Woman in white in their daughter's doorway who moved with the family
A caller who identifies themselves as [quote withheld] tells Art Bell that they, and later their husband, saw a glowing woman dressed head to toe in white standing in the doorway of their infant daughter's bedroom. [name withheld] says the figure came back, that their husband confirmed he had seen her too, and that the figure followed the family when they moved and seemed to stand guard over the baby. [name withheld] says the woman has not been seen for a few years. The host tells [name withheld] to look at a photograph posted on the show's website.
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The story as told
The caller, [quote withheld] says their story is about a ghost that they and their husband have both seen. The caller tells the host they have both seen it. They say the first time was when their daughter was just a few months old. The caller's bedroom was across the hall from their daughter's. Sitting there one night, they looked through their own open door into the baby's open door and saw, in the doorway, a woman dressed in white from top to bottom who was “kind of glowing” and standing looking at them. They say they looked away and looked back, and the woman was gone. They say they saw her a few times after that.
[name withheld] says they did not know what it was until one night they hesitantly told their husband they had seen it, and he replied that he had seen her too. They began calling her “the white woman.” [name withheld] describes her as dressed in white from head to toe, perhaps like an old-style nurse uniform. [name withheld] says that when they saw her, the woman would just be standing there, and [name withheld] did not feel anything was wrong. [name withheld] says it was [quote withheld] When the family moved, when the baby was about a year old, the woman moved with them and would stand guard over the baby like a stern librarian who did not smile. [name withheld] says their baby is now almost five and they have not seen the woman in a few years.
Asked about the daughter, [name withheld] says this is their youngest daughter and that the child used to look around and watch things. [name withheld] says that when the daughter was about two, the family watched a movie called Fairy Tale (an older daughter too). Afterward the child would look around, say “fairies, fairies,” and point, apparently seeing fairies. The host tells [name withheld] to look at a photograph on page two of the ghost photos and says the expression of the child in it is easy to read.
Reported events, in order
- 0:03
[name withheld] says they and their husband have both seen a ghost.
- 0:37
When their daughter is a few months old, [name withheld] looks through their open door into the baby's open doorway and sees a glowing woman dressed in white from top to bottom, standing and looking at them.
- 0:46
[name withheld] looks away and back, and the woman is gone. [name withheld] sees her a few times afterward.
- 0:57
[name withheld] hesitantly tells their husband, who says he has seen her too. They call her “the white woman.”
- 1:02
[name withheld] says the figure looked like an old-style nurse's uniform and that they felt nothing was wrong.
- 1:24
[name withheld] says it was like the woman was protecting the baby.
- 1:31
When the family moves (the baby is about a year old), the woman moves with them and stands guard over the baby.
- 1:42
[name withheld] says the woman stood like a stern librarian, with no smile, standing guard.
- 1:54
The baby is now almost five, and they have not seen the woman in a few years.
- 2:47
[name withheld] says the daughter, around age two, after watching a movie called Fairy Tale, would point and say “fairies, fairies.”
- 3:10
The host tells [name withheld] to look at a photograph on page two of the ghost photos.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- observation· 0:32
[name withheld] saw a glowing woman dressed in white from head to toe standing in their infant daughter's doorway at night.
- observation· 0:46
The figure was seen a few more times after the first time.
- hearsay· 0:59
[name withheld] says their husband told [name withheld] he had seen the woman too.
- interpretation· 1:24
[name withheld] says the figure appeared to be protecting the baby.
- observation· 1:31
[name withheld] says the woman followed the family when they moved and stood guard over the baby.
- observation· 2:55
[name withheld] says their daughter, around age two, appeared to see and point at “fairies.”
- host statement· 3:30
The host asserts that the child in a website photograph sees what the camera captured.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
A clear, consistent firsthand story with a repeated visual detail and a claimed second witness. It has only moderate concreteness, and ordinary explanations for what the caller saw are not addressed.
Evidence for and against
- Firsthand witness: [quote withheld]
- Concrete setting and sequence: bedroom across the hall, open doors, night, glowing figure in doorway
- The caller separates what they saw from what they concluded ([quote withheld]) and hedges with [quote withheld]
- No address, date, or checkable record is given.
- The second witness is claimed, not heard: [quote withheld]
- The caller does not address ordinary explanations such as misperception or drowsiness.
- The exact length and number of sightings are not specified beyond “a few times” and “a few years.”
- 0:19
- 1:24
What the model inferred (not said on air): The score reflects firsthand testimony and coherence, held down by the lack of checkable specifics and by ordinary explanations that no one examined.
The story rests on the caller's word and a claimed but unheard second witness. A name and city are given, but nothing can be checked or was examined.
Evidence for and against
- A location is stated: [quote withheld]
- A second witness is claimed: [quote withheld]
- The husband does not speak on air.
- No physical evidence is produced or described.
- The host's referenced photograph is not examined in the broadcast.
- Whether any photograph on the website relates to this story is not established.
- 0:03
- 0:13
What the model inferred (not said on air): A claimed second witness is not independent confirmation. The score reflects only a named place and a claimed witness.
An unexplained figure in an infant's doorway is mildly unsettling, but the caller describes it as harmless and protective, with no threat, contact, or harm.
Evidence for and against
- A glowing figure stands in a baby's doorway at night
- A sense of intrusion into a child's bedroom
- The caller says they felt nothing was wrong: [quote withheld]
- The figure is described as guarding the child.
- The tone of the child's later “fairies” talk is unclear.
- 1:19
- 1:35
What the model inferred (not said on air): The protective framing lowers the fear value despite the child's-bedroom setting.
The woman in white is a stock motif, but a protective guardian that follows the family to a new home is a somewhat distinctive combination.
Evidence for and against
- Woman in white from head to toe, likened to an old-style nurse uniform
- Figure said to move with the family and keep guarding the child
- A standing woman in white in a doorway is a common ghost-story element.
- Comparison with the rest of the archive is provisional because it holds few stories.
- 1:31
- 1:02
What the model inferred (not said on air): The score combines the stock motif with the less common “attached protective figure” framing.
Scoring confidence 0.70 · analysis confidence 0.75 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller's firsthand story; A claimed second witness (their husband), who does not speak on air; The host refers to a photograph on the show's website; it is not examined in the broadcast.. The originality score blends the model's score (45) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- A shape or figure seen in a dim, open doorway across a hall could be a misreading of what the caller saw, such as seeing a figure in random shapes. · [name withheld] describes seeing the figure at night while looking through their open door into the baby's open door.
- An image seen while falling asleep could account for the figure appearing and then being gone when the caller looked back. · [name withheld] says they were sitting in their room one night and that when they looked away and back the woman was gone.
- The daughter's reported “fairies” may reflect a young child's imagination or play after a film. · [name withheld] says the child began saying “fairies” after watching the movie Fairy Tale.
What stands out
The caller describes the figure as harmless and protective, not threatening. The caller says it followed the family to a new home and kept standing guard over the child.
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