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(A) Witch's Curse, Hat Man & a Demonic House | Archive Ep60

December 2, 2024
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Witches Curse, Hat Man & a Demonic House
 
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[00:00:13] Welcome to the Paranormal Mysteries podcast, and thank you for being here. I am your host, Nick Ryan. As always, I'd like to start off the show by saying a huge thank you to all of our wonderful patrons. Your support and generosity is truly amazing, and it makes our podcast possible.

[00:01:03] Our first story of the night comes from Sebastian. Sebastian's story is called The Witch's Curse.

[00:01:11] Sebastian says,

[00:03:48] Thank you for reading my family's story. Our next story of the night comes from Sophie. Sophie's story is called Last Goodbye.

[00:04:02] Sophie says,

[00:04:02] Hi, I've been listening to your podcast for quite a while, and I finally decided to open up. I've always believed in the paranormal, and have had a few experiences, but this one was the most heartwarming.

[00:04:16] My dad's gran had passed, and we had just said our goodbyes, and were now on our way to a big lunch, with all of our family who knew her.

[00:04:25] Everyone was sitting down and talking. There were two tables, one for the kids, and one for the adults, and I was ten at the time, so I was at the kids' table.

[00:04:34] When I saw the door open, and it was clear, so I could have seen somebody there, but there was no one there.

[00:04:41] At first I thought it was the wind, but there was an outside door which no one had come out of recently.

[00:04:46] And finally I saw her, my great gran, with white hair and a white dress, just as I last saw her.

[00:04:55] Thanks for listening, Sophia.

[00:05:01] Our next story of the night comes from Tracy.

[00:05:04] Tracy's story is called Out of Body Experience and Remote Viewing.

[00:05:09] Tracy says,

[00:05:10] There have been several incidences of leaving my body and flying above roads and into moving cars, houses, and apartment buildings.

[00:05:18] The first time I experienced this, I was in the 8th grade.

[00:05:22] I had a dream that I flew into the backseat of a purple car with a black roof,

[00:05:28] and the driver of that car saw me, got scared, and spun out so that his rear wheels were hanging over a safety fence

[00:05:35] to keep cars from going off into a ravine.

[00:05:38] The day after that dream, I was on the bus going to school,

[00:05:42] and there was the same purple car with the black roof,

[00:05:46] hanging just where I had dreamt it would be.

[00:05:49] In another instance that year, I dreamt that I saw a woman getting raped in her apartment.

[00:05:55] I saw the men who were doing this tour.

[00:05:58] I could see what they were wearing, and what they were saying to her,

[00:06:01] what her apartment looked like, and all the details of this attack.

[00:06:06] I told no one of this, as I thought it was a nightmare.

[00:06:10] Within the week, I saw a story in the newspaper of the attack in the same building I had seen in this dream.

[00:06:17] There are far more instances of this occurring throughout my life,

[00:06:21] seeing more horrific events each time.

[00:06:23] Though my friends think this is something cool,

[00:06:26] I wish I had never seen any of it,

[00:06:29] and I hope that I do not experience this again.

[00:06:32] Our next story comes from Tom.

[00:06:38] Tom's story is called,

[00:06:40] Things I Can't Explain.

[00:06:43] Tom says,

[00:06:44] Hi, I've been listening to your podcast for a few months now,

[00:06:48] whilst walking my dog,

[00:06:49] and I've caught up on all the episodes.

[00:06:51] I really enjoy the content, keep it up.

[00:06:54] Anyway, my dealings with the paranormal

[00:06:57] spread over years of various incidents

[00:07:00] that range from bangs and footsteps

[00:07:02] to outright apparitions.

[00:07:05] I'll start off by telling you

[00:07:06] that since I was a kid,

[00:07:08] my family has been heavily into spiritual stuff,

[00:07:11] particularly my mom and sister.

[00:07:14] We lost my father when I was five,

[00:07:16] and I think it was a way for my mom

[00:07:18] to deal with losing her husband.

[00:07:21] Particularly,

[00:07:22] as two years after my dad passed,

[00:07:24] we lost my uncle,

[00:07:26] mom's brother,

[00:07:27] who she was extremely close to.

[00:07:29] I remember growing up with them,

[00:07:31] and regularly visiting mediums and spiritualist churches.

[00:07:35] I had absolutely no interest in any of this.

[00:07:38] However,

[00:07:39] as I grew up,

[00:07:40] more and more strange things would happen to me.

[00:07:43] One time,

[00:07:44] a family friend was around,

[00:07:45] and during a conversation with me and my mom,

[00:07:48] he stopped mid-sentence,

[00:07:50] turned completely white,

[00:07:51] and asked,

[00:07:52] who had been standing on the stairs behind us.

[00:07:55] There was no one else around,

[00:07:57] and our friend said he could only see legs,

[00:08:00] an apparition from the waist down.

