It Came Up the Basement Stairs (And Other Hauntings)

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[00:00:56] And then I hear someone running up the stairs, like absolutely booking it Some of the things our storyteller today has experienced over the years still haunt him And they aren't just memories These are the true paranormal stories that have followed him across homes and time

[00:01:22] My name is Edwin, and here is Michael's true scary story I grew up in Michigan I was in junior high My uncle had just passed away at that point And it was a pretty hard time for the whole family And my aunt wanted to sell her house

[00:01:53] This house was an old house I mean, this thing was built in the 1800s In like an older part of town Where there were a lot of the historical buildings That were the more upper-class houses in the area And it was this old red brick house It always had this weird vibe But I never saw anything in there until after my uncle passed away

[00:02:19] He would always say that he would hear children running in the house Laughing My cousin would be not there The neighbor kids would all be at school Literally, there would be no reason for kids to be there He would hear children playing

[00:02:44] I never felt anything until me and my grandfather This is during the summer We were asked to refurbish the house We were giving it a new coat of paint on the outside And we were just cleaning things up on the inside The first day we set out to do the work

[00:03:15] It was cleaning some random stuff from the inside of the house That was still left over there It was this really gray, overcast day It was very dark It wasn't rainy, but it looked like it was gonna rain Just a very heavy, clouded day My grandpa was doing something in the car And I can't remember why he wasn't gonna go in But he asked me To Just run upstairs real quick

[00:03:44] And go grab my cousin's toy box It was in his room upstairs So you had to go in the house Through the main hallway Through the living room And there was a staircase at the far end of the living room That would take you upstairs And then you had to go Across another little area Into his room On like the other side of the house So I mean you were pretty much doing a big U Going up the stairs Back towards the entrance of the house It was not like a quick trip

[00:04:14] I was gonna be there for a second Hauling it out Because I think it was still full of stuff I unlocked the door And immediately I do not feel good I do not feel safe Part of that was probably just me being creeped out Because A, I'd heard the stories And B, it was a really gray, dark kind of day So the house with no lights on Did not look very inviting

[00:04:42] I start going in the house Taking one step at a time I'm nervous but I'm fine And I get through the living room And I get to the staircase And at the bottom of the stairs My blood just runs cold I hear people talking It's very quiet It's whispering Two people like talking back and forth upstairs

[00:05:11] And it wasn't the pipes It wasn't something that got left on I can tell you that right now It was none of that There were people having a conversation upstairs And at that point I turned around I booked it out And I went to my grandfather And I'm like Hey, I'm not gonna explain this right now But I am not gonna be doing this By myself I will go in there with you I will help you do it

[00:05:40] We can do it together I can't do it by myself You know, he was understanding I mean, he was big into the paranormal Just like me He kind of like understood Why I was freaked out I don't know if he knew That I'd actually heard stuff But he went in there with me We didn't hear anything We both went in there We got the toy box Came down And that was that for the day I do like being a little scared But when something really gets under my skin It makes me run

[00:06:10] I remember the next day We came back And it was bright and sunny My brain was maybe Playing tricks on me yesterday I'm fine I'll be fine today I knew I was gonna have to go in the house again Because my grandfather was Gonna get up on the ladder To paint some of the upper sections

[00:06:39] Of the windowsills And the decorative kind of window shutters On the outside of the house He wanted to See if I could open One of the windows Out the back of the house So that I could just pass him the paint Through the window He didn't want to be going up and down the ladder For obvious reasons So I was like Yeah, I can see if I can get it open It's the other direction From where my cousin's room would have been

[00:07:09] So it was in the back of the house I would have to, you know Go upstairs again You know what? I'm gonna turn all the lights on behind me this time And I made a very conscious effort That I was going to turn on All of the lights as I went I started going through the house And I would flick on a light switch Keep going Flick on a light switch Keep going Bottom of the stairs I made sure I flipped on that light switch Because that was the freakiest part for me

[00:07:38] Is going up those stairs There were these really narrow stairs It was not like a super tight fit Like I could comfortably go up there But there was no way anybody else Was going up there with me You could not pass each other On the staircase It was a straight shot up to the upstairs And it was narrow I started going up the stairs No voices Everything's fine We are gonna be good

[00:08:08] But I'm still going a little fast Because I'm getting a little freaked I get to this little kind of room Off the back of the house It was kind of like a closet But they kind of used it for storage I get there And I feel Very at peace And very calm And I don't know why Some of my uncle's stuff Was there And I don't know if that just Made me kind of feel okay I try to open the window

