Encounters x285 - Poltergeist Stories

Summary

Podcast Summary: Two Girls One Ghost - Episode: Encounters x285 - Poltergeist Stories

Release Date: June 12, 2025

Introduction

In this spine-tingling episode of Two Girls One Ghost, hosts Corinne Vien and Sabrina Deana-Roga delve deep into the eerie world of poltergeists. Known as America’s most haunted podcast, they present a collection of listener-submitted supernatural tales, expertly weaving personal insights and discussions that enhance each story's haunting ambiance.

Listener Story 1: Peyton’s Poltergeist Experiences

Title: Did I Create a Poltergeist Haunting my Dad?
Timestamp: [05:07] - [12:16]

Peyton shares unsettling experiences from her childhood home, where the presence of poltergeists seems intertwined with her family dynamics.

• Cat Ghost Encounter:
  “I heard all the noises downstairs persisted. Freaking out, thinking we were getting robbed, I called my dad...” ([26:33])
  Peyton describes a terrifying night where she hears her parents running errands, yet the sounds of activity continue inside the empty house. Upon investigating, she finds no one, leaving her to question her reality.

• Persistent Poltergeist Activity:
  Peyton details recurring phenomena such as her headband and personal items mysteriously disappearing and reappearing.
  “I only have an older brother who's five years older than me, so at this point, he was 20 years old and he was in college.” ([24:33])

• Psychic Intervention:
  After witnessing a smoky black hand grab her sweatpants, Peyton consults Psychic Kathy, who offers a mantra to protect her energy.
  “My energy is my own. It can only be used for what I want it to be used for.” ([35:02])

Host Insights:

Corinne and Sabrina discuss the nature of poltergeists, considering whether Peyton’s experiences are manifestations of residual energy or active spirits influenced by her family's dynamics.
“We have two new things from this email. One, bald people have just been slapped by ghosts a lot...” ([09:04])

Listener Story 2: MJ’s Haunted House

Title: My Haunted House, A Demon Hand, A Poltergeist, Psychic Moments, Glitches in the Matrix, and more.
Timestamp: [14:12] - [18:31]

MJ recounts a series of unexplained events in her lifelong home, sparking a transformation in her perception of the paranormal.

• Disappearing and Reappearing Items:
  MJ describes her headband vanishing and reappearing in her guest room, leading to suspicions of a restless spirit.
  “I had similar experiences with necklaces and other personal items that I normally kept close to me...” ([24:25])

• Unseen Noises and Residual Energy:
  Her mother hears noises that MJ cannot, suggesting a one-sided haunting phenomenon.
  “It's like MJ's sleeping in there. If there was a spirit actually jumping up and down, wouldn't MJ have heard it?” ([30:41])

• Aggressive Poltergeist Manifestation:
  The episode peaks with MJ seeing a smoky hand grasp her pants, an incident that shifts her experiences from strange to terrifying.
  “I can't remember how long I was looking at it, probably five seconds, but it really felt like an hour.” ([31:35])

Host Insights:

The hosts explore the idea that poltergeist activity may be linked to personal energy and unresolved trauma within the household.
“AJ writes, it's also important to note that I've lived in the same house my entire Life.” ([21:10])

Listener Story 3: Katie’s Protective Poltergeist

Title: A Poltergeist Saves the Day
Timestamp: [42:35] - [53:47]

Katie shares a remarkable tale from the 1960s in Liverpool, where a mischievous poltergeist ultimately serves as a protector.

• Poltergeist Intervention:
  During a raging poltergeist frenzy, Tim's dad courageously confronts a dangerous intruder, inadvertently assisted by the family's restless great aunt.
  “Tim's dad jumps on the sky, pins his arms and the weapon to his chest...” ([46:24])

• Heroic Outcome:
  The haunted house detains a wanted murderer, revealing the poltergeist's protective instincts.
  “After this experience, Tim's aunt the poltergeist kept activity to a minimum.” ([47:11])

• Legacy of Protection:
  The house's haunting forces lead to its eventual demolition, leaving behind an empty lot that stands as a testament to past supernatural guardians.

Host Insights:

Corinne and Sabrina reflect on the dual nature of poltergeists as both chaotic and protective entities, highlighting the complexity of such supernatural interactions.
“It's the ghost trying to remember where they put your headband. I frowned at these noises, confused...” ([26:27])

Listener Story 4: Alicia’s Paranormal Encounters

Title: [Not specified]
Timestamp: [48:37] - [54:06]

Alicia narrates personal encounters with spirits that blur the lines between reality and the supernatural.

• Flying Objects and Shared Witnesses:
  Alicia describes witnessing a stuffed tiger flying through the air alongside her cat, creating a shared experience with her family.
  “We saw the stuffed tiger come out of the hallway and landing in front of the fireplace...” ([51:35])

• Family’s Unseen Presence:
  Additional instances include seeing a ghostly white face and hearing unidentified voices, intensifying Alicia's belief in the paranormal.
  “I had friends stay the night one time and they swore that they saw my face looking ghostly white...” ([51:36])

Host Insights:

The hosts discuss how shared paranormal experiences can strengthen the bond between individuals, as exemplified by Alicia’s tale.
“We don't know what it is, but that is. That's wild.” ([53:00])

Conclusion

Corinne and Sabrina wrap up the episode by encouraging listeners to share their own poltergeist stories, emphasizing the community aspect of exploring the supernatural together. They also reflect on the emotional connections forged through shared paranormal experiences, highlighting the enduring impact of these encounters on their lives.

“See you on the other Side.” ([55:32])

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Notable Quotes:

• “I can't fall asleep to this because I was really.” – Sabrina Deana-Roga ([03:58])
• “A bald spot created by a ghost to be lore.” – Corinne Vien ([08:44])
• “My energy is my own. It can only be used for what I want it to be used for.” – Psychic Kathy ([35:02])
• “I genuinely wish my house was being broken into. I wish I came downstairs to see people...” – Peyton ([28:27])

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Key Insights and Discussions:

• Energy and Susceptibility: The hosts explore how a person’s energy can attract or repel supernatural entities, suggesting that positive energy may offer protection against negative spirits.

• Protective Spirits: Katie’s story illustrates that poltergeists aren’t always malevolent; they can play protective roles, safeguarding loved ones from harm.

• Psychic Awareness: MJ’s transition from experiencing strange phenomena to seeking psychic help underscores the evolving nature of personal paranormal encounters and the quest for understanding.

Final Thoughts:

Two Girls One Ghost successfully immerses listeners in a world where the supernatural intersects with everyday life. Through detailed storytelling and thoughtful discussions, Corinne and Sabrina provide both chills and comfort, reaffirming the profound connections between the living and the beyond. Whether you’re a skeptic or a believer, this episode offers compelling narratives that provoke reflection on the unseen forces that may surround us.

Transcript

[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

You can Venmo this or you can Venmo that.

[Corinne]

You can Venmo this.

