Welcome to Paranormal Nightshift, the podcast that delves into the eerie and unexplained. In today’s episode, we bring you ‘The Polite Poltergeist,’ a heartwarming tale from Catherine. Amidst a string of hardships – job losses, impending house foreclosure, and family health struggles during the pandemic – fate takes an unexpected turn. Catherine’s grandmother, a source of support, unfortunately passes away just as Catherine and her husband face losing their home. Serendipitously, ownership of the grandmother’s house transfers to them, offering a newfound sanctuary.
However, the presence of the grandmother seems to linger in peculiar ways. Known for her subtle disapproval of Catherine’s husband during her life, the house takes on an eerie vibe. Lights flicker on and off, doors creak, and even the TV behaves mysteriously. Initially dismissed as coincidence, the occurrences escalate, prompting both Catherine and her husband to acknowledge the possibility of their grandmother’s spirit making its presence felt. The couple adopts a humorous approach, addressing the unseen entity as ‘Grandma’ and even negotiate ‘terms’ when their intimate moments are unexpectedly illuminated.
Despite the slightly eerie undertone, the story beautifully underscores the comfort that can be found in the belief that loved ones are never truly gone, but continue to watch over and occasionally interact with the living. ‘The Polite Poltergeist’ serves as a heartening reminder that the bonds of family endure beyond the veil, even if that means enduring a bit of supernatural mischief along the way. Tune in to this episode for a tale that’s equal parts spooky and heart-touching, as we explore the idea that the departed might just be closer than we think.
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Welcome to Paranormal Night.
Shift your home for all things
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that go bump in the night and
your fan stories told here.
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Today’s story comes from
Catherine and it’s called the
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Polite Poltergeist.
COVID was rough to say the
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least.
My husband and I both lost our
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jobs and we were on the verge of
losing our house, all while my
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mother was handling trying to
take care of my grandmother.
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She had been sick prior to
COVID, but she got COVID and it
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was not good at all.
I hate to call it fate, but the
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day that we lost our house was
the day that we lost my
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grandmother.
And it did open a perfect
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opportunity for us to have
somewhere to live.
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My mom owned the house and she
signed it over to me and my
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husband, my kids.
My husband and I had somewhere
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to live, somewhere to go, and it
was grandma’s house.
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It already kind of felt like
home.
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My grandmother never
particularly cared for my
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husband.
We spent the next couple of days
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getting things together and
getting things moved out of the
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house.
It wasn’t that she didn’t like
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him, that she always thought he
could do better.
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It’s not that she didn’t like
him, but he would do things that
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drove her crazy, like leaving
the lights on or leaving doors
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open.
So while me and my mother were
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going to take care of the
Funeral arrangements, well, my
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husband was left cleaning out
the house.
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And of course he’s leaving every
light in the house on.
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He would go into a room, turn
the light on, leave the room,
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and then of course, when he came
back in the room, the light was
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off.
Same thing with the TV.
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If he turned the TV on and leave
the room, well, she would turn
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it off first.
He didn’t notice it, but it
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began to really start creeping
him out because every room he
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would go in, he’d turn the light
on, and then when he’d leave,
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the light would go off.
When I got home that night, he
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told me something’s weird with
this house.
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Like, I kind of feel like your
grandma’s still here.
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Of course I told him he was
being silly, but then I started
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to notice it as well.
I would go into the bathroom and
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leave a light on, and sure
enough the light came off.
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We spent hours searching for
some sort of timer or breaker or
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anything like that that she
would have put in her house to
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automatically turn off, but
nothing.
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We finally put it to the test
one night.
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I turned every light in the
house on while we went to go get
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food, but sure enough, when we
came back, every light on the
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House was off.
Now we just admit her existence.
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We say hey grandma or pie.
Grandma every time we go in and
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out of the house was really
funny the other day and I don’t
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know if I should write this, but
my husband and I were spending
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some mommy, daddy alone time
together and we had the lights
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off.
We were about to enjoy each
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other’s company and the lights
in our bedroom flung on.
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OK Grandma, we’re going to have
to work out some sort of a deal.
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I just thought I’d share the
story with you.
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It’s sweet, and I know it’s not
as scary as some of your others,
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but it’s a nice way to think
that your parents or
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grandparents are always with
you, even if they are still a
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little annoying.