Breathing Outside the Tent: A Backcountry Nightmare

Welcome back to another spine-tingling episode of Tell Me A Ghost Story! This week, we have four incredible stories that will make you question what lurks in the shadows and what comforts us when we need it most.Our first caller, Erica from San Diego (now in Eastern North Carolina), shares a haunting memory from her traumatic childhood. During her parents' violent fights, a mysterious friend named Sally would appear to comfort her. With elongated features, hollow dark eyes, and a perpetual frown, Sally was unsettling to look at, yet she offered the kindness young Erica desperately needed. The twist? None of Erica's childhood friends remembers Sally ever existing. Was she an imaginary friend, a guardian spirit, or something else entirely? Sometimes the help we need comes from the most unexpected places.Next, Bobby from Little Rock, Arkansas, takes us back to 1946 Texarkana, where his grandmother lived through real terror. He reveals the true origins of the Hook Man urban legend, which stems from the unsolved Phantom Killer case that claimed five lives. Bobby's grandmother witnessed a town paralyzed by fear as a masked killer targeted couples on Lover's Lanes. The murders stopped as suddenly as they began, and the killer was never caught. What we turned into a cautionary tale for teenagers was actually a real monster who got away with murder.Rob from Eugene, Oregon, shares a terrifying camping experience that's kept him up at night. Deep in the Cascades backcountry, he and his friend Chris were circled for two hours by something walking on two legs, something that stayed just outside their firelight. At 3 AM, they heard slow, deliberate breathing right outside their tent. Whatever it was knew they were there and seemed to be deciding what to do with them. Rob hasn't returned to that area, and Chris has given up backcountry camping entirely.Finally, Cindy from Avon, Indiana, tells us about her Pekingese dog Tamara, who came with an attached spirit. Everyone who had contact with Tamara seemed to die, and on Cindy's first night with the dog, strange things happened: the dog growled at something invisible, windows flew open, lights went out, and doors opened and closed by themselves. Cindy realized it was a previous owner who couldn't let go of her beloved pet. After Cindy promised to care for Tamara, the spirit finally found peace. Cindy kept that dog for 10 beautiful years.📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

My catalytic converter was stolen this week, so here is a repeat of one of my favorite episodes from last season: Indigenous Ghost Stories with Proppa Scary Podcast. Enjoy!---This week on Tell Me a Ghost Story, we’re doing something special—partnering with Proppa Scary Podcast.I'm letting Lisa take the mic for this episode to let us experience First Nations storytelling at its most chilling. Proppa is an eerie and culturally rich storytelling series hosted by Lisa, an Aboriginal woman sharing spine-tingling tales rooted in Indigenous Australian culture. This new show explores true ghost stories, spooky stories, and paranormal encounters passed down through generations or experienced firsthand. With a unique voice and deep respect for tradition, whether you're drawn to ancient legends, mysterious bush encounters, or community yarns, Proppa Scary offers a rare and powerful window into Indigenous ghost stories.Find the show wherever you Pod.orFollow Proppa Scary on TikTok @proppa.scary.podTrue ghost stories from real people featured in this episode:Who Was I Chasing?Che shares a spine-tingling moment that left him questioning reality. A creepy, unexplainable encounter that turns into a full-on mystery. (Follow him on IG @cee.dub23 for more creative and funny content.)Late Night Road TripCass tells us about a strange light in the sky that followed her through the dark outback roads—a classic spooky story with a cosmic twist.Spirits on CountryHost Lisa of Proppa Scary Podcast shares personal encounters with spirits while living in a remote Aboriginal rainforest community.→ Her story offers a rare, firsthand perspective on Indigenous ghost stories and their deep ties to land, ancestry, and the paranormal.Spirit PassengersA ghostly yarn from Paul, in Maningrida—an Aboriginal community deep in Australia’s Arnhem Land—where spirits don’t just haunt… they travel with you.Heavy FootstepsTim, an Aboriginal paranormal investigator, recounts what happened during a casual walk in the bush with his son. Have you met an Australian Bigfoot, the Yowie?→ Check out We’re Haunted Investigations:TikTok: @were_haunted | YouTube: @werehaunted8791 *Episode Produced by Michelle Newman 📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