[Sabrina]

So you can Venmo that. You can Venmo.

[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

Venmo purchase restrictions apply. Very spooky.

[Corinne]

Hello. Hello.

[Sabrina]

Your hat is on, Meaning we can podcast now.

[Corinne]

It's time. Bras off. Hats on.

[Sabrina]

I love it. I'm not wearing a bra either. I never am.

[Corinne]

I feel like you rock it. I have new boobs, so I'm not sure I should be doing what I'm doing.

[Sabrina]

I have no boobs, so they're small.

[Corinne]

Itty bitties.

[Sabrina]

Mosquito bites. Hi. What's our podcast name?

[Corinne]

Two girls, one ghost.

[Sabrina]

Hi. Two girls, one ghost. And we are your ghosts. That is Corinne.

[Corinne]

Hello.

[Sabrina]

Or Corn. And I am Sabrina. And this is an Encounters episode, which we love. We read your stories that you email us. We read them back to you, and we pick themes.

[Corinne]

But first, can we just pause? Because I feel like this blue. I was thinking about it the whole last episode. I was staring at you and I'm like, my God, you're so beautiful.

[Sabrina]

Oh, my God.

[Corinne]

Like, the blue on you looks so good.

[Sabrina]

Thank you.

[Corinne]

I know compliments aren't easy to absorb.

[Sabrina]

Ew, yuck. I feel like this. Blue and red are your colors.

[Corinne]

Although I will say, I feel like when you wear your green sweater, because this feels like I'm really hitting on you right now. Do you love me when you wear your green sweater? Oh, my God. Green also looks really good on you. My instinct is like, call my Karin instead. No, thank you. We can move on. Wait, would you like to read a story?

[Sabrina]

Well, yes, but I have a TV show recommendation.

[Corinne]

Okay.

[Sabrina]

For you, and I can't take credit for it. And I was trying so hard to find who and where this was recommended to us, but I want to say it was on YouTube. Someone recommended this show called From.

[Corinne]

Wait, what? It's from F R O M. Oh, Googling now.

[Sabrina]

And it is so good. It is very scary.

[Corinne]

Yeah, I like shiver just looking at.

[Sabrina]

But it is a combination of, like, all of our favorite things, like glitches in the Matrix, mimicry entities like in the woods. And this concept is basically, there's this, like, town that exists, but you get there by, like, slipping into a different weird dimension and you can't get out. So, like, this car basically is driving. This opens. Like, there's an RV with a family, and they're driving, and then all of a sudden, they, like, can't get their way back to the highway, and they find themselves in this tiny little town, and they're like, which way to the highway? And they keep driving straight, but they keep ending up going in circles in this town. I watched the first three episodes, and then I had to turn it off. And I'm, like, usually high tolerance to scary things, but I couldn't fall asleep to this because I was really.

[Corinne]

I was like, this is going to.

[Sabrina]

Be too scary to go to bed to.

[Corinne]

The series is set in a nightmarish town in the US that traps those who enter. The unwilling residents strive to remain alive while plagued by terrifying nocturnal creatures from the surrounding forest as they search for secrets hidden within the town and beyond the hope of finding a way out.

[Sabrina]

Yeah, like, literally, you have to be back in your house. Windows covered, doors locked. Like, the windows are nailed in before sun goes down, because when the sun goes down, there are these entities that are kind of like sws, flesh, pedestrians, and a lot of the different types of cryptids and creatures we talk about on this podcast, where they mimic and show up as other people. They know your name, they try to get inside your house. They can only come in if you invite them in.

[Corinne]

Have you looked at the show posters? Yeah.

[Sabrina]

They're very creepy.

[Corinne]

They're very creepy. Yeah. Wow. Okay.

[Sabrina]

Yeah. Great, great, great.

[Corinne]

I want to watch it.

[Sabrina]

Great, great. But today's topic is poltergeists. Noisy ghosts, pesky little demons that might be throwing things at you. Knives, books.

[Corinne]

Love.

[Sabrina]

Stuffed animals. Aw. Love.

[Corinne]

Rarely love, but it's an option.

[Sabrina]

I feel like these poltergeists that we're gonna read about aren't throwing love.

[Corinne]

No, they're not. No.

[Sabrina]

But we're throwing love to you by reading these ghost stories to you. And you're throwing love to us by emailing us your ghost stories. Okay, this is from our listener, Peyton, and it is called Did I Create a Poltergeist Haunting my dad? Hello, girls. My name is Peyton and I have some crazy short stories to tell you about that happened in my childhood home when I was a toddler. My parents had a cat named Leo, and I loved that cat. But after he died, my parents said that I would play with his ghost in the basement, which was his favorite spot. I have lived in every room in this house except for my parents room, and I am now living in the basement. One night I put on YouTube to go to sleep. And I was trying to sleep when I started to hear a faint noise. Thinking it was part of the YouTube video. I thought nothing of it, but it started getting louder and I realized it was a cat's meow. I sat up and paused the video and the meowing stopped. I then went on my phone looking up what kind of stuff on the Internet about a demon cat because what does this thing want from me? And it started again and got loud very fast. But the only thing was, it sounded like it was right next to me. Couldn't have been outside, sounded like it was in the air next to my ear. I freaked out and verbally said, please stop. And it did. I never heard it again. So maybe it was Leo, but I don't know. I didn't like it and it was odd. My next story happened when I was in middle school. I woke up in the middle of the night, sat up in bed, and saw a figure of a man standing in the doorway of my room. I wasn't scared and was honestly too tired to process. So I just laid back down and went back to sleep. I don't understand that because I've always been scared of the paranormal. So for me to go back to sleep like nothing was wrong was odd. This man looked like he was wearing a black top hat. And I did research because it didn't feel negative, but I found stories of a man, hat man, standing in doorways watching people who have specifically gone through trauma, checking to see how they are. That's an interesting take on it, huh? Which sounds really comforting. I did see that man a few more times. And those times, because I was able to comprehend what was happening, I got scared. The last time I saw him, I told him to go away. And to my Knowledge. I never saw him again. Whoever it was, I like to think he was there protecting me. But now onto some more creepy stories. Within the past few years, more and more paranormal activity has been happening in the house. I attribute it to many things. Content warning for abuse. My father is abusive, so there's a lot of negative energy in the space. He also watches a lot of paranormal stuff on YouTube, even when he's sleeping. So I feel like that has opened him up a lot more as well. I gave my dad a handmade little wooden figure that has a windmill and a man fishing beside it. I bought it for my dad because when we were at an antique shop, he saw it and said he liked it. A few times, my dad said that he has seen the windmill start spinning. It's old, and this thing hasn't really been fixed up, so it takes a lot of force to make the windmill move. He claims that there was no wind, and for some reason, I believe him. One day, my dad was in the backyard and bent over to pick something up, and a brick that was on top of our pool deck fell on top of his head. There have also been times where my dad was in the backyard and that sliding glass door to our house would just open and close again. This door is pretty heavy. So heavy that my dogs, who love going in and out of the house, can't even push it open with their noses when they try. A few times, my father has also heard children talking. I don't remember what she said the first time, but the second time he was in the kitchen and heard a girl say, what's up, doe? Which is something popular from a long time ago. He has also had someone grab his foot when laying in bed. Something slapped the top of his head, which I think is pretty funny. He has this giant bald spot, and I think it's probably because the spirit likes to slap his head so much.

