What Was Making That Sound? | Real Ghost Stories
Victoria and her husband expected their first home to come with a few surprises. They didn't expect one of them to last for years. It started with a sound coming from upstairs late one night. At first, it seemed like the sort of thing that should have an obvious explanation. The problem was that every time they investigated, the answer seemed to disappear. What followed became one of the st...
20m Jun 12
20m
Why Did the Voice Finally Go Silent? | After Midnight
Everyone in town knew the stories about the old Victorian house on the hill. Guests talked about footsteps in empty hallways. Employees reported doors slamming on vacant floors. And for decades, people claimed they occasionally heard a man's voice calling from somewhere inside the building. When Emily started working there during high school, she dismissed the stories as local folklore. Then ...
22m Jun 12
22m
What Was Waiting Downstairs? | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
A winter storm in Maine had already made for a quiet day indoors. When the kitchen breaker tripped during lunch, it seemed like nothing more than a minor inconvenience. Like countless times before, he headed downstairs to the apartment building's basement to switch the power back on and get on with his day. Instead, a routine trip turned into an experience he still thinks about years later. ...
18m Jun 12
18m
The Voice That Came Back | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
For one Michigan family, summers meant fishing, barbecues, and long days spent at a beloved log cabin on the lake. It was the kind of place where childhood memories were made and returned to year after year. For one little girl, however, the cabin also became the setting for a mystery she still can't explain. One night, she was awakened by a man's voice just outside her bedroom window. The wo...
17m Jun 11
17m
The Figure in the Cemetery | Real Ghost Stories
When she was sixteen, she spent the night at a friend's house that sat in the middle of a cemetery. Her friend's father was the caretaker, and because of the unusual location, everyone in town always asked the same question: was the house haunted? Her friend always said no. Late that night, while crossing the family room on the way to the bathroom, Lacey glanced out the window and noticed som...
25m Jun 11
25m
How Haunted is Chillingham Castle? Part One | The Grave Talks
The ghosts may be what draw people to Chillingham Castle, but it's the history that keeps them awake at night. Situated near the English-Scottish border, Chillingham Castle has witnessed centuries of warfare, imprisonment, suffering, and death. Stories of the Blue Boy, the castle's infamous torturer John Sage, and other reported hauntings have helped earn it a reputation as one of the most hau...
34m Jun 11
34m
The Names Her Daughter Shouldn’t Have Known | Real Ghost Stories
When Ariel’s young niece moved to Florida, the family didn’t think much about her developing imaginary friends. The little girl talked about them constantly—playing games together, cooking together, spending time together the way children often do with imaginary companions. At first, it all seemed harmless. Until one morning during a phone call, the child casually announced that she had kille...
35m Jun 11
35m
The EMT and the Woman in Blue | After Midnight
Jacob had spent nearly fifteen years working emergency calls and believed there was an explanation for everything. Then a woman named Anna died in front of him. Months later, while treating a teenager pulled unconscious from a swimming pool, he saw her standing quietly beneath a tree. The sight made no sense. Anna was dead. Jacob knew that better than anyone. Then it happened again. And agai...
21m Jun 11
21m
Why Didn't It Feel Like Her Mom? | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When her mother passed away, she was still young and suddenly found herself spending long stretches of time alone in the apartment she shared with her father. Not long afterward, strange things began to happen. At first, she found comfort in a simple explanation. Maybe it was her mother checking in. Maybe it was a sign that she wasn't really gone. But as the years passed, the activity continu...
14m Jun 11
14m
The Ghostly Guest Who Was Always Late for Dinner | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
Growing up in a large Italian family, Nikki spent countless evenings at her grandparents' house. Dinner was always downstairs, relatives were always coming and going, and everyone knew each other's routines by heart. That's what made the strange occurrences so difficult to explain. For years, family members kept hearing the unmistakable sounds of someone arriving home. A familiar sequence wou...
16m Jun 10
16m
One Last Goodnight | Real Ghost Stories
Some childhood memories fade with time. Others stay crystal clear. She was only four years old when someone she loved suddenly disappeared from her daily life. Too young to understand death, she accepted her mother's explanation that the visits had simply come to an end. Then one night she woke to find the woman standing peacefully at the foot of her bed, smiling at her before quietly walking...
26m Jun 10
26m
The Woman at the Foot of the Bed | Real Ghost Stories
Some hauntings begin with a bang. Others begin with a single unsettling moment that's easy to dismiss. Shortly after moving into a new apartment, a young woman wakes in the middle of the night and comes face to face with a silent figure standing at the foot of her bed. Nothing else happens for weeks, and life moves on. But as the months pass, small disturbances begin to pile up—a computer repe...
