On April 9, 1985, Janet Smurl was helping her daughter Heather prepare for her confirmation when a ceiling light suddenly came crashing down. It had been secured to a beam with chains and hooks, yet somehow came loose and crashed into the kitchen table, narrowly missing the family. The Smurls lived in a duplex on … Read more
Charlie Duthie was standing behind the bar at his pub in the Scottish Highlands when a full pint of beer suddenly slid off a table. Nobody was near the glass, and Charlie had a clear view of it. This happened at the 60 Mile Inn in Bridge of Orchy, a small village surrounded by the … Read more
A burning match dropped onto the bed while the family stood nearby. Someone quickly put it out, but more matches began falling from above, according to the family’s account. Nobody could see where they were coming from, and the family was terrified that the house might catch fire. For months, they had been dealing with … Read more
Three weeks after Caroline McKendrick-Gibson’s husband died, the smoke alarms in her house began doing something strange. In the middle of the night, usually around three or four in the morning, they would sound three times and fall silent. There was no smoke, no fire, and no long warning. Caroline eventually noticed that the incidents … Read more
A boy stood at the bottom of the staircase in his family’s old house in New Sweden, Maine, when he heard something speaking from upstairs. The voice was low and rough, unlike anyone he recognized. It gave him a simple instruction. “Come here.” He remembered hearing those words clearly. But the next thing he could … Read more
Evan had spent nearly eight years investigating haunted buildings. He’d heard unexplained footsteps, recorded strange voices, and spent countless nights sitting in dark rooms waiting for something to happen. But during an investigation at an old boarding house, something grabbed his arm hard enough to send him running from an upstairs room. Several days later, … Read more
The storm had torn through the neighborhood, leaving fallen trees, damaged houses, and power lines scattered across the streets. Two roommates, Nate and Owen, were checking on their neighbors when they spotted a man standing outside a badly damaged home. He wore a dark work jacket and a green Green Bay Packers hat. The stranger … Read more
The man was wearing an old Army uniform, standing near the barracks at Fort Scott in Kansas. When a woman approached him, he answered her questions, chatted with her, and even shared a few jokes. She assumed he was a historical reenactor, one of the people who dress as soldiers to show visitors what life … Read more
Tara was 14 when she noticed a stranger standing at the bottom of her friend’s staircase. She saw him in a large mirror hanging in the front room, just behind her reflection. She immediately turned around to see who had come into the house. But the staircase was empty, and nobody was standing behind her. … Read more
The man installing an elevator at a new museum in Manila was having a strange problem. Every time he put his tools down and turned back to work, they seemed to move somewhere else. At first, he probably thought he was forgetting where he’d left them. But it kept happening, and eventually he became so … Read more