My name is Breanne and my step father died in 2003 almost in my family home. He either had a stroke or heart attack and was taken to the hospital around midnight and died around 7:30 the next morning. I remember waking up around that time feeling strange and I later found out that he had died then.
About a month after he died, strange things happened that I have never experienced before. One early morning I was home alone and had been woken up by this noise that I had been hearing through the vent in our home, which all vent sound leads down to the laundry room. The sound sounded like someone dragging the laundry basket across the basement floor.
Another time it happened when my brother was home also and he had just awoken like me and it was the same noise, so I went to his room to ask him if he could hear it he replied, “yes I can…” So as I went down the stairs to see, the noise stopped. Everything in the laundry room was in the right places it all should be. This noise stopped after this had happened and I had never heard it again….The noise also frightened me for some reason.
I used to read in my bedroom with the door close in my family home with the stereo on by myself. The remote for the stereo at this time was beside me as I was reading on my bed. Again I was home alone. The stereo all of a sudden got louder then it had been and I looked up at the stereo (It’s a sliver one with a sliver dial that you can see a reflection on) and the dial was still spinning. It was turned up to about 20 in volume, when I had had it at 12. I turned it down and stood in front of it in disbelief and shock, but it didn’t move again.
There was also another time in the family home when I had been downstair’s sleeping on the couch, again I was home alone. I was awoken to what I believed to be was the TV on. It sounded like one of those old Western videos. Gord had a collection of old Westerns downstair’s that he had loved. As I went up the stairs to see if the TV was on and got closer to the top, the noise stopped and the TV wasn’t on.
This all happened within a couple of months after he had died.
Since I have moved out of the family home and now am in my own place. The reason why I’m writing this is because a couple of days ago I was here at home playing music on the same stereo that I had at my family home and my stepson was here with me and I was here on the computer with the remote beside me. I had the stereo at a certain volume and it all of a sudden turned up louder and looked over at it to see that the volume had been turned up. I grabbed the remote and immediately turned it down. Again in shock, but a feeling came over me and all the memories came back of everything else that had happened before.
I’m wondering if I’m crazy or if I’m wanting to think that my stepfather is somehow near when he really isn’t or if he’s trying to tell me something or WHAT?
If you could help me in anyway, with what you think could be happening I would very much appreciate it.
Thanks so much for your time,
Sent in by Breanne, Copyright 2009 TrueGhostTales.com
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If anyone could help me with anything that they may know or if you are in a certain situation then just post a comment, I could use all the help and infomation I can get!
Thanks!
If it is your step father i would just talk to him really.
Breanne,
The clue is the “Western” playing. In this way he let you know that it was him.
The volume going up is to get your attention.
You may just want to say aloud to him “Yes, I know you are there and that you care for me.”
Let him know that you miss him.
Ask him what he is trying to tell you? You could try the “yes” /”no” approach; like turn up
the volume if the answer to this question is “yes”.
I would suggest finding a reputable physic in your area to do a reading for you,
this may help you in knowing how to address the questions.
It may be as simple as him letting you know that he really didn’t want to go, he really
didn’t want to abandon him family.
He just wants you to know that he still cares for you.
Thank you for sharing your story.
hey now im no expert but maybe when it happened he did want you to know he was there .i had a similar experience involving what i thought was my grandmother ,and also my mother in law haha.but maybe when it happened at your new place he just wanted you to know that he was dropping by to let you know he is still with you.maybe you hadnt mentioned him in a while and decided to pay you a visit.ghost know when they need to make their presence felt .just trust me talk to him once a month at a certain time and the unexpected noises may stop.
Have you heard the term, ‘Sing before 7(AM) cry before 11(PM)?’ Apaerently, it calls the closest ghost to you, family or friend wise. I done it & my home was not the same at Midnight….
Although why does everything happen at midnight? Is is ghost tradition? Or is it because it is the biggest between ever?
I love this story, I like scaring myself thanks for the post
It sounds he could be possibly haunting the house!
Hi Breanne,
Were you close to your step father? If so, he may be trying to let you know that he is still very much alive, just in a different realm. As long as you do not feel threatened by this or this is not threatening you, I wouldn’t worry very much about it.
