Tell Me A Ghost Story

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True Ghost Stories: Something in the Kitchen and the Ghost of a Sister with Nellie and Yvonne Nov 21, 2023

Show notes

This is one of the original Tell Me A Ghost Story calls from the early days of the show. Short, raw, and exactly where it all started. These calls were later incorporated into a longer compilation episode with full host commentary if you want the complete experience.

Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode brings back two of the most beloved callers in Tell Me A Ghost Story history. If you have been listening from the beginning, you already know Nellie and Yvonne. If this is your first time meeting them, you are in for something special.

Nellie has called in before about her haunted childhood home, a house that gave her more than enough true ghost stories for multiple episodes. This time, she takes us back to the kitchen, where something was moving around that had no business being there. Nellie's home is one of those places that reveals itself slowly, one room at a time, and the kitchen is where things got harder to explain away.

Yvonne introduces us to someone very important in this call. Her sister. Except her sister is not alive. Yvonne shares what it has been like to feel her sister's presence continuing after her death, a ghost story that is less about fear and more about the kind of love that apparently does not recognize the boundary between the living and the dead. This is part one of Yvonne's ghost sister story, and it is one of the most quietly powerful calls we have ever received.

Two returning callers. Two true ghost stories that remind us why this show exists. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to share your story.

You might end up on the show.

Support us with official merch at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newmanmedia.shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, catch us on YouTube at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @tellmeaghoststory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and follow along on Instagram at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tellmeaghoststorypodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newman Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

True Ghost Stories: A Haunted Mansion Hotel, a Medium's Warning, and Flowers for the Dead in Brooklyn Nov 14, 2023

Show notes

This is one of the original Tell Me A Ghost Story calls from the early days of the show. Short, raw, and exactly where it all started. This call was later incorporated into a longer compilation episode with full host commentary, if you want the complete experience.

Hey, it's Michelle, and this episode belongs entirely to Liz from Brooklyn, who called in with a true ghost story that is unlike almost anything else in our archive. It is part haunted house story, part paranormal investigation, part ritual, and it ends with flowers left for the dead on the grounds of a haunted mansion that used to be something much darker than a hotel.

Liz and her friend David were staying at a mansion turned hotel that looked beautiful from the outside and felt deeply wrong on the inside. The atmosphere in David's room, in particular, carried the kind of presence that is hard to name but impossible to ignore. Something was in there with them, and it was not subtle about it.

David's boyfriend is a medium, and when they described what they were experiencing, he did not hesitate. The mansion was not just haunted in the general sense. It was full. Numerous spirits connected to the property's history, a history that included child labor and tragedy, which the architecture did not advertise. The medium's advice was specific. Find a place on the grounds to leave flowers. Honor the ones buried there. Acknowledge them.

What followed was Liz and David searching the property for the right spot, navigating their fear with the kind of dark humor that tends to emerge when two people are genuinely scared and trying not to show it, and eventually finding their way to something that felt like the right place. After they left the flowers, the atmosphere shifted. Not dramatically. But enough.

This is a real ghost encounter about what happens when you stop trying to ignore the dead and start acknowledging them instead. Liz called it one of the strangest and most meaningful experiences of her life. I believe her completely.

One caller. One true ghost story from a haunted mansion in Brooklyn. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

True Ghost Stories: A Church Haunting in Texas, Mysterious Scratches at 3:33 AM, and a Doppelganger in the Philippines Nov 07, 2023

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Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode has three real callers whose true ghost stories share one thread running through all of them. Something was there that had no explanation and no intention of leaving quietly.

Carl from Texas calls in with a haunting that happened in the last place most people expect to feel afraid. His church. Carl and his cousin encountered a shadowy figure moving through the building during what should have been an ordinary visit. Churches have some of the most documented paranormal histories of any building type across cultures, partly because of the weight of grief and ritual that accumulates in them over generations, and partly because whatever lingers there knows the space as well as the living do. Carl's encounter was brief. It was enough.

Then Hector from New Mexico calls in with something that has been happening to him for years and that he cannot explain away, no matter how hard he tries. Mysterious scratches appear on his body. Always around 3:33 AM, the hour that paranormal researchers and religious traditions across cultures have long associated with supernatural activity, sometimes called the witching hour or the devil's hour, depending on the tradition. Hector has no history of sleepwalking. The scratches are real. They keep coming back.