[00:08:02] When my mom next went to church,

[00:08:05] the medium told her that my uncle had been visiting,

[00:08:07] and was making light of his new situation.

[00:08:10] You see,

[00:08:11] he had been in a wheelchair for many years,

[00:08:13] leading up to his death,

[00:08:15] because of suffering from MS.

[00:08:17] He was showing us

[00:08:18] that he had his legs back.

[00:08:20] Another evening,

[00:08:22] I and a mate were in the lounge,

[00:08:24] watching football,

[00:08:25] when he reached up to the top shelf,

[00:08:27] and picked up a small VW Beetle car.

[00:08:30] He asked what it was,

[00:08:32] but I had never ever seen it before.

[00:08:34] We didn't give any more thought to it,

[00:08:36] and carried on with the footy.

[00:08:39] Later that evening,

[00:08:40] my mom came in,

[00:08:41] and said she had been to a sitting with a medium,

[00:08:44] and started telling us

[00:08:45] that again,

[00:08:46] my uncle had been around.

[00:08:47] She told us that my uncle

[00:08:49] was showing her a VW badge,

[00:08:51] and then started telling us a story

[00:08:53] about when they were kids.

[00:08:54] One Christmas,

[00:08:56] my mom asked her brother

[00:08:57] what he wanted,

[00:08:58] and he said,

[00:08:59] a Volkswagen Beetle,

[00:09:01] meaning a real one.

[00:09:02] As a joke,

[00:09:03] my mom bought him a toy one.

[00:09:05] When she started telling me

[00:09:07] and my friend,

[00:09:08] I nearly fell off my chair.

[00:09:09] We grabbed the car

[00:09:11] down from the top shelf,

[00:09:12] and I asked if this was it.

[00:09:14] When my mom saw it,

[00:09:16] she burst out crying.

[00:09:17] She hadn't seen that

[00:09:18] since they were kids,

[00:09:20] and the last she knew,

[00:09:21] it would have still been

[00:09:22] in his box of old belongings

[00:09:24] back at my grandparents' house.

[00:09:26] Just writing this

[00:09:28] makes my hair

[00:09:28] stand on end.

[00:09:31] Other stories from the same house

[00:09:32] I grew up in

[00:09:33] include seeing strange lights

[00:09:34] in my room.

[00:09:35] I was about 16 at this point.

[00:09:38] There were blue lights,

[00:09:40] the kind you got

[00:09:41] from a laser pen,

[00:09:42] but they weren't hitting the wall

[00:09:43] or solid object,

[00:09:45] like if you shone

[00:09:45] a laser pen.

[00:09:46] They were low to the ground

[00:09:48] and very slowly moved

[00:09:49] from ground to ceiling,

[00:09:51] mid-air,

[00:09:52] then disappear.

[00:09:53] I lay in bed watching them

[00:09:55] and was completely freaked out.

[00:09:58] Another night,

[00:09:59] my eldest sister

[00:10:00] was staying over.

[00:10:01] She was in the middle

[00:10:02] of moving flats,

[00:10:03] so she was crashing at hours

[00:10:05] for a night or two.

[00:10:06] Anyway,

[00:10:07] this night

[00:10:08] we were all just chilling

[00:10:09] and having a laugh

[00:10:10] in my room

[00:10:10] like we did

[00:10:11] when we were kids.

[00:10:13] My older brother,

[00:10:14] sister,

[00:10:15] and me.

[00:10:16] We decided to call it a night

[00:10:18] and they told me

[00:10:19] to turn off the light

[00:10:19] so we could go to sleep.

[00:10:21] Even though I was furthest

[00:10:22] from the light switch,

[00:10:24] being the youngest,

[00:10:25] I did as I was told

[00:10:26] and made my way

[00:10:27] over and turned off the light.

[00:10:30] As I turned

[00:10:30] and walked toward my bed,

[00:10:32] there,

[00:10:33] straight in front of me,

[00:10:34] was a small shadow figure

[00:10:36] standing face to face with me.

[00:10:38] It was around four feet tall

[00:10:39] and was blacker

[00:10:40] than anything

[00:10:41] I have ever seen.

[00:10:42] The room was dark,

[00:10:44] but the streetlights outside

[00:10:45] meant I could see quite well.

[00:10:48] This thing

[00:10:49] was there,

[00:10:50] straight in front of me.

[00:10:51] I shouted to my brother

[00:10:52] to flick the light on.

[00:10:54] They were laughing

[00:10:55] to start with,

[00:10:56] but after realizing

[00:10:57] I was being deadly serious,

[00:10:59] he turned it on.

[00:11:00] Nothing.

[00:11:01] The room, however,

[00:11:02] was freezing,

[00:11:03] like we'd had windows open

[00:11:04] all evening.

[00:11:06] That night,

[00:11:07] we kept the light on

[00:11:08] and didn't sleep much.

