Oct. 6, 2025
Strangetober Macabre Minisode #2 | True Paranormal Stories for Halloween
All October long, Madame Strangeways celebrates Strangetober and Strangeoween with bonus mini episodes of spooky stories for Halloween! These macabre minisodes are narrations only, no commentary, but full episodes will still be released every other Wednesday as usual.Thank you to Meredith, Anonymous and bananaanna2008 for granting permission to read their stories from Reddit. Remember, Strangers & Strangelings & Strangecetera: you can feel afraid and not be in danger.
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Produced by: Madame Strangeways
♫ Theme Music by: Marina Ryan at marinamakes.co
Cover artwork by: Andrea Giselle Roldán at @cultofteddy
Every true strange story narrated in this podcast was read with permission from the original author.
Follow the podcast and explore strange, spooky and true paranormal stories as narrated by Madame Strangeways.
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Welcome strangers, strangelings
and strange cetera to a strange
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tober Strangeoween mini sewed
with Madam Strangeways.
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That's me.
I'm celebrating all month long
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with bonus mini episodes every
Monday and every other Wednesday
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to give you 350% more strange
stories than usual these
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October.
These strange Tober mini sods
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will just be story narrations,
but every other Wednesday I'll
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still release a main episode
with my usual commentary after
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the.
Story.
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And I'll then get back to
dragging you kicking and
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screaming down endless rabbit
holes.
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Before we get to our true
strange stories, just a quick
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reminder that if you're
ingesting a lot more scary
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content lately and you find
yourself getting easily spooked,
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just remember that you.
Can feel afraid.
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And not be in danger.
And of course, a quick.
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Shout out to my Patreon patrons
who helped make the.
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Podcast possible?
TJ Hotter of Tapes of
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trepidation, G Man Music, Ted,
Keith and Tori Thank you to my
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Fiendish 5 for.
Supporting the show.
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Now, do you hear that?
It sounds like it's about.
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To rain hellcats and hellhounds
outside.
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So you know what that means.
On to.
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Our true Strangeoween stories
here with Madam Strangeways.
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The Library by Banana Anna 2.
1008.
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I work in a very large library.
One day I was working on closing
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our music library when all of.
A.
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Sudden, a score, like a book but
with music instead of words,
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flew off the shelf right in
front of me.
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It happened shortly.
After I turned off the lights in
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the back of the room and as I
was moving to shut the lights
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off on the other side, there was
absolutely no reason for it to
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have flown off the shelf like
that.
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I had also gotten very
unsettling vibes.
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That I was being.
Stared at in our main building.
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I was working on closing the
building around 2:00 AM.
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There's a rumor that one of our
W basement classrooms is haunted
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by a young woman who is looking
for her biology assignment.
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The rumor is that you'll
supposedly see her around 2:00
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AM and she'll.
Ask you if you've seen it.
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I have never had that happen,
but I have felt watched when
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doing my closing routine in that
part of the building.
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This one wasn't actually a
ghost, but it sure amped up the
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creepy vibes I got in our main.
Building's basement.
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I was opening the building and
was the only person inside at
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the time.
I had gotten to the last floor,
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our east side basement, and had
just finished hyping myself up
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to unlock the doors to the
floor.
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The east basement.
Is pitch black without lights
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on.
And it's eerie when you can't
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see.
As soon as I opened the door, I
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hear.
This very loud.
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Screeching coming from the black
abyss in front of me.
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This.
Sends my nerves skyrocketing.
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I ran up the steps but could
still hear it.
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I somehow found the courage to
bolt into the space and flip the
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lights on from behind the
service counter.
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I could.
Still hear this loud?
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Screeching with the lights on
with my new found courage.
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Of being able to see.
I went to investigate, turns out
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one of the fans in the computers
for our patrons was in the
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process of dying.
I turned the machine off and
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reported it dying.
Computer fan or not, I thought a
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spirit was going to pop out and
maul me.
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I'm beginning to think all of
these aren't just coincidences
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by Meredith.
I've tried to brush this off,
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but too much has happened in too
short a time and none of it
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feels random anymore.
I'm.
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Visiting my parents for the.
Summer and staying in the spare
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room in the basement.
A couple of nights ago, me and
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my mom were talking casually in
the kitchen when we suddenly
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heard three or five loud.
What was that?
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That was scary when we suddenly
heard three or. 5.
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Loud, spaced out bangs coming
from the hallway.
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These were deep, clear physical
hits.
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Like someone pounding on the
wall with their fist.
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Like the bangs from the
haunting.
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My mom also heard it.
I immediately walked through the
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house and checked every room.
Trying to.
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See if something had fallen or
shifted.
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I didn't want to overreact, but
I wanted to be sure.
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Everything.
Looked normal, nothing was out
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of place.
The garage door was shut.
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After that, I headed downstairs
to go to bed.
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Not long after I got into the
room, my daughter said she saw
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my mom standing outside her
bedroom door walking back and
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forth.
She said she heard footsteps.
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She assumed it was her grandma,
but when I checked, my mum
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wasn't there and hadn't been
anywhere near that part of the
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house.
