 near my house, I started to feel like I was 55 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,520 being followed. At first, I brushed it off, thinking it 56 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,599 was just paranoia or the usual fear of being mugged. 57 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,159 But the closer I got to the cemetery, the more 58 00:03:52,199 --> 00:03:55,080 certain I became that I wasn't alone. It was an 59 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,280 overwhelming feeling, as if something heavy was pressing down on me. 60 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,479 When I reached the street directly in front of the cemetery, gates. 61 00:04:01,639 --> 00:04:04,479 My whole body went into survival mode. It was like 62 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,680 my instincts knew I was in danger. The sensation of 63 00:04:07,719 --> 00:04:10,919 being followed turned into something far worse. It wasn't a 64 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,759 subtle following anymore. Whatever it was felt like it was 65 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:19,600 running toward me, getting closer. The pressure was suffocating. In 66 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,759 sheer panic, I started running. I wasn't far from home, 67 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,759 but in hindsight, running was a terrible idea. Whatever was 68 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,319 following me knew that I knew it was there, and 69 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,600 it began chasing me with even more intensity. I was 70 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:35,920 praying desperately as I ran, hoping to encounter another person 71 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,680 on the street, anything to break this overwhelming terror. When 72 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,360 I finally got home, I immediately lit candles and prayed 73 00:04:42,399 --> 00:04:45,439 for whatever it was to leave me alone. That's when 74 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,879 I realized it was a female spirit, a disembodied soul 75 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,439 that had followed me. I have no idea what she 76 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,120 wanted from me, but the pressure she exerted on me 77 00:04:54,199 --> 00:04:58,920 was unlike anything I've ever experienced. Story two. Because of 78 00:04:58,959 --> 00:05:02,360 the religious influences I grew up with, experiences with spirits 79 00:05:02,399 --> 00:05:05,360 became somewhat routine for me. One day, I was talking 80 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,920 with a friend about protective guides. Think of them as 81 00:05:07,959 --> 00:05:11,000 guardian angels. My friend said he felt a strong connection 82 00:05:11,079 --> 00:05:14,279 to his guide and shared some personal experiences. I cautioned 83 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,800 him to be careful. Sometimes malevolent spirits pretend to be 84 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,920 benevolent to drain your energy. The moment I said that, 85 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:25,160 I regretted it, immediately, the light bulb in my room exploded. 86 00:05:25,519 --> 00:05:27,120 I got up to go into my room, but when 87 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,439 I reached the door, I froze. I couldn't step inside. 88 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,160 My body was paralyzed, gripped by fear. It was as 89 00:05:34,199 --> 00:05:36,920 if my survival instincts were screaming at me to stay out. 90 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,439 I tried again, but I couldn't do it. I stood there, 91 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,120 panicked and unable to enter my own room. Eventually, I 92 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:47,560 lit candles and prayed, asking whatever presence was there to leave. 93 00:05:48,199 --> 00:05:50,920 The atmosphere became icy cold, and my room felt even 94 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,199 colder than the rest of the house. I had chewels, fear, 95 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,319 and an overwhelming sense of dread. For a while after that, 96 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,839 I couldn't bring myself to enter my room. My final 97 00:06:00,879 --> 00:06:06,639 thoughts my advice. Don't underestimate them, don't challenge or provoke them. 98 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:14,839 Always ask respectfully to be left in peace. I will 99 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,480 always advocate for leaving the spirits alone, and of course 100 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,360 asking to be left alone. I'm curious how you knew 101 00:06:20,399 --> 00:06:22,480 the entity from your first story was a female. Was 102 00:06:22,519 --> 00:06:25,040 it the energy you felt or something else. I'm also 103 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,560 wondering if it was the same one in your second story, 104 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:29,439 what could have been listening to you say what you 105 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,319 said to your friend. Heck, I'm even wondering if it 106 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:34,639 was your friend's so called guide reacting to you, because 107 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,600 maybe what you said was true and you just like 108 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,800 showed their cards. I have no idea, but hopefully everything 109 