How many people live or have lived in a "Haunted House"?

[Cindlady2]

From the time I was 5 years old I lived in a "Haunted House". Grant you the first few months I was there I was kinda' freaked out but it didn't take long to look forward to visits from what ever decided to reside there. I really loved the light balls that bounced around my room a couple of times a year! And just the source of "feeling" that someone was there got to be a comfort. Every now and then something really weird would happen, like when all the kitchen chairs wound up on the table, or something odd showed up in the fridge. (like my mom purse), but all in all it was nice. I think because we were so relaxed with what was there we started to draw things in from around the neighborhood .Some sort of unsetteling things.... but we dealt with it. My great grand mother and my neighbor even showed up to say good bye! And even though mom and I never talked about it (until years later)... we seemed to know what the house had and never thought twice about it.
I got married, moved out, divorced and moved back with my kids. Not really giving a second thought as to "the things in the house".
One night as the boys were trying to fall asleep up stairs I heard a trembling "Mo-o-om come here... PLEASE!!!" I could tell by the way they said it... it was the lights!!! I went up and talked to them for quite some time about them, and how I looked forward to them and was very sad I missed them that time. (I swear they were the coolest thing! different colors dancing around the the room then disappearing out the window or down the stairs!!!
About a year later "Pinkey" as my daughter called her started showing up in my daughters room, in the mirror at first she was scared but after a few more visits she started talking to her... now that she's all grown up and we no longer have the house (long story) she misses her!
I've since lived in "sterile" houses and actually drawn "spirits " to to them ! it drives me nuts not having "something" in the background of a house! And my kids like it too as long as they don't cause mist-riff! ( My daughter just moved into a place with a spirit that likes to turn on lights and lock doors!... I'll have to get over there and find out what the issue is!)
All in all I feel better in a "haunted house" rather than an empty one!

LOL... wounder why our "old house" is up for sale for the 2nd time in 3 years?hehehehehe

Sorry for all the same post! it was't moving here!

[Anubis]

every place I have ever lived has been haunted (including the one I am in now).. I was so used to it that as a kid I assumed everyone's house was the same way.

The one I grew up in had everything from toys in the attic moving and playing (toy piano especially).. children's laughs could also be heard up there and the cry of a baby (which was from one that had been born deformed and was left up there to die.. )
There was the spirits/ghosts (whichever term you prefer) of a young woman and of an old one.. both who liked to move things about and leave fragrances behind (violets for one and lilacs for the other).
We also had several animal ghosts.. one of a very large spider.. one of a cat.. and also a dog.
It was common place for footsteps to be heard, doors opening and closing. I had a china cubboard which refused to stay locked.. ashtrays would levitate.. and balls of light. There was more which I won't go into.. but like I said.. this was normal to me.

The place I am in now has the spirit of a wolf which wanders through.. sometimes with or without a native american man. Someone kleeps opening the woodstove door (which the handle has to be lifted up for the door to be opened and it isn't an easy thing to do).. doors open and close.. things end up missing .. the refridgerator door will open (it's a brand new fridge) and the living room stays at least 10 to 20 degrees cooler than the dining room which it is right next to with a hugh archway opening. walking into the living room you hit a "wall" of cold air.. and of course that's right where I sit at the computer .. so the left half of me is always freezing and the right half isn't. Personally I believe there is a burial ground under the living room and off to the side of the house.. (native american). which would also explain why they keep wandering around that side of the house. Makes ya feel like you need to ask them to move over before you sit on the couch.
The horses will suddenly spook at "things" which don't appear to be there... then again they could just be insane :D
and every so often there is a procession of dead people who walk through the bedroom.. in through one wall.. across the room and out the other wall. and we have the fantom smells here to (I just wish the guy would pick a better smelling cologne) So yeah.. things are pretty much the same every where I go. Plus I get dead people who just show up whenever they want to talk... but that's a me thing and not the house.

[Cindlady2]

The, ALOTof other things went on in that house I didn't even touch on! And of course all the other places I've lived. Right now I have a ghost cat... I think it's Picasso (he got hit by a truck...ewww) he jumps in bed and rubs on my leg sometimes I hear him.

