How I Met Henry + The Hunchback Woman | True Ghost Stories | Ep #26

1
00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,720
If you have a true strange story
of the unexplained you'd like to

2
00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:07,200
hear, read on the podcast,
e-mail it to

3
00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:12,800
madamstrangeways@gmail.com or go
to madamstrangeways.com or just

4
00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,000
check the show notes for a link.
I can't wait to read it.

5
00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,880
Welcome strangers and
strangelings to Madam

6
00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:28,880
Strangeways, where I, Madam
Strangeways, narrate true

7
00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,320
strange stories of the
unexplained.

8
00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,200
And as always, solicited or not,
usually not.

9
00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,680
I share my thoughts and
observations after each spooky

10
00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,360
tale.
Today I've got 2 new true

11
00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,360
strange stories for you.
But first.

12
00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,840
A huge.
Thank you to my Patreon patrons

13
00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,160
TJ Hotter, G Man Music, and now
Ted.

14
00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:59,040
Yes, that Ted I.
Appreciate you 3 SO.

15
00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,200
Much do you want to hear your
name at the?

16
00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,480
Beginning of every episode.
Perhaps do you want an exclusive

17
00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:09,640
vinyl Madam Strangeway sticker
to slap on?

18
00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,280
I don't know, like your Ouija.
Board or something.

19
00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:17,400
Or maybe you just want to hear a
guided sleep meditation recorded

20
00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,680
by yours truly.
To lull you.

21
00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,600
Into a state of slumber.
Well, that's just the weirdest

22
00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,320
coincidence.
Because you can get all of those

23
00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:31,760
things and more like bonus
content by supporting me on

24
00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,800
Patreon.
So just go to patreon.com/madam

25
00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:40,880
Strangeways and join today.
Your support means the world to

26
00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:43,680
me.
The underworld, obviously, if

27
00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:49,240
that wasn't already clear.
And now on to the strange

28
00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,800
stories here on Madam
Strangeways.

29
00:02:10,060 --> 00:02:18,620
How I Met Henry by Tori I grew
up in a haunted house in the 80s

30
00:02:18,620 --> 00:02:24,260
and 90s and heard and saw many
strange things.

31
00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,360
I have been sensitive to
activities since I was a young

32
00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:33,440
child and my mother was
thankfully very accepting of

33
00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,760
this since she was sensitive to
the story that I want to share.

34
00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,640
Happened in the late 90s when I
had just moved back home for a

35
00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:45,160
while.
After renting out my house and

36
00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:50,360
moving out of state I decided
that I wanted to come back to

37
00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:56,400
Texas and since my tenants lease
was still active I asked my mom

38
00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,120
and granny if I could stay with
them a few months.

39
00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:02,240
Of course they were.
Happy to have me.

40
00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,920
The first night that I was home,
I was putting away my clothes in

41
00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:09,440
the closet, which was next to
the bedroom door that led to the

42
00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,880
hall, and my mom's room was
directly across the hall.

43
00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,400
Maybe. 8 to 10 feet, so not far.
As I was leaning into the small

44
00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:26,480
closet to hang things up I heard
someone clap very loudly right

45
00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:29,680
next to my ear which was on the
door side.

46
00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:36,480
I screamed very loudly since it
startled me and yelled Not funny

47
00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,680
mom.
She didn't answer me so I looked

48
00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:47,520
into the hallway and her door
was closed so I presumed she had

49
00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,280
went back in there and walked to
the door.

50
00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:54,360
As I was walking there is an
arch to the right that goes to

51
00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,240
the laundry room and then a door
to the main part of the house.

52
00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,840
As the small hallway and
bedrooms were in addition put in

53
00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,320
when my grandparents needed
another room for my aunt and mom

54
00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,440
so they wouldn't have to share a
room with their brothers.

55
00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:13,000
So when I got to the arch I
could hear my mom and granny

56
00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,600
laughing up front in my granny's
room.

57
00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:20,640
I went up there to confront my
mom about trying to scare me and

58
00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,320
my granny asked if I saw a
spider.

59
00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,080
They both know I have been.
Scared of them?

