The Funeral Home Delivery

July 3, 2008

Over 8 years ago I was employed at a place called Custom Air Trays. They manufactured cremation supplies and caskets, supplying the local funeral homes. I made countless deliveries to many funeral homes around the area. One of those deliveries is forever burnt in my memory.

After parking behind the funeral home that I have delivered to several times before, I began to unload supplies onto a casket cart. I then opened the double doors to the storage area and pushed in the cart.

A lady, dressed in a long brown dress and brown plaid shirt (looked straight out of the 80’s) stood behind a table holding a styrofoam coffee cup (I figured she worked there and was on break). I pushed the cart further in just past the woman and asked her, “Is this a good place for me to put these trays?”

I received no answer and figured she didn’t hear me. I unloaded and went back outside for the second load. Once again I pushed the cart inside just past the woman. Again I asked her, “Is this a good place for me to put these trays?” Again she didn’t answer, so I turned around to speak to her again. She was gone.

She was no more then a few feet from me when I passed her. There was only one entrance in and out of that room. I ran out the room to hopefully catch her just out the door but she was no where to be found. I quickly realized what I just experienced and immediately jumped into my van and fled back to work with no paperwork signed and scared out of my mind.

My coworkers had a good laugh that day at my expense. A few weeks later I made a delivery to the same funeral home and spoke with the director to tell him my story. All he had to say was, “You should see what goes on here at night.”

Written by Chris Warford, Copyright 2008

Filed Under Ghosts & Hauntings 

Comments

6 Responses to “The Funeral Home Delivery”

  1. Sam on July 3rd, 2008 5:44 am

    mindblowing! didnt da director tell u any nightly storiez, cuz id lyk2 hear’em!

  2. Joseph on July 3rd, 2008 11:58 am

    Thanks for sharing the story Chirs. You should go back and find out what goes on there during the night from staff members or managers. Maybe you can share other stories with us in the future.

    Thanks a lot
    Joe

  3. Tionna on July 3rd, 2008 3:23 pm

    what did he mean by you should see what goes on here at night?

  4. Chris on July 3rd, 2008 8:40 pm

    If my memory serves me right, the director actually said that at night the windows would sometimes vibrate and shadows would dart through the hallways. Before this incident, I could care less about ghosts and didn’t really believe in them. I think it would be safe to say that paranormal activity happens a lot in funeral homes across the country and around the world. I still remember the exact funeral home this happened in so if I have time this summer I will pay them a visit and see what comes of it. Scary stuff isn’t really my thing, heck, I don’t even watch horror movies lol. I have one other story of a remodel on a 19th century home in Suffolk, Va. I’ll post that sometime in the next week or so but its not as good as this one in my opinion. I think I’m beginning to get more and more interested in this stuff, lol

  5. Jackie on July 6th, 2008 9:50 am

    I didn’t believe in all that ghost nonsense either Chris until i had an experience. How wrong i was!! You just can’t get your head around it can you? Especially when you’re a logical kind of person.
    I remember walking around in a haze for days afterwards, i couldn’t work (had to take time off) I couldn’t concentrate on anything. I also kept telling anyone who’d listen, just to try and understand it.
    I’ve never seen anything like you have, I was touched, well attacked to be more precise. Not sure i could cope with seeing something now, my nerves are too frazzled.
    Please tell us your other story.

  6. rachel on July 10th, 2008 5:34 pm

    I like how the director wasn’t even surprised.

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