Hosted by Michelle Newman | Tell Me A Ghost StoryIn this haunting episode of Tell Me A Ghost Story, I'm sharing true paranormal stories from real phone calls about hospital hauntings, cursed rooms, ghosts that only appear in peripheral vision, and supernatural encounters that challenge what we think we know about haunted spaces. These are real ghost encounters told by the voices who lived them.👻 James from San Francisco returns with more stories from his decade working at UCSF Medical Center on Parnassus, one of the most haunted hospitals in California. Real-life ghost stories about volcanic smoke rising from urinals, bathroom voices that vanish the moment you open the door, and invisible hands pulling at his jacket on the basement stairs. He tells us the kitchen where he worked used to be a morgue, and rumors of an exorcism on the eighth floor of the Children's Wing in the early 1980s. This true ghost story explores what happens when the living work alongside spaces meant for the dead.🏚️ Melissa from Pittsburgh shares a chilling ghost story about Graystone House, a sprawling stone mansion built in the 1700s as a stagecoach inn and brothel, later turned into a group home for teenage boys. Every single day at 6 PM, the doorbell rings. Multiple doors. Nobody's ever there. Faucets turn on full blast in empty rooms. Someone or something loves a good prank.🚪 A caller shares an unsettling story about a five-bedroom rental house with one room nobody can keep filled. Four different tenants have rented that room by the main entryway, and all four ended up in rehab or developed serious addiction problems. This true paranormal story explores the terrifying connection between spaces and suffering. I dive into Dr. Gabor Maté's book In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and the Buddhist concept of hungry ghosts — beings trapped in endless cycles of craving and emptiness. What if some rooms hold hunger? What if desperation can soak into walls the same way smoke does? This haunted story isn't about chains rattling; it's about spaces that recognize your emptiness and whisper that nothing will ever be enough.👁️ Chuck from Upstate New York tells a ghost story that's been haunting his entire neighborhood: the woman in the empty lot. Where a house burned down decades ago, there's now just weeds and broken concrete. And a woman who stands there. But you can only see her out of the corner of your eye. Chuck and his neighbors have all seen her, wearing something pale, standing perfectly still, never moving. This eerie story explores ghosts that exist only in peripheral vision, in that uncertain space between seeing and not-seeing. 🕯️ Diane from Sedona, a practicing diviner, shares a true paranormal story about a Ouija board session that went too far. She was helping someone contact his deceased father when her hands went ice cold, and her whole body started shaking uncontrollably. She describes feeling "squished inside her own body, making room for something else to move in." She has no memory of the conversation that followed. The man testing her lifted his finger off the planchette completely, and it kept moving, flying across the board with only Diane's finger on it. When she "came back to herself," the complete skeptic she'd been reading for was pale and shaking, because she'd told him things only his father could have known. 👔 Cindy Ketron shares a family ghost story passed down from her great-grandpa: the day he met the devil in a hayfield during the Great Depression. A normal-looking man in a business suit appeared with a notepad and pencil, offering a contract to solve great-grandpa's problems. When great-grandpa simply said, "What if I told you I didn't want the offer?", the devil didn't know what to do and disappeared. This haunted story from the 1930s reminds us that sometimes the scariest thing you can do to something that wants power over you is simply refuse to be afraid.Each phone call in this paranormal podcast captures real ghost encounters, hospital hauntings, addiction's spiritual dimensions, and true ghost stories that blur the line between the living and the dead. Whether you believe in spirits or approach these as spooky storytelling, these real paranormal stories connect us through shared experiences with the unexplainable.📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