[00:11:10] I've got many more stories

[00:11:11] from childhood

[00:11:12] to adulthood

[00:11:13] that I will send you

[00:11:14] if you're interested.

[00:11:15] Thanks for your time.

[00:11:17] Tom,

[00:11:18] from England.

[00:11:22] Our next story

[00:11:23] comes from Dakota.

[00:11:25] Dakota's story

[00:11:25] is called

[00:11:26] Demonic House.

[00:11:28] Dakota says,

[00:11:30] It all happened

[00:11:30] four years ago,

[00:11:32] yet I will never forget

[00:11:33] my experience.

[00:11:34] I and my father

[00:11:36] went to his girlfriend's

[00:11:37] for a few days

[00:11:38] when I was 16 years old.

[00:11:40] When we got there,

[00:11:41] it immediately felt

[00:11:43] off

[00:11:43] as I stepped out

[00:11:45] into the yard.

[00:11:46] As we began

[00:11:47] to walk up

[00:11:48] to the porch,

[00:11:49] I had seen something

[00:11:50] standing in the window.

[00:11:51] I just thought

[00:11:52] that it was

[00:11:53] my father's girlfriend,

[00:11:54] yet when we went in,

[00:11:56] it turned out

[00:11:57] that she had left

[00:11:57] to go to the grocery store,

[00:11:59] so I thought maybe

[00:12:00] my mind was playing

[00:12:01] tricks on me.

[00:12:02] As the day went on,

[00:12:04] I just continued

[00:12:05] to feel off,

[00:12:06] yet I felt like

[00:12:07] the dogs did too,

[00:12:08] especially when the dogs

[00:12:10] shook with fear

[00:12:11] anytime they were

[00:12:12] in or near

[00:12:13] the living room

[00:12:14] or the yard.

[00:12:15] Later that night,

[00:12:17] I slept in the living room,

[00:12:18] yet I felt

[00:12:19] as if I was being watched.

[00:12:21] Then I felt

[00:12:22] someone grab my ankle.

[00:12:23] I looked,

[00:12:24] and there was nobody.

[00:12:26] So I got creeped out

[00:12:27] and decided to go

[00:12:28] get something to drink

[00:12:29] and to stay

[00:12:30] in the kitchen,

[00:12:31] which was the only place

[00:12:32] that felt good.

[00:12:34] When I stepped in,

[00:12:35] all of a sudden

[00:12:36] I saw red eyes

[00:12:37] from the windows,

[00:12:38] as if someone

[00:12:39] was staring in

[00:12:40] and watching me.

[00:12:42] I locked the door.

[00:12:43] I was really freaked out,

[00:12:45] so I thought

[00:12:45] that I should hurry

[00:12:46] and go to sleep,

[00:12:47] that maybe

[00:12:48] I could hurry

[00:12:49] and get this night

[00:12:50] over with.

[00:12:51] Later that night,

[00:12:53] I woke up.

[00:12:54] I was somehow

[00:12:55] on the porch,

[00:12:56] which is weird

[00:12:57] due to the fact

[00:12:58] that I'm a light sleeper,

[00:12:59] and I've never

[00:13:00] sleepwalked,

[00:13:01] but I just thought

[00:13:02] that a prank

[00:13:02] was being played.

[00:13:03] So I tried to go in,

[00:13:05] but the door

[00:13:05] was completely locked.

[00:13:07] Then I heard

[00:13:08] something behind me.

[00:13:09] As I looked,

[00:13:10] I instantly regretted it.

[00:13:12] It was a shadow

[00:13:13] in the shape

[00:13:14] of my father,

[00:13:15] yet it had big,

[00:13:16] glowing eyes,

[00:13:17] and I felt

[00:13:18] an immediate heavy,

[00:13:19] dark,

[00:13:20] and evil presence.

[00:13:21] I froze in fear

[00:13:22] till my dad

[00:13:23] had woken up

[00:13:24] and wondered

[00:13:24] where I was.

[00:13:25] So my father

[00:13:26] found me

[00:13:27] and opened the door,

[00:13:28] seeing me standing

[00:13:29] out there.

[00:13:30] As he opened the door,

[00:13:32] my father

[00:13:32] had seen

[00:13:33] why I was frozen

[00:13:34] and scared.

[00:13:36] He locked eyes

[00:13:36] with it.

[00:13:37] Then I finally

[00:13:38] turned around

[00:13:39] and realized

[00:13:40] my dad was beginning

[00:13:41] to have a heart attack.

[00:13:43] I stayed in the hospital

[00:13:44] that night,

[00:13:45] and after,

[00:13:46] I never went back

[00:13:47] to his girlfriend's house.

[00:13:49] To this day,

[00:13:50] I still have nightmares

[00:13:51] of it.

[00:13:52] I've also had

[00:13:53] many panic attacks

[00:13:54] after.

