Don’t Open Your Eyes | After Midnight

Some hauntings begin with a single knock, a shadow, a whisper. Others begin long before a child learns how to fear them. Tonight’s story reaches back to the moment a newborn survived fire, blood, and death — and the door those moments may have opened. From a burned hut in Thailand to a quiet suburban bedroom in Minnesota, something followed him. It scratched at windows for months. It climbed onto his bed. It whispered commands he couldn’t ignore. And on one unforgettable night, it dragged him into a blinding white void where dozens of pale hands reached for him and a voice screamed the same warning over and over: “Don’t open your eyes.” This is not the story of a haunted house. It is the story of a haunted life. A haunting that began before memory… and never truly ended. #ShadowPeople #LifelongHaunting #ParanormalEncounters #ChildhoodHaunting #NearDeathExperiences #SupernaturalStories #TrueGhostStory #ParanormalPodcast #UnseenPresence  Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

After hours, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is supposed to be quiet. No roaring engines. No screaming fans. Just empty garages, sleeping grandstands, and a handful of staff wrapping up their night. In 2012, a young marketing intern thought that’s all it was going to be—one more late-night pace car drop-off, three women loading boxes into an SUV, and a sleepy drive home. Instead, they got a crash course in just how haunted one of the world’s most legendary racetracks might be. As they stood in the shadow of garages where countless drivers and crew once risked their lives, a sound drifted through the stillness—soft, distant music that didn’t belong in the age of smartphones, more like something spinning on an old phonograph in another era. Then, without warning, a man’s voice cut through the dark with a chilling command: “Get out.” #RealGhostStoriesOnline #GhostStory #HauntedSpeedway #GhostlyEncounters #GhostlyVoices #ParanormalPodcast #HauntedWorkplace #RacingGhosts #TrueHaunting #ParanormalActivity #CreepyEncounters #GhostStories  Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

Courthouses are full of tension—families on edge, lives in limbo, futures decided in fluorescent-lit rooms. But on one afternoon in Washington, D.C., something else showed up that had nothing to do with judges, lawyers, or legal papers. A 12-year-old girl sits in a waiting area, dressed in purple, next to a stranger who’s struggling just to breathe. Behind them: a wall of glass, metal detectors, and bored security guards. It’s the least “haunted” place you could imagine. Until something on the other side of that glass demands their attention. Three deliberate knocks. What happens when you’re the only one who sees the figure in black? The only one who hears the sound that changes everything in the space of a breath? And why, decades later, can she still remember the color of the clothes, the feel of the air, and the way everyone stared at her like she was the problem? #ghoststory #paranormal #WashingtonDC #courthouseghost #truehaunting #realghoststories #grimreaper #supernatural #hauntedDC #creepyencounter #spiritvisitor #RealGhostStoriesOnline Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

Moving into a new home right before Christmas should have felt hopeful—a fresh start, a safe space, a place finally designed for her needs. But by the end of the first night, it was already clear the house had plans of its own. What began as a single cry—a baby in a hallway where no children lived—grew into laughter, voices, and heavy footsteps in an empty attic. Police found nothing. Her own family dismissed it… until they heard the same things themselves. Then came the physical encounters. A shove in the shower. Doors held closed by an unseen grip. Sudden blasts of freezing air where no draft existed. And warnings delivered through a seven-year-old child who calmly insisted, “They said you’re in danger.” This wasn’t just a haunting. It was a residency dispute. And she’s no longer sure she’s the one who lives there. #hauntedhouse #trueghoststory #paranormalencounter #haunting #poltergeist #ghostvoices #supernaturalstory #realhaunting #creepyhome #unexplainedphenomena Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE! On the outside, it’s a stately 24-room mansion—brick, elegant, and frozen in time. On the inside, the Historic Hannah House in Indianapolis feels like it’s still holding its breath. Today on The Grave Talks, we step inside the world of Alexander Hannah, a man who left Indiana for the gold rush and returned home with enough fortune to build a grand estate… and possibly hide a much darker secret. For generations, whispers have circulated that Hannah quietly used his home as a stop on the Underground Railroad, sheltering those fleeing slavery in the basement below. According to legend, one tragic night turned that act of courage into catastrophe—transforming the cellar into a mass grave for those who never made it to freedom. Are these stories just local lore, or does the house itself remember exactly what happened? Joining us are paranormal investigator and volunteer Brooke Boyer, and Bud Kelly, event coordinator at the Hannah House. They’ve spent countless hours within its rooms, listening to the knocks, voices, cold spots, and disembodied footsteps that seem to echo from another time. Is Alexander still watching over his home? And are the souls that may have perished there still trying to tell their story? This is Part Two of our conversation. #TheGraveTalks #HannahHouse #HistoricHannahHouse #HauntedIndiana #IndianapolisHistory #UndergroundRailroad #HauntedMansion #ParanormalPodcast #TrueGhostStories #HistoricHauntings #GhostsOfIndiana #ParanormalInvestigation  For more information about the mansion, tours and investigations, visit their website at historichannahmansion.com or search Historic Hannah House on Facebook. Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