60
00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,760
Since I was a child, I told them
what happened and they looked at

61
00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:36,880
each other and simultaneously
said Henry, which confused me.

62
00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:43,400
I asked who is Henry and they
went on to tell me they had been

63
00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:49,040
seeing a man walking in the
house and he liked to turn door

64
00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,280
knobs, flip the light switches
but not turn them on.

65
00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,720
The house was built in the early
40s and had those really old

66
00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,640
loud clicking ones.
They had the deed to the land

67
00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:06,480
from the 1800s and he was the
first known to build on the land

68
00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,240
and when they had called him
other names that had been listed

69
00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,320
as owning the property they got
chills.

70
00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:19,480
But when they said Henry, there
was a warm comfort around them

71
00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,640
so.
They figured.

72
00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:25,440
That is who it was.
I spent several months living

73
00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,120
there and had plenty of time
with Henry.

74
00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,880
But he always seemed.
Respectful thankfully.

75
00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,560
When he would twist my door knob
without opening my door or click

76
00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,800
the laundry room light switch I
would just ask him to stop and

77
00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,880
he would.
He also never seemed to enter

78
00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,160
bedrooms or bathrooms but we
would hear and see him all

79
00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,320
around the house.
My mom passed a few years ago

80
00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,520
and I haven't been back to the
house.

81
00:05:54,960 --> 00:06:01,960
It sat empty for a few years and
now we rent it out but I haven't

82
00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,920
heard anyone say anything about
him after my mom was gone.

83
00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:12,920
Thankfully Henry was kind, but
not all of the spirits there

84
00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,680
were.
But that is a story for another

85
00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:18,560
time.
I would love to.

86
00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,880
Share more in the future with
you and your listeners if you

87
00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:35,450
would like.
So that horrifying story was

88
00:06:35,450 --> 00:06:38,890
submitted via e-mail by Tori.
Thank you Tori.

89
00:06:39,410 --> 00:06:40,810
What?
You're setting such a great

90
00:06:40,810 --> 00:06:46,480
example for the listeners.
Tori took herself to Gmail or

91
00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:52,040
whatever e-mail she uses, can't
remember, and Tori typed up her

92
00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,240
story.
And she?

93
00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,560
Emailed it to me at Madam
Strange Ways.

94
00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:58,640
At gmail.com.
Thank you so much, Tori.

95
00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,960
Seriously, it made my day to
receive that e-mail.

96
00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:05,320
It always makes my day when
y'all submit something.

97
00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,280
It's just, it just means a lot
to me because I know like these

98
00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:12,640
are really stressful stories,
even if they happened a long

99
00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:14,760
time ago, remembering them is
stressful.

100
00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:20,080
And then it's tough just writing
it down, you know, even if it's

101
00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,360
not traumatic, even if it just
happened a while ago, you have

102
00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,800
to remember it.
And then you got to get your

103
00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,800
timeline right.
And then you just, you want to

104
00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,040
it's, it's just, I understand
it's a lot because I have not

105
00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,720
fully put my experiences in
writing either.

106
00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,880
And I've started them and it's a
process.

107
00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,720
So I appreciate every single
person who said submits a story

108
00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,480
to me.
But Tori, thank you so much.

109
00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,960
I incredibly appreciate you
because wow, what a creepy

110
00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,520
story.
I know and see OK, we love a

111
00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,760
respectful man.
We also.

112
00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,520
Love a respectful ghost.
Man, man.

113
00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,280
Ghost, we love it, love to hear
it.

114
00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:06,080
You know that he didn't, that he
didn't enter any bedrooms or

115
00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:11,080
especially bathrooms.
I thought that was very, very,

116
00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,880
very thoughtful of him.
I was going to say very demure,

117
00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,000
but like, I'm not trying to.
I'm not, I'm not trying to get

118
00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:21,200
in on that social media trend.
I mean, it's it's like 10 years

119
00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,520
old now at this point, OK?
It's like 2 months old, maybe 3.

120
00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:25,960
Months.
Four months.

121
00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,520
This year has felt like a
decade, so it's really hard to

122
00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,200
say.
Time is an illusion.

