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Ghost and haunting reports and encounters that are two thousand years old from a Roman lawyer named Pliny the Younger
2012 True Ghost and Paranormal Stories
A collection of true stories of ghosts and the paranormal for 2011.
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2012 True Ghost and Paranormal Stories
A collection of true stories of ghosts and the paranormal for 2011.
The Addison Haunting
Sherry's brand new home has been plagued with haunting disturbances by a mysterious entity that rivals anything seen in 150-year-old gothic Victorian mansions. This is Sherry's story.
Adonai's Minions
Police officers are witnesses to many tragic and extraordinary events. But Elliot, an officer in Port Richey, Florida, was not prepared for the strange and unexplained things he saw on a February night in 2003. This is Elliot's story.
The Bell Witch
For several years her ghost pinched, slapped, scolded and otherwise tormented a Tennessee family in America's best-known poltergeist case.
Camping Tales of Terror
True tales of the paranormal -- ghosts and unknown creatures -- encountered by campers.
Christmas Phantoms
True holiday tales of ghosts, phantoms and time slips.
Ben Franklin's Ghost
A visit by the spirit of the great Benjamin Franklin opens the door to a past life and other, more personal ghost encounters.
The Christmas Ghost
It began as a relaxing if curious holiday vacation at a bed and breakfast with a reputation for being haunted. What Kathy Moll encountered there that Christmas season, however, would stay with her forever.
The Farmhouse Haunting
It was a picture-perfect life for Debbie D. and her boyfriend in the scenic mountains of Virginia... until their dream was shattered by a haunting that would escalate until they were driven with fear from their beautiful home. Read Debbie's true story.
The Gatehouse
The true story of a night in an abandoned, haunted house.
The Cicero Haunting
A disturbing presence enters the lives of a young family - an entity that taught them to fear the darkness and the shadows. This is the true story of their nightmare.
Ghosts All Around Us
There's nothing like a good ghost story -- all the better when it's true. On these pages are some fascinating stories -- some are warm, positive experiences, some are benign, and others are truly scary. Be warned: they get scarier toward the end. Dim the lights, steel your nerves and start reading.
The Fishing Trip Encounter
What could have been a fun weekend of fishing and relaxation for four teenage boys turned into a confusing and frightening episode of unreality, bizarre sightings and missing time.
Ghosts of Christmas
True stories of ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena on or around the Christmas holiday.
Ghost of The Highway Man
An eerie stretch of Arizona road known as Blood Alley may be the spot where a lantern-toting ghost is lost in time.
The Ghost in the Barn
The true story of a troubled spirit, a remarkable coincidence and a mysterious connection between the living and the dead.
Ghosts of Christmas
Many people, besides Ebenezer Scrooge, have encountered ghosts at the Christmas season. Some of those spirits, like the eerie Ghost of Christmas Future, are dark and foreboding, while others, like angels, seem to embody the joy and hopefulness of the holiday. Light a yuletide candle and consider these true stories.
Ghosts at Sea
Tales of phantom ships that sail long after sinking, ships that vanish into thin air, haunted ships, and ships that have mysteriously lost their crew.
The Ghost of The Pink Lady
While some ghosts seem to be lost and confused in their altered state of existence, others - like this one - seem to be watching us, and perhaps even destined to deliver an important message.
Ghost Writers
Critically acclaimed novels and compositions of classical music... said to be written by ghosts! Or strangely gifted people? From your About.com Guide.
The Ghosts of Hollywood Legends (4 parts)
Some celebrities never die. Not only do they live on in recordings of their movies, TV shows and music, their spirits seem to linger in the places where they lived and worked. Here is our series on the true accounts of sightings and encounters with the ghosts of Hollywood legends.
Growing Up in a Haunted House
For over fifty years, a family shares a 200-year-old house with both mischievous and protective spirits
Haunted By Her Parents
After the death of a woman’s parents, they continue their habits and activities.
Haunted Christmas
True stories of ghosts, poltergeists, hauntings and Santa sightings at the Christmas holiday.
The Grieving Ghost of Mary Jo
These high school drama students always suspected their theater was haunted - a fear confirmed by a Ouija board, a bizarre discovery and the shocking secret of a despondent spirit.
The Haunting at Harvey Woods
The woods are a place of mystery, where danger and the unknown lurk in the thick dark. Wandering into it can only lead to adventure and the unexpected. Liz R. found that out in a way that will stay with her forever. It began as a prank, but it was the woods that reversed the trick - and turned the trick to terror. This her true story.
Have You Had a Haunted Christmas?
Have you had a haunted Christmas? Have you had a genuine sighting of Santa Claus?
The Haunted Painting
As soon as Laura finished her painting - a painting that featured the image of a ghost - bizarre events began to take place around her home.