If it starts to manifest itself as evil, let us know.
I believe that what you experienced that day of your father’s death was a “normal” feeling, Most people who have lost someone very important to them can usually recall feeling a sense of pressure or loss within them, i can say that i have felt this way before…so waking up in the middle of the night seems like a reason expeience in my opinion. But i wasn’t scared it was a feeling that gave me relief when i was sad.
I think that maybe you dad is telling you to coup with loss in someway…maybe theres something you feel regarding that incident that he feels you should let go of…maybe he just wants to say that “everythings alright”,,.sometimes looking inword is the best thing for complex issues in this world and the next…
I hope i have been of some help…..
Im sorry that i can not explain why this is happening to you, but i can say the exact same has happened to me before, with the tv and the stereo.
One afternoon i was lying on my sofa listening to a cd when the stereo’s volume dial started to turn up on its own. The music was getting louder and louder!!
At first i thought i was lying on the control, but then i found it on the table without any batterys in it. I adjusted the volume back down and lay back on the sofa, then the volume started to rise again, so i sat up and watched the red dot on the dial turning up of its own accord.
My mum was in the house at the time so i called her and pointed to the stereo and she two saw the dial moving up! By this time the music was so loud i ran over to the stereo and just turned it off. That happen of two seperate occasions.
My tv and video player used to sometimes wake me up in the middle of the night, playing a tv channel or a video that had been left in the recorder but not touched for days beforehand.
One time i sat up in bed in the middle of the night having been woken by the tv playing again, A video was playing, then fast forwarding, then stoping to play, then rewind, and so on!
It wasnt till i hunted for the control in my bed and found it sitting on the shelf that confusion turned into panic!
I have other storys that happened to me that are similar to this but ill save those for another post.
Thanks for telling your story, it could be your stepdad trying to let you know he is still around as you say these things started happening after his demise, but dont worry no harm will come to you. Just acknowledge him/them and carry on thats what i have learned to do.
He may just be letting you know he is there by doing things he did in life. It doesnt sound menacing or scary at all…more like a “hello.”
hi breanne i may only be 14 but i have had alot of supernatural i want to try and help you a little. it may may be that your father has decied that he want to watch over you and the volume going up is him telling you that he is near and to not be afraid now the one thing you could try is an ouija broad but im not encourageing it, but if you really want to know what it is then asking the source is the other option so please use the the broad (if you use it) with caution. i hope that may be this might help a little.
i think ur stepdad is trying to tell u that he is still looking after u and that he loves u
Breanne, sounds like your stepdad just wants you to know that he is still with you — nothing to be afraid of. I also had the same experience with my stereo — my dad died on Christmas day a couple of years before, and that Christmas day all of a sudden the sound went up as loud as it would go, I turned it down, and about a minute later it went back up. I turned it down and stood there in front of it and watched the dial turn itself back up, and it wasn’t easy to turn. Since that time, on holidays I put the pictures of my deceased mother and father in a place of honor.
Breanne,
I don’t think that you should assume that’s it’s someone close, it is very likely but not 100% I.D. correct? My advise which you may take or leave and it won’t hurt my feelings, try an EVP and jsut in case you don’t know what that is, it stands fro Electronic Voice Phenomenon, be sure that you have a device that you can record with, there cannot be any static or any interruption, no feedback or anything. To test it you record nothing but your voice and be sure to speak softly, when you play it back you should hear your voice and nothing else. Once you have done so and have found a deivce that works for you, press record and begin asking questions like “what is your name?’ “Why are you here?” “How old are you?” “Can you tell me your ethnicity?” just basic questions, and just see if you get a response, sometimes entities have something to say but no way of saying it, so try it if you’d like and see what happens.
honey,,,, dont be afraid, its just your stepfather being silly and joking around with you, he doesnt realize that he is scareing you… my dad and daughter do it all of the time to me and my mom…..my dad passed on 6 years ago, my daughter 16 years ago….