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,680 is okay now. The next story is told by Winter 110 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,439 Links nine zero one nine, who also has multiple experiences 111 00:06:47,439 --> 00:07:06,519 and a house from the late nineteen hundreds. In the nineties, 112 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,959 my parents bought a beautiful colonial house with a white 113 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,879 picket fence in rural New England. They probably should have 114 00:07:11,959 --> 00:07:13,959 known from the low price and time and had been 115 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,199 on the market that something was wrong, but unfortunately we 116 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:20,040 didn't realize that the house was haunted af until after 117 00:07:20,079 --> 00:07:23,800 we moved in. Things started off pretty mundane. We'd occasionally 118 00:07:23,839 --> 00:07:26,879 smell cigarette smoke really strongly at the kitchen table. Me 119 00:07:26,959 --> 00:07:29,120 and my dad are asthmatic, and no one in our 120 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,480 family smokes. My mom got sick of it after a 121 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,680 while and asked the ghost to stop smoking, and it 122 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,879 never happened again. Also, the heat would randomly get turned 123 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:38,920 up to ninety on its own from time to time. 124 00:07:39,279 --> 00:07:41,839 These were the old style thermostats that you actually had 125 00:07:41,839 --> 00:07:44,439 to physically turn, and we sure as hell weren't turning 126 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,000 the heat up to ninety, although I got blamed for 127 00:07:47,079 --> 00:07:50,120 it a few times. Then we started to hear heavy, 128 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,759 slow footsteps in the house, but only if one of 129 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,000 us was home alone. This actually terrified me, as I 130 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,279 was a young teenage girl and thought an intruder had 131 00:07:58,279 --> 00:08:01,279 broken into the house. Times I ended up hiding under 132 00:08:01,319 --> 00:08:03,720 my bed or in a closet for hours until someone 133 00:08:03,759 --> 00:08:06,199 came home, only to realize that I had been home 134 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:09,160 alone the whole time. My brother started to hear the 135 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:12,079 footsteps in our unfinished attic and sometimes coming down the 136 00:08:12,079 --> 00:08:15,399 hallway and stopping outside his door. The dogs also started 137 00:08:15,399 --> 00:08:18,000 to react to something and would bark, growl, and snarl 138 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,839 at something that we couldn't see. Eventually, it got so 139 00:08:20,959 --> 00:08:22,920 bad that one of the dogs would whimper and cower 140 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,040 as if someone was attacking it. My brother, a marine, 141 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,600 got sick of this and cussed out whatever demonic entity 142 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,319 was in the house, and it left the dog alone. 143 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,559 After that, we also started to feel very uneasy in 144 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,279 some parts of the house. It always felt like something 145 00:08:36,519 --> 00:08:39,000 very angry was glaring at me and didn't want me 146 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:41,440 there whenever I was in the basement, dining room, or 147 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:44,159 central hallway. One day, my brother noticed that I was 148 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,519 avoiding these parts of the house and he asked me 149 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,879 if I also felt the angry spirit that was there. 150 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,799 We had sleepovers with friends in high school and college, 151 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,000 and some of my friends had upsetting and settling experiences 152 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,799 of the entity messing with them, scaring them while they 153 00:08:57,799 --> 00:09:00,440 were sleeping in the basement. Once I saw a middle 154 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,960 aged man walk up the front steps, open the door, 155 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,559 and then vanish into thin air, literally five feet in 156 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,159 front of me. My brother and his math tutor were 157 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,799 home alone once and heard a woman screaming upstairs. The 158 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:14,519 lights would go crazy sometimes too, which I'd blame on 159 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,279 electric problems, except that you could ask the ghosts if 160 00:09:17,279 --> 00:09:19,480 it was them, and the lights would flicker on demand. 161 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,279 I could go on and on, because this place was 162 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,919 so haunted that things happened pretty much on a daily occurrence. 