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36 Paranormal and Supernatural Stories That Just Might Get You to Church

Converting skeptics one encounter at a time

36 Paranormal and Supernatural Stories That Just Might Get You to Church

February 04, 2024

You skeptics are telling us that every encounter story can be easily explained or is just an outright lie? Since we like a good challenge, we cherry-picked some of the most compelling tales to make you all believers. After the nightmares subside, just try and give these a good ol’ debunking. We wonder if a skeptic would admit to having nightmares though…

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CRACKED.COM This photo, taken in 1919, shows an extra ghostly face behind one of the airmen. The members of this squadron recognized him as Freddy Jackson, an air mechanic who had been killed a few days earlier and whose funeral took place on the day the photograph was shot. — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE BROWN LADY OF RAYNHAM HALL In 1936 while taking photos of Raynham Hall for Country Life Magazine, Captain Hubart C. Provand and his assistant noticed a vapoury form gradually assuming the appearance of a woman coming down the stairs towards them and snapped what's widely regarded today as one of the most famous ghost pictures ever taken. — Source

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Grieving mum Jennifer Hodge, who lost her son in 2016, received a notification on her phone alerting her of an intruder as she was watching TV. Her security camera captured an image of the 'intruder', which she claimed to look a lot like her deceased son. Addio AR CRACKED.COM Peodous 5.Save LOS — Source

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This is an unretouched LA Times photo of a supposed UFO over Los Angeles. The thing blocks searchlight beams, so it isn't smoke or a cloud. And its weird oval shape means it isn't a plane or a balloon, either. CRACKED.COM — Source

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This 1968 picture apparently shows Robert Ferguson's brother (who had died in WWII) next to him. Double exposure? Well, as this is a Polaroid, that's almost impossible. And a (rare) double-exposure Polaroid would have less contrast. Also, notice the differences in lighting and in the two men's ears. They don't look like the same person. CRACKED.COM — Source

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OlderWiser101 2y I've had many paranormal experiences. Here is one. We lived in a house that had wooden stair case going from the first floor to the second floor. I noticed that anytime we went up the stairs when we got to the fifth and sixth step we would stumble going up in the same spot. So it became habit to move to the left as if someone was blocking the way and we needed to get out of the way. We didn't think about it. We would just move out of the way. Crazy thing is the cats would — Source

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jcwagner1001 . 2y I worked in skyscraper. Before I started working there, a teenage boy jumped off the building, he was distraught over his mother's death. It was very traumatic for the witnesses. I always parked on the top floor of the adjacent parking garage because it was less expensive. One morning I was waiting for the slow garage elevator and I was looking over the railing at the plaza seven floors below when I heard a voice say just jump! I started parking across the street in a paved lot the next day. ... 39 — Source

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dez132156 4y At my grandparents house for a family party; everyone was on the main floor. I went upstairs (alone) to use the bathroom. As I'm in there, I hear my sister SCREAMING in the linen closet just outside the bathroom HELP IM STUCK LET ME OUT GET ME OUT OF HERE so i hurry out and open the closet. The screaming immediately stopped as the door was open. I was so freaked out and thought she was pranking me somehow. I ran downstairs and she is completely passed out sleeping on the chair and everyone else just watching a — Source

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Unforgotabble 4y Went running with my dog and saw a white outline of a young woman running alongside me out of the corner of my eye. When I looked over, nothing. About 5 mins later I got a call that my great grandmother had passed, she was in hospice. Still think about that a lot. Edit: I think it runs in the family. My mom will straight up say I need to call X, I feel weird and sure as shit, there's a disease/illness going on. My great grandmother used to talk to dead people and my family thought she — Source

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Deleteuser 2y There is a haunted road near where I live. Numerous people have seen the ghost car. The first time I saw it I was driving and my mom was dosing off in the passenger seat. I see a cloud of dust and a large, old, black car speeding out of a road on my right. I just know he is going to exit that road at the same time I am passing by that road. We are going to collide. So I slam on the breaks. Don't even look in the rear view mirror first I just lock — Source