123
00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,600
Lunchtime doubly so.
But I'm not trying to get into

124
00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:35,760
that.
I'm just saying that I just

125
00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,919
that, yeah, that's very
thoughtful of Henry to not barge

126
00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:43,320
in when you're in your bedroom,
private safe space.

127
00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:47,160
Most ghosts don't follow that.
Most ghosts.

128
00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,920
Some ghosts follow you under the
covers, like.

129
00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:55,120
Juwan in in that movie.
The grudge that was.

130
00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,360
Really scary because.
Come on under the covers.

131
00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,200
That's safe.
So that was really thoughtful of

132
00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,880
Henry to not bother you when
you're in your when you're in

133
00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,000
your bedroom, but probably also
really, really.

134
00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,400
Off putting.
Even even if he is being really

135
00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:15,320
respectful and also you just
you're just going to casually

136
00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:23,000
mention like, oh, Henry though,
was not as respectful as some of

137
00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:28,440
the other entities in the house.
Excuse me, I'm going to need

138
00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:33,360
that information immediately.
I need it yesterday.

139
00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,960
I need to know more about it.
I know.

140
00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,080
Again, I know it's stressful.
So take your.

141
00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,840
Time.
But when you're ready, I want to

142
00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:42,080
hear about some of the other
things that.

143
00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,000
Happened in that house.
Super, super interested.

144
00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:48,960
I I did some Googling.
It's difficult because I didn't

145
00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,920
have a last name and I could
have asked.

146
00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,840
I could have, I could have asked
Tori for more details.

147
00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,120
I didn't, but I just did some
mild Googling.

148
00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,400
Just wondering, you know what
can?

149
00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,560
We find.
Regarding Henry's in the 1800s

150
00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,040
in the.
Area which was in.

151
00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:09,880
Brazoria County, which is in
Smithville, TX, so like not that

152
00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,960
far from Austin, pretty close to
Austin.

153
00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,240
So let me share with you what I
did find.

154
00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:16,960
I don't know how.
Relevant it is.

155
00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,120
So the first Henry.
Is Henry Gordon Smith.

156
00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,400
He was born.
In 1888.

157
00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,480
Which I think is maybe just a
little too late because he would

158
00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:30,400
have had to be a teenager if his
name was on like the land rights

159
00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,200
or the land deed in the 18.
Hundreds so.

160
00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:36,600
Probably not him, but I did
find.

161
00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,640
Like.
Genealogy stuff on him.

162
00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:40,960
So I was really wanting it to be
him and then I kind of did the

163
00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,400
math and womp, womp.
OK.

164
00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:48,560
But the other Henry, which is
also a Henry Smith, is the other

165
00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,880
one Smith.
Is the other one Smith?

166
00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,960
Yeah, what the heck?
Both Henry Smith's apparently a

167
00:10:53,960 --> 00:11:00,320
very common name in the 1800s.
This one Henry Smith was born in

168
00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,360
1788, which means this could
definitely be him.

169
00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:08,200
And he was actually the first
American born governor of the

170
00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,040
Mexican territory of.
Texas.

171
00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:13,960
So yeah.
I mean, the timing is right.

172
00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,200
He would have been there early
days and he would have had

173
00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,480
access to whatever land he
wanted.

174
00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:24,440
So very possible that he was the
one that owned that land.

175
00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:25,720
However, here's what I'm going
to say.

176
00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:26,120
Here's.
What I'm?

177
00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:31,920
Going to say.
You know he's a politician and

178
00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,720
the Henry ghost in your.
House was really.

179
00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:39,400
Respectful.
So I don't know.

180
00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,320
I don't know.
I don't know.

181
00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,960
At first I was thinking, I'm not
sure if this is him, like, I

182
00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:52,520
don't know, maybe, maybe.
But here is some some little

183
00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:56,800
little snippets of his personal
life, which kind of makes me

184
00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,160
think that the Henry in your
house is probably not the same

185
00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,640
Henry.
So this this Henry Henry Smith.

186
00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:06,120
Married.
Harriet Gillette In 1815.

187
00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:09,840
They had three sons.
Then they moved to Missouri

188
00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,600
where Harriet died, which is
tragic.