[LostSheep]

every place I have ever lived has been haunted (including the one I am in now).. I was so used to it that as a kid I assumed everyone's house was the same way.

The one I grew up in had everything from toys in the attic moving and playing (toy piano especially).. children's laughs could also be heard up there and the cry of a baby (which was from one that had been born deformed and was left up there to die.. )
There was the spirits/ghosts (whichever term you prefer) of a young woman and of an old one.. both who liked to move things about and leave fragrances behind (violets for one and lilacs for the other).
We also had several animal ghosts.. one of a very large spider.. one of a cat.. and also a dog.
It was common place for footsteps to be heard, doors opening and closing. I had a china cubboard which refused to stay locked.. ashtrays would levitate.. and balls of light. There was more which I won't go into.. but like I said.. this was normal to me.

The place I am in now has the spirit of a wolf which wanders through.. sometimes with or without a native american man. Someone kleeps opening the woodstove door (which the handle has to be lifted up for the door to be opened and it isn't an easy thing to do).. doors open and close.. things end up missing .. the refridgerator door will open (it's a brand new fridge) and the living room stays at least 10 to 20 degrees cooler than the dining room which it is right next to with a hugh archway opening. walking into the living room you hit a "wall" of cold air.. and of course that's right where I sit at the computer .. so the left half of me is always freezing and the right half isn't. Personally I believe there is a burial ground under the living room and off to the side of the house.. (native american). which would also explain why they keep wandering around that side of the house. Makes ya feel like you need to ask them to move over before you sit on the couch.
The horses will suddenly spook at "things" which don't appear to be there... then again they could just be insane :D
and every so often there is a procession of dead people who walk through the bedroom.. in through one wall.. across the room and out the other wall. and we have the fantom smells here to (I just wish the guy would pick a better smelling cologne) So yeah.. things are pretty much the same every where I go. Plus I get dead people who just show up whenever they want to talk... but that's a me thing and not the house.
A spirit wolf sounds cool ... um, i think you can keep the ghost spider though :hairraise

[Lunacie]

I spent my teen years in a haunted house. I would hear someone walk up the stairs and cross the floor over my head and then try to open the door to the bedroom where my sister slept. No one else was home. My sister also heard the footsteps and the door jiggling and she was on the other side of the door when she heard it. We both heard it many times.

My dad and my youngest sister still live in that house. I'm sure they think it's just "old house noises".

The only haunting in this house, I've lived here for two years now, has been the spirit of my ex stopping by. And I told him to get lost so I haven't smelled him around for a few months now. I'm a little surprised that he hasn't been here this week, our anniversary was on Valentine's Day. But maybe he finally took the hint.

[Amythest]

Out of the 8 homes or appartments that I have lived in since I was only a year old 5 of them has some sort of paranormal things going on. From an old woman that use to watch over my brother and I when we were babies to a nother woman that use to rearrange my bedroom at night, they have been all somewhat pleasant experiences.

[Qumran]

Speaking for myself alone, I feel like living in a haunted house is a priviledge. I know some may think I'm crazy for saying that but here's why:

Assuming that these spirits are not harrassing or menacing, the very presence of spirits teaches us that there is life after "death" or, as I prefer to say it, WE DON'T DIE. Our journey doesn't end when we decide to trade in our old broken down bodies. To me, anyway, that's good news!

Spirit goings on keeps us aware that there is an entire unseen universe of reality that we can learn more about, if we feel so inclinded.

I live in a haunted house and, when we first moved here there spirits were not happy about new tenants. They protested the very first day we moved in, flickering the lights on and off rapidly - until my girlfriend, who is also sensitive to spiritual realities, shouted "That's enough!!" - the lights immediately stopped flickering.

There is much more to the story but, I did my "thing" and now the spirits and I have an "understanding" whereby I allow them to stay, so long as they behave themselves and do not frighten my girlfriend or her young son.

So far, all is well.