(Encore Episode) Hosted by Michelle Newman | Tell Me A Ghost Story In this haunting episode of Tell Me A Ghost Story, I'm sharing true paranormal stories from real phone calls, modern ghost stories about things that follow us, prayers with deadly power, and legends that still terrorize. These are real ghost encounters told by the voices who lived them.👻 Christina from Phoenix shares an uncanny experience about something that's followed her everywhere she's lived. Real-life ghost stories about shadow figures, exploding glass, and doorknobs that shake as if something's trying to get in. Her husband and best friend both say the paranormal activity started when she entered their lives. This true ghost story explores what it means when hauntings follow you from place to place — a real paranormal story that raises questions about why some people attract spirits.🙏 Helen from Mississippi tells a chilling ghost story about her Uncle John, a respected church deacon whose prayers seemed dangerously powerful. When his daughter's fiancé died suddenly after Uncle John prayed about the engagement, Helen started noticing a pattern. Her aunt's terrified words, "there have been others", suggest something far darker than divine intervention. This supernatural story blurs the line between faith and something sinister.💙 Donny, a hospice nurse from New Mexico, shares a true paranormal story that isn't scary but deeply moving. His friend Nikki, who had Down Syndrome, spent his final morning crying because he heard his mother calling him home for dinner, but couldn't remember how to get there. He died right before lunch that day. This real ghost story reminds us that paranormal encounters aren't always frightening; sometimes they're about loved ones guiding us home.🚗 Dimitri calls from Chicago with a ghost story from Cold War Poland, the legend of the Black Volga, known as Satan's limousine. This black car with white curtains would prowl Eastern European streets, and if it stopped, whoever was inside would grab passersby, especially children, never to be seen again. Was it the KGB? human trafficking? Organ thieves? Or the devil himself? Dimitri saw it as a child and barely escaped. This eerie story explores how real paranormal legends emerge from historical trauma and disappearances.👤 Cindy Ketron shares a family ghost story passed down from her great-grandpa: The Decapitated Man's Ghost. During a wake in the early 1900s, men playing cards with a farmer's headless body were joined by an unexpected guest: the decapitated man's ghost himself, sitting down to play. This haunted story proves that sometimes the dead don't realize they're gone, and old supernatural stories have a way of sticking with us.Each phone call in this paranormal podcast captures real ghost encounters, ghosts and hauntings, and true ghost stories that blur the line between the living and the dead. Whether you believe in spirits or approach these as spooky storytelling, these real paranormal stories connect us through shared experiences with the unexplainable.Perfect for Halloween listening, spooky season, or anytime you want haunted stories and ghost encounters told through authentic phone calls. If you love telling ghost stories, real-life ghost stories, or paranormal stories from ordinary people who've experienced something uncanny, this episode delivers supernatural stories that will stay with you.Call in your own ghost story, paranormal encounter, or haunting dreams. This is a paranormal podcast built on your voices, your real ghost stories, your experiences with the supernatural.📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

(Encore Episode)Hosted by Michelle Newman | Tell Me A Ghost StoryIn this chilling new episode of Tell Me A Ghost Story, I'm sharing true paranormal stories from a place that was deeply personal to me, apartment 3F in San Francisco's Mission District. These are real ghost encounters experienced by multiple people, including myself, all centered around the same supernatural presence. These are modern ghost stories about a home that meant everything to our friend group... and the spirit who lived there with us.🏠 Apartment 3F was our hub, the heart of our late twenties friend group, a home away from home. Anytime you needed a place to crash, there was always room at Sarah's place. But here's the thing: no one who lived there would confirm there was a ghost. Not until years later, when we all finally realized we'd been experiencing the same haunting and just never talked about it.👻 I'm sharing my own real-life ghost story, the night I came home from a comedy show at 2 or 3 in the morning and walked face-to-face into the gray woman in the kitchen. Frizzy hair, gray sweater, gray skirt, sensible shoes. We were eye level. I think I startled her as much as she startled me. And then, blip, she was gone. This paranormal encounter was what finally got us all talking.