[00:13:55] There are more details,

[00:13:56] but this is already

[00:13:57] long enough.

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[00:14:45] Our next story

[00:14:46] comes from Cassandra.

[00:14:48] Cassandra says,

[00:14:49] Hey,

[00:14:49] I just found your podcast

[00:14:51] and I'm hooked.

[00:14:52] I have had so many experiences

[00:14:53] in my life

[00:14:54] and was excited

[00:14:55] for the opportunity

[00:14:56] to share them

[00:14:57] with you and others

[00:14:58] who believe

[00:14:58] in the paranormal.

[00:14:59] I would love to send you

[00:15:00] more stories

[00:15:01] after this one,

[00:15:02] but to put them all

[00:15:03] in one email

[00:15:04] would be too long.

[00:15:06] So I must preface

[00:15:07] this story

[00:15:07] with some family history.

[00:15:09] Growing up,

[00:15:10] my grandpa owned

[00:15:11] a farmhouse in Michigan,

[00:15:13] which was actually built

[00:15:14] by my great-grandparents,

[00:15:15] and only people

[00:15:16] in my family

[00:15:17] had lived there

[00:15:18] since it was built

[00:15:19] in the 1920s.

[00:15:21] This house

[00:15:22] was definitely haunted.

[00:15:24] As a kid,

[00:15:25] I have clear memories

[00:15:26] of lights

[00:15:27] turning on by themselves,

[00:15:28] loud thuds

[00:15:29] from the attic,

[00:15:30] and once in a while,

[00:15:32] my sister and I

[00:15:33] were in bed

[00:15:34] in our shared room.

[00:15:35] Our bedroom door

[00:15:36] flung open,

[00:15:37] remained open

[00:15:38] for what felt

[00:15:38] like two whole minutes,

[00:15:40] and then

[00:15:41] slowly closed.

[00:15:43] We had become

[00:15:44] used to the feeling

[00:15:44] of being watched

[00:15:45] almost constantly,

[00:15:46] but it didn't feel

[00:15:48] particularly negative,

[00:15:49] just spooky

[00:15:50] as a kid.

[00:15:51] My first paranormal

[00:15:53] experience that I remember

[00:15:54] was in this house.

[00:15:56] I was probably

[00:15:57] in fifth grade.

[00:15:58] I was in our backyard

[00:15:59] in the pool

[00:16:00] by myself.

[00:16:01] My sister

[00:16:02] didn't want to swim

[00:16:03] with me that day.

[00:16:04] This house

[00:16:05] had a door

[00:16:06] from the outside

[00:16:06] to the basement,

[00:16:08] which I could see

[00:16:08] clearly from the pool.

[00:16:10] I remember first

[00:16:11] feeling like I was

[00:16:12] being watched,

[00:16:13] but I just kept playing.

[00:16:14] I took a glance

[00:16:16] back at the house,

[00:16:17] and I saw a man

[00:16:18] standing from inside

[00:16:19] the basement door,

[00:16:20] behind the screen,

[00:16:22] looking straight at me.

[00:16:23] He didn't look

[00:16:24] fully solid

[00:16:25] like a real

[00:16:26] physical person does.

[00:16:27] He looked

[00:16:28] partially transparent.

[00:16:29] This happened

[00:16:30] fourteen years ago,

[00:16:31] and I'm getting goosebumps

[00:16:32] just thinking about it.

[00:16:34] He was relatively tall.

[00:16:36] He had dark brown hair

[00:16:37] that was sort of shaggy.

[00:16:39] I don't remember

[00:16:40] what he was wearing,

[00:16:41] likely because

[00:16:42] I was staring

[00:16:42] at his face

[00:16:43] this whole time.

[00:16:45] My child mind

[00:16:46] processed his age

[00:16:47] as something along

[00:16:48] the lines

[00:16:49] of a grown-up,

[00:16:50] but not super old,

[00:16:51] maybe my parents' age.

[00:16:53] I don't remember

[00:16:54] exactly how he disappeared.

[00:16:56] I must have blinked,

[00:16:57] and he was gone.

[00:16:58] I didn't tell anyone,

[00:17:00] because any time

[00:17:01] I told my dad

[00:17:02] about creepy things

[00:17:03] in the house,

[00:17:04] he would discredit me.

[00:17:05] When I was a kid,

[00:17:07] I had a sketchbook,

[00:17:08] and I used it often.

[00:17:10] After seeing this man,

[00:17:11] I drew a picture of him,

[00:17:12] including the house

[00:17:13] and the doorframe

[00:17:14] he was in.

[00:17:15] It wasn't very detailed,

[00:17:17] but I had remembered

[00:17:18] his height,

[00:17:19] his build,

[00:17:20] hair,

[00:17:20] and face shape.

[00:17:22] That same year,

[00:17:23] I went on a trip

[00:17:24] with my great-aunt

[00:17:25] and uncle.