And Yvonne from the Philippines returns with another haunting memory from her childhood, this one involving a figure she mistook completely for her brother. She saw him. She recognized him. She spoke to him. When she found her actual brother, he had not been home at any point that evening. Whatever Yvonne saw in that house that night was wearing her brother's face, and it was not her brother.

Three real callers. Three true ghost stories. A church, a bedroom at 3:33 AM, and a figure that looked exactly like someone who was not there. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to share your story.

You might end up on the show.

Support us with official merch at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newmanmedia.shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, catch us on YouTube at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @tellmeaghoststory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and follow along on Instagram at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tellmeaghoststorypodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newman Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

True Ghost Stories: A Nonhuman Face in the Dark in Australia and a Succubus in Dallas Texas Oct 31, 2023

Show notes

Hey, it's Michelle, and this episode belongs entirely to Tyler from Texas, who called in with two true ghost stories from two completely different parts of the world that share one deeply unsettling detail. In both of them, something was watching him, and it was not human.

Tyler's first story takes place in the remote wilderness of Arnhem Land in Australia, one of the most ancient and spiritually significant landscapes on earth. Tyler and a friend were camped there when they heard a scream that had no business coming from anything living. Then they saw a face in the shadows at the edge of their camp. Not an animal. Not a person. Something else entirely was watching them from the dark. When they investigated, there were no tracks. No signs of anything that could have been there. Nothing to explain what they had seen or heard.

Then Tyler takes us back home to Oak Cliff in Dallas, Texas, where a car accident outside his apartment building claimed three lives in a single night. What followed in the weeks after was a haunting that built slowly and then all at once. Strange noises. An overwhelming presence. The specific sensation of being watched by something that was deciding what to do next. A priest came. The activity seemed to ease. Then a new tenant named Keith moved in, and whatever had been there appeared to leave with no explanation. Tyler has spent a long time thinking about whether the spirit was drawn to his solitude specifically and whether Keith's arrival simply gave it somewhere else to go.

Two real ghost encounters. One caller. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to share your story.

You might end up on the show.

Support us with official merch at ⁠⁠⁠⁠newmanmedia.shop⁠⁠⁠⁠, catch us on YouTube at⁠⁠⁠⁠ @tellmeaghoststory⁠⁠⁠⁠, and follow along on Instagram at ⁠⁠⁠⁠@tellmeaghoststorypodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Newman Media⁠⁠⁠⁠.

True Ghost Stories: A Mysterious Man at the Best Western in Fresno and a Doppelganger in the Philippines Oct 23, 2023

Show notes

Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode is another one where I am not just hosting. I am in it. I start with my own real ghost encounter from a road trip that I have never been able to explain, and then Yvonne from the Philippines calls in with a doppelganger story that is one of the most quietly terrifying things I have ever heard on this show.

I was staying at the Best Western in Fresno, California, on what was supposed to be a completely ordinary road trip. I woke up to find a man standing over me. He was right there. And then he was gone. No one else in the room saw him enter. No one saw him leave. The door had not opened. I have thought about that moment many times since, and I still do not have an answer for it.

Then Yvonne calls in from the Philippines with a haunting memory involving her mother. She saw her mother across the room, recognized her completely, and followed her. When she found her actual mother, the figure she had been following was gone. What Yvonne encountered is what many cultures call a doppelganger, an exact double of a living person, and in the traditions of many cultures, including those of the Philippines, seeing one is considered a serious omen. Yvonne had no idea what she was looking at until it was already gone.

Doppelgangers are among the most consistently documented paranormal phenomena across world cultures. Ancient Egyptian, Norse, Finnish, and Filipino traditions all have names for them, and all treat them with the same gravity. Yvonne's encounter connects to something much older and much wider than one phone call to a ghost story podcast.

Two real stories. One from your host. One from a caller who followed something that looked exactly like her mother and found no one there. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

You might end up on the show.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Newman Media⁠⁠⁠⁠.