A short while later my dog kept
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going to the door and smelling
and looking at the door, tail
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up.
Like cautious, he also.
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Whimpered half the night, but
never barked.
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Then, around 4:00 AM, an old
motion sensor alarm in the
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basement bathroom suddenly went
off.
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It was.
Plugged in.
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Upside down and hadn't been used
in years, but it let out a loud
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alarm like someone had triggered
it which sent me into a spiral.
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Got very little sleep that
night.
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Just a.
Heavy.
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Scary.
Feeling the next morning my dad
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got on to me for leaving the
garage open, but I hadn't.
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I had.
Just walked through the house
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the night before.
The door was closed so it must
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have opened some time after I
went to bed.
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Then that evening around 8:45 PM
my dad called down to me and
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said something's burning and
your room downstairs.
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Me and my mom both.
Looked at each other.
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I ran downstairs and the entire
basement was full of smoke.
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We called the.
Fire department and they
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confirmed the ceiling fan motor
had completely burned out and
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heated up a wire in the ceiling
which caught fire.
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It wasn't in the room I was
staying in, but the room next to
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it.
All of this happened within
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about 48 hours today.
Is day. 3 Nothing else I've
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noticed since last night.
Added to mention, my parents
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have lived here for. 30.
Four years and built the home,
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not on any ground worth
mentioning.
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This is the first time my
parents have ever encountered
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something like this.
They are definitely spooked.
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The Man on the Stage by
Anonymous Back in the early
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2000s, I worked in an old
working men's bar in.
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Chester mainly.
In the function room, we used to
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put on rock nights, host
weddings, and occasionally have
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biker meetups, which tended to
get a bit messy, often requiring
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us to order extra alcohol one
night after a function I can't
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quite remember what it was I
had.
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Pulled the.
Shutters down on the front of
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the bar and started mopping the
floors behind it.
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The function room had a stage in
the corner.
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While mopping, I glanced up
toward the stage and saw what
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looked like the shadow of a man
standing there.
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It didn't register at first.
I looked right back down and
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kept mopping.
Then it hit me.
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There's a man on the stage.
I looked back up, but there was
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nothing there.
Still a bit confused about what
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I'd just seen, the woman I
worked with came back into the
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room and asked if I was OK.
Yep, I'm fine, I replied without
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hesitation.
She asked have you seen
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anything?
I hesitated, then said maybe.
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Her reply still gives me
goosebumps to this day.
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Was it a man?
I see him all the time.
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I almost quit that evening, but
I never saw anything there
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again.
Please.
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Notes.
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Oh, and remember.
You can feel afraid and not be
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in danger.
You're safe here with me.
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Probably.
Madam Strangeways is produced
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and narrated by me.
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Cover art is by.
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Andrea Chisel.
Roldan at Cult of Teddy on
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Instagram.
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Your own true.
Strange story to Madam
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Can't wait to read it.
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Said ominously.
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Welcome strangers, strangelings
and strange cetera to a strange
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00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:14,200
tober Strangeoween mini sewed
with Madam Strangeways.
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00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,200
That's me.
I'm celebrating all month long
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00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,640
with bonus mini episodes every
Monday and every other Wednesday
5
00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:26,440
to give you 350% more strange
stories than usual these
6
00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,800
October.
These strange Tober mini sods
7
00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,520
will just be story narrations,
but every other Wednesday I'll
8
00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,760
still release a main episode
with my usual commentary after
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00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:37,360
the.
Story.
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00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,080
And I'll then get back to
dragging you kicking and
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00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,880
screaming down endless rabbit
holes.
12
00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,080
Before we get to our true
strange stories, just a quick
13
00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,000
reminder that if you're
ingesting a lot more scary
14
00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,400
content lately and you find
yourself getting easily spooked,
15
00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,960
just remember that you.
Can feel afraid.
16
00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,240
And not be in danger.
And of course, a quick.
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00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,760
Shout out to my Patreon patrons
who helped make the.
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00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,720
Podcast possible?
TJ Hotter of Tapes of
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00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:07,800
trepidation, G Man Music, Ted,
Keith and Tori Thank you to my
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00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:09,600
Fiendish 5 for.
Supporting the show.
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00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:13,040
Now, do you hear that?
It sounds like it's about.
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00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,200
To rain hellcats and hellhounds
outside.
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00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,120
So you know what that means.
On to.
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00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:23,200
Our true Strangeoween stories
here with Madam Strangeways.
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00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:50,300
The Library by Banana Anna 2.
1008.
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I work in a very large library.
One day I was working on closing
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our music library when all of.
A.
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Sudden, a score, like a book but
with music instead of words,
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00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:06,100
flew off the shelf right in
front of me.
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It happened shortly.
After I turned off the lights in
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the back of the room and as I
was moving to shut the lights
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off on the other side, there was
absolutely no reason for it to
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have flown off the shelf like
that.
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I had also gotten very
unsettling vibes.
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That I was being.
Stared at in our main building.
