Rescue or protection
Tucson house after a 1977 murder-suicide: Alarm, child voices, cold room
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], of Rochester, New York, describes living in a Tucson, Arizona, house connected to their husband’s first wife. The caller says the woman killed her two children and herself in 1977. [name withheld] reports a burglar alarm sounding at exactly 2 a.m. on nights their husband was away, children’s whispering, moved objects, and a living room that stayed cold in summer. The caller says a responding policeman advised them to leave, and they did. The caller says they later concluded the dead woman had been trying to drive them and their children away from their husband.
Red eyes in a tree, a transforming figure, and a drive-by rescue
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], from Birmingham, Alabama, describes to Art Bell events they say they have shared with their best friend [name withheld] since they met. They report a nighttime encounter in Huntsville: barking dogs, red glowing eyes in a tree, a neighborhood blackout, and a white tiger-like shadow that they say changed into an Egyptian man who promised protection. They then describe a Christmas incident in which they say they and [name withheld] were thrown back from a door shortly before a drive-by shooting passed the house. The call ends with [name withheld] saying they and [name withheld], now in Germany and at home, are still having the same strange dreams.
Palm reader relays a family’s story of a dead mother’s warning to rescue [name withheld]
A caller who identifies themselves as [quote withheld] a palm reader, describes a reading they gave in a small town between Salt Lake City and Yellowstone Park. They say the client told them that the client’s dead mother had appeared separately to the client’s girlfriend and to the client’s father, urging them to [quote withheld] The family found [name withheld] in an alley at a gas station with a motorcycle gang. The story ends with [name withheld] describing how the ages shown by the palm lines matched the ages at which the ghosts were reported. The host then reflects on whether the dead can send a message.
A coma, three selves, and walking with Jesus after a 1980 car crash
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld] describes a December 1980 car accident in which they were thrown through the driver's window and lay unconscious for thirty-three days. They report regaining consciousness in a Utah hospital and perceiving three versions of themselves in the room. The room then darkened, and shadow-like objects seized one of the figures. After that came a bright place in which they walked hand in hand with Jesus Christ. They say they woke up after thirty-three days. Art Bell calls it [quote withheld]
Twin's grandfather reportedly announces brother alive and trapped in Vietnam
A caller who says they are a twin, on holiday in Western Canada, tells Art Bell that their brother was believed killed in Vietnam and their grandfather then died. The caller says the grandfather appeared to them twice, in their bedroom and in the den, and said their brother was alive and trapped. They say they later got a phone call from the grandfather saying the brother was alive. They found him in a Greek Orthodox mission hospital in Vietnam and brought him home. Years later, the caller says, a realtor reported that every door in the house had sealed shut.
Pursuit on a Nevada highway, a flat tire at an isolated house later found boarded
A caller who says they are calling from Linwood, Washington, recounts a drive across Nevada from Idaho to California in the early 1970s. They say two men in a car pursued them on a desert highway outside Winnemucca. They report that they had a flat tire beside the only house in the area, that a man came out of the house toward a running pickup, and that the pursuers then drove off. They say that later, on the return trip, they found the building uninhabited, with no windows or doors. The caller tells the host they do not know what happened but feel something kept them from being harmed.
Daughter’s invisible friend Daggett and a cold chair in a Kansas City-area house
Caller [name withheld], from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, recounts his daughter’s childhood invisible friend “Daggett” in an old Kansas City-area house, noises in the basement, and a cold chair in her bedroom. The story ends with the daughter now a university freshman involved in Wicca. The host cuts off the call before [name withheld] finishes an answer about asking her about Daggett.
Figure standing in the road at the site of a fatal crash, and a message to a bereaved sister
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], from Crowhart, Wyoming, tells of events they date to 1976 in Oregon. They say that after a fatal car crash on the rural road they drove home from their late shift, they saw a figure they describe as “this Aborigine” standing in the road with his hands raised. They saw him on three or four nights in a row. They say the sightings stopped after they told the dead driver’s injured sister that the crash was not her fault. The call ends with the host’s question [quote withheld] and the caller’s “Oh, definitely.” The caller then begins a separate 1980 story.
Unseen hand presses sailor’s shoulder before hoses fall on USS Savannah
A first-time caller who identifies as a former Navy member tells Art Bell about an incident aboard the USS Savannah AOR-4 in the Tonkin Gulf in 1973. The caller reports that an unseen hand pressed firmly on their right shoulder three times at their refueling station. After they moved about eight feet away, a rack of fuel hoses and aluminum saddles collapsed onto the spot where they had been standing.
Father’s figure in the rearview mirror before a Manhattan car crash
An unnamed caller tells Art Bell that in 1977 they were driving downtown on Upper Manhattan in a Pinto after a 16-hour night shift. They say they glanced in the rearview mirror and saw their father, who they say had died two years earlier. Their father was leaning forward with an urgent look and his hands on the back of the bucket seat. A bang followed, they say, and the car careened out of control and hit a concrete pillar at 74th Street. After the wreck they opened the glove box and found that a dollar bill their father had given them “for luck” was gone. The host, noting time was nearly up, closed the call.
Shadow figures and white figures in a rented room at the Gable House
[name withheld] of Durango calls Ghost to Ghost AM and tells Art Bell about a night about twenty years earlier. They were a college student renting a third-floor room in a large old Durango house they call the Gable House, which they say was once the city’s first hospital. They report waking in the night to see three dark “shadow people” confined in a small circle to their right. Then they saw three white figures at ceiling level to their left. One came down, put its arm around them, and said it was there to protect them. They say they fell asleep instantly and slept until morning. The story is entirely their own word. No witness speaks on air.
Volunteer firefighter senses dead crash victim, then an unexplained phone call
A caller the host introduces as [name withheld] from Texas describes working a fatal rollover as a new volunteer firefighter in East Texas. They say they sensed the dead driver’s presence at the scene and felt that the man followed them home. They say that after they spoke aloud to the unseen presence and it faded, their mother phoned to say they had just called her. The number was their own cell phone, which they say had no service. They think the call was placed by the dead man or by a guardian angel to put them at ease. The host calls it a cool story and offers his own belief about the recently dead.
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