[Anubis]

A spirit wolf sounds cool ... um, i think you can keep the ghost spider though :hairraise
Yeah the wolf is neat.. the first time I saw him he trotted past me in the dining room.. for an instant I was wondering who let that big dog into the house.. and as I went to grab for the scruff of his neck he faded away... hasn't stopped him from coming back and padding through the house though.. he also wanders around outside.. but at least he leaves the horses alone.

the spider was mainly in my sister's room.. I used to share a bedroom with my two sisters.. when I moved into my own room and my older sister moved out.. the other one got stuck with that big ol spider.. she hates bugs and it didn't matter to her that it was a ghost.. I love them.. maybe that explains why I still play with spiders.. but it is pretty cool to have a big spider run across the floor or your bed then vanish in mid run (and I must admit I loved to hear her scream.. yeah I was a mean little sister)!

[Lorrie]

Several years ago, we had a spirit living with us, I was in a violent relationship at the time and sometimes I would be sitting on the couch crying and I would feel someone comforting me. The animals would in unison watch something go back and forth in the room, they would growl but not get too upset. A few years later, we found out that it was the spirit of a little boy that had died there, when he heard me cry he thought it was his mother. We even found out that he was 7 years old and had died from an illness and his mother would cry alot because he died. He didn't understand that he was dead. We found out his name, but I don't remember it now. We had become quite attached to him and his comfort, but he was told he was dead and that he needed to move on, and he did, I always missed him dearly after that. The next house had a presence, I never found out what it was but it wasn't "bad", just there. This house has a ghost kitty that seems to really like it here with all of the pets and sleeps with us ( us, being two dogs and two cats) I don't mind sharing space with spirits as long as they are willing to live with us and not cause problems, I kind of enjoy it! Fortunately I have always only had nice spirits share our space.

[Broken Babydoll]

My land has many spirits on it. I am surrounded by very old indian mounds. Literally. I live kind of in the middle of nowhere. They discovered them after after someone put some houses out here. The governement bought the rest of the surrounding land on our street and has been "researching" out here since.

[AutumnWitchie]

My parents house is haunted. We moved into when I was about 11. My great-uncle owned a sawmill back in the 1950's and he handpicked all the materials that went into building the house. Since he technically lived in another town this house was where he went on the weekends to get drunk(he was an alcholic). After Uncle Glenn died there was a wall decoration that was always falling off the wall. The nail was not loose or too far into the wall. After we took the decoration down and put up something else we didn't have a problem . My dad has a big bookcase in the dining room for storage. He has several rolled up maps and arial maps on the very top of the bookcase. When he and my mom argue some of the maps will "fall" on my dad. My dad had a bottle of homemade wine someone had given him. We were sitting at the table for dinner and the bottle shattered into a million pieces(guess Uncle Glenn really wanted that wine). The TV channels change by themselves sometimes. When strange things happen to people visiting my mom will say "alright, Glenn, thats enough" and things usually calm down.

[Morrigan_Wolfwind]

My mother's family's ancestral home in the Phillipines is haunted. It's built on a graveyard, and Mom says that only strangers (as in not-family) actually SEE things. When she was young, she used to hear things too, and once she and my grandmother saw soldiers in the back yard.

One of the maids--well, THE maid--who's taking care of the house saw my grandparents (they're dead) walking around the house. Mom feels sorry for her because there's no one living there anymore except for her.

The maid said to one of my relatives, "I saw a man and a lady walking around the house. They were holding hands, and I said hello to them but they didn't answer." My aunt asked, "What do they look like?" and she showed her a picture of my grandparents and asked, "Do they look like them?" And the maid answered yes.

People driving by the house also see my grandmother sitting on the porch.

And the apartment we lived in before we moved was mildly haunted, but I think it's more a matter of spirits visiting. And yet, I'm the only one who's seen them and only my grandmother is actually DECEASED.