True Ghost Stories: A Little Spirit Girl, the Haunted Grand Hotel in Jerome Arizona, and a Shadow Figure in the Philippines Oct 18, 2023

Show notes

Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode has three real ghost encounters from three different locations that share one thing in common. In every single one of them, something was there that should not have been.

Nellie calls in with two paranormal experiences from the same house. First, a mysterious little girl with black hair appeared in her bedroom, watching her from across the room. Then something was peeking through her shower curtain. Nellie's home was not old or notorious or historically significant. It was just a house. And that is somehow the part that makes it most unsettling.

Heather takes us to the Grand Hotel in Jerome, Arizona, one of the most documented haunted hotels in the American Southwest. Jerome itself was a copper mining town built on a hillside, and it has a history of violence, disease, and sudden death that runs deep. Heather was in her room when a ghostly voice told her to turn down the TV. There was no TV on. There was nothing to turn down. The voice knew she was there anyway.

And Yvonne calls in from a memory that has never left her, a visit to her aunt's house in the Philippines, where an ominous dark figure appeared and chased her up the stairs. Shadow figures appear across cultures and across centuries, and Yvonne's encounter in the Philippines connects to a long tradition of documented supernatural experiences in that region that predate Western paranormal research by generations.

Three callers. Three real ghost stories from three corners of the world. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠⁠⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠⁠⁠ to share your story.

You might end up on the show.

Support us with official merch at ⁠⁠⁠newmanmedia.shop⁠⁠⁠, catch us on YouTube at⁠⁠⁠ @tellmeaghoststory⁠⁠⁠, and follow along on Instagram at ⁠⁠⁠@tellmeaghoststorypodcast⁠⁠⁠.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠⁠⁠Newman Media⁠⁠⁠.

True Ghost Stories: Edwin's Haunted Childhood Home, a Floating Object, a Red Balloon, and a Light in the Closet Oct 09, 2023

Show notes

Hey, it's Michelle, and this episode belongs entirely to Edwin Covarrubias, founder of Scary FM, who called in with a true ghost story from his own childhood that unfolds like a slow-burning horror film. Edwin did not want his house to be haunted. It was anyway.

It started when Edwin's family moved from a cramped apartment into a spacious house with a backyard and a dog, the kind of move that should feel like a fresh start. The first sign that something was wrong came in the bathroom, where a dark blue, towel-like object floated in the corner with no explanation. Edwin told his father. They investigated. They found nothing.

Then his father discovered a red balloon in the yard. When it burned away, it revealed an old coin underneath. Dead birds began appearing around the property with no clear cause. Eerie sounds moved through the house at night. Each incident on its own could be explained away. Together, they built it into something that Edwin could not ignore and could not rationalize.

The moment that ended any remaining doubt was the night Edwin saw a bright light coming from inside his closet. What followed were sleepless nights and a relationship with the paranormal that has never entirely left him. Edwin went on to dedicate his career to ghost stories and supernatural storytelling. This childhood home is a significant part of why.

One caller. One true ghost story that starts with a floating object and ends with a light in the dark. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

You might end up on the show.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠⁠⁠Newman Media⁠⁠⁠.

True Ghost Stories: A Haunted HomeGoods House, a Weeping Woman, and a Goodbye from Beyond Oct 03, 2023

Show notes

Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode is a little different from most because I am not just hosting this one. I am in it. I start with one of my own real ghost encounters, and then two listeners call in with true ghost stories that could not be more different from each other. One is terrifying. One will break your heart a little.

I was working as a photographer in a house filled with the kind of HomeGoods decor that already makes you feel like something is slightly off. And then something rushed past me from behind. No one was there. I felt it before I could explain it, and I have not stopped thinking about it since. This was my first real paranormal encounter, and it is the one that made me understand why people call this show.

Then Nellie calls in with a haunting memory from her childhood home. A woman weeping somewhere in the house. Sorrowful and persistent and tied to the spirit of an elderly woman who had lived there before Nellie's family moved in. Nellie's story is one of those real ghost encounters that is less about fear and more about the emotional weight that spirits can carry with them long after they are gone.