🛏️ My friend Sarah, who owned the apartment, reluctantly shares her true ghost stories she'd kept quiet for years. The woman who watched her sleep. The presence that crawled into bed with her. The things she still won't talk about because she doesn't want to give them attention. Her haunted story is told with real hesitation; you can hear how much she doesn't want to feed whatever was living there.💍 Alex, Sarah's roommate, tells her ghost story with a different energy — jewelry mysteriously falling to the floor, being watched in bed night after night, until she finally got so fed up she yelled at the spirit to GET OUT. And it actually worked. Sometimes you just have to claim your space back from the supernatural.📞 I've also included phone calls from six other people who experienced the same entity, fleeting glimpses in the kitchen, corner-of-the-eye sightings, the woman standing by the sink at 2 AM. Each caller adds another layer to this haunting, proving this wasn't just our imagination. This was real paranormal activity witnessed by people who'd never even met each other. This episode weaves together ghost encounters, eerie stories, and haunted house experiences into one cohesive supernatural story. It's about a place where spirits linger, where friends saw the same presence but were too afraid to talk about it until we'd all moved on and could finally share the truth.Whether you're a believer in ghosts and hauntings, a skeptic curious about real ghost stories, or just here for spooky storytelling during spooky season, this paranormal podcast episode captures that space between the living and the dead. It's perfect for Halloween listening or any time you want true paranormal stories told through intimate phone calls and personal confessions.If you love haunted stories, supernatural encounters, real-life ghost stories, or hearing from people who've lived through something unexplainable, this is your invitation to turn down the lights and listen. Because apartment 3F wasn't just haunted — it was home to all of us. And to her.📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

Hey everyone, Michelle here!You guys brought it this week. I mean, seriously, the voicemails have been incredible. I sat down to go through them, and I got actual goosebumps listening to some of these. So let's just jump right in because I cannot wait to share what you all called in with.Sarah's Through-the-Door GuyFirst up is Sarah from Luther, Alabama. So this happened about five or six years ago when she was living in Florida. She and her ex were heading to a friend's house, and right as they're pulling into the driveway, she saw this man standing at the front door. Back turned to them, long hair, shorts, t-shirt, she could even see his socks. Just a regular-looking guy, right? Wrong.He walks straight through the door. Like, INTO the door and gone.Sarah made her husband drive around the block because she needed a minute. And honestly? Same. She's like, "I've seen things my whole life, but I've never seen anything go through a wall or a door." So they finally go inside, and she's asking, "Is anybody else here? Is anybody else here?" trying to make sense of what she just saw.Nobody was there.She mentions it to the guy who owns the house, and he's like, "Oh yeah, my brother-in-law saw the exact same guy you just described walking through my house." THE EXACT SAME GUY.Sarah, I love that you called in with this. And you said you hope to see something else soon? Call me when you do!Also, Sarah gave a shoutout to Cindy, who calls in all the time, and Cindy, we're getting to your story in just a bit because yes, you did call this week!Tessa and the Doll That Moved ItselfTessa grew up as a military kid, always moving around, temporary houses, the whole thing. When she was five, they rented this huge Victorian house in East Texas. Three stories, creaky everything, the works.The attic was full of the owner's stuff, old furniture, trunks, and this long glass case just FILLED with porcelain dolls. Like a hundred of them all lined up. And there's one doll Tessa just fell in love with, red hair, green eyes, this beautiful blue silk dress.She begged her dad to let her have it. He said no. He even locked the attic door.A month goes by, Tessa's kind of forgotten about the whole thing, and she comes home one day, and there's the red-haired doll sitting on her bed.At first, she thinks it's a surprise! She plays with it