189
00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:18,440
Then Smith married Harriet's
sister, Elizabeth.

190
00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,760
OK.
They had five daughters.

191
00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,640
OK, calm down.
Then they moved to Texas, and

192
00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:28,760
then Elizabeth, his second wife,
who is the sister of his first

193
00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:34,560
wife, dies of cholera like you
do in the 1800s.

194
00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:41,520
And then six years later, he
marries Elizabeth's twin Sarah.

195
00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:49,360
So he married Harriet, then she
died, and then he marries

196
00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,280
Harriet's sister Elizabeth.
Elizabeth dies, and then he

197
00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,640
marries Elizabeth's twin sister.
So he just married through the

198
00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,200
sisters and then Sarah died
shortly after.

199
00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:02,000
And I don't think it doesn't say
that any of his.

200
00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,200
Wives died from.
Childbirth, but like, oh, OK,

201
00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,160
OK, we've got cholera.
I'm just saying how is he

202
00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:11,160
surviving?
It's just suspicious.

203
00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,440
It's a little, it's a little
SUS.

204
00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,720
So I don't know.
If this is him.

205
00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:19,720
I would love to look into more
of the history of the house

206
00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,280
though.
Tori, if you want to send me any

207
00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:24,160
details, I'd be happy to poke
around and see what I can find.

208
00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,440
I'm going to say I don't think
it's this Henry Smith.

209
00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:33,280
I just don't want it to be.
I mean, although, you know, he,

210
00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,560
maybe he's looking for another
wife, Tori, maybe he's just

211
00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:38,160
looking for another wife and
that's why he's being so

212
00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,920
respectful as he's trying to
just bag another wife.

213
00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,760
Maybe what?
If.

214
00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:50,760
What if, OK, because you said
hold on, you said that he kind

215
00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,200
of wasn't around as much after
your mom passed, which I'm so

216
00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,840
sorry, so sorry to hear that.
By the way, my condolences about

217
00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,200
your mother.
But you did say, you said, I

218
00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,640
think you said you said that
when your mom passed, you didn't

219
00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,920
really hear from Henry anymore,
even though I think also you

220
00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,880
kind of weren't living there.
But like, you haven't heard

221
00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,960
about him and I feel like you
would.

222
00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,080
Even from tenants.
But if he kind of went away?

223
00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:20,960
When your mom passed.
What if y'all are related?

224
00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:26,160
To the Gillette family.
Let me know, e-mail me back.

225
00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,160
Because what if that's why he
was so nice to y'all?

226
00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:33,000
Like what if y'all were like
descendants of the Gillette

227
00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,360
family in which he loved that
family because he married into

228
00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,160
it three times.
OK, So we have two narratives

229
00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:43,440
here with the governor.
Henry Smith. 2 Narratives 1.

230
00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,280
He murdered his wives and said
this is not Henry.

231
00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,160
This is not the ghost Henry.
OK.

232
00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,600
Or two Henry Smith, the
governor, is the ghost Henry and

233
00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,000
he didn't murder his wives.
And he just.

234
00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:59,040
Really loves the Gillette family
and y'all are descended from the

235
00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:02,680
Gillette family.
OK if this isn't true, you know

236
00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:04,680
what you don't need to tell me
that I'm wrong because I just

237
00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,800
love the narrative of this so
much and this is a good book I

238
00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,280
would read this book like I
would read it so somebody write

239
00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,400
it let me know give me credit I
don't need I don't need the

240
00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,800
money.
I just want the fame and the

241
00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,200
credit when you.
Publish this book.

242
00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,000
There's something there I don't
know.

243
00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,080
There's something there.
So Tori also mentioned in her

244
00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,680
e-mail to me a little bit of
history so.

245
00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,120
Yes, the house.
Is in Smithville, TX and her

246
00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,680
grandparents built it back in
the 40s on an empty lot after

247
00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:39,320
their house burned down in town.
And they lost.

248
00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:41,440
Their first two.
Children in the fire.

249
00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:42,600
Before her mom was.
Born.