And finally, Maggie shares a vivid dream that felt nothing like a dream. Her friend Liz had died in a car accident, and Liz came back, just once, to say goodbye. Maggie believes it completely, and after hearing how she describes it, I do too. Some of the most powerful true ghost stories we receive are not about terror at all. They are about love that does not know how to end.

Three real stories. One from your host. Two from listeners who called in and trusted us with something deeply personal. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠⁠ to share your story.

You might end up on the show.

Support us with official merch at ⁠⁠newmanmedia.shop⁠⁠, catch us on YouTube at⁠⁠ @tellmeaghoststory⁠⁠, and follow along on Instagram at ⁠⁠@tellmeaghoststorypodcast⁠⁠.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠⁠Newman Media⁠⁠.

True Ghost Stories: The Halloween Tree, a Lingering Spirit, and Haunted Dolls That Move on Their Own Sep 11, 2023

Show notes

Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode has three true ghost stories that could not be more different from each other. The ancient origins of Halloween and why the veil between worlds gets thin. A listener who felt a presence that simply would not leave. And haunted dolls that do things dolls are not supposed to do.

The Halloween Tree takes its name from Ray Bradbury's chilling exploration of Halloween's origins, and this segment traces the ancient rituals that gave the holiday its power, the idea that certain nights of the year genuinely attract spirits from beyond and always have. This is the history underneath the costumes and the candy, and it is darker than most people realize.

Then a listener calls in with a real paranormal encounter about a spirit that lingered long past the point of comfort. Creaking floorboards. The unmistakable feeling of being watched from the dark. The specific unease of knowing something is still there and not knowing what it wants. If you have ever felt a presence in a room that should have been empty, this one will stay with you.

And finally, haunted dolls. Real accounts of cursed objects that move, watch, and make themselves known in ways that cannot be explained away. Dolls have appeared in paranormal cases across cultures for centuries, and the stories surrounding them remain some of the most consistently documented supernatural phenomena we have on record. These are not the ones from the movies. These are real.

Three true ghost stories. One episode that covers Halloween, lingering spirits, and haunted objects all in one sitting.

You might end up on the show.

Support us with official merch at ⁠⁠newmanmedia.shop⁠⁠, catch us on YouTube at⁠⁠ @tellmeaghoststory⁠⁠, and follow along on Instagram at ⁠⁠@tellmeaghoststorypodcast⁠⁠.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠⁠Newman Media⁠⁠.

True Ghost Stories: A Lady in White, a Sleep Demon, and Theater Ghosts from a Real Séance Sep 01, 2023

Show notes

This is the ORIGINAL Tell Me A Ghost Story episode with calls from the early days of the show. Short, raw, and exactly where it all started. These three calls were later incorporated into a longer compilation (soon to be video) episode with more ghost stories, called Deluxe.

Hey, it's Michelle, and this early episode features three real callers whose true ghost stories span the paranormal West Coast. A childhood haunting in Los Angeles. A sleep demon in Washington. And a séance at a college theatre in Seattle that went further than anyone expected.

Greg from Los Angeles takes us back to his childhood in a haunted house where he came face to face with a Lady in White. The Lady in White is one of the most documented ghostly figures across cultures worldwide, a spirit almost always tied to loss and betrayal, and Greg's encounter with her is as personal and unsettling as any we have received.

Joe from Washington calls in with a real sleep paralysis experience that goes beyond the clinical explanation. Lying completely unable to move while a dark presence loomed over him, claiming it was there to help. Joe's account connects to centuries of documented encounters with sleep demons across cultures, and his version of it is one of the most chilling we have heard.

And Deborah from Seattle describes what happened during a séance at Fort Wright College with a group of theatre students who were not entirely prepared for what answered back. Eerie sounds. Unexpected responses. And a room full of people who went in curious and came out changed.

Three real callers. Three true ghost stories. This is where Tell Me A Ghost Story began.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠ to share your story.

You might end up on the show.

Support us with official merch at ⁠newmanmedia.shop⁠, catch us on YouTube at⁠ @tellmeaghoststory⁠, and follow along on Instagram at ⁠@tellmeaghoststorypodcast⁠.

Theme music is Sexy Sax by Cool Cascade.

Production by ⁠Newman Media⁠.