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SeparateOrange . 2y When I was little, my closet would shake. Literally, physically shake. Whenever I called my parents in, it would stop. When they left, it would start again. I remember it being more annoying than anything else, but looking back on it now, it was actually pretty creepy. ... 53 — Source

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THE MAN WHO PHONED HIS FAMILY, EVEN THOUGH НЕ WAS ALREADY DEAD. In 2008, a Metrolink train crashed in the northern San Fernando Valley, killing 25 people, including Charles Peck who died instantly. His family, however, started getting calls throughout the night from his phone. The calls kept coming for about 12 hours, and when they answered, there was only silence on the other end. His phone probably went haywire from the crash. Probably. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE NORTH LONDON EXORCISM GONE WRONG. Kennedy Ife (26) lost his mind one day when he started biting his dad and threatened to cut off his penis. His mother went to a minister, asking for help, and Kennedy was restrained for three days to cure him of the evil spirits causing his distress. Не died, his entire family stood trial for manslaughter, but all of them were found not guilty. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A GHOST HUNTER STABBED HIMSELF IN THE AXE MURDER HOUSE. THE Villysca Ax Murder House JUNE 10 1912 The famous Villisca Axe Murder house in lowa is thought to be haunted by the family murdered there in 1912. In 2014, a group of paranormal investigators stayed at the house overnight. One of them, Robert Steven Laursen Jr., was alone in his bedroom when he started calling for help on a two-way radio. The group found him stabbed in the chest, and he was rushed to the hospital. The incident happened around 12:45 AM, the same time as the 1912 murders. — Source

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THE TWINS WHO WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER. Also called the Silent Twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons never spoke actual words to anyone except each other. They would have little rituals like deciding who gets to wake up first, who gets to breathe first, and who can't breathe before the other one breathed first. They went on a five-week crime spree when they turned 18, and were sent to a criminal hospital. When Jennifer died suddenly in 1993, June revealed that they had a death pact, agreeing that one of them needed to die SO the other could — Source

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APPARENTLY THERE'S A HAUNTED FROZEN ELSA DOLL. A family in Houston who purchased a singing Elsa doll claims the thing to be haunted. It speaks on its own without being switched on, and it has never needed new batteries in the six years they've had it. They've thrown the doll out twice, but it kept ending up back at their house. The whole thing sounds like a prank, but the idea is still pretty creepy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE FAMILY WHO WAS PLAGUED BY GARDEN CERAMICS. A family in Southern California thought it was a prank when a bunch of ceramics appeared in their garden one day, but the creepy things didn't stop coming. Over 50 pieces showed up in about a month, with some in menacing positions as if they were supposed to stare at the family, watching them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE SKIERS WHO MYSTERIOUSLY DIED ON DEAD MOUNTAIN. A group of skiers were hiking in the Ural Mountains of Russia when a blizzard hit. They camped out for the night, but something terrifying happened because, when all nine of their bodies were discovered, it was clear that they fled their campsite half-dressed with bare feet straight into the storm in the middle of the night. Some of them had broken bones. One had a crushed skull. What happened to the group remains the talk of a lot of conspiracy theories. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE TWO DUTCH FRIENDS WHO WENT MISSING ON A HIKE IN PANAMA, AND THE CREEPY PICTURES ON THEIR PHONE. Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon went hiking in 2014 and disappeared. Photos of their hike suggest that they may have trailed off the path and deep into the forest. Soon they were making phone calls to the Dutch emergency line, but couldn't get through. Nine weeks later, the girls' backpack was discovered, and bone fragments were found near a river as well as a boot with a foot inside. The photos authorities recovered from the phone were super eerie, with most — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 1973 THE EXORCIST The home where the movie would be filmed caught on fire, so filming was delayed. During the shoot, actress Ellen Burstyn was injured, and her scream of agony can be heard in the film. Relatives of Linda Blair and Max Von Sydow died during production, and two actors died shortly after production wrapped. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2019 ANNABELLE COMES HOME The set for the third Annabelle installment was so spooky, a priest had to intervene. A piano bench would move by itself, door knocks would be randomly heard, and performers saw shadowy figures on the set. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2011 THE INNKEEPERS The movie is based on a haunted hotel Ti West where and his crew stayed while shooting The House of the Devil. During production, they witnessed flickering lights, slamming doors, and according to West, actress Sara Paxton would wake up in the middle of the night thinking someone was in the room with her. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2010 INSIDIOUS The crew would feel sick while filming hospital scenes. On other parts of the set that were not being used, strange noises would be heard, including a buzzer repeatedly sounding off from an empty room. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Ghost of Goodnight Lane