[Corinne]

A bald spot created by a ghost to be lore. Like, you know when they say, like, oh, you have a. A large indent here. It's like the angel touching your. I forget what this part is called, but like the angel. Is that your frenulum press pressing? Yeah. Angel's fingerprint. Bald spots are now ghosts. Touch your head so much.

[Sabrina]

Just like a. Like a teeny rubbing its belly.

[Corinne]

But it's.

[Sabrina]

That's so funny.

[Corinne]

Head slaps from the ghosts.

[Sabrina]

I love it.

[Corinne]

Got a lot of slaps.

[Sabrina]

Peyton says, I'm really good at protecting my space and energy, so I think that my guides and the energy around me knows not to Mess with me. Although a few times a lamp in the living room has turned on randomly with me right next to it. But it doesn't seem negative, more like it just wants attention. I feel like that's your spirit guides being like, hey, we have to tell you something. We're trying not to scare you, but here's a light. A light bulb moment.

[Corinne]

Yeah.

[Sabrina]

I've also been in my basement looking at my phone when things have fallen off the shelves in front of me. There was one time I was getting ready in the bathroom in the basement when I heard my dog walk down the stairs, thinking nothing of it. After a few minutes, I went out of the bathroom to go pet him, but he wasn't there. He was actually upstairs sleeping. Hmm. Creepy. And this last story happened to me, and it was a little freaky. So being in the basement means that I hear people when they're walking upstairs. Especially my dad, because he is a little, like, anchored to his step. It was late at night, and I hear what sounds like my dad frantically stomping from his bedroom to the bathroom to a closet. I got a little scared, and after a few minutes, I go to talk to my mom in the living room, asking if everything is okay. She said, everything's fine. I asked if dad had gotten up and he hadn't. That also has happened a couple more times. It's very confusing every time. It's like the house just remembers.

[Corinne]

That's what I was going to say. Like a residual energy, like replaying the moments that her dad has been.

[Sabrina]

I love you both and started listening recently after seeing you guys with Jerry and Cece. I am so excited about the baby, and you will be and are already an amazing mom and amazing aunt Peyton.

[Corinne]

Dang. That's a lot of activity.

[Sabrina]

Like, I'm questioning more if just your family is very open, and then if the spirits of the house are picking up on some toxic behavior that your dad is exhibiting. I mean, if I'm a ghost, I'd be slapping his head too, right?

[Corinne]

I do like that. We have two new things from this email. One, bald people have just been slapped by ghosts a lot. And two, the idea that hat man or, like, certain hauntings happen for spirits to check in on those who have experienced trauma. Yeah, that's actually really nice. We've never heard that spin.

[Sabrina]

I like that. Or.

[Corinne]

And then also, I think ghost cats are actual cats and not demons.

[Sabrina]

I think it's a ghost cat.

[Corinne]

Are cats demons?

[Sabrina]

Kind of.

[Corinne]

Are they one in the same?

[Sabrina]

Well, if you. Do you remember Camilla's story where her cat is literally a demon that looks like one of the 72 demons of Solomon. Yeah. But I do feel like, especially with the familial haunting that is commonly said with hat man, it does make me think specifically about familial trauma and unresolved or unhealed familial trauma.

[Corinne]

Yeah.

[Sabrina]

It's like, I'm watching you because you're now dealing with this.

[Corinne]

It does make more sense, too, because it's. I feel like it was, like, four years ago at this point that we read an email from someone who said that they saw the hat man, like, walking up the steps and into the house of someone else. And, like, the hat man saw her watching him and was just, like, moving on. But, like, if it was looking for someone to haunt and to scare, seeing that recognition, it should have diverted its energy that way. But it was like, no, I have a task to do. I'm going to just specific home. A ghost job? Yeah.

[Sabrina]

What if we have to work in the afterlife? I'm down for it. Because we've spent so much time talking about the paranormal in our. For our real jobs, like, life jobs, that it would be so cool to be the paranormal that people are pontificating and theorizing about in the afterlife.

[Corinne]

But do you have to have a ghost job, or could you take any job? Could I just work in a greenhouse for, like, two days a week?

[Sabrina]

That's not a ghost job, though. That's like, a human job.

[Corinne]

Yeah. But I'm gonna do it as a ghost.

[Sabrina]

Okay.

[Corinne]

I'm gonna haunt the plants. I'm gonna whisper sweet nothings. And so they do really well.

[Sabrina]

Okay.

[Corinne]

Because they're constantly getting words of affirmation from the paranormal realm.

[Sabrina]

I would like to be a grim reaper or a hat man or I would like to work for Pesta.

[Corinne]

Yeah, you want to work for Pesta?

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Corinne]

I now I kind of want to be the ghost in, like, the middle school bathroom that, like, doesn't actually do anything, but just, like, you make one tiny little noise, and everyone starts screaming and giggling and running out just to see. See the joy.

[Sabrina]

Imagine all the drama, too, that, you know.

[Corinne]

Oh, my God. I know.

[Sabrina]

Yeah. The people playing Bloody Mary, you scare them.

[Corinne]

But it's like, I get to also instill some fear and create creepy kids. Like, we were those people.

[Sabrina]

Right.

[Corinne]

So I get to see the early versions of us.

[Sabrina]

And then you can also be a helping hand to those who are bullied in middle school.

[Corinne]

Right? Yes.

[Sabrina]

And cry in the bathroom.

[Corinne]

Right. I protect them.

[Sabrina]

And then they go around, tell everyone that they're talking to a ghost in the bathroom and they get bullied.

[Corinne]

And then you go bully the bullies. And then I go collect the bullies and I scream at them in the.

[Sabrina]

Bathroom until they cry and lock them in there.

[Corinne]

And then they're upset, so then I have to help them. And it's just like a full circle of traumatizing and healing. It's an abusive relationship. Wow.

[Sabrina]

And that's how quickly it happens.

[Corinne]

Break the cycle. Get hat man to come help. Okay, I have an email called My Haunted House, A Demon Hand, A Poltergeist, Psychic Moments, Glitches in the Matrix, and more.

[Sabrina]

Okay. Lots of things.

[Corinne]

Hello, ghostesses. My name is MJ and I've been a listener for a couple of years now, and I'm just getting around to sitting down and sharing my ghost stories. So buckle up. There's a lot of spookiness, and this is going to be a long email.

