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GHOST DIARY
YEAR:1993 TO1994
This ghost diary was first hand written at the
time of the events in a small two bedroom council house in
Ryhope,Sunderland in the north east of England.It was sent to a
local phone in radio station where a medium came on demanding the
house should be exorcised.In the end the couple and their young
family moved to a house nearby.They suffered no more disturbances.
11/7/93-Video clock was found to be exactly one hour slow,despite
recording timed programs at the right time,
12/7/93-strange shadow over bedroom door then curtains,11.45pm.
13/7/93-Bright light in bedroom, 3.30am
20/7/93-(eldest son)wakes up in a panic saying "Dad" is
in the corner of the room,he was out, 10.00pm
24/7/93-clock on video loses two hours,between 10pm and 2am
1/8/93-dark figure seen on stairs twice,no time recorded
2/8/93-dark figure seen entering passage from kitchen,afternoon
2/8/93-dark figure seen on stairs,no time recorded
3/8/93-eerie,foreboding feeling in passage for about 20 minutes,11.30pm
11/8/93-clock radio loses seven minutes,12.32 to12.25
29/8/93-one bulb in three bulb ceiling lamp vibrates and
flickers,as if going to blow but is still working two months
later,no time recorded
10/9/93-someone seen and heard coming upstairs,no one there,12.30pm
11/9/93-dark figure seen on stairs,8.55pm
24/9/93-dark figure seen coming downstairs,8.15pm
27/9/93-clock beside TV loses 55 minutes,late pm
29/9/93-dark figure seen in passage,8.00pm.Smoke alarms going off
repeatedly for a total of four times,10 to11pm
30/9/93-smoke alarms going off intermittently from 1.40am,father
eventually pulls the fuse at 5am
30/9/93-odd scratching noises heard in parents bedroom for 20
minutes,nothing found."white shadow" seen on top
landing,no time recorded
8/10/93-smoke alarms going off again,no time recorded
9/10/93-creepy feeling felt in kitchen,11.05pm
5/1/94-falling noise heard upstairs,no time recorded
6/1/94-falling noise heard upstairs,5pm
2/2/94-"gasping" noise heard in kitchen while father
working at sink,7pm.Repeated in passage,8pm
17/2/94-picture falls apart while hanging on the wall,leaving
backing behind,3.15pm
27/2/94-footsteps heard descending stairs and dark figure seen
entering sitting room,mother thought it was father but he was in
the bath,8.45pm
28/4/94-eerie feeling felt in passage,12.20am
7/8/94-dark shape seen in corner of sitting room,despite putting
lamp directly beneath it,father puts hand in it,reports it felt
like a cool but dry mist,9.30pm,dark figure seen going upstairs
10.15pm
8/8/94-smoke alarms go off,TV turns itself off,dark figure seen
in corner of sitting room,"bad" feeling in passage,no
time recorded
18/8/94-toilet light comes on,doors open downstairs while
everyone is either upstairs,out or in bed, 11.30pm
All following week-eldest son reports white figure in bedroom
9/9/94-smoke alarms go off as soon as father comes home from
work,12.30am
11/9/94-kitchen and toilet doors open and lights are on when
mother comes out of bath,they were not like that when she went
in,9.00pm.Hot water heater turns itself back on seconds after it
is turned off,9.15pm.Picture falls off bedroom wall and
smashes,no time recorded
15/9/94-dark figure seen on top of stairs,9.30pm
16/9/94-very loud bangs heard in kitchen as if someone cooking,10.55pm."bad"
atmosphere throughout house,all night
27/9/94-shadow of someone walking through passage is seen under
sitting room door,10.30pm
29/9/94-thumps and bangs heard throughout house,between8 and 9pm.New
clock in sitting room gains 57 minutes
2/10/94-smoke alarms go off for no reason,no time recorded.General
uncomfortable feeling felt throughout the house,all night
4/10/94-mother in kitchen,something walks from kitchen door,turns
to see white mist and voice says "you're not scaring me like
that",gets cold feeling and kitchen door slams,10.00pm
note for above:whether the voice was
male or female,old or young is not recorded.
22/10/94-light on in small passage,no time
recorded
23/10/94-father feels small push in small of back while vacuuming
in sitting room,1.40pm.Small passage light on,cat making strange
noises,10.30pm
24/10/94-kitchen light turns itself on while being watched,door
creaking as if in draught,it was shut,3.20pm
26/10/94-shadow seen under kitchen door like someone moving
around in kitchen,7.50pm.Large plastic model kit jumps of hi-fi
in bedroom,7.53pm
28/10/94-smoke alarms go off for 1 and a half seconds for no
reason,5.50pm
1/11/94-voice whispers mothers name in passage as she leaves
sitting room,she is alone in the house,11.57pm
6/10/94-TV remote disappears then turns up beside TV,sitting room
curtains half open themselves while mother is in the bath,white
shadow walks across dark kitchen,several heavy items fall off
wardrobe,white shadow seen reflected in bedroom window.
Not long after the family moved to a new house and felt no more disturbances. It is not known if the new family in the house saw anything. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~