Haunted Possessions
If a house can be haunted, then perhaps everyday objects we buy, find or inherit also can be haunted. Here are some true stories.
Little Shop of Nightmares
Dustin's aunt and her young son were content in their apartment until a new shop opened right below them. A shop that specialized in the strange and unusual. Is it possible they unknowingly opened the door to a nightmare that relentlessly terrified the woman and her son?
Hooded Beings
Strange, dark hooded beings often appear at night, sometimes alone, sometimes in groups. Occasionally they take the form of the Grim Reaper. Here are experiences with these frightening entities from readers just like you.
The Houdini Séance
Every Halloween since 1927, a séance has been held to see if legendary magician Harry Houdini would try to contact the living from the world beyond death.
"Mr. Ghost"
What began as a series of harmless if unnerving poltergeist events soon followed Ranae and her family to a new home. Whatever the cause, the frightening antics of "Mr. Ghost" plagued the family, culminating in a terrifying nighttime attack. But then something unexpected happened.
The Menacing Presence
You never know what you're going to get when you move into a new apartment. A negligent landlord? Noisy neighbors? What about a ghost?
Incubus
For centuries, women and men have reported sexual attacks by unseen entities. Are they demonic, psychological or medical disturbances? From your About.com Guide.
The Malevolent Ghost
A family tolerates a house full of spirits - until one of them turns violent and even threatens the children.
Phantom Phone Calls 3
Can the dead manipulate our telephones? These stories suggest that the dead can reach back through the fabric of time and space, from wherever they are, to leave one last message... to say one last goodbye.
Old Hag Syndrome - True Stpries
These are true stories from people who have experiences the "Old Hag Syndrome", the experience of waking to find that they are paralyzed -- and other weird phenomena.
Freaky Phone Calls
Telephones are little more than plastic, wiring and electronic circuitry... but do they sometimes connect with other worlds, other dimensions in a way we cannot explain?
More Phantom Phone Calls
Here's further evidence that devices such as telephones could be connections to realms we have not even begun to understand.
Ramic - The Horned Entity
For this normal family, the sightings of a strange creature began as mere shadows, then became a threatening playmate for their children - culminating in a bizarre confrontation with a thing not of this world.
Phantom Hitchhikers
Some of the most enduring - and unnerving - ghost stories are of hitchhikers who vanish into thin air.
Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places
If a person can say he or she does not believe in ghosts after reading Brad Steiger's Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, he or she is in serious denial. It is the best, most complete collection of believable evidence for the reality of these phenomena.
Presidents and the Paranormal
Several presidents of The United States have had connections to the paranormal, either as ghosts or through psychic and channeling phenomena.
The Scariest Hauntings of All Time
Halloween can be a time of fun frights... but those ghost costumes are a feeble mockery of the real thing. Here are some true and terrifying ghost stories that will leave you shaking in your bed sheet.
Real House of Horrors
Knock on the door of this haunted house to find out about some truly scary places and events.
The Red Zone
Will K. was skeptical about matters such as ghosts and precognition, but a strange experience one night at work - which forewarned of a deadly disaster - made him a believer. This is Will's story.
The Strangling Entity
Two young women, out on their own for the first time in their first apartment. Little did they know it held a secret horror that would endanger their lives.
True Hauntings
A review of True Hauntings: Spirits with a Purpose, by Hazel M. Denning.
Strange Tales: Which Story is False?
Can you tell fact from fiction? Here is our game of "guess the b.s." Your task is to read four stories. Three of the stories are true, according to our paranormal sources, but one of them has been completely manufactured by me. You must detect which is the false story and cast your vote accordingly.
The Resentful, Pinching Spirit
A restless spirit seems to disapprove of a family’s interest in the paranormal and makes its resentment known in a most disturbing way.
What Was That unexplained Fog or Smoke?
A reader asks about unexplained fog or smoke that appeared in her house.
Superman's Ghost and The Comic
Jeff DeHart is a comedian who has had a life-long passion for "The Adventures of Superman" TV show and its star George Reeves. Little did he know that it would lead to a series of remarkable coincidences and events connected to Reeves – including contact with the ghost of the "Superman" star himself. This is Jeff's story.
DVD Review - Unsolved Mysteries
Review of Unsolved Mysteries DVDs - Ghosts, Miracles and UFOs
Are Your True Tales really true?
I would like to know - in all honesty - if the stories I've been reading for so long are actual occurrences.
The Wallingford Haunting
What causes a house to be haunted or thrown into chaos with unexplained activity? Ghosts? Evil spirits? Or do the disturbances arise from the darkest, uncharted recesses of the human psyche? This is Lauren’s story...