[00:17:26] I had totally forgotten

[00:17:27] about this incident

[00:17:28] at the moment

[00:17:29] when my great-aunt

[00:17:30] asked to look through

[00:17:32] my sketchbook.

[00:17:33] I said,

[00:17:33] sure.

[00:17:34] She got to the photo

[00:17:35] I drew of the man

[00:17:36] and stopped,

[00:17:37] and she looked sort of

[00:17:38] shocked and confused.

[00:17:40] She said,

[00:17:41] who's this?

[00:17:42] I told her that I would

[00:17:43] tell her the story

[00:17:44] if she promised

[00:17:45] not to make fun of me.

[00:17:46] After telling her the story,

[00:17:48] she said,

[00:17:49] I think you saw my cousin.

[00:17:50] This looks like him.

[00:17:51] He died in the upstairs

[00:17:53] bedroom of the house

[00:17:54] when he was in his 30s.

[00:17:56] She explained

[00:17:56] his dark,

[00:17:57] shaggy hair,

[00:17:58] his high cheekbones,

[00:17:59] and how he was tall.

[00:18:01] She told me how he died,

[00:18:03] though I don't remember exactly.

[00:18:05] Just that he had been

[00:18:06] in the hospital for a while

[00:18:07] before coming back

[00:18:08] to the house

[00:18:09] where he died

[00:18:10] shortly after returning.

[00:18:12] This still amazes me

[00:18:13] to this day.

[00:18:14] It makes sense to me now

[00:18:16] why the spirit

[00:18:17] didn't feel negative

[00:18:18] at all.

[00:18:18] He was just a family member

[00:18:20] who was glad

[00:18:21] that someone

[00:18:21] had the ability

[00:18:22] to see him.

[00:18:23] When I was six,

[00:18:24] my Uncle Jeff

[00:18:25] actually died

[00:18:26] in the upstairs bedroom.

[00:18:28] After he passed,

[00:18:29] I remember more things

[00:18:30] happening in the house,

[00:18:32] including hearing someone

[00:18:33] walking up and down

[00:18:34] the stairs

[00:18:35] when no one else

[00:18:36] was in the house

[00:18:37] or upstairs.

[00:18:38] He lived upstairs,

[00:18:40] and when I was a kid,

[00:18:41] the sound of the stairs

[00:18:42] creaking meant

[00:18:44] that Uncle Jeff

[00:18:45] was coming down the stairs

[00:18:46] to hang out

[00:18:47] or just to say hi.

[00:18:48] I haven't been to that house

[00:18:50] in maybe eight years,

[00:18:51] but I often think

[00:18:52] about going back

[00:18:53] to see what I would

[00:18:54] encounter.

[00:18:55] The house was sold

[00:18:57] for the first time

[00:18:57] to someone other

[00:18:58] than our family.

[00:19:00] I often wonder

[00:19:01] what kind of paranormal

[00:19:02] experiences

[00:19:03] they have had

[00:19:04] with my family members

[00:19:05] who have passed.

[00:19:07] I would love to share

[00:19:08] more stories.

[00:19:09] I hope this one makes it

[00:19:10] on the podcast.

[00:19:11] Best wishes,

[00:19:13] Cassandra.

[00:19:17] Our next story of the night

[00:19:18] comes from Amina.

[00:19:20] Amina says,

[00:19:21] Hello.

[00:19:21] I have been listening

[00:19:22] to your podcast

[00:19:23] for a little while now,

[00:19:24] and I thought I'd share

[00:19:25] my experience.

[00:19:26] My friend Amy and I

[00:19:28] have been friends

[00:19:28] for about five years.

[00:19:30] When we were first

[00:19:31] hanging out

[00:19:31] and having fun,

[00:19:32] she told me

[00:19:33] that sometimes

[00:19:34] the other side

[00:19:35] communicates

[00:19:35] through her.

[00:19:37] I believe her

[00:19:38] because she is my friend,

[00:19:39] but I had never

[00:19:40] experienced this

[00:19:41] with her or others.

[00:19:43] One evening,

[00:19:44] she called me

[00:19:45] around 11 p.m.,

[00:19:46] which was uncharacteristic,

[00:19:47] of her,

[00:19:48] and she was crying,

[00:19:49] telling me that

[00:19:49] there is a phrase

[00:19:50] in her head

[00:19:51] that she couldn't get out,

[00:19:53] and she feels

[00:19:53] that the message

[00:19:54] is for me.

[00:19:56] The only problem

[00:19:57] was that it didn't

[00:19:58] seem to be in English.

[00:19:59] I asked her to tell me

[00:20:01] what the phrase was,

[00:20:02] and she said this,

[00:20:04] Kunta Kalbi

[00:20:05] Fa Ta Na Di Da

[00:20:07] So you can imagine

[00:20:09] my confusion

[00:20:09] when she said that to me.