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2014 GHOST OF GOODNIGHT LANE A movie about a haunted set filmed at said haunted set... had a haunted set. Before production, a specialized team considered Media World Studios actually haunted. Then, while doing the movie, lights flickered, things would move around, and disembodied voices could be heard. People felt slapped by invisible forces, and even reported visions of unknown figures. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 1968 ROSEMARY'S BABY Shortly after release, composer Krzysztof Komeda went into a coma after falling off a cliff, and soon died. Producer William Castle got hate mail, developed kidney stones, and hallucinated about the film at the hospital, eventually screaming, Rosemary, for God's sake, drop the knife! And finally, there's the infamous fate of Roman Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 1982 POLTERGEIST Tragedy followed this film. Actress Dominique Dunne was strangled and died in the same year the film came out, and Heather O'Rourke died of cardiac arrest at age 12, in 1988. A priest exorcized the set of the 1986 sequel, so maybe it all comes from the original using actual human remains for the pool scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 1976 THE OMEN On two separate occasions, airplanes carrying actor Gregory Peck and the film's executive producers were hit by lighting. The FX artists that designed the iconic decapitation scene were in a car crash and witnessed an actual decapitation not long after production. Oh, and the animal trainer was mauled by a tiger one day after filming the baboon scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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La Ciguapa is a Dominican creature depicted as a beautiful slender woman with silky hair and backward feet. All FRoder's The legend goes that these women steal various things from the nearest villages such as raw meat, butter, and the occasional lonely man. They would lure these men with their beauty and passionately make love to the men which would kill them in the process. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM DOVENS Faceless children with feet turned backwards that haunt Trinidad and Tobago. — Source

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CRACKED.COM Genderuwo is a sleazy giant that terrorizes the people of Indonesia. Genderuwo is a gigantic hairy man who loves to seduce lonely women, especially those neglected by their husbands or who have recently been widowed. It uses magic to seduce these women and there's nothing they can do to resist a Genderuwo's advances. Other than to satisfy its insatiable sexual desire, a Genderuwo also seeks to impregnate these women who will give birth to more Genderuwos. — Source

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A Tiyanak is a Philippine mythological monster that disguises itself as a baby crying for help in the middle of the woods. The Tiyanak turns into a monster when its lured victim is near, then goes back to being a helpless baby after killing its victim. CRACKED.COM — Source

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We have Japan to credit for the Ittan Momen® The Ittan Momen is a sentient roll of cotton that flies around at night smothering people....to death. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Grootslang is said to have been a mistake by the gods. They made a dangerous creature that was strong, smart, and frightening. Half elephant Half snake Eventually the gods unmade them, but at least one grootslang is said to have escaped, and CRACKED.COM supposedly still lives in a cave in Richtersveld, South Africa. — Source

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CRACKED.COM The ahuízotl is a Mexican aquatic dog with spiky fur and a monkey hand in its tail. It attracts its victims by crying like an abandoned baby, drags them into the water and eats them. Well...just its favorite parts like eyes, teeth, and nails. — Source

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Dan Aykroyd is a lifelong believer of the paranormal, and drew on that for Ghostbusters. Not only did his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all study the paranormal, but he himself has experienced many, many paranormal events in his life, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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