[00:08:37] The window does not open Like it was sealed shut A very very long time ago And I turned around I just kind of Started going back downstairs And I'm feeling comfortable At this point Because I'm like Okay I got up here I'm safe Nothing is going wrong And then I get to the top Of the stairs again And I am Stopped dead in my tracks Because The light in the stairwell Is off The other lights Are still on

[00:09:07] But the light that I Pointedly made sure To turn on Is off That Just blew all Sense of comfort Away I'm gonna try to Rationalize this Maybe Something Happened Maybe the breaker Got tripped Maybe the light Just went out I don't know I go down The bottom of the stairs I At that point Just freak out The light switch Is down

[00:09:36] It is flipped Down Completely Somebody Had to have Come into the house And flipped that Light switch down And my grandfather Was on a ladder Outside the house The entire time Nobody went in the house Nobody was in the house But that light switch Was flipped out I Went out And I'm like Okay I'm gonna stay outside The house All of today I'm gonna pass the paint up

[00:10:05] We're not going back In the creepy old house Again And I Don't think I did It wouldn't be Too many years later Before The next thing Happened In My old house I don't think It was haunted But something Was definitely Up with The basement And I don't think There was like

[00:10:35] An entity It was just A little freaky And I I don't know If it was Because we had Well water And there was Like a well room Water can Create some Paranormal happenings If there's a Running body Of water I did Habitually Go faster Up the stairs From the basement Whenever I was Hanging out Down there That's important To point out Because of What would Later happen

[00:11:07] When I was A kid My Great grandmother Would come Visit She Lived in Georgia For most Of my Childhood I was Probably Like Seven We would Just sit On the front Porch At my Grandparents House Because she Would come Stay with My grandparents We would Read the Newspaper And she Would do Crossword Puzzles But I Would always Want to Look at The comics I always Loved The funny Pages

[00:11:37] That was My big Thing for Us to Fit and Look at The comics In the Newspaper Sometimes We would Go Across the Street To this Little Convenience Store And I Would get A treat Or something But I Would always Try to Make her Run Across the Street You're Told you're Not supposed To run Across the Street But you Do You want To I think Sometimes Specifically You're Not supposed To run Across the Street So I Would always

[00:12:07] Try to Convince her To like Come on Grandma You gotta Run Come on You gotta Run You gotta Go faster Because the Cars are Coming Run She would She would Always say That she Can't As you Know Cute Little Kid I always Thought Oh That means She doesn't Know how So I Always thought Like oh I gotta teach Grandma How to run In her Later years When I Was like I must Have been In early High school She actually Ended up Moving To Michigan

[00:12:35] And staying In the Same town As us Me and My dad Would actually Go visit Her a lot Her apartment Was near The school District So we Would go Visit with Her We always Like to Spend In time With her She ended Up passing Away And it Wasn't Long After that That Some of My family Members Started experiencing

[00:13:05] Some things I remember My grandparents And my parents Saying that They would Wake up In the Morning And they Would start Smelling Coffee Before Coffee Had been Made by Anybody In the House There Shouldn't Have been A coffee Smell In the House And yet There Was And that Was very Much my Great Grandma's Thing Is she Would get Up super Early in The morning And brew herself a Pot of Coffee That was

[00:13:35] Our suspicion That she Was still Around She was Making Herself Known She was Looking After Us You know We all Kind of Just like Played with That thought For a While You know You'd Wake Up And be Like Oh Hi Grandma You're Here We Acknowledged That she Was Likely Still Around Then I Had My Own Experience With It It Kind of Freaked Me Out Honestly Because I Thought It Was Something

[00:14:05] Very Very Different Than What It Was I Felt Pretty Safe In My House You know The Basement Might Have Freaked Me Out Just a Little Bit But I Didn't Think Anything Was Actively Haunting My House I

[00:14:35] Was A Glass Water The Kitchen Is Where The Door To The Basement Is The Door To The Basement Was Right Next To The Door To The Garage Both Of Those Doors Were On The Far End Of The Kitchen To Get To The Kitchen I Had To

[00:15:09] I Get My Water And Then I Hear Someone Running Up The Stairs Like Absolutely Booking It Heavy Heavy Running Footsteps Coming Up The Stairs At Me I Slam My Glass Down On My Counter And

[00:16:08] Go Does The Basement Door I Didn't Hear It Open And I Mean It Could Have Opened When I Was Running But I Didn't Hear That I Just Heard Somebody Running Up The Stairs And That Be Weird If They Didn't Open The Door But I Didn't Hear It Nothing Happened After That Nobody Came Walking Through The House I Opened My Door I Pulled My Head Out I Just Looked Around For A While And

