"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown" wrote in message news
>
>>
>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
>>> window down the driveway.
>>>
>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard the
>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle of
>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
>>>
>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed her
>>> to death.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
>>> spend time alone in that place again.
>>
>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
>>
>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
>>
>> -sw
>>
> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
> I got goosebumps. 
>
> Jill
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> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
>
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There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too. I heard the chimes
in the clock tower, only to be told by the caretaker (docent?) "There
haven't been chimes in that clock in 30 years." Allegedly the church
was haunted by a former caretaker/docent. One of his jobs was to make
sure the clock was running. (The church was built in the 1800's.)
A friend and I were downtown early in the morning. I was dropping off a
computer monitor at the church. There had been a call out on the radio
for anyone who might have a spare monitor or computer equipment... the
church was setting up a school for homeless children.
We got there around 9:30AM. When my friend and I heard the chimes we
looked up at the clock face. The hands read 1:05. We both commented
oh, that's not the right time.
The new caretakers told us that's what time the former caretaker died.
(That could be a tall tale, no way to prove anything.) He said he and
his wife sometimes heard him sweeping down the stone steps from the
upper gallery.
All I know is it was creepy. The man carried the monitor I'd brought
inside and his wife showed us the lovely holiday baskets they'd made for
the children. It was very nice. But also a bit creepy. A clock that
chimes with no works? With the hands not on the hour?
Sadly, the church burned to the ground in 2006. I don't recall if any
cause was ever determined although I think they did rule out arson.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fire-des...emphis-church/
Jill
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Good grief
You must be psychic girl!!!
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