Episode 214: Our New Home – Something Followed Us

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Some houses never let go, even
when the boxes are packed and

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the keys are turned in,
something lingers.

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Welcome back to Paranormal Night
Shift, where the lines between

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the living and the lingering
blur, and the stories we share

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are all too real.
I’m your host Andy, and if this

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is your first time tuning in,
buckle up.

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But if you caught our last
episode, you already know the

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footsteps have started.
Tonight we pick up where we left

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off with Trish’s chilling
experience.

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She and her husband thought they
were leaving the past behind

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when they moved.
But what if the past had other

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plans before we step back into
the shadows real quick?

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Grab your free ebook at
paranormalnightshift.com.

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The Birth of Dimensional
Desperado is the first step into

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a supernatural time travel
series that’ll keep you up at

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night for all the right reasons.
Dim the lights, center yourself,

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and listen closely because our
new home might not be the fresh

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start It seemed.
When we moved into our new home,

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we thought we were starting
fresh.

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New keys, new address, new
memories to be made.

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But it didn’t take long before
we realized that something had

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followed us.
Something that in my heart, I

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truly believe wasn’t ready to
say goodbye.

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We had just come from a rental
house where strange occurrences

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were part of our routine.
And while we left that house

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behind, I began to suspect that
we didn’t leave alone.

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Our old landlord had moved back
into that property and started

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renovation shortly after we
left.

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Maybe that stirred something up.
Or maybe whatever was there had

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become attached to our family.
The energy, the noise, the love.

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Maybe it wasn’t ready to let
that go.

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The first incident at the new
house happened on a night I’ll

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never forget.
The kids were with their other

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parents, and my husband was a
way for work.

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I was alone, which was rare, and
I intended to enjoy the quiet.

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I did my usual nighttime
routine, turned out the lights,

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and crawled into bed.
I laid on my left side,

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adjusting my pillow and relaxing
into the silence.

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And then I heard it.
A whisper.

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But not just any whisper, My
name spoken loudly and clearly

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right behind me.
I froze.

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Every hair on my body stood on
end, my breath caught in my

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throat.
I wanted to roll over, to check

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behind me, but I physically
couldn’t.

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It was as if something was
holding me still, not with

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force, but with fear.
I stayed that way all night,

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Didn’t move, didn’t speak,
didn’t even cry.

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I just laid there, eyes wide
open, until I finally fell

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asleep from sheer exhaustion.
When I woke up the next morning,

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I hadn’t moved an inch.
I was still on my left side, in

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the exact position I’d fallen
asleep in.

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That might not sound strange to
most people, but I’m a restless

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sleeper.
I always shift during the night,

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but not that night.
I told my husband when he came

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home.
He listened but didn’t say much.

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I think he didn’t want to
believe it, didn’t want to give

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it power by acknowledging it.
But it didn’t stop.

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A few nights later we were
snuggled in bed together.

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It had been a long day and we
were just enjoying the comfort

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of each other’s company.
I was almost asleep when I felt

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his hand rest gently on my hip.
I smiled and reached my own hand

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over to rest on his.
Except there was nothing there.

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I turned over, confused, and saw
that he was on the opposite side

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of the bed, already asleep, both
of his hands tucked under the

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pillow.
There was no way he could have

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touched me.
But I know I felt it.

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I know another morning I was in
the bathroom, getting ready for

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work, just an ordinary day,
brushing my teeth, half awake

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and going through the motions.
And then I felt it again, that

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presence.
It was like someone entered the

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room with me.
I didn’t see anything, but I

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felt the weight of it.
The air changed, the atmosphere

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thickened.
It was behind me.

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I didn’t need to look to know
it.

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Panic overtook me.
I dropped my toothbrush onto the

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sink and ran out, tears already
streaming down my face.

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I was so shaken I refused to go
back in alone.

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I stood in the kitchen, brushing
my teeth over the sink with

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trembling hands until my husband
walked in and asked what was

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wrong.
I told him everything.

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He tried to reassure me, said I
was just tired, maybe imagining

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things.
But I knew what I felt.

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Less than a week later, it
happened again.

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Same place, same feeling, like
someone had entered the bathroom

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behind me while I was getting
ready.

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This time I didn’t run, but I
didn’t finish either.

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I just stood there, paralyzed,
until the feeling passed.

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And then it wasn’t just me.
One night, my husband saw

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something that rattled him.
He was standing in our bedroom,

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facing the mirror when he caught
a glimpse of movement in the

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corner.
He turned just in time to see a

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shadowy figure poke its head
over behind our dresser, then

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vanish.
Another time, he saw a

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silhouette standing in the
doorway between the living room

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and kitchen, not moving, just
watching.

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Our youngest son had his own
encounter.

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He was in the kitchen one
afternoon, grabbing a snack when

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he saw a package of cheese slide
itself across the counter.

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No one else was in the room.
No breeze, no explanation.

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He just stood there staring at
it, trying to make sense of what

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he’d seen.
And it didn’t stop there.

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Our neighbor’s daughter often
helped us by walking the dog

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after school.
She had a key and was familiar

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with the house.
One afternoon she let herself in

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and walked to the back room
where the dog stayed during the

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day.
She opened the door and

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immediately said hi, thinking
she saw me standing there.

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But as she stepped further in,
she realized the house was

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silent.
She glanced outside.

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Both of our cars were gone.
That’s when it hit her.

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She wasn’t supposed to see
anyone.

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She closed the door quickly,
grabbed the leash, and left the

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house without another word.
Later, she admitted that she

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knew the shape she saw wasn’t
the dog, and it definitely

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wasn’t me.
It was something else.

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After that, we all started to
accept that whatever had started

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in our old rental hadn’t stayed
behind.

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Whether it was the spirit of the
man who died in that garage or

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something older, something
darker, we couldn’t say.

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But it had found us, and it
wasn’t ready to go.

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When that’s where Tricia’s story
leaves us, on edge, breath held,

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wondering what we do in our
shoes.

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Tricia, from the bottom of my
heart, thank you.

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Not just for reliving something
so personal, but for letting us

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walk beside you through it.
Stories like yours remind the

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rest of us that we’re not crazy,
not alone, not imagining it.

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If you felt that too, if you’ve
ever stood frozen in the dark

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questioning what you know you
felt, this show is for you.

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The birth of dimensional
desperado is waiting.

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Let’s be honest, the paranormal
doesn’t start or stop with one

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house.
Hey, if you’ve got a story of

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your own, something unexplained,
let it out.

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Share it.
Your experience could be the

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reason someone else doesn’t feel
so alone in the dark.

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Until next time, keep your
energy grounded, your senses

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sharp, and maybe, just maybe,
don’t ignore the sound of

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footsteps in an empty hallway.
I’m Andy.

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You’ve been listening to
Paranormal Night Shift.

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Stay curious, stay brave, and
stay tuned.