Elderly man or woman
A deceased man at the foot of the bed in a family funeral home
The host reads a letter from [name withheld] in Morris Plains, New Jersey, describing the writer's childhood in a family funeral home during World War II. The writer says they felt watched by an older man's body in the casket showroom, and later woke to see him standing at the foot of their bed. The letter ends with the writer's theory that the man was a child molester who could not adjust to death and their hope that he stays buried.
Rented split-entry house: orbs, mist, whispers and a white figure on the stairs
[name withheld], a caller from New Hampshire, tells Art Bell about strange events the caller says began on the first night their family moved into a rented split-entry house about twenty-three years earlier, when they were sixteen. The caller reports a dream of an old man with hollowed-out eyes, then waking to balls of light zigzagging through their room. Later came a mist and cold in the hallway, whispering and footsteps at night, a face staring over their shoulder at the computer, and a white figure with bulging eyes on the stairs. The caller says their brother [name withheld] reported the same experiences. The host ends this part of the broadcast by telling the caller they are haunted.
Laughing woman on the bed and a head that comes off in the caller’s hand
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], from Juneau, Alaska, describes a bedroom experience the caller says happened about twenty years earlier during a difficult divorce, when the caller had been given sleep medication. The caller reports a heavy weight settling on the bed, an inability to turn over, a raspy female laugh, and something that flung itself on top of them. The caller says they grabbed its hair and the head came off in their hand. The caller reports fainting, waking to their dog whimpering, and finding a few strands of hair that were gone the next morning. The caller was left frightened.
Teen dream of a house and pasture, later found ruined near St. Louis airport
A caller who gives no name or location says that in their teens they had two dreams in one night. The first showed an idyllic road with grazing livestock and an old house; the second showed the same road with dead animals and an axe attack. About six months later, the caller says, they and two companions found a ruined house off a driveway near the St. Louis airport, felt a presence, and fled when their Jeep would not start. The caller ends by saying that over the years, the only explanation they and their cousin agreed on was an economic one.
Black car, red window light, and a note in an orchard
A caller describes two nights in a row on a country road near the research center where they had just started work as a custodian. On the first night the caller reports a black car and an old woman with a “grotesque wrinkled face” staring at them at a stop sign. Their passenger said he could not see her. On the second night the caller reports a red light in an upstairs window and a light in an orchard behind the house, where their friend found a note. The caller says the note, read later at home, said [quote withheld]
Dream of a grandmother at the door saying “There is no heaven,” and a father’s parallel dream
A caller named [name withheld], from Philadelphia, recounts a dream from about ten years earlier, three days after their grandmother’s death. In the dream, the grandmother stands at their door barefoot in the snow, scratches the glass, and asks to be let in. The caller refuses and tells her [quote withheld] and she answers [quote withheld] After waking they tell their family, and their father describes a parallel dream from years before about a neighbor, [name withheld], who died shortly afterward. The caller says they do not believe it was the actual spirit.
Figure in an old Portland house points to the door and says “get out of my house”
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], from Eugene, Oregon, and originally from Portland, tells Art Bell about visiting a century-old house in what they call the Selwood District of Portland. A chiropractor friend named Art had invited them. The caller reports that while walking through an upstairs room they saw a large bald man in a brown suit and white shirt. He was translucent and had no feet. He pointed at the door and said [quote withheld] The caller says they fled downstairs and their friend then wanted to meditate for the spirit to leave. During the meditation, the caller says, they both heard footsteps leave the room and come down the stairs, and they ran out. The caller says they never went back in.
Old man walks through a cabin door and makes tea while a witness cannot get up
[name withheld] in Canada tells Art Bell that they and their boyfriend were working at a fly-in fishing lodge in northern Ontario/Manitoba. They report waking in their bush cabin needing the outhouse and being unable to get up. They then saw an old man walk through the screen door and make tea while they stayed unable to move. After he left, the lodge’s Aboriginal fishing guide seemed to know already about “the old man” and asked whether he had his cup of tea.
Old man’s head with a stretched neck hanging in a workshop
A caller from Paso Robles, California, tells Art Bell that a few nights earlier they were working on rocks and jewelry in their shop after midnight and listening to the program. The caller heard a creaking and saw the lights surge. The caller then looked to their right and saw an old man’s head hanging in midair, the neck stretched out about a foot, watching them. The caller says they told it they did not mind it hanging around but that it was “your pad” and to leave them alone. Art comments that he finds it as hard to believe as the earlier ankle-grabbing story, restates the image, and moves on. No outcome or follow-up is reported.
Ghost of a woman passing through a university sleep laboratory
A caller named [name withheld] tells Art Bell that they were working toward a degree in parapsychology and running an overnight sleep-mapping experiment with Kirlian photography at a Sacramento State sleep lab. [name withheld] reports that their assistant [name withheld], inside the anechoic chamber, said a woman walked through him. Both then watched a misty form turn solid as an older woman in a flower-print dress. She floated through walls and shelving and disappeared out an outside wall. [name withheld] says she showed herself a second time. [name withheld] half agrees with Art’s suggestion that the experiment itself may have opened a door.
Driver reports hitting an elderly man and dog on a road outside Chicago
A caller who gives their location as Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, describes hitting what they call a ghost, an elderly man and his dog, with a borrowed car on a road outside Chicago while two teenage passengers screamed. The caller says the figures looked completely lifelike, yet the car struck nothing, with no sound or impact. The caller says they took the girls home and told no one. Years later, the caller says, an elderly neighbor at a relative’s Christmas party confirmed that a man with a dog had been killed by a car on that road. The caller says they still do not understand it.
Letter: Transparent old man and smell of dirt, rot, and alcohol in a Missouri house
A letter read on air, attributed to [name withheld] in Anchorage, Alaska, describes events when the writer was 24 and stationed at an Air Force base at Knob Noster, Missouri. The writer lived in a roughly 150-year-old remodeled house. Over successive nights the writer reports being woken by a smell of dirt, rot, and alcohol. On the third night the writer saw an old man described as transparent sitting at the foot of the writer's bed. A co-worker whose father owned the house told the writer about the previous elderly couple and the husband's death in that bedroom. The writer says they then told the figure to leave. The writer reports that he disappeared and never returned, and neither did the smell.