They moved into their 1913 home full of excitement, plans, and hope for the future. But almost immediately, something about the place felt… wrong. Not dangerous. Not dramatic. Just off. A subtle, persistent discomfort neither of them could name. A tension that settled into the walls long before they did. For nearly two years, nothing happened—nothing obvious, nothing alarming, nothing that would warn them what was coming. They brushed off the uneasy feeling, chalked it up to the age of the home, the layout, the history they didn’t fully know. Until one night changed everything. What unfolded in that upstairs bedroom didn’t just shake the walls—it shattered every assumption they had about what was possible inside their own home.  It was something else entirely. Something they still can’t explain. #ghoststory #paranormalencounter #hauntedhouse #realghoststories #poltergeist #closetdoorhaunting #creepyhomes #supernatural #haunted1913house #truehaunting #thegravetalks #realparanormal Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

Some encounters with the unknown announce themselves with a single dramatic moment. Others begin quietly, as a feeling you can’t name — one that follows you from room to room, from childhood into adulthood, until the pattern becomes impossible to dismiss. We explore a lifetime of shadow-person encounters that began in the unlikeliest place: a bright, ordinary childhood bedroom in a safe Maryland suburb. What started as a vague sense of being watched evolved into visions, apparitions, and moments of paralysis that stretched across multiple homes, states, and stages of life. From silent figures lingering in doorways to a top-hatted entity emerging from a blinding white void, her story reveals how some presences don’t simply haunt a location — they follow a person. Years later, a stranger would share an eerily similar vision, suggesting these beings may be more organized, more intelligent, and more purposeful than she ever imagined. #Ghosts #ShadowPeople #ParanormalEncounters #LifelongHaunting #TopHatMan #SupernaturalExperiences #ShadowFigures #TrueGhostStories #ParanormalPodcast #UnseenPresence Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

When you grow up in a family that plays with Ouija boards and forgets to say goodbye… you don’t always get to choose what steps through that open door. Years later, in a “perfectly normal” newer house in Independence, Missouri, Otis thinks the worst thing he has to deal with is his little sister talking about shadow people in the hallway. The lights are on, life is busy, and the strange stories are easy to shrug off—until the night everything goes dark. What do you do when something dead looks right at you and speaks? Was it a demon using the closest “face” it could find? A spirit called in years earlier by a game that was never properly closed? Or something much worse that decided Otis was finally old enough to notice it? #ghoststory #OuijaBoard #paranormal #hauntedhouse #realghoststories #shadowpeople #truehaunting #creepyencounter #possessedobject #demonicvoice #RealGhostStoriesOnline Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

When Brian left Wisconsin to stay with a friend in Hendersonville, Tennessee, he expected a few months of easy living, guitar playing, and laid-back Southern days. What he didn’t expect was to be drawn into a haunting that had quietly followed the family for years. Strange footsteps. Children whispering to someone who wasn’t there. And a little girl—half-seen, half-vanished—peeking over the back of a recliner before sprinting into a hallway and disappearing into thin air. Brian always believed in logic, in science, in things that could be explained. But one suffocating Tennessee afternoon, while sitting alone on the back porch, something tapped him on the shoulder. Not a breeze. Not a leaf. A distinct, deliberate tap. The kind only a living person—or something mimicking one—should be able to give. What followed shattered every assumption Brian had about the house, his friend’s stories, and the benign entity the family believed watched over them. Was it playful? Curious? Or something else entirely? #ghoststory #paranormal #hauntedhouse #realghoststories #Hendersonville #truehaunting #ghostchild #supernatural #poltergeist #creepyencounter #RGSO #ghostencounter Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/ 

When Karli and her husband David finally found a rental they could afford — a small, quiet two-story tucked away from the road — they thought they’d landed a dream deal. A yard for the dog, no neighbors vacuuming at midnight, and a price so low it felt like fate stepping in to help. But it wasn’t fate. It was someone else. The strange moments began as whispers of activity: footsteps at 3 A.M., a cabinet left open, keys that relocated on their own. Then came the cold spots. The breathing behind the couch. The soft humming drifting down the stairs when no one was upstairs. And the morning something sat on the bed. This story isn’t about fear. It’s about what happens when the past refuses to loosen its grip…and when the living unknowingly move into a place still claimed by the dead. #HauntedHouse #TrueGhostStory #ParanormalExperience #RealGhostStories #HauntedRental #GhostlyPresence #CreepyEncounters #UnexplainedPhenomena #SpiritsAmongUs #ParanormalMystery #EerieHomes #SomethingStayedBehind Love real ghost stories? Don’t just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@realghoststoriesonline Want even more? Become a supporter and unlock exclusive extras, ad-free episodes, and advanced access: 🍏 Apple Premium: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ad-free-advance-a-ghostly-playlist/id880791662?i=1000723754502 🤝 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realghoststories Stay connected with us on social: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostpodcast/ 🎶 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realghoststoriesonline 📘 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RealGhostStoriesOnline/