Hey, it's Michelle, and tonight's four calls are connected by something I did not notice until I had heard all of them together. Every single one of these callers was somewhere they were supposed to feel safe. A hotel room on a solo road trip. A basement bedroom in a college house. A family apartment they had lived in for years. A cemetery on a curious afternoon. And every single one of them found out that safe is not always the whole story. This episode is available as a video on both Spotify and YouTube, so you can watch as well as listen.

Four real callers. Four true ghost stories. Here is what is waiting for you.

Our first caller was driving solo from California to Portland when she pulled off Interstate 5 near Gilroy and checked into a Motel 6 for the night. She was tired. The room was run-down. The hotel felt empty. She dozed off, and when she looked across the room, there was a man sitting in the chair by the credenza. Gallard mustache. Baggy pants. Both hands on the armrests. Wide legs. Completely at ease. Just watching her sleep. She woke herself up screaming for her mother and slept with the light on until morning. Whatever was in that chair was gone the moment the light came on. She checked out at dawn and did not look back.

Chase from Mesa, Arizona, takes us to a basement in Salina, Kansas, in 2008, where he and his roommate, Travis, heard something that has no explanation. Travis was in the shower. Chase was sleeping in the next room. A woman's voice said, "Hey, do you know me?" They looked at each other. Thirty seconds of silence. Then the voice again. "Hey, do you know me?" The neighbors were all at school. It was only the two of them in the house. Whatever was asking that question was asking it directly and patiently and it was waiting for an answer. Chase says there is more but that is the real weird one. Chase please call back.

Our caller from San Antonio, Texas describes years of escalating paranormal activity in a family apartment from 1987 to 1991. An old woman in a 1900s style dress watching from beside the bed and smiling. A young woman in white on the stairs who his father stepped aside to let pass before she vanished. Voices calling his name from empty rooms. Lights turning on and off. Someone poking him on the back in the bathroom when he was completely alone. The dog was terrified for no reason. And persistent water leaks that kept getting worse, no matter how many repairs were made. Worth noting that chronic water damage can lead to toxic mold exposure, which has documented neurological effects, including auditory and visual hallucinations. Whether that explains what happened in that apartment or whether the apartment had something in it that the mold could not account for, the family eventually had to leave. The activity made that decision for them.

And finally, Cindy Ketron from Haunted Avon, Indiana, returns with the story of a cemetery in Seymour, Indiana, in 1987, in a section filled with children's graves from the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 to 1919. The Spanish flu killed between fifty and one hundred million people worldwide in roughly two years, among them a devastating number of children, and small town cemeteries across America still hold the concentrated grief of communities that buried their young faster than they could process the loss. Cindy and her family had no relatives in that cemetery. They were simply curious. Then Brian said, " Mom, look." A disembodied child's hand was crawling up through the grave, raising its fingers as if feeling for where it was going. Cindy's mom said, "Run". They ran. When they came back months later with a flashlight, there was nothing there at all.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠⁠ to share your story.

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Hey, it's Michelle, and this one is a little different from our usual calls. This week, I am joined by Brennan Storr, host of The Ghost Story Guys podcast and author of A Strange Little Place: The Hauntings and Unexplained Events of One Small Town. Brennan spends a lot of his time collecting and telling other people's true ghost stories. This time, he is telling his own. This is now available as a full video episode on both Spotify and YouTube, so you can watch as well as listen for the first time.

Brennan grew up a skeptic. He did not believe in ghosts, did not look for them, and had no particular interest in the paranormal. Then he moved to Victoria, British Columbia, one of the most historically haunted cities in Canada, and something at his workplace changed that permanently.

It started with a shadowy figure. A dark shape Brennan glimpsed at the edge of his vision that had no business being there. What followed was a series of real ghost encounters with shadow figures that grew more frequent and more unsettling over time. Not threatening exactly, but wrong in a way that Brennan struggled to put into words. The experiences left him feeling genuinely depressed and unwell in a way he could not explain and could not shake.

What changed everything was an elderly Indigenous man named Dennis. Through Dennis, Brennan was introduced to the concept of the wrong spirit, the idea that something had attached itself to him that did not belong there. What followed was a spiritual cleansing ritual that Brennan describes as one of the most profoundly disorienting and clarifying experiences of his life. He walked in as a skeptic, carrying something heavy. He walked out changed.

The shadow figures have not entirely gone away. But Brennan's relationship to them has shifted in ways that this episode will make you think about long after it ends. This is a true ghost story about what happens when the person who collects haunting tales becomes the one being haunted.

Brennan Storr is the host of The Ghost Story Guys and the co-host of Fear Daily with Southern Gothic creator Brandon Schexnayder. His book A Strange Little Place is available now.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit ⁠tellmeaghoststory.com⁠ to share your story.

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Hey, it's Michelle, and happy April. I figured the only appropriate way to kick off the month was with three calls that will make you question every sound you hear in your house tonight. There is a full video for this episode on both Spotify and YouTube, so you can watch as well as listen.

Three callers. Three true ghost stories from three completely different corners of the world. And every single one of them is real.

Hannah from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, introduces us to Edith. Edith lives in a converted Victorian home that is now a music school, and she has opinions. She turns the dishwasher on and off on command. She flicks the lights when the kids misbehave. She does not tolerate angry energy in her space. And when the school moved to a new building a few blocks away, Edith moved with them. Hannah was staring right at that dishwasher when it turned itself off. So was the whole choir.

Then James from San Francisco calls in from the early nineties with a story about a murder house on High Street and what happened when he tried to sage the basement where the blood had run. The room got colder the moment he lit the sage. Light bulbs popped. Windows slammed. James ran. He did not go back to do laundry there again.

