**Three separate accounts detail unusual paranormal experiences.** The first recounts a terrifying encounter with a shadowy figure in the narrator's childhood home, involving a mysterious obstruction and unsettling auditory hallucinations. The second describes a series of strange occurrences in a pub, including unusual weather, unsettling whispers, and the unsettling behavior of patrons, culminating in a double homicide nearby. The third shares numerous instances of ghostly encounters within a family, attributed to a pre-immigration spiritual ritual, suggesting a hereditary link to supernatural phenomena and reinforcing the narrator's long-held belief in a protective spirit.