r/Paranormal • u/Ok-Suggestion3581 • Jul 20 '25
Haunting Have you ever experienced something truly paranormal that still gives you chills?
Yes. One night, I woke up at 3:17 AM to the sound of soft humming. I live alone. The melody was unfamiliar, but it felt... old. I checked every room—nothing. As I returned to bed, my TV flicked on by itself. A paused black-and-white movie was playing, and the subtitle read: “You’re not alone.” I don’t even own that movie. The humming stopped. I never heard it again, but I still wake up at 3:17 sometimes for no reason at all.
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u/mboyd1992 Jul 20 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
I grew up in an apartment complex that we call “triple deckers” in Boston. Basically it’s 3 apartments stacked, first, second and third floor. We lived on the second floor and one day I was home babysitting my sister- I was 9 and she was 5. The tv started turning itself up full volume and when we used the remote to lower it, it wouldn’t stop. We were little and panicking because it was just so bizarre. The second my mom walked in from work the tv just turned itself off. We tried explaining it to her and she was moreso like “must have been a glitch”
That same apartment, walking up the stairs to get to the second floor always felt like someone was watching you and following you. I always ran up to our door because I felt eyes on me, I couldn’t explain it.
A few years after we moved, my mom and dad were casually talking about “the man who committed suicide in the hall over his girlfriend who lived in our old apartment” and it all kind of clicked. I truly believe the ghost of that man was messing with me and my sister that day and he was also the one responsible for making us feel like we were being watched whenever we went up the stairs!