can i ask,, did he have a good sence of humor, and like to joke around????? you see,, some people cant feel or see the other side, you can!!!! take care and dont be afraid!!!! just laugh at him, and tell him he is very funny…. ktm
I have a ghost hunting team with me and my friends we have it all covered we have a medium (someone who can see and hear ghosts) (That’s me and one of my friends), a skeptic to keep our findings real, a sketch artist (draws a picture of the ghost due the the mediums description) a photographer to take pictures, and a researcher (someone who dose the researcher so that we know what were dealing with) (Also me). A thing that I find helpful in our investigations is a pendulum (any type of necklace with something dangling on the end will due.) (dont move the pendulum!) pinch the chain between your your pointer finger and thumb. Then ask the pendulum what yes,no and maybe means ask this questions one at a time tho so you dont get your answers confused ! (like for mine yes is a clock wise spin no is counter clock wise and maybe is back and foreword but yours may not be the same) once you learn that you can start asking questions but dont ask things like “When will I die?, How old will I be when I die?, How will I die? questions like these can anger spirits and get you in some trouble I recommend praying before and after each use for protection. I don’t know if it will work for you only me and my other medium friend have tried it! But I figure that its worth a shot! Good luck and hope this helps!! Thanks for your time.
Awwww hes so nice, i mean very scary i see your freaking out over nothin spirits tend to watch over loved ones most of the time when they decide to skip the light and stay on middle judgement ground… i mean Earth for gardien dutty butt rarely demons cuz they hate sunlight and all ya know they just stick around when ever they have unfinished bussiness to attend to (best keep out there way and let them do there job) since there usualy restless they tend to be angry but toataly different from what you expirienced or experincing so thats good.
sincerely
ANGEL
Well he is trying to just let you know he is there. Like a hey Breanne im just doin the laundry. You should say hi or something if anything happens again and see if he answers.
i have been warned against doing the evp work… i did post about it and was told it could be very dangerous!!!! it could bring in harmfull spirits…. bre,,,, my daughter and dad visit me very often, through clocks, lights, even, the past few days the remote control for the tv… when i use it, oh wow, all of the lights on it light up, and really screws up the cable box….. when my husband uses it, no problem… i havent used it today, as of yet…. i havent felt well all of this week, and i think they are saying,,, just rest and you will be fine..
it still amazes me that these things happen to me on a daily basis… i dont know if you read my post about (COLORS),,, AND (UPDATE ON COLORS ) it is still happening, but has calmed down a lot….. i gave my daughter her wish, and hung up her portrait that was painted after she died….
you see, there are 2 different sides to every coin.. its just figuring out which side you are dealing with.. you will know in time!!!! you will feel it……
take care hun,,, ktm
I WOULD SAY HE JUST WANTS TO SAY HE’S HERE AND READY TO BE THERE FOR YOU.
AND I THINK HE IS TRYING TO SAY
I LOVE YOU.
ATHENA
Do not talk to any spirit. Most evil spirits pretend to be loved ones that passed away. They try to gain your trust to gain greater entrance into your life. They can also capture images and sounds and smells of prior experiences of people and replay them. This is a trick to make you think you are dealing with an innocent dead human spirit. The best thing to do is ask Jesus to come into your life and read and memorize Luke 10:19. And tell the spirit to leave in Jesus name. Otherwise if you start talking with the spirit, it will will not stop bothering you. There is a lot of good material on line, and I would suggest reading about house cleansing, through and via Jesus Christ. The other stuff out there is only a temporary remedy and could end up bringing more evil into your home.
If you feel afraid, then tell the spirit that if it is your step-father-stop scaring you by (doing…). Then say to the spirit, if you are not (step-father’s name)-you have to leave now; you cannot stay; I close the door behind you! If that doesn’t immediately work-call the elders of a Christian (preferably Baptist) church. I say Baptist only because I know they are taught how to renounce evil spirits and lay hands on the afflicted (you-being scared). You can of course do what I do-pray out loud to Father God in Jesus’ name. Works EVERY time! Stop being afraid, though, that definitely gives it strength. God has not given us the spirit of fear. Jesus said, “Fear not, for lo I am with you always.”