The Witches of Liverpool
A family of women is terrified by three nights of poltergeist attacks.
The Ghost That Solved Its Own Murder
The true story of The Greenbrier Ghost - a remarkable case in which the victim's spirit testified about its own violent death, and named the murderer!
When Ghosts Attack
True stories of when ghosts attack by slapping, pushing, strangling, scratching and even beating their victims.
True Stories - Ghost Attacks
True stories of people being attacked by ghosts.
True Stories - Camping Encounters
True stories of strange encounters while camping
True Stories - Ghost Encounters - Part 1
True stories from readers.
True Stories - Ghost Encounters - Part 2
True stories of ghost encounters from around the world.
Ghost Messages - True Stories - 1
True stories of ghosts that impart messages to the living.
True Stories - Ghost Messages - Part 2
True stories of ghosts that impart messages to the living.
True Stories - Haunted Possessions
Can inanimate objects be possessed? Can spirits, either good or evil, attach themselves to our possessions?
True Stories - Phantom Phone Calls
One of the eeriest experiences that a person can have is to receive a phantom phone call -- a call that might come from a ghost or some unknown entity. Sometimes these calls come from a relative that is known to be dead. Stranger still, they sometimes come through on phones that don't work -- or toy telephones!
True Stories - Poltergeist Experiences 2
Readers experiences with the sometimes playful, sometimes malevolent poltergeist phenomenon.
Dad's Influence
Dad's Influence - Your True Tales - August 2012
The Ghost in Grandpa's Chair
The Ghost in Grandpa's Chair - Your True Tales - August 2012
The Lady in Pink
The Lady in Pink - Your True Tales - August 2012
Old Man on the Rocks
Old Man on the Rocks - Your True Tales - August 2012
Someone Is On the Top Bunk
Someone Is On the Top Bunk - Your True Tales - August 2012
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The Cloudy Ghost
The Cloudy Ghost - Your True Tales - September 2012
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4 Books of Scary Stories and Haunted Places
A review of four new books that offer scary stories, tours of haunted places, and musings on the nature of ghosts and hauntings.
Contacting the Ghost of the Stairwell
Contacting the Ghost of the Stairwell - Your True Tales - September 2012
Ghost Haunts Two Girls
Ghost Haunts Two Girls - Your True Tales - September 2012
Encounter with Elizabeth's Ghost
Encounter with Elizabeth's Ghost - Your True Tales - September 2012
Ghost Tenant Visists Dad
Ghost Tenant Visists Dad - Your True Tales - September 2012
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Pat from a Ghostly Hand
Pat from a Ghostly Hand - Your True Tales - September 2012
The Praying Apparition
The Praying Apparition - Your True Tales - September 2012
Nana Gives a Live-Saving Sign
Nana Gives a Live-Saving Sign - Your True Tales - September 2012
Red Eyes Under the Bed
Red Eyes Under the Bed - Your True Tales - September 2012
Sleep Paralysis or Ghost Attack?
Sleep Paralysis or Ghost Attack? - Your True Tales - September 2012
Spirit Attack
Spirit Attack - Your True Tales - September 2012
Laughing Old Hag
Laughing Old Hag - Your True Tales - September 2012
Grandma's Comforting Hand
Grandma's Comforting Hand - Your True Tales - October 2012
Grandpa's Ghost Gives Comfort
Grandpa's Ghost Gives Comfort - Your True Tales - October 2012
Kiss Goodnight from Phantom Mother
Kiss Goodnight from Phantom Mother - Your True Tales - October 2012
The Praying Apparition
The Praying Apparition - Your True Tales - September 2012
The Pacing Old Ghost
The Pacing Old Ghost - Your True Tales - October 2012
Phantom Whisper
Phantom Whisper - Your True Tales - October 2012
Spirit in the Wall
Spirit in the Wall - Your True Tales - October 2012
The Cross on the Car
The Cross on the Car - Your True Tales - November 2012
Ghosts, All Dressed Up
Ghosts, All Dressed Up - Your True Tales - November 2012
Girlfriend Stopped to Say Goodbye
Girlfriend Stopped to Say Goodbye - Your True Tales - November 2012
Ghosts of Christmas Past
True stories from readers that twinkle – sometimes darkly – with the kind of Christmas spirit that comes wrapped in a special box labeled "Unexplained."
We Saw John F. Kennedy in Early 1990s
We Saw John F. Kennedy in Early 1990s - Your True Tales - November 2012
What Grabbed My Leg?
What Grabbed My Leg? - Your True Tales - November 2012
Ghost in the House
Evan is a skeptic about all things paranormal until he comes face to face with a ghost in a haunted house.