[00:16:37] Nothing I Did Eventually Fall Asleep And Everything Was Fine Nobody Had Broken Into The House I Told My Mom About This The Next Day I Told Her The Story I Walked Her All The Way Through It And She Looks At Me And Says I Think That Was Grandma I Heard You Go To Your Room

[00:17:07] Like I Heard You Run Down The Hall And I Woke Up You Know Hearing You Run Down The Hall And At That Moment When I Was Awake I Looked Over To The Dresser And For A Bit Of Back Story My That He Liked As A Kid And Would Play With It Belonged To My Grandma It Was A Little Ferris Wheel Type Music Box But It Was Broken

[00:17:38] But You know The Ferris Wheel Would Still Turn But The And The Ferris Wheel Started To Turn Just A Little Bit I Trust My Mom She Would Not Make This Up

[00:18:08] That Had To Have Been My Great Grandmother I Think She Was There To Tell Me Hey Look I Can Run You Know My Body Is She Realized She Scared Me And That Is Why She Did The Thing With The Little Ferris Wheel

[00:18:37] Toy In My Parents Room I Think She Wanted To Just Be Like Oops Sorry The Next Thing That Happened To Me And

[00:19:18] More Forests It Was One Weekend In The Summer So You Know It Was Really Nice Out But We Were Going To A Family Reunion So You Know We Do That For The Day And My Mom And My Sister Were In The Back Seat We're Coming Home From That And It's Later At Night You

[00:19:48] In The Middle Of Nowhere I Mean There Were Literally Like A Couple Of Three Shop Towns On The Way There It Was On This Final Stretch As We Were Passing Through Those That That This Stuff Happened I Think It Had To Have Been Around Elmira Because I Remember we Were Laughing At The Name Elmira I Remember It Was A Forested Road That We Were Driving Down And My

[00:20:18] Me Hearing Anything That Would Happen But Me And My Dad Were Talking In The Front Seat This Is How I Know Me And My Dad Saw The Same Thing And Neither One Of Us Is Just Misremembering We

[00:20:49] This Intersection Where There Was Just Like

[00:21:19] An Orange Buffled It Was Real Quick She Comes Out Of The Woods And She Is Not Even Looking At The Car She Is Looking Through The Car And She Is Arms Kind Of Out Just A Little Bit Not Like Fully Outstretched She Comes Out Of The Towards The Car And Not Like In Front Of It Just As We Pass Towards The Car Me And My Dad We Just Like We Look In The Rear View There Is Nobody There But We

[00:21:49] Both Clearly Saw It Because We Both Looked At Each Other We Didn't Talk About It Not In The Moment But We Looked At Each Other And Just Kind Of Like Nodded Like We're Both Freaked Out We're Not Going To Talk About It But We Are Both Very Freaked Right Now That Didn't Come Up Again For Literally Years Until One Day Like Something Sparked It Up In My Memory And I Was Like Wait A

[00:22:19] Minute I Gotta See If Dad Remembers That Because If He Doesn't Remember It I'm Going To Chalk It Up To That Being A Dream If He Does Remember It Then I Know I Have Another Legitimate Paranormal Story On My Hands I Brought It Up To My Dad Like Hey Do You Remember When We Saw That Creepy Old Lady Come Out Of The Woods He Kind Of Looks At Me Like Yeah I Remember That

[00:22:49] And My Mom And My Sister Overhear This And They're Like Excuse Me What So They Are Just Absolutely Confused About What This Was We Tell Them Like Yeah You Were The Ghost Stories

[00:23:27] About Like Anything In The Area I Have Not Been Able To Find Anything About That I Mean I Sincerely Hope That It Was Like A Ghost And Not Some Weird Period Dressed person Who Needed Help On The Road But The Fact That We Turned Around And She Was Nowhere To Be Seen I Mean That's The Freakiest Part To Me I Have No Idea What That Could Have Been But I'm Thinking Road Ghost I'm Just Thinking Like It Might Be

[00:23:57] Somebody Who Just Haunts The Area Or That Specific Street For Some Reason Or Another This Is When I Was In College Me And My Spouse We Were Dating At The Time We Went To College Seven Hours Apart Every Month I Would Make A Trip Down Cause They Went To College In Southern Ohio So I

[00:24:26] Would Make A Trip To Southern Ohio From Mid Michigan I Did That You Know One Weekend Every Month But I Always Always Always Made The Point To Do It Near Halloween Cause Like Halloween Is Our Favorite Day Of The Year We Got Married The Weekend After Halloween It Is One Of Our Absolute Favorite Times Their College Would Throw This Massive Massive Halloween Party And They Were Like Right Outside Of The