[MalPixie]

well I would have to say that to a point I think every house is haunted! I think people bring things with them. I generally am not scared in my own home at all but things change from time to time on what is here.
There was one time as a teen when I was with a friend at my father's house. the door to the upstairs it inbetween the dinning room and the living room. We were sitting at the table it was day time and my dad had gone next door to eat and we sat there in our pjs. it was winter and we had lots of snow. We sat there the door was closed and it sounded like someone was walking around upstairs but we didn't think much of it until the dog came and sat by the door and was looking at it funny! Then we heard it more and the dog started barking so we started to get freaked out then the dog stopped and we listined then the steps started to come down the stairs so we ran out the front door to get my dad we didn't even have shoes on!! Then when we got back the upstairs door was opened!! it was freaky but no one was there when we got back the dog was up there checking things out!

[Astara Seague]

Everywhere I go if they arent there already they soon arrive, Im like a ghost magnet but I love it!!

[Lorrie]

I am hoping that some nice spirits will find my home and come stay with us, I really miss them when I move and don't have any. I think there has been one checking out the place the past week, I could suddenly smell a mans' cologne in the livingroom a few days ago, and at night sometimes I see someone sitting in a chair in the livingroom. I hope it is a nice spirit and will like it here!

[MalPixie]

speeking of things in my house lol

I am sitting here on the computer and my baby is sleeping in the small chair next to me my older son it at his grandma's and I gave the baby his nuk then he started stiring so I looked down to give it to him again and my olders son's sock way laying on the top of the chair! I don't have any clue how it got there I haven't moved and no one else is up!

[Lorrie]

he he he, maybe we are stirring things up with this post!!!!

[MalPixie]

very possible!!

[Skeletal Season]

I envy you guys so much! I have a hardcore passion for ghosts, and I have yearned for so long to experience one. I did have one moment at my girlfriends house where I woke to see a man-shaped being standing over my bed, then it slowly faded away. It sounds scary, but I was really comforted by its presence. But that wasn't prfound enough for me. I want to experience more! Well, as long as their nice. No evil ghosts.

[liacaer]

I lived in a haunted house until last April when I split from my ex. We bought the house fromhis cousin so we knew some of the history. Her grandmother died from natural causes in the house, and they also had her wake in the room my son had ( it was during the times that the body was viewed in the house). Many years before that another relative, a young woman and her 6 yr old son died in a house fire on the land our house is on. Sometimes at night doors and cabinets would open and close, and my(ex) husband and son would hear a womans voice call out their names. MY oldest son, who never believed in ghosts was turned into a believer one night. My ex and I had a paranormal radio show,and we had just gotten back from cheking out a cemetary, when my oldest started in about "no such thing as a ghost" He was eating french fries that were on a plate when one of them levitated about 2 inches in the air. He dropped the plate and noe believes. Oh, our ghosts name is Aunt Jess.

[MalPixie]

I envy you guys so much! I have a hardcore passion for ghosts, and I have yearned for so long to experience one. I did have one moment at my girlfriends house where I woke to see a man-shaped being standing over my bed, then it slowly faded away. It sounds scary, but I was really comforted by its presence. But that wasn't prfound enough for me. I want to experience more! Well, as long as their nice. No evil ghosts.
I guess that suprises me since generally the people who don't experience them are the ones who don't believe that they are there if ya know what I mean! So I guess it is strange to me that you don't feel scense or see things I know that seeing them is the hardest and you said you saw one so I wonder why you don't more?

[DanuMoonrunner]

