Ghost stories from United States: Page 16

The "boy" Named Nick by Blackwidow93

I've been reading stories on this site for a while now and decided it was time to share my own. I apologize for this will probably be rather lengthy. In early 2008 my then boyfriend, let's call him Kyle, his family, and I moved in to a 3 story home. To give you an idea of the layout of the house...

Mother-in-law Talks To Ghosts by Always-Wondering

This situation centers on my mother-in-law, who happens to be Vietnamese. Although it doesn't directly affect me, I might have had an experience that's related to her. Just a brief background on my in-laws. My wife and her family came over from Vietnam in the early 90s. I'm not very close to my m...

Always Seems To Be The Basement by agatha23

I live in a 92 year old house, just outside of Chicago. We have lived there for 14 years now and have had some strange stuff from time to time that would occur. At times, there would be years before something happened. The main area of activity seems to be our basement. My nephew was down there rece...

Ghost Engraving Words Part 2 by EggMcMuffin

Guys, things just got real. If you haven't seen it already, part one was basically normal ghost things, such as things moving on their own and whatnot. But I have a very... Unusual update. I decided to hold a seance, to try to actually talk to the ghost. I was really scared to do it alone, so I conv...

Phantom Sounds In The Kitchen by Always-Wondering

This strange incident occurred recently in my current home. I have no way to explain it other than a phantom sound. It was the summer of 2016 and the house was fairly hot. I was having a hard time sleeping in my bedroom, so I decided to go down the hall, to sleep on our couch in the living room i...

My Sister's Gift by applerose

It's been over five years since my last submitted story and for that I do apologize. That span of time, however, has gain me a few experiences that I must write about... Hope you enjoy. Those of you that have read my stories know about my sister, Kelly. In the last few years it has come to our fam...

Allergic To Cats by classy_life13

I've recently been experiencing some very strange stuff in mine, my boyfriend and my roommates new apartment. From knocking on a wall no one is near, to seeing a denim clad man in what could have been a hallucination. I've grown accustomed to strange shiat happening in my life and at my apartmen...

Haunted Apartment In Southern California by Always-Wondering

This series of events happened in Southern California between 2000 and 2003. During that time my wife and I were living in an apartment building, while she was going to medical school. As I reflect back on my time in that apartment, I firmly believe that it held an otherworldly presence. Whether t...

Aggressive Tickling by FalseProfit

I saw that there was a story on here already which was similar to my own, but seeing how long ago the last response was, I decided to start with my own story. I'm 36 years old now and I've always wondered about the experiences I've had. I was just never sure who to tell or how to look it up. It al...

"i'm Ok, Don't Worry" by Aerix94

I'll start my story by saying that sometimes a spirit is the only way you'll be able to cope. Last year my sister (I'll call her Dawn out of respect for the deceased) unexpectedly and very quickly passed away on November 8th at 1:22 in the morning. She was a very hard-headed woman. We weren't on...

Session With A Medium by Karrij87

I come from a family of four kids. Two are much older and my sister closest in age is two and a half years older (all from the same parents). In October 2008 our father passed rather quickly. He had heart problems for quite some time but it was still very shocking and me and my closest sister were i...

The Cleansing And Shadow Man by spiritwaiting

This begins approximately a month back. My family and I have moved into this new home, in July of this year 2016. Nothing to scary, or terrifying, just small things I've noticed as well as my oldest son. The small things really started up around a month and a half after moving in. The shuf...

What I've Experienced So Far by Unicron1000

I have experienced many things in my life and I thought I would share them with you. My first experience happened years ago when my stuffed animal and my brother's stuffed animal became possessed on Christmas day. I was up all night because I couldn't sleep. I do not remember seeing or feeling anyth...

Who The Hell Is Za Za by darkesgle

The only reason I'm on here is because I'm out of options, and I can't find a rational explanation. My name is Mark I'm one of the biggest skeptics you'll find unless I can see it feel it it ain't real. This all started at my friends house let's call her Emily. Emily was celebrating her twenty secon...

Conroe High School Ghost by Texasbella

My theatre department is haunted by the ghost of a murder rape victim named Cheryl. She was murdered in 1980 during a volley ball tournament. Her body was found in our schools auditorium in the loft area. There is a cold spot there, and shadows which constantly haunt the theatre. Lights flickering ...

Whaley House In Old Town by Jessicqqqq

This was about two years ago when I was living in San Diego. My boyfriend and I went to the Whaley House. The Whaley House is known as the most haunted house in America. Ever. It's located in Old Town SD. It's the oldest area in San Diego. Now for a little bit of background: The entire area of o...