163 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:28,559 Although there were a lot of negative entities in the house, 164 00:09:28,759 --> 00:09:31,840 there were also positive ones that I interacted with. My 165 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,639 room was the most protected place, and the negative entities 166 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,519 mostly left me and my space alone. A few times 167 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,279 I saw angels and orbs of light, which was an 168 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,399 extremely positive experience that really affected me. My brother, on 169 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,480 the other hand, got the worst of it and was 170 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,399 constantly physically attacked and dealt with a lot of sleep 171 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:53,159 paralysis and other problems. My parents finally sold the house 172 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,919 after owning it for about twenty years. Since then, the 173 00:09:55,919 --> 00:09:58,799 house has had multiple owners, but no one ever stays 174 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,720 in the house long, and they end up selling it 175 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,200 for a lot less than what they could get. Although 176 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,840 it was not always enjoyable living in such a haunted house, 177 00:10:05,919 --> 00:10:07,639 it taught me a lot about how to deal with 178 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,080 spirits and different types of entities. My mother and brother 179 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,519 both have some psychic abilities, and I'm a psychic channeller 180 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,600 and medium. Growing up in this house kind of desensitized 181 00:10:17,639 --> 00:10:20,039 me to dealing with scary things of a spiritual nature 182 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,879 and taught me a lot about psychic self defense. It's 183 00:10:22,919 --> 00:10:25,120 been a very long time since I lived in the house, 184 00:10:25,159 --> 00:10:27,480 but I still dream that I'm back there about once 185 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,840 a week. I believe that this house has some kind 186 00:10:29,879 --> 00:10:34,080 of portal that allowed both positive and negative entities to cross. Anyways, 187 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,559 I don't want to make this too long, but just 188 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:38,399 wanted to share my experience. We also had a friendly 189 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,279 dog ghost in the house for a while, which I 190 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,799 can go into more detail about if anyone wants to hear. 191 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,320 So believe it or not, I can definitely agree with 192 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,559 your thought that this house may have been a portal 193 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:54,600 of some sort. Being that there were so many entities, 194 00:10:54,639 --> 00:10:57,360 it seems like there were different types. I wouldn't chalk 195 00:10:57,399 --> 00:11:00,960 that up to just any old regular hauntings. Always feel 196 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:02,639 free to tell us more, and if your brother wants 197 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:04,159 in on the action, we'd be glad to hear more 198 00:11:04,159 --> 00:11:06,480 from him. And of course I want to hear about 199 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,759 the ghost dog, even though I personally would never want 200 00:11:08,759 --> 00:11:10,879 to be haunted by an animal, because I don't want 201 00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:14,919 to be haunted by anything period. Our final story is 202 00:11:14,919 --> 00:11:17,840 told by imaginary breadth two two one, who learned to 203 00:11:17,919 --> 00:11:36,000 fear the early morning shift. I have been working in 204 00:11:36,039 --> 00:11:38,720 a supermarket since I was sixteen years old. This job 205 00:11:38,759 --> 00:11:40,600 started as a way to support myself as a student. 206 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,559 Over the years, I've worked in multiple teams and completed 207 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,440 countless shifts. For the past four years, I've regularly worked 208 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:48,559 a specific early morning shift that runs from four to 209 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,759 fifteen am to eight am. The shift involves unloading truck 210 00:11:51,799 --> 00:11:54,879 deliveries and organizing goods onto the carts correctly for inventory. 211 00:11:55,519 --> 00:11:59,519 On October third, twenty twenty three, something unusual happened during 212 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,120 one of these ships. I live in the Netherlands, and 213 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,679 at that time of year, the climate is typically mild. 214 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:07,919 On this particular night, it was warm, about fifteen degrees 215 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,679 celsius or fifty nine degrees fahrenheit. However, as I approached 216 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,960 the store's entrance, I felt a sudden, icy chill, as 217 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,480 if it were freezing outside. It felt strange, but I 218 00:12:18,519 --> 00:12:22,120 didn't think much of it. Shortly after, my colleague arrived 219 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,639 and mentioned that he also felt as though it was freezing. 