[Sabrina]

Sometimes I do, like, really wish there was, like, a buckle in here. Yeah, it would make me feel very secure.

[Corinne]

I wish we were amazing at animating so we could just, like, quickly add in, like. Like the cartoon.

[Sabrina]

Like, yeah, I'm picturing it. We have good imaginations and we hope you all do too, because that's the only way you're going to see what we just pictured.

[Corinne]

Zero execution. But this is a podcast. I guess now people call them shows. But originally it was a podcast. It was audio only, so you're expected to use your audio only imaginations. Still imagination. The first time I ever experienced anything paranormal that I can remember was when I was about nine years old. I was at my best friend's house attending a Christmas party with my Girl Scout troop. And we were playing hide and seek in the house. The kind of hide and seek where when you're found, you become the seeker. And because it's December, it was pitch black outside by 5pm and we had dimmed the lights, so it made the whole house a lot easier to hide in. I hid, but I was eventually found by my friend. We'll call her Jenna. So then Jenna and I continued to search the house looking for the other girls. I was walking down the dark upstairs hallway with Jenna a few feet behind me. And to my left were double French doors that opened into an office that was set up from the hallway. That's like, just like our office.

[Sabrina]

I was just thinking that on the.

[Corinne]

Far wall were huge windows that backlit the room because of the moonlight. When I opened the door, I saw A small figure crouching under the desk in the part that was carved out for the chair. So I immediately smiled and said, found you.

[Sabrina]

Oh, no.

[Corinne]

I looked away from the figure for a split second to switch the light on. And when I switched it on and looked back at the desk, no one was there. Jenna came running into the room excitedly and asked, who did you find? Confused, I didn't respond, and I walked further into the office. I searched high and low in the small room, but I found nobody. Not even a sign that anyone had been hiding there at any point. So I turned to Jenna, I explained what I had just seen, and we both freaked out and then ran downstairs. We told the other girls, and maybe I put a damper on the Christmas party.

[Sabrina]

Hey, I wouldn't want to suffer and experience that by myself.

[Corinne]

No. That reminds me of when I did hide and seek with my brother. And I ran down to the basement, because I was like, there's no way Christian's gonna come to the basement. And I was literally at the bottom of the stairs. Cause I was also scared of the basement. But I was like, I'll be right at the bottom of the stairs. And then when Christian said, mom, can you help me go look in the basement? I turned to run into one of the rooms, and underneath the foosball table was a little boy crouching, crouching. And then he started to, like, crawl, run.

[Sabrina]

Which I think is so cute, because it's like, this ghost boy wanted to play with you.

[Corinne]

He was also playing. Oh, we're hiding. The basement is very scary. So Noah's at the age where we have been introducing food. And I will say mealtimes and snack times are not always easy when you have a baby or a toddler or even a big kid. But one of my neighbors was like, oh, wait, you have to get little spoon. And then we're so lucky that they also partner with us. And oh, my gosh, what a game changer.

[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

It's also, how old was MJ at this point?

[Corinne]

High school.

[Sabrina]

Which is interesting. Puberty, I think about. Yeah.

[Corinne]

Bullying.

[Sabrina]

Well, I also just think about the amount of energy shifts and changes that you are going through in that time. And when we talked about the conjuring and we did our whole investigation of the conjuring house, one of the theories was the poltergeists were contributed and associated with all the women going through puberty, which we've said many times. I wish every time I PMS like I made a bunch of ghosts like shit happen. But unfortunately, I just get migraines and all the other terrible PMS symptoms that are physical and I have to experience. But there is a lot of commonality where in that age of life.

[Corinne]

It is interesting, too, because it. Like in here, I would almost think that it would happen over a few years. It was just a few months.

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Corinne]

AJ writes, it's also important to note that I've lived in the same house my entire Life. I'm now 22. My parents still own this house. And I'll get into the history of the house in a bit at the end. But I wanted to say upfront that I've never experienced anything paranormal in this house growing up. And neither did any of my family.

[Sabrina]

Members until this moment.

[Corinne]

The hauntings started after Christmas. Why is it. What's up with you and Christmas?

[Sabrina]

Merry Christmas.

[Corinne]

There are a bunch of ghosts stories. That's true. Okay. It does make sense.

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Corinne]

Sorry for almost bullying you.

[Sabrina]

We're stopping the cycle.

[Corinne]

We're end cycle now. The haunting started after Christmas in, I believe, my sophomore year of high school. It started out very mundane. I'd received a headband for Christmas that I became obsessed with. I wore it multiple days a week. I would take it off when I got in bed and put it on my nightstands just so that I could immediately put it back on when I woke up. Aww. And one morning, I got up, but I could not find my headband anywhere. I thought it was very strange that I wouldn't have left it on my nightstand like I'd been consistently doing.

[Sabrina]

Right?

[Corinne]

So still, I thought maybe I just left it somewhere else by accident. So I searched my bathroom, I searched my living room, the car, the kitchen, the entire house, and it was nowhere. It was very sad about losing this item. So I told my mom to please keep an eye out for my headband. She assured me that it would turn up in the laundry or maybe in the couch Cushion. And for a few days we both kept looking out for it. But it never turned up. Weeks went by to the ghost was.

[Sabrina]

Like, stop wearing that headband.

[Corinne]

Yeah. Oh my God, you're obsessed with this head. Or was like, I want to turn.

[Sabrina]

Yeah, my turn.

[Corinne]

I want to wear this headband. It looks so good on you. Weeks went by to the point where I had forgotten about it. And one day I was sitting in the room when I heard my mom say, mj, I found it. You found what? I called back. She walked into my room holding my headband. And I immediately smiled when I saw it. But my smile faded when I registered the bizarre look on her face. What is it? What's wrong? I said. She hesitated. Nothing. It's just strange. What's strange? Your headband. I found it somewhere weird. Confused and annoyed as I usually was at 13, I replied, mom, what are you talking about? And she gestured for me to follow her down the hallway two doors down from my bedroom into our guest room. Now, our guest room was not some room we kept locked up and never used at this time. Our printer and our ironing board were both in there. The printer I used frequently for school. The ironing board my mom used almost every day. It was a small room, though largely taken up by a queen sized bed in the middle of the room. The printer and ironing board surrounding the two sides of the bed. We walked into the room and she pointed at the bed. I found it right there. She said as she touched the dead ceiling center of the bed.

[Sabrina]

Emdo, do you have siblings? Cause I feel like this is something my sister would do, like take something of mine and then. And I would do for sure.

[Corinne]

Okay, well, she's about to answer this question. Yeah, this was bizarre. And as I said, my whole family enters this room a few times a day, multiple times a week. And at this point, each member of my family knew that this headband was missing. My mom knew especially, and she would iron in this room every single day, directly facing the bed. Now, this was very weird for both my mom and me, but because this wasn't the last time that this would happen.

[Sabrina]

Oh.