[00:20:11] I asked her

[00:20:12] if she was sure,

[00:20:13] and I tried to help

[00:20:14] her calm down,

[00:20:15] but she was sure

[00:20:16] this was real,

[00:20:17] and that it was

[00:20:18] a message for me.

[00:20:19] I didn't get it,

[00:20:21] and having little solution

[00:20:22] for her,

[00:20:23] I thought,

[00:20:23] maybe this is

[00:20:24] a different language.

[00:20:26] One way to know

[00:20:27] is by using

[00:20:27] Google Translate.

[00:20:29] You can speak to it

[00:20:30] in the language

[00:20:31] you want,

[00:20:32] and have it

[00:20:32] translate to English.

[00:20:34] Being a Google fan,

[00:20:36] I told her to use it.

[00:20:37] She spoke into the computer

[00:20:39] while I was on the phone,

[00:20:40] and when she was

[00:20:41] done speaking,

[00:20:42] she started reading

[00:20:43] the English translation,

[00:20:44] which was,

[00:20:45] You are my heart,

[00:20:47] stubborn girl.

[00:20:48] To which I immediately

[00:20:49] started crying.

[00:20:51] I said,

[00:20:52] What language did it

[00:20:53] detect that you

[00:20:54] were speaking?

[00:20:54] She said,

[00:20:56] Arabic.

[00:20:57] Mind you,

[00:20:58] she didn't speak

[00:20:58] Arabic,

[00:20:59] so her pronunciation

[00:21:00] wasn't the best

[00:21:01] of the words.

[00:21:02] She didn't know

[00:21:03] this about me yet,

[00:21:05] but my grandfather

[00:21:06] helped raise me

[00:21:06] before he passed away,

[00:21:08] and he had a very

[00:21:09] profound impact

[00:21:10] on my life.

[00:21:11] One thing was,

[00:21:13] he used to tell

[00:21:14] my mom that I was

[00:21:15] almost too stubborn

[00:21:16] for my own good.

[00:21:17] He was fluent

[00:21:18] in Arabic

[00:21:19] and many other languages,

[00:21:21] but he used to speak

[00:21:22] in Arabic to me

[00:21:23] when I was a child.

[00:21:25] She didn't know

[00:21:25] any of this,

[00:21:26] not the stubborn,

[00:21:28] the grandfather,

[00:21:29] none of it.

[00:21:30] Once I could catch

[00:21:31] my breath enough

[00:21:32] to speak,

[00:21:33] I told her,

[00:21:34] and we were both

[00:21:35] amazed that something

[00:21:36] like that happened.

[00:21:37] It is still with me.

[00:21:39] Thanks for having

[00:21:40] the podcast.

[00:21:41] Amina.

[00:21:45] Our last story

[00:21:46] of the night

[00:21:47] comes from Eric.

[00:21:48] Eric's story

[00:21:49] is called

[00:21:50] Man in the Top Hat.

[00:21:52] Eric says,

[00:21:53] I just found your podcast

[00:21:55] and I enjoy it very much.

[00:21:56] I was binge listening

[00:21:58] at work

[00:21:58] when I heard the show

[00:21:59] from May 17th

[00:22:01] and the story

[00:22:02] of the man

[00:22:02] in the top hat,

[00:22:03] and I froze.

[00:22:05] I had a very

[00:22:06] similar experience,

[00:22:07] which I hadn't spoken

[00:22:08] of for 56 years.

[00:22:11] I was nine

[00:22:12] in 1964,

[00:22:13] asleep in my bed.

[00:22:15] It was late summer,

[00:22:16] and it had been

[00:22:17] raining lightly,

[00:22:18] and the air was

[00:22:19] warm and humid,

[00:22:20] so I had the window

[00:22:21] over my bed open.

[00:22:22] I don't remember

[00:22:23] what time of the morning

[00:22:24] it was,

[00:22:25] but the house was dark,

[00:22:26] and everyone was asleep.

[00:22:28] I remember

[00:22:29] that something

[00:22:30] woke me up.

[00:22:31] I can't recall what,

[00:22:32] but for a few minutes,

[00:22:34] I lie awake

[00:22:34] in my bed,

[00:22:35] in the dark,

[00:22:36] just listening.

[00:22:37] It was very quiet,

[00:22:39] and the air was still,

[00:22:40] yet I had this intense

[00:22:41] feeling

[00:22:42] that someone was

[00:22:43] outside the window,

[00:22:44] even though I heard

[00:22:45] nothing.

[00:22:47] I laid there a long time,

[00:22:48] but I couldn't resist

[00:22:49] the urge,

[00:22:50] and I got up

[00:22:51] and stood on my bed,

[00:22:52] and with my face

[00:22:54] close to the window,

[00:22:55] I pulled back

[00:22:56] the curtain.

