Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

I Angered the Spirits

At age 66 I had my first incident of sleep paralysis. I had never heard of it before… so I blamed the spirits who make themselves known to me every once in awhile. (We have always had a good relationship – they make their presence known, and I acknowledge them, smile and accept it.) When I was finally able to move, I got out of bed and whispered loudly, “Any spirits who are here, follow me.”  I went into the room next to my bedroom (I didn’t want to stay in my bedroom because the walls in my apartment are very thin and I didn’t want to awaken any of my neighbors), stood in the dark in front of my computer desk where I had previously heard a voice say “hello,” and very angrily I whispered loudly, “Please feel free to continue to say words to me, to move things around, to make yourselves known to me, but NEVER TOUCH …

Three Disembodied Voices

Jeannette, our company president, was extremely dedicated to making the company profitable while keeping the employees happy. Unfortunately she died of cancer. About two months after her death, another employee and I were sitting in my office shooting the breeze when my phone rang. I answered and it was someone asking for Jeannette. I explained that she had died, and just as I hung up the phone, a garbled voice came from outside my door – “Sandy.” The other employee and I both heard it, and she got up to leave. I immediately walked her to my door, and when we looked out nobody was there. My instincts tell me it was Jeannette.

Our family lived in Cincinnati for three generations. However, upon reaching adulthood, I moved to San Diego and my brother, Barry, moved to Minnesota. My parents never left southern Ohio on vacation their entire lives (dad was in the Navy, but that certainly wasn’t a vacation).

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Ghostly Warnings or Not?

About 11 years ago, I moved into a nice condo in San Diego. The day I moved in, I was instructed to see the resident manager to sign a copy of the condo association rules and regulations. She was an elderly, very nice lady named Helen.

I am prone to hear sounds/words in my half awake/half asleep state (HAHA state) in the mornings. About three mornings after meeting Helen, I heard a woman’s voice in my ear say “Helen.”  Hmmm, I wondered, is my spirit referring to Helen, whom I just met?  About three mornings later, I heard the same woman’s voice say “murder.” Oh no!  Since it was the same voice and came so soon after I heard the name Helen, I connected the two and thought I was being warned that Helen was going to be murdered!

Three mornings later came the word “Ramon.” Well, in San Diego 34% of the population is Hispanic, and every gardener is …

Haunted House in San Diego

A friend and I rented a house in a nice neighborhood in San Diego, the houses appearing to be about 15 years old. Two weeks after moving in, she was out for the evening and I was in the living room alone watching TV. All of a sudden I heard what sounded like two or more people with huge, heavy sledgehammers hitting the outside brick wall of the kitchen over and over again with all of their might. My eyes got really big as I stood in the middle of the kitchen floor staring at the wall. There was a door half-way down the wall which led outside to the driveway, but I was glued to the spot and couldn’t move to turn on the outside light, and for some reason didn’t think to call 911.

I began wondering if perhaps I had been wrong and there were hoodlums in the neighborhood and they decided to scare their new neighbors …

Ghostly Sense of Humor

My stories aren’t scary, but they do come from the paranormal realm so I hope you enjoy them anyway.

About six months ago, one afternoon I unplugged the headphones from my computer and forgot to plug them back in. After going to bed that night, I began hearing a pretty loud drngggggg (musical chord) coming from my computer in the other room every time a new email came in, and I get lots of spam overnight.  So I got up, and in the dark made my way into the other room. As I started to lean forward over the computer desk to reach the volume switch on the left speaker, about 6” in front of my face a man’s voice said “hello.”  It was a strange voice, because it sounded like it came from a full-grown man, but that he was only about 12” tall, so even though it was clear, it was small.  I stopped moving and backed up …

Spirit Screaming in Horrendous Pain

Ten years ago, I moved into a condo in San Diego. Three months into my residence there, as I was awakening one morning, in my Half Asleep/Half Awake state (I call it my HA-HA state), coming from the side of the bed next to me was a man’s voice screaming in what sounded like unbearable pain. This was full on loud, like he was really there next to me. I had never to that point heard such a sound of being tortured or even maybe of being burned alive, even in the movies. I don’t see how a person could ever mimic such a horrible sound. Instead of being afraid, I felt a wave of sadness that this man’s spirit was still on earth suffering. So I did what I have seen on TV – I spoke to the spirit and told him that he didn’t have to keep suffering, but to look for the bright light and head for …