250
00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:47,840
That's so sad, so tragic.
But like it's, I think it like

251
00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,960
there's like something there,
right, Like with all of the the

252
00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:52,280
loss.
And.

253
00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:57,440
Desperation that had to be kind
of imprinted on your family when

254
00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,200
that happens, right So Tori
also.

255
00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,400
Said that let.
Me just hold there's like a

256
00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,240
spoiler I don't want to share
for a future story.

257
00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:09,040
But then she also says,
interestingly, there is a

258
00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,360
cemetery.
Down the street.

259
00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:14,400
And we used to walk by that.
As a kid and would see things

260
00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,520
inside the gates.
Things like what I want to know,

261
00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:22,320
Tori, don't leave me hanging.
I'm so curious as to what you.

262
00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,800
Saw in the cemetery.
Gates I'm ready for it to keep

263
00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,480
me up at night, so.
Just hit me.

264
00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:29,880
Up.
Let me know when you're ready

265
00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:32,840
and I cannot wait to share your
other stories.

266
00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,480
With our listeners.
Thank you so much.

267
00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:54,960
Haunted trailer in Southwest
Virginia from 1984 by far.

268
00:16:54,960 --> 00:17:01,200
Promise 62 O 5.
As a child, my family moved

269
00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:05,720
around a lot.
I never knew why until I was an

270
00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:11,160
adult and realized it had much
to do with my mother's ADHD.

271
00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,319
Maybe she was running from
something.

272
00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,960
My older sister says she was
protecting us.

273
00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:23,400
Anyway, we moved nearly 30 times
before I graduated high school,

274
00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:29,360
and many of the homes we lived
in, I saw things that only I

275
00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:34,080
could see.
This one place is among the most

276
00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,960
remarkable.
I was 14.

277
00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:43,600
It was 1984 and summertime.
My family had just moved into a

278
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,360
single wide trailer in a large.
Trailer Park.

279
00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:53,240
Immediately I began to see and
hear things and it took me a few

280
00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,240
days to realize they were
paranormal.

281
00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:02,840
I would lay in my bed at night
and hear loud growls coming from

282
00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:08,400
under my bed from my room.
I would also hear my mother in

283
00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,960
the kitchen and smell food
cooking.

284
00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:16,200
In the early hours.
Pans clanking and such and go

285
00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:23,160
into the kitchen and the lights
would be off and no one was

286
00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:27,080
there.
This happened many times and

287
00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:31,840
everyone in the house says they
experienced this at least once.

288
00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,080
My mother would wake us up in
the middle of the night with the

289
00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,520
door wide open, screaming leave
us.

290
00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:44,360
Alone, please just leave.
This happened a lot.

291
00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,600
I remember my aunt coming over
to take care of us because my

292
00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,120
mom was in the hospital and she
made us all sleep together in

293
00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:53,920
the living room.
Because.

294
00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:59,360
She was scared.
The most terrifying experience

295
00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:03,800
was early one morning.
I was wide awake and laying in

296
00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,840
the bed with the room door wide
open.

297
00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,920
Everyone was asleep and I could
see down the hall into the

298
00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:18,840
kitchen.
I saw a short, dark figure with

299
00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:24,600
a hunch back rise off the
kitchen table and slowly walk

300
00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:30,400
down the hall toward my door.
When it reached my door, it

301
00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,480
stared at me briefly and turned
away.

302
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,600
I was terrified, gasping for
breath.

303
00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,640
It was just dark with no
features.

304
00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,280
I believed it to be a woman, but
I'm not sure.

305
00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:51,480
Anyway, we moved shortly after.
This is the only house we lived

306
00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:57,320
in that everyone saw things.
Usually it was just me.

307
00:20:08,550 --> 00:20:12,750
Far promise. 62 O 5.
Thank you so much for allowing.

308
00:20:12,750 --> 00:20:15,030
Me to reach your.
Story Your.

309
00:20:15,670 --> 00:20:26,640
Just nightmarish story.
Just I just the short dark.

310
00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,960
I'm going to just I saw a short
dark.

311
00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,480
Figure with the hunchback.
Rise off the kitchen table and.

312
00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:34,920
Slowly walk.
Down the hall.