[Corinne]

I had similar experiences with necklaces and other personal items that I normally kept close to me and I would keep track of and they would disappear and reappear days and weeks later in bizarre places.

[Sabrina]

Weird.

[Corinne]

Also, it was definitely not sibling antics.

[Sabrina]

Okay.

[Corinne]

I only have an older brother who's five years older than me, so at this point, he was 20 years old and he was in college.

[Sabrina]

Okay, so you have a Ghost sister.

[Corinne]

Yeah, apparently.

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Corinne]

During this time, I started experiencing what I guess is best described as poltergeist activity in my room. I had a dresser sitting under the window on the far side of the room. The right corner of the dresser was up against the corner of my wall where the closet door was. And this is important for later. And on that right corner of the dresser sat a jewelry stand. This stand was made entirely of metal wire and had two wire doors that would open and close. These were not hard to open, but they definitely weren't easy to open. You had to push it a little bit with some force to get them to open. And every day, at least once a day during this time, I would walk into my room, and to the right of the door where the jewelry stand was closest to the closet, it would be open. And this was weird because I truly never touched this thing and especially would never open the doors. I would walk up to it, close the door before going about my day. I would eventually leave, and the next time that I would go into my room, the same door would be open again. And this is a good time to add that the house experiences weren't particularly scary to me, just strange.

[Sabrina]

Well, it's also interesting because it's specifically geared around accessories.

[Corinne]

Right.

[Sabrina]

This is a spirit who likes to accessorize. Yeah. What?

[Corinne]

Nothing. Sorry. The TJ Maxx commercial just started playing in my head, and I was like, this ghost would have loved TJ Maxx. That's what I was thinking. I'm like, oh, too bad. This ghost.

[Sabrina]

Maximista.

[Corinne]

Yeah. I'm sad for your house ghosts that they don't get to shop at TJ Maxx.

[Sabrina]

Well, you can shop for your spirit at TJ Maxx.

[Corinne]

Yeah. Find them. The through is just buy two of everything so that they can have one. The door on the stand would be open on its own so many times that I started going, ugh, stop it. This is really annoying. Out loud. Whenever I would find it open again. I wasn't scared at this point, honestly. I was just an annoyed teen waiting for whatever it was to cut it out. There was one day when I went to sleep, knowing that I was going to wake up to an empty household. My parents were running errands early. My brother was at college. So I woke up, per usual, and I went on my phone for a bit, and I couldn't have been up for more than 10 minutes when I started to hear noises downstairs. They weren't just vague house moving noises. They were my house noises. Like, you know how you know what it sounds like when your dad walks down the stairs or when your mom walks around the kitchen. Well, that is what I was hearing. I heard the sound of people walking around the entire first floor. I heard the chairs at my kitchen island being pulled out and scooched in. I heard the kitchen cabinets opening and closing, the fridge door opening and closing.

[Sabrina]

And I have a full routine of life happening.

[Corinne]

Right? It's the ghost trying to remember where they put your headband. I frowned at these noises, confused, and I texted my parents. I thought you were running errands this morning. My mom replied, we are. We're at Costco. My blood immediately ran cold and my body froze. I'm alone in this house. I'm supposed to be alone. But the multitude of noises downstairs persisted. Freaking out, thinking we were getting robbed, I called my dad and I ran as quietly as I could to my door and I locked it. Dad, someone is in the house. I can hear them walking around doing things in the kitchen. My dad, in the most nonchalant dad way, says, honey, no one is there. You're just hearing things. Just walk down there and you'll see. Crazy advice, by the way. Yes, but what else was I supposed to do? So I stayed on the line with him and I made my way slowly down the hall, shaking. My room is on the farthest end of the hallway, and the stairs to the first floor are on the complete other side. So while I'm walking down the hallway, I'm still hearing everything and the noises are loud. I tiptoe down the stairs as carefully as I can. I'm still shaking and the sound is still so loud. My stairs face my front door and you can either go left, circle around through the living room to get to the kitchen, or go right down the hallway back to the kitchen. So I reached the second to last step and I took a deep breath. I could still hear everything right around the corner, but as my foot touched the floor, it went quiet. Dead quiet.

[Sabrina]

Oh my gosh.

[Corinne]

Mj, is everything okay? I hear my dad say on the other line. But I could not speak. I could not move. Mj, he said again, snapping me out of my trance. Um, yeah, I guess everything's fine. I barely squeaked this out as I rounded the corner to see my house completely empty, the kitchen totally undisturbed. See, I told you. He replied before saying goodbye and hanging up. I was still in shock. Whenever I retell this story, it always ends by saying, I genuinely wish my house was being broken into. I wish I came downstairs to see people because coming down to silence and emptiness was way harder for me to move past. It was way scarier somehow, because then.

[Sabrina]

You start to question your own reality.

[Corinne]

Yeah. It's almost like a cruel thing where it's like the paranormal world gets you used to assuming that it's just them. Because like, what if you. You were in danger one time and you're like, oh, I'm used to this.

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Corinne]

Another weird thing that was happening to me is something that occurred repeatedly from middle school until now. My room is directly above my dining room. My mom spends most of her mornings in the dining room because that is where she sets up a puzzle and will drink her coffee. Oh, I can't wait for the day that I get to take. Right now I have a sip of my coffee, run it back to the table behind the baby gate, and then like 20 minutes later, I get another sip of cold coffee.

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Corinne]

She spent most of her days there when she had a remote job and turned it into her office space. She would text me when I was in seventh grade, sitting in my room at my desk, doing my homework, saying, stop whatever you're doing, it's so loud. And she would tell me that she could hear pounding on my floor like I was doing jumping jacks or a full on aerobic routine. She would hear this to the point where nearly every day she would text me, but I was either asleep in bed, laying in bed on my phone, or doing homework at my desk. I was never even walking around during these moments.

[Sabrina]

That's what is so wild about this type of paranormal encounter. It's like your reality is so different than someone who's literally right above you.

[Corinne]

Like, how can mj, where it's like all of those family members and that duplex and they're experiencing.

[Sabrina]

So MJ's sleeping in there. If there was a spirit actually jumping up and down, wouldn't MJ have heard it? Yeah, but only her mom, who's down below the room, is hearing it.

[Corinne]

It's very isolating.

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Corinne]

When this would happen before this period of hauntings, we thought nothing of it, genuinely. But then everything else happening too. We couldn't help but connect the dots. The creepiest part is that when I left to eventually go to college, she would never, ever hear this when I was gone. But the second I came back home to visit, she would hear it the next morning when I was sleeping. And she would hear it every day that I was home.

[Sabrina]

I do really feel like you have this, like, pesky ghost sibling.

[Corinne]

Yeah. It's so weird.

[Sabrina]

Stealing all of your things and like being a menace and blaming it on.

[Corinne]

You, blaming it on you.

[Sabrina]

Seem like it's your fault. Yeah.