Edwin from Scary FM joins us from Ecuador, where he is staying in a house with a history that nobody in the family likes to talk about. Footsteps on the second floor when no one is up there. A knock at the front door with no one outside. And a dog who is too lazy to investigate but will not stop barking at the stairs. Edwin has been rationalizing these things for a long time. After the night, the footsteps came fast and heavy across the ceiling while he and his wife sat at the kitchen counter, and he stopped trying.

Three true ghost stories. One very eventful April.

If you have a real ghost story of your own, a haunting experience, something you heard, something you cannot explain, I want to hear it. Call 1 (701) 484-2666 or visit tellmeaghoststory.com to share your story.

You might end up on the show.

Support us with official merch at newmanmedia.shop, catch us on YouTube at @tellmeaghoststory, and follow along on Instagram at @tellmeaghoststorypodcast.

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True ghost stories from real people, told through haunting phone calls. Did a woman really disappear? What was hiding just outside that flashlight beam? Why are the lights staying on when someone goes to sleep?

These are real calls. Real paranormal encounters. Real ghost stories from listeners just like you.

Tell Me A Ghost Story is the award-winning paranormal podcast hosted by Michelle Newman, where people from around the world call in to share true ghost encounters, supernatural experiences, and real haunting stories they have never been able to explain.

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1. The Bloody Hand: James from Colorado shares an unsettling experience involving a mysterious bloody handprint that appeared without explanation, leaving him questioning the boundaries between the living and the supernatural.
2. Flesh Pedestrian: Erica from San Diego recounts a harrowing encounter with a creature resembling the legendary "flesh pedestrian," a term often associated with shape-shifting Skinwalker in Native American folklore.
3. Brotherly Love: Vicki tells a poignant story of a spirit visitation from her deceased brother, offering comfort and a sense of continued connection beyond the grave.
4. Stinky Sal: Sofie from Los Angeles shares an eerie encounter with a ghostly figure known for its distinctive, unpleasant odor.
5. More Shadow People: Brennen from The Ghost Story Guys podcast delves into unsettling experiences with shadow people.
6. Ghost Dog: Cindy Ketron recounts a mysterious tale of a spectral canine companion.
7. Shorty: Jules from Santa Barbara narrates an encounter with a mischievous, playful spirit who has a problem with boundaries.

1. Marilyn Monroe – Cindy Ketron shares a creepy connection to the Hollywood icon. Is Marilyn still making appearances from beyond? One of those classic ghost stories that’ll mess with your sense of reality.
2. It Followed Me Home – Adam from Illinois tells a spooky story of something dark and unseen that wouldn't let him go. This one’s pure nightmare fuel.
3. The Tall Man – Lisa from Proppa Scary Podcast sees something towering, silent, and watching. Think Slenderman—but real. And paranormal.
4. Family Secret – Phil’s tale out of Georgia involves woods you’re not supposed to cut through and spirits that don’t take kindly to trespassers.
5. American Wolf-Man – Werewolves? Legends? Or something Cindy saw with her own eyes? This spooky story will make you rethink what’s out there.
6. Hostel Hostile – Hendel from Long Island checks into a hostel and ends up in a real-life ghost story. The paranormal made itself very, very known.
7. Shadow People – Christina from Espooky Tales describes figures that lurk just out of view. Her paranormal experiences with these dark spirits will have you side-eyeing your bedroom corners tonight.
8. Love Story – Carla’s haunting tale of love that crosses over into the afterlife. Romance meets ghost story most unforgettably.
9. Grandma Told Me – Nellie shares spine-tingling spooky stories passed down through generations—proof that some spirits never leave the family.

1. Christie from Los Angeles recalls a strange daytime encounter with a mysterious smear-like apparition during a paranormal event at the haunted Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire.
2. Jessica from San Antonio, TX, shares her family’s terrifying experience with multiple spirits, including protective male presences and one malevolent female, in a haunted home.
3. Reid from Colorado describes a disturbing solo Ouija board session that unleashed a shadow person and unexplained activity throughout his home.
4. Nicole from Phoenix remembers a chilling childhood moment when a disembodied voice whispered “I see you” while she lay in bed, later confirmed to be part of the home’s haunted history.
5. Cindy Ketron from Avon, IN, "The spider with the human face," Tells the story of her father’s rental home haunted by the spirit of a murderer and a ghostly human-faced spider that crawled into his dreams. Whether you're a believer or a skeptic, these ghost stories are sure to unsettle something deep inside. 

1. Who Was I Chasing?
   Che shares a spine-tingling moment that left him questioning reality. A creepy, unexplainable encounter that turns into a full-on mystery. (Follow him on IG @cee.dub23 for more creative and funny content.)
2. Late Night Road Trip
   Cass tells us about a strange light in the sky that followed her through the dark outback roads—a classic spooky story with a cosmic twist.
3. Spirits on Country
   Host Lisa of Proppa Scary Podcast shares personal encounters with spirits while living in a remote Aboriginal rainforest community.
   → Her story offers a rare, firsthand perspective on Indigenous ghost stories and their deep ties to land, ancestry, and the paranormal.
4. Spirit Passengers
   A ghostly yarn from Paul, in Maningrida—an Aboriginal community deep in Australia’s Arnhem Land—where spirits don’t just haunt… they travel with you.
5. Heavy Footsteps
   Tim, an Aboriginal paranormal investigator, recounts what happened during a casual walk in the bush with his son. Have you met an Australian Bigfoot, the Yowie?
   → Check out We’re Haunted Investigations:
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