Was It Just A Hallucination? by classy_life13

I've been hard core into anything paranormal/supernatural/different my whole life. Every once in a while something strange will happen to me and I can't explain it. My mother will have... Dreams of events that have yet to happen then suddenly they're happening; I've never turned my nose up at an exp...

Disappeared by TNANGEL

I have lived at my current address for more than 12 years and what I and my 5 year old daughter witnessed about a month ago still has us perplexed. My daughter and I were driving back to the house at roughly 9:30'ish in the evening. It was already pitch dark outside and had been for some time. To ge...

A Toying Entity by little_baby_squid

When I turned 14 I had two of my closest friends stay over night at my mother's house for my birthday. We watched horror movies of course because those were my favorite kinds of movies, and we had a game called nightmare that we played, and my cake was Nightmare Before Christmas themed. We were all ...

The Hooded Man by EosTarronson

It starts when I was about 8 years old my dad and his ex wife at the time are members of the sca (society of creative ancrism) well we had an event at camp kankakee a boy scout camp in Illinois well rumor is that it was originally a burial ground for a native tribe that was in Illinois. Now the...

The Southside Home Haunting by Enlightened1959

The Southside Home Haunting This past year I inherited my mom and dad's home. My mom passed away suddenly in August of 2014 and my dad passed September of last year. I was to continue living in the home but felt it would be a constant reminder that they were both gone so I decided to sell. Before...

Many Questions by Meg1234567

First off, I want to say I so enjoy this sight and sharing all of your stories (it's great to know I'm not alone). I have had many experiences throughout my life that could be categorized as paranormal, in my opinion. The most terrifying one was about 8 years ago. I have never had an experience like...

My Haunted Chair by AngelinaM

This story starts about 7 years ago. We just moved into a new house, that needed so much work. When one of the walls were taken down there was the most unusual and beautifully carved chair back, at first I thought it was a frame to a mirror. As the weeks passed, we came across a boarded up stora...

Our Full Moon Visitor by pspalko

Back in the beginning of May 2015, my husband and me decided to take in the full moon and try out our new fire pit in our backyard. As always, I usually have my phone easily accessible to take pictures and I wanted to get a good one of the roaring fire. What I noticed thereafter blew me away. While ...

Accidently Conjured A Spirit by liv_sunset

Up to this point in my life I don't really remember seeing or sensing any thing paranormal. So...When I was 14 I decided to get a library card for something to do during the summer. I am an only child, few friends and just generally would rather stay in and read. I did the usual young teen sto...

Disappearing And Reappearing Diamond Pendant by BeagleMom

This is really not a ghost story, but rather an unbelievable occurrence. I received a diamond and white gold pendant from my husband to celebrate our first wedding anniversary back in 1967. Years later, while my hubby was deployed to Guam during the Vietnam "Conflict", I had it on and was shoppi...

My Kids And The Ghost by mark

Its been awhile since I wrote a story, mostly because I was so busy with life and having two little kids running around the house. I've had experiences with spirits all my life, so has my mother, and other members of my family. I did some research into this and I probably have some empath abilities,...

The Shadow Stalker by JethroJ133

My whole life I've had something following me. At first I would just feel a presence around me but as I got older it worsened. I was 11 when I had my first actual contact with the entity. It was late one night when I decided to grab a drink, I opened by eyes and when I sat up I noticed my bed was su...

The Lady On The Bench by goteamgo5

In my hometown there is bike trail that used to be a railroad. The railroad was ripped up and it is now a very nice gravel path. They have added lots of plants and benches along the way over the years. It goes for 24 miles. It's called the Great River State Trail. I grew up using this trail, and hav...

Through The Veil by Hollyhock

Behind my grandma's house, there is a woods with a creek. Usually, it dries up in the summer. Last summer, I went to go look at it. I didn't go into the woods too far, just slightly off the path. About 5 minutes. When I was flipping over rocks, I heard some branches breaking and hid behind a fall...

Granny Visiting For My Daughter's Birthday by kirovmom

My mother's mother had been living with my parents for almost three years before she passed away in March 2016. She was suffering from Alzheimer's for the past several years and often had strange stories to share with us. While at my parents' house, she swore there was a little boy who kept eating f...

Children Sense It Better by KoopaCake

To this day, I'm not sure if I've been able to project my nightmares straight into my room as I awaken while I am coherent enough to talk to anyone who may be with me nearby or I actually saw ghosts in my childhood home but what I saw and heard felt so real. When I was really little my parents would...

My Dog Knew by KoopaCake

When I was younger my family would move from house to house quite often. When I was around 14 my mother, sister and I moved into a rental home in a small gated community near Sarasota, Florida. It seemed like just another normal move when weird things started happening. The way the house was set...