I don't know where to start. Like many of you, I believe I'm a magnet for spirits, I don't remember a time when I haven't had at least one around me. Growing up, I was always talking to the Indians on the back porch slab which, of course, got me a lot of chiding from my family. When Daddy built the bedrooms on that slab, the Indians moved inside the house and my brother got to experience them for the first time, which of course, gave me the chance to chide back. When I got married, I moved back into that house. My sons wouldn't sleep in my brothers old room, but my daughter loved the room and apparently the old Indian woman loved her too. I'd get up in the middle of the night and she would have a warm bottle in her crib and the rocking chair would be moving, if you listened close enough, you could hear singing. The next house we moved into had secret rooms upstairs that the children would get lost in and I would find them in a closet crying. When my mother came to visit she remarked that she had spent a lot of time in that house growing up and it had never had a second story. A few years after we moved to Colorado, we came back and that house was gone and the lot looked like there had never been a house there at all. The old farmhouse in Colorado was the worst until now. I was actually held down on the bed and "raped" in that one. Again, my kids would get lost in rooms that weren't there in this house also. We did find out that a man had burned the original house down with his wife and 5 kids still in it.
Now I live in our 7800 square ft building that seems to be a bus stop for spirits. It was an old Masonic Lodge for years and then they allowed the roof to leak for 30 years, so it's in bad shape, but I hear parties going on upstairs all the time. Rocks come flying down from upstairs. The walls are 22 inch limestone so I realize this could be settling issues, but I can't find how the rocks of that size can get through the ceiling. Anytime I watch a show like Medium or Ghost Whisperer, I feel others watching with me. My bells on my alters will ring out, my wind chimes that are hanging on walls will ring out. My dog and cat really freak out sometimes. When we had the bar open, things would fly off tables, ashtrays, full drinks, etc. Other people are afraid to be in the building by themselves, me, I just take it in stride for the most part. I have it shielded well and if it does get out of control, I shield myself until it's gone.

[PoisonIvy]

I wouldn't really say that it's my house thats haunted,it's more like I'm haunted.
I wouldn't really call it a haunting though seeing as how I'm not scared of those in my family who have passed but still come in visitation.
They do love to do things to annoy me though!:lol:

[Vincent Verthaine]

I think I live in one of the few houses in New Orleans that isn't haunted.

When the National Gaurd came down here post K,there were a number of ghost sightings made by them.

[aislin_ryann]

Every place I have lived has had some sort of paranormal activity. My mom says it is because I am a haunted person and they follow me.

[Cindlady2]

When the National Gaurd came down here post K,there were a number of ghost sightings made by them.

Wow, I never thought about it. A lot of ghost and spirits and such must have lost their homes too! I hope many have learned to 'move on' due to their loss.
Wow... now I feel bad for them:awilly: :geez:

[Meadhbh]

All the houses I've lived as had some form of ghost in them. Right now I have a nun. Thats right boys and girls I live with a dead nun. She doesn't really make herself known all that often, she prefers to lurk in the hall and give me disapproving looks.

[LadyKaty]

Yes.

My whole life.

Everywhere I've ever lived has had spirit visitors. And sometimes, it's been because my Granddad is checking in on me (and he died twenty years ago), or my great-grandmother, Granddad's mother, is checking in on me, or my mother (who was, from what I can gather, her favorite grandchild), and sometimes it's been spirits connected with the places I've lived.

Geez, when I was a kid, I thought everyone lived with ghosts, and just never talked about it. I mean, *I* saw them and heard them all the time, I thought everyone else did, too.

I still hear and see them. I had the experience just the other day of catching movement out of the corner of my eye, turning around, and watching an older man in khakis and a plaid shirt walk through the wall, right behind my husband. My husband didn't see anything, but I sure did, and it was the middle of the day, the man stopped to look at me before he disappeared through the wall, and nodded politely.

Yes, we have a resident ghost. I think there's more than one, but I'm not totally sure.

[Cindlady2]

Geez, when I was a kid, I thought everyone lived with ghosts, and just never talked about it. I mean, *I* saw them and heard them all the time, I thought everyone else did, too.

.
That's the way it was for me too. I said something once to some other kids and got teased a while for it so I never said anything more excepet to my closes friends when they spent the night and got 'freaked out" about something going 'bump' in the night! lol

[RunningRiot]

I have, too.

We lived in this one house that had a short, bulky black spirit that lurked in the kitchen. Everyone saw it, but I was the only one not afraid of it. It use to stand in the doorway and watch you. One time I was up alone and it was watching me and I said, "I know you mean me no harm.. But can you please stop? You're scaring me." It stopped and no one saw it again, and it only showed up for short flashes. I miss it and wish I would've talked to it more.. It felt so sad.

[Philosophia]

My house has ghosts. There is a small boy, a old woman, a mother, an elderly gentleman and another man. The only spirit I'm scared of is the other man. He frightens me too much and he's always watching. Doesn't do anything except touch and watch.