[00:22:57] Right there in front of me,

[00:22:58] with only the screen

[00:22:59] between us,

[00:23:00] I clearly saw

[00:23:01] the face of a man

[00:23:02] in a tall,

[00:23:03] top hat

[00:23:04] and a cape

[00:23:05] or overcoat

[00:23:06] with the collar

[00:23:07] turned up.

[00:23:09] Although it was

[00:23:09] a dark and moonless night,

[00:23:11] I could clearly see him

[00:23:12] in the ambient light

[00:23:13] of the neighborhood,

[00:23:14] or at least

[00:23:15] his silhouette.

[00:23:17] Later,

[00:23:17] I remembered

[00:23:18] that I couldn't see

[00:23:19] his face,

[00:23:20] almost as if

[00:23:20] he didn't have one.

[00:23:22] We were face to face

[00:23:23] for maybe five seconds

[00:23:24] when I screamed,

[00:23:26] Hey you!

[00:23:26] Get out of here!

[00:23:28] He stood for maybe

[00:23:29] two seconds more,

[00:23:30] and then turned

[00:23:31] and ran for the street.

[00:23:33] Suddenly,

[00:23:33] the lights came on.

[00:23:34] My little brother

[00:23:35] was standing on his bed.

[00:23:37] My parents were at the door,

[00:23:38] and everyone was yelling,

[00:23:40] What is it?

[00:23:41] What's wrong?

[00:23:42] I tried to explain

[00:23:43] that someone was looking

[00:23:44] in the window,

[00:23:45] but they ran to the street,

[00:23:46] and everyone went to look

[00:23:48] out the windows

[00:23:48] at the front of the house,

[00:23:49] but it was deserted.

[00:23:51] Then I began to describe

[00:23:52] who I saw

[00:23:53] by saying

[00:23:54] that he looked

[00:23:55] just like

[00:23:55] Snidely Whiplash,

[00:23:57] a popular cartoon character,

[00:23:59] and I could see

[00:24:00] the looks on their faces

[00:24:01] change from concern

[00:24:02] to incredulous disbelief.

[00:24:05] Suddenly,

[00:24:05] my parents

[00:24:06] were explaining

[00:24:07] that this was a nightmare,

[00:24:08] and my little brother

[00:24:09] was calling me a jerk,

[00:24:10] and I began to realize

[00:24:12] how embarrassingly stupid

[00:24:13] the words sounded

[00:24:14] as they came out

[00:24:15] of my mouth.

[00:24:16] As we crawled back

[00:24:18] into bed,

[00:24:18] I kept playing it

[00:24:19] over and over

[00:24:20] in my mind,

[00:24:21] seriously questioning

[00:24:22] what I had seen.

[00:24:23] Could it have been

[00:24:24] a dream?

[00:24:25] Did I imagine it?

[00:24:26] It seemed so real.

[00:24:28] Then I remembered something.

[00:24:30] As the figure turned

[00:24:31] and ran for the street,

[00:24:32] there was no sound

[00:24:33] of footsteps,

[00:24:34] but there was a bang.

[00:24:36] On the patio

[00:24:37] outside my window,

[00:24:38] there was a large

[00:24:39] iron glider.

[00:24:40] The sound I heard

[00:24:41] was the sound

[00:24:42] of someone

[00:24:43] banging into the side

[00:24:44] of it,

[00:24:45] causing the moving seat

[00:24:46] to bang against

[00:24:47] one side of the frame

[00:24:49] and then the other.

[00:24:50] I've heard that sound

[00:24:51] a hundred times.

[00:24:52] I kept thinking

[00:24:54] about that figure

[00:24:54] with the top hat

[00:24:55] but no face,

[00:24:57] banging into the glider

[00:24:58] and I hoped

[00:24:59] that it hurt.

[00:25:01] The next morning,

[00:25:02] I was out early.

[00:25:03] I was convinced

[00:25:04] that I had imagined

[00:25:05] the whole episode

[00:25:06] and even felt

[00:25:07] a little embarrassed

[00:25:08] about it.

[00:25:09] I was going to forget

[00:25:10] about it

[00:25:11] and hoped everyone

[00:25:11] else would too

[00:25:12] until I noticed

[00:25:14] the glider

[00:25:15] had been moved

[00:25:15] a good eight inches

[00:25:16] and it was now

[00:25:17] non-parallel

[00:25:18] to the house.

[00:25:19] The reason this

[00:25:21] was so noticeable

[00:25:21] was the fact

[00:25:23] that my dad

[00:25:23] was obsessed

[00:25:24] with the location

[00:25:25] of that glider

[00:25:26] and every time

[00:25:27] it was moved,

[00:25:28] even an inch,

[00:25:29] he'd make a point

[00:25:30] to carefully move it back

[00:25:31] and then let everyone

[00:25:32] know he had moved it back

[00:25:33] and warn us about it.