Ghosts, All Dressed Up
Ghosts, All Dressed Up - Your True Tales - November 2012
The Farmer's Ghost
The Farmer's Ghost - Your True Tales - December 2012
Ghostly Housemate
Ghostly Housemate - Your True Tales - December 2012
Goodbye to Grandma
Goodbye to Grandma - Your True Tales - December 2012
Haunting Portrait
Haunting Portrait - Your True Tales - December 2012
Husband Still Disturbs Bed
Husband Still Disturbs Bed - Your True Tales - December 2012
Little Brother Reaches Out from the Grave
Little Brother Reaches Out from the Grave - Your True Tales - December 2012
Max's Ghost Tried to Kill Me
Max's Ghost Tried to Kill Me - Your True Tales - December 2012
Mum's Sign from Beyond
Mum's Sign from Beyond - Your True Tales - December 2012
My Aunt's Ghost
My Aunt's Ghost - Your True Tales - December 2012
Are You Scared?
Are You Scared? - Your True Tales - January 2013
Daddy Visits His Baby Girl
Daddy Visits His Baby Girl - Your True Tales - January 2013
Footsteps, Chains, and Ghosts
Footsteps, Chains, and Ghosts - Your True Tales - January 2013
Ghost in the SUV
Ghost in the SUV - Your True Tales - January 2013
Ghost On the Second Floor
Ghost On the Second Floor - Your True Tales - January 2013
Great Uncle Charlie's Ghost
Great Uncle Charlie's Ghost - Your True Tales - January 2013
The Sign in the Clouds
The Sign in the Clouds - Your True Tales - January 2013
Old Neighbor's Ghost
Old Neighbor's Ghost - Your True Tales - December 2012
The Cicero Haunting
A disturbing presence enters the lives of a young family - an entity that taught them to fear the darkness and the shadows. This is the true story of their nightmare.
The Ghost of the Hollywood Sign
As a promising actress, Peg Entwistle gained only moderate fame, but her ghost has become the stuff of Hollywood legend.
A Bag of Hexes
A Bag of Hexes - Your True Tales - February 2013
The Cry Outside
The Cry Outside - Your True Tales - February 2013
Dead Aunt Left a Message
Dead Aunt Left a Message - Your True Tales - February 2013
Friend Adjusts to the Other Side
Friend Adjusts to the Other Side - Your True Tales - February 2013
Grandma's Presence
Grandma's Presence - Your True Tales - February 2013
Haunted Pokemon Cards
Haunted Pokemon Cards - Your True Tales - February 2013
Hot Looking Ghost
Hot Looking Ghost - Your True Tales - February 2013
Military Truck Mystery
Military Truck Mystery - Your True Tales - February 2013
Mimicking White Mist
Mimicking White Mist - Your True Tales - February 2013
The Punishing Ghosts
The Punishing Ghosts - Your True Tales - February 2013
Unexplained Phantom Attack
Unexplained Attack - Your True Tales - February 2013
Presidents and the Paranormal: George W. Bush
George W. Bush said he saw ghosts coming out of the wall in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House.
Presidents and the Paranormal: George W. Bush
George W. Bush said he saw ghosts coming out of the wall in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House.
Those Boots Are Made for Haunting
Those Boots Are Made for Haunting - Your True Tales - December 2012
Strange and Wonderful Ghosts of Christmas
The Christmas holidays are haunted by ghosts that are wonderful, strange, and dark
Assaulted by Two Ghosts
Assaulted by Two Ghosts - Your True Tales - March 2013
The Flash and the Voice
The Flash and the Voice - Your True Tales - March 2013
Nino's Ghost
Nino's Ghost - Your True Tales - March 2013
Warning from Mysterious Stranger
Warning from Mysterious Stranger - Your True Tales - March 2013
We Awoke the Ghost
We Awoke the Ghost - Your True Tales - March 2013
Witness to Spirits
Witness to Spirits - Your True Tales - March 2013
Death Knocks
True stories of the omens of death knocks and the tragedies that they warned of.
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Aunt's Death Knocks
Aunt's Death Knocks - Your True Tales - April 2013
Cuddled by Something
Cuddled by Something - Your True Tales - April 2013
Friend's Ghost Doesn't Blame Me
Friend's Ghost Doesn't Blame Me - Your True Tales - April 2013
Meditation Awakens Mysterious Chant
Meditation Awakens Mysterious Chant - Your True Tales - April 2013
Voices of Warning
Voices of Warning - Your True Tales - April 2013
The House Painter's Ghost
Luis the house painter was a friend of Abe and his wife, and was always very dependable -- more dependable than you might imagine!
Unnerved by Friendly Ghosts
The shadows, the crashing, the lights, the appearances in the dead of night... even friendly ghosts can push us to the breaking point