220 00:12:25,279 --> 00:12:27,919 I told him I had experienced the same thing. When 221 00:12:27,919 --> 00:12:30,080 I reached into my pocket for the keys, they felt 222 00:12:30,159 --> 00:12:33,240 unusually heavy, almost as if something was pulling them from 223 00:12:33,279 --> 00:12:36,360 my hand. I dropped them, picked them up and unlock 224 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:38,919 the door. As we walked toward the back of the building, 225 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,960 we heard footsteps behind us, as if someone were running 226 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,759 through the supermarket. I turned to my colleague and asked, 227 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,080 is it just me or did you hear that too? 228 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,320 He nodded, confirming that he had also heard the sound. 229 00:12:50,879 --> 00:12:54,360 At this point, I began to feel uneasy and slightly frightened, 230 00:12:54,759 --> 00:12:57,840 but I told myself we were probably imagining things. We 231 00:12:57,919 --> 00:13:01,200 headed upstairs to retrieve a handheld terminal and an internal phone, 232 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,080 which is used for internal calls, customer inquiries, or to 233 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,080 stay reachable for truck drivers. By this time, I had 234 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,279 been working at the store for over six years and 235 00:13:09,519 --> 00:13:12,039 was familiar with its systems. I decided to check the 236 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:15,120 security cameras for any movement or signs that someone might 237 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:18,679 have stayed in the store overnight. The footage revealed nothing unusual, 238 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:21,720 which reassured me for the time being. As we waited 239 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,600 for the truck to arrive, we were asked to stalk 240 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,039 some leftover goods from the previous day. We went to 241 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,679 the stock room to grab a rollcage. Upon entering this 242 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:31,440 part of the store, I noticed the air felt unusually heavy, 243 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,919 and once again we heard footsteps. I started to feel 244 00:13:35,039 --> 00:13:38,200 genuinely uncomfortable, but being at work, I had no valid 245 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,480 excuse to leave, so I ignored the feeling. We moved 246 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,120 to the aisle near the self checkout registers to begin stalking. 247 00:13:44,799 --> 00:13:47,679 At around four forty am, we heard the distinctive bleep 248 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,480 sound the self checkout registers make when scanning a barcode. 249 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,080 The sound repeated three times, with five second intervals between 250 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:57,000 each beep. My nerves shot up and I felt goosebumps 251 00:13:57,039 --> 00:13:59,679 all over. Beer began to creep in and I felt 252 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:02,519 my heart. I wanted to leave, but my colleague and 253 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,360 I knew that our bosses wouldn't understand such a decision, 254 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,360 and I didn't want to risk my job. We decided 255 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,919 to keep working and finish the shift. Around five am, 256 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,960 we prepared for the truck's arrival by going back to 257 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,960 the stock room and opening the dock gate. As we waited, 258 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,679 the internal phone rang. I answered it and was met 259 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:20,759 with the sound of deep breathing on the other end. 260 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:23,320 I glanced at the phone screen and saw that the 261 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:26,200 call was coming from phone number four oh five. This 262 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,159 startled me because I was carrying four oh one that night. 263 00:14:29,639 --> 00:14:32,000 The store's phones are numbered four oh one through four 264 00:14:32,039 --> 00:14:35,000 oh eight and four oh five shouldn't have been operational. 265 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:37,200 It had fallen into a scene two weeks earlier and 266 00:14:37,279 --> 00:14:39,840 had yet to be replaced or repaired. I quickly put 267 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,200 the phone on speaker and asked my colleague do you 268 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:44,919 hear this too? The fear in his eyes answered my question, 269 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,440 and I hung up immediately. Finally, at five oh five am, 270 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,320 the truck arrived, bringing some relief and a distraction from 271 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,320 the strange events. The truck driver parked and approached us, 272 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,440 saying it's quite cold in ear which reignited my unease. 