[Corinne]

When I would leave to go back to college, it would stop again. And this still happens to this day. However, up until this point, this was the worst of it. My mom and I felt like something was up in our house, but these experiences were nothing super crazy, outwardly negative, or cause for concern. But that all changed one morning.

[Sabrina]

Oh no.

[Corinne]

It was early on a school day. It was winter. I would wear sweatpants under my uniform dress love. I used to keep the toiletries like deodorant and lotion in a closet in the corner of my room that I previously described. So I was standing in front of that closet door, the one in front of the jewelry holder, putting on deodorant, meaning that I had both of my arms raised when I felt a strong, aggressive pull on the leg of my sweatpants. To describe it better, I felt the fabric of my baggy sweatpants pull tight on the inside of my leg. I froze for a second, and then I glanced down to see a long, smoky black hand holding the fabric of my sweatpants about 5 inches out from the outside of my leg. It wasn't totally see through. The fingers were long and skinny, and I could clearly see my sweatpants pulled taut. I can't remember how long I was looking at it, probably five seconds, but it really felt like an hour. And then the hand vanished. I watched my pant leg fall back into place and this was so surreal that sometimes I try to convince myself that this never really happened. But unfortunately it definitely did. I immediately went downstairs and I told my mom and this was the first and only time that I was scared. Bad vibes. This day she reacted negatively as well and decided to reach out to a neighbor who we'll call Kathy. I babysat for Kathy's two younger children a lot and she was good friends with my mom and I would call her Psychic Kathy because she most definitely was a psychic or medium of some sort. She's extremely intuitive, spiritual, and in touch with her energy and the energy of those around her. She also does Reiki, MJ writes. Y' all would eat her up. Love it. Anyway, my mom texted her a pretty vague message about some weird stuff going on in the house and she wanted to talk to her about it asap. I had told my mom before the whole hand grabbing thing on my pants that I felt like whatever presence was in the house that was making itself known was either a little girl or an Old man. And I was not really.

[Sabrina]

Oh, my God. What did I just do? Where did that come from?

[Corinne]

I don't know.

[Sabrina]

Literally have the email up.

[Corinne]

Really?

[Sabrina]

Yeah.

[Corinne]

Is that like a YouTube video or something? No.

[Sabrina]

And my safari wasn't even open. So weird.

[Corinne]

That was like almost elevator music.

[Sabrina]

Yeah. Just gonna put that down.

[Corinne]

Whatever it was, I felt like it was playful in nature and I wasn't really scared of it. But once this hand thing happened, it did feel like maybe there was some darkness, maybe there was something different. So I ended up having to babysit for psychic Kathy a few days after this. And when Kathy came home and I was done babysitting, I went to say goodbye and head home, but Kathy stopped and pulled me aside. She said that my mom had texted her that something weird was happening at the house and asked if I wanted to talk about it. Without any information from me or my mom, she immediately goes, it's all happening to you, isn't it? These experiences are happening to just you, no one else. I can tell it's surrounding just you.

[Sabrina]

Hmm.

[Corinne]

Stunned, I said yes. And I proceeded to tell her a summary of everything that happened. What I just told you guys, I can't remember exactly what she said, but she told me to trust my gut and if I didn't feel scared, don't be scared. It's probably not negative energy. But then out of the blue, without saying anything about what I felt the presence was, she said, no joke. I feel like this spirit is either a little girl or an old man. My jaw dropped.

[Sabrina]

Two very similar type of people.

[Corinne]

Yeah, extremely. I choked out, y. Yeah, me too. And she then proceeded to tell me that I have this bright energy surrounding me that people and those on the other side are drawn to, and this makes me susceptible to being contacted by spirits and beings whether I want it or not.

[Sabrina]

I feel like psychic Kathy was here to help you with your paranormal evolution and like, psychic come to be moment.

[Corinne]

It's so weird. It's just weird to say, like, it's either a little girl or an old man.

[Sabrina]

And both of them had that same feeling.

[Corinne]

She said they can see me more than they can see other people, that this energy is a source that they can use. She also told me that I am, in a small, underdeveloped way, just like her. I have the potential to be more psychically empowered and I am in touch with the universe and the other side. She said if I was ever interested in learning more and tapping into this side of myself, she would teach me how obsessed with her, I Then thank her and I ask her if she had any advice. Although I liked the paranormal, at this point, I wanted it to leave me alone if it was a negative spirit and wanted something from me. She gave me the mantra to say and told me saying it aloud or in my head was just fine. Here's the mantra. My energy is my own. It can only be used for what I want it to be used for. My energy is light and positive.

[Sabrina]

I like that.

[Corinne]

I'd never heard of doing anything like this before in my life. I never heard of the ribbon technique or anything. And in my young head, I only knew of sage and exorcisms. So I voiced my skepticism. And she told me that if I commit to saying this over and over with my whole mind and soul, and it would work because it worked for her. But talking about my psychic abilities, although I don't really want to call them that because I genuinely have zero control over whatever the sixth sense is. So I'm not really sure what to call it. But I wanted to spit some experiences where it made itself known to me. Ever since I was a kid, I have been called an old soul by adults. And while you may think that phrase is a bit confusing for a child, for some reason, I always knew exactly what people meant. I felt it too. One example is I would always have these weird anticipation feelings. Like, I'll open my phone and open a text conversation for my mom, my dad, my best friend, stare at it and think, wait, why am I opening this? What was I gonna text? And before I can even finish the thought, they text me out of the.

[Sabrina]

Way, you know that they're thinking of you.

[Corinne]

Oh, it's like I knew that they were gonna text me. This will happen with phone calls, too. And the bizarre thing is it will always happen. When I'm picking out an outfit and I can't decide between the two, I'll be unable to pick one. And I see the other option I didn't pick when I'm out wearing my chosen fit. Like, I'll see a girl in the bar wearing the exact other top that I didn't choose for that night. And for some reason, my immediate thought is, got it. I picked the right one. What? I will also see my angel numbers everywhere all the time. But that's pretty basic. Another thing that I experience is the feeling of knowing things before they happen or am told them. The craziest one was when we were eating dinner. My mom was talking about how she squared away an arrangement for our dog to stay with this couple to watch him while we went on vacation. The couple has dogs of their own, including one named Jackson, and they will watch multiple dogs at one time. This was the only time our dog Bailey really hangs out with other dogs. So when my mom mentioned the dog sitter, I immediately felt overcome with sadness and said, bailey's gonna miss playing with Jackson. And I kept eating. My mom paused and replied, what do you mean he's dead, right? Didn't Jackson have cancer or something and pass away? I replied, being very matter of fact. Mom, come on, you know this. No, he didn't. Really? I could have sworn you told me that. Nope, he's alive. Oh well, my bad, I said, not phased and just thinking that I must have gotten confused until my mom got a text from the dog sitter the next day saying Jackson had passed away from cancer that morning, about 12 hours after my mom and I had that conversation.

[Sabrina]

That's also so strange because it literally was fact in your mind.