Stalker Clad In Black 2 by DirtCreature

I notice that most of my experiences happen around the evening. From the first time I saw shadow people as a child to now, I've tended to see, feel, or hear anything nearing 6pm into the wee hours of morning. One night I was sitting by myself at my laptop and felt someone touching me once more. I've...

Motel 6 And Anna by WintersAzazel

In my early teens, I began seeing spirits. Maybe I had been seeing them before, and simply brushing them off as figments of my overactive imagination, but all I know is my early teens is when I remember them really becoming noticeable. They started off as blurs barely distinguishable from the co...

12 Years Of Fear by pagankitty321

When I was around eight, my family moved to into an average house, with three bedrooms, one bath, and a basement. Like most children in a new house, I had trouble sleeping that first night. The next night I seemed more aware of things and heard noises in the vents. This kept happening until one nigh...

Followed Home By A Poltergeist by BrittBass01

Hey,this is my first time posting. I've been having experiences since I can remember. So about a year ago I was visiting my sister. Before I left her house I was feeling rather deppressed, because I didn't want to go home. I came to the conclusion that it had followed me home from my sisters. I was ...

My Step Dad Passing And Picture by chelscp11

3 years ago I remember I was on my way to costco and I couldn't shake this feeling I was having. It was as if something horrible happened but nothing had happened. I kept telling myself that everything is fine. My anxiety was through the roof. The next day I received a phone call from my brother he ...

Ghost Engraving Words by EggMcMuffin

The following story happened, no lie. It is a bit disturbing but 100% real. I never told anyone about this. 2016. This is the weirdest year ever for me, because I have had multiple paranormal experiences. The first one was when my dad was on a walk and I was home alone, when I walked into the kit...

Visitations And Astral Projection by Kittahkatt

I began having these strange experiences at a young age but I've only began to understand them in the past few years. It started before I could remember, I would talk to what I called an "angel" and described as having one arm. My sister would ask me what she would say but I would just stare at her ...

The Man By The Door by babysmooch

This is my first ghostly encounter that I have only let a few people know about. Although, I have tons more to tell that I have experienced myself throughout the years. It was a Friday night, I think, and me, my sister, Amber, and my cousin, Mary didn't have school so, we decided to spend the wee...

Slamming Of The Doors by GinaFowler

I didn't experience this first hand, however, I saw the aftermath and me and my twin sister (Rhonda) still talk about it to this day; twenty one years later. Rhonda and I were 18 years old at the time and in our second semester of our Senior year. That particular morning, Rhonda woke up and just ...

My Cousin's Soul by willow12

It was 1995. My cousin Dan was 20 years old. Two weeks from his 21st birthday. Dan, his girlfriend and his brother Doug had just bought a mobile home and rented a lot to put it on. During hook up an accident took his life. I loved my cousin very much. He was a wonderful kind hearted person who w...

The Black Mist Joy Ride by Light31

After reading a recent story, I've decided to create an account and post a similar (yet not as bad) encounter with an entity. Shortly after my wife and I got married we lived in a two bedroom apartment on the lower of two levels in Roseville, MI. The door to the apartment next to ours was across...

Black Shadow With Red Eyes by mothman125

When I was younger I experienced a few odd occurrences that I knew my family's house was haunted. This experience shook me the worse and 18 years later, still gives me goosebumps thinking about it. I was 13 at the time, my whole family and I were witting in the living room watching TV. Got up to ...

A Clash Of Personalities by Bibliothecarius

In the very late 1990s, I was renting the basement of my parents' fifth American home (they do move a lot!) while I sorted out my post-Bachelor's Degree plans. I'd been accepted to Grad School to earn a Master's Degree in Literature, but I needed to find a place to live in Worcester, Massachusetts. ...

Playing In The Pantry by Gingerlo70

My story begins in the small town of Gnadenhutten Ohio. I usually fly to Ohio usually at least twice a year to see my friend. It was May 8th 2016. My friend had always told me the story of the little boy that's been seen haunting their house on several occasions and I knew it wasn't made up mostly b...

Spirit Coming Into You/being Born And The Black Figure by themurph

It's been awhile since I posted anything and this one event puzzles me. What's the first thing you remember being alive or earliest memory? I remember this well as my spirit was coming down high from the sky. Looking straight down I had no control to move just along for the ride type thing. Once my ...

The Selvidge Ghost by cheercat

It was my first day in middle school. I remember being super eager to talk to everyone and make as many new friends as possible. As a result I met a ton of new people including some of the older kids which was a "super" big deal back then. At one point someone had mentioned to me that there had been...

Creepy Shadow Figure by Desertmoon

As a kid I had often been afraid of things that go bump in the night. I remember this happening ever since my parents had divorced back in 1965 when I was 4 or 5 years old, and my mom was raising my younger brother and I as a single mom. Maybe the divorce made me insecure and frightened of things in...