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I was working on closing the
building around 2:00 AM.
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There's a rumor that one of our
W basement classrooms is haunted
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by a young woman who is looking
for her biology assignment.
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The rumor is that you'll
supposedly see her around 2:00
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AM and she'll.
Ask you if you've seen it.
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I have never had that happen,
but I have felt watched when
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doing my closing routine in that
part of the building.
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This one wasn't actually a
ghost, but it sure amped up the
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creepy vibes I got in our main.
Building's basement.
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I was opening the building and
was the only person inside at
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the time.
I had gotten to the last floor,
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our east side basement, and had
just finished hyping myself up
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to unlock the doors to the
floor.
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The east basement.
Is pitch black without lights
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on.
And it's eerie when you can't
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see.
As soon as I opened the door, I
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hear.
This very loud.
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Screeching coming from the black
abyss in front of me.
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This.
Sends my nerves skyrocketing.
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I ran up the steps but could
still hear it.
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I somehow found the courage to
bolt into the space and flip the
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lights on from behind the
service counter.
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I could.
Still hear this loud?
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Screeching with the lights on
with my new found courage.
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Of being able to see.
I went to investigate, turns out
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one of the fans in the computers
for our patrons was in the
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process of dying.
I turned the machine off and
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reported it dying.
Computer fan or not, I thought a
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spirit was going to pop out and
maul me.
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I'm beginning to think all of
these aren't just coincidences
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by Meredith.
I've tried to brush this off,
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but too much has happened in too
short a time and none of it
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feels random anymore.
I'm.
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Visiting my parents for the.
Summer and staying in the spare
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room in the basement.
A couple of nights ago, me and
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my mom were talking casually in
the kitchen when we suddenly
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heard three or five loud.
What was that?
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That was scary when we suddenly
heard three or. 5.
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Loud, spaced out bangs coming
from the hallway.
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These were deep, clear physical
hits.
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Like someone pounding on the
wall with their fist.
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Like the bangs from the
haunting.
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My mom also heard it.
I immediately walked through the
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house and checked every room.
Trying to.
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See if something had fallen or
shifted.
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I didn't want to overreact, but
I wanted to be sure.
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Everything.
Looked normal, nothing was out
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of place.
The garage door was shut.
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After that, I headed downstairs
to go to bed.
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Not long after I got into the
room, my daughter said she saw
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my mom standing outside her
bedroom door walking back and
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forth.
She said she heard footsteps.
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She assumed it was her grandma,
but when I checked, my mum
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wasn't there and hadn't been
anywhere near that part of the
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house.
A short while later my dog kept
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going to the door and smelling
and looking at the door, tail
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up.
Like cautious, he also.
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Whimpered half the night, but
never barked.
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Then, around 4:00 AM, an old
motion sensor alarm in the
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basement bathroom suddenly went
off.
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It was.
Plugged in.
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Upside down and hadn't been used
in years, but it let out a loud
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alarm like someone had triggered
it which sent me into a spiral.
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Got very little sleep that
night.
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Just a.
Heavy.
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Scary.
Feeling the next morning my dad
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got on to me for leaving the
garage open, but I hadn't.
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I had.
Just walked through the house
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the night before.
The door was closed so it must
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have opened some time after I
went to bed.
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Then that evening around 8:45 PM
my dad called down to me and
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said something's burning and
your room downstairs.
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Me and my mom both.
Looked at each other.
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I ran downstairs and the entire
basement was full of smoke.
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We called the.
Fire department and they
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confirmed the ceiling fan motor
had completely burned out and
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heated up a wire in the ceiling
which caught fire.
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It wasn't in the room I was
staying in, but the room next to
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it.
All of this happened within
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about 48 hours today.
Is day. 3 Nothing else I've
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noticed since last night.
Added to mention, my parents
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have lived here for. 30.
Four years and built the home,
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not on any ground worth
mentioning.
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This is the first time my
parents have ever encountered
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something like this.
They are definitely spooked.
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The Man on the Stage by
Anonymous Back in the early
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2000s, I worked in an old
working men's bar in.
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Chester mainly.
In the function room, we used to
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put on rock nights, host
weddings, and occasionally have
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biker meetups, which tended to
get a bit messy, often requiring
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us to order extra alcohol one
night after a function I can't
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quite remember what it was I
had.
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Pulled the.
Shutters down on the front of
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the bar and started mopping the
floors behind it.
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The function room had a stage in
the corner.
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While mopping, I glanced up
toward the stage and saw what
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looked like the shadow of a man
standing there.
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It didn't register at first.
I looked right back down and
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kept mopping.
Then it hit me.
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There's a man on the stage.
I looked back up, but there was
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nothing there.
Still a bit confused about what
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I'd just seen, the woman I
worked with came back into the
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room and asked if I was OK.
Yep, I'm fine, I replied without
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hesitation.
She asked have you seen
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anything?
I hesitated, then said maybe.
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Her reply still gives me
goosebumps to this day.
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Was it a man?
I see him all the time.
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I almost quit that evening, but
I never saw anything there
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again.
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