[Corinne]

Wow.

[Sabrina]

Whoa.

[Corinne]

Thank you for reading. Love you girls and this podcast. See you on the other side MJ.

[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

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[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Corinne]

Right.

[Sabrina]

Your psychic abilities were being opened up and.

[Corinne]

And also to be like, oh, all the hauntings happened only over a couple months. It's like, girl, you are the haunting now.

[Sabrina]

Yeah. You're haunted. Yes. Like, it all happened in that short amount of span or time because it all came pouring in to you at that moment and probably felt overwhelming. But you've even said it's continued.

[Corinne]

Yeah. Wow.

[Sabrina]

I have one that I'm going to read. Part of the subject line, A poltergeist saves the day. And it's from my listener, Katie.

[Corinne]

Didn't I say poltergeist could provide love?

[Sabrina]

They could. They could throw love at you. Hello Sabrina and Corinne, Mr. Piggy and Leia. And Leia, Mr. Piggy. Greetings to Sven. Before I get into my story, I do want to thank you for everything you both do. You bring me comfort and happiness and I also love hearing the dynamic of your beautiful friendship and sisterhood. I mean, Corinne literally just like vomit complimented me in the beginning of this episode. So you're welcome. Katie. It's that was all for you.

[Corinne]

How to make Sabrina uncomfortable 100 101. You look really beautiful and blue Last.

[Sabrina]

Episode I taught you Wicca Beginnings and you taught everyone how to make me uncomfortable. Content Warning. There is brief mention of suicide in this story, but I have highlighted it in red so you can't miss it. Okay, so onto the story. This is actually my dad's story, but I've heard it so often as a kid that it has stuck with me my entire life and my dad would even drive us back to his childhood street so we can see the place that this occurred.

[Corinne]

Wow.

[Sabrina]

This happened in the mid-1960s in Liverpool. Local lads the Beatles had hit big time and my dad was still in primary school. His neighbor, who we'll call Tim, lived a few doors down on their red brick terraced street, typical of the working class neighborhoods of the city. At the time, my dad and Tim were best friends and they're still close to each other today. They'd always walk to and from school together three times a day in the morning for their lunch break and after school. My dad would always walk down from his house number 27 and wait for Tim outside of Tim's house number one. As anyone who was not in Tim's family never ever went inside their small terraced house apart from my badass granny who would go every day to help them out with things after work. The House Tim's house number one was haunted by Tim's great aunt who had sadly taken her own life there three years earlier, but she was a mischievous poltergeist that liked to make a lot of noise and throw objects around the house. Tim even had a goofy huge German shepherd dog that point blank refused to go upstairs due to the poltergeist activity and general presence of his aunt's spirit. The family always kept the front door wide open too, as for some reason the ghost didn't like when the door was closed and would violently open it every time it was shut. That just feels like unsafe though too. So one afternoon on their way home after school, my dad and Tim noticed sirens and police cars surrounding their street which wasn't uncommon per se, as sometimes the neighborhood could get a little dangerous. And there were also some religious tensions in the area at the time, and people got into fights frequently. But as they made it down the street, they saw a strange man in police custody being pulled out of Tim's front door, safety in handcuffs. They ran to Tim's dad, who was standing with his arms crossed in his underpants. This is the story he told them. So Tim's dad worked night shifts and had come home to sleep while Tim and my dad were at school. And this poltergeist would not shut up. Tim's dad kept shouting at her to calm down so he'd get asleep. But the activity in his bedroom at the front of the house was like nothing he had ever experienced before. Wow. Lamps were being thrown over, drawers were being pulled from their chests, clothes flying everywhere. Cutlery was clattering in the kitchen beneath him, and even the interior doors were swinging open and closing violently. This poor German shepherd was in distress at all the noise and turned howling downstairs chaos. Giving up on his bedroom, Tim's dad figured he would try Tim's bedroom to sleep because the noise and activity wasn't slowing down. But he thought maybe in Tim's bedroom it would be quiet. So he crossed into the hallway into his son's room, goes to shut the curtains, and that's when he sees him. A guy in the alleyway behind their house, dressed in dark clothes and a hood, standing with a huge knife, waiting to mug whoever passed by him.

[Corinne]

Oh, my God.

[Sabrina]

Tim's dad darts out of the house, dodging flying objects as he runs out the door all the way around the houses to sneak up on the guy from behind. Also so brave. Which I'd like to point out that this guy, Tim's dad, is in his underwear, which also, as a kid, made me laugh so much. Tim's dad jumps on the sky, pins his arms and the weapon to his chest with his own arms, hurls him through his backyard. Before he can figure out what to do next. The back door of their home swung open by the poltergeist. And Tim's dad hurls this guy into the house with the agitated German shepherd and the poltergeist still going crazy. He locks the door.

[Corinne]

Can you imagine thinking you're the bad guy in the alleyway and some guy comes out in his underwear and throws you into a haunted house? Haunted house where the poltergeist is going nuts, the German shepherd is the least of your worries. That is incredible.

[Sabrina]

So he locks the criminal in the house, runs through a payphone and calls the police. Turns out this guy was a wanted murderer and had been involved in several violent muggings. He was arrested and sent to prison. After his trial, we all believe the poltergeist, Tim's aunt, was trying to warn Tim's dad because she knew the kids would be coming home soon from school and she wanted to protect them.

[Corinne]

Oh, my God. Also, how big is Tim's dad? Because this guy, I'm like thinking of him as like freaking massive, right? He's gotta be because he just took down a murderer in his underwear. No problem. I mean, dragged him inside. The aunt opens the door, bring him in here.

[Sabrina]

Yeah. Tag teaming it.

[Corinne]

Wow.

[Sabrina]

Damn. After this experience, Tim's aunt the poltergeist kept activity to a minimum. And Tim's dad was hailed as a hero in the local newspapers the next day. With no mention of the protective poltergeist. Damn skeptics. A few years later, Tim's family decided to move out of the city. Family after family moved in and out of the house and never stayed because of the activity.

[Corinne]

What? I would feel so safe.

[Sabrina]

Eventually, the council took the decision to demolish the house as it was, quote, unquote, uninhabitable. And to this day, there is an empty lot right in the middle of the street and identical streets, terraced houses. The house numbers on that street now begin at number two. I've attached some photos so you can see how eerie it is. Lots of love for Manchester, England. Stay spooky and see you on the other side, Katie.

[Corinne]

Wow.

[Sabrina]

We'll add these photos in the YouTube video.

[Corinne]

My God. Wild. So wild. Also, I understand that's poltergeist activity, but the fact that you know who it is and that she was helping save the kids and get a murderer off the streets, like throw a lamp, I don't care.

[Sabrina]

Right?

[Corinne]

I'd feel pretty safe in there.

[Sabrina]

Well, and that also just makes you realize that if there is maybe a weird shift in your paranormal activity and something's happening in a heightened way, maybe there's a message they're trying to get across.