27m Jun 10
27m
Grave Secrets, Part One | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO Graveyards are meant to be places of rest—but what happens when something connected to them is moved? When Becca and Lynn Thomas came across headstones stored inside a woman’s shed, the discovery raised more than just questions about their origin. It opened the door to a deeper conversation about whether objects tied to burial sites can carry so...
10m Jun 10
10m
The Hanging Tree in the Cemetery | Real Ghost Stories
Jesse thought the trip would just be a quick drive to help an employee pick up some belongings. Instead, it became the day he started questioning whether he could actually sense paranormal energy. The moment they arrived at Holy Trinity Cemetery, Jesse says he felt overwhelmed by a strange physical sensation he still struggles to explain—like the entire property carried some kind of emotional ...
29m Jun 10
29m
The Mystery Waiting Beyond the Curve | After Midnight
When David was twelve years old, he took a shortcut home through the woods and witnessed something he could never explain. A car traveled down a quiet county road ahead of him. Then, without turning, slowing, or disappearing behind an obstacle, it simply vanished. For years, he convinced himself there had to be a rational explanation. Childhood memories aren't always reliable. Darkness can pl...
18m Jun 10
18m
What Was It Waiting For? | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When Nikki's family moved into a two-family apartment building in St. Louis, she immediately felt something wasn't right. The feeling wasn't dramatic. There were no strange noises or obvious signs of a haunting. Just a persistent sense that someone was watching her. Weeks later, she discovered why. What began as a single terrifying encounter turned into years of unexplained sightings. The sa...
14m Jun 10
14m
The Neighbors Came With a Warning | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When Pete was transferred to a remote town in South Australia for work, he thought he was getting a pretty good deal: free housing, extra pay, and a new adventure. The house wasn't much to look at, but it was home. Then the neighbors came over. What started as a friendly welcome quickly turned into a conversation that left Pete questioning everything he thought he knew about the property. Sud...
27m Jun 09
27m
A Weekend Alone in a Haunted House | Real Ghost Stories
When a teenager moves into a small rental house across town, he thinks he's found the perfect setup—especially after discovering a finished attic above the garage that he hopes to claim as his own bedroom. But the moment he climbs the ladder, a blast of freezing air sends him back down, and he never shakes the feeling that something about the house isn't right. As the months pass, he spends ma...
27m Jun 09
27m
Grave Secrets, Part One | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! Graveyards are meant to be places of rest—but what happens when something connected to them is moved? When Becca and Lynn Thomas came across headstones stored inside a woman’s shed, the discovery raised more than just questions about their origin. It opened the door to a deeper conversation about whether objects tied to burial sites can carry something w...
31m Jun 09
31m
The Figure Kneeling Beside the Bed | Real Ghost Stories
For years, Jessica’s paranormal experiences had completely stopped. As a child, strange things happened often enough that she eventually grew used to them. But by the time she reached adulthood, everything had gone quiet for nearly five years. Then one night she woke up and saw someone kneeling beside her bed. At first, she thought it was her roommate standing in the dark. But the moment she ...
34m Jun 09
34m
The Sixth Roommate | After Midnight
The Victorian house seemed perfect for five college students. It was affordable, close to campus, and large enough that everyone finally had room to breathe. Then they started hearing someone else. Not a ghostly apparition. Not a shadow figure. Just the ordinary sounds of another person moving through the house. Footsteps in empty hallways. Doors opening and closing. Someone arriving home whe...
20m Jun 09
20m
The Messages She Didn't Understand | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
A mother worried about her son's health took a walk through a cemetery hoping to clear her head. Instead, she found herself at the center of a series of strange coincidences that seemed impossible to ignore. Names. Dates. A song that appeared at exactly the wrong moment. One after another, the signs seemed to point toward a frightening conclusion about her son's future. By the time she left t...
29m Jun 09
29m
Why Did the House Feel Like It Was Watching Her? | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When Jessica and her boyfriend bought their first home in Alberta, they were focused on building a future. The modest 1950s house seemed like the perfect place to start a family. Almost immediately, however, Jessica began noticing something she couldn't explain. The house never felt empty. Nothing dramatic happened at first. There were no apparitions, no terrifying encounters, and no obvious ...
17m Jun 08
17m
What Were the Kids Seeing? | Real Ghost Stories
The first time her son asked about the man standing by the laundry room, she didn't think much of it. Kids imagine things. But when other children—kids who hadn't heard the story—started asking about the same man in the same spot, the explanation became harder to dismiss. None of them seemed frightened. None of them treated it like a ghost story. They simply assumed he belonged there. Years...
31m Jun 08
31m
Opening Doors, Part Two | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO For most children, bedtime is routine—but for Chris Nielson, one night changed that completely. At just eight years old, he had an experience he couldn’t explain—seeing what appeared to be a child standing just outside his bedroom. What followed wasn’t something that faded with time, but the beginning of a series of experiences that would stay w...