273 00:14:57,919 --> 00:14:59,879 As we unloaded the truck, my colleague and I discussed 274 00:14:59,879 --> 00:15:03,039 the eerie experiences we had just encountered. He mentioned that 275 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:05,480 his grandmother used to tell him stories about the paranormal 276 00:15:05,519 --> 00:15:08,799 and unexplained phenomena, though he had never believed them because 277 00:15:08,799 --> 00:15:11,399 of his lack of faith. While we continued working, we 278 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,320 both felt as if someone was watching us. The truck driver, 279 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,159 who didn't speak English fluently, couldn't understand our knees and 280 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,759 left soon after. Later, while splitting the goods, we played 281 00:15:20,799 --> 00:15:23,679 music on our phones to distract ourselves. At exactly six 282 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,240 thirty am, two bottles of beer stored about five meters 283 00:15:26,279 --> 00:15:28,960 away suddenly exploded. They had been placed in a grate 284 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,039 on a roll container that neither of us had touched. 285 00:15:31,759 --> 00:15:34,200 After the shift, we discussed what had happened and realized 286 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:37,039 we both felt pain and old injuries, his knee and 287 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,639 neck and my lower back and wrist. We concluded that 288 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,799 something unexplainable had been with us that morning. My colleague, 289 00:15:42,799 --> 00:15:45,360 who was still in his trial period, decided to quit 290 00:15:45,399 --> 00:15:48,759 that same day. For a year, nothing else happened. I 291 00:15:48,799 --> 00:15:51,320 took a seven month sabatical from February to August twenty 292 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:53,879 twenty four. However, on October secon in twenty twenty four, 293 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,840 my boss called and asked if I could cover the 294 00:15:55,879 --> 00:15:59,120 next morning shift because someone had called in sick. I refused, 295 00:15:59,159 --> 00:16:02,360 without explaining. To this day, I firmly believe in what 296 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,240 I saw, heard, and felt that night. I still work 297 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,399 at the supermarket because it pays well and I've made 298 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,200 good friends there. Some people don't believe my story, and 299 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,840 I understand that they may never experience anything like this, 300 00:16:13,159 --> 00:16:15,440 but I know my truth. As a twenty three year 301 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,360 old biology student who has always been skeptical of the paranormal, 302 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:22,519 this experience profoundly changed my perspective. The memory of that 303 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,559 night resurfaced recently when I heard my name whispered while 304 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:33,240 working alone in the stock room. Gross. Okay, so I 305 00:16:33,399 --> 00:16:35,159 do not like to use this phrase very often, but 306 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,440 I really did have full body chills reading the story 307 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,919 from beginning to end. I honestly couldn't wait to finish 308 00:16:39,919 --> 00:16:41,600 reading it. I was like, it keeps going, it keeps going, 309 00:16:41,639 --> 00:16:43,840 and I'm freaking out a little bit. As you guys know, 310 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:46,840 I record these at night in my little vocal booth, 311 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,360 and I have a glass store that's reflective and showing me. 312 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:51,039 So every time I see something, I try not to 313 00:16:51,039 --> 00:16:53,039 be paranoid in my periphery going like, that's just you, 314 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,120 and then my brain goes, but what if it's not you? 315 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,840 I digress. Okay, sorry about that little rant, but there 316 00:16:58,879 --> 00:17:01,480 is something so unsett about being in a public place 317 00:17:01,519 --> 00:17:03,559 with no one there and suddenly you start hearing things. 318 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,279 And you really had me losing my mind with the 319 00:17:05,319 --> 00:17:07,920 internal phone call from a broken phone. Do you guys 320 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:10,960 remember that story from the prison when they had a 321 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:13,160 prison guard getting a call from a broken prison phone 322 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,400 from like the nineteen eighties. Things like that cannot be explained. 323 00:17:16,519 --> 00:17:19,240 I don't care what you say. I don't understand it anyhow. 