[00:25:35] As I said,

[00:25:37] the glider was iron

[00:25:38] and heavy

[00:25:38] and left four

[00:25:39] small rust marks

[00:25:40] on the pavers

[00:25:41] where it sat.

[00:25:43] He could live

[00:25:44] with the four

[00:25:44] small rust marks

[00:25:45] but he was adamant

[00:25:47] about avoiding more.

[00:25:49] It was a bit of work

[00:25:50] for a nine-year-old

[00:25:51] to move the heavy glider

[00:25:52] back to where it belonged

[00:25:53] and dad heard steel

[00:25:55] dragging on the pavers

[00:25:56] and came out to check

[00:25:58] on what I was doing.

[00:25:59] For half a second,

[00:26:00] I thought about

[00:26:01] telling him about the noise

[00:26:02] and the moved glider

[00:26:04] but I vividly remembered

[00:26:05] the look on his face

[00:26:06] when I tried to tell him

[00:26:07] the story the night before

[00:26:09] and I just said nothing.

[00:26:11] For a long time,

[00:26:12] I thought about

[00:26:13] what I had seen

[00:26:14] as unbelievable

[00:26:15] as it was.

[00:26:16] I thought that perhaps

[00:26:17] it was a prank

[00:26:18] by a neighbor

[00:26:19] but it just didn't fit.

[00:26:21] The prankster

[00:26:21] would have to be

[00:26:22] almost six feet tall

[00:26:23] and who would dress up

[00:26:25] like that

[00:26:25] and then creep around

[00:26:26] long after midnight

[00:26:27] and stand silently

[00:26:28] outside a window

[00:26:29] waiting for someone

[00:26:30] to randomly wake up?

[00:26:32] And back then,

[00:26:33] no one ever kept a secret.

[00:26:34] More than one person

[00:26:36] would certainly

[00:26:36] have to be involved

[00:26:37] and who could resist

[00:26:38] telling everyone

[00:26:39] how they scared

[00:26:40] a nine-year-old kid?

[00:26:42] No,

[00:26:43] it wasn't a prank

[00:26:44] and it certainly

[00:26:45] wasn't a real man

[00:26:45] in a top hat.

[00:26:47] It had to be a dream

[00:26:48] and I kept it to myself.

[00:26:51] One time years later

[00:26:52] when I was in my late teens,

[00:26:54] I was with friends

[00:26:55] late at night

[00:26:56] sitting around a fire

[00:26:57] telling ghost stories.

[00:26:59] Maybe it was the beer

[00:27:00] or the desire

[00:27:01] to contribute

[00:27:02] to the conversation

[00:27:03] but I began

[00:27:04] to tell this story

[00:27:05] but I saw the same look

[00:27:06] on everyone's faces

[00:27:07] and I knew

[00:27:08] I was making a mistake.

[00:27:10] I turned it into

[00:27:11] a corny joke

[00:27:12] and vowed never

[00:27:13] to mention it again.

[00:27:15] 56 years later,

[00:27:17] your podcast

[00:27:18] made it seem

[00:27:19] more believable.

[00:27:20] Thank you for letting me

[00:27:21] tell my story.

[00:27:22] Finally.

[00:27:26] As we come to the end

[00:27:27] of another episode,

[00:27:28] I'd like to say thank you

[00:27:29] to all of you

[00:27:30] for listening

[00:27:30] and supporting the podcast.

[00:27:32] Until next time,

[00:27:33] I hope that all of you

[00:27:34] have a safe

[00:27:34] and healthy week

[00:27:35] and I'd like to say thank you

[00:27:37] to Sebastian,

[00:27:38] Sophie,

[00:27:39] Tracy,

[00:27:40] Tom,

[00:27:40] Dakota,

[00:27:41] Cassandra,

[00:27:42] Amina,

[00:27:43] and Eric

[00:27:44] for writing in

[00:27:45] and sharing their experiences

[00:27:46] with all of us.

[00:27:48] If you believe

[00:27:49] that you or someone

[00:27:50] that you know

[00:27:50] has witnessed

[00:27:51] something unexplainable

[00:27:52] and you'd like to have

[00:27:53] your story shared

[00:27:54] on the podcast,

[00:27:55] you can contact me

[00:27:56] at paranormalmysteriespodcast

[00:27:58] at gmail.com

[00:27:59] or visit

[00:28:01] paranormalmysteriespodcast.com

[00:28:02] and click on

[00:28:03] the tell your story link.

[00:28:04] All of our contact information

[00:28:06] can be found

[00:28:07] in the show notes.

[00:28:08] From all of us

[00:28:09] at the Paranormal Mysteries Podcast,

[00:28:11] thank you for listening

[00:28:12] and remember,

[00:28:13] don't wait for the unknown

[00:28:14] to come to you.

[00:28:16] Get out there

[00:28:16] and find it.