16m Jun 08
16m
The Knock at the Farmhouse | Real Ghost Stories
The farmhouse had always come with rules. Keep the doors locked after dark. Don’t ignore the dogs when they start barking at the woods. And never open the front door at night unless you know exactly who’s standing outside. For most of his childhood, Caleb treated those warnings like old family superstitions. Then one night in the late 1980s, someone knocked on the front door while his mother w...
34m Jun 08
34m
What Was She Waiting for All Those Years? | After Midnight
When Jenna and her husband bought an old farmhouse in rural Wisconsin, she expected an adjustment period. What she didn't expect were the footsteps. For years, she heard someone walking the upstairs hallway while she was home alone. Sometimes there was a cough. Sometimes a door seemed to close. Occasionally she caught glimpses of movement where no one should have been. The experiences were un...
21m Jun 08
21m
It Knew Their Names | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When she was nine or ten years old, Crystal lived with her family in a house in Africa where something strange kept happening. From time to time, she would hear her name being called from somewhere inside the house. The voice always sounded familiar enough that she assumed it was her caretaker. But every time she answered, there was only silence. At first, she dismissed it as a misunderstandi...
19m Jun 08
19m
The Day They Stopped Joking About the Ghost | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When Crystal's family moved into the house in 2005, nothing seemed unusual. There was an unsettling basement, a few odd noises, and the occasional joke about the place being haunted. Nothing that felt serious. Then one afternoon, while working on her laptop, she noticed the reflection of a man standing behind her. When she turned around, nobody was there. Over the following months, other exp...
21m Jun 07
21m
Opening Doors, Part One | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! For most children, bedtime is routine—but for Chris Nielson, one night changed that completely. At just eight years old, he had an experience he couldn’t explain—seeing what appeared to be a child standing just outside his bedroom. What followed wasn’t something that faded with time, but the beginning of a series of experiences that would stay with him. ...
37m Jun 07
37m
Ghost Theories: Raising a Family in a Haunted House, Part Two | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO When Kent J. Wolfe and his family moved into an 1865 farmhouse in rural Michigan, they didn’t expect the experience that would eventually inspire his book, Ghost Theories: Raising a Family in a Haunted House. As a self-described skeptic, Kent approached the unexplained activity in the home with the belief that there had to be logical answers. Bu...
32m Jun 07
32m
Why Did He Choose Her? | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
Angela wasn't investigating the paranormal. She wasn't exploring a haunted building or searching for ghost stories. In fact, she had never even been inside the location connected to the experience. That's what makes what happened next so difficult for her to explain. One evening, shortly after high school, she encountered a man standing inside her home who appeared to have suffered a horrific...
19m Jun 07
19m
Eleanor Wasn't Ready to Leave | After Midnight
As a real estate agent, Angela had sold hundreds of homes and learned that every property carries a story. But none stayed with her like the house on Willow Creek Road. After the owner's death, the listing should have sold almost immediately. Buyers loved the neighborhood, the layout, and the price. Yet somehow every deal fell apart. Then Angela began hearing strange stories from visitors who...
19m Jun 07
19m
The House Inherited More Than History | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When she inherited her grandparents' 1921 home, it felt like the beginning of a new chapter. After weeks of renovations, she and her fiancé finally moved in and started settling into the house that had been in their family for generations. Then, on their second night there, they were both jolted awake by the same sound. Someone was running through the house. What followed was a series of str...
20m Jun 07
20m
Was His Father Saying Goodbye? | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
His father spent years wondering what happens after death. It was a question they discussed often, long before alcoholism took hold and long before the final conversation they would ever have together. Not long after his father's funeral, something strange began appearing inside the apartment he shared with his girlfriend. At first, he dismissed it as a trick of the eyes. Then it happened aga...
8m Jun 06
8m
Ghost Theories: Raising a Family in a Haunted House, Part One | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! When Kent J. Wolfe and his family moved into an 1865 farmhouse in rural Michigan, they didn’t expect the experience that would eventually inspire his book, Ghost Theories: Raising a Family in a Haunted House. As a self-described skeptic, Kent approached the unexplained activity in the home with the belief that there had to be logical answers. But over ti...
35m Jun 06
35m
The Spirits of the Smith County Courthouse, Part Two | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO In the small town of Carthage, Tennessee, the Smith County Courthouse stands as a centerpiece of history—its architecture and presence reflecting a different era. Built in the late 1800s, the courthouse has witnessed decades of local life, but also moments of tragedy tied to its past. From public executions to untimely deaths, the history connec...
33m Jun 06
33m
Who Was Watching from the Window? | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
For generations, Kristin's family has owned a historic lake house on one of New York's Finger Lakes. Locals know the property by name, and many have their own stories about the strange things that happen there. One summer night, while paddling across the lake with a friend, Kristin noticed a light turn on inside the house. At first, it seemed harmless enough. Then they saw someone standing in...