constantly until her dad gets home. When he sees the doll, he FREAKS OUT. Takes it away, marches straight up to the attic to put it back... and the door is still locked. His key is still in his pocket.Years later, Tessa learns the house's history. The man who built it had a daughter who died when she was eight years old.Back in those days, families would actually make a doll that looked like the child who passed away, using their real hair and putting it in the same clothes the child wore when they died.That doll was that little girl.The Post Street GhostAlright, so we got a call about an old estate jewelry place on Post Street, I think this was in San Francisco, back in 1993. Long offices, long hallways, and apparently, everyone who worked there knew about the ghost that would ring doorbells when people were alone.Our caller - I didn't catch your name, sorry! - he's there by himself one day, and sure enough, the doorbell rings. Goes to check. Nobody there.He glances down this long hallway and sees what he thinks is his coworker Brett. Tall guy, red flannel shirt.A few seconds later, the phone rings. It's Brett. "Hey, how are you doing?"Brett is not in the building. It was the ghost. And the doorbells just kept ringing the whole time he worked there.You said you have more stories, and honestly, I really want to hear them, so please call back!Ashley and the Queen MaryWhen Ashley was about 11, her whole family - like 12 people, aunts, uncles, cousins - went to California and toured the Queen Mary. You know, the famously haunted ship. One of her younger cousins got too scared, so her Aunt L had to take him back up to the main deck. Aunt L is in the elevator by herself, and she feels a little hand grab her knee. She looks around. Nobody there. She's completely alone in that elevator. They finish the tour, and they're taking pictures. They get back home to Utah, and Ashley's mom is looking through the photos and notices something in one of the pictures of the pool; there's a little girl in a blue gown standing in the corner. There's a story that a girl named "Jackie" drowned in that pool when the Queen Mary was still an active cruise ship, before it became a warship.So they find this interesting, right? Ashley's mom is a writer and decides to write a book about their experience. She kind of makes up a backstory for the little girl in the pool, gives her the name Victoria. The book is called "The Ghost of Queen Anne."But here's where things get weird.Every single time Ashley's mom sits down at the family computer to work on this book, the computer glitches out. Shuts off. Gets viruses even though they have protection. Ashley's like, "Hey mom, email it to me so you don't lose it." She does. It comes through completely in code. Just broken, errored, couldn't even read it.Ashley lived in the basement, right next to where the family computer was, and she started hearing wet squelching footsteps in the middle of the night. Wakes her up. She looks over, she always had a nightlight on, and sees a small figure. Hears dripping water.She's 11 years old and terrified, so she runs out of bed, flips on the light. Nothing there. But there's a small puddle on the carpet. The carpet is wet. They didn't have any pets at the time so it's not like a dog had an accident or anything.Lights start flickering throughout the house. More mysterious wet spots appear everywhere. They start hearing children's laughter.Ashley's mom keeps writing. And the second she finishes the last paragraph of the book - the SECOND she types those final words - everything stops. No more children's laughter. No more wet spots. No more dripping nightmares. Just... done.It's like whatever was happening, whoever Victoria was, she needed that story told. And once it was finished, she could rest.Cindy Ketron's: It Was a Dark and Stormy NightAnd now one of our regulars! Cindy Ketron from Avon, Indiana. This story is about her grandfather. It was 1982, and Cindy's grandmother, Grace, had just passed away. So Grandpa is alone in the house now. The housekeeper had left for the night, and he fell asleep in his armchair. It's about 1 AM. The radio's off, the TV had signed off - you know how TV used to just END back then?He wakes up and hears this mysterious thumping noise. Sounds like somebody walking around in the bedroom. He calls out, "Grace, is that you?" All he hears is heavy breathing.That night, when he goes to bed, he starts hearing a heartbeat. Boom-boom. Boom-boom. And he hears it every single night from that point on until the day he died.He went to ear doctors, regular doctors, asking, "Do I have