Premonitions and dreams that came true
Knowing about something before it happens.
A floating translucent man at the caller's bedside at seventeen, and a warning five years later
[name withheld], calling from Grants Pass, Oregon, tells the host that at seventeen they woke in bed to a translucent man floating about a foot above the floor, who they say had been shaking them. They fled the house, and their mother told them it was a dream. Five years later, they say, the same figure came to them in a dream and warned that their boyfriend, their son’s father, would hurt them. The following day, they report, he choked them. They end by saying they would listen to the presence next time.
A figure dancing on a fence post on a country road in northern Alberta
Art Bell reads a letter from a listener named [name withheld]. It describes a walk home along a country road in northern Alberta about fifteen years earlier. [name withheld] writes that they and their friend [name withheld] saw a thin, emaciated human form standing on a roadside post, slowly dancing. Months later, [name withheld] was diagnosed with cancer and died. [name withheld] concluded that the figure had been [name withheld] himself.
A woman in 1800s dress, a boulder death, and a disturbed forest circle
Mary, calling from Salem, Oregon, tells Art Bell a story they call [quote withheld] about their brother-in-law, [name withheld]. Mary says that during a birthday party they went out for burgers and, waiting out front, saw a woman in 1800s clothing whose feet they could not see. When they looked back, the woman was gone. Mary reports that while they were away, [name withheld] was struck by a boulder on a forest trail and died. Months later, Mary says, an acquaintance said a ceremony [name withheld] had been performing was interrupted when the acquaintance stubbed out a cigarette in his circle and a growling, monster-like sound came down the hill. Mary says some of them think that whatever it was came and got him.
Dream-guided trip, two figures in black, and a black net in a valley
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld] describes a series of vivid dreams or waking dreams over seven to nine months, at some point about fourteen years before the broadcast. In them a voice told them of a place near Papua New Guinea. The caller says they traveled there, encountered a man and a woman dressed in black at an airport, and was then engulfed by a black net in a valley at night before calling on spirits and escaping. The caller says they later came home by way of the Philippines on Halloween and concluded that a spirit watches over them.
A hearse, a voice, and white figures on a winter road in northern Canada
A caller who gives their first name as [name withheld] tells of something the caller says happened to them in high school, when they were 16 or 17, in a small town in northern Canada. The caller was walking alone at night on a snowy road after their friends drove off. The caller reports a panicky feeling, a big black car the caller took for a hearse, a voice quietly saying their name from behind them, and two white figures that moved toward them while calling their name. Then they ran into town. The caller ends by reporting that their friends said they had each felt that [quote withheld] and had turned the car around for them. The host thanks the caller and moves to the next caller.
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.
Recorded EVP at a party and a friend’s coma at 11 p.m.
A caller tells Art Bell about filming a house party with night vision. They say a demonic-sounding voice was captured on the tape when they greeted their friend [name withheld]. Years later, while driving with their girlfriend at 11 p.m., they suddenly remembered the story and told it to her. The next day they learned that a friend, named [name withheld] in the transcript, was in a coma. The friend died three days later. They say a friend, [name withheld], reported the coma began around 11 that Saturday night, close to when they were telling the story. They are unsure whether there was a connection.
Letter claims mother and son had matching dreams of a shooting and met on the stairs
The host reads a letter in which the writer tells a story about [quote withheld] The letter says the son, sleeping in the basement, dreamed he walked upstairs and stood over his blood-covered parents with a gun in his hands. At the same time, his mother upstairs dreamed he was entering her bedroom and shooting her and her husband. She woke, went downstairs, and met him coming up the stairs, with no gun in his hands. The two ended up crying in each other's arms. The letter ends by asking whether something was driving him toward the gun or protecting the family, and the host says the guess is as good as his.
A voice tells a woman to play a record after her sister’s fatal car crash
An unnamed caller continues a story she calls the premonition part. She reports that her sister [name withheld] and a friend were killed in the caller’s car by an off-duty, drunk police officer. After the funeral, she says, a voice in her head told her to play a record left untouched on the stereo. The song was Neil Young’s [quote withheld] which she says described the accident. The host calls it a coincidence and says such things do not make sense.
Roommate's night vision of her dead father warns of her sister's car accident
A caller who calls themself an atheist tells Art Bell that at age 20 they shared a two-bedroom apartment with a roommate who was a single mother. One night, the caller says, she ran into the caller's room crying. She said she had seen her dead father standing over her sister's casket, warning that the sister would be hurt but would not die. The next day, the caller says, the roommate's mother telephoned to report that the sister had been badly hurt in a car wreck and was in intensive care. The caller says the sister recovered, but the timing has always bothered them.
Ouija board reportedly names a Tijuana partygoer’s death night
A caller, “[name withheld],” who says they are calling from Vista, California, tells a secondhand story they attribute to a female friend from Tijuana, Mexico. They say she witnessed it about five or six years earlier. According to [name withheld], a man at a neighborhood party insulted a Ouija board and asked it when he would die. It spelled out “Esta Noche” (“this night”). The man was reportedly killed by a truck while walking across the street after the party broke up around 1 a.m. The host closes by saying the Ouija board is [quote withheld] and wondering aloud whether what answered could arrange a death date.
Caller reports ex-husband's pre-death visits and a vision of a small plane
A caller, [name withheld] of Toppenish, Washington, tells Art Bell that their ex-husband would get sudden impulses to visit relatives, who died just before he arrived. They say they once had a vision of a tiny airplane with three angels and a passenger in a gray jacket. They say the vision matched their husband's later arrival by chartered plane around the time their foster father died. The host cuts the call short.
26 more stories
- A dream of a family death, a waking premonition, and a phone call, Utah, 19552 min
- Toddler’s insistence on visiting an uncle weeks before the uncle’s death2 min
- Mother's dream warning before a motorcycle wreck and a later check on her father3 min
- A brother's dream phone call from his deceased father, who spent his prayers on the call4 min
- Two fortune tellers’ warnings and a 1945 dream of a factory explosion4 min
- Teenage dream of a casket foretelling an uncle's death two days later46 s
- A grandfather's voice and a dream of grandparents before deaths1 min
- Letter: Death instructions found on a dresser after a fatal crash1 min
- Letter: Grandmother's sightings of a lady in black and family deaths29 s
- Caller's employee dreams of three dead relatives; a grandmother dies two days later2 min
- Caller [name withheld]'s story of a brother's premonition of two deaths39 s
- Refusing a cave after a strange sound; a body reported found there4 min