324 00:17:19,319 --> 00:17:21,440 And the fact that it like whispered your name. No, 325 00:17:21,559 --> 00:17:23,359 thank you. I know that pay is quite good and 326 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,599 you are insanely brave to even continue working there, even 327 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,839 if it's not in the early morning shift anymore. Well 328 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,279 that does it for this episode. Now, this is our 329 00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:34,680 one hundredth episode, So kudos to all of us for 330 00:17:34,839 --> 00:17:36,799 keeping it going. Thank you so much for your support, 331 00:17:36,839 --> 00:17:39,119 your likes, your shares, all of it, your reviews, your 332 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,160 snarky little comments on Spotify. I love you guys so much. 333 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,000 You're so funny. But truly I do appreciate it because 334 00:17:44,039 --> 00:17:46,240 they are hilarious to me and it helps me with 335 00:17:46,519 --> 00:17:48,599 figuring out where the show's going, et cetera. So thank 336 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,519 you so much for your participation because it shows that 337 00:17:50,559 --> 00:17:52,920 you're engaged and I actually I love it. Now, this 338 00:17:53,079 --> 00:17:55,640 is the final story for this episode, unless you're an 339 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:59,000 Apple subscriber, in which case stay tuned after the credits. Well, 340 00:17:59,039 --> 00:18:01,920 you'll get to hear two additional stories as a special treat. 341 00:18:04,079 --> 00:18:06,079 Well that does it for this episode. If you'd like 342 00:18:06,079 --> 00:18:08,119 to submit your own personal spooky tale to be read 343 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,119 on the show at a Hauntedpond dot com and click 344 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,000 on the link to submit your story. You can also 345 00:18:12,039 --> 00:18:14,680 email me Haunted Pod at gmail dot com. Thank you 346 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,799 for listening. If you enjoy this episode, please leave a 347 00:18:16,799 --> 00:18:19,519 positive review on Apple podcast or your podcast player of choice. 348 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:22,160 It really does help. You can find us on Twitter 349 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,799 for now, at podcast Underscore, Haunted, Instagram, add it Haunted, 350 00:18:25,799 --> 00:18:29,240 What Now, or at hauntedpod dot com. Production assistance by 351 00:18:29,279 --> 00:18:32,599 Jesse Hawk, Writing assistance by cheryln Reyes. The official composer 352 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,920 and audiosmith for the show is Niecks at We Talk 353 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:36,920 of Dreams. Check them out on Twitter at We Talk 354 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:39,319 of Dreams or We Talk of Dreams dot com. Until 355 00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:39,839 next time? 356 00:18:42,759 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: Did you hear that. 357 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 2: This army starts off our bonus stories by telling us 358 00:18:48,920 --> 00:19:07,880 a heartwarming tale? Back in March twenty twenty one, my 359 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,480 eighteen year old daughter was overwhelmed by an experience she 360 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:13,000 had on a shuttle. She'd fallen asleep during her four 361 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,680 hour journey, and when she awoke, two other passengers had 362 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,160 gotten on. One of them a man, sat in front 363 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,039 of her, and the other, a young beautiful woman with 364 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,279 braided hair, sat beside her. Smiling. The woman spoke to her, 365 00:19:23,279 --> 00:19:26,200 asking young lady, Do you know who I am? My 366 00:19:26,279 --> 00:19:29,480 daughter looked at her closely and said no. The woman 367 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,720 smiled and said, I'm your nana that raised you when 368 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,200 you were little. My daughter looked more closely at her 369 00:19:34,279 --> 00:19:36,519 and realized it was a very young version of her 370 00:19:36,559 --> 00:19:39,200 great grandmother. She had seen photos of her when she 371 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,759 was younger, but the woman looked even younger than the photographs, 372 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,400 and she had a glow to her. She started to cry, 373 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,160 and the woman said, be strong, wear a smile, and 374 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,039 carry on. The shuttle stopped minutes later, and the man 375 00:19:50,079 --> 00:19:52,200 seated in front got off and walked in one direction, 376 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:54,200 and the young woman got up to leave as well. 377 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:56,960 She told my daughter, I have to go, now, take 378 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,799 care of yourself. She got off the shuttle and disappeared. 379 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,559 The words where a smile and carry on are from 380 00:20:02,559 --> 00:20:05,720 my grandmother's favorite song, to the Lights of London Shine Again, 381 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:08,119 and it's something that she always said to us, or 382 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,079 she'd seen a few lines from it when saying goodbye 383 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,559 to us. Don't you cry when I'm gone, Wear a 384 00:20:12,599 --> 00:20:15,599 smile and carry on till the lights of London shine again. 385 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,720 So was this her younger reborn spirit that my daughter encountered. 