tinnitus? Do I need a hearing aid?" They all said no, nothing's wrong with your ears.But he kept hearing that heartbeat.He started telling people, "I'm not going to be around by Christmas." And he was right. And really quick - Glen (or Gwen, wasn't 100% on the name) from Windsor, Nova Scotia called in with the sweetest message. Their mom is a longtime listener, she loves the show, and they wanted to know if I could give her a shout-out and wish her a Merry Christmas.Glen's mom - Belated Merry Christmas! Your child clearly loves you so much. Thank you for listening to the show. I hope you had an amazing holiday!That's It For This WeekThank you all. Seriously. These stories are everything. Keep them coming. Call in, leave a voicemail, tell me what you've experienced. I want to hear all of it.📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

Hosted by Michelle Newman | Tell Me A Ghost Story PodcastIn this chilling encore episode of Tell Me A Ghost Story, we’re diving into true paranormal stories shared through real phone calls, eerie confessions from ordinary people who’ve come face-to-face with something they can’t explain. These are modern ghost stories, told by the voices who lived them.🌲 Stevie from California shares a haunting encounter deep in the woods near Yosemite, a night of howling wind, a barking dog, and mysterious handprints left on every window of her locked car. Was it a ghost, or something far more human lurking in the dark?🎸 Johnny from Kansas tells a supernatural story about channeling the spirit of the late guitarist Randy Rhoads, a spectral presence that seems to appear whenever his music is played. This isn’t just a haunting; it’s a duet between the living and the dead.🍸 Frank the Bartender remembers the spirit of a former homeowner who didn’t seem to realize he was gone — a ghostly roommate who tinkered in the basement until Frank finally demanded peace. Sometimes, ghosts just need to be told to let the living sleep.👧 Emily recounts the night her young twins both saw “the girl in the corner,” smiling but unmoving — a terrifying haunting that leaves you wondering: who are our children really talking to when they say they see someone?💨 Aaron from Indiana gives us one of those quiet, bone-deep paranormal encounters: the sound of a sigh — right beside him in bed, in an empty, locked house. Just breath, presence, and chilling tension in the dark.🚗 Jess from Oregon retells the Pacific Northwest’s most famous roadside legend: The Bandage Man of Cannon Beach. A ghostly figure wrapped in bloody bandages is said to appear on Highway 101, pounding on car windows before vanishing into the fog.💀 Cynthia from Indiana brings a story passed down through her family: The Elderly Lady and Her Bag of Bones. A mysterious woman with a black cat and a bag full of human remains vanishes into thin air, echoing legends like El Silbón, the South American spirit doomed to wander the earth carrying his sins on his back.Each caller’s voice captures that liminal space between fear and curiosity, where the living meet the lingering. Whether you’re a believer, a skeptic, or just here for the storytelling, this episode weaves together ghost encounters, haunted dreams, and true paranormal stories with the intimate tone Tell Me A Ghost Story is known for.If you love ghosts and hauntings, true ghost stories, real-life ghost stories, or paranormal podcasts filled with spooky storytelling and personal confessions, this episode is your invitation to turn down the lights, press play, and listen closely. Because every whisper, every chill, every sigh, might be more than just the wind.📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

This week on Tell Me A Ghost Story, I, Michelle Newman, your host, bring you another collection of real ghost stories told directly through your phone calls. These aren’t campfire tales; they’re true ghost stories that listeners lived, and now share with us on this paranormal podcast.Anna from Tacoma tells of a family ashtray that mysteriously filled with cigarette ash one afternoon, then followed the next day by a shocking local crime tied to cigarettes. Don't smoke, kids.Marshall in Florida shares a late-night haunting when his bedroom door slammed shut at 2:40 a.m., the room dropping cold around him.Donnie, a hospice nurse, recalls hearing a dead patient’s voice say “thank you”, proving good manners are important even after death. Julia’s young son claims he talks to “the lady in the corner,”  an old-fashioned woman who smiles but never moves, and who told him not to tell his mom. From Hollywood, Jimmy describes the dark, unsettling energy of a famous actor, sparking rumors of a deal with the devil. And Christina from Phoenix shares her haunted tale of working in a medical office where a tall man appeared at the foot of her chair during a nap, a figure she still glimpses from the corner of her eye.If you’ve been waiting for a paranormal podcast filled with ghosts, haunted stories, and chilling encounters, this is it. Tell Me A Ghost Story is where the living meet the lingering.📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