[Corinne]

That would make me so scared. Every time things would pick up, I'd be like, who's outside? Yeah, who's outside? Okay, I have one to end this on. This is from Alicia. Hey, ghoulies, My name's Alicia. I met you at the Cheesecake Factory in Richmond, Virginia before your live show at the Funny Bone.

[Sabrina]

We remember that.

[Corinne]

I think Alicia was just like eating but wearing one of our shirts and I'm pretty sure when we went to the bathroom, we were like, we like your shirt. Wasn't that how it happened?

[Sabrina]

I don't remember.

[Corinne]

I think I walked up and we.

[Sabrina]

Were also so excited to have Cheesecake Factory. I think we had a. Because we were driving.

[Corinne]

Rainforest Cafe and Cheesecake Factory and Domino's were like the hits.

[Sabrina]

That was our staple. Yeah, that was our diet.

[Corinne]

Felt like home. Yeah, that was our taste of home. When I was 17, I had just gotten home from my date with my then boyfriend, now husband. You met at 17? I know.

[Sabrina]

So cute.

[Corinne]

Well, maybe before that. True teen romance.

[Sabrina]

Damn.

[Corinne]

We had just sat down to talk to my mom and my grams after a long day of being gone. And as we're sitting on the loveseat with the wall blocking our view of the hallway, and my cat had just come out of my mom's room straight in front of us, walked past the fireplace, down the hallway to where my grams and I's rooms were. Her bedroom door had been left open as usual. As the cat got to the hallway, my cat Tom started meowing at the ceiling, which was a pretty normal occurrence. As the meowing had stopped, we saw him bolt past the fireplace towards my mom's room. Right behind him, a stuffed tiger flying through the air about five feet above the ground. As we see the stuffed tiger come out of the hallway and landing in front of the fireplace, we're all absolutely shocked. We're in disbelief. What did we just witness? Finally, my mom spoke up and said, what the hell just happened? As we started discussing the incident, chills ran through my body. After a while, we began to fall silent again. This occurrence has always shook me to my core for years. What happened? Was it a poltergeist? Just a very active spirit playing with a cat. Nothing like that has ever happened again. Especially since we had moved out of that house a year later. And now. This isn't the first instance that spooky things had happened there. I can remember so much from seeing a man standing above me while I slept to hearing a woman singing and humming from my closet. Also, I had friends stay the night one time and they swore that they saw my face looking ghostly white, staring back at them, smiling.

[Sabrina]

What the heck?

[Corinne]

I'll never understand fully what happened in that house or what made those incidents happen, but they will stick with me forever. Thank you so much for having an amazing and safe way to share our stories. I love y' all. Alicia. P.S. i got a tattoo of your tagline. So as always, see you on the other Side.

[Sabrina]

Wait, you did.

[Corinne]

Wait, can you see?

[Sabrina]

Can we have a picture?

[Corinne]

Amazing.

[Sabrina]

I'm gonna cry.

[Corinne]

That's so cool. You are crying. Serena's teary.

[Sabrina]

That's the best compliment in the world.

[Corinne]

I know.

[Sabrina]

Are you kidding?

[Corinne]

It just makes me feel like.

[Sabrina]

Are you crying too?

[Corinne]

I'm choking it back.

[Sabrina]

You got tears in your eyes.

[Corinne]

It makes me feel, like, so connected to everyone else. But it also makes me happy because aside from it being our tagline, it just feels like it's a reminder of, like, we're so connected to the other side and everyone and we're so much more than just ourselves.

[Sabrina]

Yeah. And there's so much more to life than what we're experiencing right now.

[Corinne]

It feels like just a good reminder as a whole.

[Sabrina]

But also, like, what is this flying stuffed tiger? And also just, like, such a random one off incident that is happening in front of everyone.

[Corinne]

I know. And I like that Alicia was like, was this just a ghost playing with my cat? Because I wasn't thinking of it as, like, throwing the toy for the cat to play with. I was thinking of it as being like, you're annoying me. And, like, trying to throw the stuffed. I was thinking like a bad ghost. Oh. I was thinking about trying to throw the stuffed animal with the cat.

[Sabrina]

Well, it's a stuffed tiger, so I was thinking like a ghost, like, being like, I'm a cat too.

[Corinne]

We don't know what it is, but that is. That's wild. Which also, it's like, it's interesting because if the cat normally would meow at the ceiling, which is, I guess maybe a normal cat behavior.

[Sabrina]

Yeah. But it does make me question if the cat is seeing a spirit. And this. This one instance is. They all witnessed the spirit really interacting.

[Corinne]

Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Because how often does that probably happen where you're just assuming that your cat is the one that moved the stuffed animal or brought the toy somewhere, or.

[Sabrina]

You hear your cat meowing, but you don't see what else is happening, what the spirit is doing.

[Corinne]

This is normal playtime for them. You just witnessed it for the first.

[Sabrina]

Time and only time.

[Corinne]

Dang.

[Sabrina]

I love shared experiences, though, when everyone together is like, what the fuck?

[Corinne]

And I appreciate. Because I know so many people here have skeptical, significant others. I appreciate that Alicia's husband, then boyfriend, was also witness to this and his formative years. He cannot deny paranormal activity.

[Sabrina]

And that is why you determined he was husband material.

[Corinne]

Yeah, exactly. This was the moment, right, Alicia?

[Sabrina]

That's the protocol. You need that.

[Corinne]

Wow.

[Sabrina]

Okay. Well, we also have so many other poltergeist stories. And I know that there's a lot. Yeah. Out there who have poltergeist stories. So please continue to email us your encounters with the other side, with the paranormal, with the cryptids, strange, unusual aliens. Email it to us at 2girls1ghost.podcastmail.com Keep recommending US TV shows, even if we forget who recommended them. We do listen and watch and read and whatnot.

[Corinne]

Rate.

[Sabrina]

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[Corinne]

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[Sabrina]

Join us.

[Corinne]

Wait, I said Spotify. My brain isn't working.

[Sabrina]

Did we stop saying itunes? Like, are we not supposed to say itunes anymore? I guess it is, but it's not really itunes.

[Corinne]

Apple podcasts.

[Sabrina]

Does itunes even exist anymore? Because it's Apple music.

[Corinne]

Now you've got me. Rate and review wherever you listen.

[Sabrina]

I'm having a really weird moment. ITunes? Sounds like 20 years ago.

[Corinne]

Wait, no. The store is called iTunes Store. But that's not where podcasts are. Podcasts are a completely other app.

[Sabrina]

Yeah. Okay. Rate and review us. And then if you want bonus content and all episodes one week early and ad free, you can join us on Patreon. There's lots of fun stuff over there for you to explore and be a part of our little most haunted friend community.

[Corinne]

Thank you to Jamie Ryan for editing and producing our podcast. And we will. Alicia, say it with us. See you on the other side. Very spooky.