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A family moves into an old house. What seems like a bargain slowly turns into a nightmare. Servants and family report seeing ghostly apparitions. The occupants hear strange noises. The children grow paler and paler. One of them begins to act oddly…
“Some nights after I have been in bed for a while, I have felt as if the bed clothes were jerked off me, and I have also felt as if I had been struck on the shoulder. One night I woke up and saw sitting on the foot of my bed a man and a woman. The woman was young, dark and slight, and wore a large picture hat. The man was older, smooth shaven and a little bald. I was paralyzed and could not move, when suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder and I was able to sit up, and the man and the woman faded away. Sometimes, after I have gone to bed, the noises from the storeroom are tremendous. It does not happen every night; perhaps a week or ten days will pass, and then again it may be several nights in succession. Sometimes it sounds as if furniture was being piled against the door, as if china was being moved about, and occasionally a long and fearful sigh or wail.”
Sound familiar?
This was reported in a 1921 issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology by W.H. Wilmer. Yes, that’s right, it was reported in a medical journal. For an account check out this site or hear the story on This American Life.
The twist? Comes at the end of course.
Happy Hallowe’en!