This week's episode delves into haunting dreams and true ghost stories. On Tell Me A Ghost Story, the calls take us everywhere, from the shadowy corners of old inns to childhood bedrooms heavy with dread.Our first caller, who wishes to remain anonymous, takes us to the Bush House Inn in Washington State. What started as a hiking getaway turned into something unforgettable when she dreamt her husband had died, only to later discover her vision matched the inn’s most famous ghost story. Was it just a coincidence, or a case of a *place-memory haunting*, where history bleeds into the dreams of its guests?From Chicago, Emily shares a haunting tale of being tapped awake at night, convinced it was her cat. But when she got up, the cat was nowhere near her… and the front door stood wide open. Who—or what—wanted her attention?Next, comedian Sabrina Wu calls in with memories of her childhood home in Michigan, where certain rooms always radiated a malevolent energy. Was it just bad feng shui, or something darker? Even her mother seemed to sense it, filling the house with sage-scented candles. Sabrina’s story reminds us how family homes can carry not only memories, but also energies that linger long after childhood ends.Then Pastor Elijah from Tennessee takes us inside what the locals call the *cursed house* by the railroad tracks. Asked to pray over the home, he encountered something that wasn’t the Lord standing with him. A shadow man on the wall, heavy footsteps in the hall, it was enough to drive one of his church couples out for good.And finally, Cindy Ketron is back and shares the chilling story of a girl named "Sarah Miller", her childhood friend who loved the color red. Sarah would walk her home from school… until one day, she disappeared mid-step. Cindy later learned Sarah had died in a car accident. To this day, she says, Sarah’s ghost still appears in Speedway, Indiana, always dressed in red.These are more than just ghost stories. They’re true calls from real people, threaded with folklore, mystery, and history. Whether it’s dreams that echo tragedy, shadow figures that watch us in silence, or childhood friends who never really leave, these haunting tales remind us that the past is never as far away as we think.So, gather close. Let’s listen together. 👻📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media  

This week on *Tell Me A Ghost Story*, I’m bringing you some of the eeriest, most unforgettable true ghost stories I’ve heard yet—straight from real phone calls with our listeners.Comedian Sabrina Wu calls in from New York with a haunting tale about footsteps on the ceiling, phantom babies crying, and a flickering light that seemed to mock their fear.Brett shares the unsettling sound of children laughing and playing on an empty playground at midnight, a ghost story that made me shiver.I also heard from a medical courier who saw a blinding white light rush past the doors of a nursing home, a place already steeped in haunted history.And Linda, a 73-year-old restaurant worker, took me back to her bartending days in the 1970s and 80s, where she saw spirits in mirrors, chairs flying across the floor, and a woman in red who vanished before her eyes.But perhaps the most astonishing call came from Khyelle in Los Angeles, who described not just sleep paralysis but nightly astral travel, her spirit leaving her body, soaring through the stars, and even stepping onto the dark side of the moon.Every story in this episode reminds us that hauntings don’t just happen in old houses—they happen in apartments, schools, restaurants, and sometimes even within our own sleeping bodies.These real ghost stories weave together with folklore, history, and myth to remind us why we keep asking the question: Are ghosts real?📞 Have a real ghost story or spooky tale to share?Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your own ghostly experience.👻 Support the show with official merch at newmanmedia.shop🎥 Join us on YouTube @tellmeaghoststory📸 Follow us on Instagram @tellmeaghoststorypodcast Credits:🎵Theme Music: "Sexy Sax" by Cool Cascade.🚀Production: Newman Media