313
00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:39,560
Why is it on the table?
Why is it on the table?

314
00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:45,720
Like, why is it on the table?
When it reached my door, it

315
00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,720
stared at me briefly and turned
away.

316
00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:49,320
And you know.
Yeah.

317
00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,840
And then you gasped because of
course you did.

318
00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,960
It was just dark with no
features.

319
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,160
And then it's so interesting
because you say like that you

320
00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,360
believed that it was a woman,
but you know, how would you

321
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:02,520
know?
And it's, it's so dark.

322
00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:04,480
You just get the sense, right,
that it's a woman.

323
00:21:05,120 --> 00:21:07,920
And why is it on the kitchen
table?

324
00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:11,280
What's it doing on the?
Kitchen table What?

325
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,800
Why?
Well, if you're wondering that,

326
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,800
if you're if I'm, if you're
wondering that and I'm not the

327
00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,960
only one wondering that.
There's a comment that far

328
00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:28,480
promise left in the thread that.
Gave me.

329
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,320
Shivered me Timbers.
Let's say here it is a neighbor.

330
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:35,680
This is them.
I'm quoting them.

331
00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,560
A neighbor told me that the
previous.

332
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:43,760
Tenant died there.
OK, OK, all right.

333
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,400
So like a ghost, you know, the
ghost of the lady that lived

334
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,200
there last.
OK, like, yeah, maybe that's it.

335
00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:51,800
OK, no, hold on.
There's more.

336
00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:59,840
And this is the quote.
And that she slept on the table

337
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,120
and that she was unfriendly,
even mean.

338
00:22:03,360 --> 00:22:11,040
She slept on the table, y'all.
She slept on the table.

339
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:16,520
OK, supposedly she had a bad
back and had difficulty walking.

340
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,360
Which would explain.
The hunchback.

341
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:26,080
And this here it is.
According to the neighbor, she

342
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:33,440
died on the kitchen table.
You can't see my face, but I am

343
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,400
staring ahead like unfocused
eyes.

344
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,920
Unfocused, unseeing, Just 1000
yard stare.

345
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:46,480
How would you?
You wouldn't know that.

346
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,720
Like a kid wouldn't know that.
Even if, even if, even if, even

347
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:55,880
if, even if you assume that
like, you're 14, you hear

348
00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,200
things, you know you've been
moved around a lot.

349
00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,840
Which, by the way, that's
incredibly stressful.

350
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,600
I can't even imagine having
moved 30 times before graduating

351
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,360
high school.
I really hope that your mom did

352
00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:13,600
successfully protect you in the
process of moving you.

353
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,520
I hope that she successfully
protected you for something and

354
00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,680
and not that that was done for
no reason.

355
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,040
Although it sucks that it
happened at all.

356
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,200
So I'm sorry you went through
that, but OK, so even if so,

357
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,320
you're 14, you live in it.
You live, you move into this new

358
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,520
area, you hear people talking.
Let's.

359
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,720
Just say in passing.
Without realizing it, you kind

360
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,520
of hear someone mention, oh, the
lady that used to live there

361
00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,720
died.
OK, maybe you would hear that.

362
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,000
I think that's fair.
And then maybe you would, you

363
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,360
know, internalize it.
And then you'd forget that you

364
00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:47,320
heard it.
And then you're seeing shapes,

365
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,040
you know?
In in the.

366
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,640
Trailer OK, OK, OK, OK, OK, OK,
OK.

367
00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:56,000
But the table.
Like I just feel like that's not

368
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,320
a detail.
I just feel like that's not a

369
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:05,080
normal detail.
I I just think if you heard that

370
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:11,120
someone died laying on the
kitchen table because OK, how

371
00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:16,400
many times have you listener
laid on the.

372
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,120
Kitchen table.
How many times?

373
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,680
Let's say as an adult, OK,
because I know kids are weird,

374
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,160
right?
As an adult, when was the last

375
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:31,320
time that you laid down on any
table?

376
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:36,520
I'm you know what I'm going to
any table, coffee table, pool

377
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,440
table.
What are the kind of tables?

378
00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,320
Breakfast nook tables?
Card tables?