386 00:20:19,839 --> 00:20:21,680 I'm still unsure of what to make of it. My 387 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:29,559 grandmother passed in twenty thirteen. I could believe that was 388 00:20:29,599 --> 00:20:32,039 her spirit and not a reborn one. She probably came 389 00:20:32,079 --> 00:20:33,720 back in a form she preferred to see her great 390 00:20:33,759 --> 00:20:35,839 granddaughter and give her words of wisdom and a time 391 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,920 of need. You never know when we need a few 392 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 kind words like that to keep our spirits up. So 393 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:44,240 thank you for sharing this beautiful story. The second bonus 394 00:20:44,279 --> 00:20:47,400 story is from Weary Passage seventy five eighty two, whose 395 00:20:47,440 --> 00:21:05,799 new job is definitely haunted. So I started this job 396 00:21:05,799 --> 00:21:08,119 a month ago. I'm an overnight security officer in one 397 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,240 of the multiple buildings on a large campus, assigned an NBA, 398 00:21:11,319 --> 00:21:14,039 so I really can't be more specific to potentially identify 399 00:21:14,079 --> 00:21:17,119 my client. Anyway, I started my job training on first shift, 400 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,519 and I'll admit I was skeptical when I started hearing 401 00:21:19,559 --> 00:21:23,079 the stories. Things moving doors opening and closing, actual full 402 00:21:23,079 --> 00:21:25,359 bodied apparitions in the middle of the day, a little 403 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,480 girl that throws things in one of the older buildings, 404 00:21:27,599 --> 00:21:31,279 stuff of that nature. I'm usually pretty sensitive to the paranormal, 405 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:35,880 having experienced it often growing up. I've experienced many unexplainable things, 406 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:38,400 but the buildings I trained in didn't feel threatening, so 407 00:21:38,599 --> 00:21:41,160 I dismissed it. I've been working my regular shift for 408 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,319 two weeks now. On my first day on third shift, 409 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,599 I was checking a bathroom when a shadow man leaned 410 00:21:45,599 --> 00:21:47,720 out and glared at me as the door shut. I 411 00:21:47,759 --> 00:21:50,640 felt paralyzed. I didn't feel safe, but I brushed it 412 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,279 off again, told myself it would be fine. I needed 413 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:55,400 this job. It's the only place in my area that 414 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,119 pays a livable age. I put up with every whisper, 415 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,920 every bang, every uneasy feeling of danger as I walked 416 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,839 through the building, and I told myself it's an adjustment period, 417 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,000 renewed to each other. It will calm down with time. 418 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,319 Yesterday I learned that my building was specifically built on 419 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,000 top of a historical graveyard, specifically a graveyard for slaves 420 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,839 and their descendants. When the property was brought by my client, 421 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,039 the bodies were exhumed and moved across the street, but 422 00:22:18,079 --> 00:22:21,039 their original resting place is under my feet every night 423 00:22:21,079 --> 00:22:23,319 when I go to work. Tonight, I was checking the 424 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,359 emergency exits, which are enclosed in a stairwell. I checked 425 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,720 the door was secure and there were no hazards. Then 426 00:22:28,839 --> 00:22:30,759 I tried to re enter the building from the stairwell, 427 00:22:30,799 --> 00:22:33,200 and the door was held tight. I would open it 428 00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:35,880 just enough to see no one on the other side, 429 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,480 and it would slam shut again. A few minutes after 430 00:22:38,519 --> 00:22:40,440 I finally got out of the stairwell, I entered a 431 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,640 loading area and was immediately confronted by a massive shadow 432 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,200 figure hat man at least seven foot tall and watching me. 433 00:22:47,759 --> 00:22:50,920 I took a deep breath and kept going. Funnily enough, 434 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,079 tonight was probably the least threatened I've felt since starting 435 00:22:54,119 --> 00:23:01,160 working nights. Oh come on, you guys, I do not 436 00:23:01,319 --> 00:23:03,640 like that one bet. There are too many things going 437 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,039 on with the story that are huge red flags of 438 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,799 absolutely effing not and I seriously commend you for remaining 439 00:23:09,799 --> 00:23:12,839 at this job, belivable wage or not. I could not 440 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,559 do it. I would start selling my feed seriously, like 441 00:23:15,599 --> 00:23:17,640 not my I mean, you know, footpecks. I would be 442 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:19,599 doing that because I just want everybody to stay safe 443 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,960 and of course let us know of anything you want 444 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,759 and are able to tell us about other happenings going on.