Halloween ghost stories

[Northern Light]

What a great tale, @Northern Light. Does the Dungarvon Whooper train still run?

No, unfortunately, it does not.

 

[Mrs. V]

Well, I do have a ghost story to tell. My Grandparents bought a home in Petosky that originally belonged to Chief Potesegay. It included a tack room, hay mow and barn, all attached by a long string of buildings to the main house. It was continuously occupied until it was sold after my Grandmothers death.

When I was a child, and staying there, I would often hear the wood stairs creak, as though someone was walking up them. There would be a pause, where that person could see into the bedroom where we were staying. Then the stairs would creak down to the first floor. When I told this to my Mom some years later, she said, "Oh" that is the Indian Lady. I was never scared of that noise, in fact is was a comfort. Now, when I was about 10, I was alone upstairs and there was a storm. I heard noises from the attic(door was in the bedroom). I was scared. Not usual sounds, knocking, thumps etc. I was reading a book at the time, and I looked over at the door and told them to be quiet. And they were. eep!

Flash forward to my Mom and I cleaning out the house after Grandma passed away. Tons of night time noises from the first floor..no one down there...until finally I got up, went to the top of the stairs and told our "ghost" that it was ok, we would be leaving, and her job here was done, we were safe. Never heard anything after that.

 

[12th Missouri Yankee]

This isn't a ghost story, but it's a bit creepy.

I grew up on a farm that was being developed into a residential neighborhood. At the end of the new street were several acres of thickly wooded river bluffs and deep hollows. I had a campsite overlooking the Missouri River back there. Because my extended family collectively owned the woods, I could and did build a permanent campsite there and I spent lots of summer days there for years. When I was in college, one of my uncles casually mentioned to me that there were "nine Civil War soldier graves" along a particular fence row. I knew an earthen Civil War fort had once been located in that area and I knew a substantial battle was fought at the fort, but no one knew the precise location of any of this. The story my uncle told me seemed plausible, and he was one of the family who bought the land after WWII, so it seemed logical that he might have received an oral history from the previous land owner. I walked along that fence row to my hangout on every excursion, but I never saw any mounds or any bones washing out, so I eventually forgot about it.

The land got sold, I moved elsewhere in the same town, and decades passed.

I've told this next part in other threads here. A couple of years ago, a family from Illinois stopped by the local visitor's center and asked about the location of the fort. They produced a diary written by their Civil War ancestor who was stationed at the fort, and it included a map of the fort and surrounding key features which identified the location. The Visitor's Center people scanned the map and I obtained a copy. I recognized some of the roads, gates, hollows, and two houses as features of the land where I grew up. I was able to layer all of this over a Google satellite photo and make an exact determination of the size and location of the soldier fort! What a find!

But here's the creepy part: The soldier drew the hollows and the line along which my campsite trail ran. A notation on the soldier's map, right there in the fence row said: "Soldier Graves."

This is a great story !! hope others re-read it again.

 

[12th Missouri Yankee]

I was reading the ghost stories and we lost our power temporarily..... coincidence???

 

[Mrs. V]

I was reading the ghost stories and we lost our power temporarily..... coincidence???

Whoooo knows!!

 

[Mrs. V]

I don't know if this is truly a civil war ghost story, but I can tell you that while on Mackinac Island, my son and I went to one of the museums..it had info on the fur trade, and you had to pay to get in. Anyway, when we went upstairs to see the family living quarters, there was a room that the little girls had. And in the room there were a number of dolls, one of which moved and looked at me when I looked into the room. Creeped me out and then some. We had been to this museum before, but this was the only time a doll moved..

 

[Patrick H]

I was reading the ghost stories and we lost our power temporarily..... coincidence???

I think maybe not... (cue the creepy music)

 

[Patrick H]

I don't know if this is truly a civil war ghost story, but I can tell you that while on Mackinac Island, my son and I went to one of the museums..it had info on the fur trade, and you had to pay to get in. Anyway, when we went upstairs to see the family living quarters, there was a room that the little girls had. And in the room there were a number of dolls, one of which moved and looked at me when I looked into the room. Creeped me out and then some. We had been to this museum before, but this was the only time a doll moved..

Okay...now THAT one just creeped me out!

 

[Kurt G]

I have mentioned before about hearing foot steps at my Great Grandfather's farm house many years ago when I was completely alone . A friend of mine also heard foot steps once .This is in northern Michigan and I have always described myself as an open-minded skeptic . A few weeks ago a friend who does ghost hunting went there and did an investigation . She reported to me that they had heard and captured the footsteps , but thought I would be disappointed because of something very specific about them . I had never told anyone a very specific thing about the foot steps and her description matched my experience exactly after 40 years . There were other odd things reported as well . My friend tries to be a debunker , but a couple of other things just couldn't be explained . She said this was a residual haunt and that the noises repeat themselves whether anyone is there or not . She also said you can't interact with the noises . I still don't believe in ghosts , but I feel vindicated in my experience .

 

[wardniner]

At the area of the Battle of New Hope Church, there have been ghost stories since shortly after the battle, particularly in the area known as the Hell Hole. According to local lore, activity such as the sounds of moaning, crying, and gunshots really picks up when a thunderstorm rolls through. The activity supposedly peaks around the anniversary of the battle. There have also been sightings of a confederate soldier by the monument across the road from the cemetery. There's a picture online someone supposedly took which shows the soldier. I can't say whether it's a hoax or not, but the guy is definitely there.
I didn't hear or see anything when I was there recently, but it wasn't storming and I didn't know about the soldier at the time.
My sister and I keep saying we're going to go back out there on the next anniversary. One of my GGGs was killed out there so we joke that if a soldier comes up and pinches our cheeks, we'll know we found Grandpa.

 

[wardniner]

I also had completely forgotten that long ago, my sister was a newlywed and their house was built very near a battlefield. Right behind their backyard were confederate trenches. She used to hear what sounded like big boxes being moved around her basement at night - very loud activity. She'd check and there would be nothing out of place. We always called it "the old soldier down in the basement."

 

[wardniner]

Does everyone remember the story from when they were filming Gettysburg? Supposedly while the actors were resting between takes, a ragged old man came out of the bushes and said something to the effect of "HERE! Take these!" And handed them a bunch of ammo and ran back into the bushes. They thought he was an actor, and were sort of amused, but the story goes the bullets were later found to be from the civil war...

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

Does everyone remember the story from when they were filming Gettysburg? Supposedly while the actors were resting between takes, a ragged old man came out of the bushes and said something to the effect of "HERE! Take these!" And handed them a bunch of ammo and ran back into the bushes. They thought he was an actor, and were sort of amused, but the story goes the bullets were later found to be from the civil war...

If that's true, that's very cool.

Calling @ucvrelics You've spent a lot of time around battlefields. Have you ever had anything happen that you could put in the paranormal range?

 

[Forks of the Ohio]

This isn't my story, but I found it pretty scary and it takes place on a Civil War battlefield.

At this link, read the third story down, titled "Nope Forever Woods" by Eek_afreak

https://jezebel.com/here-are-the-10-most-frightening-stories-you-will-ever-1839302889


Edited: This story is about a shadow person on a Virginia battlefield.

 

[Northern Light]

This isn't my story, but I found it pretty scary and it takes place on a Civil War battlefield.

At this link, read the third story down, titled "Nope Forever Woods" by Eek_afreak

https://jezebel.com/here-are-the-10-most-frightening-stories-you-will-ever-1839302889


Edited: This story is about a shadow person on a Virginia battlefield.

What a great story! Thanks for posting!