379
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:45,120
There's got to be other round
tables.

380
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:51,160
Perhaps in Camelot tables?
Tables, tables, tables, tables,

381
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,280
tables.
Whatever have has have you, have

382
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,200
you ever?
I've never so I think if you

383
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:03,760
heard hey, the lady that used to
live here died and she was found

384
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,320
dead on her kitchen table.
I just think you would remember

385
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,680
that.
You would definitely remember

386
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,200
it.
It would stick out as a detail

387
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,880
and it wouldn't be news to you
the next time that you heard it.

388
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:18,600
You know what I'm saying?
So like I just I I think far

389
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:24,320
promise did not know before.
Hearing it from the neighbor.

390
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,000
Which is so scary.
I don't know why it might.

391
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,440
Is it just me?
Let me know.

392
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,440
Let me know. e-mail me
madamstrangeways@gmail.com.

393
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,600
Let me know if it's just me that
that is so unsettling.

394
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,280
It's dude, why are you?
On the table get.

395
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,680
Off.
Just don't be on the table.

396
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,200
That's so weird and.
Then to die on the table.

397
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,560
Man, I mean that Lady.
Of course she was mean.

398
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,800
Far Promise said that apparently
she was very unfriendly, even

399
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,080
mean.
Yeah, no shit.

400
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,640
You know, 'cause the amount of
pain that you would have to be

401
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,880
in in order to feel like the way
that you fix it is to lay on a

402
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:10,520
kitchen table and that's where
you sleep, that your bed is the

403
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,080
kitchen table.
That's an that's an incredible

404
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,960
amount of pain.
So just not shocking at all.

405
00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:17,800
I would be mean.
Too.

406
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:24,160
If I slept on a kitchen table I
would be really mean, so I can't

407
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,040
really blame her for being mean.
But.

408
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:31,600
Really weird if that was her, if
that was the shape, the short

409
00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,840
hunchback figure rising off the
kitchen.

410
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:42,760
Table that's just so scary.
That's just really scary.

411
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,200
And see, this is the thing.
This is the thing.

412
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:49,920
This is a short story, you know
this is 3. 172.

413
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:57,440
Words, OK, and this is so
unsettling, you know, if someone

414
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,880
read this and they're like, wow,
this is so scary.

415
00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,720
Let's turn this into a script.
Let's get this green lit.

416
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:08,320
Let's get this, let's make dolls
and let's make merch and let's,

417
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:12,320
let's do see, it's something
viral on TikTok, you know, to

418
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,080
promote the movie.
Yeah, but like it's not going to

419
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:16,600
be.
Anywhere nearly as scary.

420
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,240
It's, and it's only 372 words.
You know, there's just something

421
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:30,040
about something about brevity
being the soul of horror.

422
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,040
Is that how that saying goes?
Brevity is the soul of scary

423
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,120
things?
I don't know.

424
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,760
I just, I just feel like this is
way scarier than if you tried to

425
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:42,920
turn this into like a movie,
like a feature length movie

426
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:44,480
film.
Just don't do it.

427
00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:46,520
This is just really, really
scary though.

428
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:52,000
Like thank you.
Thank you for the nightmare fuel

429
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,920
for promise.
I appreciate you.

430
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,280
I'm.
Sorry that you have seen things

431
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,680
for so long, and I'm sure that
lots of people doubted you.

432
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,960
And that it's.
Just kind of stressful probably

433
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,560
trying to figure out who can you
share it with and who can you

434
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,560
tell it to and.
Yeah, sorry about that.

435
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:12,920
Sorry you had to put up with
that.

436
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:18,720
But on the other hand.
I would be so honored to read

437
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,640
any other stories that you
wanted to share that you felt

438
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,880
comfortable sharing so.
Just let me know Madam

439
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:30,120
strangeways@gmail.com or you can
DM me on Reddit where we've got

440
00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:31,960
a chat open.
Thanks.

441
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:44,720
Thank you so much for listening
to these spooky stories.

442
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:50,200
Remember that you can feel
afraid and not be in danger, so

443
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,200
if.
You have a.