[00:24:56] Appalachian Mountains So They Were Like All About The Creepy Culture And The Creepy Stuff That Happens Around There But Especially With This Campus Because This Is Ohio University Which Is Famously One Of The Like More Haunted Campuses Kind Of In The Midwest There Is An Old Asylum On The College Grounds It's Called The Ridges It's Now University Buildings But They've Repurposed Some Of Them

[00:25:26] And Others They Kind Of Just Left To Sit But There Are Multiple Cemeteries On But They Don't Know Who Is All Buried At Some Of Those Cemeteries Because Some Of The Patients There Would Only Have Like A Number To Identify Them On Their Grave That's Freaky

[00:25:56] On Its Own But One Year And They Still Blame Me For This I Went Down To Visit Them And We Were Trying To Figure Out What We Wanted To Do And I'm Like Let's Go For A Walk I Had Been Basically Badgering Them That I Really Really Wanted To Go To The Ridges I Wanted To Take A Walk Around The Ridges Because I Been There Before Just For A Little Bit And

[00:26:25] Nothing Freaky Happened I Just Admired Some Of The Architecture Because It's A Really Cool Looking

[00:27:01] Sits Up Top Of That So There's This Road That It Kind Of Curves Up To The Top Of It And You Would Walk Along That Road And That's How you Kind Of Get up Or Drive Up Since we Didn't drive There We just Walked up That road And Got There And It Was Getting Dark When We Got There While We Were Walking Around It Got Dark Dark And Thankfully They Had Lamps Up So You Could Still Walk Around In The Area But It

[00:27:31] Was Getting Eerie Out There Birds Hanging Over You The Entire Time It's Just A Creepy Creepy Place It Completely Changes Overnight So We Were Walking Around Up There It's It's Dark Out There Are A Number Of Buildings That Are All Closed Off Because There's Black Mold Or There's

[00:28:01] Asbestos In Them And They Just Haven't Been Renovated And Those Are All The Buildings That The University Obviously Doesn't Use I Distinctly Remember We Were Walking And We Passed One Of Those Buildings And We Just Both Kind Of Look At It And We're Like Okay I Don't Feel Good About That Window There's Something Looking At Us From That Window And This Building Is Boarded Up Nailed Up Somebody Could Have Been In There But I Don't Think So I Just Got This Very Eerie

[00:28:31] Feeling From This One Specific Building And It Was This Little Brick Building It Looked Like An Old House So It Might Have Been Like A I Don't Know It Looked Nicer Than What A Groundskeeper's House Would Be Probably Administration We Keep Walking And We Kind Of Lose A Little Bit Of Track Of Where We Are We're Walking Around And My Partner Is Like Huh I Think We Should Go This Way And As I Turn To My

[00:29:00] Right I See A Cemetery Just Stretching Out Before Me Bunch Of Graves It's Those Little Numbered Graves The Creepy Graves And It Is Night Time Out I'm Like Okay That Way Don't Turn The Other Way Don't Look That Way You're Not Going To Like What's That Way So We Turn We Go And We're Kind Of Ushering Ourselves Out At That Point We Both Individually We Don't Talk About This Until

[00:29:30] Afterwards We Individually Start Feeling A And It's People Watching Us And It's Multiple Sets Of Eyes And They Are Just Bearing Down On Us And We Both Feel Very Uncomfortable We Get To The Slope We Get To The Exit Slope To Get Back To Campus As We're Heading

[00:30:00] Down What The Slope Is Is That It Was It Was A Road That Sloped Down It But There Was A Little Break In The Trees Where There Was Just Nothing It Was Just A Clear Spot I Think They Were Planning Some New Stuff In There But It Was A Clear Spot Between The Trees Both Of

[00:30:47] I Knew It Was Something That Was Telling Us To Get Out Of This Area Do Not Come Back This Was Something That Was Going To Follow Us And Harm Us If We Stayed Any Longer We Were Walking As Fast As We Could Trying Not To Freak Each Other Out But When We Got Done And Got Out We Talked About It And We Were Like That Is The Scariest Thing That We Ever Felt And We Did Not Go Back

[00:31:17] I Kind Of Wanted To Go Back I Kind Of Wanted To Explore More I Kind Of Wanted To See More But It Would Not Have Been In My Best Interest To Do That I Don't Think I Did Not Want To Risk That My Spouse Did Not Want To Risk That My Spouse Has Told Me Never Ever Ever Again When We Do Anything Together We Avoid Haunted Locations They Have Made Me Promise To Not Go Seeking Paranormal Experiences

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