Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

My husband and I bought our house in 1997. My children were the first to encounter the spirits that resided there.

My twin son’s were terrified to sleep in their room and would scream and cry looking at something my husband and I couldn’t see. Our daughter now had an imaginary friend that she talked excessively too (off and on all day everyday). We would ask her, who are you talking too? She would look over to her imaginary friend and then grow quiet. It was like her friends identity was a secret.

I began hearing noises at night. At first it sounded like someone was walking down the hall. I would get up and check but no one else was up.Then the sound of water running in the kitchen. I’d get up and the water was not on and everyone was still asleep.

My oldest child was the first family member to actually see the spirit. He had fallen asleep at 6:30 pm the night before. He awoke at 5:30 the next morning and walked out into the living room and saw a woman sitting in the recliner. He said she was watching the TV that was not on. He ran back the hall and dove into my bed. He was shaking and crying and told me what happened. My husband and I had kept our suspicions to ourselves before this event. I woke up my husband and told him what happened.

Our house was built in 1950 and to our knowledge no one had died there and didn’t know what to make of it. Life went on… the noises continued and I even got to see the female ghost one afternoon. I looked back the hall and saw a woman in period clothing float out of my twin’s room across the hall and through my bedroom door. I was shocked but did not feel threatened in anyway. That is until my daughters light fell down out of the ceiling and crashed onto the floor. This is where my daughter sat and played everyday for hours. If she had been sitting there she would have been hurt badly. I was scared. My husband was scared too but insisted the screw was stripped and that was the cause. The light was just put up 6 months before.

Something sinister was at work in that house. The energy began to change. The kids fought all the time. My husband and I were fighting more. People that came to visit became moody and rude. It was like the house itself was attracting negative people. If you were not in a bad mood when you came, you were when you left.

Our first visual encounter with the negative energy came soon enough. I was in the bathroom. I looked over and saw a disembodied hand come out of the cupboard and make a fist. I was getting ready to scream for my husband when I heard my oldest son yell (dad oh my god what is that?). My son saw a black ball of light fly down the hall and into a wall. I told my husband what I had seen and he brushed it all off. Life in that house was becoming unbearable. Everyone was in a bad mood everyday. Night was the worst.

I woke up one night to demonic breathing. It actually moved my hair. It was in my ear and there were two more breathing at the end of the bed. I was kicking my husband and he wouldn’t wake up. He finally roused when it was over and went back to sleep. It seemed to target my oldest son and I the most. My husband heard things but never experienced anything more.

I was lying down reading a book one night and felt someone (a child sit on my back). I said get up Josh and it felt like he did. I rolled over to see what he needed but he wasn’t there. I then heard him at the kitchen table talking to his dad.

The worst encounter ever came one night when I saw the evil spirit head on. It felt like it was pulling my energy from my body. I was terrified. I had never felt such terror in my whole life. I would sometimes feel someone tapping me on the shoulder at night. I consulted a psychic in my area and was told to ignore it. That to acknowledge it would make it worse. I asked her if she would come to my home and she was quick to tell me no. She told me because she is so sensitive it may attach to her. I felt powerless. If she was too afraid to come there how did she think I felt living there? This is a woman who does house blessings all the time and was too afraid to help. She gave me an exorcism candle, some sage and talked me through a house blessing. I left went, home and exorcised the house the way I was shown.This made it worse then before.

We had hung a picture of the Lord’s Prayer and a cross at the end of the hallway (this was an active area of the house). We went to bed and at 2:30 am the picture and cross came down off the wall and laid smashed on the floor. It was so loud and violent it woke everyone up.

My twin sons began to have experiences and my daughter. My daughter often heard me call her name when I was not home. It sounded like it was coming from my bedroom. My older twin started to see the shadow man. Sometimes it was just the torso of a man. My younger twin began to see the round black orb. My husband was still the only one who never saw anything.

I was alone in the house one night sitting on my bed and watched my doorknob turn by itself and the door flew open. I was looking at the door at the time because I heard someone walking down the hall. My oldest son was now old enough to drive but at work and I thought he was playing a trick on me. I began to yell at him but… you guessed it… I was still alone in the house.

Eventually our family was destroyed and we divorced. I was more then pleased to move out and gave my ex-husband the house. I am free from my haunting now, but my ex is still very much under the influence of the evil presence. This is just a short version of my story. Many more things happened in that house and lots of freak accidents that could have easily been fatal. Too much bad luck as well. I’ll never forget the 12 years I lived in hell. I am a believer and you couldn’t pay me enough to live in another haunted house. This experience has forever changed me and my family. I still have nightmares on occasion about the night I was physically attacked and held down in my bed.

Sent in by Angela, Copyright 2010 TrueGhostTales.com