444
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,120
True strange story that you'd
like to hear read on the show.

445
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,840
Go ahead and send it to me,
Madam strangeways@gmail.com or

446
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,760
Madam strangeways.com and since
word of.

447
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,920
Mouth.
Is so important for podcasts.

448
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:06,960
If you could to.
Me.

449
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:11,400
Just one little weird spooky.
Strange Solid.

450
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,760
That would be amazing.
And that would be telling your

451
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,880
friends about the show.
I'd really appreciate it.

452
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,240
Madam Strange Ways is produced
and narrated by me.

453
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,000
Madam Strange Ways theme music
is by

454
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:32,040
marina.ryan@marinamakes.co.
All stories are read with the

455
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,320
explicit permission from their
original authors.

456
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:40,120
Thank you so much for listening,
see you next time.

457
00:30:04,100 --> 00:30:09,220
Table table table table table
like a drafting table like an

458
00:30:09,220 --> 00:30:10,260
architect.
'S.

459
00:30:10,380 --> 00:30:17,000
Drafting table, a table table,
poker table, kind of said card

460
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,200
table but that's like a folding
table.

461
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,720
I mean like a full on poker
table.

462
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,240
Why do poker tables?
I feel like poker tables and

463
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,640
pool tables have the same like
material.

464
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,760
On them.
That's interesting.

465
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:38,440
What are the kind of tables?
Tables table tennis table table

466
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:45,240
tennis table tennis table a
table, an excel spreadsheet

467
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:46,840
table.
Well, you.

468
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:50,800
Cannot physically sleep on.
One of those, unless you printed

469
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:58,920
it out first table table to like
a a fold.

470
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:01,600
I've got I already said the card
table.

471
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,680
Which is like a folding table.
There's got to be other kinds of

472
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,360
tables.
Dining table?

473
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,880
Hold on, hold on.
Types of tables.

474
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,520
Types of tables.
Dining, yes.

475
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:18,720
Dining table?
Coffee table?

476
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,360
Duh.
End table?

477
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,920
OK, that should round.
Table.

478
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,560
Console table.
Bedside table?

479
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:28,080
It's just a night stand.
Wouldn't call it a bedside

480
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:30,800
table.
Oh, maybe that did kind of roll

481
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:32,320
off my tongue when I said it
though.

482
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,680
There's an Ottoman which is not
really.

483
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:38,080
A table?
I guess you can use it as a

484
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,200
table.
It's not the same.

485
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,880
Banquet table.
Conference table A.

486
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,360
Dressing table.
I should have thought of that.

487
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,160
One folding table.
Duh.

488
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,160
OK, hold on.
There's got to be more.

489
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,560
Don't sleep on any.
Of these chess chess.

490
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,240
Table don't sleep on a chess
table.

491
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:00,840
That's weird, unless you're.
A cat.

492
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,800
You can sleep on any of these
tables if you're a cat.

493
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:13,200
Trestle table, whatever that is.
Sewing table, snack table.

494
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:21,680
I need some of those Bistro
table, vanity table, workbench

495
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:26,520
which I think by definition is
not a table, so why would you

496
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:32,920
even suggest that to me?
I want to see how far this can

497
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,120
go.
Picnic.

498
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,200
Table that should have been way
sooner on my list.

499
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,320
That should have been way up
there.

500
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,200
That should have been like, the
third thing I said was a picnic

501
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,960
table.
You know, weirdly there's not

502
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,240
just like.
Why isn't there like a

503
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,600
Wikipedia?
Page that's like, oh, there is

504
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:55,760
table furniture, Princess.
A table is an item of furniture

505
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,760
with a raised flat top.
It is supported most commonly by

506
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:02,480
one to four legs, although some
can have more.

507
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:09,960
It's It is used as a surface for
working at, eating from, or on

508
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,480
which to place things.
I'd put the emphasis on the

509
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,480
wrong syllable there.
Let's try that again.

510
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:21,440
It is used as a surface for
working at, eating from, or on

511
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,240
which to place things.
Let me tell.

512
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,160
You What it did not just say is
that it's a place for sleeping,

513
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,160
even if your bed or even if your
back is bad.