10m Jun 06
10m
Why Did Every Generation See the Same Man in the Woods? | After Midnight
For generations, members of the same family reported seeing someone standing at the edge of the woods. A grandfather saw it. Then an aunt. Then cousins. Decades apart, people described the same unsettling experience: a tall figure watching silently from the tree line before disappearing without explanation. Most families would dismiss a story like that as folklore. Then Brent discovered old ...
22m Jun 06
22m
What Did the Little Girl Want? | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When he was five or six years old, a simple trip to the bathroom turned into an experience he has never forgotten. While visiting a neighboring business in a small town in Mexico, he suddenly found himself standing in a room filled with an impossibly bright white light. Standing within it was a young girl dressed in old-fashioned clothing, silently motioning for him to come closer. He could s...
12m Jun 06
12m
The Christmas Lights Mystery | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
Chris grew up hearing stories about an apartment his parents rented when he was a baby. At first, the stories sounded almost harmless. A Christmas tree that somehow lit up after being unplugged. Strange little incidents that were easy to dismiss individually. Then the activity became harder to explain. Objects appeared to move on their own. Rooms felt wrong. And one experience frightened his...
18m Jun 05
18m
The Voice Calling “Mommy” | Real Ghost Stories
What started as a fresh start for a blended family slowly became something none of them could explain. The strange incidents never seemed connected at first. A noise here. A voice there. A shadow glimpsed out of the corner of someone's eye. But as the months passed, the activity spread through the house—and eventually everyone seemed to have their own story. The children were seeing things. S...
27m Jun 05
27m
The Spirits of the Smith County Courthouse, Part One | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! In the small town of Carthage, Tennessee, the Smith County Courthouse stands as a centerpiece of history—its architecture and presence reflecting a different era. Built in the late 1800s, the courthouse has witnessed decades of local life, but also moments of tragedy tied to its past. From public executions to untimely deaths, the history connected to th...
34m Jun 05
34m
The Bathroom Ghost | Real Ghost Stories
When a newly divorced mother moved her daughters into a townhouse in western Michigan, the last thing she expected to worry about was a bathroom sink. At first, it seemed simple enough. Someone kept leaving the water running. The problem was nobody would admit doing it. Weeks turned into months. Accusations turned into arguments. And before long, even the girls were starting to feel uncomfort...
25m Jun 05
25m
What If the Ouija Board Was Warning Them? | After Midnight
When nine-year-old Michael received a Ouija board for his birthday, nobody thought much of it. The board sat on the kitchen table, the family treated it like a game, and the name "Jimmy" appeared among the answers. Soon afterward, strange things began happening. Nightmares. Footsteps in the hallway. An overwhelming sense that something was watching from the basement. For years, the family bel...
23m Jun 05
23m
The Woman in the Gables House | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
The campus sits on land once owned by the Ringling family, surrounded by historic mansions, old buildings, and more than a century of local history. For most students, it's simply a beautiful place to attend college. For others, it's something more. One night, while sitting near the water with friends, James noticed a figure lingering in the distance. At first, it seemed completely ordinary. ...
12m Jun 05
12m
The Figure Headed for Her Daughter's Room | Real Ghost Stories CLASSIC
When Lydia and her family moved into an old rental house, they were warned about one thing: leave the strange altar in the backyard alone. At first, that sounded more like local folklore than a real concern. But as time passed, the house developed a reputation of its own. Unexplained noises. Rooms that never felt right. A growing sense that something inside the home didn't belong there. Then...
12m Jun 04
12m
One Last Visit from Murphy | Real Ghost Stories
Losing Murphy left the house painfully quiet. For years, the old shepherd mix had followed his family from room to room carrying the same faded blue squeaky ball everywhere he went. After he passed away, his owners couldn't bring themselves to throw his things away, so they packed his toys into a storage bin and moved them out to the garage. Then one evening, while home alone, she heard a sou...
21m Jun 04
21m
Fallen From the Light, Part Two | The Grave Talks
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! PART TWO What if dying wasn’t the end, but the beginning of something far more extraordinary? Shawn Barry Farewell, author of Fallen from the Light, shares his powerful and deeply personal story. Diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of terminal cancer, Shawn faced unimaginable pain and fear. But in the darkest moment of his life—on the night he flat...
38m Jun 04
38m
The Crying Woman in the Empty Room | Real Ghost Stories
Maggie had experienced strange things before, but mostly as a child—fleeting moments she eventually learned to ignore or explain away. That changed in college. Living off campus near Humboldt State, she became used to hearing her roommate argue and cry late at night over a troubled long-distance relationship. So when she woke up one night to the sound of sobbing coming from across the hall, s...
30m Jun 04
30m