Respective of who or what he is – the actions so far have been extremely benign. You haven’t described anything particularly frightening such as things being thrown around or any real intent to ” frighten ” you but more ‘ get your attention’. ( which it has )
If there was any malevolence intended it would have ‘ upscaled ‘ its actions by now and even then that could be more from frustration ( why aren’t you noticing I’m here! ) rather than any intent to frighten. It is easy to say ‘stop being afraid’ but fear is an emotion they do feed on. They cannot hurt you or ” do ” anything to you. Heaven forbid you get a fright and trip over the mat and fall down a stairs and break your leg! At the end of the day, ” it ” didn’t hurt you at all – your own fear and lack of self control caused the accident, not the ghost or entity. It would appear to be more of a ‘ I’m still around ‘ reminder. If you do talk to him, he can hear you – he’s already listening & anyway. If he is particularly frightening you and you aren’t coping – you should tell him so – if it is your step father, thats the last thing he would want to do to you! If was a quiet guy in life – he’ll still be pretty laid back now and if he was a bit cheeky and a life of the party guy – not much will have changed.
Not even how much he cared about you! Which he obviously still does.
i just started reading all these stories and id like to know if .if youfeel like somones watching you and you end up feeling like somones there and running should you bless your house
first of your not crazy this stuff happens to more people than you think some just wont admit it i know most will diagree with me but i dont care at all in the bible it says the world will hate people like me but as long as i can help some one thats all that matters hi breanne thats my girlfriends name to i hope everything has stopped happening with you if not please understand in the bible it makes it clear that when some one dies they go to heaven or hell no inbetween or lost or hanging around there is no such things as ghost but what your in countering is a familiar spirit which when you break it down to the truth it is a demon comeing in a form that is familiar to us in your case a lost love oned a small child a soilder now keep in mind do not be affraid because if you belive in jesus “he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” and satan is the god of this world but he is terrified of jesus because he knows his time is almost up any way if you dont know jesus you need to find him not some fake one but the lord and savior jesus christ the holy bible speaks about then you have the power to make this thing go away it may be so hard sometimes to think that this familar spirit is not spirit of your lost loved one they can look like them talk like them do things they used to do and even know things only you and that person only knew there is no way any one else could know that it has to be them right no its not its a demon who has been around long before you and me and im not saying they are in every house and under every bed no but a third of an infinate number of fallen angels were cast down with luicifer aka satan when michael the arch angel cast him out of heaven so yes they are demons all around us no matter if we belive it or not there diminsion is more real than ours so with demons all around us they have had many years to perfect there way to come to man to make him fall there fore with so many of them and they are all around us they hear what we say see what no one else around us see s so when you think no body else no s about something that was said or happened think again satan does because his demons are all around us there fore they relate information back to him to make it seem that satan and his demons know every thing but please no satan can not be every where at once and he can not read your mind ok but god the creater of everything is every were at once and can read your mind and if you accept jesus give your problem to him he will never leave you nor for sake you meaning you can turn to him give him all your problems to him and he will give you the strength to defeat this demon portraing its self as a lost loved one thats it s way in remember that talk to someone that isreally filled with the holy spirit preacher or not just filled with the holy spirit of god and he will help you if you cant find any one please let me know and i will do what ever i have to do to help you get ride of this thing ok i have nothing to gain but hope fully knowing that i helped you in this difficult time i lived with something very terrifying for many years and i still live in the same house but god helped get ride of what was in our house and it tried to come back but with the faith i have now and the calling god has gave me it cant stay just no your not the only one and you can get threw this i promise if there is on going problems please let me know god bless you and your family
did the radio belong to your stepdad or did he use it a lot .why would he be around it all the time .do you go to a church or know how to pray .better use it pray .did you get along with your step dad .
well i honestly think that their is something in your home, and maybe when you moved you brought something that was in that house with you. i could be something unwanted like a demon, i am not saying your stepfather is that but that’s something that comes to my mind. i think you have to get ride of thimgs, dont give them away destroy things that had to do with him. this may sound mean but i think that it will help you, try little things at a time. and see it from there. most importantly you should read the bible there you will find it to say that the dead or conciouse of nothing. they cant harm us in anyway or contact us in anyway either. theirs something else and you need to try to get rid of it.
i dont mean to be rude in anyway, i hope i was of some help.
i was just wondering breanne if you are still haveing problems or if it got took care of either way i would love to know what happened and if you need help please let me know i am here to help
pray for his soul .. i think he wants a pray for him ..